#for reasons/drama/media I haven’t seen

[macadam]

I miss your posts and tags a lil sometimes, but I hope you being a bit more absent here means you've got some really cool stuff going on in RL :)

Aw thank you anon T-T

I’ve been getting into sewing recently and picking up a bunch of projects that have been piling up in the scary corner of my room. Some of it’s very exciting like this bear I’m finishing turning into a bag today:

But a lot of it is fixing torn clothes or tailoring stuff I’ve thrifted (went to a church rummage sail recently and got soooo many things. They had a big clear out sail the last hour). Not as fun. Still necessary

It’s been very nice to finally get around to some of this stuff but has also meant that I’m not consuming any tf media rn (or media in general) and thus have no commentary to make lol.

I really do miss making posts and chatting with people on tumblr and discord, but I don’t really have anything to say about transformers right now. I suppose I could sit and brainstorm possible things to talk about. I am very good at that and used to do that a lot just to make conversation on here, but I dunno. School has also been crazy

[dollzites]

⏦ﾟ♡︎ WOO DOHWAN AS YOUR BOYFRIEND

୨ৎ pairing: boyfriend!dohwan x fem reader

୨ৎ genre: fluff! with mild sex talk

୨ৎ from myeong: hi!!! I’m so in love with this man! extremely happy to take this request and do it for you! thank you for supporting and please enjoy! x

the world’s softest, sweetest, caring, loving, and perfect boyfriend. even if you’ve had a pretty bad experience with men he’ll be the one to change the mindset you once had because of toxic exes.

he’s a clingy man and wants all of your attention and affection a lot of the time. if you’re busy doing something on your phone then he’ll lay his head in your lay and either stare at you or try to take a nap.

“how much do you love me? I love you so much.”

“what would you do if I was this little worm? I’ve seen these videos on the internet and wanted to ask you the same question. would you love me?”

needs to hold your hand, wrap his arm around your waist, shoulder, or keep a hand in your hair to play with it gently while you speak to him or others.

dohwan will always ask for permission no matter what the situation is he’ll need your permission or will ask “will this be okay?” always wants you to be very comfortable and happy with him at all times.

can’t name his favorite part about you because he loves everything you have to offer but he just really enjoys your sweet scent. you could be sweating and he’ll still compliment you and rub against you.

he learns how to make all your favorite dishes! especially a dish from childhood that you miss dearly or have been craving he’ll surprise you one day with it after you get home and he’ll have the cutest smile on his face. please kiss that man I beg

wants to watch all of his dramas with you and constantly looks over at you to see if you’re enjoying it. “so what do you think about it darling?”

this man loves to cuddle and will keep you close to his warm and large body at all times. it’s hard to escape that strong grip of his but why complain?

on his days off he’ll wake you up with a very romantic breakfast in bed that leads to a make out session and morning sex that he enjoys so much.

sweet and traditional in bed but will ask you about things you could try together but only if you’re willing and comfortable with it! if not he shuts it down immediately and will stay the vanilla man he is which is not a bad thing at all. sweet boy dohwan

he’s not a fan of quickies at all but if he desperately needs it for stress relief then maybe but he won’t do anything with you that makes you feel bad. for example if he thinks you’re not in the mood but don’t want to let him down? shuts it down!! will never make you feel like an object.

“you’re way too precious to be feeling that way.”

although he likes to use his strength during sex and he knows how much it turns you on so once he started to do it more often—he’d do it just to tease you and that would eventually lead to sex.

“what is it sweet girl, hm? you must want me.”

don’t deny it because the teasing will get even worse. it’ll get to the point where he starts walking around shirtless and doing odd things that for some reason make him look weirdly attractive.

gifts you items that you’ve been wanting but haven’t gotten yet. he never allows you to buy things on your own, he thinks as your boyfriend he must do that for you. that’s so sweet of him ugh

“you’re so pretty.” “you’re so perfect sweetheart.”

“how’d I end up so lucky?” “kiss me please?”

enjoys having you on set with him. he’s able to feel more at ease knowing you’re there watching and waiting for him to get done with a scene. get ready for plenty of kisses from him! he won’t hold back.

keeps you safe with him at all times and defends you during any situation that he needs too. he lets the media know he’s very serious about this relationship with you and will never let you go.

you’re so important to him that he does all that he can to keep you happy, comfortable, and healthy.

[physalian]

In Defense of Fanfiction (Or the perfect starting point for your original novel)

Fanfic gets a bad rap pretty much everywhere except Tumblr. It’s misunderstood and misrepresented by its average works, seen as juvenile and cringey, or a banal point of contention between a famous person or piece of media and its fans.

Outside of fanfic that writes about real people, especially smut fics of real people, I support the art wholeheartedly. Fictional characters are one thing, but personally, caricaturing a celebrity’s life for public consumption and writing or drawing them in compromising content without their consent is a little weird. You do you. Don’t like, don’t read, as they say.

Fanfic is the perfect starting point for a few reasons:

It places you in a creative box and forces you to work within those constraints

It does all the worldbuilding and character concepts for you

It lets you write way outside your comfort zone

When published and receiving feedback, it boosts your self-confidence

It's incredibly flexible

It’s practice. All practice is good practice

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Behold your creative box

When I was little I had no idea the majority of fanfic was shipping fics. I always pictured and looked for canon-divergent alternate universes. Like, what if X happened in this episode instead of Y? What if this character never died?

Fanfic demands you work within someone else’s canon, whether it’s an OC in the canonical world, or the canonical characters in an AU. These are like little bowling bumpers saving you from the gutter, but also keeping you on a straight-ish path toward the pins.

The indecisiveness of too many choices can be too intimidating when you’re first starting out. You want to be a writer but you have no idea where to begin, what genre to pick, what characters you want to chronicle, what themes you want to explore.

Even if it sits on your computer never to see the light of day, you still got those creative juices flowing.

Pre-packaged worldbuilding

Sometimes all we want is to get to the good stuff. Maybe I want to write a story about elemental magicians but Last Airbender already exists and I just want to play in a pre-existing sandbox. So I write some OCs into that world and have a free-for-all.

I don’t have to come up with my own lore, world history, magic system rules and mechanics, politics, geography—any of it. I get to just focus on the characters.

Even if you’re writing an AU, like say a coffee shop AU, you don’t have to think about brand new characters, you can just think “What would M do?” and go from there. The trade-off is your readers will expect canonical characters to behave in-character, but I think it’s worth it.

Stretch beyond your comfort zone!

Do you hate writing action scenes? Go practice with a shonen anime fic. Need work on dialogue? Write some high-fantasy fic, or a courtroom drama. Practice a fistfight by watching fistfights and writing what you see, and do it over and over again until what you read makes you feel like you're watching what’s on screen.

But beyond that—practice genres that you aren’t super familiar with. If you’re new to fantasy, write fantasy fic. Or a mystery novel/show, thriller, comedy, satire, adventure, what have you. The nature of fanfic still gives you those “guardrails” and you can get some brutally honest feedback on how you’re doing.

And, of course, the realm of M-rated romance and smut fics. I haven’t because I think I would die of embarrassment if I tried and I never intend to include sex scenes in my works anyway, but if you do want to, use the internet as your test audience. Post it on a throwaway account if you’re nervous.

Build that self-confidence!

The fandoms I used to write for are super dead, so it’s insane how I still get email notifications that so-and-so liked my fic to this day. Comments are as elusive as ever, but random strangers on the internet telling me they liked my work is a magical reassurance that my writing isn’t actually awful.

Random strangers on the internet are, as we all know, beholden to no moral obligation to be kind to your little avatar face, or be kind to be polite. So a rando taking the time to like my work or even leave a positive comment can feel more honest than one of my friends telling me what they think I want to hear.

I tend to avoid the more present aspects of fandom like online communities, forums, social media, what have you, so I get a delayed and diluted aspect of any given fandom through completed works. Which means, in general, I get to avoid the worst and most toxic aspects of fandom and get to sift through positive feedback and critique.

Even if your fanfic isn’t written with stellar prose, it’s fanfic. We don’t expect Pulitzer-prize winning content. And if your work isn’t up to snuff, people are more likely to just ignore it than put you on blast (at least in my experience, I never got a bad comment or a “flame” in the old FFN days).

Fanfic doesn’t care about the rules of published literature

On the one hand, try not to practice bad habits, but with this point I mean that your layout, punctuation, formatting, paragraph styles, chapter length–all of it is beholden to no rules. I get as annoyed as the next reader with giant blocks of paragraphs, or the double-spacing between pages of single-sentence paragraphs, but if the story’s good enough I might ignore it.

There’s more than just straight narrative fics, though. People write “chat” fics, or long streams of text and group chat conversations. The scene breaks can come super rapidly–I’ve seen fics with a single sentence in between line breaks to show the passage of time. And without the polish of a traditionally published novel, I’ve never seen a purer distillation of author voice in any medium more than fanfic.

All practice is good practice

Even if it’s crack fiction, or a one-off one-shot, or something meant to be lighthearted and straightforward and free from complex worldbuilding and intricate plots. It really helps break writer’s block when you can shift gears and headspaces entirely and you can get relatively instant feedback to keep you motivated.

Beyond that, the “guardrails” help you stay consistent as far as character growth and personality if you struggle with designing rich characters.

The most recent fanfic I wrote was just a couple years ago, for a dead fandom I didn’t think would get any traffic whatsoever. It wasn’t my original works, but the feedback on that fic gave me the kick in the butt I needed to get back into writing more seriously.

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In short, I support fanfic. I may not be proud of my earliest fics' prose now, but I am proud that they walked so I can now run.

[thebandghostofficial]

[MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY]

An important (and overwinded) announcement regarding this blog below the cut.

Hello everyone! This is Rawkin Ghoul/ Tumblr Ghoul/ Tumblrina/ Soda/ etc etc.

First thing’s first: no, this blog is not an official Ghost social media account.

I started this blog in late 2022 when ghost-official started blowing up (I do not believe this one to be real either, and honestly I won’t believe they have a Tumblr until it is linked on their official website) and thought, “wow, I could make a better Ghost blog than that. One that’s way better organized and actually advertises properly for them, and posts regularly!” So I did.

Originally it was meant as just that, a little joke between some friends, and wasn’t meant to really get farther than that. But then I thought, Ghost does have a lot of fans on Tumblr- a lot of exquisitely talented and devoted fans. Maybe I can kinda “roleplay” it for a while, build almost a bit of a portfolio, and then either offer the blog to management or offer to run it for them officially, for fun, if they were interested.

More time passes and more people followed. I thought “xofficial” as a username was a common enough joke/ gimmick that people would realize it wasn’t for real (and in fact, when I first searched the URL, I found that this username was once in use years ago! Sorry, previous owner), especially after posting that April Fools joke post- this was wrong of me to assume. There are a lot of roleplay/ joke “official” Ghost accounts all over the web but I failed to really properly disclaim that I was one of them.

I of course don’t plan to reach out to Ghost anymore and haven’t for some time, for multiple reasons including Tumblr just not being a good website for advertising. But another one is I got pretty loose on here. Tumblr is so different from Twitter and Insta and all that- you guys (and myself! I go here too) don’t want to have someone sell something to you- but you do love interaction and jokes and solving things together.

I think we can all admit it- when Ghost is dormant, the fans can get bored and even agitated, and can start to have a go at eachother. I’m certainly not guiltless there either. I wouldn’t say I’m notorious or even particularly well known in general but I’ve gotten into drama here and there. I figured the blog would be a fun way not just to distract the community, but really engage with it. The blog passed 5k a month or so ago and I started thinking, we could do something really cool with it. Smaller events like fanart contests and zines. But what if we did more? Organizing pre-ritual meetups. Larger community projects like fan-made music videos. ARG. Maybe even a short video game- there are so many incredibly skilled and hard-working Ghost fans and I wanted to try to bring them together because I think our love for Ghost, for whatever reason we love them, screams so loud and everyone deserves recognition (also a reason I started Fanart Friday as a regular thing).

You guys know I do my best to keep up with your tagging and what you’re saying and everything and I’ve seen the people pointing out the blog isn’t real from the beginning- I didn’t want to address it directly at first because I thought if nothing else people enjoyed the mystery.

But, more lately there’s been more and more people who are agitated, disappointed, and even a little scared to hear that this blog is not official.

I want to offer my very sincere apologies to people who I made feel that way. I should have made it obvious sooner- I know so well that there are a lot of very young Ghost fans especially who wouldn’t necessarily surmise that this isn’t real. I’m really sorry to those of you I disappointed.

I will never ask you for money here, or any personal information, or send asks anonymous or otherwise from here or my main personal blog as “Tumblr Ghoul”. I have had one person ask to message me so I messaged them to allow them to do that. If somebody contacts you claiming to be the person running this blog, they are lying. Please block them. My interactions here I aim to keep as public as possible, hence being increasingly liberal with replies and reblogs as the number of people interacting grew.

My only goal with this blog is to advertise for a band that I love and to entertain/ help the fandom when and where I can. I love and appreciate all the fanart and interest in the character of Tumblr Ghoul but I don’t want anybody to feel obligated to me and I especially don’t want to hurt anybody. I started this blog for fun and that how I want it to remain- fun for everyone.

People pointed out when I didn’t post for some time a few months back and it was because I had lost interest in the blog and was going through a rough time- and then one particularly bad day I got on to check it by chance and just seeing your guy’s tags and comments made me feel so much better. I tell people that I found Ghost when I really needed a friend and they fulfilled that for me, but the past few months you guys have done just the same for me. I am so sorry to have betrayed that and made you feel unsafe and lied to in return.

As of posting I do intend to still run the blog as I have been (with a disclaimer added to the bio regarding the legitimacy of this account)- posting about tours, chapters, merch, etc, as well as Fanart Friday. I 100% understand if anybody doesn’t want to be involved in that, so anybody who has tagged me in something and don’t want it on the blog now, I can open messages and you can let me know. I will probably close them again after a week or so if I get a large flood of unrelated messages.

Please do not message me asking me who I am, who knows about the blog, etc. Gaining popularity was never something I wanted from this so I will stay anonymous, for the time being at the very least. A very small number of people know who is behind the blog and to my knowledge only one of them is even on Tumblr and in the fandom.

Thank you for all the support you’ve shown me, Ghost, and eachother. It can be easy to see the bad parts of a community and roll your eyes electing to keep your distance, but since starting this blog I’ve been reminded what good community is even when it’s frustrating sometimes.

Thank you for reading, I won’t hold it against anybody who wants to separate themselves from this blog at this point, and please don’t let my oversight and general dummyness sour your experience with Ghost or its other fans. Enjoy the rest of this tour and whether it’s with or without me, please keep rawking 🤘 Be good to eachother.

Thank you.

[winged-self-indulgence]

This is so rushed and spun off from a truly unhinged discussion but I needed to write something for this AU while I have timeeee @tiffykins-yeah I hope this is at least semi entertaining lmao

The day Binary Star Hero turned against the heroes; the skies went dark.

Metaphorically of course. Strictly speaking, very little changed in the grand scheme of things. Although the NAHA, reporters, and anyone with a media presence certainly behaved as though the world itself had come to an end. Herschel was on the news lamenting the loss of the earth’s brightest star to the forces of darkness, news anchors would not shut up about the catastrophic consequences of losing the greatest hero mankind had ever known, and drama youtubers milked the controversy of the NAHA’s ignominious fall from grace as Binary Star Hero – real name Ray – exited the hero headquarters followed by a bevy of interns, office workers, and bottom-rung employees. Employees who, with vicious innocence, detailed the NAHA’s horrendous working conditions.

“We didn’t even have dental,” one sighed despondently. “My friend’s teeth haven’t been the same since that rock hero went on a rampage in the office.”

When asked the reason they had chosen to follow the new villain – was it blind worship? Stockholm syndrome? Were they being threatened in any way? – the gathering just scoffed.

“He’s paying my medical bills,” one replied. “The NAHA didn’t even want to pay for my insulin. I had to argue with like 5 different people to get it added to my benefits package.”

“Wait, you were getting benefits? I’ve been working on minimum wage for years!”

“You guys were getting paid?!”

At that point, the hero formerly known as Binary Star Hero attempted to fly away from the commotion, causing one of the former NAHA employees to yell something to the effect of “quick, follow that tacky sweater!” Which caused the crowd to peal off after the rapidly shrinking red dot in the sky, leading to several traffic obstructions, and signaling the start to a villainous career change.

Ray stared at clothing rack in front of him, at the five mannequins arranged in various dramatic poses, and finally at the group of expectantly waiting…what to call them? Underlings? Sure, that worked. The underlings stared back at him, some carrying more fabric while others held sewing kits, needles, thread, and baskets of accessories.

There was no need to read their minds to understand what they all wanted, but he still felt the need to ask. “What is this?”

“For your villain rebranding, the team decided on an aesthetic overhaul,” the one at the front announced brightly, gesturing to the steel rack that had been crammed with outfits in a range of dark colours – purples, indigoes, heavy shades of grey and even denser blacks. Some had capes, most did not. “Of course, this would all be easier if you would simply decide on a new name, but I suppose we can whittle down the choices later.”

Ray flashed back to the moment he’d walked past the conference room – a massive underground addition to his lair (he didn’t call it that, but the PR team were very Committed To The Bit) – and seen a horde of them gathered around the whiteboard and shouting suggestions at the person at the front. On the interactive surface were at least 50 names, though Ray only got through Lunar Eclipse and Superordinate Gravitational Collapse before he’d decided to leave that problem for Future Ray to sort out.

Unfortunately, the future had come. “This is completely unnecessary,” Ray plucked at the sleeve of one of the outfits and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was in fact not made of impossibly tight spandex. “I haven’t even had coffee yet.”

Another employee stepped up, swiping the screen of the iPad with a finger. “Sir, [MC] will be clocking into the afternoon shift in approximately one hour. Would you like to pick up your coffee then?”

“Hm,” Ray rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “What’s on my schedule before that?”

“Uh, there’s a senator you hate giving a bigoted speech about drag queens, then you wanted me to remind you to rob that bank on 6th Avenue,” another swipe across the screen, “oh, and you’re out of ice cream.”

“The speech should be happening in the park across from the coffeeshop where [MC] works,” one of the team piped up. “We can reschedule the bank robbery and take some casual photos of you at the coffeeshop. The mid-afternoon sun would be great for the Total Eclipse social media page!”

“Dude, we discussed this! The team hasn’t decided on a villain name yet!”

“For the last time, we’re not choosing your idea!”

“Fuck you, Dark Star is a great evil name!”

“We are not linking him to a shitty 90s movie!”

“You take that back!”

Taking advantage of their distraction, Ray turned his attention to one of his favourite groups in the team. “Any updates?”

The employee saluted – Ray had given up on making them stop doing that – and pulled out her own iPad. “Sir–” (“Don’t call me that.”) “–they liked the post of you singing while playing the guitar and left a sweating emoji on the latest shirtless pic.”

“What about the one of me saving a kitten at the shelter?”

“Unfortunately, it was flagged for violence after one of the team forgot to edit out the part where you tossed someone through the walls for having an unsolicited picture of [MC] as their phone-screen background.”

“Ah, right,” Ray nodded reminiscently. “That did happen, huh. Upload it again, and monitor. If that’s all…”

He took off through the window, off to do various evil deeds and visit his favourite barista, while ignoring the screeching below as the two feuding members of the team finally stopped fighting long enough to notice his departure.

“FUCK, HE DIDN’T PICK A COSTUME!”

“SIR, AT LEAST CHANGE THE SWEATER!”

[girl4music]

At its core, Xena is an action/fantasy so it is neither a drama or a comedy. That’s why it can do both so well.

Because it’s not restricted to being one or the other:

Its core is an action show in a fantasy environment so it can do both drama and comedy with no restrictions.

A lot of TV shows were just like Xena was in the 90’s.

Buffy was like this. Charmed was like this. X Files… Sliders… Even Star Trek. Like… it’s not uncommon.

It’s just not what TV art/entertainment is now sadly.

The major cult classics are mostly genre TV shows for a reason. People preferred the versatility back then. The experimentation. The campiness. The focus on the characters over the plot. The well-written themes. And the lessons and morals embedded in the scenes.

It was just… a different time and place for TV media back in the 90’s/early 2000’s and not everyone prefers it like this. Clearly, I do, but it’s not everyone’s thing. Some people prefer the keeping to one tone or one genre and the characters wrapping around that. That’s not me. It’s never been me and what I watch.

I’ve always been into supernatural/fantasy/action shows most of all because they’re really the only ones where they’re willing to be versatile enough in do both drama and comedy in one sitting of an episode. I call it “half an half”. I haven’t seen like reality shows, soap operas or sitcoms do this so I’ve never been into them.

Xena’s always been my “go to” example for a show thsts so versatile that it’s all over the map. Literally. Like…. Xena’s map is so historically inaccurate that it’s practically drawn by a 2 year old. That’s being nice. 😂

But that’s the fun and charm of it really. Nobody wants an historically accurate or a more “realistic” Xena. Everybody wants props like multi-coloured strobe lights and wired bras in an Ancient Greek mythology setting with absolutely no explanation for it at all because it’s a lot of fun and everybody wants fun.

As I said. You either get it or you don’t.

[d8nielaa]

hi i thought about this very randomly but a brody request, where how he went on that month long hiatus from the show and everyone was freaking out about how left the show but really he was just in japan? okay stick with me, he went with his girlfriend who is also in the show, but they haven’t told anyone they’re dating and because he doesn’t post on social media at all no one knows, however, she posts all the time, so she’s posting pictures but doesn’t show him at all so no one makes the connection, until he posts pictures of his trip like after they get back, and all the fans are like wait did they go together? and the cast starts to ask the same thing.

i hope this made sense

Authors Note: omg yes ofc- I love this idea so much. low-key had a bit of a panic when Brody was gone for that month lmao

"We were in Japan..?"

Brody Grant x fem!reader

The month-long hiatus from The Outsiders was something that no one had seen coming.

One minute, Brody Grant was performing onstage, bringing his infectious energy to the Broadway show, and the next, he was gone. The buzz started slow, then snowballed into a full-blown frenzy when fans noticed his absence from social media. Brody, who wasn’t exactly an Instagram influencer, had never been the most active poster, but he had never disappeared for this long without some kind of explanation.

The fans were freaking out. Speculation spread like wildfire. Did he get sick? Was he leaving the show for good? Had he gotten into some kind of drama with the cast?

But the truth was much simpler—and way more private.

Brody was in Japan.

He wasn’t there alone, though. He was there with you.

You were in the cast, too, playing the role of a random Soc girl. And while you loved your role, you also loved Brody, your secret boyfriend. The one no one knew about.

It wasn’t that you didn’t want to tell the world, but it just felt easier this way. No one could know you were dating; it kept things simple and drama-free. Both of you had kept things under wraps, and it wasn’t even a conscious decision at first. But as the days passed, you realized that the thrill of sneaking around gave your relationship a special spark. Besides, Brody wasn’t big on social media anyway, so that made it even easier to keep everything under wraps.

You, on the other hand, were an Instagram queen. You loved posting pictures—outfits, group shots, rehearsals. And lately, you had started posting more and more about your little solo trips with Brody, though you never showed his face. There were photos of the cherry blossoms, of ramen bowls, temples, and even your hotel room with the Tokyo skyline. But never Brody. Just you.

You liked the privacy. The intimacy. You could feel the weight of the secret on you, and for some reason, it made everything feel more special.

When Brody and you arrived back in New York, after your month-long getaway in Japan, the first thing he did was ask you:

"ready to face the chaos?"

You couldn’t help but smile. You knew exactly what he meant. The social media frenzy. The fans who had been losing their minds because they hadn’t seen him or heard from him in a month. And then, there were the cast members. Your castmates had all been equally curious, probably texting each other nonstop about the fact that Brody had just disappeared, leaving them with more questions than answers.

You weren’t exactly looking forward to facing it, but you knew it was coming.

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Later that day, as you both caught up on laundry and post-trip chores, Brody did something you didn’t expect.

He posted on Instagram.

Now, Brody wasn’t the type to post much at all. But there it was: a single photo of the view from the top of a building in Tokyo, taken at dusk. The skyline in the background, the lights starting to twinkle as the city came alive. He had tagged the location and added a simple caption: “Tokyo was beautiful. Glad to be back though.”

The comments were immediate, fans clearly stunned by the fact that Brody had just casually dropped a photo after being missing for a month. You watched the notification counter climb higher and higher, the fans speculating, wondering.

But here’s the thing:

In every single photo you had posted during your trip, you had been alone. The ones you’d taken of Brody were always artfully cropped, never showing his face. You’d been so careful. And that’s what led to the most confusing part for everyone.

The fans started piecing it together.

Fan 1: Wait, did Brody go to Japan too? Is that why he’s been gone?

Fan 2: I’m so confused… but this view looks super familiar. Is that the same one Y/N posted?!

Fan 3: OMG did they go together???

And then, the most awkward question came:

Fan 4: Where’s Y/N? She went to Japan too, right? Why is she never in Brody’s pics??

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The next morning, you were sitting in the cast’s rehearsal room when the first wave of questions came in. Daryl, aka Two-Bit Matthews, was walking around checking everyone’s progress when he stopped next to you.

“So, uh, I have to ask…” he began, glancing over at Brody, who was laughing with some of the cast members in the corner. “Did you two go to Japan together? We all saw Brody’s post, and you’ve been posting all that stuff from Tokyo. The timing’s too perfect.”

Your heart skipped a beat. “What do you mean?”

“Y/N,” Daryl said with a grin. “You’re way too good at hiding things. I mean, come on. Those cherry blossoms? I saw Brody standing in front of that exact tree when you posted your picture. I thought it was a coincidence at first, but now… I’m starting to think you two took a little vacation without telling anyone.”

You flushed. Of course, you’d gotten caught. But Daryl was grinning now, teasing more than accusing.

“I—well, I guess I’m not that good at hiding it, huh?” You shrugged, biting your lip.

“Well, it’s cute, honestly. You two are so low-key about it. But you really kept everyone guessing. I thought you were just doing solo trips around Japan!” he said, winking at you.

As if on cue, Brody turned around and overheard the conversation. He walked over, hands in his pockets, looking almost embarrassed.

“Yeah, I guess the jig’s up,” he said, offering a sheepish grin. “Guess we couldn’t hide it for too long.”

Everyone around you was dying of laughter.

“I knew it!” said Tilly, laughing. “You guys make it look so effortless, though. How long has this been going on?”

You and Brody exchanged a quick glance, both of you still adjusting to the sudden wave of attention.

“Longer than anyone knows,” Brody said, casually. “But we figured we'd keep it private. Didn’t think the fans would catch on so quick.”

You shot him a look, giving him a soft smile. “Yeah, maybe we should have been more careful.”

After all the teasing died down, the two of you settled back into the usual rhythm of the show, with one small but incredibly important change: everyone knew now.

But it didn’t matter. Brody was still your low-key, sweet boyfriend, and the excitement of your Tokyo secret made everything feel just a little more thrilling.

And in the end, the trip was something just for the two of you.

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Authors Note: my nails are making me STRUGGLE

[supercalime]

I can’t believe I found people who think about this the exact same way as I do. I don’t get these hardcore buddie stans who suddenly try to make it look like buckTommy shipper are the toxic ones. I haven’t seen a single BuckTommy shipper who was rude without a reason (maybe a bit defensive about their CANON ship). Whereas I’ve seen plenty of incredibly toxic buddie stans who insult everyone who doesn’t ship their ship or share their opinions.

Another thing and don’t get me wrong Im not defending anyone. But I’ve seen many people heavily bullying the marisol actress because she’s apparently homophobic (not saying she isn’t or is) and wanting her to be gone beacause of this reason but totally ignore the alleged racism of ryan (again not saying he is racist or not, i dont know them personally) just because he is part of their beloved ship. By their logic Ryan should leave the show too.

Hey anon, it took me some time to answer your ask (chaotic life stuff lol) but I’m glad to finally have time to talk about this first part with you.

I’ll preface by saying I won’t get involved in actor drama, no matter how true or toxic it is because I don’t have enough information nor am I qualified to talk about the issues they mishandled. I’ll just say that, no matter who does bad things, they should be held accountable.

Okay, back to the main point: yes, it’s very strange how b*ddie st*ns are behaving towards the canon bi!buck thing. Both with people who ship bucktommy but also with the creators and actors on the show. Regardless if they are right or not about b*ddie being canon, this is not how you act with entertainment, specially with the people giving the content.

I hate to bash but it looks and sounds a lot like a toddler throwing a tantrum because they didn’t get a specific toy.

And toddlers only throw tantrums because they are brand new humans who are learning how to behave. They don’t know any better so they react with outbursts and repeated demands because it’s the only way they know to get the attention of the person taking care of them.

If I’m not mistaken, the main audience for the show is 18-45. NO ONE here should be yelling in comment sections “we want buddie! we want buddie! we want buddie!” as if they would immediately get it. It’s not how it works and it’s frankly embarrassing to see a bunch of adults acting like that for everyone to see.

And I can’t stress it enough, I’m not putting myself on a high ground here and saying I’m a better person by shipping bucktommy, as I’m sure there might be a percentage of fans out there being rude and annoying as well. But at least I’m keeping my conscience clear by not acting like me shipping two characters is something big enough in my life to ruin my enjoyment of a whole show in case my favorite ship doesn’t become canon.

I hate how fandoms behave as if they can have control over the content they are consuming. We aren’t entitled to anything and if there is supposed to be ANY discourse about which character was supposed to end with, that should happen AFTER the show ended! The story isn’t over yet! So why are b*ddie st*ns so stressed? If a show is making you this angry and demanding, please step aside a little, give it some distance because that’s not how consuming content is supposed to make you feel.

And I say that last part with sincerity because I too got way too involved with fandom discourse in the past, to the point that I had to distance myself from certain shows because being that involved made me upset.

Im just tired at this point you know. Im trying to protect myself as much as possible. Im not in the bird app, I don’t follow the show or the actors on social media, im avoiding interviews like the plague. All I want from this experience is to watch the show, gather my thoughts, form my opinions, log onto tumblr and reblog the cute stuff I see about my favorite ship without having to worry about whatever the hell is going on outside my pretty little bubble

[zhansww]

Most of the political and economical stuff in War of Faith kinda goes over my head. I’m generally not a fan of politics in my media but at the same time, it’s easier to watch this than having to endure a drama that is full of political bs and an obnoxious romance (side-eyes gg). So yeah, whatever, I’m okay with it even tho the only thing I get is that communists were apparently seen as super evil in 1930. I assume this drama is all about how communism won over then. Wei Ruolai gets established right away as very smart, capable and talented when it comes to his work. But outside of it, he seems too gullible. Or so I thought, but today’s episodes proved how smart and cunning he can be at any time. And he’s also still such a humble, polite sweetheart. Impossible not to like imo. His relationship with his boss makes me a little feral ngl. For reasons that are too unholy to put into words here xD We’re only like a quarter of the way in, who knows how their dynamic will still change. But the way it is now, with Shen Tunan’s strict protectiveness and Ruolai’s deference and adoration and single-minded focus on Shen Tunan... bruh. It’s so f-cking good. Quality fic inspiration. I also like Ruolai’s relationship with Wen. And I’m quite glad there haven’t been many scenes with the fl (yet). The romantic music that played when Ruolai saw her again in episode 2 made me gag, tho. But it’s fine, it’s fine. As long as there’s no kissing, it’ll be fine. There haven’t been many particularly emotional scenes so far but in the few that we’ve gotten, dd’s acting has been really good. What else is new, tho. There’s also just... well, you can say this for any of dd’s characters but just Ruolai’s composure is already different, entirely his. The only time dd will maybe sort of break character is when/if he has to be part of any romantic scenes but then again, that’s not new either. I’m very amazed and proud of his performance so far.

[shortcakefluff]

Social media is making me severely anxious for some reason lately so I’m taking a bit of a step back for a bit, trying to decide what I want to do with my accounts. (I’m not deleting them dw, just shifting them a bit.) I don’t want to just be a dedicated fanpage and nothing else to people, ykwim? I want you guys to know me as a person too.

That being said I also feel like there’s been a lot of strife going on in the community the past week and it’s contributing to my anxiety 😥. I haven’t really had any direct encounters with people but I’ve seen some stuff going down and it’s putting me on edge, to say the least. So I’ll probably be laying low, save a few posts here and there.

I’m a very anxious and non-confrontational person in general + I don’t feel like arguments and drama is necessary so I stay out of it but I don’t exactly enjoy seeing it go around because I know the people involved probably don’t feel great about it either.

Anyways everyone have a nice day/night I just wanted to pop in and say that <3

[dandelionjack]

watching torchwood i’m finding clear as day evidence that chibbers IS capable of writing captivating sexual/romantic tension, mutual toxicity and complex character dynamics yet for some reason just… chose not to when he became doctor who showrunner? just because something’s a family series doesn’t mean you need to compromise the drama, jesus christ. actually i bet the reason s11 was so cbbc-core was because he got so afraid of toeing the line from previously writing more adult content that he swung like a pendulum in the opposite direction to escape any controversy at all. obviously it picked up later with the master and yaz and everything but still jesus christ what a letdown

from what i’ve heard broadchurch is good too, though i haven’t seen it yet. some people just don’t have the knack to avoid the pitfall of believing that a family show equates to a show that only kids will watch. some people don’t. he should have stuck to adult tv because even if that was the case with doctor who (which it isn’t) kids deserve quality media

[haughttopics]

Low key glad I wasn’t the only one who didn’t love the Wearp special. Some parts were good like the Wynhaught dynamic but Wayhaught wasn’t Wayhaught. The magic was gone, imo. Waverly was so ooc it hurt. It put me off so much, I haven’t listened to the audiobook. Like, why was Waverly so mean? Felt like they could’ve have gone about showing them unhappy and unsatisfied in much better storytelling ways.

hmm, yeah i think i've seen a few people say they didn't enjoy it (although i'll be real i haven't gone looking for what people are saying because i'm not on social media too much these days). and neither is right or wrong cause it's all subjective etc.

but yeah, i struggled with it for a lot of reasons. to me it felt like nearly everyone was ooc, like it was a caricature of sorts? almost like everyone had been just so excited to get back after so long, but that carried through into the characters a bit too much. and the transition from a full season to 90 minutes felt quite rough on the storyline.

for me, waverly being mean didn't feel too off because she was actually being mean (like this is still the same girl who was introduced to us as firing a shotgun in her own apartment because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her), but i agree they could have picked a better subject to have that 'drama' with wayhaught and make it make sense. like, waverly has never left her hometown and that has nothing to do with nicole, but for some reason that's why she's now restless and seemingly blaming her wife? said wife having sacrificed her own personal freedom not too long ago just so the celestial side of waverly wouldn't take her away for good? idk, it didn't make all that much sense to me that she would suddenly have this issue now. and i wish the writers would understand they don't need to always have conflict in relationships to make them interesting.

aside from the ooc of most characters and a storyline that didn't hit for me, the one bit that really got me was making wynonna a cop. like, have we not gone through the same journey for the last four seasons? there isn't a universe she'd willingly agree to that. and that's partly why her relationship worked so well with nicole, because they're polar opposites. wynonna was done such a disservice and once again i was begging for them to let her have just one goddamn moment of happiness.

i also haven't listened to the audiobook, but that's moreso because i struggle to listen to audiobooks in general. so perhaps things are better fleshed out in that medium with having more space and time to tell a story. idk. like i don't want to be ungrateful or anything, i'm really glad they got to find their way back. and i'm truly glad if other people enjoyed it :)

[emopirates]

I’ve been looking for other media that will resonate like ofmd does for me

I was thinking about what other media has hit me in such personal specific ways as ofmd. So maybe I can crack the code and find even more???

Predictably I’m not having a lot of luck but I DID come up with 1 example: Severance on apple tv.

If you haven’t watched both shows, it may seem like an odd pairing, because OFMD is (mostly) a comedy (wth dramatic bits) and Severance is (mostly) a drama/thriller (with comedic bits). But what can I say my brain sparked to them both in a similar way! And I think there are reasons.

~ the mildest spoilers for seasons 1 of severance and ofmd ~

Both shows have:

10/10 ensemble comedy gold. Original, weird, character-based, funny joke-ass jokes and flawless comedic performances and amazing riffing. (OK so OFMD is a comedy and has much more of this? But even though Severance is NOT a comedy, its comic relief pops up in every ep and is extremely well done.)

a similar … editorial lushness? That thing of, every frame has something juicy to notice, fun little details, little nuances in facial expressions, inside jokes, meaningful uses of color or light or whatever. Also maybe: that thing where every scene is tightly edited to be ~just the good parts~ so by the end of the ep you’re like, that was v satisfying but also I need to apply another coat of it to my consciousness immediately because I’m sure I missed something.

awakenings. ok this is going to be a nebulous half-baked description but. There is this similar theme of characters unmasking / awakening / discovering and trusting themselves / going for things that society doesn’t expect for them. This thing of realizing the truth is within. IMO this is such a healing and important trope and I want to see so much more of it. You could argue this is more blatant in the pirate show? but I think it’s an important part of severance too.

By the way! Those first two bullets just make these things “good,” and plenty of things are good. I think it’s the third one that really makes the difference.

A few more thoughts:

If you are a pirates fan but haven’t seen Severance:

You would like these goofballs riffing in their cubicles for sure.

If you love Black Pete, you will love Dylan.

A character writes a self-help book you will like a lot.

There’s a tooth-achingly sweet gentle delicate romance tucked away within this fairly dark show and it is SO GOOD.

Severance is a lot darker than ofmd but idk, there’s enough sunshine streaming in. it’s joyful too.

If you are a severance fan but haven’t seen Our Flag Means Death:

Underdogs. Underdogs who are pirates. Because lawful society does not welcome them. And they find their chosen family and. Sorry I need to cry I’ll brb.

If you love Ricken (and even if you don’t) (but who doesn’t?????), you will also love Stede.

If you love The You You Are, you will love talking it through as a crew.

If you love the plant room, you will love this one little well cared for plant?

If you love queer romance watch this show.

In summary my brain liked these things a similar amount thank you for coming to my seminar. 

[touyubesposts]

Can I ask for your opinion on people comparing sanders sides to iris/Jacksepticeye’s egos when it comes to the wait time and how the stories have been handled? I’ve seen some discussion on people comparing both from that angle, and would be curious to know if you have any thoughts on that.

Btw I understand if you choose to ignore this ask since it does involve criticism stuff. Just would like to get perspective on this from someone who knows both a lot better (I am not super familiar with jse myself but I have been in the tss fandom for a while).

Hope you have a good day regardless!

Thank you, I hope you have a good day as well!

And yeah, I’ll talk about this a bit. As long as this is coming from a view to discuss and think reasonably and rationally and not a view of pure, burning, blind rage just cause. (Also, this is going to be long because I have a lot to say)

Personally, I have no problem with the wait from either creator. I can consume other forms of media for the time being. I enjoy their content greatly, and I dabble in artworks and fanfictions while I wait, but I’m not reliant. And it's not like these people are creating nothing. They still have other stuff for us to enjoy. Like Jack’s gaming content or Thomas’s shorts or videos with Sleep or the star signs or the planets. Hell, Thomas is working on a video for Picani right now!

Also, people don’t realize that these things take a long time. They both have to go to places, set up equipment, record multiple takes, and repeat since both of them deal with multiple characters. And then the whole thing has to be spliced together and edited to make a coherent story. And of course, Thomas is going to take longer because he’s doing more. Yes, Jack has to add glitchy effects to his editing, but Thomas is literally making music for us to consume and enjoy. Do you know how long it takes to make music? That adds more writing, more editing, background music production, and more recording on top of the stuff he already has to do.

And both come from small teams of people with a lot of things to do, so it's going to be expected when things take a while to come out.

The stories, on the other hand, I find a weird thing to compare (if they are being compared, I haven’t seen anything since I blocked the tag.) They are completely different genres after all. Thomas’s series is supposed to be more feel-good mental health help, with a hint of drama. (That, naturally, is gonna take more research.) Jack is making an analog horror. Things are going to be different. Also, Jack is just starting his series! He had to pause production because of COVID and just finished his video with Chase that he wanted to finish in 2019! We shouldn’t compare apples to oranges, but we definitely shouldn’t compare when one of the fruit isn’t even ripe yet.

Lastly, I find it weird to compare these people at all. Why? Because they’re people. It's like not going to college and then your mom going “Your brother went to college, you know.” We shouldn’t compare Thomas to Sean because Thomas isn’t Sean. People go at things at their own pace. People have their own personal struggles to deal with. And these people are people, not a content farm for you to throw your rotten tomatoes at whenever you feel.

And I’m not saying you have to like these people, I just think other factors go into both series that people don’t consider. Like personal struggles or where they live. (Not to get political, but Florida is kinda a shithole right now. Stay safe if you live in that part ❤️)

But yeah, sorry if this was long, these are my feelings on the matter.

(Also, if you want to compare, Markiplier made a movie, so 🤷 /j)

[m1ckeyb3rry]

No because Karasu just has it all no one compares to him like Aoyama stressing for good reason LMAOO

Fr no in between….Mira once again serving the community with realistic dynamic representations….

LMAOOO EXACTLY that was my exact vision for Otoya!! I think it works esp well because we know he’s such a good with the flow dude…so he’d be like ok welp boxers are swag

FR im so excited for Karasu content because I’d imagine we’d get at least like two more chapters worth of Karasu panels soooo (please let him appear more in the main series too omg) another visual added to the manifestation circle

He’s so gorgeous in the epinagi series!!! I think it’s also because the artist has more time to like thoughtfully draw everything out so there’s not as many low quality npc type panels or moments LOL

LMAO good luck coming up with the au theme!! In Mira we trust part 15 but omg a title already…is this top secret….if not…..I’d love to hear it….

SHSHSH stop this has me kicking my feet we’re like y/n and tullia in the Miraverse but on tumblr LMAOOO but SAME sometimes crack is refreshing like I’ll never saw no to a goofy moment where no one’s dying but instead they’re just involved in crazy stupid shenanigans

HSJSHSJS you’re about to collect the entire bllk cast with that thinking /j it’s ok we steer you away and back to the tabietiaken side character agenda….but yeah something about ness just doesn’t do it for me LOL but FRR I remember following along with the chameleon/Charizard rebellious phase I ate up that drama

LMFAOOOOOO BRO BROCK I can’t that’s so funny….im ngl I always lowk made fun of Brock because he’d always go for all the nurse joys and office jennys and any adult female…maybe this was the first sign to your Otoya conversion HAHA ok but you are onto something….bro knows first aid and can cook well it fr is Otoya x Barou love child……kinda a player but I’d like to think he wouldn’t cheat and also husband material without all the yelling LMAOOO

Im ngl whenever I think of Brock I think of his croagunk coming to reign him in in the Sinnoh season and also his iconic line “I’ll use this frying pan as a drying pan” when they were running in the rain….so many good memories….

Ok responding to the other response here too so I don’t keep piling on asks

TULLIA >>>>> I’ll never get over her death in pi though…I was so invested I thought she’d end up happy with toge but no??? Anyways….but I see what you mean!! I think like a lot of the insert fics I’ve seen where the mc actually enters bllk it ends up just kinda following the plot of bllk but with the addition of the mc into the main character group and that setting makes it a bit hard to add canon divergent scenes that show character growth etc…..honestly the smau was perfect because we get to see the character interactions in the realm of “girls in bllk” while not having to worry about the logistical details of plot and whatnot LOL

LMAOO Otoya and Shidou a menace to everyone in bllk im crying Karasu getting constantly targeted and attacked was hilarious and it was honestly how I envisioned their characters to be like too sooooo (the head nod emojis crack me up in general they’re so goofy but SHIDOU using them just amplified the effect by like ten times)

I snorted at that part like bro really tweeted onto social media “please take me in as your child pls I need parents get married and hurry up”

THE GRAMMAR GUARDIAN + THE ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION OF TBE WORDS BEING A POINT OF TEASING ISAGI WAS GOLD like I read that part and really thought “this is so big brained omg this is hilarious”

PLS DO!! These were so entertaining to read LOLLL

ALSO apparently there’s some live/talk show going on in the next day or so with some of the vas where they’re gonna release new info on s2….will keep you posted if I see anything…..

- Karasu anon

words cannot describe how perf karasu is 😔 truly i feel like i haven’t liked a character this much in AGESSSS (besides nagi) like bllk really reignited smth in me!! and YES for sure there’s def a time constraint thing but also idk if you compare otoya or barou in epinagi with karasu specifically it’s just like damn…not even trying to hide who the fav is 😭 although maybe i’m just biased because he’s MY fav

i have a few titles floating around so ofc it’s subject to change especially based on what i actually end up writing abt but atm my fav is “dragonfly dance” 🤔 haven’t picked an au yet but i’m getting a very sad feel based on what’s brewing in my mind ☝🏻 not angry sad the way hollyhock is but like regretful sad if that makes sense 😰 smth abt fighting an inevitable destiny but knowing deep down you can’t really change it…we will see though maybe it’ll end up being smth more lighthearted!!

i think brock would be so happy to have a girl be into him that the thought of cheating would NOT cross his mind he’s like peak malewife material 🤩 PLS the frying pan like is so good 😭 he’s so iconic tbh the first few seasons of pokémon looking back were SO funny on a level that i as a child could not comprehend

LMAOOO i fr pulled up w a spin move there her death in pi was so brutal honestly 😓 but yk me letting my readers be happy is a new development and a bllkverse exclusive normally i’m much meaner!! and i will say that in this version in my mind mc is actually in a different wing altogether during the first selection…she was on the same first selection team as other characters we know (maybe like hiori and aryu??) and she was def on team z but not THE team z ☝🏻 meanwhile tullia was in yet another wing (maybe with shidou) so definitely opportunities to branch away from the main plot!! but then mc and tullia do end up as 2 and 3 during second selection (replacing aryu and tokimitsu) because they’re professional players so they can score 100 goals much faster than the others which means we do circle back to being alongside the manga storyline 😔💔 i don’t even have an issue with following canon because idm messing with that — it’s more so that there isn’t necessarily a CONFLICT for the mc besides being a girl?? but she’s a way better player than most of the bllk guys so it’s not a huge issue which means she doesn’t really need to develop much as a character 😬 plus my vision for her in the NEL is literally that she stays benched for the most part because loki thinks she’ll inhibit charles’s growth too much….so honestly i’m afraid a fully fledged story might not be too entertaining (although it certainly would have its moments…karasu x mc partnership plus a deconstruction/subversion of the “i can fix him” trope with nagi plus the tullia and isagi drama going on in the background) 😵‍💫 BUT smaus are perfect!!

THE HEAD NOD EMOJIS ARE SOO FUNNY and shidou would be the one to use them unironically 😭 pls karasu getting bullied was so good LMAOAOAO when he was like “it’s just one thing after another with you today” to otoya i think that was his best line he was so done 😔💔

can’t even blame hiori for that one because his only other options for a mother and father duo in this au are tullia + isagi which would be too friendly for him, tullia + barou which is just scary (mostly because of barou), anri + ego which is even scarier because they’re BOTH crazy, and mc + nagi which would actually be a worse situation than the one he’s in…nagi is NOT cut out to be the father that stepped up 😭💔 in a world of nagiy/n shippers (aka tullia and chigiri) hiori stands alone as the sole tabiy/n shipper 😓 besides maybe otoya but tbh otoya just roots for whatever he finds the funniest at the moment

LMAOOO i think my fav parts of smaus is making random characters interact when they hardly ever do in canon…like grammar guardian isagi and womanizer otoya hardly have any scenes together in the manga but they are beefing HEAVILY over twitter!! NOT TO MENTION OTOYA AND SHIDOU GANGING UP TO BULLY KARASU AND RIN 😭 like those two genuinely do not even interact but yet they just came together so naturally in the smau and i think half of the humor is just those random unexpected relationships that end up occurring HAHAHA

ooh definitely do keep me posted!! i’m always ready for more s2 info…because it means we’re just that much closer to tabieitaken on screen + the returns of nagi and barou (and the other characters ig 😩 preparing myself for the influx of aiku and sae content that’s abt to FLOOD my dash i’m sure)

[separatist-apologist]

Hi babes, please ignore this if you don’t want to get involved in the drama, but I was curious if you had any takes on the drama with It Ends With Us? I haven’t read it or seen the movie, but for some reason it’s all over my dash now. Was just curious what you thought as a professional in the field.

Idk if people are being weird about this though so of course steer clear if it’s gonna get you aggressive anons ❤️

I have been vaguely following the drama- I don't really have a lot of thoughts on it. I think this was the book I read of hers? But I don't remember anything about it, so I'm not gonna weigh in on if it was done well or not given I just don't remember.

A friend asked if I wanted to see the movie and I really don't. I might go see it but like...my whole professional life is centered around DV and sometimes watching media about DV just feels like a job, ESPECIALLY if its done badly.

However- the organizations in my area are all predicting a spike in folks reaching out, and we've all been preparing accordingly. I think that, regardless on the drama and whatever else, if seeing it prompts even one person to reach out for help, I'm overall satisfied. Usually, when DV becomes national news, organizations across the country see a spike in activity. I think thats a good thing- people feel empowered, they feel less alone, they realize there might be help out there. I know the actors have been sharing the national hotline on instagram, too. The nice thing about the national hotline is they'll bounce you into a local organization based on the zip code you call with, and the organization I work for is part of that network.