#clutter the tags unnecessarily

[pinstripe-wings]

I’ve been in the mood for Jazz/Prowl, so I wrote this:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65281249

I also put it under the read more, cause why not:

Title: The Vent Incident

Rating: T

Tags: Jazz is going stir crazy, Prowl is bad at feelings, downtime equals more energon, Prowl discovering things about himself, fluff and humor, a bit of, nonverbal communication.

Summary:

“Why have you not left?” Prowl asked. “Or entered my office properly?”

“…I’m stuck.” Jazz flashed a tight smile. “Help a mech out?”

-

A perfectly ordinary start to his morning ought to have been a blatant warning sign that such a peace was too good to be true and would soon be interrupted.

Prowl didn’t even have to calculate how high a percentage on whether or not he’d be disturbed; the mere fact that today marked a whole Earth year of no fighting against the Decepticons.

It wasn’t the end of a the long running war, but it was a very much welcome break to get things into order before a resurgence in battles.

Between today’s continued lack of enemies to engage with and an equally quiet base, Prowl’s anticipation of receiving an early break from his otherwise productive start to the day grew.

But until this expected interruption, there were more reports to be filed, forwarded to appropriate addressee, or be stored.

Prowl went through recent reports quickly and efficiently, mostly dull and uninteresting, considering the lack of Decepticon movement. There were a few incident reports than was usual, but unsurprising when there was a base full of restless mechs and femmes looking for something to pass the time.

Ratchet was displeased with the amount of damage he and First Aid were repairing due to reckless driving or aggressive sparring.

Prowl checked his chronometer.

Ah.

In approximately two Earth hours, he was to go retrieve a cube of energon to fuel himself with.

This was plenty of time to finish up the newer reports, and with a less cluttered office, Prowl could later move on to the backlog of old reports and records.

The time passed in a peaceful silence.

Prowl allowed his tacnet to churr some data, based off of other times that the base had been so pleasantly quiet, then added in the probabilities of what might or could happen based off those calculations.

There was a (24%) chance of some mech getting into Wheeljack’s workshop; never a good thing, as one never knew what that mech was up to at any given moment. There was a (62%) chance that someone was in the medbay being scolded by Ratchet. There is less than a (2%) chance that the Decepticons might attack the Autobot base; perhaps (6%), if any new scout reports came in, but unlikely to be of any substance.

Prowl ran another calculation to do with the inaction in particular, weighing it against the mechs and femmes in the base.

A (96%) chance that he will be subjected to the presence of one mech in particular was unwavering.

Almost as soon as he dismissed other results, Prowl’s doorwings lifted and tilted. The tactician had just alerted to a telltale vibration that was currently headed toward his office from the left. Prowl consulted the time, then nodded absently to himself as he gathered data pads within reach.

There was his incoming visitor.

Said visitor was not quiet in the least bit, on purpose (83%) as the vent grate overhead was removed. The grate cover was unnecessarily dropped with a loud ‘clag’ as it hit the floor. 

“Heya, Prowler.” A cheery voice greeted the tactician.

”Jazz.” Prowl greeted as he picked up one of the data pads before him. He tracked the saboteur through vibrations with his doorwings. Prowl noted that Jazz remained within the vent.

Not unheard of, when Jazz wandered through the base’s vents, but it was somewhat less expected.

Prowl knew well that Jazz’s ultimate goal in sneaking into his office was to either snoop, or sprawl his entire frame over Prowl’s own as closely and affectionately as possible.

Currently, Jazz tapped his digits against the wall in a beat none but Jazz himself heard. 

“May I assist you with anything?” Prowl questioned, once he deemed enough time had passed to allow Jazz the opportunity to worm out of the vent, yet the mech hadn’t emerged.

“I was just checkin’ on ya to make sure you’re gonna join me fer some energon in ‘bout an hour.” Jazz began to use his other hand’s digits to tap, which created a more elaborate beat. 

”I plan to.” Prowl’s helm tilted as he mused over why Jazz might believe he needed to ask. Prowl turned over a few numbers, then dismissed them. He had failed to turn up in the past, so it made sense for Jazz to clarify. “Wouldn’t a comm have sufficed for that query?” 

”They’re off, my mech.” Jazz’s voice lilted upward.

Prowl checked, confirming the other mech’s words.

So they were.

“My apologies. I wasn’t aware of this. An oversight, on my part.” Prowl reactivated the temporarily muted comms from emergency-only pings. “Was there anything else you needed from me?”

“Other than you, Prowler?” Jazz’s tone shifted, the rhythmic tapping ceasing.   

Tac net struggled to make sense of that tone, eventually settling on fondness (57%) and teasing (79%) within Jazz’s vocals.

“Let me rephrase.” A hint of fond exasperation welled within Prowl. “Is there anything you need from me while I’m on shift, or do you have plans for after we get our energon?”

”Nah, was just checking’ on you.” Jazz sounded happy, digits drumming against the wall. “As fer after refueling? Might have somethin’ for the end of your shift. I got plans you’ll like.”

Prowl considered Jazz’s words, and after figuring that was all, he refocused on the backlog of old reports. The tactician was able to focus for all of about fifteen minutes, during which Jazz could be heard wiggling, his claws digging into metal, and the mech’s armor being audibly scraped against the vent’s entrance. Prowl assumed this meant Jazz had finally decided to join him in the office until the break, so he didn’t need to fully pay attention to Jazz’s antics. At least until Prowl’s wings picked up on the vibration of a slow vent of frustration.

Interesting.

Had Jazz not been done conversing with him? Why hadn’t he said anything, if that was the case?

“Why have you not left?” Prowl asked. “Or entered my office properly?” He finally turned in his seat, helm tilting back to observe the black and white mech.

“…I’m stuck.” Jazz flashed a tight smile. “Help a mech out?”

“There is a 24% chance that you cannot fit through some of the smaller vent shafts within this base.” Prowl studied Jazz, a frown present across his derma as he puzzled this out. “You’ve had a 95% success rate of exiting into my office without scraping your armor or causing yourself any duress.” Prowl tracked Jazz’s helm motion, visor vibrancy, and his servos. “Usually falling out to land on your pedes after a flip to place yourself onto my frame. Oftentimes directly onto my lap.”

“I guess I finally packed enough mass into my protoform to be noticeable. Y’know, with no missions to run, no one to seriously spar with, and lotsa extra energon to go around.” Jazz’s helm and arms were currently out of the vent, as were his shoulders, likely after some skillful twists. But most of Jazz’s chassis is, as he stated, stuck.

It’s obvious even from where Prowl is seated that Jazz’s armor is pressed outward around his protoform. Prowl’s doorwings flare out as he focused. The other mech’s field was held tight to his frame, so Prowl focused on Jazz himself.  Prowl soon picked up on the minute shift of pedes, the louder spin of his spark, and the sound of various struts flexing and straining. “You are unable to go back out the way you came?”

”Nope.” Jazz lifted his arms out to Prowl beseechingly as he flashed another smile. “C’mere and help me, Prowler.” Hands stretched out toward the Praxian who was otherwise (outwardly) watching the scene indifferently.

”When I could use this to my advantage and get more of my work done?” Prowl asked dryly. He saw Jazz’s smile become fixed, but still, the saboteur held his servos out steadily. “Being stuck there means you cannot interfere until I assist you out.”

A new tactic was pursued, much to Prowl’s faint amusement.

“You wound me.” Jazz grinned despite this as he lifted one hand to press over what little of his chassis poked out of the vent. “I thought we were tight, Prowler.” Jazz, for whatever reason, chose to lightly twist two digits together, as if n emphasis of his words. “I thought we’d spend time outta of the base and watch the sunset together.” The hand splayed wider over armor. “I wanna get private time with my boo.” Jazz’s derma were twisted with mischief as he attempted to heave a dramatic ex-vent. This was somewhat lessened in intended effect, as Jazz merely scraped his armor into the vent itself.

Prowl’s own derma twitch up as he rose from his seat and approached the vent.

Jazz immediately perked up, both hands rising to…point at the tactician.

Prowl stared.

”Aw, c’mon Prowl, you gotta recognize the finger guns.” Jazz gestured again, only to have the other mech’s confusion deepen. With a light groan of exasperation (good-natured fondness, 89%) Jazz spread his larger servos out to make grabby hands at Prowl.

Prowl stepped forward and lightly grasped Jazz’s hands, which slowly curved over Prowl’s in return to gently squeeze them.

”Prowler?”

Prowl stood there holding hands with Jazz, quiet, before he leaned up on his pedes to reach the vent, and brushed his derma to one of Jazz’s audial horns. 

“You’re killin’ me here, babe.” Jazz bemoaned as he insistently tugged on Prowl’s hands. “At least gimme a lil smooch if you’re not gonna help me outta this vent.”

Smooch.

Another human term, like ‘finger guns’.

”I did.” Prowl murmured, even pressing another ‘smooch’ to Jazz’s other audial horn. He hid a smile over the ex-vent, even as Jazz leaned into Prowl’s derma.

“Didn’t peg ya for teasin’. Guess yer learnin’ some stuff while we’re on Earth.” Jazz managed to nuzzle on of Prowl’s cheeks as the tactician twisted his hands out of Jazz’s grip.

“Hold still.”

With an interested hum, Jazz froze in place.

Prowl moved to grip the upper and lower part of the vent, and heaved.  The metal crumpled under his hands. Prowl stepped back one done, and braced himself, as he was correct in the assumption that Jazz would be upon him in seconds.

And he was.

Jazz was out of the vent, happily wrapping himself around Prowl’s shoulders and waist.

“I thought we were waiting until after shift to do something.” Prowl stated, even as he wrapped his arms around the smaller mech.

“Aft.” Jazz said without heat as he angled his helm while he leaned up to capture Prowl in a kiss. 

Prowl indulged this for approximately one minute, before leaning back. “I should finish my current work before we retrieve our energon.”

“You always have some kind of unending work.” Jazz said lightly as he dropped off of Prowl to land lightly on the floor.

Prowl had a very distracting end to his current shift, which Jazz lingering just in his periphery being a distracting, if attractive, nuisance. Jazz continued to be very distracting, so much so that ending his shift and retrieving their energon became a distant memory the moment the two of them left the base for a drive.

Jazz said he had plans for them, and one of those plans was to be as much a menace on the road as he could be, goading Prowl into chasing him by having the tactician’s Enforcer past stir at the sight.

This was acceptable, since there were no humans around in the area to see two cars racing about.

Prowl’s entire focus was on Jazz in his alt mode; sleek, teasing and inviting as Jazz revved his engine while driving alongside  Prowl.

Then, Jazz sped off.

A thrill of the chase dashed away anything else that Prowl may have been contemplating in the moment. He spent most of his processing power on keeping up with Jazz, around the curves in the road and sharp turns, with only a small part of his processor keeping alert for danger. Prowl wasn’t sure where Jazz was headed, but the two of them were driving far away from the base, no doubt as far out as they could to not have any bored mech follow them.

Prowl caught up with Jazz as the two of them drove up to the edge of a cliff. As they went back to alt mode, Prowl noted that there was an overhang above them to block out possible weather.  Prowl looked back to Jazz, and in the moonlight that was at the edge of the overhand, Prowl got a proper look at Jazz. He’d been wondering why Jazz had become stuck in the vents. Prowls answer was right before him, visible to his own optics.

There was a faint bulge of protoform showing beneath Jazz’s endure chassis to either side, which pressed his armor out just a tad. It’s enough of a change that it accounted for Jazz becoming stuck within one of the larger vents that were on base.

Jazz noted the way Prowl studied him; with a smile, Jazz leaned back to better show off his armored front, and the peeks of protoform. Jazz’s visor brightened as he shuffled across the rocky ledge he was standing on to press into Prowl’s side.

Prowl realized with a jolt that the sight he was seeing meant that Jazz was healthier than was usual. Prowl’s right doorwing curved back, allowing which Jazz closer. Prowl felt a hand slide up take his own.

Jazz held Prowl‘s hand to the protoform in the saboteur’s side when he fluffed his armor up a little to allow access.

Prowl brushed digits lightly along old scars that came from either battle, or torture, during times that Jazz was held captive by the Decepticons when caught in a spec ops mission. At present, Jazz’s field was alive and vibrant.

There was also a sneaky hand slinking up along Prowl’s side in a ‘finger-walk’, until the digits dipped down under armor to trade protoform.

Prowl hadn’t been aware that he’d gained some bulk since energon hadn’t needed to be rationed as closely.

Jazz’s light, playful touch settled on the tactician’s wrist port, tracing lightly along.

”Do ya wanna let me know just how much you like ta see me like this? I can tell, just do y’know. Yer makin’ those optics light up in that way y’do when you like somethin’.” A digit pressed down on Prowl’s wrist port, then released the pressure to pet it. “We’re alone. You interested in this, or do y’just wanna hold me close tonight?”

Prowl considered the offer, his helm tilted down to meet the visor and the soft, relaxed smile beneath it. He turned over what he was up for, what he wanted to do, and thought about the way Jazz was not as jittery as he had been earlier in the day. A longer pause as decisions were made, before Prowl’s wrist port all but snapped open to reveal curious cables that began to twitch through the air.

~

Jazz woke up with his helm and shoulders resting comfortably on Prowl’s lap. He laughed, amused by the way he’d been unexpectedly knocked out. As soon as he was able to use his words, Jazz reached for Prowl.  “Guess you missed me a whole lot before we gotta year of no fighting, yeah?”

Prowl’s hands wordlessly clasped Jazz’s. 

“S’okay, I heard ya loud and clear here.” Jazz clumsily tapped a digit to Prowl‘s now-closed wrist port. There was a sense of satisfaction in the saboteur as he stared up at Prowl, admiring what he saw. “You look good too, y’know, without that tac net drivin’ you to the edge of your processor with dozens of possible outcomes for a battle plaguing ya.”

Prowl moved one of his hands to rest on Jazz’s helm, palm heavy even as his digits were light as he carefully traced the sensitive audial horns. Prowl lifted his doorwings up in order to pick up Jazz’s EM field. It only amplified the sensation, of Jazz giving off a large, strong field of happy/content/affection. Prowl could sense Jazz’s vents, and used that, as well as Jazz’s field, to see what the other enjoyed right now.

”S’nice.” Jazz said, apropros of nothing.

Prowl’s wings settled into a comfortable position as he was assured that Jazz was well, despite inaction. Jazz was even able to drift back off to recharge with Prowl keeping careful watch, while Jazz hugged one of the tactician‘s arms close over his spark.

This was something of a rarity.

Jazz falling into recharge outside of base, or recharging without his team around him to keep watch. Jazz was usually on guard, more so than Prowl himself.

This was different.

Prowl found he approved of Jazz relaxing around him, outside of the safety of the base.

The lack of conflict with the Decepticons was doing wonders for Jazz’s physical health, if not entirely great for mental, given the stir-crazy energy and need to move and do something. Perhaps Prowl could discuss options with Optimus Prime at some point, as Prowl was certain (92%) that other mechs and femmes were in the same position as Jazz was.

…though Prowl did have enough free time to spend with Jazz in peace and quiet, as they were now.

Prowl’s hands roved down from Jazz’s helm to slowly, gingerly rest over neck cables. He marveled that Jazz does not immediately rouse and try to stab him. Jazz didn’t even leave recharge when Prowl settled his palm over the med port on the back of his neck. Prowl’s doorwings twitch as he moved his trapped arm to trace his digits along protoform, which peeked out from under Jazz’s armor in certain places. Jazz’s grip loosened, intentionally or not, to allow Prowl to better linger along the seams of armor.

Jazz’s field was muted; calm, content. It meshed with Prowl’s own alert, if equally calm, field.

Perhaps soon, the two of them will be able to continue their pursuit of one another, if the peace they were unexpectedly experiencing stretched on.

It’s quiet.

There’s no incoming fight.

Maybe there’s hope for the war to end.

”Don’t think s’much Prowler.” Jazz sighed out as he snuggled in, still half on Prowl’s lap. “I can hear your processor workin’ from down here.” A short pause. “You good?”

Prowl said nothing in return, but he communicated his current unexpectedly relaxed mood. Prowl leaned over, free hand moving to cup one of Jazz’s cheeks upside down, his digits lightly caressing. Prowl lifted Jazz up at an angle with one leg, careful to not upend him. Then, Prowl pressed his chevron to Jazz’s helm crest, where he lingered for a time.

A hand eventually reached up to rest on Prowl’s cheek in return, a digit gently tweaking the armor of his helm.

”Love ya too, Prowler.” 

[ajastu]

"These people should get a hobby"

Well, yeah, because our previous hobby has been butchered. I'm glad you moved on from a game you liked within half a year. That says a lot about the quality of the game.

But don't shit on people who are devastated by it ("learn how to read"). I was a fan for 15 years, and this story dragged me through the darkest moments of my life. I don't need to be shamed for being disappointed. I can be disappointed as much as I want.

Block the "veilguard critical" tag, and you have peace. Or at least tag your own post appropriately with the game tag so filters can do their thing, and it would have never shown up on my dash. Learn to coexist, man.

first of all. are YOU, random citizen, foaming at the mouth about how much you hate datv, to the point of other people being concerned for your mental well-being? to the point of harassing and doxxing people who dare to enjoy the game or, god forbid, harassing THE DEVS? or endorsing said harassment? No? Then you need not feel offended by my post. I have said, numerous times, that I understand why some people would be disappointed by this long-awaited game from a beloved franchise not meeting their expectations. I’ve been there, too. Everyone has their feelings and opinions, and far be it from me to tell other people how to feel. There is, however, a huge difference between being disappointed and going on a crusade. And it is important to spot when that line is crossed, especially with your own actions. That is what the sentiment behind my post was. ‘getting a hobby’ in this case means focusing on something you enjoy, and maybe developing the emotional maturity to realize that people have different opinions, and sometimes it is not because they are dumb or evil or wrong, but just because…they are not you. Yeah, it sucks to not get what you expected. But such is life. Shit happens!

I am not more right or wrong for liking datv than you are for being disappointed by it. It is not about your feelings on the game. It is about the actions people choose to take when they chew this bone too much.

Second of all. The thing that put a slight pause in my latest period of dragon age fixation was my replay of DAI. So yea, it does say a lot about the quality of the game. It’s just not the game you think. (not saying DAI is bad and irredeemable. I can acknowledge when a game is solid, even if I personally do not enjoy it.)

Third of all. I have had several variations of that tag AND several people blocked for months now. And yet. Did not expect my post to get more than like, 5 likes or something, and i did not want to clutter the tag unnecessarily. But sure, i can tag it properly. Thanks for the heads up!

[cyclogenesis]

Hello hello, I’m back to say that I can’t wait for your not-actually-spideypool fic! Do I smell some jealous Logan in the air!!? Yes I FUCKING Dooooo~ really looking forward to it! In the meantime I’m loving the tags on your posts btw

Yes jealous Logan my weakness!!! Unfortunately I love it when someone's too much of a wuss to confess their own feelings because they don't feel good enough or secure enough ha ha ha men suffering but then also they get unfairly shirty about someone else possibly moving in on their not-boyfriend. Pitiful. And charming!

“Sure you don’t need any help with this spider thing?” Logan asks after an excrutiating silence. It looks like it absolutely kills him to do so, which is why Wade hates even more to turn him down about anything for the first time ever. It’s just that adding in another buff superhero to the mix here would only clutter things up unnecessarily. Wade can take down a cartel and save the cat in the meantime on his own without confusing everyone by adding what they’ll assume is a zombie Wolverine to the mix.    “Hey buddy,” Wade says gently. “One epic comic book team-up at a time. You’ve only got room for one winsomely charming bottom in your life and that’s me. I can take care of this on my own, okay? Don’t worry about it. We’ll find you something to do in the meantime.”  “Bug spray’ll take care of it too,” Logan mutters. He’s so dedicated to stewing in his own handsomely squinty crankiness that Wade manages to steal a little masked goodbye cheek kiss without even getting skull-kabobed. 

Ahhhh, we are having a good time. Not Logan, but some of us. 😊

[fangbangerghoul]

I was tagged by @therealgchu which I appreciate SO MUCH! I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to post a snippet sunday/sunday snippet (im dyslexic damnit) because I had just posted my new Logan fanart yesterday. I had spent the majority of the week on that and not much else if I am being honest. I also posted the first chapter to Over Exposure this week as well.

I do have some wips in the chamber I can swipe from so I will post that under the cut!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Tagging: @bearlytolerant @lisa-and-shadow @kimberbohwrites @staticpallour @arisenreborn

Godless Realms | Starfield fic with Ghoul and Valentine Blanche (bearlytolerant's OC) |

“Long day at work?” A familiar voice asked, and she did not look at him at first. His words earlier still irritated her, and she partially blamed him for being off her normal groove.

“No.” She opened her eyes to see the entire room covered in clutter and bags. Val was sitting in the middle of the hotel room on top of a blown-up purple pool chair with pink sunglasses and holding an unnecessarily extravagant chalice with a bending straw. He had a devilish grin on his face has he sipped from the drink and let out an extra loud ‘ahh’.

“Did you at least leave enough room to sleep?” She asked drily as she scanned all the items that were strewn about. None of them were of importance and it was obvious that was the point he was trying to make. He could have just fucked off instead.

“You don’t want to sleep with all your new things?” He asked sarcastically.

| I have been thinking heavily about this particular fic lately and have been considering coming back to work on it. Also been thinking about starting the fic that is supposed to come after Fleeting Pleasures. |

[rainee-da]

Hey I like your wroting, pls keep up the good work 🙌🏻 i was wondering why u use emoji for character sometimes tho

Heyy anon thank you so much! I'm glad you like the fics that I made 🍀

I'm not really sure about what you mean by that, but if you're talking about the emoji I put after each character's name, it is indeed intentional and there are interesting reason for it! (at least I think it's interesting lol)

It's gonna be unnecessarily long so read down below if you happen to be interested with this one! (for some reasons)

I'm used to indulge to my fantasy via X (Twitter) a lot, especially since there are many Character X Reader fanarts created by JP's artists being posted on twitter. But in japanese fandom's twitter culture, there are many unspoken rules as to how to tag/title your work for the sake of decluttering/censoring/gatekeeping (idk how to best phrase that lol) and it is especially important to learn it if you want your work to reach to their demographics as well.

As for emojis, many people often used the unofficial fandom's designated emojis to tag their work/tweet/ instead of typing the actual name of the character, this is so they'll not clutter the hastag itself with their artworks/fic. Especially since sometimes there are character with similar names to one character in another fandom / the character's name itself is similar with a certain slang/noun/place.

The best example for this is Epidem from Mashle, since if you put the katakana of his name on twitter search engine you will be directed to a news/threads/tweets that is talking about 'epidemic'. It will be troublesome if someone who doesn't know anything about Mashle ended up finding random fanart about Epidem when they tried to find news related to 'epidemic', right? that's why tagging it with the designated emoji/term for that character will be more preferrable in this case.

If you want to know the designated emoji for each character in Mashle, here are the list of some that I've known;

ADLER DORM

Mash Burnedead = 🍄

Finn Ames = 🐬

Lance Crown = 🪐

Dott Barret = 💥

Lemon Irvine = 🍋

Rayne Ames = ☔

Max Land = 🎈

LANG DORM

Abel Walker = 🪆/🧸

Abyss Razor = 🎭

Wirth Madl = 🕶️

Love Cute = 💗

Milo Genius = 🎓

Olore Andrew = 🦈

Anser Shinri = ⚙️

ORCA DORM

Margarette Macaron = 🎼

Carpaccio Luo-Yang = 🍥

Tron Morceau = 🎺

Cello Morceau = 🎻

DIVINE VISIONARY

Ryoh Grantz = ✨

Orter Madl = ⏳

Kaldo Gehenna = 🍯

Renatus Revol = ✝️

Agito Tyrone = 🐉

Sophina Biblia = 📕

Tsurara Halestone = ❄️

WALKIS ACADEMY

Domina Blowelive = 💧/🌊

Levis Rosequartz = 🧲

Lovie Rosequartz = ⚡

Charles Contini = 📞

Galuf Gargaron = 👅

Kenny Clark = 🧊

Malcolm Curtis = 🪲

MAGOL CASTLE

Innocent Zero = ⏰/🕰️

Cell War = 💎

Doom = 🪞/🥞

Famin = 🤡/🎪/🃏

Epidem = 🍮

Delisaster = 🍾

That is the reason I put certain emoji for certain character. It's just because I often do that when I talk to other ppl about Mashle & I thought it would be nice to apply that to my writing!

There are (obviously) many others that I didn't write here because I didn't know, and I can't say for certain that what I describe up below is the correct explanation for this. For that reason, feel free to leave comments if you wish to add more/correct my post!

Well, that is all. Thank you for reading all of that mumbo-jumbo I just wrote up there 🍀 sorry if it's messy.... i know it is....

[lime-sar]

Another (slightly unrelated) thing is that tags that you add more as comments than as search tools are ok too. Encouraged, even! People tend to appreciate leaving your single-word reply to a reblog chain in the tags as opposed to a full-on reblog.

Part of Tumblr's culture is using tags for things aside from search words! Put whatever minor thoughts you thought didn't belong in your main post in your tags! Keysmash in there! Pretend you're doing a soliloquy in the tags! (maybe try not to go overboard with that last one tho, trust me it can look quite messy in there)

The two examples OP showed could've easily had their tags reduced to something like these:

(hash)amine (hash)keen (hash)keen my beloved

(hash)xmas (hash)australian xmas

(not including the actual symbols because i don't want it to unnecessarily enter the searches. like this whole post is all about. lol.)

These don't clutter the screen as much, and they summarize all those tags quite nicely, don't you think? The "keen my beloved" tag may be "unnecessary" in terms of searching, but tag searching on Tumblr searches the exact tag (minus capitalization, but hardly anyone capitalizes their tags unless it's for a bit). Searching "(hash)star" doesn't bring up "(hash)star trek" or "(hash)star wars" in the same results, for example. (unless a post happens to also have either of those tags lol)

(Granted, commenting something short like "(hash)wow" or "(hash)lol" can kinda conflict with some tags that are abbreviations for other things (i.e. World of Warcraft or League of Legends). People tend to have a different tag for those sorts of things tho, so I wouldn't consider it a major issue)

TL;DR: You can add irrelevant comments in tags as long as they're not relevant for other kinds of posts as well. Just make sure the tags meant for searching are relevant and you should be fine by TOS standards.

‘Why is trending so weird’ because of tag spam. Because people (and bots) are tagging like it’s Instagram.

This is spam. It’s against TOS and it throws trending completely out of whack, along with being wildly annoying.

Please, please, PLEASE report posts like this as spam, because otherwise it’s just gonna get fucking worse

[dubioushonour]

I'm rotating Project Sekai TWEWY AU in my head again because I was jotting down notes for it.

The SEKAI Ends With You? What a Wonderful SEKAI? Are You Asking For Death from Hatsune Miku?

It would run like a mix of original TWEWY and NEO, because I think the entrance fees are GREAT for character but the group team aspect is essential. Band groups would all be the same. I think mostly they all start as strangers except when it's fun if they weren't.

(If they knew each other before the story starts they still know each other, but also LN is together already because I feel like that's fair. I would say Vivids and BAD DOGs are aware of each other but haven't teamed up yet until they all end up in the same team after death)

I do not have a full idea of what everyone's fees would be, but:

Tsukasa's entry fee is Saki's memories of him

Mafuyu's entry fee is her memories, period, because she doesn't have anything else to take

Mizuki and Ena both get appearance fees (middle school mizuki and invisible Ena, maybe?)

Saki's entrance fee is her health

Minori's entrance fee is her determination or her memories of Haruka (kinda interlinked???)

Nene's fee is her voice, little mermaid style, obviously

Ichika's fee is not knowing who Hatsune Miku is or any of the virtual singers

Reapers are the virtual singers. Regular Miku is the Composer because I think that's fair, but due to Unfortunate Circumstances I Haven't Decided Upon Yet she doesn't actually have enough reapers to keep a proper game going so she's split herself into five, weaker versions of herself to keep the system running. (idk who her conductor is. Part of me says it's the little marshmallow avatar of us, part of my says It's Teto).

Otherwise then I would say One variation of a Virtual Singer each to accompany said Miku (this works out mostly fine because each Miku is basically paired off anyways. Exceptions are VBS Miku, who gets Meiko rights and N25 Miku, who gets Len.)

Pins and Powers would likely be based off songs, undecided if they would be based off all songs or just commissioned ones. Everyone gets 1 power, but it has the potential to evolve into a different one (As You Like -> Showtime Ruler as a maybe example). The big group all out attack would naturally be named after the big main group song.

For fun I would also say we get Bonus Reapers for virtual singers who are in the game, but not properly (Una, Flower, GUMI, VY1, VY2, who have in game vocals off the top of my head without checking).

- Tiny addition but I think it would be something like

MMJ Miku gets Rin and Gumi

L/N Miku gets Luka and VY1

WxS Miku gets Kaito and Una

VBS Miku gets Meiko and VY2

N25 Miku gets Len and flower

No one stays Perma Dead in this AU because I am just not about that in the Miku Friendship Therapy game. The main crux would be that yes, everyone is playing to come back to life and there is a genuine danger of losing and dying. (and tbh probably some side characters might die) (things happen) (stories need drama)

But ultimately Miku is just trying to fill her Reaper ranks back out after An Unspecified Incident, so she would rather them alive but with a side job if they lose.

(currently have no idea who the winners of the game would be. Leo/need is in the Leo/lead though) (I feel like n25 would jump at the chance to be Reapers)

Maybe? A background plot about someone trying to take over as composer while regular Miku is weak and split in five pieces but I haven't thought that hard about it. One of the other Big Vocal Synths trying to encroach on Miku's territory while she's down, maybe. (It couldn't be... Teto Territory... UNLESS?)

Anyways this concludes PrSk brain rot au ramble 2 Electric Boogaloo, thanks

[nickgerlich]

Doing More With Less

The American mindset has long been one of manifest destiny. Whether pillaging and plundering the land and people as we expanded westward, or with firms today in the corporate capitalist era, it is a “take no prisoners” philosophy. Bigger is better, and More is always better than Less.

And for better or worse, it has helped propel us into wealthiest nation status. Investors dig it.

But not all companies buy into it, and oddly enough, have even prospered by going against the flow. Call it salmoning or whatever, these companies—albeit few—are swimming upstream when everyone else is heading to the ocean.

There is probably no better example of this than Trader Joe’s, the cult-popular grocery chain headquartered in Monrovia California that has 569 stores in the US. Its smallish stores—by today’s standards—stock only about 4000 SKUs, a far cry from the 45,000 available at larger modern supermarkets.

Trader Joe’s, which is owned by Germany’s Aldi Nord, bullishly proclaims its “Less Is More” tag line whenever it can. It’s also a take-it-or-leave-it statement as well, but thus far, it has paid off handsomely, with sales of US$16.5 billion. With about 50,000 employees, each worker generates US$330,000 in sales.

It was during COVID that TJ’s operating mantra was put to the test. Most of its competitors, including first-cousin Aldi (owned by Germany’s Aldi Sud), boosted their online presence, with many also offering curbside pickup and/or delivery. Trader Joe’s wanted nothing of that.

And that is because the company firmly believes its brand is the experience, and you cannot replicate that experience anywhere outside of its stores. You either shop there, or forget it. Given that its stores are small by design and often in or near shopping centers, the addition of order pickers and delivery vehicles would unnecessarily clutter the whole space. That, of course, would help ruin the experience on which TJ’s hangs its hat.

Their product assortment is also ever-shifting, reflecting a heavy emphasis on seasonal products (pumpkin is king right now, but you better hurry, because once those products are gone, you’re out of luck until next year). The company is also dedicated to innovation, something that keeps people coming back (side note: their plant-based spinach ravioli is to die for). Other items rotate through availability, meaning that every time you go to TJ’s, its equal parts shopping and discovery.

You never know what you’ll find, again, because it is part of the experience.

With 80% of their products being private label—meaning TJ’s contracts with companies to manufacture them and put a TJ’s marque on them—it leads to higher profit margins. Typical nationally-branded grocery items often have a 20-22% margin, which, after overhead is deducted, leaves a slim 1-2% profit margin for most other grocers.

Their laid-back nautical-themed atmospherics, complete with friendly employees who are paid to answer customer questions, give advice, and walk them to the right product, reinforce the experience. And employees will even open an item to let you try before you buy, whenever that is possible.

Their “less is more” strategy also applies to its marketing, which is centered primarily on a podcast, Instagram, and a monthly in-store newsletter called the Fearless Flyer. The store has such loyal customers that fan-based Instagram accounts have popped up that showcase products and recipes. Otherwise, their marketing efforts focus on reinforcing the message, which is to come to the store.

Making matters somewhat complicated is TJ’s resistance to reckless expansion. It routinely receives hundreds of requests each year from people imploring them to build a store near them, but it is just not going to happen. They would rather people like me travel prepared with an ice chest and freezer bag so that when we are near a TJ’s store (which for me would be OKC, Dallas, Albuquerque, or Santa Fe, all four or more hours away), we load up. And I do. Heck, three weeks ago I spent $200 at one of the Dallas stores.

Adding glitter to the scene, TJ’s devotees even collect their city and state reusable shopping bags that are sold in-store for $1. Look on eBay and you’ll see what I mean. Once we figured this out, we started selling off our collection. My wife sold two Oklahoma bags for a total of $98. Not a bad ROI. As a result, we routinely buy several in each TJ’s state we visit. Even if they don’t sell, we use them for shopping, or as gift bags.

All of which illustrates that, for every glowing generalization I or anyone else makes, there are exceptions, and Trader Joe’s has hit pay dirt by doing less. There is always the possibility of finding a pot of gold far out on the tails of the customer distribution.

And that is a destiny that Trader Joe’s has made manifest.

Dr “More Or Less“ Gerlich

Audio Blog

[tricksheart]

Unnecessarily Detailed Dislikes

Please repost, don’t reblog.

Answer the questions for your muse and tag some people.

Muse name: Akira ‘Kurusu’ Amano-Suou

Least favorite nickname: Guinea Pig ( that comes from Tae )

Least favorite color: Brown

Least favorite season: Spring ( when he got arrested and other bad memories ).

Least favorite weather: Icestorms ( falls easily ).

Least favorite—hot or cold: Cold ( hurts his teeth, sensitive to cold ).

Least favorite holiday: Cat day ( February 22nd ).

Least favorite food: Too many to count but Chocolate is in the top 10.

Least favorite flavor: Banana anything.

Least favorite drink: Water ( feels like he is drowning )

Least favorite scent: Maruki’s school nurse office / antiseptic.

Least favorite sound: Nails on a chalkboard.

Least favorite book: The Hunger Games.

Least favorite movie: Gone With The Wind.

Least favorite tv show: Resident Evil ( Netflix )

Least favorite school subject or area of study: Gym / Math

Least favorite aspect of their job: Too many customers, not enough employees.

Least favorite fictional character: Iron Man ( Tony Stark ) / Zephyrman ( Akira Konoe )

Least favorite person: His father Katsuya.

Least favorite trait in others: Hiding the urge to kill.

Least favorite place: The ( his ) Velvet Room.

Least favorite thing to talk about: About himself / family.

Least favorite thing about themselves: His resting bitch face without his fake glasses.

Least favorite sexual position: N/A

Least favorite daily chore: Making coffee.

Least favorite style of clothing: Too much clutter.

Least favorite activity: Working. He wants to play. :(

Least favorite superpower: Strength

Least favorite thing about humanity in general: They’re cowards who won’t help.

Least favorite thing about being in love: Knowing they might leave him for someone else / better opportunity. 

Least favorite thing about death: Leaving his mother behind.

tagged by: @kingspuppet​​ (Thank you!!)​

tagging: @more-than-a-princess​ @cantillat​  @ervaurem​ @praeteritus-memories​  @zhonde​ @magician-under-the-moonlight​ @lucktalented​​ &&&  If you’re reading this consider yourself tagged!

[obsessivedilettante]

Dramaland Forecast: June 2017

Previously: 2016 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May

Completed:

Radiant Office -- the little underdog that could! This show has nothing new to offer, but it was packaged with such warmth and heart and agonizing relatability that I fell for the Suicide Squad as they tried to prove they were worth being given a chance. This is currently my favorite show of the year -- at least for now.

Whisper -- what a wild and crazy ride. This is a show that, if left to my own devices, I probably would have dropped. Lee Bo Young and Kwon Yul kept my attention (poor Lee Sang Yoon and his eyebrows did their best, but I’m not sure if he’s really cut out for this kind of intensely dramatic role), and the show was utterly stolen by Kim Hyung Mook as Secretary Song. While I enjoyed the constant allusions to real-life corruption, this wasn’t what I’d consider to be one of Park Kyung Soo’s better dramas.

Tunnel -- I can appreciate it intellectually for what it was trying to do and what it accomplished, the concept was interesting, the cast was pretty great (Yoon Hyun Min was perfect as ever, but as much as I love Sexy Demon Daddy, he really needed to dial down the shouting). But for whatever reason, it didn’t grab me as it should have. On paper it has everything I’d want in a mystery/thriller, but in reality it was difficult giving it my full attention and my heart just couldn’t connect with any of the characters. I enjoyed it for the most part, but it’s going to be one of those dramas that I’ll immediately forget I ever watched.

Individualist Ms. Ji Young -- this drama special hit some very painful nerves but in the best way. There are shadows of Flower Boy Next Door with the bubbly neighbor that barges his way into the life of the loner-next-door. But there’s also a darker sadness and realness here that one doesn’t always find in dramas. Perhaps that’s why, even beyond the fact it’s only two 1-hour episodes, this felt more like a movie than a drama. This is by far my favorite romance I’ve watched this year, which probably tells you too much about my tastes (or at least my inner world).

Currently watching:

Super Family 2017

Chicago Typewriter

Recent premieres I plan to check out when I have a chance:

Fight My Way

Lookout

Circle

Dropping/skipping:

My Sassy Girl -- despite loving Joo Won in Gaksital, I just haven’t been able to get into his other dramas. I also have a terrible track record for sageuks, be they fusion or not. This means it’s on the “skip” list even if I have hopes for the fantastic Oh Yeon Seo in the titular role.

Suspicious Partner -- I loved this writer’s previous work (All About My Romance; Protect the Boss) so this may go into the watch list eventually, but nothing I’ve heard so far has made me want to immediately pick it up.

Upcoming dramas of interest:

The Best Hit -- I am really excited about this one, because I loved the docu-style from Producer until it turned into a standard drama. I also love Yu PD, and Cha Tae Hyun has been my favorite of the 1N2D members ever since the original crew moved on to other things, so I’m curious to see how they’ll handle directing their first-ever drama together. Also, as a fan of the slice-of-life genre, I'm hoping it will be along those lines just based on the premise. Last but not least, this cast is incredible, and I’m already anticipating a slew of cameos.

Duel -- I was only vaguely interested in this because it’s from the writer of Nine: Nine Times Time Travel and Queen In Hyun’s Man (and I’m assuming this is the writer who focused on the more sci-fi mind-bendy aspects of those dramas ‘cause this one has clones) but given a choice to recap this one, I took it, because I have a feeling this will be fun to write about.

Forest of Secrets -- I’m hoping giving this one up for Duel won’t haunt me because omg this caaaaaaaaaaast.

Woman of Dignity -- I’m so nervous and conflicted. I adore Kim Sun Ah and Kim Hee Sun, and having them work together in a show is like a dream come true. But I really hated the writing of SWDBS and don’t trust this writer to do these incredible women justice. *fingers crossed for a miracle*

Bad Guys: Age of Evil -- everyone’s gnashing their teeth that the original crew aren’t coming back but I’m over here already anticipating Park Sung Woong and (possibly) Kang Ha Neul.

As always, any drama not listed means I have nothing new to add since the last mention and/or it’s not something I care about enough to add to the list.

[smalltowndetective]

🌷, 🎁, and 💗 for any detective you’d like!

Hello! Thank you so much for the ask! You are the best!

I randomized which detective I was going to answer for, and added an extra one just so all four could be represented haha!

🌷 Is your muse likely to be the one to make the first move, or would they wait for the other to make a move first?

Mariana “Mari” Gonzales- Mari is very likely to make the first move! Once she knows that she likes someone, she has not problem being the first one to actually admit, and be the one who makes that first step. In her eyes, if she knows, there is no point in hiding it, and getting it out in the open allows then to actually decide to continue with it or leave it as friends. Mari does not pine, at all haha! (And she normally burns and fades quickly with her attractions, but that does not seem to be happening this time!)

🎁 Does your muse become flattered to receive gifts?

Natasha Trexler- To be honest, Natasha is not normally the best at showing appreciation in general, and this most certainly results to gifts. She hates clutter, and is normally someone who appreciates having everything in order and nothing that she needs unnecessarily. But if you give her a gift, she does do her best to try and return the favor herself, never wanting to feel indebted to anyone! 

💗 Would your muse prefer a large, public proposal, or do they prefer a small, private one?

Pearl Reid- When the time comes, I don’t think Pearl would have a preference either way, but I don’t think she would be opposed to either of them! Her more extroverted nature would probably take a public proposal right in stride, so I don’t think she would ever an actual issue with that haha! It just would be special that it was happening in all, no matter the way that it did! :)

💔 Has your muse ever been heartbroken? If so, explain what happened.

Thea Holland- (Of course, this is the one that I randomize haha!) I have been trying to give this the reader’s digest version of what happened, but we’ll leave it like this. Thea has her heart broken several times, and that is partly because she does love so fiercely and so strongly that she is not afraid of being vulnerable, and this has landed her in some situations where she has way deeper feelings then the other person, but she never lets these stop her from loving just as hard the next time, because in her eyes, that is not fair to them. Why should she change that? They are not the one who hurt her. I have written about a few of these, but because they take place before Book 1, I don’t even know if I could even tag it with the Wayhaven tag. (These started as just me “world-building” for Thea, but maybe one day once I edit through them?) But I do have a playlist for these, and I’ll give you the song that these fit in the most- Broken by Isak Danielson

[vmheadquarters]

We’re still playing our game of written hot potato! Dozens of your favorite authors are taking turns to tell a Veronica Mars mystery story. Each writer crafts their chapter and then “tosses” the story to the next person to continue the tale. No one knows what will happen, so expect the unexpected!

Follow the “vmhq presents” and “murder we wrote” tags for all the installments, or read the story as it develops on AO3. --Chapter Thirty of MURDER, WE WROTE is written by @heavenli24​. And stayed tuned next week for Ch.31 from @nicemom93​  - tag, you’re it!

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CHAPTER THIRTY by @heavenli24​

“Well, that was fun,” said Logan unnecessarily, as they left the Deep Ridge security offices. 

“What do you think Wiedman meant about Ruby’s manuscript?” Veronica wondered as she opened the car door and got in. “Because I was really hoping not to have to finish it.” 

“No idea.” Logan slid into the driver’s seat. “But I have to admit, it has my curiosity piqued.” 

“Mine too.” Veronica gave a reluctant sigh, before grimacing. “Damn my curiosity!” 

“You don’t have to read it right now,” he reminded her. “It’s getting late. Why don’t we pick up that dinner and head over to Keith’s?” 

Veronica shook her head. “As tempting as that sounds, I want to check out Ruby’s apartment first. That was the plan before we got side-tracked by Wiedman, remember?” 

“Okay.” Logan nodded and started the car, pulling it out into the road. 

As they headed across town towards Ruby’s apartment—the same one Veronica searched last year when she was investigating Carrie’s murder—Veronica tried to process everything they’d learned in the last couple of hours. How had a simple game of ‘guess who the murderer in my novel is?’ turned into this convoluted, real-life, tell-all exposé about the Kane family, involving a number of sources—including her own mother—and an actual murder? It was making her head hurt. 

“Shit!” Logan muttered harshly a few minutes later, slowing the car to a stop not far from Ruby’s apartment. 

“What?” Veronica’s head snapped up, the sudden stop pulling her from her thoughts. 

“That.” He gestured ahead of them. 

Veronica looked in the direction he was indicating, her heart sinking at the sight before them. The apartment was surrounded by cop cars and a not-insignificant-group of journalists and paparazzi. 

“Shit,” she said in agreement. “Guess searching Ruby’s apartment tonight is out.” 

“We gotta get going,” said Logan. “If anyone sees us here, the press will have a field day. Not to mention Lamb. And I’m not fighting another false murder charge.” 

“Yeah, let’s go.” Veronica shuddered at the thought. She had no desire to go through that rigmarole again. “We’ll come back later.” 

As discreetly as he could, Logan turned the car around. He took a left turn through Ruby’s neighbourhood and headed back across town quickly, trying not to draw attention to themselves. 

“So, dinner at your dad’s?” he asked eventually. 

“Sounds good.” 

*** 

On the way to Keith’s, they stopped for take-out at the new Italian restaurant downtown that Veronica’s dad was eager to try, and then drove over to his bungalow. 

“Veronica, Logan,” Keith greeted with a smile when they arrived. “Come on in.” 

As Pony bounded excitedly over to Veronica and she crouched down to greet her adorable pup, Logan carried the take-out bags over to the dining table, telling Keith, “We brought sustenance.” 

“Ooh,” Veronica’s father’s eyes lit up as he followed him through the house. “Is that from Carluccio’s?” 

“Yep.” Logan shot him a grin. “You said you wanted to try it.” 

“I did. Thanks.” Keith nodded, before shooting Logan a suspicious frown. “Or is this just a ploy to get in my good books again after last week?” 

Logan pushed down the embarrassment he suddenly felt at the memory of Keith walking in on him and Veronica in a more than slightly inappropriate position on her desk at the office last Wednesday afternoon, and gave a casual smirk instead. “Why, is it working?” 

Keith pursed his lips thoughtfully, though there was an amused twinkle in his eye. “Depends how good this food is.” 

“Come on, Dad,” Veronica swept past them and into the kitchen to grab some plates and cutlery. “Stop giving him a hard time.” 

When she’d set the table, they took their seats, Pony curling up at Logan’s feet, and dug into the delicious-smelling food. The atmosphere was relaxed—well, as relaxed as it could be when Ruby Jetson’s murder, and Van Clemmons being revealed as the publisher of Ruby’s book, was the big news of the day. Logan stayed out of the conversation as much as he could, leaving it to Veronica to decide how much to tell her father about Ruby, her manuscript, and Lianne’s return to Neptune. As expected, she told Keith as little as possible, and by the end of the dinner, Logan was sure Veronica hadn’t even mentioned to Keith yet that she’d had a copy of the manuscript for a week. 

*** 

Later that night, Veronica lay awake in the large, comfortable bed in Dick’s spare room. She should be exhausted after all that amazing Italian food at her father’s place, followed by incredibly satisfying round of sex with Logan when they got back to Dick’s empty beach house—sex she was sure he’d initiated specifically to distract her from the case…though after that last orgasm, she couldn’t find it in her to be annoyed with him. Except, now that Logan was fast asleep, snoring softly beside her in the bed, she was wide awake, her mind whirring. 

In fact, she was itching to get back to work, to figure out what the hell was going on, both in Ruby’s manuscript, and out here in the real world. She checked her phone—just after two a.m.—then glanced over at Logan to check he was still asleep, before carefully sliding out of the bed. 

“Where you goin’?” came his groggy voice, and Veronica froze as Logan turned over, his hand reaching for her arm, stopping her. 

“Just getting some water,” she told him quickly. “Go back to sleep.” 

“No, you’re not,” he said, voice more clear now as he pulled himself up into a sitting position and turned on the light on his nightstand. 

“I am,” she insisted, trying to look innocent while also not looking directly at him. 

“Bull,” Logan countered. 

She turned to see him shooting her a smirk and a raised eyebrow. 

“You’re too distracted to sleep, because you’re dying to work on the case,” he told her knowingly. She gave him a questioning look, and he added, “I could feel you tossing and turning.” 

Veronica sighed. “You caught me. I’m heading over to Ruby’s. There won’t be anyone there this time of night.” 

“I’m coming with you,” he said decisively, pulling back the covers and moving to get out of the bed. 

“No, you’re not,” Veronica shot him a firm look. “Stay here. I can handle this alone.” 

“No,” Logan insisted. “We’re a team now, remember? If you’re going, I’m going.” 

She frowned at him for a minute, but he was wearing his determined, ‘no one’s gonna talk me out of this’ expression, and she relented. “All right. Fine. We’ll go together.” 

They dressed, grabbed a few supplies and headed out to the car. Within thirty minutes, they’d parked a block from Ruby’s, had managed to get into her apartment—thanks to Veronica’s experienced lock-picking skills—and were now stealthily making their way through Ruby’s bedroom. 

“Fuck, what is that?” Logan exclaimed in a harsh whisper, aiming his phone flashlight towards Ruby’s bedroom wall, which was still covered in a large image of Carrie. 

“Oh, that?” Veronica shrugged. “It’s her crazy murder wall. I told you about it last year.” 

“Yeah, you did.” He nodded slowly. “I kinda thought she’d have gotten rid of it by now.” 

“Yeah, well, who knows what went through her mind half the time.” 

Beside her, Logan shuddered. “I dread to think.” 

“Come on, let’s check the closet.” 

Opening the door to Ruby’s walk-in closet, Veronica pushed aside the large collection of Bonnie Deville-inspired outfits and shimmied her way inside. Logan followed, and they began going through the large amount of junk cluttering up the small space. After several long minutes of digging and not getting anywhere, Veronica was just about on the verge of giving up when Logan gave a sharp inhale. 

“What the hell is that?” he wondered incredulously. 

“What?” 

“That.”  He pointed his phone in the direction of his wide-eyed gaze and Veronica followed it, freezing when she saw what he was referring to. 

“Ho-ly fuck.”

[panonbinary]

Im going to start this off by saying I don’t ship R*mrom. However, I’m not going to clutter their tag because very few of them actually support incest, and I have spoken to some to get that information.

The Sanders Sides fandom is full of people who have had traumatic pasts and they use Sanders Sides to cope. Some people who ship R*mrom do so to cope with past trauma. Sure, there will be the ones who do ship it because they are brothers, but quite a few do not.

And that’s the thing, all the R*mrom shippers I have spoken to make sure to specify that they are not siblings when they write or read about it.

As I said, I do not ship it, and I certainly am not defending any type of incest, but please don’t judge people solely based off of one piece of information.

Please don’t be unnecessarily cruel to people, and if you see something you do not like, from both sides of the argument, please don’t fight and just go on your way. The world is full of anger already, petty and mean comments do not need to be spread to make people more miserable.

Stay safe 💓

[orcx-nus]

@flowerytruth​ said: “ 1,9,13 “

the be honest meme.

                  1. What would prevent you from following someone?

(( i’ll be honest, i have quite a few things that would prevent me from following someone. when deciding whether or not to follow someone i mainly look at rules, character descriptions, writing style, some aesthetic & organization, and the type of activity.

rules: i have seen a few blogs with rules like “if you write [insert some sort of common trigger here] whatsoever, even if tagged, don’t follow!” or “even if i don’t follow you i will block you if i so much as hear that you write [insert  some sort of common trigger here]” or smth like that. in which case, i avoid them entirely. first of all, i hate rules that police other’s behaviors outside of their personal interactions. as long as someone tags things properly and it’s evident that mun=/=muse, why be so hostile from the get-go? second, if they’re not gonna like what i write for character exploration purposes, then there’s no point in following to begin with. better to avoid issues before they start. also, if i see someone just doesn’t have rules altogether, or has very minimal/vague rules i tend to avoid them. nothing personal, it’s just easier to avoid problems if someone has proper rules.

character descriptions: especially if they’re an OC, if they lack any character descriptions of backgrounds, or have very minimal ones, i tend to avoid. i hate having to constantly ask questions about characters and prefer to have someplace i can come back to in order to double-check details and make sure i don’t cross certain lines. 

writing style: i tend to avoid people who write a lot of short replies (a paragraph or less) bc it gives me nothing to work with in the long-run. i used to write with a lot of people like that, and i eventually ended up just having to remake bc i lost my inspiration to write altogether. it’s not fun if i have nothing to work with. also, although it’s not necessary, i tend to enjoy those who regularly use icons and format replies at least a lil bit. just a personal preference.

aesthetic & organization: as i mentioned, it’s not super necessary but i definitely enjoy at least a little bit of aesthetic. however, i mainly apply this to replies only. in other words, if someone writes a lot, but doesn’t often use formatting (ie: small text, bolded/italicized words or ‘speech’, etc.) i tend to lean more towards not following. of course, this doesn’t always apply but i do like seeing pretty writing lol however, if someone uses too much aesthetic writing (ie: drastically formatting every other word) it makes it more difficult for me to read and i can also avoid them. basically, just format within moderation. also, if someone doesn’t have any sort of organization, especially in regards to links, i avoid. 

activity: i now i’m also not the best example of this and i may come off as a bit hypocritical, but if someone posts wayyyy too much ooc instead of interactions i tend to steer clear. it’s just not fun or enjoyable to have my dash constantly cluttered by one person constantly posting ooc and/or never actually doing any sort of rping. unless we’ve known each other for a while or i like you enough, i will generally avoid people who do this. i’ve already unfollowed some people for this. ))

                  9. What is your opinion on exclusivity? Do you practice it? Why / why not?

(( hmmm don’t care for it. i respect if others are exclusive with other partners, be it in terms of only interacting with one of each muse at a time (ie only one Makoto or Haru at a time), exclusive shipping, etc. however, i refuse to be exclusive for the time being. i think it just limits interactions unnecessarily, as well as makes exploration of relationships more difficult/boring. my muse may react differently with two different harus or two different rins, be it friendship-wise or romantically, and i really like to explore how each relationship is formed! ))

                  13. Have you ever thought about leaving rp? What caused it? What changed your mind?

(( i have actually thought of it and done it at least twice before! it wasn’t bc i hated it or anything tho. it was mainly bc my life got too busy for me to keep it up after some time, or i just lost my muse for a much longer period of time than i initially anticipated. i recently came back again, actually, for the same reason that i came back the other times: i missed rp, finally got some more free time, and i got my muses back! however, my life is getting busy once more so i may eventually have to take another semi-hiatus until i get some more things sorted out ;w; i don’t expect that happening too soon tho ))

[kingofthewilderwest]

Why are people and critics bashing on The Hidden World again? Am I missing anything?

Heya there, friend! Hope you’re doing well! I’ll be honest, I don’t like discussions about “what is the fandom doing negative” because it can lead into some fans misconceiving their own situation. Talking about fandom from this angle can make people think the fandom is in a widespread negative, unhealthy state, when that’s FAR from the situation. Some people are good about being relaxed about it, but others get worried and fall into doomsday traps in these convos. I want to clarify, before someone freaks out and misinterprets fandom community for what it’s not: 

So many people in fandom are ablaze with hype and feels for THW! Audiences are coming out of theatres crying and in love. It’s not getting bad reception at all and saying otherwise would be misleading! <3 <3

I suppose I’d say fans and critics have never been bashing THW. There’s a 91% rating rn on Rotten Tomato; that impressively high score is the lowest THW has been. Hoards of dragons fans in my life - both irl and url - are screaming with heartfelt emotion. Most critics are giving complimentary discussions on THW, with quotes like, “a tender, spirited, coming-of-age CG-animated feature that proves every bit as emotionally resonant and artistically rendered as its 2010 and 2014 predecessors, if not even more so.” I can only think of one person I know, in all of tumblr and discord and face-to-face friendships, who hated the film and rages on it. I’ll admit I’m not sure why you’re saying “bashing again” because, while of course I can’t see everything going on, there’s not bashing from any of the wide circles I’ve engaged with.

What I’d say is happening is that fans and critics are engaging in balanced constructive criticism. It’s important to remember that people can adore something and still acknowledge that it is - like all media - imperfect. It doesn’t even mean that a movie is “okay” instead of “good,” because people will discuss the imperfections of masterpieces - not with irreverence, but with love, appreciation, acknowledgment, and consideration. Constructive criticism is healthy discussion, analyzing a movie from all its angles, not insulting or belittling it. Most fans who engage in constructive criticism still enjoy THW or find value in it. I suppose the reactions I see in the HTTYD fandom for THW are: 1. Loved it, hyped, probably cried hard in theatres, and 2. Mixed opinions, not sold with the ending, but found the movie worthwhile to see on screen. 

Which isn’t too different from how HTTYD 2 was received four years ago, honestly!

You may already be familiar with the dialogue, but in case you or anyone else is interested, I’d say these are the points most often constructively analyzed:

Hiccup and Toothless’ relationship feels one-sided. 

Hiccup’s selfless love for Toothless is treated as clingy. 

Romance feels like it’s given the priority over friendship.

Hiccup and Toothless separating doesn’t feel like the inevitable solution to the problems being presented in the film.

The first two movies are all about how friendship triumphs, and how Hiccup will do what he can to create peace between humans and dragons to change the world. Viewers feel like the movie 180′s this message without needed grounding. It can come across like Hiccup is failing or giving up.

There is too much humor cluttering other parts of the film.

Toothless is too anthropomorphized or treated like a cutesie good boy.

The movie focuses too much on the Light Fury and Toothless bond over the other dangers and points of conflict.

The Light Fury’s design is unnecessarily feminized.

Grimmel is a fairly standard HTTYD villain in his motivations, plot arc, threat, etc.

The movie’s pacing might feel too rushed. Some say it could have used 30 more minutes, or even another movie or two. (I propose simply tweaking scene presentation and making the climax a few minutes longer).

You can see my balanced constructive criticism discussions (or blacklist them, if you only want the happy hype) under the #httyd 3 criticism tag for more depth! Other people who have respectful, balanced perspectives include @avannak @inhonoredglory and @inkerii.

None of us hate the movie! There is lots we’re hyped about and love! But we’re also engaging in a dialogue about what the movie could have done better!

I don’t know if this gets at what you were confused about, but I hope it helps. Take care and stay awesome, dragon nerd! :)

[actualfkingvoid]

precisely

this action is making it unnecessarily harder for anyone using the ao3 website. when i tag, i generally ask these three questions:

what aspect of the content might potentially trigger someone? (FOR FILTERING)

what trope would an audience potentially look up? (FOR ACTIVE SEARCHING)

what other referential data do i have? (FOR ARCHIVING)

number 1 is the most important and you can skip the rest but make sure to tag your content appropriately if you will be using themes like “suicide” “murder” “rape”. yes, it may feel very uncomfortable reading these words straight. but between reading the word “rape” in the tags and getting shocked over graphic depictions of it in the middle of the fic i’m reading because filters didn’t work, i think i would prefer getting queasy for 3 seconds and moving on with my life.

number 2 is for your audiences. be broad as possible when tagging. think of words you would personally use to look up fics you like. for example, would it cross your mind to look up fics using the keyword “dining room”? most likely not even if that’s where your fic’s setting takes place in the most (although, i’m not saying that fans of the “dining room” tag do not exist).

also consider it from the perspective of the reader looking through the tags. is the fic something that the readers of the “dining room” tag are looking for? to further elaborate, we can use the “high school” tag. fans of the high school tag are likely there to read about mushy student romance in a school setting. if the characters are merely high schoolers but the focus of the story is a fantasy setting in another world without academia, then they are less likely to check the fic out.

there is no hard and fast rule for this, but a good starting point would be to ask a beta reader or a friend to summarize your story in three words: genre (e.g. comedy, romance, mystery), dynamic of the characters (e.g. found family, rivals to lovers, established relationship), and the conflict/macguffin/checkhov’s gun/just the THING your story is about (e.g. hanahaki, body switch, fake dating, revenge, overprotective behavior, manipulation, jealousy). if you are unsure of what your story is about, don’t worry as your friend/reader would likely be able to spot what you’re going for anyway.

number 3 helps keep the archive organized. this means putting:

appropriate fandom names (you can look it up beforehand or edit after posting. mcyt stans i’m looking at you, please stop putting “no” as a fandom name as i’ve used every single filter i can possibly think of and i’m still finding philza fics that it is driving me to the brink of losing it) and

appropriate character names (”if i was a major X bias, would i want to read this work?” before you tag X) and

appropriate ship names (have mercy on rare pair shippers. if the focus isn’t on the X/Y ship, you can use the tag “background X/Y” so that it’s filterable but it won’t lead to false hope and tag clutter) and

any other data such as events the fic is made for (e.g. Kinkmemes, Big Bangs, etc; ask the event host!)

this is important so that future users of the archive know where to go if they are interested in a particular event for example. this helps greatly for posterity and is the reason why ao3 is highly regarded as it is: it is a very good archive. let’s all collectively do our work to keep it this way

similarly, please remember that it’s not a grievous sin to have previously committed bad tagging etiquette, and i don’t think it ever will be. but we can definitely enjoy the website more if we all do our part in making the job easier for the volunteer team, as this is a nonprofit endeavor

I just saw a story on AO3 tagged "pet p!ay"

TIK TOK MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE IT DESTROYS LANGUAGE