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[queenofbaws]

! Pride Month Challenge 2024 !

Well hi there, everyone! With May winding down to a close and June just around the corner, it's about that time again...the time where @jadedsunshine, @unicornaffair, and I host our yearly create-a-thon! 🥳

What's the Pride Month Challenge, you might find yourself asking? Well, this year it's a little bingo game we've put together, featuring some classic tropes. The aim of this particular game? Make something!!! Anything! Just get those creative juices a-flowin' and see if you can snag a B-I-N-G-O along the way!

This challenge is open to everyone and anyone who wants to take part, whether you know the three of us or not! We're going to be using the tag #pridemonthchallenge2024 for the stuff we create, so if you decide to join in on the fun and games, feel free to stick that tag on whatever you make, too! If you're interested in more details, you can check below the cut or reach out and ask ;)c

Either way, happy almost-pride, and happy creating!!!

I don't write fic - can I still participate?

Ab. So. Lutely!!! We've done this challenge for a few years now (we've missed a year or two for weddings and other life stuff, whoops!), but in the past we've had people doodle, sketch, draw, make edits, create props or other physical art, and even curate playlists! The three of us are writers, so you're very likely to see fic or ficlets from us...but you? Oh. Oh, you can do whatever your heart desires!!!

Are there word limits/expectations for a finished product?

NO!!! :D Zero. Literally zero expectations. We aren't putting together an exchange, we aren't holding a competition, we're just trying to get the spirit of creation in the air. That's it! So whether you're writing 50 words or 5,000, whether you've made a rough sketch on a notebook page or fully lined/colored a scene, you're good! You're so good. As long as you've made something, you've earned a stamp on that bingo card, baby!!!

What if I don't want to do something fandom-y? Can it be OCs/original work?

OF COURSE!!! 100%. You don't even have to ask!!! Show the world your OCs! Tell the world about your story's worldbuilding! It's all fair game :)

What if I don't want to post what I made?

Don't sweat it! Again, this is...the farthest thing from official. This is for fun, and this is for the sake of making something. Sharing your work can be nerve-wracking - don't feel like you have to! We'd love to see you playing along with us, of course, but as long as you've made something that you're proud of, you've earned that stamp! No ifs, ands, or buts!

Is it cool if my creations aren't necessarily pride-themed?

Totally! We host this challenge during pride month because (1) it traditionally works better for the three of us than NaNoWriMo because of our schedules, and (2) we're queer creators ourselves! But if you're feeling a prompt and can't find a way to make it relevant to pride, PLEASE don't sweat it! As I've been known to say (and then get laughed at for saying), this challenge is no rules, just right, Outback Steakhouse :P

Let's say I get a bingo...what do I win?

:) Nothing. <3

Wait, really?

:) Really <3 Hehehe, in all seriousness, this challenge has been a fun way for us to sit down, take our minds off of life and our bigger projects and just...make some fun stuff! In our humble opinion(s), being able to point at a finished piece and say "I did that! I made that!" is its own kind of reward. The bingo board itself is really more for bragging rights ;)c Which, of course, we encourage wholeheartedly. Nothing wrong with a little bragging!!!

We hope to have you along for our month-long adventure! Again, we're going to be using the tag #pridemonthchallenge2024 for our own stuff, so if you'd like to use that tag - or tag any of us!!! - in whatever you end up creating, feel free!!! We love seeing what everyone comes up with, and this challenge is always so much more fun, knowing other people are taking part! <3 Hope to see you along for the ride!

*The bingo board was made by the lovely @jadedsunshine 🥰

[blessphemy]

once in a while when i'm in the murderbot fandom tag i see a shark fin of ship discourse and i'm like wrow... i guess there's shipping out there. so anyways.

[chikinan]

hey guys just like a heads up im gonna be spamming a little for the next couple days. unrelated the pharmacy rejected both my prescriptions and my p**pal account was just frozen so I'm off meds and poor until this gets fixed (no worries i just need to gather the energy for paperwork and we'll be all good) but like letting you know because im gonna be posting.

[s-talking]

⌘ 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 & 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄!

first thing's first, i want to kindly thank everyone who shared their tips in regards to my queue because i felt honestly so lost but now my mind is all clear & set, & it's all thanks to you guys. thank you. i really appreciate it.

now, just so i can get this out of the way, i'll be doing a little spring-cleaning to my followers list & aside from removing the obvious ( like archived / abandoned blogs ), i will be also removing some of the active ones, so if i've approached you in the past to interact & we still don't have any threads going on, i highly suggest that you shoot me a message by tomorrow unless you wanna silently break mutuals.

i just honestly prefer to have 5 semi-active people who take countless breaks & hiatuses but are actually interested in interacting with me, than 40 super active people that forget me within 3 days of inactivity or just keep liking my posts but refuse to interact no matter what i do lmao i think that most of you feel the same, as there's nothing more sucky than being brushed aside for literally no reason.

as such, i'm doing this for me, & i'm giving a little heads-up before proceeding with the clean-up. again, if we don't have ANY threads going on ( no matter how old or new ), i highly suggest that you approach me or even just shoot an ask by tomorrow so we can get something started. i just don't wanna be chasing people up if they don't wanna interact or if they've lost interest, if that makes sense? we're all here to have fun & it shouldn't be forced. as such, if you wanna silently break mutuals, i won't be upset with you at all.

now, that said, here's a little notice about my queue! as suggested, my queue is now set to run from tomorrow & post 4 - 6 in a day. considering the large amount of answered threads, asks, & aesthetics, i figured that would work the best without flooding anyone.

anyways, thank you so much for reading!

[kohakhearts]

choosing violence /lh. ship ask game- LEASTTTTTTT favorite pokeani ship for the ask game?

JDFGJHFHJFD OH GOD. OK. i try hard not to be a hater on main but i guess now is my time....sorry folks </3

amour/shipping: don't ship it :(

why don't you ship it?

see the thing that sucks so bad about the dynamic is that like. i could genuinely get behind it if every scene that was made to make me WANT to wasn't so awful. i think ash treats serena terribly 90% of the time, and her behaviour around him is uncomfortable to watch except for times when the narrative doesn't want you to think about the fact that she's got a crush on him (which is...very rarely, but those moments DO exist). from the wearing his clothes and pretending to be him when he's sick and can't battle someone (???) to The Kiss, there's just a lot of........ick factor for me. i want so badly to like it i really do but it crosses too many lines in ways that are Framed as Cute UwU for me to operate around that

what would have made you like it?

more scenes like the snowbelle serena throwing the snowball at his head scene maybe to be honest. i think that was actually a good moment for them in the sense that like...she forced him to acknowledge that he was making her feel like shit! which i think he does a lot throughout xy and it just. sucks. i agree that he does treat her differently than his other female companions - he treats her a lot worse than them, and i genuinely think it all comes down to how hard the writers were actually trying to push the romance angle. if they had just had more opportunities to be open and honest with each other As Friends, idk. maybe then

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

look there are like. a small handful of ships out there that i at this point would genuinely consider notps. 2 of my biggest of all time, i actually now ship through the process of writing them myself. i desperately hope one day to count amour among them but right now. all i've really got is that they're funny to clown on. which doesn't feel very positive but i can't think of anything else JDFGJHFDKFHJ

send me a ship!

[collidingxworlds]

4.what’s one thing that always manages to get under your skin?

Truthful Tuesday || Accepting !

Ngl, picking just one thing is a little hard for me, because there are a few behaviours that get on my nerves always and anyway, online and IRL alike. Perhaps I'm too salty or maybe too touchy when it comes to certain stuff, but I can't help it. And tbh? I don't want to help it xD

I guess that if I have to choose, I'd go for hypocrisy. People who know me have heard me complaining about that stuff endlessly (and I admire you, mates, for putting up with me xD), so the choice is probably no surprise. Besides, hypocrisy is something the rpc doesn't lack of.

I could write a novel on this topic, even without mentioning its ramifications IRL, but I'll keep it short for everyone's sanity. In short, I hate it with passion when people preach one thing and then don't care at all to do it themselves. They don't even pretend to do it, they are absolutely shameless about how they don't do it and it drives me fucking nuts.

General examples are people reblogging PSAs about engaging mutuals or showing interests or whatnot and then never those behaviours. Or people liking posts where someone complains / points out something as to say "you're absolutely right" and they are guilty of it. Or people moaning about lack of interactions and how no one engages them when they are the first who never reply to the people who reach out to them and who never try to engage other first. People who point their fingers and call others names because of something fucking harmless and demand not to be seen as bullies.

...And the list is still long, but I think that's enough examples.

I'll end this little rant by saying one extra thing tho. Those people really make me wonder. Sure, go ahead and be a shitty self-centred person, cool my ass. But...Are they so stupid to think that everyone else can't see right through them? Or do they just care so little that they are more than happy to flaunt their hypocritical asses around?

[kallypsos]

top 5 football fanfics?

let me preface this answer by saying i dont read y/n fanfics so this is gonna be gay. amen lets go

You and Me by hpdm4ever: a leo messi/sergio ramos soulmate au that got me into football fanfics. i read this twice and i cant wait to forget about it a bit so i can read it again lmao

Wrong Door by bytheriverblue: this one isnt slash, its basically a long conversation between leo and kylian (about sexuality, motivation, football) and i love it

Heart on Fire by JamesJoints: neybappe, kylian isnt famous and they meet playing call of duty au. this fic made me feel joy and pure happiness like few others.

our horizons meet by crys_crys: neybappe coming together after the divorce era. if i remember correctly this takes place during one evening and it was like being there in the room for the whole time

Carnations by Chance by kyluill: neybappe time travel au. if i see carnations i cry and its bc of this fanfic so that should tell u everything

thank you for your question!! <33

(i have more but these are probably the top5)

[charlie-rulerofhell]

hi sorry can I ask a question about your tags on the last post? you mentioned "rowling's rage fit about lotl" and I haven't seen anything about that, what happened? totally ok if you don't want to talk about that anymore ofc <3

Hey anon! Thank you for asking and sorry for the somewhat late reply. You might have seen it yourself by now, if not I made a post about it here where I included three screenshots of her tweets.

Since I don‘t really enjoy giving myself the headache to check Rowling‘s twitter page very often, I only found out about it through German newspapers (some of them didn‘t get her sarcasm though, so yeah, for some people in Germany she will have the reputation of liking gender-queer Goth-Metal now, which is kinda funny because it would totally annoy her :D).

Basically she dedicated around 10 sarcastic tweets to them, more than to any of the other contestants. Some of them may make it seem like she actually liked the performance, but knowing her stance about gender queerness and also seeing some of her replies to other users make it clear that her words were only mocking. So it wasn‘t really a 'rage fit' (kinda exaggerated there for stylistic purposes, sorry :D), but given the amount of attention she spent on Lotl, just seeing male-presenting people freely expressing their gender identity must have really made her blood boil.

One more thing that I cannot stress enough: Don‘t look (too much) on social media these days, such as the replies to Rowling‘s tweets, but also the comment section under Lotl‘s performance. There is so much triggering homo- and especially transphobia there, it‘s bizarre. Just know that whatever you feel, however you want to express yourself, you are not alone.

[akkivee]

happy new year!!!!!🎆🎇

pick up a fortune from kuugen temple!!! drop a reply/ask with a 🪙 and a topic you wanna know about (e.g. school, love, general, etc) and see how your luck will be!!!

[adwox]

making my worlds collide by discussing which weapons i think the main trios in mega man + the x series would use

mega man: i feel like the rapid blaster is the most obvious option. but rock with the og splattershot is fitting in its own rightt

bass: if you were going by how he plays in games, clash blaster would be appropriate, but range blaster fits his personality so much more imo...

proto man: SPLAT BRELLA BABEY built in shield with hard hitting but not fully reliable damage: its a no brainer

X: i think the new S-blast '92 would be nice because its very diverse and has a lot of hidden potential atm (iykyk). alternatively rapid blaster pro would be a fun choice esp if rock was the regular rapid blaster

zero: splatana stamper. obviously

axl: splash-o-matic again is probably the most faithful weapon (fast shooter with no rng) but come on my guy deserves the tetra dualies!!

[teaandinanity]

Tropes Game

Rules

How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic?

-10 → very dissuaded 0 → don’t care either way 10 →  very enticed nope → if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged.

Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional.

yoinked from bendingsignpost because I went OwO and placed under a cut because it wasn’t short to start with and as per usual I have talked way too much

TROPES:

Age gap: I'm gonna give this a 5 in favor because I am HUGELY into mayfly-december romance and the normal flavor of age gap usually won't send me screaming into the hills unless there's other factors (and tags) sending it spelunking into squicksville.

Codependency: 5 in favor when it is unhinged fantasy soulmates shit. I also really enjoy fiction where characters have matching baggage and trauma that interlocks. If it's set in the real world this gets creepy very quickly.

Enemies to lovers: 5 again because I like it when it's done in a specific way - where there's plenty of interaction and respect before any feelings crop up and once they do one or both parties are enraged about it - but I so often see this as allo bullshit where I just want to scream 'STOP KISSING HIM HE'S A FUCKING REPUBLICAN.'

Enemies with benefits: -10, I am insufficiently allo for this.

Fake dating/relationship: 1. This tag by itself is like a sprinkle of pepper. It's nice but I'm not ordering dinner based on that.

Found family: 5. I quite like it but I will generally not read things purely on the strength of this tag.

Friends to lovers: This depends ENTIRELY on the characters in question. My default for this is honestly probably like -3 in isolation but a friend and I have OCs who fit this (hi Tina!) and that is like 10/10 A+ love it EXACTLY my shit. Obviously. Since OCs. Anyway if there's a bunch of hesitation to take the step because of course they love you but do they LOVE you and speaking up will change things and what if it's not GOOD change and-- that's the good stuff. I just want characters to suffer and this is often too simple and fluffy for me.

Friends with benefits: -10 unless it's paired with one-sided or mutual pining. I am not allo enough for this.

Hurt/comfort: 10. Gimme. Make 'em earn that happy ending. Make the stoic ones display vulnerability and I will be fully helmo.gif about it.

Love triangle: -10. Hate it. HATE. I actually skipped one of my fave fics in one of the fandoms I'm in for Literal Months because it had two pairings tagged for the PoV character and I was like 'absolutely the fuck not' until friends told me 'no really you'll like it it's not A Triangle.'

Mistaken/hidden identity: 7 I think? Not an automatic read but I do enjoy it substantially.

Monster-fucking relationship: 9 hell yeah like I'm into monster-fucking but then you add RELATIONSHIP where they probably have misunderstandings and feels? Yes absolutely.

Obsession, possessiveness, etc.: 10, as long as it's not presented as normal and fluffy. Like. Healthy people don't do this. It's just that I do not want characters to be healthy I want them to be INTERESTING and obsessed with each other.

Opposites (like grumpy×sunshine, etc): 5 I guess? But it definitely gets a multiplier if they Get Each Other better than anyone else in spite of that surface opposites thing.

Poly: Varies wildly. If I'm really into the characters individually and also their dynamics as a group, this can be a major plus - like, there have absolutely been things I've read where I was like 'WHY are you two getting het married when Character C is right there and you both have two hands' - but at the same time I hate love triangles and all other affection geometry so this is not a COMMON experience. More typically, I am here for my OTP and in that case this can make it down to Nope. It's very hard to figure out what this tag would be in isolation because it's SO heavily dependent on other factors!

Pregnancy: This can honestly run the gamut from Nope to +5, because I have read it and thought it was sweet and read it and thought it was hot and irl the idea of being pregnant makes me want to give myself a DIY hysterectomy. So yeah.

Second chance: -8. This is not a Noope but it is a hard sell. I've skipped fics I wound up really liking due to a 'getting back together' tag. I think one of them I skipped more than five times in sort-by-kudos and then other people's bookmarks and browsing the author's works (because I loved their other fic) before I finally said 'FINE I will try the green eggs and ham.'

Sex to feelings: Normally? -10 or a hard Nope. If one of them is pining and the other is an oblivious moron who just doesn't KNOW they're pining yet? That's excellent and I will eat it with a spoon directly out of the carton. But like. I am not allo enough for this without feelings. SOMEONE better be having them or I'm gonna back right out of that.

Slow burn: 10, yes please, give me Yearning.

Soulmates: I'm gonna give this like an 8 because I LOVE it in theory but I have also seen it done badly (as a shortcut that removes the need for buildup or communication of any kind, for example) like. A lot.

Arranged marriage: There's a range but this probably averages out to like -2. Mostly because as an aro-ace person this sounds like a horror movie and even if the rest of the tags pinky promise it's gonna be soft and end happily part of my hindbrain does not believe them and is just facing the sky to more fully unhinge its jaw and shriek, AAAAAAH!

[ouroboobos]

some newer items in my shop

[neverendingford]

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[clowngremlin]

My dad put on the peanuts Christmas movie cd we have....one of my favorite Christmas albums for sure

[cruelsister-moved2]

BTW addressing the notes please don’t tag this as antiz*ganism because that’s an offensive term. anti-romani racism or antiromanyism etc. are preferred

so greek police shot a 16 year old romany boy in the head this morning and I haven't seen anywhere reporting on it

donate to the european roma rights centre: link

[incognitopolls]

Happy Halloween!

Ask hours are over! As always if you have questions about how the blog is run or anything like that, feel free to ask, but I'm no longer taking questions about individual missed/deleted polls as it's after 6pm EDT!

For today only, I’m answering queries about polls that haven’t been posted. If you’ve submitted a poll in the past and haven’t seen it come out, send me an ask and I’ll let you know if there’s a reason I didn’t post it, or give you a link if it was posted and you missed it.

Please:

Send queries by anonymous ask, not by comment or DM

Tell me what your original submission was– I won’t be able to find it by your username or any other way.

I'll try to answer questions that are sent before 6pm EDT (UTC-4) today, October 31. After that cutoff I won't be able to take any more of these questions.

Poll submissions are still closed. This is for anyone who has submitted in the past but hasn't seen their poll come out.

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