#does this fic exist in the world

[g3othermal3scapism]

such total detestation

biblically accurate jegulus version under the cut

what is this feeling? so festive and jolly

[lbhslefttiddie]

admittedly i dont specialize in moshang so perhaps i am simply not seeing the scholarly discussion on the topic but whenever ive seen the idea of airplane being the guy who wrote the sv world into existence and now Lives There acknowledged in any kind of metaphysical capacity its always either been "airplane by writing the world literally created it" or "airplane was getting prophetic visions beamed to him from another world and he wrote that into a book in his" and tbh neither of these has ever really resonated with me. i dont want to overplay his involvement in the higher powers of the universe, but as a writer myself it kinda rankles to have his creative woes, which are covered in the story and are sort of the backbone of The Entire Setting, dismissed in such a way that would rob him of authorship of his own work. his writing does not innately have some power to make worlds into reality, but it's HIS.

to me he is not a god, not a prophet, just a poor author who has had his most successful work plagiarized by extra-dimensional beings who may or may not be fujoshis

[verifyemailmyass]

Hear me out, modern timebomb au with an established relationship since they were like in middle school, but ekko and jinx go to different colleges. They still love eachother and spend alot of time together, and they get to make new friends and such.

However, both like to keep their private lives private. It's subconscious, they grew up needing not to show weakness, and any information is valuable information.

Jinx doesn't have any issue. Most people, including her friends, think her one true loves are her inventions.

Ekko is too nice tho, and it ends up that one of his friends he had made through his college years has a crush on for a couple years now. He doesn't can't really tell though. Not that he's oblivious or anything, but he's only ever dated jinx. Who before that was his best friend l, so he didn't really think the friend was crossing any boundaries with wanting to hang out or hug goodbye. And the friend doesn't do much more than that.

That being said, both jinx and ekko want their friends over for Christmas. They've been friends with these people for a few years in college and Christmas parties at the last drop were always a Mashup of close friends.

Yada yada their friends find out that they're not only taken, but have been together since FUCKING MIDDLE SCHOOL, friend with a crush is heartbroken and knows from the sheer amount of time they've been dating that timebomb are a forever deal, jinxs friends learn she isn't aro, ekkos other friends thought ekko was just not a romantic but turns out he is such a fucking sappy romantic and loves his girlfriend so much it's sickening. Etcetera.

I have so many ideas fir this au, think imma call it private life au.

[imthepointe]

pov aruani on the boat as the world is literally ending

[caeslxys]

Something I think is extremely interesting thematically when it comes to connecting what Downfall and the ideas it tackled to the overarching narrative of campaign three is that the things Downfall made a point to showcase of Aeor—Cassida, Hallis, the visual of an aeormaton proposing to her partner, the specific and intentional decision to shed light on a far from insignificant amount of the population being civilians or refugees—is that it plays in perfect parallel across from what is happening (and, really, has been happening) to the ruidusborn on Exandria in present.

Bear with me for a moment. Aeor is ultimately a city that was collectively punished for the decisions of its leadership. We could (and, judging by the amount of discourse around this particular topic already, probably will) argue about what the Gods’ motivation for all of this was—whether it be that they could not, in the end, bear to kill their siblings or that they were terrified at the prospect of mortality—for me it is a very healthy dose of both—but for this I am much more interested in the latter. They were scared. That, really, is the driving force behind both this arc and their role in c3 as a whole.

Why I point this out is: It is far more interesting to me, especially as we go back to Bells Hells this week, to dissect the Gods and their decisions not purely on sympathetic motivation alone but as beings in the highest seat of power in the highest social class in Exandria.

So, having established that the Gods (in relation to mortals) are more a higher social class than anything we could compare to our real life understanding of divinity and that Aeor was eviscerated largely because of their fear—what is the difference between those innocents in Aeor caught in the trappings of their autocratic government leadership and a divine war on the ground, and those of the ruidusborn being manipulated both by Ludinus and by the very thing that inspired such visceral fear in the Gods to start with. I would argue very little.

I think of Cassida, doing what she genuinely thought was right and good and would save people, her son, and the object of her worship—and how that did not matter enough to any of them to spare her because of the fear they held at the very concept of mortality. I think of Liliana and Imogen, one of which we know begged for the gods to help her or send her a sign for years on years, and how every single one of their largest struggles could have been avoided had the gods loved them, their supposed children, as much as they feared what they could be. I think of how the thing that did save Imogen, in the end, was a woman who herself existed in direct defiance of the gods will. I think of that young boy, sixteen years old, that Laudna exalted on Ruidus.

I think it’s completely fair to judge Aeor’s overall society as deeply corrupt—it was!—but its leadership and police force are not a reflection of every one of its citizens. Similarly, it is fair to judge the Ruby Vanguard as corrupt—it is!—but its multiple heads of leadership and even the god-eater further are not a reflection of every one of its members.

Notably, and what I think the Hells will latch onto, this did not matter to the Gods. It did not matter that Cassida was trying to help. She was still too much of a risk. Will it matter, what Imogen does? Will it matter, if that young boy is in the blast radius when they decide to take no further chances?

I’ve seen a lot of people say that the Hells will side with the gods and I don’t think I agree. Especially as Imogen has been scolded and villainized over and over for daring to try and save her mother—who herself has been seen by some as an irredeemable evil in spite of her drive being the exact same—her family—but when it’s the Gods it’s justified? When it’s the Gods, it’s sympathetic? Too sympathetic to criticize further than “they’re family”?

I obviously do not think the Gods should die or be eaten or what have you, and I certainly don’t agree with Ludinus (though I find him much more compelling than just a variation of hubris wizard), but when talking about the Gods in Aeor and in present it isn’t really at all about their motivation or their family. It can’t be. Too many people, including our active protagonists, lives have been effected for it to be as cut and dry as “they’re family”. These are your children. They are your family, too.

[galactic-glamour-girl-posts]

The Warners' Surprisingly Fitting Concerns

You know, I never gave it much thought (outside of this dumb joke) but each Warner's verse in "We Could Try to Do It, Santa" fits their personality pretty well and is about the thing they'd naturally be the most concerned about in that situation.

Yakko's Verse:

At first his verse is about how they can't deliver the presents without Santa's magic and how they'd have to upgrade Santa's sleigh so it can fly fast enough to travel the world in one night, but then it's revealed his true major concern is how that would result in the reindeer getting hurt:

"Prancer and the others might burn up if we're that fast"

"And a sonic boom would work its way through Dasher, Donner, Dancer,

Soon engulfing Cupid, Comet; Santa, this can't be the answer!

See the last thing that we'd wanna do is make the reindeer yelp!"

As a protective older sibling, naturally Yakko would assume Santa of all people would want to protect the reindeer given that they are under his care, like how Yakko tries to protect his sibs. I think the switch up in the verse's focus also reflects how although Yakko's snarky yet jovial nature means he's not quick to be emotionally open and often hides or undercuts his sincerity with snark or humour; he still clearly deeply cares for his sibs and that will eventually show.

Wakko's Verse:

Well Wakko's verse is unsurprisingly about food, but I also wanna point out how it easily has the most extreme consequences of the three, given that the whole of Earth shatters.

This reflects how Wakko tends to go to extremes the most out of the Warners. Need to do a gag about having eyes at the back your head? Wakko will have nine rather than just two. The Warners are bouncing on springs during an earthquake? Wakko's bouncing on a spring upside down, etc.

The little guy loves being extra.

Dot's Verse:

Dot suggests spying on people in her verse. Dot specifically would be the Warner to sing about this when you remember her whole schtick is acting cute and innocent, but being way tougher, craftier and more violent than she appears.

She more than anyone would know that there's often more to people than meets the eye, and hence would be the one to point out the need for wiretaps, logs of web searches, etc. until they had a "constant feed of every single child on Earth" if they wanted to know what the each child in the world was truly like.

[pareidolla]

just know that i'm always there behind you, breathing hard down your neck, patiently waiting for when i can loredump about my post-canon stp world. the weight of which will crush us instantly.

(which is to say, it's a fun little worldbuilding project and i'm excited to share it one day)

[justallihere]

I think a lot about Xaden’s “it’s a damned good thing you love me too, because you’re stuck with me in this life and every other that could possibly follow” line

[nevermeyers]

I've processed the chapter and I'm going to say it was, like, weird. It was a weird feeling to see everyone suddenly alive and all of that and I'm sure that's what most of people wanted but the pacing is not it (for me)

I don't know what happened to Gege and his team to rush things. I understand he's not the only one writing jjk, the team also has to make decisions, but why making this one? They spent so many months with Sukuna vs Gojo battle, now things are rushing.

Maybe is my lack of understanding of how the manga world works. Because I get the feeling that lots of manga that ended these past years have been rushed too. Am I the only one? Is this a common manga thing?

I know there's still two chapters left in which I assume Gege's going to explain some political issues regarding the jujutsu world. Maybe I'm making assumptions, but I would've liked for him to deep in the character's trauma :') That's just a very biased opinion since I love psychology, and I know Gege is not one but yeah I would've liked this chapters to be about the characters and not about them laughing and doing whatever it was happening in 269

Now, overall, considering the whole jjk together, I think it's a really good manga! If I'm not wrong it's Gege's first and I'm amazed. Imagine jjk being your first, just wow. He has so so much potential as a writer and I'm sure jjk is a great experience for him to learn about writing characters and learn from his mistakes. I hope he writes more in the future! I loved it

So yeah this is just my silly opinion about this chapter and the pacing the manga suddenly took 🎀

[juliareed]

Fandom: Alias Relationships: Sark/Sydney Song: Spiracle by Flower Face Content warnings: Blood, death, violence, spiders, insects, flashing lights

[tricksteroftheheart]

BHSDBSHHB THE TAGS ON YOUR ONE REBLOG MADE ME GIGGLE SORRY

I honestly have seen that post but I'm too absorbed looking at the Glisten and Finn art (it's ship art in my heart. if theyre ever drawn next to each other it is ship art to me) to even notice ...

I have uhh "Glisten x Rodger" and "Rodger x Glisten" blocked hehe but that's it <:3 Too many other ship names for my pea brain to keep up with. STILL my dumbass didnt realize the "SPROUT DONT LOOK" was talking 2 me i thought it was like. A Meaning tag. Like it Meant Something in relation to the post.

I appreciate it hehe but it's FUNNY

WAHAHAHA OKAY IM GLAD YOU FOUND THEM FUNNY

i dont usually tag ships and stuff (either cause i am 1. neutral about most ships or 2. see them as platonic in my brain arospec powers go) but i know thats a ship in particular you mentioned not liking so i was like 'uh. um. hm. he doesnt have a catchall. oops. uh. umm'

god youre right though i didnt tag it with either of those did i. i put my head in my hands. oops /lh

[non-un-topo]

Daily November crying sessions start today

[princeofuchiha]

I just got the final results for a commision I bought a bit ago and I'm So In Love with my boy in this art style.

Art by @/7angeltrumpets

[chialattea]

What will win:

my desire to write DA fics

vs

my seething hatred for medieval stereotypes (“haha they thought bathing was bad!!” “haha their streets were filthy and they threw wastewater out of their windows”)

[orcelito]

Also remembering that I get to write wolfwood next chapter and I'm a widdle nervous bc this is a Big Moment and I only wrote him a little bit with Sentido and it's been 8 months since then

But im also REALLY excited bc I get to finally (FINALLY) start executing the vashwood concepts I'd thought up at the damned START of this fic

So much relationship development to get to. So much Wolfwood to get to. Very exciting things.

[hopecomesbacktolife]

hey, just. friendly reminder that fanfiction is morally neutral.

yes, that includes smutty fics. yes, that includes self-insert fics. yes, that includes the fics you consider Problematic TM and the fics you don’t think are Smart or New. in fact that’s kind of why I’m writing this post.

I know we all love to talk about Themes And Narratives, but—and please listen to me very carefully here—you are not earning Good Place Points for only reading the kinds of fan fiction you feel are Smart or Only Focuses On The Important Things Like Themes.

fan fiction is morally neutral.

what I mean is this: no one is harming you, themselves, or anyone, by writing a fic about two characters having sex. (are you uncomfortable with the fact that I typed the word “sex”? hi, this post is about you. people have sex. and they write and talk about it. it’s seriously fine.)

no one is being harmed by self insert fics, by smutty fics, by anything not exclusively Smart TM about the fandom or analytically adding to it.

(and that’s not to say these two types of fics, that any type of fic, can’t have those elements— some of my favorite fic authors, my mutuals, my tumblr friends, write fic in these genres, and they also explore Themes and Emotions and analyze character traits and histories and write brilliant plots and incredible character arcs and yknow what, it’s amazing! it’s fantastic to examine what makes two characters react a certain way to x situation while also having them fuck nasty about it!) (and yes, I did just type ‘fuck nasty about it’ and I promise, that’s fine, too.)

what I’m saying, though, is that it doesn’t NEED that to, I dunno, somehow validate it into existing. it just Is. it just Exists. it doesn’t need an aspect you Approve Of TM in order to earn the right to be shared, to be written, to be published and commended and interacted with and read. it just. Is.

and I think a lot of especially younger, or newer, tumblr users especially get uncomfortable with that, and they unintentionally veer right (..ha) into self-censoring, puritanical behavior which is exactly what every person trying to ban books and generally kill art, wants. (and we’re not even going to examine in depth here, beyond mentioning it, the fact that policing, censuring, and banning art has historically and still today is being used to silence marginalized voices, so, I ask you to keep that in mind as you think on this, too, please.)

what I’m trying to say is this—if you personally don’t enjoy smut, don’t enjoy self insert fics, don’t enjoy a certain genre, that’s great, you do you! but, you must, must understand that this is not a moral stance. You are not objecting to a problematic practice, exploited workers, consent issues, labor crises… none of that applies, because no one in these stories is a real person. a story written about two Star Trek characters kissing on the bridge of the Enterprise is just that, a story. there is no actor for whose rights to fight, no wages to dispute fairness of, no ethical ramifications of scenes to discuss. these are Fictional People in Fictional Situations.

fan fiction is morally neutral.

and the moment you try to make yourself feel Better TM, More Correct TM, or—one of the ones I encounter the most—Smarter TM, by saying oh, I don’t read that kind of fic, I read the good kind, with thought in it—

you’re not only causing harm, you’re actively employing art censoring behavior. is that something that you want to do? I hope not. I certainly don’t.

next time you see a fic or a genre you don’t Approve Of TM, please remember the easiest way of exhibiting that— simply scrolling by or blocking a tag! If you’re on ao3, their system is incredible for niche content searches, and blocking a tag even here on tumblr will (most of the time) work.

I just., there’s so many better options out there for you than to… act like this. I believe you, we, all of us, can be better than this.

fanfiction. is. morally. neutral.