#can't people stop jumping on the bandwagon?

[maxzinn]

Omg the whole aventurine fanfic drama is still on going..but fr I'm glad some people are defending the author that wrote that harmless fic! It's kinda crazy that they would read a fanfic where reader literally just saves him and tries giving him a more comfortable life and immediately say "that's horrible! That's racism! How dare you romanticise slavery!?" Like- c'mon it wasn't even an NSFW fic! And are they just triggered because the reader "buys" him? Like would they cause all of this drama if reader like helped rescued him in other ways?

Please i can't tell you how scared I was when the author suddenly started getting backlash but then I saw your post defending them and i let out the biggest sigh of relief 😭

I just got past my awkwardness when reading aventurine fics but now seeing this mess again I'm feeling even more awkward 😭 and please the "white knight syndrome" thing is just stupid how tf do you read a harmless fic that was written with pure intentions and turn it into this???

Anyways off topic but I love your vibe! I would love talking to you about silly stuff other than this whole stupid fanfic drama!

(i don't play hsr (i don't have enough time and money okay 😭) but I've been there since the game first started and got wayyy too attached to Jing Yuan and now I'm too invested in the damn game ���)

You said it very well anon! I just wish they stop this drama now tbh cuz it's literally pointless.

I'm so confused as to why people think that fic was to be condemned just because reader "bought him". That fic didn't even romanticize slavery or anything! The fic didn't even sexualize his slavery as well! They weren't even in a relationship nor did the reader in that fic even tried to get together with him.

Besides, I'll say it again, it was his IN-GAME lore and that author only made their own script/version where aventurine had never gone through that trauma of fighting for his life and someone was able to save him to give him a better childhood.

Even though reader didn't "buy" him and rescued him instead, nothing would have ever changed imo. I think people will still nitpick on the fact that it's a fic about slave aventurine and will still claim that it's 'white-knighting" and "fantasizing to be his savior" and all that bullcrap. (i'm really getting tired of these people turning every good intentions into something malicious)

And besides, imo, even if reader were to rescue him (in the fic) then aventurine will still be in danger and both of their lives would be at risk. Buying him is the only safest option where his previous owner won't come to look for him, and I doubt the reader in that fic even knows how to fight or murder anyone lol. I think it's the most safest, efficient, and fastest solution to save slave aventurine from the abuse. I don't like buying slaves cuz it's not right, but if that's the only safest option on guaranteeing their safety and mine as well, then I'd do it even if it's against my own morals/beliefs because I know that it was out of goodwill and not out of maliciousness.

But aside from that, I would've get it if the hate in the fic (aside from death threats) was because it was borderline romanticizing slavery and is making it nsfw where the reader was taking advantage of their roles as master and slave, but it's not that at all!

Reader was literally just trying to help him get out of his hell, yet people are accusing it as a "white-knight behavior" like pls,,, they're acting as if we're having some sinister and evil motives for reading that fic.

I get you anon, it's very awkward for me as well to read aventurine fics now cuz these people ruined everything for me. I can't believe a simple harmless fic was turned into this just because it mentioned his slave past.

(I hope you'd have the chance to play the game in the future! HSR really didn't disappoint. Even thought it's a turn-based rpg, it's still a good game and is not too far off from the other popular games! I would love for you to experience the game yourself someday and thank you for sharing your thoughts with me <33)

[thevioletcaptain]

y'all get that screenshotting fic to publicly make fun of it is straight up bully behavior, right? like. it doesn't matter if you redact the author's name. this is no different to a kid taking someone else's art off the wall in a classroom, walking out into the playground, and holding it up to say "haha look how shit this is"

[kleptic-cryptid]

Yall are the Nazi's useful idiots. Block me.

I don't have mutuals because if I give any of you long enough you'll inevitably prove to be Jew Haters. I've blocked half this hellsite because you crypto-fascists masquerading as progressives can't read my pinned post BEGGING you to block me first. "Haha this person posts funny/informative posts. I'll follow them! ...Oh wait they mindlessly eat up nazi and terrorist propaganda like they're fistfuls of shredded cheese direct from the fridge at 2AM. Well nevermind then. Unfollow/blocked." Palestine will not be free or at peace with Israel destroyed and Hamas in control. Hamas has been murdering, raping, and torturing Palestinians for almost 2 decades. On top of that, so many of yall regurgitate nazi conspiracies and blood libel like you are vultures vomiting up worms to feed other mindless pawns of the Far Right. Leftists have been doing more legwork to promote the agenda of fascism than any Proud Boy or Neo-Nazi Gun Club has in years. Do I seem mad? I am mad. I'm mad that those I care about have to start making plans for when their home countries kick them out or hunt them down. For when YOU hunt them down. Not "if." WHEN. They know that they have nowhere to turn but Israel, the one place that has never turned them away. Every single country refused Jewish refugees during World War 2, during to pogroms, during the purges. Every single one. With one exception. Israel. That's why Israel must survive. Because without Israel, the Jewish people may not. They are a remarkably tenacious people, survived everything the world has ever thrown at them. The Romans, the Nazis, the Soviets, everything. But I don't want my loved ones to be in survival mode for every subsequent generation to follow. I want them to be and feel safe. That's what this is about. Safety. Jewish people, AND Palestinians, are being held hostage by Hamas. Women, children, elderly, the disabled. If you want a ceasefire, then they must be released. It's honestly the simplest and easiest demand Israel could make. Return the innocent. And yes they are innocent. They're only crime was not being Hamas, a crime so many of you openly believe deserves the death penalty. You want to free Palestine? Free Palestine from 17 years of Hamas tyranny. Demand that the hostages be released. Only then can their be a ceasefire. You can't expect Israel to just lay down arms while her people are having their heads cut off. Are you stupid or do you just want Jews to die that badly? Don't answer that. Two things can be true. Free Palestine from Hamas. Free Israel from Netanyahu. Release the hostages, negotiate ceasefire. Stop parroting Far Right propaganda. Jump off the bigoted bandwagon. Failing that, STFU and block me. I'm sick of this shit. Eat glass.

[itsjustelian]

BEEFLEAF THOUGHT (Mainly He Xuan thought but fuck it he's intertwined with Shi Qingxuan and therefore all He Xuan thoughts are beefleaf thoughts)

So so so, in my readings of tgcf and the wonderful mess that is all of the internet thoughts on it I've come to the personal conclusion that to become a supreme you have to have *big* feelings. Very big and very deep feelings.

Our big-brained, obvious example of this is Hua Cheng. Man's big feeling is devotion, love. He is absolutely besotted for Xie Lian. Would do anything for his God. We're so proud of him for it too.

But He Xuan? He's the only other real supreme we have aside from Hua Cheng (Jun Wu, I'm sorry, you're wonderful but Godhood fucks with a man) and the idea that his big feeling that turned him into a supreme was rage and hatred never sat quite right with me. It's not that hatred and rage aren't powerful enough emotions to make a supreme, and those being his emotions on the surface make him a wonderful parallel to Hua Cheng. But rage isn't really what fuels him. If it was, he'd have dissipated after the Blackwater arc. Taken his revenge and called it a day.

Yet, he sticks around. He *never* dissipates. He just sits at the bottom of the ocean for all eternity. Which doesn't sound like rage or hatred. I mean, you'd assume a calamity built on hate would continue his revenge path until all of heaven is gone and no one can have godhood because he couldn't. But he doesn't. He just... waits.

This isn't to say he wasn't angry, btw. He was absolutely angry, and he had every right to be. His desire for revenge had to come from somewhere, let alone the emotional payment to actually planning and pulling it off. I just don't think that was his greatest regret/feeling/desire at death. I mean, He Xuan had his whole life taken from him. All of it. His family, his fiancee, his passions, his work. Everything he worked towards and for got stolen from him by others. And while it's clearly very rage inducing for him (I mean he has a mental breakdown and kills everyone who's ever wronged him), the underlying feeling through it all was probably despair. He probably just wanted things to go back to how they were when his whole family was around and alive.

And this despair and longing doesn't just go away when he learns the truth of what's been done to him. He's still a person. He can't just throw away those emotions because new ones have taken center stage. But rage is a way easier feeling to work with than misery, so He Xuan defers to it. He jumps on the bandwagon of revenge against the people who wronged him once again and goes with it. And it gets him through Mt. Tonglu and up into heaven and right where he says he wants to be. Right up until he can execute his revenge. And then he just stops? And decides that he's going to be best friends with Shi Qingxuan for a few hundred years first? I'm no rage expert, but that doesn't sound very revenge like to me. Which leads very neatly into the point of this post, took me a while I know.

He Xuan's reason for sticking around is he wants to be loved.

I mean, look at it. He says he hates Shi Qingxuan's guts and wants him and his brother dead more than anything, but also spends hundreds of years hanging out with this person he hates so much when revenge is right there? He could have done it whenever. There was no logical reason I could wait to wait as long as he did. Unless he was enjoying Shi Qingxuan's companionship. And Shi Qingxuan clearly loved him (even just platonically. We love our friends in this house). And He Xuan hadn't had someone care about him that much since his death. It was probably insanely overwhelming and equally as wonderful.

And then he fucks it all by actually going through with the revenge but feelings are hard and he's clearly not great with them so oops. But but but, his great famous line during the Blackwater Arc is him telling Shi Qingxuan that they've used the wrong name. He, even if it's just subconsciously, wants Shi Qingxuan to see him as He Xuan, not Ming Yi. He, in some capacity, wants Shi Qingxuan to see and love He Xuan, not the mask he had on.

But then, after the revenge, he doesn't disappear. He straight up goes out of his way to return Shi Qingxuan's fan to them. To make something right. To return something to how it was before.

Except this time, he can't blame the people around him for the change. He can't turn his rage at the rest of the world because he's the one who ruined the only thing he wanted for himself. So he finally, *finally*, has to face this sadness and longing that's been plaguing him from the start. He got his revenge, he got all the anger out, and it still wasn't what he wanted. Because from the beginning, all he wanted was to be appreciated and loved and wanted and not have that torn away from him.

And he fucked it for himself in the end because lets be honest if he had a civil fucking conversation with Shi Qingxuan and didn't literally threaten their brothers life things would have gone SO MUCH BETTER.

Anyway, I'm crying now. If you read through my jumbled 2 AM thoughts all the way, thank you. I will edit this when it's not 3 am. and post it.

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Editing me: wtf was I on? I don't remember half of these thoughts??? I'm posting it because somewhere in this hot mess is a point I'm trying to make, and I'm not going to deny 2 AM Elian the chance to share it.

[not-goldy]

Watching Harry fans come out and say they are done hating on Louis, cause life is too short, is wild. I mean admitting you were an ass who hated someone out of jealousy or just not liking him cause of shippers is pretty bold cause you know your ass is about to get torn up, but its sad it took death to admit you hated him for no reason and you feel like crap now for also hating on Liam for no reason too. I mean you do you and clean your conscious, but note to yourself, if you can't give a real reason why you "HATE" someone in the first place, maybe its time to stop following trends and stop jumping on hate bandwagons cause everyone else is for hit tweets, cause this is what it came down to. I been seeing this all day. People who hated Liam, sobbing and throwing their guts up out of guilt. Yeah, saying you wanted him to D word and when it happens isn't what you thought you'd feel. What a damn shame. People in this fandom need to take notes. Kinda like those tkk who left after Paris and them leaks and started apologizing to Jimin for hating him. Or some admitting they downplayed GCF on purpose, when they saw it all along. Imagine how that makes JIkook feel. Its never too late to admit you were wrong and hated Jimin for selfish reasons, but its just plain sad it took "REAL" proof of Tae's relationship being leaked for you to get it, when all along you could just see with your own eyes TK was never real and Jimin was not the villain you always thought he was. Maybe one day more will wake up. You figured AYS and Military would have done that. If anything to understand Jimin is not the reason their favs aren't dating. Its simply cause they don't freaking want too and aren't into each other like that. Simple as that. Same for the 1D haters. Said one thing, now suffering from guilt. This is why you don't follow others.

This message you shared is so important

Like Jimin said, be a good human.

That's all. That's the message.

Liam, Liam was in a mental hell and those people held flame throwers. You never know what people are going through

May he rest in peace 🕊️

[coeluvr]

I really want to hear the opinions of those who thought Helios was sitting with his guilt and doing nothing and if they still feel the same after chapter 3. 🫣

Damn 💀 really should've waited for the dude's character arc before I gave that long ass ask about him being a lil bitch huh 😅 could've saved myself from being mobbed in my dreams

I would gladly take back what I've said lmao 😂 can't wait to see who he turns into as the story goes. I genuinely don't believe he would stay that way in the first few chapters but people like that tends to make my rage meter rise and make me lose common sense. How can you have such a good relationship with someone like looseris?!?! But all is well, now to make other people rebel on looseris lmao What am i saying, I'm not even on the revenge route.

Though I truly can't wait to see what happens in fadiyas and soarines route 🙌 all hail women

Honestly props to you for even sending this LMAO 😭 I proved my boy's not a wimp and that's enough for me! ✨️✨️✨️✨️

I do have to say that I think people jump onto certain bandwagons wayyyy to quickly, like he was a child and that man is his only living family. People speak as if things are black and white but they aren't.

You say "how can he have a good relationship with him?" and I say "how does he stop loving his father, his only living family, as a child who has always been cherished and loved?" 🤷‍♀️

There's this meme created by @myvelvetroom LMAO it reminded me of you and other anons. 😭

I hope you enjoy the rest of the story as well. ����

[findafight]

I think the most insufferable part of the “Steve is the worst” refrain is that even when the change is acknowledged, they constantly make out like he’s on thin ice.

But the funniest part has to be that they write this whilst also having pretty much every new main cast member they add to show take a shine to him;

Billy just wants Steve to pay attention to him (and was bitterly disappointed that Steve was just some dude and not the raging asshole that everyone’s told him about)

Max hates teenage boys, but concludes she has found the one good one

Robin enjoys his company despite herself and becomes soul bonded to him

Eddie ends up being straight (I’m sorry) up *enchanted* by Steve, and we have a whole scene of him trying desperately to communicate this to him - of course Nancy wants you, dude! Who wouldn’t?

I know we’ve joked about Joe’s charisma, but canonically Steve’s must be *otherworldly*. Clearly the only reason Nancy didn’t let him fuck that old man was because the writers needed to make things difficult for them.

The show simultaneously trying to remind us Steve used to be a dick but is actually the most charming lad in all the land and is everybody's favourite most specialest boy. Like they try to make us remember Steve being mean but then it's also telling us he's a silly billy driving his bestie to school without questioning it and not knowing she doesn't even know how to drive. How are we supposed to think he's gonna backslide.

Lmaooo billy being disappointed Steve's not an asshole. It's no fun winning for him if it wasn't actually a competition :(

Max: no teenage boys allowed

Steve and Lucas: *exist*

Max: okay I will make an exception because they seem very nice

Dustin just consistently telling everyone he meets Steve is the coolest most badass person alive. Can you imagine the hero worship Suzie has heard?? (Suzie is also a Steve Stan and she hasn't even MET him)

Robin spends one month in close proximity to Steve and she's like well. Guess he's my best friend now!! And she was probably actively trying to not like him! And yet here we are! She liked him before they got tortured and she was probably so ticked off about how she, too, has fallen platonically for the Harrington charm. Not fair. Embarrassing.

Eddie spends less than a week around Steve and immediately joins his little cheer squad with Robin and Dustin. Like, if they wanted us to know that Steve was a dick to people for no reason in highschool Eddie would've been the person to use to demonstrate that, or the tension between who he was and who he is, but they don't! Eddie just admits he made assumptions about Steve without knowing much about him other than his rich parents and big house and popularity with girls, (saying more about himself than Steve) and then immediately jumps on the Steve bandwagon because now he can't understand why anyone who spent any amount of time with Steve wouldn't like him!

Even Nancy wasn't immune to Steve's charms in S4, and she had previously broken up with him messily! But all it took was a little bit of the town in danger and Steve trying to make sure everyone's on the same page while Looking Good for her to be Gazing Lustfully at him. That's why S2 and S3 had them separate for so long. Too long around him and she'd remember that she does find him cute and funny and brave and also hot.

Reasons Nancy stopped Steve from Fucking That Old Man: 1) writers needed them finding out info to be more of a struggle 2) they also probably didn't want a middle aged supposedly professional man sleeping with one of their teenage characters I guess 3) Nancy would have been wild with jealousy about the whole thing and stancy revival would have been much more obvious earlier, much more Nancy driven, and much funnier.

[soup-mother]

there's a lot of topics that i feel are kinda like... I don't trust anyone who isn't transfem to talk about it and i don't want to talk about it with people who aren't transfem cus it's like genuinely needing to shield eachother from how quickly everyone jumps aboard a bandwagon as soon as you talk about something remotely shitty. which is why I'm not adding this to the post about shaving, but fuck it's so vicious how other transfems enforce that shit.

like "if you don't shave you must not care about passing and it's making me dysphoric just to look at" kinda stuff. like fuck i wish there weren't so many viscous cliques of girls clinging to white supremacist beauty shit because they feel it's the only way to be safe, i don't want to wear makeup and i like how i dress but you genuinely straight up get the "i cant hang out with you because you make us not pass" shit. also we desperately need to fucking get out of this like collective transfem eating disorder culture it's so evil.

like again it's all just "oh but I'd never want to do that, that'd make me so dysphoric why would you want to be like that?" it's so gross, I don't fucking care if fat people existing or someone not shaving makes you feel bad about yourself because for "self hatred" you sure as hell are taking it out on other people. like so much of dysphoria is entirely cultural i wish more people Understood that, it doesn't make the shit feelings go away but i feel like I'm insane for saying that dysphoria and attraction are primarily a cultural/social thing and not fucking inherent and i wish we'd stop fucking eating our own just because we're insecure and i wish we'd stop alienating twoc and expecting them to have their own totally seperate spaces from es because the idea of hanging out with other transfems who don't share your exact same self hatred is the scariest thing in the world apparently (god forbid a trans womans blackness affect her dysphoria and how people view her when she doesn't pass and when people decide to be transmisoginistic to her). and you can't talk about this shit because everyone hears it as "transfems are all bitchy and self obsessed" and runs with it, which is literally just misogyny again.

ok rant over thank you.

[smute]

inspired by my tags ⬆️ on this poast:

LAUNDRY STRIPPING

basickly laundry stripping is an old (ish) tiktok trend that for some reason has started appearing on my dashboard recently.

it involves soaking your clean laundry in a bathtub with hot water and a solution of borax, baking soda, and detergent, and the idea is to "deep-clean" your clothes removing detergent, fabric softener residue, body oils that have collected on your clothes over time, and other grime. the viral videos all show tubs full of opaque brownish gray water.

HOWEVER! the implicit (or sometimes explicit) message that "your washing machine isn't actually cleaning your clothes 🙀🙀🙀" or more bluntly, "your clean clothes are actually FILTHY!😵" borders on fear-mongering imo which is the part that really pisses me off. i've seen people blame everything from big detergent to fast fashion, and many people seem to swear by laundry stripping as a necessary practice, so i am here to debunk it. i am the debunker.

now i am become debunker, the debunker of bullshit.

✂️hyperfocus kicked in so the rest is under the cut✂️

TL;DR:

laundry stripping can technically help, but it only addresses a symptom rather than the cause of the problem. generally speaking, it is unnecessary if you wash your laundry correctly.

but many people don't.

so let's review:

I. AVOID UNNECESSARY ADDITIVES

softeners (including dryer sheets) and perfume (those scented pearls of waxy stuff) fuck with the properties of textiles (both natural and synthetic) and they can build up on the fibers. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY AN ISSUE, in fact, it's what they're designed to do, but over time it can make fabrics feel less fluffy, it stops cotton from absorbing moisture (especially bad for bedding/towels), and it messes with functional fabrics (active wear etc).

if you really really want to use fabric softener, try limiting yourself to shirts and stuff. dont use it for underwear, and definitely dont use it for bedding and towels. also, try using less of it/don't use it for every load.

II. AVOID OVERDOSING

if you use too much laundry detergent, there's a chance that some of it will be left behind on your clothes even after the final rinse cycle. it can also make your clothes feel sticky and irritate your skin. more importantly though, IT WILL BUILD UP IN YOUR MACHINE, which not only damages seals and gaskets and wears out the motor, it also encourages the growth of bacteria and mold.

this is an easy fix though. apart from the fact that washing machines, like all appliances, need to be cleaned regularly, you can easily tell if you're overdosing by looking at and feeling your laundry at the end of a cycle. if there are any suds left or if the fabric feels slippery, put it through another rinse cycle and try using a little less detergent next time.

III. KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT CYCLE AND TEMPERATURE

your washing machine has multiple settings for a reason. DON'T use the same one for everything all the time and DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE HOT WATER SETTING. please please PLEASE wash your towels and bedding at higher temperatures.

okay, so afaik many american washing machines use lower temps because they depend on an external hot water source. according to google, the "hot water" setting on american washers can mean anything over 130°F (55°C), which is the minimum temp i would recommend for bedding and towels. (obviously mind the instructions on the tags, but tbh if a cotton pillowcase or towel can't be washed at hot temps, dont even buy it).

european washers usually have a built-in water heater and allow you to select a specific temperature, including a 95°C (203°F) cycle. USE THAT. i know, i know, every detergent brand has jumped on the climate change marketing bandwagon and tells you to conserve energy because their super duper laundry sauce can remove stains at ice cold temperatures, but that's exactly the problem. as a rule: the higher your water temperature, the less you depend on aggressive additives to clean your laundry. and if you have a washer that can do 95°C/203°F, it's probably a front loader and quite energy efficient to begin with.

like i said, 60°C/140°F is the minimum i would recommend for bedding/towels as well as for washcloths, cleaning rags, dish towels, etc. but do try to make use of the 95°C/203°F cycle occasionally. 60°C/140°F is also good for underwear and things that are actually dirty.

the 40°C/104°F cycle is totally fine for most other things, and if you're washing delicates or things that are just "worn" rather than dirty/sweaty/stained you can definitely do 30°C (86°F). google says this would be the "warm water" setting on american washers (=generally between 90°F/32°C and 110°F/43°C).

and tbh if it's your jam, feel free to do 20°C/68°F (="cold water") for those things. BUT NOT FOR BEDDING AND TOWELS

IV. SO WHAT ABOUT LAUNDRY STRIPPING?

you can do whatever you want forever. if your clothes feel sticky and not clean and you think you may have been overdosing your detergent or if you use a lot of fancy additives because you like mixing colorful things and miss making potions on the playground (no judgement btw) go ahead and try it.

one thing i want to say though is that in 90% of the videos i've seen about laundry stripping, the murky brown water is literally just DYE. 🥴 scorching hot water alone is more than enough to make textiles bleed color.

borax is also an irritant and laundry soaked in such a concoction is not something i would handle with my bare hands (if borax was legal in germany lol). hell, most detergents can irritate your skin, so if you decide to strip your laundry with this method, please use gloves.

V. A BETTER ALTERNATIVE

this is based on personal experience btw, im not just talking out of my ass. if you've been using a lot of additives and your clothes don't feel clean or smell weird even when they're freshly washed, try the following troubleshooting steps:

CLEAN YOUR WASHING MACHINE

DO NOT USE BLEACH AND VINEGAR! oddly enough, this seems to be the number one recommendation on many websites, but mixing bleach and vinegar creates POISONOUS CHLORINE GAS! 😐 both things can also potentially damage rubber seals/gaskets. instead, try the following:

start by manually cleaning the parts of your washing machine that are accessible from the outside. remove the detergent drawer/dispenser compartment, take it apart, and clean it with warm water. use a bit of dish soap and a sponge or an old tooth brush to get rid of stuck-on gunk.

wipe down the rubber gasket around the lid/door. this is just to remove any gunk or lint stuck in there so water should be enough, but you can use a bit of dish soap if you like

find the filter on your machine, take it out, clean it with a paper towel, and rinse it off

finally, run an empty cycle at the highest temp but add one or two tablespoons of natron/baking soda instead of laundry detergent

repeat as needed

REMOVE FABRIC SOFTENER RESIDUE FROM YOUR CLOTHES

tbh i hesitate to call it "residue" because coating the fibers of your clothes is literally the whole point of fabric softeners, but that's exactly why they can be problematic.

most fabric softeners are hydrophobic, so water alone won't do anything. instead, try soaking your clothes in lukewarm water with dish soap, which also works great for removing fabric softener stains, or simply put them through a cycle with dish soap instead of detergent. (please don't use too much though because it can produce a lot of foam🫧)

AVOID COMMON MISTAKES

try to remember the basic tips from above going forward:

avoid unnecessary additives (fabric softener, dryer sheets [the same thing basically], and laundry perfume)

less is more. don't use too much detergent. pods are gimmicky and fun and very convenient, but they don't give you much control over the amount. for liquid detergent and washing powder, stick to the instructions. also, detergent pods are a major source of microplastics.

choose the right cycle and water temperature.

VI. SECRET BONUS TIPS

not directly related to laundry stripping but useful to keep in mind:

don't overstuff your washing machine, and if you do half a load/a smaller load, adjust the amount of detergent accordingly.

if you use a tumble dryer, CLEAN THE FILTER AND LINT TRAP AFTER EVERY SINGLE LOAD FOR GOD'S SAKE. not only is it kind of desgostang to let all that hair and lint accumulate, it's also a fire risk 🔥 additionally, clean the internal filter as well as the vent hose regularly, and check for lint in the less accessible areas and behind/underneath the dryer.

don't leave zippers unzipped, but DO leave buttons unbuttoned.

this one is hard, i know, but try not to leave wet laundry in the machine for hours and hours. set a timer. not only will your clothes be wrinkly, they will also develop a funny smell very (and i mean very) quickly. if a load has been in there overnight, it probably needs to be washed again.

additionally, leave the lid/door open after a cycle to allow moisture to escape and to prevent mildew in your washing machine

finally, and i know this is gonna be controversial, but SORT YOUR LAUNDRY! 😭 it's the one necessary step that allows you to use the appropriate cycle/water temperature for different loads. color bleeding is not the only concern here, and you absolutely do not have to wash all colors separately, but separating whites from darks WILL preserve their color without the need for bleaching/lightening agents. general rule: separate whites from darks and bright colors. separate delicate fabrics from heavy denim. group things by cycle/temp. combine things like bedding and towels, or underwear and sweaty/stained clothes, and group semi-clean stuff that only needs a cold wash. i swear it's not as complicated as it sounds.

ok rant over 💕

sources: personal experience, my mom, research and critical thinking skills

[liminalweirdo]

I feel like the Jews I know irl and online, and disabled people are kind of feeling the same way. Obviously I don't speak for everyone, and I'm not trying to, but I've been thinking about this tonight. That we've been excluded or abandoned from other groups (especially queer groups) and — in my experience at least, as a disabled person — especially since covid. Everything has gotten worse since then — antisemitism especially.

And I think we're disillusioned a little by seeing everyone pull together the way people did at the beginning of the pandemic because we've done this before. And we anticipate the rush to "return to normal." We know that as soon as other marginalized groups are re-secured that they will forget about us again — and that a lot of queer people don't ever think about us at all even though we've been trying for years to be heard.

but I just... can't do it, chat. I have to keep believing that more people will start to understand. That more queer people will suddenly see us — disabled, Jewish, both — and realize that we can't do any of this unless we all do it together. And even if 90% of people in communities we thought were ours are willing to step over us again; forget us, again, and get back to their lives like they did as soon as masks stopped being mandated and antisemitism started being accepted fucking en masse because of the power of jumping on the bandwagon or whatever — maybe another 10% will actually stick it out this time around, and if it's 10% more than we had before this election, then I'll take it.

idk. I'm not asking people to agree with me, but I have to keep believing that the queer community, my community, is still good, and that one day they'll put on a fucking mask/respirator in public spaces and remember Jewish people and disabled people in the conversation.

It was Jewish people, more than any other people (besides disabled people) who showed up, wearing masks, to protests and community meetings and other various political and educational meetups this year. Jewish people have come through, more than any other group for the disabled community these past few years and I will never ever forget that.

And I hope people see us and listen to what we've all been saying in these coming months, and beyond. I hope they fucking see us

[danmeichael]

Hey papa my man, can you release the Qijiu furry headcanons? (Or is your taste in men just so bad you can't 😏)

i am not your papa but yeah.

i explained in this post my multidimensional ideas on what fursona i think yqy would have but i think it's sort of lacking on what i mean by the difference between what i think the character's fursona would be vs. the animal i think would embody them best from the perspective of either symbolism or just "what if these characters were anthropomorphic animals" aus.

one of the reasons, in addition to all the others both stated here and not, i think yqy would have a reindeer fursona instead of something more unique (like a cow or a ram) because he's the sort of guy who fits himself into predetermined roles in social environments rather than establishing his own niche. he isn't the guy at the con with the unique fursuit, getting stopped for pictures. he's the guy who is well-liked for being generally kind and personable, supporting artists, and helping out with cons. he would make little discourse on his own other than telling people they should take off their fursuit heads when they're hot, even if it "ruins the magic", which most people would find generally inoffensive aside from the most obnoxious furs you've ever met. he's not a wavemaker.

shen jiu, alternatively, would absolutely have an incredibly unique fursona and he would inevitably be incredibly pissed off about people seeing his unique fursona and considering his outlet for self-expression a bandwagon to jump on. he would end up making his own closed species, like dutchies or formerly protogens, because he can't completely lock people out of copying him but he can exert some measure of control over it like this. yqy would obviously be his unpaid forum moderator.

[purple-scrunchie]

Heathers Headcanons that live Rent-Free in my Head (Pt. 2)

Veronica:

Her birthday is October 29th (Winona Ryder's)

Ambidextrous

Has always been a huge nerd

Before Duke got her into classics, she liked sci-fi stuff like Ender's Game and Dune

Made Duke watch Spaceballs with her at some point (Their friendship has so much untaped potential-)

puts the milk before her cereal (This has made Chandler and Duke cry before)

Has a very noisy brain that refuses to shut up (iykyk), she turns to journaling to organize her thoughts and make sense of things

Often gets lost in her thoughts and forgets to pay attention to her surroundings

Has been known to pace around scribbling furiously in her journal for hours on end

Loves to pick up random things on the ground and keep them (She and Mac exchange shiny things, it's their friendship langauge)

Decent driver, if a little inattentive

Chandler:

Birthday is June 19 (Kim walker's)

Always wanted an older brother (someone who she could look up to & would protect her)

Cheats so hard at boardgames and card games

But never at croquet

So. Many. Freckles. Hides them with an inordinate amount of concealer (ik almost the entire fandom hcs this but I had to hop on the bandwagon too)

Refuses to go anywhere without a clear expectation of the situation

Or her planner and 12 color-coded pens

One time Heather and Heather threw her a surprise party for her birthday and she started sobbing because she thought it was an ambush

World's shittiest sense of smell (that's why she drank the drain cleaner, also she applies absurd amounts of perfume to compensate)

This also kinda affects her sense of taste. That's why she only likes BQ corn nuts, they have a flavor to her

Really likes flowers. She can't smell them well, but she thinks they're gorgeous. All her favorite perfumes are flower scents.

The one she uses most is lavender

Best driver of all the Heathers, which is saying something. This girl is a menace to the road. She goes like 90 in a 50mph zone and loves to run stopsigns/red lights

But she doesn't have road rage, it's honestly a little scary

Duke:

Birthday is April 12 (Shannon Doherty's)

Her favorite book is Catcher in the Rye (and Moby Dick ofc)

Veronica got her into scifi movies

Starwars and Spaceballs are now her guilty pleasure

She was named after some dead great-grandma she never met

her parents named her siblings Hunter and Hannah because they thought "ohho funny matching name children"

Only chews mint gum

doesn't go through as much as Mac, but will put like 2-3 pieces in her mouth at a time

Hums under her breath whenever she does little tasks like washing the dishes/doing her homework

When Gatsby hisses at her, she will hiss right back

Is much smilier around her cat than people

Worse driver than Chandler. Instead of running stop signs/red lights at 80MPH and nearly running people over, Duke swerves like crazy and flips people off through the window (To her the highway is a jigsaw puzzle)

Has somehow never gotten in an accident

She has horrendous road rage

McNamara:

Her birthday is December 3rd (Lisanne Falk's)

LOVE LOVE LOVES Madonna, her favorite song is "like a prayer"

Animal lover and devout vegetarian

also puts the milk before the cereal (this upsets Duke and Chandler less since they're so used to it)

way more observant than people give her credit for

Tries so hard, but just can't keep secrets

Hates lying. One of the only things she gets really mad about is when people lie to her

Has a million jingly key chains

Duke calls her "Macpie" because she loves to collect shiny things

Bonus points if it's shiny AND makes a noise (yes she is obsesed with those tiny jinglebells)

Loves to carry her friends with her cheerleader arms

Can jump freaky high

Coffee quite literally puts this girl to sleep

The worst driver of all the Heathers. She likes to think of road laws as 'guidelines'

JD:

Birthday is October 13th (Firday the 13th in his birth year)

Secretly a Canadian (French-Canadian specifically)

Speaks a little bit of French

He and Chandler argue in French all the time. It's how he brushes up on his conversational skills

Is even more of a cheater than Chandler

Favorite book is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

His favorite Heather is Duke. He likes to talk books with her and respects her sharp sense of humor.

Plays the saxophone (this is technically canon but specifically alto sax in my head), his favorite genres are jazz and blues

We all know he'd listen to modern day emo music without an ounce of shame

And call the stoner kids posers

Compulsively sharpens the few pencils he doesn't lose. Like he writes two or three sentences and then makes it POINTY again

Can't choose between cherry slushies and coke slushies, so he mixes both and goes Cherry Coke

In my AUs where he dies, JD's grave is right next to his mom's

One of the safest drivers you'll ever meet, but likes to go fast on his motorcycle. He thinks he's such a bad boy for going 5 over the speed limit lol

[gayf1hoe]

Part 3

We are currently in some bar Max found on Google which he said had, and I quote “good enough reviews' ' the air is thick with the smell of sweat and alcohol. Throughout the night I basically clung to Max and George who were more than inebriated, I on the other hand have only had one drink of water, not wanting to jump on the bandwagon of getting drunk. Throughout the evening I could feel Charles' death staring at me and I could tell he was still more than pissed at me, however I remain resolute in not breaking character.

As all the drivers who attended were on the dance floor, Charles approached me with my only thought being “oh shit”, he nonchalantly collapsed in the seat next to me as he did so he spoke, “How come you aren't drinking like the out of control nutter you are?” I can tell he is trying to provoke me but I know freaking out is what he wants, but I also know if I do loose it there literally will be ‘a murder on the dance floor’, so I simply reply “drinking is for those who need an artificial catalyst for having fun, I can have fun without downing that shit”. He gives me a blank stare clearly not expecting that response. As he does so, it sends a weird feeling through my body, not one I had ever experienced before.

After 10 minutes of awkward silence, I got up to leave when Charles finally piped up and said “where are you going?” I simply say “I have a headache so I'm going back to the hotel” he pulls a slightly disappointed face but I assume it's him trying to look sympathetic.

As I leave the Bar I text max to make sure he doesn't wait for me:

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Me: Hey Max, I left early and have gone back to the hotel. Enjoy the rest of your night. :)

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As I leave the club I walk down the streets I am totally zoned out listening to my music when I bump into someone and knock them over. I immediately stop in my tracks and help the person up when I realise who it is.

“Oh my god, I'm so sorry Mick I didn't see you there.” I say completely out of breath and flustered

“Nah no worries it's fine” he says charmingly

“So I heard you were here to watch the GP, I have honestly missed you so much” the words now just flowing out of my mouth

We chat away in the dimly lit street which now had rain slowly pouring down, typical England, when Mick says “do you want to go and get a coffee or tea at the local café” whilst I stand there contemplating whether or not I should go for a drink with my ex-boyfriend, I blurt out a simple “sure” and think ‘What's the worst that can happen”.

Little did I know a fan had seen us and taken a photo and soon an F1 page had a post with the caption

"M/N L/N was seen with his ex boyfriend Mick Schumacher, could we see a return of the couple?"

Whilst me and Mick are sitting at the table we are discussing how the season is going: when he comes out with "So you and Leclerc hey, what's the deal there?" he asks interrogatively I huff at the question, "there's nothing to comment on he's rude, egotistical, can't take criticism and lacks basic common courtesy and he's in denial" my response is harsh but Mick can tell my harshness isn't directed at him. "Funnily enough isn't that what you said about me when we raced together", "well yes, but at least you were good looking" I replied but Mick adds "and you think Charles is ugly?" The thing is I want to answer that question but I don't even know the answer myself. It's no secret that people think Charles is gorgeous but I am still yet to make up my mind, I mean I have only known him for less than a month, and he's already pissed me off. So instead of answering the question I simply say "he's....anyway how's things with you".

As the evening comes to an end I decide to head to my hotel and as me and Mick part ways we give each other an embracing hug and in that moment I forget how much I have missed this and how much I have missed him. To give context, Mick and I broke up because he moved to F1 and I was stuck in F2 and the distance and time apart was not good for our relationship so we came to the mutual agreement to stay just friends however we hadn't really spoken since then apart from the odd ‘Happy Birthday’ text.

It's now the next morning and I wake up to some very angry texts from my media manager Luca,

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Luca: ARE YOU STUPID? ARE YOU TRYING TO END YOUR CAREER ALREADY?? YOU WERE SEEN WITH MICK, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE DRAMA YOU HANGING AROUND WITH YOUR EX WILL CAUSE.

You need to come in for a media meeting at 10:20.

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I get dressed throwing on a pair of black jeans and a team T-Shirt, as I arrived at the team media office I was given some indescribable looks from the employees. I reach the conference room where I find Toto, George and Luca. They are all looking at me and whilst I'm early it looks like they have been sitting there set in stone for ages. I semi waddle towards and seat adjacent to Toto, when he pipes up:

“We have brought you to our team for what you can offer on the track, you have an amazing talent, you have made history not only with your racing but with your openness about your sexuality . We sincerely appreciate what you do for us however you have been with us for only one race and have caused a media catastrophe, you were seen hanging out with your ex but he's not any ex he's Mick Schumacher. The drama doesn't arrive from the fact you are both men this is a race track not a reality TV set we don't bring relationships to the track, what you do outside reflects us as a team, so please accept this as your formal warning, do not, and I mean do not, cause anymore drama”

As the meeting goes on for what feels like an eternity I am lectured on the importance of PR and media and my mind remains unchanged, the media are dicks and don't deserve my kindness, if I have any.

So like a child who hasn't learned their lesson, I go back to my hotel and text Mick

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Me: Hey Mick, I have a free ticket for Monaco and my parents can't make it so I was wondering if you wanted to come?

Mick: Hey thanks for the offer. I would love to go. It would feel great to be in the paddock again.

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I really never learn my lesson, but hey life is more fun that way.

[azulas-daddy-kink]

Z*kka is a very good example I like to use when I talk about how trend, timing and tropes effect fandoms that you don't see happen in older fandoms

The ATLA renaissance happened during the same time the Voltron trainwreck happened. At the same time, certain tropes like opposites attract, blue/red gays etc are insanely popular. Almost every big thing falls into this easy category of who fits who in their incorrect quotes or popular tropes and ship dynamic.

And Z*kka fits the bill. Silly/Serious? Check. Conventionally attractive guys? Check. Blue/Red? Check. On paper, they sound like any other popular ships that technically speaking would make at least a decent ship.

Except they don't. Because they're from a 3 seasons show where they canonically don't have that much meaningful interaction, barely any acknowledgement of each other, and they just don't have chemistry. They DON'T. Just because they LOOK like they fit on the surface level doesn't mean they actually do. Sometimes opposites don't attract. Sometimes the characters who fall easily into a ship dynamic aren't actually compatible.

The ship is solid proof that modern fandoms these days prioritize surface level things over what canon actually gives them. I UNDERSTAND why some people like z*kka, but it DOES NOT deserve the level of popularity it receives! And the fact it became one of the most popular ships in ATLA because the voltron fans project kl*nce into the ship is IMO disheartening. They already choose what they wish to see instead of appreciating what these characters got and who they actually connect with in canon.

I know I sound pretentious, but I really can't stand these kinds of fans because of how much they REFUSE to engage in canon. Tropes are nice. Having preferences is not a crime. But actively forcing your own vision into canon just because they fit your tastes in the most shallow way possible is just sad. Why bother engage in any new media then? Why not actually pick up something that actively fits your taste?

You said it all, Anon!

I seriously had no idea where Zukka even came from until recently.

It wasn't a thing when the show was airing and then suddenly it just exploded out of nowhere. I was so baffled. I was like "why this?" Of all the slash ships people could have latched onto. Jetko is right there. Hell, even Zukaang and Sokka/Aang make way more sense.

You're so right, people just base everything off """vibes""" or aesthetics, or just jump on the bandwagon when a ship/headcanon gets popular without giving it any real thought. And because Zukka is just a copy+paste version of Klance, they just wind up wildly ooc and it's like they're two entirely different characters. I have to ask myself if these people even like Zuko or Sokka independently...

And for the record, I don't think you sound shallow at all. The enforcement of popular headcanons as canon is a problem in all fandoms, but it's especially bad in this one.

If it sounds like I'm pointing the finger solely at Zukka shippers, I'm not. Zutara shippers are just as bad, if not worse. As are those who shove the idea of lesbian Azula down everyone's throats.

It's just fucking exhausting.

Ship whatever you want. Headcanon whatever you want. Just stop torturing all of us with it.

[sunnywalnut]

Just listened to Dylan Mulvaney's "Days Of Girlhood" in full and I'm just flabbergasted.

This is what people are mad about?

Is this what people are crying is "misogynistic" and "bad music"?

Seriously?

I couldn't stop dancing the entire time lmao. The beat is literally the funkiest tune and if you'd just LISTEN it's not misogynistic at all. It's her expressing gratitude to the women and girls that have supported her throughout her transition. It's about all the things she can embrace now that she's her true self. It's about being a party girl and gosh, isn't it awesome she can be a party girl now??

It's her being amazed at how WONDERFUL it is being a woman.

It's her acknowledging the stereotypes that are put on her and other women and saying you can't use these to hurt me anymore.

It's her saying yeah. I shop when I'm sad sometimes. So what? It makes me happy!

It's her saying yes! I still have to go to the pharmacy like any other person, and I shouldn't be ashamed of it! It's normal! Don't gawk at me!

It's her saying yes! I had a one night stand and it was awkward, but that's just life, right?

It's her saying I'm having fun, fuckers!

It's her acknowledging that yeah, things aren't always fine and dandy, and that's why I got my GIRLS.

But y'all don't see that.

Y'all see a trans woman who's happy and you hate it.

You see a trans woman who's embracing a traditionally masculine spelling of her name and you despise it.

You see a trans woman sharing each step of the process and you're mad because you want to keep silencing us.

You see a trans woman who likes men and you get ANGRY because how DARE she have all these party girl experiences when she's trans. Because of course, ALL trans people have to be depressed all the time.

You see a trans woman who's an influencer and enjoys items. She enjoys buying things, and modeling, and makeup, and shoes, and pretty outfits and crazy eyeliner and spreading positivity and you're MAD because we're supposed to suffer.

Trans people are supposed to suffer.

That's what defines us to you.

And that's what you want to define Dylan.

And guess what?

You disgust me.

And all the people who are claiming that her song is "bad" "but it's not a crime" are JUST as bad as those who are claiming it's misogynistic. Her song isn't bad. It's just not your taste. Wash your mouth out with soap and deal with it but get her name OUT OF IT.

You can hate party songs. You can hate Poppy hit songs that people are supposed to dance to. You can hate the classics like Brittney Spears and Demi Lovato and Shakira and you can totally hate just the genre in general.

But what you CAN'T do is look all these people in the face who are being AWFUL to her and say "yeah I agree with you but for DIFFERENT REASONS"

Because all you're ever putting out there is the vibe that women aren't allowed to have fun, and trans women especially.

You can totally say it's not your taste! You can totally say that you don't like pop songs! That's FINE. Just don't fucking put down women in the process. Don't claim something is "bad" just because YOU don't like it.

Dylan has dealt with ENOUGH shit in the past few years.

And I can't fucking BELIEVE that people are STILL shitting on her just for existing.

Just once.

Listen to the lyrics.

Listen all the way through.

And SUPPORT people. Even if their style is not your personal taste.

Because it's REALLY not that hard to be a nice person.

And it's even LESS hard to see all the needless hate that somebody else is already getting and decide not to jump on the bandwagon.

Do better.

Support trans artists.

And don't be a douchebag.

[songmingisthighs]

Everything said and done, there's a saying in my country that if you have problems with so many people, instead of pointing fingers, first reflect upon your own behaviour. The way I've heard things about *you* from so many people vs hearing you say things about so many people, I'd rather believe 5 people instead of one. After all, you can't highfive with on hand. :)

as someone who was cowardly enough to judge me as an anon, your opinion means less than the soupy shit toothless dumped

you most likely don't know me and since you're a lil narcissistic bitchass pussy with an audacity of zeus's dick and the personality of a new york sewer rat, i obviously don't know you. you don't know my process, you don't know my improvement, and you definitely don't know the self reflection i've done. i have no problem with "so many people" heck i have no problem with anyone. just because i criticize and vent doesn't mean i have "problems" with people, i take issue with what happened and i use my platform to voice myself out because i was silenced

"i'd rather believe 5 people instead of one" bitch i don't care about your preference but that sentence lets me know that you're a clique-y type of coward who peaked in high school and judges people you've never personally interact with because you're stupid enough not to form your own opinion because let's face it you don't have the personality nor capabilities to leave a good impression on your own. you bandwagon on relations and you jump ship when your "group" of "friends" decide to ditch someone because you'd rather be a toxic wannabe than your own person. self reflect yourself lmao

and ofc you can high five with one hand but that would be me smacking your stupid face but you're too much of a self righteous pussy to show yourself lmaoooooo do yourself a favour and stop being so obsessed with me i don't want your stench wafting or get your dumbass virus. look at you and those 5 people talking about me. tell me you're my fan without telling me you're my fan pffffttt is this what idols feel with sasaeng? bc i understand the disgust