#does anyone know their shipname. do they even have one

[elderling]

persona 3 sketches because reload is making me lose my mind like im 13 again

[mythicalartistx]

The Repliku Problem:

There is an issue of Riku Replica's portrayal in Kingdom Hearts and I mean how others see him in the community that goes against everything he stands for.

A part of me hates that he is called Repliku or Riku Replica because it goes back to Riku. But I'm still going to be referring to him as Repliku because there's no better name.

Repliku's story is all about him being someone else from Riku. He learns he actually is his own person and not just a copy. And this can also be applied that his emotions and feelings are different from Riku's. And Riku doesn't feel the same feeling or emotions and Repliku does. They can feel similar but it's obviously different for different people.

But there's a large misconception that whatever Repliku feels so does Riku. Whatever happens to Repliku also applies to Riku. But that's not the case at all??

Repliku doesn't get his own things in the fandom, no he has to share with Riku. Any shipname between Repliku and another is always mixed in in the simple Riku ship rather than using Repliku.

The Riku version is always used more for Repliku even if it doesn't shows Riku at all. For anyone that ships Repliku and Sora specifically, it is still referred to as soriku. It could also be Repliku and Naminé for example, but the Replinami ship is significantly less seen than the Riku and Naminé one. That's also an entirely different ship but it's treated as one and the same.

While it's more in canon that Repliku cares for Naminé people treat it as they both do when this isn't the case at all.

It's not that Riku doesn't it's just that people think he must because of the same reasons Repliku cares for Naminé

Repliku's entire arc is that he is different, as the novel Sora says this to him,

"Fake or not, that doesn't matter anymore! You're here now, and you have a heart that belongs to you and no one else. Your memories belong to you and you only, so treasure them!"

These words help Repliku feel better about himself and realize he can be his own person. He feels glad to hear these words by Sora. He is glad that he met and knows Sora. He treats him as his own person which he is thankful for. And that's good enough for him.

His own arc is that he is his own person separate from Riku. I also want to point out that the other Replica that is in the real organization in kh3 is someone entirely separate as well.

Repliku after everything decides to keep one of the fake memories because it's not something Riku has. He internally struggles after knowing he's a replica. He is jealous of the other Riku who is "the real thing" and was able to manage his own darkness. He was jealous of him because he is his own person and longs to be his own person and be different too. That's why when Axel manipulates him to absorb and kill Zexion he does without a second thought and is able to use something separate from Riku.

It's why he ends up inedibly fading away. Repliku desperately wants to have something Riku doesn't have. He wants to be a person separate from Riku with his individual own thoughts and feelings. Sora reassured his own were unique. Riku isn't controlling him or making him have those feelings, those are his individual ones.

He wants to be his own person so badly and even though Sora and Riku had reassured his was his own, Repliku still doesn't believe he can. He compares himself too much to Riku. He doesn't see how he can live because he believes he was created to be a copy created from Riku to lure Sora further down that path to be controlled. He doesn't know who he is and everything he ever knew turned out to be a lie.

He clings on to the one memory that was fabricated, but it was also a memory Riku doesn't have. He decides to keep the promise to protect Naminé. It's what makes him himself. It's what becomes important to him.

Still Repliku has trouble believing in himself or that he can make it as someone. He still was created by Vexen. Repliku tells Riku, "I'm me, he says. It must be nice being real. A fake like me could never get away saying that." He believes he can't be someone, but his arc was to show that he is actually separate from Riku. However, for him to believe it himself is hard. Sora's words made him feel better because he believes he is his own person.

Repliku fights Riku so he can feel like a real person and be someone that isn't connected to Riku. However, Riku wins not because Repliku isn't his own person but because Riku has gone through his own growth too.

Repliku ends up fading away and we don't see him until KH3.

In the dark world Riku was swallowed by the heartless and he hears the voice of Repliku. That's when he realizes Repliku has been with him the entire time and he even leaves his keyblade for the other him, most likely referring to Repliku in that scene.

Back when everyone has regrouped before the final battle, Repliku has a conversation with Riku. He and Riku both have someone they cherish. He reveals he cherish Naminé and wants to bring her back before he goes completely.

He continues to keep the masqueraded promise because even though it's not real, he chooses to keep it as something unique and special to him.

During the final battle, Repliku has the opportunity to do the one thing he has been wanting to have and be a person. He could finally be a person separate from Riku. Riku tells him to take the body.

However, Repliku shakes his head and that's when Riku realizes he is wanting it for Naminé. Repliku sacrifices his own ability to have a body so she can instead. He sacrificed the one thing that can make him have a body and become real. She is one of the few things that is special and unique to him and it the reason he does it. Riku then finally promised to be there for when she wakes up to make sure she is okay.

That's a favor he does for Repliku because afterwards he moved on and went to look for Sora. However, this causes misconception that they are the same. Sure, Riku could care for her but it's definitely not the same as how Repliku does.

Repliku is his own person. His arc is finding himself which is separate from Riku. He ends up cherishing people separate from Riku. His own thoughts and feelings are his own. Nobody is controlling him. However people somehow got into the idea that Riku = Repliku when that's not the case at all.

Repliku is his own being and person because he cannot replicate Riku he failed to do that because he is someone separate. He deserves more and he deserves better and I hope KH3 isn't the last we ever see of him...

[loptrcoptr]

It’s come to my attention that a lot of people in the BES fandom are new to fandom-culture in general (or lack there of; we denizens of tumblr are residents of a cesspool) and don’t know a lot of general old school online manners, laid down in Days of Yore by earlier generations. So let me bring up a crucial one that is generally being ignored on tumblr in the BES-sphere: ship tagging!

I am not doing this to condescend, I genuinely want to be helpful and to help us all enjoy our enclosure and our enrichment in said enclosure together. I think a lot of grief going around the blue eye samurai world on social media could be solved if everyone remembered one good old cardinal rule of fandom bullshit:

you do not put ship wank in a ship’s general tag.

let me say that one more time in different terms:

If you want to rant about how much you hate a ship, general practice has always been, on tumblr anyway, not to do so in the safe space created for said ship.

once again, lemme be very clear; I don’t give one rat’s ass or 800 collective asses of rats what you ship, why you ship it, whether you ship anything at all, why you hate x y z, etc. That’s great, that’s what fandom is for! Enjoy yourself! The issue is that there’s all this infighting fuckery going on that is exhausting to even watch from the sidelines, and I think there’s a lot of confusion as to why anyone is fighting over any of this shit at all as it is 2024 and ship wars are 2011 superwholock garbage that we all collectively agreed to jettison into space by 2015, ya feel me?

(and if you like to start shit and throw hands then obv this post isn’t for you as you know what you’re doing, this is for the folks who don’t know and are confused as to why they can’t rant without blowback)

So if you’ve gotten on tumblr recently and noticed your anti-ship post blowing up for some reason or other and asked yourself “Jesus why are these assholes from that ship always coming for me?? They’re such dicks!!” ask yourself:

did I tag them in my post?

Because when you tag a ship in a post about how much you hate it, it’s not a beacon that says “Hear Ye Hear Ye, Interacteth Not Ye Fuckos From Ship I Hate, This Is About How Much I Hate Your Ship”. For that to be the case, you would need old-school anti-ship tag nomenclature, like this: #anti-[shipname] or #[shipname] wank. Those tags would communicate your intent to rant, which is your sacred fandom right to enjoy doing! It is not, however, your sacred fandom right to enjoy doing it in the wrong space, that’s what’s happening here. A post that tags a ship with its normal tag, but whose content is anti/wank content about said ship, sends the signal: “ayyooo, who would like to debate this with me?”

So, does all that make sense? If you tag your post analyzing all the reasons why you think a ship sucks with #ship, you are encouraging everyone who ships that ship to interact with your post. It’s like rocking up to somebody’s house, ringing the doorbell, and saying “I hate your fugly ass piece of shit house, asshole” and then getting irritated when the homeowner responds with “who the fuck are you, get off my lawn?!”

#anti-[shipname], #[shipname] hate (forgot about that one, also useful), and #[shipname] wank do two very useful things:

1) They let other people who want to gleefully rant with you know that you’re on the level and they give like minded individuals a chance to follow those tags so you can have more rant sessions together, and

2) they minimize likelihood of involvement by the shippers you’re ranting about, who can block the tag, while keeping the ship’s normal tag open for the people who enjoy it

tldr; *swordfather voice* it would be bitchin if people could stop bitchin in the wrong places so that we can all coexist like adults here, touch some grass, and chill. Tag ship hate #anti-[shipname], #[shipname] wank, or #[shipname]-hate and keep it out of the general pro-ship tags :)

if your response to this is “don’t tell me what to do, cuntwaffle” or “I have an unhealthy relationship with the idea of shipping and think no one should have a safe environment to enjoy media except me and people I agree with so I will continue to poison the waters” then ok, cool beans, keep on chooglin’; but know that everytime you walk into a tea party you weren’t invited to and yell I HATE YOUR FUCKING TEA YOUR TEA SUCKS ASS blowback is a bit inevitable

[charmstwit]

I wanted to say that I love your Kingsley/ Regulus fics (the series ). Actually your fic (along with Hide your Fires by bizarrestar ) made Kingsley/ Regulus on my top ships ( Regulus is my favorite character) and actually it makes me want to write fanfics since it doesn't have that many fics. Like seriously I reread your series since they aren't that many fics with this pairing. I would really like to read more fics of Ringsley ( do we even have a shipname? ) maybe in a different au (or the same ,I am not complaining alphaxalpha is something I always appreciate ) .

Ah, thank you!

Kingsley/Regulus (who are the ship "Lionking" - Lion for Leo, Regulus's constellation, King for.... Kingsley) are our BABIES. We love them so much. I cannot tell you how much I've fallen in love with them as a ship.

We actually have a SWM Lionking get together story that we're working on, which is sort of a prequel to SWM. As a treat, we've got a snippet of that below the cut. Other than ours, I only know of one other Lionking fic, which was gifted to me (as @theresthesnitch) last Christmas. It is:

His Choice

However, I've got a growing group of friends who are also obsessed with Lionking, and if you're interested in background Lionking, this is a list of Wolfstar (WS) or Wolfstarbucks (WSB) fics that have background lionking.

One More to Love (WSB) by @krethes and @theresthesnitch (me)

But What a Way to Go (WS) by @r33sespieces

love knew me once too (WS) by me, as theresthesnitch

The Front Step Surprise (WS) by Reese

Wild and Precious Life (WS) by Reese

A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love (WSB) by Reese

Falling in Love Without You (WS) by me, as theresthesnitch

Two Idiots Fall In Love in Winter (WS) by Reese

Welcome to the obsession, my friend. I hope they pick up because we adore them SO much.

~*~

“Do not believe that Sirius shucking his duties means you may do the same,” Walburga says. Her face is pleasant but her eyes are hard. Anyone looking at them would think she was a sweet mother checking in on her son. “There will be consequences for him, and for you as well if you fail to uphold the standards of this Family.”

I’ve never failed to uphold our standards, Regulus wants to say. But he isn’t Sirius. He doesn’t fight back like that. Instead he nods once and waits for Walburga to release him. When she does, he moves off towards the Flints.

He’s halfway through Marlin Flint expounding on his wife’s grand idea to reinvent the Hogwarts houses to include a total of eight when Mother catches his eye again.

Regulus’s shoulders almost sag. He keeps them straight from years of practice, but the truth of the matter—that he won’t be able to satisfy her tonight, that his best will not be enough—sits low in his stomach. He feels nauseous at what life will be after the party is over and he is alone with his mother’s failed expectations.

“Excuse me,” a smooth voice says, and Regulus turns towards it on instinct. He sees Kingsley Shacklebolt standing behind him, looking dashing in his blue crushed velvet robes. Regulus can think he looks dashing, right? That’s probably fine. 

“Kingsley, It’s good to see you.” Regulus holds out his hand to shake Kingsley’s. “Mother was pleased when we received your response owl.”

“I was happy that I was able to attend this year,” Kingsley says. “We usually spend the Christmas holidays visiting my mother’s family in Nigeria, but my parents are traveling to Australia this year. It freed me up to come.” 

“I hope that doesn’t mean that you’ll be spending the holiday alone?” Regulus asks. Regulus’s refinement would require him to offer Kingsley a place at their table for Christmas dinner; however, given how Mother has been since Sirius decided to skip this party, he isn’t sure that Kingsley will be safe. Regulus hopes that Kingsley has made other plans. 

“Ah, lucky for me, my sister and I have been invited by her fiancee’s family to spend the holiday with them.” 

“Ah, lovely. You and Ardella are off to their estate outside Madrid, then?” 

Kingsley inclines his head. “And you will be here, I presume?”

Regulus fakes a smile effortlessly. “The Blacks always gather at Grimmauld Place for a holiday dinner. I look forward to seeing my grandparents.”

Kingsley’s eyes seem to twinkle, like he knows Regulus is lying, and the idea is disquieting. He doesn’t have time to think of it, though, because his left leg prickles with pain he recognizes as one of his mother’s stinging charms. He glances back towards her. She’s staring furiously at him, and it takes him a moment to realize why. Kingsley is partially obscured by the pillar he’s standing beside, which must make it look like Regulus is speaking to no one. She’d warned him to be on his best behavior tonight, and she thinks he’s shirking his duties. Regulus barely suppresses a wince.

“If you’ll excuse me, Kingsley, my mother is in need of me,” Regulus says, and smiles.

“Might I go with you? I haven’t paid my respects to the hostess.”

Regulus nods. “But of course. Right this way.” He holds one hand out for Kingsley to go first, and has to swallow his sigh of relief when he steps out from behind the pillar. He can see the anger disappear off his mother’s face when she realizes who he was speaking to.

By the time they get to Walburga, she’s her best self, smiling graciously at Kingsley. “How good to see you, Auror Shacklebolt,” she says, holding one hand out for Kingsley to skim his lips along her knuckles. “My husband and I are pleased by your attendance.”

“Thank you for having me, Lady Black,” Kingsley says. “Your son was just telling me of your family holiday plans. It’s gracious of you to throw such an elegant party so close to your family gathering. Generosity typical of the Black family, of course.”

Walburga gives a flattered little laugh. “How kind of you to say so. We would miss this party as much as our own celebrations. It is good to see like minded members of society gathered together.”

Please don’t ask about Sirius, Regulus begs inwardly. Please don’t ask about Sirius.

“I don’t wish to keep you, I know your time is precious,” Kingsley says. 

“Not too precious for the Shacklebolts,” Walburga says with such obvious deference that Regulus inwardly rolls his eyes. She’d hex him for that kind of lack of subtlety.

[loodgack]

here's some headcanons about the Nickterson duo (Theodore should be first but...it does not sound good that way)

about Nickterson.

Nickterson is the duo name of Theodore and Nicky from the final HN storyline (og HN game, all my homies ignore the cartoon). just like Smentin/disaster duo, it isn't explicitly a ship name. rather just duo name, which could also be ship if one wants it(error world, and act 3 makes it possible I guess). I'd call them the "golden duo" but then I'd lure Harry Potter fans or smth🥲

but it's very important to know that Nickterson is only about the two adults, so it's past act 3 (with hn3, it'd have chance to happen) and mentioned error world (where Nicky can save Neighbor). Nicky turns 32 and Theodore is...47+ ig.

it's separated from Neighbor x Player, which is the shipname of Neighbor and Player from the Faust storyline. they're different characters, dot.

...

why do they have a name suddenly?

because they're a great duo with awesome possibilities and dynamics even in canon and it's just staying in the shadows, since the part where they clear up misunderstandings isn't canonically in the game, we just suddenly cit to Nicky helping Theodore in error world. also, FUCK HATERS.

with that in knowledge, let's progress.

the headcanons.

🔹 Theodore eventually tells Nicky that they're in a game and the dude has a hard time with coping, but he believes it.

🔸 they're both inventors. as soon as this fact comes to the surface, they'll start inventing together, and talking about this stuff through whole nights. they're unstoppable.

🔹 Nicky has huge empathy about Theodore now that he knows the truth, but he has hard time saying it with words.

🔸 they're both introverted and Theo has a hard time communicating, even though they agree on that they must clearly tell if something's wrong. this results arguments, but Nicky is chill in canon too, so he is forgiving and caring.

🔹 Nicky is gay, Theodore is bisexual. I'm not changing this.

🔸 neither of them can cook, so they'll end up ordering. they also discover that they love the same chinese food.

🔹 they rely on each other very much, since they don't really have anyone else

🔸 Theodore early on discovers Nicky's genius and treats him by that. Nicky is really happy that he's treated with respect and care.

🔹 Nicky hates the gloves.

🔸 Theodore calls him by his middle name (Michael) because it's special and noone else uses it in talks. Nicky takes it naturally (in other cases he'd be disturbed)

more later...

[thirdeyeblue]

Hey I just read your recent post The one about the fandom hyper fixation and then your entry in the tags. And I'm not sure if this helps anything, But I feel like it needs to be said, I am so sorry that you are feeling under confident right now, and I hope dearly and truly that it's just a dark cloud overhead. Because I'm someone who does not know you personally, I am truly disheartened to hear you're having a rough time with something you love You spend time and energy and emotions writing these fics for free—not only just you but dozens of authors in this specific fandom we call doctor who— and it must be rough seeing the discourse, (I'm only assuming it's about the purpose of a reprose if I'm wrong just ignore this little rant. That I honestly find a bit annoying because if you don't like the fic do to the ship, back out. If you do, don't use it as an excuse to be toxic and harsh. It's petty and childish.) And the campaign falling through (quite frankly I wish I could punch whoever made Ninex"the doctor's wife" a "canonical" thing, I find the actual shipname a curse in this house and you know who I mean. Like even if you couldn't get Billie back, Just make cool Nine adventures! Also tell us what the heck Mia comes from, I love it I do, but context!) and anything else you might be going through personally. I'm sorry that you're not exactly feeling the motivation right that you use too.

I hope that you know however long this break last, you're an amazing writer and more than likely there is someone jumping into this fandom who—like me— fell in love with tentoo based on your Fics. Even if it might not seem like much books like your brighten up someone's day, and that's one of the best things you can do in the world. Make someone happy. So take your time, ride this wave out, and I hope you have something out there brightening up your life like to do ours!

Jesus, I'm sorry that I'm only just now responding to this lovely ask! It's been buried beneath someone else's novel-length piece of nonsense I've neglected to read for ages/only just now got around to deleting.

I actually quite needed to see something like this today, so even though you sent it months ago, it's serendipitous to have found it again now!

(See below for my long af reply-turned-diary-entry, I'm sorry—I just drank a C4 Smart Energy and my brain is a-going)

I appreciate you for reaching out with all of this love! It's difficult to concentrate when you're already not particularly kind to yourself, but I'm trying—and good god, stuff like this is so helpful.

I'm also so honored and happy to have changed your opinion of Tentoo AND to have brightened up your life in ANY way. You're wonderful 🥹💖

As for the Repose stuff, thank you, fam. Of course that discourse is annoying, but I've recovered from it by now (I'm also close to updating that fic again soon)!

To be honest, it's more upsetting that some people I consider(ed) friends started treating me differently because of shipping (including one not-so-stealthy ""anon"")—but I've made my peace with that. The real ones+incredible readers+actual friends will be with you no matter what.

(Honestly, with the amount of critical thinking that led me to appreciate that ship in a nuanced way [while still actively shipping TentooRose, mind], it's silly for anyone to lump me in with all of the worst opinions present in the T/M fandom—that'd be like lumping me in with the people who think Ten and Rose were fucking (we are not the same)—but people are insane. Still, I've since made separate accounts for my T/M stuff to improve my quality of life as an unpaid content creator. And it's been great! But people can still be weird. Suppose that's the price of engaging with fandom in the first place.)

Regarding the campaign thing: I'm not too concerned about that! I'm the one who made the terrible decision to try and get a petition going around the 60th... It didn't occur to me until after the fact (AKA after RTD obliterated my faith) that I should have based the entire petition around Big Finish/Titan Comics/etc to begin with. I've since come up with a way better idea, I just haven't deployed it yet — but keep an eye out if you're interested! It's going to be the last attempt I make, but I've discussed it with several like-minded friends, and I think it'll be brilliant 💖

But yes. Dear god. That shit they pulled with River and Nine... I don't even wanna talk about it. Hopefully this plan I'm working on will make up for it. Maybe. Who knows.

And thank you again for being lovely. Sorry for the wall of text!

[futurequibblerjournalist]

Wilhelm bullying Karkaroff?? You're torturing everyone lol

Um um um if you wouldn't mind,,, since I know ur tired of the wilkes yapping and glazing LMAO would you mind telling me about seabunny and starry Night? I've never heard of either of them :3 tbh I would totally listen to like anything u wanna yap abt tbh your posts are just so !!!! Ykkk?? like I dont think Ive seen anyone give Karkaroff that much attention before lol or Aurora honestlyyy

Sorry for the long anon LOL Ive been lurking for like a month and haven't anoned before aghhhh sorry for the spamm

-🍃

Please don’t apologise for the length, I’ve been loving all the asks I’ve been getting recently, any excuse to yap is one I greatly appreciate!! Feel free to spam me as much as you’d like lovely 🍃 anon (I will say my brain keep thinking these are weed leaves so I’m sorry but you’ve become weed leaves anon in my brain now lmao). Super flattered to hear you’ve been enjoying my posts btw jcnfjcbfjc

Yes!!! Wilhelm bullying Karkarov!!! With the help of especially Dolohov lmao. I don’t think Karkarov was particularly popular when he went to school in general but that’s a different topic for another time cjfncjfn

I would love to tell you about seabunny and starrynight!! I am obsessed with both. I’ve been lowkey obsessed with Igor and Charity for a while but Aurora and Severus is a new one for me. A friend of mine came up with the shipnames so major shout out for that lol

Seabunny is 100% something that happens because of Charity. She’s an it girl, she’s an icon, she’s pink, she’s got her daddy’s credit card, she’s got a heart ready to love anyone and she loves men that look like a rat after it’s walked through the underground sewage system (or in Igor’s case a goat lol). You’d think she does it to piss off her parents but that’s not even close. Her mum’s a little sus at first but she’s sus about everything so that’s not really anything to pay attention to. She sees Igor being his awkward self and she’s like “yes that’s the one I want”. Aurora and Wilhelm have to listen to her talk about him on and on as she praises him for doing the bare minimum like “and then he like, responded to me!! He even like, totally looked at me when I was talking this time”.

They’re so silly. For Igor he’s already decided she’s out of his league but the more persistent she is the more he actually starts to think he’s got a chance. And let’s be fr, Igor’s not the best person. He’s a bit more violent than what’s normal (he plays quidditch and oh dear you can catch Evan Rosier scraping the ground for stray teeth and bone bits by the time a game featuring Igor is over) and he’s a huge coward. Their first time alone Charity asked him over to her dorm to look at her cat and he was so confused when she pulled out an actual cat because there’s a slight language barrier at first (the cat also strangely really likes him and of course Charity sees that as a good sign (also the cat’s name is Pudding))

As for them after Hogwarts I’m so interested in seeing how being with Charity (Muggle Studies teacher and while a pureblood herself genuine lover of all things muggle) mixes with Igor (known death eater and technically convicted criminal until he was pardoned). How does knowing Charity affect how Igor basically abandons his death eater ways after the first war? And his reaction to his dark mark calling on him again and his decision to flee and go into hiding and in the end die for that freedom. How much of that is because he was influenced by Charity?? They die a year within each other and I just,, urgh there’s so many things about these two cjfncjnf have a mini moodboard lmao

Now starrynight!! That’s an entirely different vibe. It’s autism², it’s a lot of learning together, it’s a lot of enjoying each other as they genuinely are. Even if they’re not dating I love love love Aurora and Severus as friends. They just work really well together in a way where they actually get to chill for a bit, at least usually.

Bruce (Mulciber Jr) introduces them, not that they didn’t know each other beforehand, they’ve known each other for years, but the idea of them dating each other came about because Aurora really wanted to just “be normal”. Choosing Severus as her boyfriend might not be the best way to do that but she definitely feels more normal when she’s just hanging around with him cause she’s not constantly performing her normal-sona lol.

Aurora is, to me, incredibly reserved yet curious at the same time. She doesn’t want anyone too close yet she wants to experience everything everyone else does. She spends most of her time (if not hijacked by Charity or thinking she’s best friends with Wilhelm) in the Astronomy tower with the large golden telescope that Hogwarts provides and because homegirl loves this telescope so much she brought Severus to see it no doubt and being the mindful and demure girl she is she even checked if he was dying when he was dry heaving and trying to catch his breath while leaning on the walls as he climbed the stairs. Their dates consist of them sharing their interests with each other, whether it be knowledge about stars, telescopes, potions, chemistry etc. their compliments to each other consists of “I really appreciate that you know how to be quiet” and “I admire your knowledge on insert topic no ones ever heard of ever”. They sit together and read and call it a date where at most they share a few glances. They’re such an awkward looking couple, Aurora towers over Severus, but you’ve never seen communication skills like the ones these two have.

Charity is over the moon when Aurora announces that she’s got a boyfriend because they can finally talk about boys and everything that comes along with it. Aurora is over the moon, not necessarily because of the boyfriend thing (though she’s also fairly happy with that) but because she feels normal and god is she excited to feel normal cjnfjfnf

There’s a bit of Aurora and Charity friendship for you too and here’s another moodboard lol

I was gonna yap about Edmund Avery Jr but this post has already gotten like sooo long so I'll save that for another timenvjfnbjgbg

[grahamcarmen]

No i didn't send a ask yet i was just checking to see if you got the ask since a previous ask i send to another blogger was never answered.

anyway, deep thought but if you think about it when people ship carmen and grey back at vile academy and during each one's brainwashing you're essentially shipping different characters making redcrackle have plenty of subcategories, what would be your ship name for each categorie( I can't be bothered to list how many there are i'm sorry).

also also, have you seen kitsukits redcrackle "arcade" amv and AuroralovesMCSM's "Carmen and grey being in love for 5 minutes and 30 seconds" complication video.

Oh ok!

I can see that lol.

I don't romantically ship them at the VILE academy stage [even if I do believe its an important dynamic to their overall relationship] because thats where its strictly platonic. But since I have been around around long enough that I know that people sometimes people use ship as just a relation"ship" marker [hi ouat I know you guys weren't actually shipping certain peeps lol. Like they had platonic ship names regularly and most people understood that :p] that part would probably be cracklesheep or graysheep because thats when carmen was just Black sheep and gray didn't have any attachment to his name graham but also wasn't hard line about being crackle yet.

Carmen looking at Graham looking at her romantically and going 👉👈maybe maybe? And allowing carmen to take the initiative in prioritizing her protective feelings over him?and lowkey allowing graham to again gain affection for her in an entirely different light...Hmmm

Svdjdkdokd i guess grahamcarmen or carmgray because she is still insisting on calling him gray and ascribing his new flirtation and doing good as like a mishmash

Gray pretending that she would have made the choice to be carmen while being on the island with that sinking feeling that no. carmen exists because she was chose to leave and connect with the outside world? And more than just acknowledging it wanting to protect it at the cost of what he valued most? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Cracklecarmen?

Tbh I've really grown attached to red crackle not just because its the first way to make it clear that i want these 2 to kiss because its the clear romantic shipname lol but also because its kinda what they choose to portray themselves as. Carmen using her red coat and name from the outfit she got off the island to signal the need to stop VILE to anyone who can find her and Crackle as a codename of the path that gray is choosing to follow even as he finds something good inside him trying to make it to the surface

and their relationship allowing them to clash but also want to look past that to the people who made these choices because they care about them.

And what makes it fun is that those subcategories include past subcategories, build on them, and change aspects of their relationship ever so slightly until we end up with something that is not at all how they started [gray in love with carmen and carmen with her deeper feelings of being forced to go without him as fully expressed as the finale allowed] . And when their memories are in place they acknowledge that. Its all rc to me...but I get it ! Exploring each category is VERRRRY different and I even sometimes tag them dark! Redcrackle for the dark red caper version of them instead of redcrackle because that is just ...different.

and my username lol is because I LOVE her nickname for him but always champion that entirely ignoring " graham " isnt....like they do need to adress that...somehow...not even to always go by his name because he's not anti-his nickname [and as you can see i think that carmen conflating his flirtations as something gray now can do 🥰 is hmmmmmmmmmm] but its still...~~~~~~idk. I am very appreciative that he does have a full name.

I have actually a playlist trying to save as many rc vids as I can find so yes! I have seen the arcade fanvid but like I might have just saved the other vid and watched the episodes again 😭

Edit: IALMOST FORGOT HIMALAYA AND TRAIN RC they can be cracklecarmen uwu

[klonoadreams]

Well, considering that I'm coming out of not being able to move my dominant hand for a long time (I couldn't draw cries), I'll ask questions.

Also-ran Will Brie have interactions with other characters? (I'm talking about characters like Red, Blue, Gold, Green, etc.)

Publicity is important, and considering that she wears clothes from a brand originating from Paldea, would they invite the little changeling to Paldea so she can talk about something? I could also give talks to children who feel abandoned (something quite common, but not said, at least in the anime, Brock and his brothers are a great example, even if that is in Kanto)

At some official gala/event she said "what the hell" to the repercussions and just took off her shoes?

Considering everything about how people try to imitate her idols, what have been the waves in the population in trying to follow her and be equal to her? (the girl is feral, she is made differently, even if they managed to give her a life outside the forest)

How would she behave if she went to Alola? (her parents are pokemon, and Alola is one of those who most see pokemon as equals)

Into the wild Do you know the "El Macho" meme from Despicable Me? is that Volo? (he has a son with what I think is one of your wildest ocs, she fishes with her teeth!)

The Wisteria Does she also show her love with bites? (like when cats get affection overload)

What would her future relationship with Shinjuro be like? (because, you know, alcoholism, even though he left it that's how she met him)

Does the Cat stay with the Owl? What is her ship name?

Would she plant a tree like the one she had in the backyard of the house? (because of the symbolism and familiarity)

Gone Fishing I feel like I know her but at the same time I don't, any information about her?

Will she be one of those who hides or will she send everything to hell with her and not care how people look at her because she is proud of her? (because, you know, racism)

I feel like her clothing style is that of a surfer and/or swimmer, I also feel like she dresses like Nani from Lilo and Stitch? (Also, Nani is a goddess, she gave everything for her sister, and David is a loving person, I also adore him)

I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO ANSWER THIS ASK BUT TUMBLR MOBILE HAS BEEN SCREWING ME OVER BY GETTING RID OF MY STUFF BEFORE I HAVE A CHANCE TO SAVE FOSKFNNF

ANYWAYS.

yes, brie will have her interactions with others, and as a reminder, Alola Noa and Scarnoa are also in this same continuity, so...lmao :V

Sawyer might pop up, I need to cook more with her first before I come up with an answer. And Punch Baby Akari definitely did exist, her bloodline continues lmao

She'd get along with the Pokemon of Alola so, so well, especially qhen interacting with the Tapus.

AND YES I KNOW EL MACHO, LMAO, yeah that sounds about right.

Andou does show love through bites, watch out. And the Cat and Owl shipname would be idk, Sunflower?? That sounds cute.

Andou sticks around close enough, though she will move in with Himejima, she just bounces from one place to another for training and socialization.

Shinjuro needs to pspspps for kitty to warm up to him. It'll take a while, but eventually. And yes, plant tree for Fujisaki house. :V

Mako is still a babbu, but she is very feral and a brat kid who drives her papa up the wall. But she is love and cherished. And also pretty fucked mentally since she's matured wayyyy to quickly for anyone of her physical age (its the discrimination and injustices)

Also yes, she'd vibe with Nani wear, tho she mostly sticks with comfy clothes.

At least until Nami and the others get to her, so she goes from shorts and t shirts to haltertops at the least, brought to you by Nami growing tired of her dorsal fin ripping the back of her shirts lmao.

She's the ship dress up doll at times lmao.

Otherwise, she keeps to herself unless otherwise. She checks for the right timing, if she sees it, she'll take it and say whats on her mind

Mainly when she knows she isnt alone to face the backlash lmao

[grandma-susan]

9. when you look at a new blog, what is it that makes you press the follow button? is it the muse, the aesthetics, the writing–?

:: A few things contributes, below explain what I review before a follow and examples that might lead to not following.

1. Ease of navigation aka I can find your rules, about page, and any other supporting relevant links easily. If I have to jump through hoops to find things or scan the entirety of your blog with my mouse to find that little link or a password, I'm probably going to lose interest quickly. I want to know about you as mun and your muse, not play needle in a haystack.

2. Your muse and your rules align with mine. Primarily that if I state I myself or my muse does not want to interact with specific characters, like children, littles or regressors, then if you are a blog with a child muse, you can follow me, but I will not follow and I will not interact except for maybe a few asks here or there.

3. Your selectiveness level. If you are highly selective or private, then I will likely not bother you. Alternatively, if you are a highly selective and private, and you follow me, that generally confuses me especially if you have not sent me any asks, dms, or interacted in my notes. I personally have no idea how to approach you.

4. All my RP blogs are sideblogs. If you don't have a problem with a main following you, then I will follow you. But if your pinned post or you make a post stating personal or main blogs do not follow, then I won't bother you (anymore).

5. Minimal abbreviations or fandom lingo. There at alot of abbreviations and lingo now on Tumblr. I'm old now. I don't have time to keep track of them all, many abbreviations don't even mean the same thing as it did say 10 or even 5 years ago. And some of them are so vague in definition, I would just prefer you just type it the long way and explain what you want or don't want. Like I have no idea what the hell proshipping is. Its okay you don't have to explain it to me because I've gotten like 4 different definitions and I'm still confused. Just tell me what shipnames you like or don't like. Cuz like, a ship can be problematic for anyone or for any reason, how do I know what ships you find problematic if you don't say it? Like some person once told me Hunter and Willow was problematic and then there's a whole side of the fandom who are like this a great and healthy ship. So if you don't like Huntlo just say, No Huntlo. Just be CLEAR. I'm not a mind reader.

6. Writing style. I skim your writing. You don't have to match everything, but if it seems you are putting an ample amount of time to read, digest and type out a response that adequately responds to your partner's character's action, that's good, I'm following! If your partner is writing significantly more and is highly interactive like physical gestures, and questions and statement, but you respond every single time a single line of dialogue, then I'm not following. The tone of your writing also contributes. I also skim through your oocs and tags, to see the level of interaction you have with your partners, and try to get a feel of what kind of mun are you, like are you a serious mun or a play it by ear mun or easy going mun or nervous mun etc.

7. Post organization. I am not very picky with how one organizes their roleplay posts. You can have 100+ notes in a thread, your thread can have a string of 10 untrimmed posts, you can leave the ask in there, I don't care. But what I do care is if you are a chronic trimmer who trims out your partner's posts and only leave a string of your replies. Its a nightmare to read and search as a visitor who wants to read a thread between a certain 2 characters, but also as a partner, as it can be hard to find the thread we were working on, and when I type a response, I don't have access to what I wrote because I'm seeing 5 of your last responses with none of mine.

8. Multimuse. I don't mind multimuse blogs that have a curated list of muses for a fandom or two. But some blogs have over 10 muses, canon and OC, in multiple fandoms, and multiple AU's that's too messy for me to follow.

9. Last but not least, does your character strike my interest. Sometimes it only takes a few asks, or for me to read a few of your replies on your partner's blog for me to just bypass most of the above for me to follow you. Other times it takes a few replies or threads before we get the ball rolling. Thing is I will RP with just about anyone. I am a nervous RPer. I send out feelers via asks, and replies, dash commentary etc. to see if someone would be willing to RP with me, considering I'm not very skilled of thinking up a scenario where you and I could potentially have a strong interaction. Generally I have follow Karma, you follow me, I follow you, unless you don't pass some of the items above. But I do occasionally clean out my following list especially if we do not interact often.

[sixeyesgojo]

Heyy,LEMME STATE THIS FIRST,UR ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS OUT THERE N ALSO ONE OF MT FAVS.NO CAP DETECTED.😩😩 They make my day better istg. So I have some headcanons request and it's totally fine if u can't do it so no pressure 😌,basically Gojo's OC is OP asf,tall(almost as him because I'm a tall person and I rarely have seen tall S/O]confident,got money,is attractive,overall the baddest bitch and is very intimidating and feared but famous,[ and ehem very bold and not shy basically flirts back and rarely gets flustered] but she isn't perfect as her past is fucked up and sad and I gave the S/O details because I've been finding headcanons of Gojo with an S/O and I can't find it and I miss him too much but once again no pressure,I adore your works

Take care <3

❤️

Gojo with a tall s/o

A/N: Thank you so much for your kind words, anon! Sorry for replying so late & I hope you don't mind me foregoing the money aspect because I seriously didn't know what to make of it. Here's a present from me to you on this special day! <3 Enjoy your meal <3

He’s a little surprised. He doesn’t have to look down in order to make eye contact with you as he talks to you. It’s an odd feeling of excitement. Finally someone who’s not a shrimp!

But please don’t wear heels, he still wants to be at least a little taller than you

The reason? Despite you being tall, he likes teasing you that he is taller

But that’s not the only thing you hide! You’re also strong and more than just capable of protecting other people. That’s a good thing because then he doesn’t have to worry about protecting others while fighting a curse… as long as you’re with him, that is.

He knows his students and protegés are safe with you as they can be.

Gojo is also oddly drawn to you being feared by curse users and curses alike. Yes, the two of you definitely forewent the protocol to exorcise curses on sight in order to scare them away (followed by your and his roaring laughter) at least three times.

Those are probably his fondest memories in recent years.

It’s not like anyone can say anything either. After all, you’re THAT duo. Everyone knows you.

Everyone may know you but not everyone truly understands your past as well as he does. He’s quick to comfort you when you fall down that spiral.

Moreover, he loves your boldness and the way you never get flustered by his flirtatious advances

“Looking good today, Y/N,” he says and pulls down the shades he’s wearing to wink at you. “Thanks but I think you look scrumptious, I almost wanna take a bite.”

That catches him off guard at first but he’s quick to recompose himself.

The students definitely made up a shipname for the two of you!

They even ask you two when the wedding is whenever you two flirt lmao

[mul71v3r53-is]

Canon Ships in Mul71v3r53 (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡

Zephyrtop (TopxAster (Undertop GasterxZephyrtale Gaster) because screw you it's the husbands)

Gastby (GasterxGrillby)

Hints of Insomnia (??) (DreamxError, poly go brrrrr)

Afterdeath (GenoxReaper duh)

Crossmare/Fluffynight/Fluffycrossmare (NightmarexCrossxCcino, because how dare you make me choose)

(also eventually Epicross and MAYBE EpicxCcino because I saw some cute fanart of them and now I can't stop thinking about it)

Errink (ErrorxInk, this will happen eventually I promise it's their endgame ship)

Kreme/Driller (DreamxKiller)

HorrorLust/Bloodlust (HorrorxLavender/Lust)

These guys don't have a shipname yet either but Rosemerry/Lust PapxMocha/Fellswap Pap do be hitting different (also add polyamory because Papyton is canon in Underlust iirc????)

Cherryberry (RedxBlue, more of a BROTP rn)

Spicyhoney (EdgexStretch, pre-established before 404 even happens. If you wanna blame anyone for this one blame keelywolfe and their amazing series on AO3 (By any other name). For legal reasons, I'll say right now I'm not being sponsored-)

Rottenjoke (ClassicxRazz)

Basil/Classic PapxRosa (OC) (they're both aro though so it's more like two besties who are soulmates and maybe occasionally they do the adult stuff)

Sherbert (DustxCandy because they'd definitely be cute together don't lie)

Gchess (GxChess, we need to collectively think up a better name for this guys I'm fresh out of inspiration)

SwordsDance (KatanaxDance)

Outersci/Astrophysics/Astronomy (Sci/SciencexPolaris/Outer)

Ganzy (GanzxSensy. Also does anyone else think it's hilarious how Golzy literally cannot remember their Undertale phase despite Gztale and the Echo Animatic being HUGE in the fandom lmaooo)

Omnijam (PJxOmni, I think that's their ship name??)

Freshpaper/Paperfresh (PJxFresh because screw you it helped to ease me into this part of the fandom and I'm not ready to let go yet. Also I want Cray and Cil as well as Mono >:v)

PJxLux (no name yet but they cute uwu)

Pinkscale (GradientxPassion, latter is a Horrorlust kid I invented because my imagination is overactive)

Rot (BlotxRasp, true power couple)

Music Video (SketchxBB, I know I need to make a better name sHUSH-)

Rugit (DigitxRuby, I know this one sucks too, you don't need to tell me)

Poth (GothxPalette)

Raveprint (RavenxBlueprint)

I can't remember for the life of me who it is, but Xhaji's ship with one of the Ganzy kids?? (EDIT: IT'S SNAZZY YIPPEE!!!)

SorrellxIncubux (I don't know if anyone else ships this but considering I can't have Tenpatch here really but this?? Is a beautiful substitute??? I love them)

Sunset (ShinoxAriel, that was gonna be a staple since I made Ari because even if I was gonna have Tenpatch I'm not having Shino and Sorrell pine after him at the same time. Also Shino just gives off wlw energy ok, I don't make the rules)

Vapor (SwirlxDew, former is a Fluffynight kid, latter is a new Cherryberry kid. Both are a year younger than Digit)

I can't remember the ship name but SprinklexPassion all the way

Lucky Blossoms (ConnorxKit, GChess and SwordsDance kids respectively. Also known as the "Hanahaki Kids" in my head 🏃)

[nctsjiho]

Just LuHo Things (Lucas x JiHo)

Kun (and Ten)’s Children

"LuJi!”

Though Lucas and JiHo are knowns as LuHo in the fandom Kun, the only person who really calls them by a “shipname”, calls them LuJi

Whenever the two are together they are usually goofing around a lot which ends up with Kun being on high alert and scolding the duo sometimes

Lucas is already really playful and he really likes JiHo so he gets her to do stupid things with him a lot

You’ll find Kun cleaning their mess they left behind with an annoyed expression

(no one is asking Kun to do it, JiHo has already told him she’ll tidy up after herself, but the leader has no patience when it comes to those kids)

Ten is the more chill parent who tells Kun to calm down and “let them be kids”

Both of them have heart eyes for Lucas and JiHo together because the two younger members always have such a bright smile on their face when they hang out

Dream’s lost members

We all know Lucas has said he wanted to be in Dream multiple times before

JiHo has joked about it before as well

On multiple occasions, whether it was a VLIVE, NCT daily content or on fancams, they have been seen singing and dancing to NCT Dream’s music as well as fangirling about the group

Multilingual messes

Honestly anyone in NCT who speaks more than 2 languages has a hard time speaking some times

Even though this isn’t specific to LuHo, for some reason when the two are together they have such a hard time saying at least one sentence which is completely correct

Lucas isn’t the best Cantonese teacher out there to be completely honest I’m sorry Lucas but you know this as well

So after a few attempts of trying to teach JiHo some Cantonese he just gave up, thankfully because the Cantonese he did learn JiHo wasn’t all correct either

On the other end of things, JiHo has given up teaching Lucas other languages as well

She’s a pretty good teacher if you’d ask the other members, but Lucas’ motivation only stretches out to about 15 minutes until he’s done “learning” the language

It’s their incredible amount of energy that makes it so hard for them to communicate properly

They’re always laughing and cracking jokes, never really being serious, so they just kind of fumble with their words and make hand gestures in the hopes the other person understands

And they do!

JiHo and Lucas seem to be able to understand each other 95% of the time, even if their conversations are unintelligible to anyone else in the room

Gifts

Lucas spoils JiHo with expensive gifts

We’ve been knew

JiHo doesn’t ask for anything ever, which is just ridiculous in Lucas’ opinion

Which is why whenever her sees something pretty that JiHo would like while shopping for himself, he’d buy it for her no hesitation

At this point JiHo’s closet is at least 1/3 courtesy of Lucas

JiHo wants to return the favour, but she never knows what to buy him

When she does find a cool hoodie or bag to buy Lucas she always checks it with him first to make sure he likes it, which results in either of 3 options

“I already have it, but thank you”

“I don’t really like it” He really doesn’t like it that much

“I don’t really like it” Lies because it’s a bit too expensive and maybe will end up buying it himself so JiHo doesn’t have to make a huge dent in her wallet

There’s one thing JiHo is really good at though

She’s quite observant, so whenever Lucas mentions something small like, “I lost my favourite cologne” or “I recently finished my cleanser” she’ll write it down and the next day she already bought it for Lucas

Those small things really mean a lot to Lucas which is why he keeps trying to repay her with way too expensive gifts

JiHo’s nothing more than a human sized teddy bear

The amount of times the boys have been worried about Lucas hurting JiHo is pretty impressive

The way Lucas tackles JiHo or throws his whole body weight on her, like he isn’t a 183 cm, 65 kg (that’s not even that heavy at all 😭😭) man

It’s concerning

It’s like he’s a Great Dane that doesn’t know his size, but he loves JiHo so much that he just needs to throw himself on top of her

He also doesn’t know his strength sometimes because he will literally just pick JiHo up with one arm and swing her around like she weighs nothing

Lucas seeing JiHo after not having seen her for a month is... dangerous

She always has to brace herself for Lucas coming at her running to just hug her

At this point she just let’s him pick her up and swing her around, because resisting him raises the probability of her accidentally getting hurt

The girl also really doesn’t mind it and secretly likes it a little, even though she wouldn’t directly admit it

Here some quick-fire LuHo things/facts to end this

I guess this is how I end these kinds of posts now

Isn’t fact checked but: Have each other saved as Prince and Princess on their phones

In 2018 had each other as their phone wallpapers for at least a month

When WayV has schedules overseas or JiHo is touring with NCT 127, they call each other at least once a week for a few hours before they go to bed (at least the person who is about to sleep)

JiHo loves Bella, Wayv’s dog (okay quick side note, I don’t know if she’s actually all of the members’ dog or one member...) and comes over to the dorm a lot to play with Bella, Lucas has said that JiHo is officially Bella’s mom and that they (JiHo, Bella and Lucas) spend a lot of time together

LuHo loves to play with each other’s hair and do each other’s makeup or skincare routines -> results in sleepovers 

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Side note: I am completely burnt out from writing 😭 it really sucks so if my posts are less entertaining, for lack of a better word, I’m really sorry.

If you’ve noticed I’m back on posting every other day (besides that one time that Tumblr didn’t show my posts in tags so I delayed that post another day) and even with that schedule I’m struggling. I’m trying my hardest not to quit writing though, because that’s not what I want in the grand scheme of things, even if I do feel like I have absolutely nothing to write. I started about 13 posts in the last few weeks which are now in drafts unfinished... I’ll stop complaining now 😅 but I just wanted to let you guys know, because I do feel a sense of responsibility with this blog and that it would be unfair to just stop posting or post less, or continue posting “bad” posts without an explanation.

So that was that, I’m sorry for that 😅

I hope you all have an amazing day/evening/night 🤍💚🤍

[violadiaries]

So I'm not only rambling again, have a WIP for a Christmas GuyLeo (it's the shipname variation I've found the most with so far, so I'm sticking with it xD) fic I'm writing on my phone (hopefully my lazy ass will finish it in time)

(none of those idk how many things on my tablet 😅)

So yeah, ramblings under the cut, cause I'm completely emotionally charged rn, and my emotions are riding roller coaster...

Ok so fuck, like I said my emotions are riding roller coaster rn, like this afternoon I was so fucking depressed and now I'm bouncing with energy, I need to get rid of some

And I'm filled with ship thoughts, cause idk Leon and Guy have control rn, but there was a Golkai post in their pixiv tag and I just (๑♡⌓♡๑) and then the vol. 2 of the tob manga I ordered fucking finally arrived and there is Zaveid and Eizen and the sexual tension between them (sry the shipper goggles are stuck) and that hit me with Eizavie feels and then I'm playing Fire Emblem atm and like...yeah feels 😅 but mostly the first three,

But then during the day I remember that I'll probably fail my exams in January, cause I get so distracted during university, cause online shit cause the bad c virus is still going strong, and then I get all depressed again 😓

So I'll distract myself by writing fanfiction or reading fanfiction, btw is anyone else so fucking bad at writing smut scenes but still wants to incorporate them, cause I so suck at that, help 😂, if anyone got any tips pls give them to me, but anyway so I'll distract myself by not doing any coursework, lagging behind even more and it's like vicious cycle and that sucks ass

And don't get me started looking at ship art, like there is so much gorgeous GolKai, Eizavie and Sylvix (Fe3h) out there (not GuyLeo which sucks) and my lonely ass just craves something like that or just...like some sort of affection but my anxiety is like 'nope bish u suck, be lonely' which...sucks...😓

Oh and then those nice 15 inbox comments on my AO3 I don't know how to answer cause I suck at communication, and one is almost over a hundred days old I think...•́ ‿ ,•̀ Like...fuck...they give me so much joy and I want to let the commenters know, but I don't want to come on to strong and drive people away... (＠_＠;)

Oh and my heart is beating like crazy and I don't think that's healthy but I don't know...xD it just does that (and hurts but that's only when I'm browsing through some of my 3 big otps (well browsing through two, cause there is almost now GuyLeo) or when I'm panicking) sometimes...😂 And then I get all shaky xD

Welp I think that's enough out of me, I'll go and watch Netflix till I'm to tired to pay attention anymore...xD for anyone still reading, have a nice day/evening and bye~

(oh and maybe let me know how you liked that WIP up there, if you read it and only if you want of course, and maybe idk leave some inspiration if you want (◕ᴗ◕✿) )

[ablogthatishenceforthmine]

My Thoughts On Titans Season 3 Trailer

Overall

So, the trailer was pretty much what I expected (and I don’t mean that disparagingly); mostly focusing on Red Hood and new Gotham setting, but with a fair amount of other stuff, with most character getting at least one moment that emphasized them.

The characters who I felt got the most focus were Red Hood/Jason, Dick, Babs, and Kory (in that order). No, this isn’t based on a quantitative analysis of screen time in the trailer, just a general feeling of who was emphasized that I came away with. But overall, it didn’t feel that unbalanced to me, and felt like is tried to give at least something to most of the characters.

Kory

Kory looks so good! Like so so good! I can’t get over it. I know people were hoping to see more of her (and I for one could always take more Kory), but I didn’t feel like she was sidelined. As previously stated, I felt like she got the fourth most focus/emphasis (and Titans has a lot of characters). And she got the final line of the trailer, which I don’t think is insignificant.

Blackfire

I know people are also disappointed by the amount of Blackfire in the trailer. But, I don’t think that necessarily reflects her role in the season. And I don’t necessarily mind. There are many possible reasons that she was only in a few shots. They could want to keep her role and what she is doing under wraps (if this is the case then I support it, because I kind of want to be surprised with her story). Or the trailer could only be from the first few eps, and her role in those may be smaller. Or a lot of other reasons. Based on how much she’s been filming, I’m not super worried about Blackfire’s presence in the season.

Dickkory

I, like a lot of fans, were disappointed with the lack of Dickkory in the trailer, but, I didn’t really go in with any expectations of what we would see of them in the trailer. So, I’m not upset or angry; it’s just something I would have liked to see. I also think you can’t tell anything about Dickkory this season from the lack of them in the trailer. They might get together this season, they might not. This trailer doesn’t say anything in regards to that; it’s totally neutral.  I don’t think the lack of them in the trailer says that they won’t happen or that they won’t have that many scenes together. I’ve seen some people convinced that they will never happen or that they won’t have scenes this season because of this trailer, and I think that is WAYY too much to extrapolate from a trailer. A trailer only tells you a very limited of stuff, and doesn’t always mean that much. While I have no idea if we will get romantic Dickkory this season, I do really think we’ll at least get some scenes, based off things one of the writers and the Titans account said on twitter. Now many scenes they’ll be or if it will be building to a romance, I have no idea, and I don’t think anyone else can reasonably say so either based off the small amount of info about them and this season that’s been released. 

Also, on this subject, while the writer’s and Titans twitter’s account responses about Dickkory have been encouraging, I also don’t think that means we will necessarily see them in a romance this season. For one, for some people using a shipname might not necessarily using or seeing it in a romantic way. They might see Dickkory as referring to Dick and Kory and their general relationship, and not as referring to a romantic relationship. I’ve definitely seen that happen with other fandoms, where people behind TV shows would respond to or use shipnames just to refer to a dynamic between two characters. Now, I’m not saying that’s the case here (I actually lean more towards that it’s not), but it is still a possibility that I think a lot of people overlook. I’m not trying to discourage anybody or rain on anybody’s parade, I just don’t want people to feel they have been definitively promised something. I’ve seen this a lot in fandoms (people feeling they were promised something and getting angry when they don’t get it) and often it comes from a miscommunication between the creative teams and fans. That being said, I am still pretty confident we’ll get more scenes between them in season 3 than we did and season 2, and am also hopeful about their romantic future in the series; nothing in this trailer changed that.

Dick

I so a lot of people fearing that Dick will take up the Batman mantle, and again I don’t think that’s NECESSARILY the case. It might be! But it might not. For one, we didn’t see Dick’s response to Bruce’s request. And second, it’s unclear what Bruce even means by telling Dick he needs to be a better Batman. He could be referring to literally being Batman, or he could referring to “Batman” just as a superhero who protects Gotham. In the latter case, Bruce could just want Dick to protect Gotham as Nightwing. Like most things in this trailer, and most trailers, it’s unclear. Overall, despite his prominence in the trailer, I didn’t get a good feel of what Dick’s story would be this season, so I don’t really have any judgements on his character this season yet.

Babs

I’m excited to see Babs this season. I’m intrigued (although I little worried) to see her dynamic with Dick. I’m diehard Dickkory, so I hope it doesn’t turn romantic. But if it happens, it happens. While I definitely see tension between them in the trailer, I didn’t get the impression that they hate each other, like some people did. For one, there’s only like two or three scenes between them, and one is delivering exposition. And the other seems tense, but not hateful. The writer said on twitter that their relationship would be one of respect, so I don’t think they will be hating each other. I hope that their dynamic is one where they disagree and argue with each other, but there’s still that respect there and that it doesn’t turn romantic again. But we’ll have to see!

I’m also curious to see how much of the season she is in. I’ve heard it thrown around online that she is only going to be in 5 or 6 episodes. But I have no idea where this idea originated. Does anyone know? I think it might be from IMDB, in which case it might not be accurate. IMDB is very inconsistent when it comes to the accuracy of information posted there. And given that she is on the poster, it might be more than that. But again, I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Trailers in General

In fandom in general, I think people really overestimate how much they can gleam about the actual show or movie from trailers and other marketing materials. First and foremost, trailers are intended to advertise a show or movie, not give an accurate representation of what the movie or season will be. Trailers can often be misleading, but even when they are not, they are only giving viewers limited information, and without context. Often, trailers aren’t even made by the writing or directing team, but by an in-house marketing team at the company that produced the show/movie or an outside.

Really, trailers are just giving viewers breadcrumbs; sometimes accurate breadcrumbs, sometimes misleading breadcrumbs. But that thing is, it’s impossible to know how accurate a trailer is until you see that actual show/movie it’s advertising. So, you can never really know ahead of time how representative what you’re seeing in a trailer is of the actual movie/show. 

Not to mention, there is very little context for the scenes, images, and lines of dialogue you are seeing. And in understanding scenes, and characters, context is EVERYTHING. And for TV shows, you also don’t know how much of the season the trailer is using. This titans trailer could only be using a few episodes, or it could be more. There is no way of knowing unless we’re told. There is just so much uncertainty with trailers.

When it comes down to it, trailers are just scenes, lines, and images completely removed from their context.

But unfortunately, I think fandom can sometimes treat trailers as a lot more than this, believing they have a better understanding of what they season/movie is going to be than they possibly could given the nature of trailers. Sometimes these impressions are right! But i just find it so hard to ever know.

[anne-writes]

Yaoi Fandoms; Representation or Fetishization?

1,305 words, 5 min~ reading time. Seperated into 25 paragrpahs for easier reading/writing. I worked on this while very sleep deprieved so comment an edits uwu. Essay under the divider. 

TW: Sarcasm, slight meaness (from me and others), inappriopriate messages to minors, censored cursing, babies?, I’ll update if I figure out any more.

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It seems whenever a thing in the media with plenty of men in it (youtube groups, bands, shows, ect.) will eventually come out with an MLM ship. This isn't inherently bad because men loving other men is amazing. Good for them. I'm so proud. The problem comes from the stans focused on this ship/couple. 

Stans, am I right? The majority of unneeded cancel-culture and cyber-bullying. (Note how I say unneeded) I don't actually mind a lot of stans, probably since I don't use Twitter often. 

Now my problem with stans is they find a content creator (musician, artist, YouTuber, ect.) and they try to make this person fit into their specific box of expectations via bullying, and fear of being cancelled and their career ruined. 

This sucks for many reasons, because, these content creators are still human, right? Stans don't usually seem to know this and put these people on an unreachable pedestal. Kind of like your parents who expect you to stay the same gifted kid throughout your life. It eventually gets exhausting. Let's put this train of thought on hold for just a few minutes.

Now all of that brings me to my point of writing this. Are yaoi fandoms a good thing or a bad thing? Are they asking for representation or fetishization of their faves? Are they trying to get more LGBTQA+ creators known or are they looking for their uwu gay babies? 

I think the question boils down to, who is writing the majority of the fanfiction and what kind of fanfiction is it? Are straight women writing your gay man smut for other straight women to enjoy? I think this is a good telltale if your yaoi fandom is good or bad. 

Now, I don't mind straight women writing gay characters having sex, having angsty sex, discovering themselves and falling in love, and straight women reading it,  because good on you for not caring about what kind of romance story it is! Everyone loves a good romance story for the many different tropes, I'm partial to enemies to lovers. 

I do have a problem when it's not really meant as romance and more something for straight women to get their rocks off if you catch my drift. Getting off to a gay relationship because it's gay is really weird in my opinion. (I'm looking at you, straight boys who watch lesbian porn). 

It's quite weird to get off to these kinds of relationships and leads to fetishization. We already are trying to tell the straight boys this, but the gays aren't around for straight people's porn-watching pleasure. It's the same as women liking gay men for being gay. Or men liking lesbians for being lesbian. 

I feel that a lot of Yaoi stans aren't asking for representation more so are they asking for two men making love for their pleasure. This leads to the box of expectations that seem to come with every stan. (I told you we'd come back to that earlier point) 

As soon as the ship is adopted by stans, it seems to always get joked around by the content creators associated with it. Examples can include, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, and Dream and GeorgeNotFound.

There's now the notation of 'well they brought it up so it must be true!'. And so, if the content creators continue making jokes about their shipname, the more of a cultish following grows and the more expectation for this to be real. 

This is pretty dangerous, as whatever one of those men gets a girlfriend, or a partner that isn't this specific person? Then the fandom turns against the 'traitor' and tries to solve any problems standing in the way of their ship. See Babygate. Whether or not you believe in that situation, the way they (stans) treated the families was just downright terrible. 

I mean sending porncaps to an underage minor? Just because you think the actress might also be the same girl that the minor's brother got pregnant, wtf. (Apparently, those larries aren't very approving of sex workers and porn actors/actresses /maybekidding,whoknows)

As terrible as that situation was handled and everything, it does show what kind of people those stans can be when something or someone gets in the way of their perfect ship. 

They also share the argument of 'this man is in love with another man, so he is gay' which makes me think they're even less so wanting representation. Because representation at its finest would be all sorts of sexualities, genders, ect. not just one specific sexuality.

Representation can come without fetishization. Many content things have been able to accomplish this. For example, some nice MLM webcomics can be found on Webtoon. Blades of Furry is quite cute, and perfect for all my furries out there. Boyfriends is about a Poly MLM group of 4. (Kiss it goodbye, Not So Shoujo Love Story for you WLW in need) (I wanna be a cute anime girl for my trans cuties.) (The Four of Them for a story about a group of kids discovering themselves.)

You can ask for representation without it being about the actual sexual component. LGBTQA+ smut is good for communities with these kinds of ships, but it shouldn't come at the cost of sexualization. Their relationships shouldn't become all about sex, because a lot of people do actually have the ability to keep it in their pants y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶o̶r̶n̶y̶ ̶f̶*c̶k̶s̶. 

Posters being obsessed with their top and bottom components and how this person has to act a certain way because they are a top or a bottom are just the same people who think dom and sub roles need to be in every relationship. Who cares about who's the top or bottom when we can just care about their love? 

I'm not here to tell you not to ship MLM ships or WLW ships, or any of that. Honestly, that would just be hypocritical of me. I just want people to realize that by allowing yaoi fandoms to sexualize these kinds of relationships, you are solidifying a point in your brain, and other impressionable people's brains that gay people are only for sexual enjoyment. 

Whilst I think that IRL ships are pretty weird, everyone is going to probably do that anyway. Just allow that person to be straight, or any other sexuality, allow them to have other partners and don't make their entire life and career around one little thing. 

Don't expect people IRL to obey/act how YOU want them. They're humans too, and relationships are complicated. Maybe down the line, your fave comes out of the closet, but you shouldn't force them to come out just because you can 'sense' it. 

It's their life, it's their sexuality/gender/identity, allow the choices to be theirs. Forcing someone out of the closet makes you a d*ck. No matter what. No 'but it was so obvious!'. No 'well it was true!'. Forcing someone to reveal a private detail about themselves is creepy and d*ckish. Who cares if you're right, you could've harmed that person's homelife or anything. Maybe they wanted to keep it secret because who are you, as the fan, to dictate what they can share with you. 

And so, I leave you with some final words. Not everyone has to be gay, as much as, not everyone has to be straight. Sexuality and Gender identity are a spectrum and you cannot decide anyone else's. Allow people to be who they are, and don't stalk people. That's f*cking weird. 

I hope you all have a fantastic day/night/whatever. And next time, think about if your actions will be helping the community or not. I'm sure no one means to harm it, but it's ok to check in with yourself and your actions every once in a while to better yourself.