#for instance…. it’s why i made a tumblr LMAO

[pillsopa]

splatoon 1!!! you changed my life n I’ll miss you…there will always be a space in my heart for you

may your squid jump to the skies be a smooth one……

[zeroducks-2]

Has anyone made a compilation of Barry being put in compromising position be it in a cover or in the issue itself? I'm trying to see something. For research.

Making a thorough compilation of every time Barry was put in a compromising position is just impossible because it happens in EVERY SINGLE STORY. There are some worse than others sure, but sometimes it's so diffuse that you can't go five pages without seeing him tied up suggestively, or held down sensually, or chained in a very kinky way.

I'm going to mostly focus on covers here because even just one single issue would make me fill tumblr's imagine limit lmao

Starting with this one cause it cracks me up. Digger isn't even the antagonist in that one. And baby looks so cute I mean look at him 🥺

The other speedster is August, AKA Godspeed. There's quite a few instances in Lightining Strikes Twice in which it gets very rapey between them.

like here.

Pretty sure if this was a vertigo edition, rape would have been implied even more heavily.

Here's another for the series "Barry being carried around by people". Adam was a gentleman with him anyway so compromising but for once not rapey!

Some Coldflash had to be included in the collection of course.

This storyline is pretty fun, here have a panel:

Sandoval draws him too bulky but GOD HE'S SO CUTE CHAINED UP NHGBJGHN

This one is from Venditti's run and guys I promise the ENTIRE issue is chock full of rapey scenes. Look at this shit

Why is he tied up with his legs spread open helppppp

This one is with Tarpit. Unexpected. But why tf not am I right (Santa does not approve of your bullshit Tarpit)

And of course I couldn't skip the gangbang cover of Gorilla Warfare.

Finishing up with some Eobarry because I can't not include some Eobarry, panel from The Flash Age. I am not too fond of the artstyle here, but something about this panel is just perfect. They look frozen in time. And they also look like they're having se-

[annabtg]

Hello, you responded to the anon ask re jilyawards, and called for a response…

Not that I have to defend my stance but since you asked, I said I was here less often these days, but I have been here a long time.  

I still read fic, kudos, comment, bookmark and celebrate content.

I want nothing more than for creators to feel a sense of achievement for their work, kudos to hits doesn’t work either but that doesn’t take away from the fact that unless you ‘sell yourself’ to the fandom you aren’t going to win.

The fic with the biggest audience will win, the highest follower count, etc etc.

It is a popularity contest

The loudest candidate isn’t always the best *cough cough* hello, world.

A minority view perhaps. Bummer that it couldn’t just be considered a genuine worry for those that feel it negatively impacts their mental health and instead became something one needs to ‘crack knuckles’ to respond to.

The replies to this have reminded me why I stopped visiting this site, guess I’ll go touch grass.

Also, did you really compare the jilyawards to a Pulitzer? the Nobel prize?

Hi, anon.

First of all, cracking knuckles (in these times and spaces where we generally avoid playing fisticuffs) is visual shorthand for "getting prepared" - for instance, to leave a long ass reply on something. Apologies for the confusion.

Now, to the crux of your post:

The fic with the biggest audience will win, the highest follower count, etc etc. It is a popularity contest

LIFE is a popularity contest. Job hunting, dating, it's all a popularity contest. And fandom is a popularity contest too. The author with the most followers will have their fics read the most, nominated the most, voted the most. Which is why you're not supposed to take the awards so seriously. THEY ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF YOUR VALUE AS A WRITER. Writing skills do matter, to a certain degree, but it's also a combination of popularity, self-marketing skills, and a bit of sheer dumb luck.

The loudest candidate isn’t always the best *cough cough* hello, world.

I specifically pointed out in my aforementioned reply that, in case you didn't know, I am very against "big fic", sorting by kudos etc.. I don't understand how you supposedly read that reply and still you're coming into my inbox to tell me that water is wet. I KNOW THAT. I KEEP SAYING THAT. I KEEP REBLOGGING POSTS THAT SAY THAT. And frankly, you've chosen the worst person on the whole of Tumblr to dump your agenda onto. I don't give a shit about a fic's popularity. For me it's often more of a deterrent than it is an invitation to read and vote for it. People who know me will tell you it is other, very different qualities I enjoy and appreciate in a piece of writing.

(Incidentally, as you may also surmise from my language, I'm also not a very popular person. Just in case you somehow think I am defending the awards because I'm popular and this means I'll win. Lmao.)

Also, did you really compare the jilyawards to a Pulitzer? the Nobel prize?

You're surprised? Aren't you the one who maintains that the jilyawards somehow carry enough gravitas to deal irreparable psychic damage to the people who don't win?

I don't think your problem is "genuine worry", anon. I've seen the likes of you before. As I said, I've done fandom awards for years; there are always the people who don't like the fact that they didn't get nominated/win, who don't trust the coordinators, who don't like the stories that win (or have beef with the authors), and they are always talking about their "genuine, well-meaning concerns". What they really end up doing - whether intentionally or not - is create doubts and discordance out of nowhere. Some people are having a good time with the awards, some people have opted out and they're going about their lives away from them. Now you're here to do what, exactly? Remind people that they'll never be as popular as TLE? We've already made our peace with that.

The replies to this have reminded me why I stopped visiting this site, guess I’ll go touch grass.

The "replies"? I am literally the only one who replied. Plus a couple of reblogs who agree with me, with nowhere near equal verbosity. No one is out to get you, I promise. If anything, it seems we mostly agree. The awards are no big deal. They're not a metric of a writer's value. If they don't work for you, you don't have to participate. Hell, one of my favourite writers and best friends on this hellsite opts out for this very reason every year and I still love her even though I yell at her (affectionate).

And I absolutely agree - if you don't enjoy Tumblr, you don't have to stick around. I suppose, if you're still in fandom as you say, we will meet again on AO3 sometime. Maybe I'll comment on your fic. :)

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

incredibly low stakes and online aita post; ☁ to find it later.

aita for blocking a person on discord without telling them why?

so, i like the occasional online rp, and was hankering for a new one, so i found a tumblr blog that posts people searching for rps to do. i interacted with a post that seemed interesting, and the blogger and i talked briefly in ims. they seemed okay, and they liked me, so we shared discords to continue talking and plotting our rp.

as the conversation progressed in discord, i started getting some bad vibes from this person. nothing too bad, just things i kind of disliked. for instance, they shared some political opinions that we did not see eye-to-eye on, details of how they lost their virginity, and would get upset if i "took too long to respond". mind you, this is the first time we met. there were some smaller things as well, vague preferences or how they worded things that irked me, but not as big of deals. basically, this stuff kind of piled up as the convo progressed, i decided i wouldnt have fun rping with them, and i ended up blocking them.

i did not communicate to them that any of the stuff they were doing bothered me. i did not encourage them to overshare information about their political preferences or sexual experiences, nor did i tell them afterwards that it made me uncomfortable - although i did try to change the topic of conversation. i simply stopped responding for while, they send in several messages trying to egg me to respond (to the tune of "are you there???" "??????" "hellooooo???" "dude, you cant just ghost me like this" "i see you online") over the course of around 20 mins., and then i hit the block button.

shortly after that happened, they started messaging me on tumblr again calling me "petty", "immature", and telling me to "eat shit and die". i then blocked them on tumblr. lmao.

so! i get i might have been the asshole because i didnt communicate with them well enough. however! i am a big fan of curating online spaces. i love blocking people. i also love it when other people block me, if they dislike me, because i dont want to interact with people i dislike, nor ones that dislike me. i have been in their shoes before (being blocked by some random person online who i had just met basically) and my reaction to it is "lmao". i genuinely dont care that much. i then get on with my life because i dont think it matters. i get feeling super bad if you were good friends with the person and knew them for a while, but we werent. we had just met. i dont think the level of betrayal was high enough to make me blocking them a huge emotional turmoil. i wouldnt have given this a second thought until they sent me the messages calling me a pos afterwards.

if it helps any, this all took place earlier tonight. i liked the post this morning, they reached out to me this afternoon, we talked in tumblr ims for about 10 mins., then discord for about 1 hour, i stopped responding for 30 mins. whilst they spammed me with requests to reply, i blocked them, then about 5 mins later they sent me the tumblr ims. i knew them for only a few hours. also we are both over 18, although im older by about 4 years and, frankly, i think their immaturity showed in our convo lol.

so, aita for blocking a person without telling them why beforehand? thanks for reading ✌

What are these acronyms?

[chickenkurage]

(almost sent this ask to the wrong person lmao)

anyways I've been thinking again about teen!cs!Alan and the other sticks not believing him about 06 at first because they think it's his imaginary friend because its backstory is hard to believe. They think it's Alan's oc he made to cope basically.

"Your 'friend' that we can't see because it lives in your head was created in a lab to be a weapon and escaped due to not wanting to hurt anybody and didn't object to your appearance because it was lonely? Sounds like a Mary Sue ngl uh yeah okay we totally believe you"

Then Alan and 06 go on thinking that the others are being honest about believing them. 06 is still too nervous to say hi, but is working up the courage. Then the reveal happens and 06's confidence is shattered for a bit and Alan runs from the PC after feeling hurt by the betrayal.

Then Vic learns about 06 being real because of being contacted by Annex Corp and sends a message to the PC to warn the others to keep Alan out of the outernet. Worst timing ever and now everyone's in a panic.

I'm sorry for the late reply :(( I think our tumblr is acting up again with your ask getting lost in the inbox (but thankfully it reappeared UwU)

06 being brushed off as like some sort of OC made by a kid honestly isn't a big surprise considering an artist making an OC?? WHAT A BIG SURPRISE??? (I feel called out here lol)

I like how we're making jokes here of how mary sue 06 is cause like it lowkey is one XDD Like super rad backstory? Check! Awesome super powers? Check! No weakness? Hmm... A hesitant check? Physically just strong but mentally a child... cause it is one

But on the side of the other sticks, like concluding that lil Alan over here just made an imaginary friend after being stuck in the PC after he prolly died would make sense cause there's no way someone is an IRL mary sue, right??? Thinking that Alan did all that to cope isn't all too far fetched.

Seeing a kid just appear in your world, leaving all their loved ones behind that's basically irreplaceable to them, you're going to think 'I think that kid's feeling lonely. So I should just go along with this imaginary friend thing.'

But still it hurts, on Alan's side, to find out that they didn't actually believe in the fact that your friend is real, and on 06's side, cause okay, sure it doesn't show itself to them but it felt like its existence was invalidated! Or something like that?

Huh, it makes me think if 06 would know that its code came from Alan's files so that's why they like, get along well or act the same in some instances? With a hint of that nature vs nurture debate though to make up for the differences in their personality :PP

Still, it was a good move for Alan to just say that 06 exists out loud to them since it kinda acted as something like a forewarning that the runaway weapon Sable was describing (which in the og cs universe, Vic thought was 06 pretending to be Alan but was in fact Alan) was not someone pretending to be Alan. It was Alan himself that's been talking to them and the imaginary friend was 06! Like... NAISUU??

But of course it (probably) didn't stop the inevitable kidnapping of the child... Still a good thing that Alan wasn't offered to the government, huh? That would've made things worse or something! - JM

[uhardite]

a kind of success story??

okay, this is NOT a guide, but feel free to use it if you wish <3

so basically, last year, on my birthday, i was gifted a lot of money by my family, and i wanted to spend all of it on getting clothes that sutied my aesthetic/staple pieces that i can use to create varied looks, so i made a very detailed list of what exactly im going to buy with the money, price, number of them (for ex: 3 tank tops, 2 jeans) at the start of this year. and then i kind of forgot about the list, that is, i uninstalled the app for more storage space (lmao) and never opened it again.

fast forward to november, i wanted to make a schedule for my 70 day glowup challenge, so i logged into the app again, and noticed my list. and guess what? not only did i have every single thing on that list, i could also buy things THAT I DIDNT WRITE DOWN but wanted in my mind. with the SAME amount of money that i had in the start of the year. and not just this, there have been several instances where i have wanted something and thought about it everyday before going to bed, and it came true, completely and irrevocably. this is why i do believe in the power of manifesting and affirming. i used to think it was just daydreaming, but i realised that it isnt, because i was imagining myself in particular situations that i wanted for myself, and later that year or a few days later, i would find myself in that situation (for ex, i manifested a guy crushing on me, and it came true, very powerfully, in fact, in just a matter of days. at that time i didnt see the connection, but now i do)

also, a note about void state. i literally opened tumblr first thing in the morning today and read a post on someone who got into the void state/was trying to get into it, and i was like, what???? because, i have been experiencing that often when i go to sleep at night, ever since i was a CHILD. i dont have much of an idea of what the void state feels like, but while laying in bed, i would often have this feeling of spinning, sinking into a pitch black tunnel. and quite obviously, i didnt know what it was, but over time, i learned to relax into it. again, since i didnt know this was the void state, i never used it to manifest or imagine the reality i want, but now that im aware, i will start using it.

again, im not sure if i did reach the void state, bc im not well-informed and until today i didnt even believe in it, so leave me a comment if thats not the void state, it would be really helpful xx

[aviivix]

Anti-Sora & Chain of Memories

AUDIO VERSION OF THIS RAMBLE HERE

My biggest issue with the Anti Sora AU and ReCoM right now is Donald and Goofy and I'm not kidding - I think Castle Oblivion works really well as an almost metaphorical place for Sora's heart itself after it loses its cohesion with his body, where his entire stay there is Namine putting form to the experience of having his memories tampered with. Like the entire thing is a manufactured dream.

Except Dumb and Dumber are also there, and it's really hard to get them in play since Castle Oblivion becomes more of an experience than a place. Perhaps Donald and Goofy are tricked into entering the illusory castle, just like how org members can enter the simulated Twilight Town even if it isn't a physical place? Maybe as a plot to get rid of them too by unraveling their memories as opposed to creating fake ones?

Which would put the timeline of divergent events as... is there a name for the genre of writing fanfic as if it were a wiki article for the thing in question? This doesn't feel like prose but it is undoubtedly a fan-made story which is what a fanfic is lmao. Anyway...

Sora's heart doesn't fully reunite with his body after Getting Better from being a Heartless. At the very start of CoM, Sora is still in the field, Marluxia confronts him as normal, and as he walks the road, his heart's connection to his body weakens. Marluxia tails him, waiting for him to drop so they can claim his body as Roxas, and manipulate his heart for their own ends.

When Sora finally drops, Marluxia can make quick work of Donald and Goofy and then the three of them "wake up" in Castle Oblivion. The simulated castle is built around Sora's memories, so Donald and Goofy aren't highlighted and the whole thing only serves to mess up their memories of Sora specifically.

Castle Oblivion need not be completely fake, it may just be the place that Sora's heart is being held and the place for the relevant Organization members to hang out and keep watch over it. The events just happen in a simulated area rather than in a physical place. This is also why Donald and Goofy may not even realize that Sora has straight up lost his body - he has a body as a sort of "avatar" in the simulation, but in the real castle he's basically just a heart in a jar. (That can be as literal as you want it to be.)

When he's moved to Twilight Town, the pod he sleeps in can just hold his heart in stasis while Namine works on it. Roxas escaping the simulation at the start of this AU's KH2 would break the system and open the pod, and because it's letting him out before Namine can fix his memories, he may just be foggy all around, doubly so because of being a Heartless. Perhaps he has dark, hazy memories of KH1, with emphasis on the Heartless, as well as dark, hazy memories of Castle Oblivion with emphasis on the Organization.

He may not remember Kairi OR Namine, maybe he remembers Riku because there was never a point where he stopped remembering him (insane by the way that he will forget Kairi at the earliest possible convenience but despite all the memory bs he can't go two minutes without yelling RIKU?!), and similarly there was never a point where he forgot Donald and Goofy so those probably stay mostly intact. And he retains his rage, as Heartless forms are sort of a rage magnet - the Organization, Heartless and Ansem all are pretty clear in his mind. He may not even remember what specifically they did to him, but regardless, he knows with no hesitation that it's on SIGHT.

I don't remember any special mention of Michael Rodent in CoM so I'm making the executive decision to say Sora forgets about him and gets to beat him up upon seeing him for the first time in the org hood. As a treat. :)

I haven't watched the Riku and the Basement Crew part of CoM yet so will update if this needs tweaks for that...

Rare instance of me actually writing my AU rambles to tumblr instead of me trying to summarize weeks worth of "what if XYZ" "oh maybe ABC" from my friends' DMs, KH is so convoluted maybe I will need to crowdsource a few ideas lmao

[namism]

hi hi!! im really curious on how other people write, would you be okay with sharing your process? like how you brainstorm, outline, etc..

i love this question!! here are some things that i do (and i apologize for yapping, i just can't stfu sometimes), but my writing process is basically: brainstorming -> outlining -> writing -> proofreading -> publishing

brainstorming

i generally read a lot of fanfiction (beyond 'x reader's) and i engage in fandom culture a lot, so those often help with brainstorming. i think ideas just come to me randomly. for instance, an online friend reblogs a blogpost and says the most creative thing i've heard in ages—that encounter can keep my mind running until i build on my ideas to form a concrete prompt i would love to work on.

it helps to know my interests and what i enjoy writing. i personally write what i want to write and i will never write something i'm uncomfortable with (or things that i find boring). i often advise people to look into tropes, cliché's, aesthetics, and all that stuff and see what they like. for example, i lean toward the "friends-to-lovers" trope (closer to you, impressions, best of me) or anything that has to do with yearning (closer to you, take me back, parts of me, wedding dress), which are tropes that i EAT TF UP every single time in fanfiction, so i write them with pleasure 😩😩

outlining

i make an outline for most of my works now. i used to NOT make one at all, and certain works i've published on this blog were either born purely by my slow ass brain (take me back, deceiver, in the a.m., blond, match, scars...) OR were based on a pre-written outline, but the output diverged from what i originally wrote 💀 (citrus & with wine, zoro). i usually don't need an outline when the idea is so clear in my head, but outlining helps me get past writer's block :)

on a personal note, i'm a slow writer and i get easily distracted, so i always have split screen open to show tumblr AND google docs while i write 😭😭 like this is not a joke my attention span is so shit that i fr need to LOCK IN every time i write. to anyone with a bad attention span, pls open google docs and make that outline asap

beta-reading and proofreading

i personally have only gotten my works beta-read a few times in the past by my best friend, but i don't do it anymore because idk anyone who's willing to read allat yapping 💀 all the works i publish nowadays have only been proofread a couple of times by myself, but i make sure to proofread a couple hours after writing! if i'm in a rush to publish, i read it 10 minutes after finishing lmao

some other stuff: grammar

i'm filipino (born and raised in the philippines) so i learned english when i was like... 4 or 5 years old 😭 i'm not the best at this language but i don't think i would get to this level if i wasn't such a book nerd as a kid. i read a lot of english novels and began writing my own stupid stories when i was 7, only for it to intensify once i discovered the existence of fanfiction at 9 or 10 (don't ask; i was an unmonitored child, and i was a big Frozen and Tangled fan). since i struggle with this fucking language so much, i use grammarly or quillbot to fix any grammatical lapses i made in my writing when i'm too lazy to proofread

some other stuff: writing style

i personally have two writing styles, one of which i call the "general" style that you'd observe on all my tumblr fics, with the other being something i learned from a kpop writer many many years ago that i later adopted. i call it the "yapper" style because it's weirdly unique that i deem it only suitable for modern au's in which the vibes collide with the Gen Z mindset. that said, i'm probably going to publish a fic with the "yapper" in the next few days/weeks

i experimented on these two styles before and they sparked different reactions, which is why i choose which one to use depending on the story 😼 i know it sounds weird as hell but i promise it makes sense if you read a side-by-side comparison 😭😭😭

anyway that's all it from me! i'm sorry for talking too much omfg but i do appreciate this question! ^-^

[kellyvela]

Thank you so much for your answer! As for GRRM, that was in the same instance you remember with Kit! GRRM was the one to read that ask for Kit, and after Kit said they would either fight or fuck, George asked the audience what would they prefer. Here's a link I found: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPNLS5Njn7-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

OMG I completely forgot that George was there lol

The fan question was: Would you like that Jon Snow character to join Daenerys rebellion? And if so, it would be for the dragons or her personality?

Here's the whole video, Kit's answer at 35:56 . . . .

GRRM asking: How many want to see them fight? first lmao

Also, even at 2014, Kit knew that duty was first for Jon Snow, and that duty would lead him to "befriend" his aunt because she has dragons that can be useful to fight the White Walkers . . . . Ver telling . . . .

At the end, Kit's answer: "I think they gonna fight or fuck", kinda came true, because D&D made jonerice fuck first and then fight, ending in Jon killing his aunt after misleading her with a kiss . . . . That's why everytime I talk about jonerice on Twitter I use these emojis: 💋🗡💀

And here on Tumblr, I use all these images:

Bonus:

More here:

HBO/GOT community manager also knew it:

LOL

Thanks for the memory lane, Anon!

[anyablackwood]

WIP Questionnaire Tag

Thanks for the tag, @mysticstarlightduck! I'll use Traveling Bards for this, as is the current trend for me.

1. What’s the first part of your WIP that you created?

The outline? That's usually how I start. If you mean of the actual story, then chapter 1. If you mean the concept itself, the characters.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

Best I can find is Passerine by The Oh Hellos (the artists who made Solider, Poet, King). I'd love to find a more comedic/energetic song, though.

3. What are your favorite characters that you made? Why?

Within this story? The MCs, lol. Especially Felix, my beloved son! I'm not gonna lie, the sisters are inspired by some IRL people that I love very much. But even without that, they're just so fun! This is my first "simple"/comedy story, so there's less of a focus on prose or "depth" and more on me just dicking around with these guys, so I'm really having a blast with them. Their characters are the most unhinged I've written so far, though I hope to change that soon.

Felix isn't inspired by an IRL person, but he's kind of shameless wish-fulfillment. Traveling Bards initially began as a parody of a very specific genre of anime, so he's essentially what I wish would happen/what I love to see for characters with his archetype.

For the favorites of all time? Can't choose, honestly. Love all of them!

4. What other pieces of media do you think your fanbase would share?

Memes. Or, I'd hope so. If it ever got adapted, I'd love a compilation video or funny edits. Regardless? Endless shitposts, sprinkled with random and unwarranted brainrot thesis-long thinkpieces on elements of my characters and world-building that I never even considered when writing it that ultimately change the way even I view my characters. I'd love a good Tumblr essay from someone being Totally Normal about one of my funky little guys.

5. What has been your biggest struggle with your WIP?

Actually writing it! Lmao. For the 3 people that have seen my writing logs, you'd know I had to recently overhaul the entire initial arc as well as the 3 chapters I already wrote! Though I guess plot points would also be part of that struggle.

6. Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!

All kinds! Anything from normal animals to classic fantasy ones to ones I personally made up! My favorite out of all of them are the dragons. Because dragons are fucking awesome. My second favorite are the ones I made myself.

One of the first ones I introduce is the "crystal frog" which is this really cute frog that's quite literally translucent- kind of like the glass frog, but even more translucent! And light refracts off of it like a crystal!

7. How do your characters travel/get around?

Carriage/horse most often at first, then eventually via ship, then flying (with magic or on a magic creature). So. Basically anything but a plane or car.

8. What part of your WIP are you working on right now?

Actually writing it! I'm currently only a few chapters in on my first rough draft. My goal is to create the entire rough draft with as few edits as possible and then to go back and revise the whole thing, since that'll be easier for me than trying to make each chapter "perfect" before I move on.

9. What aspects (tropes, maybe?) You think will draw your audience in?

I guess for those that are more familiar with this genre, it'll be that. Isekais/reincarnation/transmigration/portal fantasy/whatever you want to call it. It's also got found family and friendship (kinda spoiler-y, but there's a sibling adoption involved!). Lots of "be gay, do crime" instances too.

It's also primarily an adventure-comedy, with a kinda parody-angle to it. They're intentionally gunning for these classic Hero Adventure experiences, in a bucket-list kind of way. Also, they're bards (for lack of a more accurate and snappy term) in a fantasy setting. So if you like a heavy emphasis on a sibling bond and ridiculous people getting into ridiculous situations of their own making, I'm hoping this will be appealing!

10. What are your hopes for your WIP?

That it gets finished, LMAO. My goal is to complete the rough draft by the end of summer, so that I can spend fall and winter revising, rewriting, editing, etc. I eventually hope (like most writers) to one day publish it. But let's not get ahead of ourselves! I can't get there if I don't even finish it.

Not sure who to tag, so I'll come back to it later.

[gaykey]

I’m the shawol-somsom anon… you’re right LMAO I probably came off a little too strong and made assumptions about you. I’m on vacation and have too much free time for my own good, I’m sorry about that. Btw It doesn’t bother me that you specifically stopped supporting Key, I don’t know you and I barely use tumblr, but I remember you being one of the biggest lil freak/locket accounts on tumblr a few years ago (at least, that's how it seemed), so I got a little frustrated because I know how big accounts influence the perception of the rest of the fandom. 

But I’m not sorry about saying the whole thing feels hypocritical, I still think that. Because what I said is true, FK and Taemin are not better than Key (can’t speak on Jonghyun, Minho and Onew because I do think they try to be more sensible about social issues, and their responsibilities as idols); if I thought Key was horrible, then I’d think they’re horrible, too (disclaimer: I don’t think they are horrible). I simply don’t understand it, and you’re much older than me so it feels even more confusing how you can reconcile the idea. And I would like to have a conversation but tbh I’m a little scared to come off anon bc I don’t even know how tumblr works.

hello again.

it's cool, like, i get why you said what you said. i know i probably come across as very wishy-washy on here at times?

but in regards to key. i also don't think he (or taemin, or first or khao) is a horrible person. at all.

and i'm not saying that they haven't all done problematic stuff. i don't know for sure what fk have done or said, because i'll be so real, i haven't delved that deep. i'm just about below the surface level of being a somsom, but they're people like anyone else, so they've probably fucked up somewhere.

with key however, i was down deeeeep in that fandom lol. 16 years is a long time to be that fixated on a person. every little thing he did was on my tl and dash. maybe that's why his action in particular seem bigger to me?

and, the reason i chose to distance myself from being a lil freak particulalry, was because with key, it wasn't just a few minor instances, or little things that i could excuse so easily.

though i haven't forgotten, i forgave key & taemin for their coulourist remarks they made last year, because i felt that their apologies were genuine.

i acknowldeged shitty thing's key's done in the past, and gave him the benefit of the doubt. many times.

but truly, it felt like the past year? he's just been doing them over & over, unlike taemin, and first and khao. to my knowledge.

i can only forgive so much? and like, key is someone i did - and in many ways very much still do - admire and hold in high esteem (i know putting him on a pedestal is a ME problem, but i'm just being real about how i feel and perceived him) so, it HIT way harder.

i get why that comes across as hypocritcal - i do - but it doesn't feel like it is to me because of the continunity of his behaviour.

i don't know if you were here as i was making the decision to unstan, but it was tough. and i am older. i'm a grown ass woman, so it felt silly to be so emotional about the whole thing tbh.

also i don't want or mean to influence anyone's opinions, however i am starting to get that maybe i do in some way, because i was a pretty prominent key blog for a while???

which is why i try not to talk about him at all too much these days.

maybe i'll forgive him again, maybe he'll do something to redeem himself to me??? idk!

and anon, fr, feel free to come and talk in dms or even send me a message here off anon if you wat to talk. i promise i'm nice, and i'll keep it private if you din't want people to know your blog.

no worries either way xx

[asoiaf-essays-collector]

'Is anyone in the ASOIAF fandom outside of the 100 people on tumblr connected to reality?' You hit the nail on the head. They are not lmao. So much time has passed with no book content that these people are pathologically married to their 'metas' aka headcanons and think they know what GRRM will do better than himself. Also, it absolutely sends me how everyone outside of Sansa/J0nsa fans ignores the show because they didn't get their headcanons catered on a silver platter and all their theories got blown the fuck out of the water. I once saw someone say that ASOIAF discoursers will not stop aggressively ignoring the show and treating their theories as more canon that the actual tv adaptation based on years worth of conversations and notes between the author himself and the showrunners. People really believe those main character endgames came out of thin air as if a multi-billion dollar corporation like HBO wouldn't have clauses in place in the event GRRM shat the bed and didn't finish the books (which he did lmao) for him to give the writers his notes/outlines as to the ending.

It's sunken cost fallacy at this point and fans being extremely embarrassed they completely misinterpreted the kind of story they were reading. The fact that Sansa fans of all sections of the fandom got a vast majority of the themes and endgames correct is even more salt on the wound for these people lol.

Dear nonny, the thing that slips over the heads of fandom majority (pretty obvious thing) that both ASoIaF and GOT are very complicated and complex works with a lot of different circumstances around them that require at least a little bit analysis to understand.

It's very easy thing to say that that GoT was bullshit and not mention it ever again. It doesn't require this thing called thinking. And it seems that most people in this fandom took the easy way out of the reality. Because as we wait Winds of Winter it's just so easy to skip, for example, I don't know, Sansa's chapters and then go discuss with 10 000 anti sansa fans that she's so unimportant and stupid.

I really think we should see the fine line between giving show too much credit and not trusting it at all.

You know, back in the days, I remember seeing somewhere that D&D were given just a paper (or even a half of it) of those outlines. For this massive story with a dozen focal characters and 50 more characters that are also very important, just important and kinda important. With those peculiar connections through sometimes littlest events. And who knows which of those points they were given made it to the show end and which did not. I'm not saying they blatantly ignored the commandments by GRRM, there are a variety of reasons they couldn't just make it happen.

For example, what if the seemingly unimportant character D&D killed or wiped off earlier suddenly made it to the end - we know a bunch of them. Robb's wife, Doran Martell, princess Arianne, Young Griff - those are just the politically very important figures and those are just from top of my head.

Second reason not to trust the show in some instances is the pressure of the fandom that GoT was under at that point. Like yeah they couldn't change the fact that Dany that was previously established in the show as this big feminist progressive icon is suddenly big bad evil guy of the series. But I also can absolutely imagine them not being able to kill someone like Tyrion because killing both fan favourite #1 and fan favourite #2 was too much - although I don't think he's gonna end up dead, it's just an example.

That is also why I think it was impossible to end show with Jonsa. (1) for some reason fan favourite chemistryless Jonaerys (2) lack of any establishment that cousins can marry in Westeros and it is not viewed as incest and (3) therefore big bad backlash from fans they couldn't handle. Also it would have contradicted the badass feminist course they were taking with Sansa.

But at the same time - season 6 is the last decent season of the show. There are reasons to believe that big events happening there are gonna happen in the books - Battle of Bastards, doom of the Great Sept etc. Jon meeting Sansa too, btw. There is background for it, there were premises in the books.

So regarding the show - to see which show events are to expect and which are not a fan has to a) remember the circumstances around said event both from book and from show, b) remember the themes of the story and tools the author uses to show those themes, and c) understand and interpret them correctly.

Sounds like a lot of mental work, right?

So no wonder people just can't handle it.

Except for Sansa and Jonsa stans - because for us it is a way to exist in this toxic fandom.

You know the funny thing - as I was reading the books, I treated Sansa as a regular character. I liked her but not much more than the rest of the bunch. It was when close friend of mine said to me "Urgh, I hate Sansa" and I started the whole discussion "But why?" with them that made me feel defensive about her. And then I saw that the part of the fandom that likes Sansa have to do absolutely the same on the regular basis. And all of them are very nice people that have to do "you see that theme, and that happened because of that, and it correlated with that theme of this character, and the logic of Sansa's arc and etc" - regularly. I mean the database for every Sansa and Jonsa theory is huge, including every possible evidence - book quotes, themes, background, show clues, another characters arcs, interviews with actors and GRRM himself - everything. And all they usually get as a response are misunderstood events and misinterpreted themes - the nicest of them see Sansa as a cautionary tale (and don't they get the point? It was Robb who had the cautionary tale arc, and he didn't get the POV).

I'm sorry, the anwer happens to be so much longer than I intended. It's just that I have seen a lot of Sansa and Jonsa shit around here, I'm sure you have too. And I'm so sick of it, really. It's so unfair to the nicest people in this fandom.

And the sad thing, it won't be over after WoW and DoS are released (if ever). They won't be able to just shut up and admit their ignorance - even if the themes are catered to them by author himself in actual books.

Because guess what - there are GRRM interviews when he said that Sansa is important and discussed her themes. There are characters in the books that said that Sansa is important. And there are still takes that I see here "nah, Sansa's gonna stay in vale till the end, that's all she's good for"

[ectonurites]

(In response to your unpopular opinions post) Jason targeting the sidekicks, Tim specifically, is antithetical to his entire mission statement and should be done away with if the text isn’t going to appropriately grapple with those actions. It isn’t an irony, just an oversight. Much more interested in a Red Hood who goes out of his way to avoid endangering the “kids” in the same way he was, while harboring a shit ton of anger towards Bruce for continuing to bring young people into the crusade.

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

anon im so sorry but tumblr's post editor deleted like half of what i wrote trying to talk about my thoughts in regards to this and i am so fucking frustrated at that and the thought of trying to rewrite it all out makes me want to stab someone (not you. this is not your fault. this is tumblr's fault) so uhm.

the barest bones version of my thoughts i will maybe come back and re-elaborate on at a later date when i'm not as annoyed at this stupid website:

I personally don't think pre-n52 Jason (the era in which he actually did that attacking of Tim & other sidekicks) had a clearly defined enough 'mission statement' to begin with (when it came to kids at least) for him to even defy. When looking at pre-n52 canon, there are far more instances of him harming/endangering/being willing to endanger kids who are involved in hero work than there are instances of him expressing thoughts/taking actions against the idea, which makes it hard for me to agree with the idea of it as something like... antithetical to his morals as shown in canon. If it had been a one time thing when he attacked a sidekick that'd be one thing and I'd maybe feel differently, but this was like, reoccurring.

However, I do think that it all could have been a path that would have made a lot of sense to explore with his situation—to place bigger emphasis on him being frustrated with Bruce about that aspect specifically and making it a more core part of his motivation. I think that could have been cool and I understand why it is an idea expanded on and explored in fan content a lot. I agree that it makes for an interesting and compelling interpretation of Jason! But I think considering that to be like an actual big important part of a 'mission statement' he follows within canon... just isn't a claim that holds up when digging into his pre-n52 content.

And then when it comes to modern Jason... I think all of this is kind of moot at this point. The n52 and later Jason wasn't really shown fighting with/targeting Tim that same way from the start (like. literally one of my big pet peeves in the n52 is how close Tim & Jason got out of fucking nowhere LMAO) so it feels like a non-issue.

IDK if all that makes sense but, uh, yeah.

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When you get this, answer one of the questions (or all if you really want!) then pass it on to 5 writer friends! 🥰 If you have more than one WIP, pick at random! We want you to talk about your works, and celebrate with you! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

ok lmao so i had to go and ask you for the questions but i'll answer them now <3

What are you most excited to write with this WIP?

How has this WIP changed since the “daydream/brainstorm” stage?

Who is your favourite character in this WIP and why?

Ok so unfortunately for everyone involved i am not a novel writer-

WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED MY SHORT STORY!! DIGRESSION REDACTED. Literally. i actually had an explaantion typed out but you'll never see it now bc tumblr is a fuckwad <3

I'm gonna tag my writer friends to continue this because it's easier sdfogushdfg but thank you matt!!!

To follow the challenge (with fanfic or original):

@tsukiomoon @lovinglystrawberrycrepe @bea-writes-sometimes @genderlessfish @asadnerdtm @jawbone-xylophone @a-little-chai @blacksoul333 @hiddenarina @monoshii-wasu

(I kinda went crazy tagging a bunch of peolpe here because i'm genuienly curious for what you've all been up to and what you're writing!)

ok ahem ahem

Sheltered

What are you most excited to write with this WIP?

The ending. As a writer who loves to build up to specific moments and gestures, this story requires SO MUCH planning and care to achieve the effect I want which will hopefully be a mindblowing one. And also a very sad realisation I hope. I want the reader to be SHOCKED. i need them GASPING. i need them HORRIFIED. but i can't do that until i write everything else first </3 but god yeah i really really really want to skip to teh ending

How has this WIP changed since the “daydream/brainstorm” stage?

Initially in the daydream stage, I modelled this as a short film script! But I don't write scripts often so I scrapped it and made it a short story instead. Additionally, as I wrote it I realised extra motifs and secrets to add! For instance, Kanto tells you something and will always draw back to that point but as I wrote this in, I realised it would add to the plot twist to have Nafiz never acknowledge this explicitly until the very end! Little things liek that which will require extra planning but contribute so greatly to the payoff.

OH YEAH AND LIKE. ITS CHANGED A LOT FROM ITS FIRST DRAFT. MOSTLY BC THE FIRST DRAFT WAS 9 PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN STORY WHICH I THEN. LOST IN BANGLADESH </3 But honestly i really love the rewrite more so tbh alhamdulillah that happened. Taught me to save my work properly too sdfogushdfg

Who is your favourite character in this WIP and why?

So few people even know about the wip but even fewer know that the two main characters, Kanto and Nafiz, are just my Twisted-Wonderland self-inserts re-contextualised to be humans of different ages to their ogs. This is a little on purpose though since the story is very close to my heart ;D

But in that regard, my favourite character is actually Kanto!! She's a really young girl in Sheltered but her dialogue, mannerisms and actions are so fun to write and most importantly of all, she is integral to the plot twist. I love how much depth I need to pour into her and she's the expositional character!

Who doesn't love their beloved tutorial?

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December 12: Work Shit

Today was such a shitty day. And for the most dumb-fuck reasons too. There was work drama in the morning so incredibly inane I am embarrassed to post about it in a pubic space but the tl;dr of it is that I had no opinions about the thing, but was still the brunt of others’ (an other’s really) annoyance about it. We kept saying ‘it’s not personal’ as we spoke harshly to each but it felt SO personal, and I just couldn’t get over it for pretty much the rest of the day. I am quite sure it wounded me more and affected me for longer than anyone else. I want to be like ‘please don’t do this to me, I am a sensitive flower, I am easily emotionally decimated’ but also like ‘I am not bothered at all (lying), I am strong and fine, I am above this, I am not engaging because there is nothing to engage with.’

Again, there was nothing to engage with. But it just made me feel so shitty. I still feel kind of sad even now, to be honest. I was so bummed out and tired that I took a nap as soon as I got home (after a bus ride sitting in front of someone who was yelling into their phone and kept saying ‘no one can hear me! It’s the bus!’—um? We can all hear you because it’s the bus?). There was probably nothing else for me to do but of course now I am up late because it takes a while to wake up again from a nap, then I am all riled up and easily distracted. So I will go to sleep at a stupid hour again, and also have accomplished nothing with my paltry post-work hours.

Fuck I’m so depressed. This is such a depressing train of thought.

Anyway, yesterday I mentioned at work that I had never seen a single episode of Doctor Who (this is the truth: I think I saw a partial episode on TV, but not even the whole thing) and this shocked my co-worker considerably. She said it was incredibly surprising of me or something of that nature. And I do not know how to take this. I mean, probably what she means is ‘you are known as someone who likes science fiction and is rather nerdy’ and these are true things and also positive reputations to have. But I have literally never given the slightest fuck about Doctor Who lmao. I can’t tell you why, but it obviously doesn’t feel weird to me that I don’t because I never have! Obviously I’ve been in a lot of spaces that are sort of Who-adjacent (fandom, tumblr, nerd-dom, crossover appeal with other stuff I like) but it’s never been tempting or intriguing at all. It’s not on my list.

What I said was just like… a non-answer that sounded like an answer based on my tone of voice. Like, ‘Hmmm, well I’ve seen a partial episode on TV and I’ve seen Torchwood.’ This is all true but does not at all address the surprise or the reasons of my not being interested. I was surprised by her surprise, I don’t have good reasons, and also all I could say would probably read as insulting to Who fans, one of whom was in the room.

I think part of it is, honestly, that my mom isn’t into Doctor Who, and so I did not have anyone getting me into it at a formative time. Not that people can’t get into Who independently and not that I haven’t gotten into things independently but I just… I really think that in this particular instance, if she had been into it, I would have been. My mom being into Torchwood is the reason I watched it (well… 2-ish seasons). She thinks Who is a kids’ show and while it’s probably more a family show, that opinion really influenced my non-desire to watch it.

Another part is that I’m sort of a sci-fi poser in a way. I hate to admit it but it’s true. I love that people think of me as a sci fi fan and I think of myself that way too but I am NOT well read. I’m more like an ST:TOS fan with aspirations to sci fi fandom. This isn’t to say I want to pick up Who (or Dune, the other piece of science fiction I was strangely assumed to be familiar with), but I do want to be more well-read in some classic sci fi literature, as well as be more aware of like modern sci fi stuff. Especially books. There are very few sci fi TV series that interest me. A couple but not a ton.

I also have a weird definition of science fiction which is, it’s science fiction if it FEELS like science fiction to me, personally, the arbiter of all things. Some media are in the sense that they can’t be anything else, I guess, but they don’t feel like science fiction to me and so I’m not interested, which is a weird and irrational and unreasonable thing for me to say, but it’s the middle of the night and I’m sad so there it is.

[veratrance]

Sis I have finished reading Felines and Canidae and I just wanna say THANK YOU. MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. THAT FIC MADE ME GIGGLE AND SHIT. HOLY FUCK WHY WAS T SO GOOD?

HOW IS YOUR WRITING AMAZING?

HELLO?

I just wanted to say this because I have been extremely like burdened with exams and stuff and the fanfic literally made me so happy and so relaxed and shit. You are awesome.

Any idea when you'll be able to update?

Cuz I think about this masterpiece in the midst of giving an exam and smiling like an idiot .

KSJHDDKJSHF I'M GONNA CRY THIS IS THE SWEETEST MESSAGE EVER?? Seriously omg you just made my DAY!! THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'm seriously giggling and kicking my feet in the air rn!! I'm so so happy you enjoyed the fic this much and that it could give you some reprieve during your exams ❤️❤️❤️ What a wonderful thing to hear

Also: I forgot my tumblr password lmao and didn't log in for 300 years, so if you sent this a while ago, I'M SORRY! I've been very inactive

I hope your exams are going well 💚🍀 Or if you did sent this a while ago and you're free from the exam horror by now, I hope that you've gotten enough rest and that you're fully restored 🥰 if not, GO TAKE A NAP THIS VERY INSTANCE. IT IS AN ORDER (lovingly x)