#definitely didnt post this to the wrong blog at first

[rawr-horseart]

What's wrong with you? Tell me all your problems, let it out What's wrong with you? Tell me all your secrets, get it out I don't know why these monsters Are trapped in my head I keep trying to put them to bed

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[pixiecaps]

eng: idiots

[polycule-playoff]

Rosaria & Kaeya Alberich

Submission:

"Rosaria and Kaeya are like. Drinking buddies."

"Rosaria and Kaeya beat criminals up together and drink together."

[valyrfia]

confession time: when i first got tumblr, you were one of the first blogs I followed and i was lowkey obsessed ( i would literally look your blog up everytime i opened tumblr and i never do that). but then i saw your posts slandering lando and i didnt know how to feel about it so i unfollowed you (this in itself was a misake bc i agreed to evrythng you said minus the stuff about lando and that in itself should've made me think about the whys, etc.) fast forward to how the last couple of months have been going, BESTIE I GET YOU SM I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEEDLY PLEASEDONT EVER STOP PREACHING QUEEN WE LOVE YOU!!! (and ofc yes im following you once again<3) MWAHHH<<33

Hi! Welcome back thank you for coming back here again!

I’m aware my anti Lando sentiment was Not Popular when I first started harping on about it around Miami/Imola, and in some ways yes I feel a little vindicated to be proven right but generally I’m just relieved that everyone is starting to see through the massive propaganda campaign around him.

Not only does Lando have a British pass from the media, but I think McLaren PR are excellent at appealing to the parasocial relationship in us when it comes to Lando (that Lando then doubles down on in Quadrant) and Lando in RPF contexts remains a great and likeable character, so all this leads to a feeling of sympathy for the driver himself. However, I think Lando has done the utmost to shatter most of that goodwill this weekend, the only people I really see defending him after the Max debacle are those who are: a. British or associated or b. into F1 for the fan culture. Which, there’s nothing wrong with being into F1 for the fan culture, I’d definitely be lying if I didn’t say that wasn’t a draw for me as well. But I think it’s important to realise that some drivers, and I’ll even include my favourite Charles in this, are trying their best to cultivate parasocial relationships for their own ends. And I just think it’s important to recognise that that’s being done and keep a clear head when incidents like these DO happen so we can see who is actually acting with grace and who is relying on a parasocial relationship to give them immunity and save them.

I’ve said it once but I’ll say it again, cultivating a parasocial relationship like this has been McLaren’s goal since 2019. They want a kpop style fanbase so that they’re absolved of all crimes. The real enemy here has always been the McLaren PR team.

[thecoolerliauditore]

sorry for the meta fandom discourse post but is it just me or does it sometimes feel like alot of people in the fandom really, really hate everyone else in the fandom. maybe I'm just more observant now but it feels like a relatively recent thing.

I don't like naming names in these but it's really hard to not to so forgive me but it seems like it started when people got more comfortable publicly saying they didnt like the art1mator smp people, then more and more anons on confession blogs would start very unsubtly complaining about specific fan artists they dislike (a little before this point there was a lot of general complaining about twinks or anime styles or whatever but never targetted). There's something here about the dehumanization of "big artists" too but I'm probably not eloquent enough to put it into words.

I'm a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to this because I do this too (although I do try to clarify each time I do that I respect the alternative as well) but I've seen so many posts in the scott tag specifically that are framed around proving other interpretations "wrong" than sharing your own. It used to be "scott is loyal and kind" and now it's "despite what People say, scott is loyal and kind". I don't check other tags closely enough to judge whether this is just the obligatory scott having more discourse than everyone else effect or if this is a wider spread thing but it's definitely something I've noticed. There's also the occasional post in there that's just like "some people are SO WRONG about scott" with no elaboration whatsoever?

And now with the Pearl Discourse TM it feels as though there's a lot of assuming the worst. This is what I was alluding to with the Gem SL discourse thing FYI like Gem disabled comments and all of a sudden everyone was preaching to the choir about being nicer to Gem, despite the fact that people on here LOVED Gem. There were big ass posts that told off people who called her character evil or for mentioning the Grian 1v3 instead of idk. The people in her comments section who were directly attacking her and made her disable them in the first place. It's so fucking wild to me still how many of my followers are Gem fans since I was piss scared to talk about her at all when SL ended.

Like I've seen people claim the fandom is awful and doesn't deserve this series which is like??? No?????? The start of WL brought about a shit ton of awesome fanart/fic??? All of the people I know are excited and chatting about it?????

Like don't get me wrong there are people in the fandom I personally dislike (and people who I've gotten the impression in the past who dislike me) but that's like. 1 or 2 guys compared to a shit ton of people who are awesome.

Maybe if we just idk. Talked to eachother more like people do instead of assuming someone is the worst because they shared an opinion you don't like or draw in a specific art style the fandom wouldn't seem So Bad.

[beddybites]

Do yiu have any tips on like how to attract more attention 😭 it's been a good while and it's a huge struggle of keeping motivation and not so amazing art so it's hard to sure my characters and their stories bc one thing a can say in confidence is I am a good writer I'd like to think, people tell me I have and oddly good but cryptic way of writing that keeps people enthralled, but my biggest struggle is getting them interested in the first place 😭

hi there!! i admittedly dont really know much about the world of writing and how to gain more attention there, but i can try to give tips and see what applies & sticks!

start off short & simple and build it up over time

if you start off with something big and complicated there will be more pressure to keep things big and complicated. theres nothing wrong with short and simple and mixing it up here & there (ie with art: if you only post full pieces with extravagant rendering people will keep expecting it. mix it up a bit. i try posting a variety of sketches and doodles and more detailed things— sometimes some things do better than others and thats ok!

it is 100% okay to repost/reblog your own work

if you ever see me spamming my blog with the same posts, its so i have it back on peoples feeds and on my main profile and its easier for people to find. its also likely that some ppl missed the post, and reblogging/reposting gives them the opportunity to see it!!

something something “its cringe and egotistical” WRONG!!!!!!!!!! its completely normal for creators to repost their content and it may help a lot!!

short & sweet descriptons

when you post, avoid giant paragraphs of text, especially if you’re including art in the post. people will be distracted and will see a giant post and just scroll past it

speaking of descriptions, try using trendy words and notable names

its kinda like hashtagging. if you look at my posts you’ll typically see how i will drop people’s full names + include the word “art” or “doodle” … this is because it will more likely show up on someones feed if said person looks up the same words.

ie: googling “muichiro tokito art” -> insert my post popping up because it has “muichiro tokito art” written out in the description

i admittedly have trouble providing tips as someone who doesnt rlly understand how i got noticed to begin with haha. something something imposter syndrome or whatever they call it these days… so im not really sure if anything above helps, but this is stuff i typically try to keep in mind when i post with the intent of trying to get people to see it

more importantly—

i know this is cheesy and this is easier said than done (i have this habit too a lot of the time) but numbers does not equal ur worth or talent. i know it isnt motivating and it can be so heartbreaking): but even if ur stuff doesnt get a lot of notoriety please know it doesnt define your value . this may sound like gibberish as it is 5 am as im posting this but truly… never give up on ur work!!! i promise u someone out there loves it

im more well known for my deaging & fluff content and to this day im rlly shocked it blew up the way it did. i really made it for myself. i came up with a whole alias and didnt plan on posting it anywhere bc i was so scared ppl would hate it and harass me or nobody would gaf. but eventually i was just like Man. if this thing helps me then maybe it can help someone out there too. and it helped provide ppl some joy & wonder and whimsy & made them feel seen and truly thats all i could ever want…

its difficult and its hard but i promise u… be patient and kind to yourself. it can definitely be hard sharing things around and getting that exposure you need but there are ways for sure. some journeys are faster than others and thats ok!

again sorry if this is all gibberish its super late ): but i hope this could help in some way shape or form

[brendonxrulli]

Brendon was a sucker for a baked good. As much as he knew he shouldn't eat so much of them, he couldn't help it sometimes. So here he was, eyeing up a tray of cupcakes until he heard someone speak next to him. Looking over at the man, Brendon's eyes immediately lit up at the sight of Gabby. "I know, I can't decide which ones I want to tr-" he started, pausing once he saw the sleeping baby that was accompanying Owen. Now with the knowledge of the tired child, Brendon continued his conversation, ut now practically whispering like he was trying his best to not wake the little one. "I think I'm between the red velvet and the strawberry one, what do you think?" he spoke quietly. @owenxbentley

Owen had Gabby on his chest, giving Lucy some girl time with Rowan for a little bit. Gabby was sleeping, thankfully, and was nice and snug on his chest, wrapped up warm for the cooler weather. He was wandering around the booths and moving to look at all the baked goods. It was a quiet area, and he knew it would be good for Gabby. He didn't need to be by the games or many events that would be loud. The last thing he wanted to do was wake up Gabby; she had such a hard time sleeping, so it was nice she was able to now. He looked at the baked goods and smiled. Some of them looked very good. He smiled at a tray of cupcakes that looked very nice. "Well, they are too good to touch," he said more out loud than to anyone.

@brendonxrulli

[rbtlvr]

nvm im Not done but this is less me being Salty And Vague and more just. my thoughts on spoilers in general so its fine thumbsup

comes back after writing the whole thing. oops this got Really Long. woe read more be upon ye

anyway. i saw someone in the tags of that post saying its abt choice, that you have the option to CHOOSE whether or not to be spoiled on something, and like! yeah! exactly! like personally there is not much that Genuinely Triggers me but if i mentioned to a friend that i was thinking about getting into a particular piece of media, and they knew that piece of media had smth in it that would really really upset me, i would want to know

but otherwise i want to experience it for myself and it feels really... rude? i guess? when people spoil stuff for others just because they can. like. not talking abt reblogging stuff for media ages after it came out untagged, or reblogging stuff just after a thing came out and tagging it as spoilers and then someone sees it because they didnt blacklist anything. im talking about walking up to someone and going 'oh. youre interested in this piece of media? well did you know that [massive spoiler]?' its just rude!

and like. i can still enjoy media if i know what happens. its not a case of 'ohhh well i guess you never reread books or replay games or whatever' liek? yeah? i do??? theres SO many things ive gone through again but i still prefer to go into it the first time blind!

like ghost trick is a REALLY good example, if i had gone in knowing [redacted spoiler] i still would have enjoyed the game. but it would have SO MUCH taken away from that First Time Experience where i got to figure it out for myself. where i got to go into the discord and say oh my god this sounds absolutely batshit but heres my theory and im gonna lose it if im right

and then getting to go in a few hours later and go HOLY SHIT I WAS RIGHT? HOLY SHTI? HOLY SHIT?

like. i said i wasnt gonna be vague but literally just one (1) thing i prommy. it feels so... idk. condescending maybe. for op of that post to act like people who dont want spoilers are dumber, or dont enjoy media in the 'right way', or dont analyze media ever, or dont enjoy going through media a second time, or only like stupid bad media for idiots, or or or etc

thats such a huge generalization and sure maybe some of it is true for some people! theres definitely people out there who only like watching a movie once and lose interest once they know what happens! but does that? make them dumb??? or lesser??? like???

and if anything. not being spoiled ENHANCES a second go through for me. like ghost trick example again. i havent played it a second time myself (i want to eventually, but im at college and for spoiler related reasons i can only play it when im at home for my own emotional health), but i have gone and watched other people play it because i love seeing other people get that first time experience too. and the amount of foreshadowing for that one spoiler is WILD. ITS EVERYWHERE. AND IT RULED TO GO BACK THROUGH IT A SECOND TIME AND SEE ALL OF THAT AND GO HOLY SHIT IT WAS RIGHT THERE THE WHOLE TIME

and for the isat spoiler i got spoiled going in for, i still got to do that, just the first time i played. i still got that 'holy shit its so obvious all the pieces are there' experience, but without the joy of getting to figure it out for myself.

i like figuring out shit for myself! i LOVE a good mystery, i love putting together puzzle pieces and seeing the picture come together, i love being proven right and hell i even love being proven wrong (though. not quite as much LMAO). and im good at it, i think! i genuinely do like that about myself, and i like getting to use that skill! a lot!

so like. i dont... understand people acting like someone not wanting to be spoiled is just not engaging with media fully. i think i am? like i said in my tags of the last post i make a sweeping gesture to the 7934058903 posts on my blog where i overanalyze LITERALLY every single line and moment loop has, ever, lmaofjdsklfjldks

taz balance is another REALLY big one i point to as a 'the first and the second go through are SO VERY different and its SO great to get to have both' like. again, the foreshadowing is woven in SO well, in many cases completely unintentionally (there are so many times when the players accidentally foreshadowed something and i KNOWWWWW griffin was sitting there trying so very very hard not to say anything or laugh. or times in the first few arcs when griffin foreshadowed something that hadnt even been planned out yet!)

and ive listened to the whole thing like. three times, i think? at least three times. and its LONG. AND I HAVE ADHD. SO THAT SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ALKFJDLKSJFLKD

like. idk. getting spoiled on a big twist wont ruin the experience if the piece of media is good, thats true. getting spoiled on that one thing in isat very much didnt ruin it for me! i loved the game so much even going in with that spoiler! but theres a difference between ruining the experience and lessening it. and it doesnt make anyone lesser or wrong or dumb to not want that. shrugs

[keisgirl]

prompts

just some random prompts that i thought of/came across

feel free to use them or request them on my blog <3 (you can tag if you use it, i would love to see your fics

if you want to request, just hmu in my request box with the person and the prompt number 🍄

(under the cut!)

fluff prompts

#1 "you werent blushing this hard when you were showing off in front of the mirror earlier"

#2 "for someone who hates losing, you looked pretty happy when i beat you at mario kart."

#3 "awww why are you embarrassed, you looked so cute sleeping on my shoulder"

#4 "is that my fav hoodie that is on you right now?"

#5 "'im not a fan of your music', but i definitely heard you humming my song earlier."

#6 "you act all tough now, but you were practically melting when i kissed your forehead."

#7 "you looked so confident when you were on stage, but you couldn’t even ask me out without stuttering." (idol au maybe?? lolll)

#8 "for someone who isn’t a fan of affection, you sure held my hand a lot today."

#9 "(hugging) you act like you don’t need it, but you hold on just a little tighter every time."

#10 "it’s funny… even in a sky full of stars, all i want to look at is you."

#11 "it wasn’t the grand gestures… it’s the way you remember all the little things, like how i take my coffee or the songs i hum when i’m happy."

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angst prompts

#12 "you didnt sound this distant when you promised i was the only one you needed."

#13 "you weren’t pretending when you kissed me that night… but it feels like everything after was."

#14 "you weren’t holding back when you said i was the most important thing in your life… so why does it feel like i’m second now?"

#15 "you were so sure of us then… so why can’t you look me in the eyes now?"

#16 "you said you’d never walk away, but here we are."

#17 "we used to talk about everything, but now it feels like we’re avoiding the important things."

#18 "i wish you’d just say something, anything, instead of pretending everything’s okay."

#19 "i don’t know why it hurts so much… maybe it’s because i haven’t seen you look at me like that in a while." (post-breakup)

#20 "it wasn’t the silence that hurt the most… it was the way you pretended like nothing was wrong."

#21 "you’re here, but it doesn’t feel like you really are anymore."

#22 "you promised you wouldn’t leave without talking to me first… so why am i finding out from everyone else that you're gone?"

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[callibones]

hello!!! 🩸🟪 again. sorry for asking so early in the morning--i know you said you timed your last poast so i would see it so i feel bad for changing my hours but i had some extra free time. in the future you don't have to time your responses if you dont wanna. i peruse your blog at least once a week or so so ill probably find things ! and i dont wanna bother you first thing, thank you SO MUCH for that injoke guide! i'm like lvl 500 autistic so i had trouble figuring them out naturally. this makes things sm easier.

second thing... you have a bill cipher fictive? that's inch resting. i think i might also be plural too but i'm kinda off and on about it. but when u said that i looked back at the post they made and it was tagged with a #👁️? and then i looked at your other posts and there's a few tagged with a #👑. and your posts are usually tagged with #callie.txt.exe. so i thought hm. so i don't make any mistakes--what's your bill cipher fictive's name? how many people are there? is callie around the majority of the time? this is probably invasive so you don't need to respond to any of this JKHJBGVFCDXRCFGVHBJKNHBGVFCDXCGHBJKNHJBGVFCDGFVHBJ. also ive definitely Won and have obtained zero shelled feelings ever absolutely.

third. I LOVED OIL AND WATER!!! thank you sm. i haven't finished reading through all the other fics you reblogged though so when i do ill send you my thoughts on all of them in a different ask. you are so Based but not in a weird way in like a cool awesome way. fourth. i.. do rlly wanna dm you but my main thing is that i kind of Lost access to my main account a bit ago? idk how i was just stupid and Forgor

so ive been slowly trying to rebuild it on this new one. problem is, it's not Done yet. i'm worried im going to dm you and it will be Incomplete and you will forever perceive me as a Flawed, Unfinished version of myself. it would simply tarnish the wonderful 🩸🟪 brand, you know?

so i think.. if i do dm you, it'll be in a little while. i'll probably create a dedicated sideblog for the occasion when i do, ok? i do wanna hear you yap in a more controlled environment.

last thing i swear. so this actually has NOTHING to do with anything else you said but im like freaking out. so i checked your youtube channel and i noticed your description.

television for a head.

this is cool and all and your sona is SO AWESOME but this also Sucks for me because this ENTIRE TIME i've been drawing you as a computer! i have so much callibones fanart of you as a fucking desktop where it's like nested so your monitor has a little desktop assistant that is also you and it goes on forever and ever and ever with even smaller callies and that idea was WRONG!! i shouldve known from the antennae but i thought that was a bug thing not a tv thing (which, by the way, excellent choice on your part. when i'm not an assembly of shapes, i do enjoy being an insect.) but i was a FOOL!!!

so this makes me realize hey wait what else am i getting wrong? this thing is colored differently in this image than all the other images. what's the correct thing to do? and i came to the conclusion that i need to just ASK YOU! (wow who could've guessed. you're so smart.) yeah! i am! the smartest in the whole world even

if you happen to have any, i need reference sheets of your sona. if you have reference sheets of the alternate variants (or are those headmates? i saw one was called calliope and i think there was a bill cipher one so is that the fictive? i don't know but i want to draw them) those would be appreciated too. i have made a grave error and i must resolve it immediately.

with that. um. thank you for humoring me, id like to thank all our sponsors for getting me to write this ask, i will join the discord servers and message you one day because i am Not Afraid of Anything in the Whole Wide World. toodles

HELLO 🩸🟪! hope i didnt keep you waiting too long.... wanted to finish my ref first! PLUS i got a whoooole buncha busy goin on so im SUPER occupied.... but now i got time just for YOU! i definitely didnt time this one im just postin it now that i Can.... but im sure you can use the tag and your weekly browsing skills to find your way back here. hehehehe.

SECOND: very observant! yes, while we haven't made an official post for it, calliope uses the crown emoji and calcifer uses the eye emoji! that's his name, by the way. in fact, here's the whole gang, labeled with NAMES & PRONOUNS!

("who the fuck" is me, sorry. hehehehe.) (putting the id on this one out here so its easier. from left to right, you got:

the commissariat (she/they) in red, in a fancy longcoat with a jacket makin a serious pose

me, callie (it/fae/she) in green, in my usual "have a rotten day" top that shows my bra a lil and my short skirt

calliope (she/thon) in purple, wearing thons over-the-top storm supervillain dress

calcifer (he/she/it/they and it insisted on including "calcifae/calcifaer" as well) in yellow, with a suit, a shorter skirt than mine, a sword, and the bill cipher triangle-eye pose

and callyris (she/it) in pink, with short-shorts and a crop top fully showin its maintenance panel.

i'm around the majority of the time, but there's five of us includin' me and Calcifer! he's more than just bill cipher, btw. he's he/him lesbian bill cipher! hehehehe. he's also like genuinely growing as a person and i'm REALLY proud of him. also it's okay i have shelled one feelings too. calcifer says you're probably pretty easy to take advantage of and should call her.

THIRD: YAY! cedardivine, who made that peanutiel story, JUST made a separate post the other day with all thons blaseball writing. so GO CHECK THAT OUT! i sure plan to. :-D

FOURTH: cmon you dont gotta brand. EVERYONES flawed and unfinished! including me! im fucked upppp dont put me on a pedestal. im incomplete too!!!!

FIFTH HERES MY REF!!!! i made it just for you (genuinely!) so you GOTTA show me your fanart now because omg? omg???? omg???????? you made fanart of me? sobbing and crying??

also youre KINDA right about the desktop assistant thing! i fuckin love the nestedness so much and theres definitely some stuff where i imply that! but thats because.... so the actual sona is a desktop assistant virus thing. but fae takes on the appearance of a tv-head bot! so when fae's in The Real World fae uses a Made Physical version of that same cartoony self to walk around in. and on that robot's an OS running... the actual desktop assistant! so while it's not infinitely nested, you're right that my reality is Layered. i wonder if it could go deeper than that....

theres not a lotta art of the others YET but heres SOME FUCKIN AWESOME ART MY WONDERFUL FRIEND OF RIGORMARCY DREW OF THON so lookat that.

and here's calcifer's never-before-posted discord pfp, just for you:

calcifer sez: THERE'S MY CARD! GIMME A RING IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW DEITY TO CHAT UP. THE SHELLED ONE MAY BE DEAD, BUT I'M AROUND FOREVER! FOREVER.

so. do what you will with this information.

IN CONCLUSION please send me your fanart if you wanna and feel like it because thats SO AWESOME that you made some... literally misty eyed.... ill look forward to your next correspondence whether i know you as 🩸🟪 or as whatever your name is on whatever platform you wanna reach me with! feel free to shoot me a friend request on discord if tumblr aint workin for ya. tell em 🩸🟪 sent ya! because that's you. and you can send you. But not in the mail, unfortunately. 1984.

UNTIL NEXT TIME GOOBY!!!!

[sickknotdoom]

Im genuinely really disappointed in Kittycorn for the fact that despite kit's relatively large following, kittycorn has said NOTHING publically about palestine, despite having the power to lead a lot of people to a lot of resources.

“Kit doesn’t have much of an internet presence outside of Sparklecare!!!” Then explain to me why i see so many popular artists who barely share jackshit about their personal lives, not even their pronouns, and yet still reblog and share stuff about Palestine. Kittycorn has literally 0 excuse not to say *anything*.

I'm gonna be so real and say that I'm half-expecting Kittycorn to be like "oh i dont reblog anything about it cuz it makes me sad :-((("

kit could at least like. Draw the Sparklecare characters in support for Palestine. Kit could do the bare fucking minimum here.

Kittycorn has such a large following and a lot of power, whether kit likes it or not. I understand Kittycorn did not want this large following, nor does kit want more of it, but christ can you fucking do something?

I don't know why people aren't talking about this.

holy fucking shit youre right. ive noticed that too but i didnt wanna bring it up because i know that would make me seem "desperate" to "attack kit" or something but yeah. the ONLY thing ive seen kit do to raise awareness is post an announcement with the arab.org link in the comet caring club server. yknow the one that most fans DONT EVEN KNOW ABOUT since its closed off? yeah. no public statement or anything. no tags in any bios, no watermelon emoji, nothing. COMPLETE SILENCE on anything that isnt kits own comic. fucked up, especially since the sparklecare blog is without a doubt kits biggest platform.

there was this fanart of uni holding the palestinian flag and it was really accurate to the official artstyle, i thought it was official when i first saw it. and it had a shit ton of reblogs, including me on my main. i recognized so many names scrolling through the list. but wanna know who i DIDNT see? thats right, the official sparklecare blog. kits either ignoring it completely or actively dancing around the subject, which is NOT GOOD.

i am in no way trying to accuse kneeby or anyone on the sparklecare team of being a zionist, but i would definitely like to highlight the blatant ignorance the official blog has shown. this isnt the only time ive seen kneeby act this way, as kit also has #blm #acab in kits twitter bio but from what ive seen kits done absolutely nothing to actually raise awareness to said causes, which rubs me the wrong way since im black myself. however now kneebys completely avoiding doing anything, not even a hashtag anywhere. just a single announcement in a private discord.

and yes im putting fanart and au tags on this post, people need to notice this. do better.

[chiefweasel]

I know that a lot of the people who follow my blog don't care and don't even give a crap about mdzs but it's like absolutely amazing to me that to look at the different of opinion in opinion in everyone, like at first wwx was winning and like every time i check ots a different result but then

Poll idea

Who do you sympathize/empathize with the most

Wei Ying

Lan Zhan

Sizhui

Jiang Cheng

Jin Ling

Wen Ning

Wen Qing

(Idk how many options it let's you have but those were just some ideas)

Vanilla Extract

sksjdbgjsjshfkhk oh my GOD i feel like this would be so funny but also vaguely adjacent to swinging a bat at a hornets nest with the amount of discourse i've seen around lately

oh well

altering your suggested title slightly sorry. maybe this version will be less prone to The Disc Horse

[bluravenite]

You can totally ignore this if you want, i just saw that poat you added to about fandom bullying and idk, I am just... gah, i wish this fandom wasnt so cruel. I had so much fun here when i first joined and i didnt really know what i was getting into except for the fact that I loved ghost! now i still love ghost, but i am in the process of de-ghosting my blog. I feel like every day I see people bullying one another in this community, and I feel like every time i post my writing, I risk drawing attention and being bullied. Congratulations to those assholes! they'll kill the fandom because folks will be too scared to share work.

I know fandom always has some drama, but none of the others I have been involved in have been this cruel. I dont know if people are just getting crueller, or whether Ghost somehow just attracts cruel people. I hate to think the latter, because the band is drenched in love. But i fear to think the former, though i worry it might be so.

I don't think it's the band itself Hun, I think definitely it's the sort of bubble the fandom itself has created.

Cruel people exist everywhere and it's unfortunate when they end up finding each other in a bubble, ghost has gotten so big that its really hard to regulate and you will have lots of unregulated environments where people don't feel comfortable.

You as a member can do what you need to endure YOUR safety, but that sometimes isn't enough or as effective when other triggers (i.e. hate anons) are still present in the environment.

I completely feel you and I am so sorry that you've been through this and feel like this as well... Ghost used to be my comfort fandom, and I am still so in love with the romanticized idea of it, I miss talking about our OC ghouls with friends, writing and reading about them and siblings of sin life in the abbey, about ghouls going on tours and being so silly with each other. About the love and romance that allowed people in the fandom to find new ways to love themselves and explore their sexuality and even bodies. I still think that was beautiful.

Unfortunately we lost that energy at some point, maybe with the hate anons to the writers, attacks to artists, maybe with the hypersexualization of presenting gay male ghouls and dislike for the female presenting ghouls. Maybe with the over-sexualization of unmasked members of the real band, which should've never happened.

The other day I found this clip from a Neil Newbon stream (voice of Astarion in BG3 and Heisenberg in REV) where he goes on to say some headcanons are just.. wrong, and you have to learn to separate fact from fiction. These are ultimately characters that the original creators wrote, while you as a fan artist have free range to give them physical designs and traits you also have to be aware that you need to keep a somewhat level of separation, AND decency between your own headcanons and the real canon.

I think ultimately that's where this fandom goes wrong... There is no separation because people get so fucked up into their headcanons in their made up mutual bubbles that I feel like they never go out to touch grass and maybe take a minute to evaluate their content.

Not that I'm saying it shouldn't exist. Just that it's important to understand WHY it was made, WHY, it exists. Is this ghoul hypersexual?? Okay well BUT WHY????? Who are they, how do they feel about it, when did they realize, how did it affect them??? That's never talked about, it's always "ghoul has lit of sex with same sex ghoul again!!!!" It's like plotless porn at that point, fetish. It becomes gross.

I ended up kinda ranting here but I made some good points so I hope this at least helps invite more discussion about what the frick has been happening here lately..

Lots of love and encouragement to you anon, and to anyone else who has felt this way at least once in the fandom. We deserve a decent creative space💀

[cowboy-robooty]

show me a moment of how spain raised romano back then

i had a little autism moment and didnt realize you were referring to my tags in my latest post and was about to say that requests are closed right now brubble O_O but anyways here ill show you stuff from le manga since we can both agree that the manga is definitely canon material yeah?

see I understand that romano never directly calls spain his dad and lots of hetalia characters call eachother big brother all the time, but the reason I see this as spain raising him is cuz he definately acts as a caretaker for romano while he was growing up. He follows romano secretly when he goes off to return home by himself just like how a parent would follow their kid secretly the first time they go to the store themselves. he takes care of babie romano and is shown to simply spend time with him in a non instructional way, making their relationship feel more personal than a boss and servant/disciple and shizun if you will. he lets romano hang out while he works the same way a work from home parent lets their own kid have little chit chat with them while they toil away, before making sure romano gets his afternoon nap. and also he never actually gives romano corporal punishments for not finishing his chores. He scolds him the way a parent does rather than locking him in a room as punishment, as it seems whats more important to him is that romano respects him and understands responsibility rather than actually getting shit done.

Also theres this part where he admits that he was the one who determined how romano grew up (spoiled or not). I personally read and watched hetalia and saw this as a bonafide spain raising romano moment, because i saw everything pointing to spain acting as the role of a caretaker for romano as he grew up, and a very personal one at that (seeing as he treats romano with a significant amount of yeilding and understanding, making it feel less like he treats romano as a servant and more like he treats romano as a kid he needs to take care of and give chores to to make sure he can develop a sense of responsibility).

But also it should be known that i dont want to engage in any sort of discourse about hetalia shippings and relationships and all that jazz because i think its stupid and i couldnt give less of a shit. if youre spamano nations strongest soldier then go ahead idc your blog your house dude, i aint going to barge in and spit directly in your soup lol. no hard feelings for this ask! i think itd be rude of me to not give you any explanation for why i think the way i do, since theres nothing wrong with asking about that!! but just know that past me explaining why i interpret these guys the way i do, i dont wanna discuss this subject further

[ectology]

I have a genuine question, why didn’t you just message the artist from the beginning? Like I understand where your comment came from but I feel like fandom is supposed to be fun and if you genuinely felt a micro aggression from their art you could’ve educated them. The reason people are hating is because of how you personally handled the situation from doubling down to not taking peoples criticisms seriously. I think if you weren’t interested in talking to the artist why bother posting the art? Maybe make a text post to gripe instead of including the actual art. You’re blog is your own and you have a right to your opinion on your own blog and yes their art was cringe (although v cute style!) BUT it’s better to be cringe than mean. And I say this as a follower of your art and not a hater but some of the twitter replies you left were mean and unnecessary. I think that you got dog piled enough and don’t deserve all this negative attention but I think that people are struggling to see your remorse in the situation because you keep replying and restating your og opinions. Anyways I hope this dies out for both you and the other artist, seeing all this hate can’t be good for y’all’s mental health.

i didn't message the artist from the beginning because my comment wasn't a callout post. there was nothing wrong with the art, it wasn't a microaggression or problematic or whatever. i said a pretty mild thing about their art on my own twitter specifically so the artist WOULDN'T see it because it wasnt constructive criticism, it was literally just me noting that i didn't like something. going to the artist and being like "HEY I DON'T LIKE THIS THING" would have been pretty stupid and pointless, which is why i made a separate post. but fsr this was taken as condemnation of the art/artist or me calling them evil or something?? i dont get why my opinion on it even mattered or why that shit blew up the way it did

and no im not remorseful about what i said, i didnt say anything wrong. my regret is that by posting publicly and having that many people share it, my post got around to the artist as well which i definitely didn't intend. ive since deleted the tweet and spoken to them to apologize and clear up any hard feelings. so yeah lesson learned, if i ever have a thought about anything i should just shut the fuck up or talk about it privately. but for real ....like........... it is Not that serious. i didn't say anything particularly mean or hurtful. there are a ton of ppl who directly messaged and qrt'd the art saying way worse shit than i did so idk why im the one who got dogpiled like that lmao.

i think if i actually said something insulting or genuinely rude id be happy to apologize for it or wouldnt have said it in the first place. but yeah no shit i was being mean to the hundreds of people severely overreacting in my replies lol. i dont think i really owe anyone an explanation either other than the og artist, since they're the one actually affected by the situation, and i've already done that. so im moving on. this is a non-issue

[dojae-huh]

since u asked me how I get into jaedo...okay let me tell u my story...

I was hardcore dotaeist ..(i still am coz they gives me butterflies with their friendship).......I stan dy...he is my ultimate bias...even my bias wrecker too...I think I am in a state that I can't give his place to anyone...I love him as a singer,idol,smart and for a kind nd caring person etc....

How I get into shipping??..it is easy when u love someone u want the others to do the same thing....u knw dotae is a big ship...nd when I come to knw it they already have a couple ring...eventhough it is tom nd jerry relationship u will definitely knw how ty loves and adores his little brother ...so I cant just leave that fact out..I like the way dy loved..nd ty is the leader and everyone accept their dynamic even the membrs...it was when they had the link concert in japan when ty said there is someone in his life for the past 7 years and 127members all along said it is dy..ofcrs they were kidding...but dont knw why at that moment I fall for them entirely...

I even noticed j0hndo dowoo doyu domark and even doill ...u knw how taeil is when it comes to showing affection...but I could felt a warm approach of him towards dy eventhough he is good at teasing him...and 2 dongs are literally brothers for me from the beginning.....these all are just shipping things for me coz I knw evryone want to mingle their bias with someone to create more moments...like I wanted....but u knw what I didnt even knw JAEDO existed....even to knw they are a ship they had to interact or smiles during content right....when I come to the fandom I think it was their divorce time....can u imagine how oblivious would be me about jaedo ..haha...

So I am going to be brutally honest.....so jaedo was a dead ship for me....but i come to knw the fact that it was very big ...and come to knw somany accnts in insta and Twitter. ..and who is jae he is the most popular among neos...dont get the wrong idea of me but it is the truth...I like the concept of dy got to shipped with the most popular and handsome member from nct...it got me really hooked...nd ofcrs u would knw when u want to follow something u need some evidence and proof to make ur opinion strong..so I watched all shipping vedeos of jaedo...ok there are already shippers who proved their theory and made the vedeos...so I got such little thing to follow jaedo as a ship....and there were lot of dotae moments in 127 concert the link...where tae posted dy in his story nd also they tried putoff dy's tshirt coz dy teased ty...and finally that happend the cindrella moment of jaedo....I was really shocked nd impressed by jaes daring action. ...the total strangers during concerts just did what...and jae was full on it..coz he kinda stopped dy and put the shoes and lifted the pants without even flinching.....I thought what was it....so I searched it again and again untill ur blog showed up before my eyes...and the name was totally interesting which is what I really needed....so iopend it....nd u can guess what is ur role in opening my eyes into the world of jaedo...not only for this moment but I got answers to almost everything that i dont even doubted before..after all this I dont have time to look for other ship...cos i like real things rather than imaginations...but i am still in the middle of the reading..so let me knw heifer u delete it...need time to complete. ..haha....

Dotae still have an important place in my heart and I dont want to give it to jaedo...eventhough I started shipping them first I already knw they were platonic...I said I just like see dy is loved..and I wanted something to stay on the fandom coz I love dy that much..Idk if u knw sometimes shipping vedeos helps ...but as i knw nd felt jaedo is real and kinda felt how dy adores jae and how jae loves dy....nd I want exact the same thing...if dy got his love from a person like jae there is nothing more I need..I will have to support them forever I guess...god I trapped!!

Thank you for the long detailed reply.

Lol, I jokingly call Jaehyun "trophy husband". I was accused before a couple of times of choosing him as the most popular neo to ship Do with. As if the name of the blog is not the indication which way it went. It's ususally easy to tell who read the blog at least some and who spend a minute and got offended.

Basically. "Let's find out if this boy gets his dream man".

For some reason there are plenty of initially TaeDo shippers who turned JaeDo shippers. Could it be because TaeDo are so open about their relationship, so there is little room for imagination and pretense? (I very seldom see TaeDo shippers who believe they are real and not ship them because of their friendship, can't be said about JohnDo, JaeWoo, JaeYong). Or, perhaps, other ships with Tae are more attractive? (not a singing geek with an artsy dork)

Some new shippers also started to ask question after a particular moment. If my memory serves me right, there was Jaehyun taking a toy gun to reload out of Do's hands silently and TaeDoJae in one bed scene.

To continue a bit on your story.

Many fans come late and don't get deep into the history of the group, get most of their information from social media. Get wrong impressions and continue to be active in the fandom very sure they know what's what and can now teach others. This is why either the "oldies" or the original material (shows, interviews) are the sources to believe, not what's easily seen on twitter. Not on the topic, but Jaehyun not being acknowledged as one of the 3 best vocals in NCT is such a case. Jaehyun and Haechan were elevated in 127 to main vocal position after a few years. Haechan was always the main vocal of Dream unit anyway, however, with Jaehyun the change never stuck with the crowd who only measure by official labels (not being specialists themselves). Plus in recent years he didn't have many prominent parts in A-sides.