#excuse me for being iconless for now

[gilbheart]

      [ 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒? 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒'𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄... 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾. 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗒, 𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇-𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇? 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁, 𝗆𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍, 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒'𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒... ] the final sentence in for her early entry. elena sets her pen down and closes the journal. it's only morning, but one glance out her window this AM brought out those familiar pages: she could already tell what kind of day it was going to be. one of those, she sighs to herself. but suddenly, in the corner of the glass barricade that was her window, a p a r t i c u l a r silhouette appeared. the doppelgänger spots a SALVATORE; the mere recognition in itself sends a jolt to her stomach. ❝ stefan! ❞ the gilbert girl wasted no time and raced downstairs to greet @hisbattles.

[anabioun]

okay, small updates!

if you have followed me from my more recent blogs, you know i go by iris now. if you’ve followed me from ye olden days, you know my real name, and i’m very chill about you calling me that in private. i just don’t want to keep my actual name on public spaces, so please call me iris on my blogs. 

i think i’m going to go iconless from now on. as much as i love wrightson’s interpretation of the being, i think the visceral horror of the being’s appearance is something that is kind of cheapened by visual representations. he’s supposed to be so terrifying and inhuman that it makes your skin crawl, and that’ll mean different things to every individual. i’ll still keep wrightson’s drawings as the basis for how the being looks, but i’ll ditch icons in replies. 

this is not so much new as it is a reiteration of old shit, but i will be extremely reliant on plotting for this blog. the reason i’ve abandoned this character so much in the past is because every interaction has turned into an excuse for people to show off how morally great their character is by coddling the being. i’m done with writing fifty different threads of that. we need heavy plotting as to how characters come into contact with the being and what the interaction will be moving forward from that. i’m more than happy to contribute to the plotting, so i certainly don’t expect you to come up with every part of the interaction, but please come with more than ‘my character finds the being in the woods and is super nice to him.’ 

[chivalrytorn-archive]

RULES UPDATE !!

I'm posting the update here so people are more likely to read it as well as so I can explain a little without adding a huge para to my rules ( rather I'll just have a link to this post explaining why ) 

SHORT explanation: I’m adding Sc*r Jo as a banned fc.  ( if you’re heavily triggered by this idea I wouldn’t read all the rest but honestly I’d appreciate if you did to see my point of view ) 

why i’ve role-played with her fc in the past/recently? honestly because I was wrong. I’m not going to try to sit here and make excuses or defend by actions just try to maybe give a little insite as well as to relate to the people that still use her. I began role-playing my first marvel character in the 2012 ( clint ) -- I only knew of the movies and hadn’t read any comics before. All I knew was the actors and their characters. That year one of the most amazing people I've ever met ( who role-played Natasha ) asked me to start reading comics and begin playing James Barnes ( technically before he really even entered the universe. We role-played for 3 years every single day with our FC’s as Sc*rlett and Sebastian. We got so deep into our storyline that I literally still have a hard time even today seeing Sc*rlett J*hansson as Sc*rlett J*hansson, I see my friend when I see her- because when you role-play everyday for three years and become that invested I see my friends Natasha not the Natasha S*carlett or the M*CU portray. 

why I'm choosing not to go forward writing with her FC? In between the time I roleplayed with my friend, this and this have happened. I’m a political science major & I grew up in the south where there is serious equity and equality issues. I love politics, I love advocation, it’s been the past 10 years of my life and for some reason I got selfish along the way and put my connection to the character before actual people. So why is her comments about being able to take a part of any race/gender and comments defending a sexual predator and issue? because of this.  do you know how many actors donated billions to this? and just like that within a day with power and money, they were able to gain enough money and influence to fix something. I’m not saying it shouldn’t have been fixed but that instance just put into real perspective how actors can change the world with their influence and money. How many people do you think Sc*r Jo influenced when she said she could play any part ( even if it meant taking away something from a minority ) she wanted to because that was her right ( as a privileged white American ) --- what message does that send? how many people/fans will now carry that message with them? What message did she send when defending a sexual abuser? that if you’re in power you can do what you want? sound familiar--- D*onald trump? this behavior is not okay. 

So what does this mean ( her being a banned fc ): I will most likely not follow anyone that uses her as an FC: there will be a VERY few exceptions: those exceptions will include: iconless thread or alt fc’s. ( but again I will most likely shift into full banned content. if I unfollow you and you eventually decide to stop using her then send a message and I will re-follow.  I’m not going to go insane and police so if you are someone that interacts with someone that uses her, I won’t unfollow and if you reblog giftsets I won’t unfollow.

ONE LAST THING: this is not hate to the people that use her. I’m doing this for my own personal comfort, I felt like I was giving up my values by interacting with her and indirectly supporting what she stood for.