#hope this doesn't make anyone uncomfortable

[fallendev0tionvn]

hihi, just wanted to say i loved the demo (and clive) !! the game is so intriguing i scoured your entire account for more information on him (kinda stalkerish of me, sorry ^^;;) but i'm so curious about him!! I'll try to keep things brief though lol... no.1 - i think you mentioned this either in-game or in an ask, but since clive comes from a foster home/ Italian educational center (? not sure how to word this 😭😭) does this mean the story takes place in italy/clive's canonically Italian? no.2 - does he have any comfort foods/dishes? (I'll learn them if so 🙏🙏) no.3 - will he replace the stuffed animal i cuddle at night???? (clive plz say yes i'm begging) your game is coming along so beautifully and i hope you take care of yourself !! art takes time so please don't rush yourself!! wishing you all the best 💗💗

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!! I'm really glad you're enjoying the demo!

The story actually takes places in any country of your choice. I only included school systems I'm familiar with- mainly the italian school system and how educational communities work, since they can be pretty traumatizing if you end up with a bad team. As for where Clive is actually from(?)- I decided to leave that blank, even for him. His real parents are...pretty messed up, mostly his mom, since his dad left. I didn't want his origins to feel tied to that situation in a negative way, because I would never want to imply anything like that. But I'll admit I do like using random country flag generators for my ocs as a way to research and learn about different cultures (🤓 behavior), and the first result I got for Clive was Poland. So, he was originally meant to be Polish! if that doesn't make anyone uncomfortable, I'll leave it that way.

Clive loves sweets! especially anything strawberry flavored. Just picture this huge, intimidating guy at the gym with his pink strawberry flavored protein shake JAJSKA. If you bake him anything with strawberries, he's basically marrying you (not that he wasn't already, JK).

his honest reaction: (he's your plushie now)

[deadlyhuggles6]

Hi! I know you may not know this but Pearl has asked people to not maintag shipping content with her! That means tagging it as "pearlescentmoon".

I'm going to start this off by saying that i Love and Appreciate everything Pearl does as a content creator for us. i think she's incredible and one of my favorite hermits. But i think creators have gotten Far too comfortable in fan spaces.

at its core, fan spaces are meant to be just that- fan spaces. spaces for us as fans to come together and discuss and share creations about this thing we really like. and its cool to give or send the ccs those creations sometimes. but this isn't a space for them. tumblr isn't for ccs. its for us. and you wanna know the one tenant that all fan spaces operate under? Don't Like, Don't Read.

i greatly respect all of the work our ccs do to bring us such incredible content- but they don't get to enter our spaces and demand that we cater to them and what they want to see. pearl is capable of blocking the gempearl or hermitshipping or trafficshipping tags just like anyone else who doesn't want to see shipping content. the fact that it clogs her feed anyway is something she has to deal with just like anyone else who exists on this website. she isn't special.

the pearlescentmoon tag exists for fans to find community around Pearl. not to be her personal feed of completely wholesome offerings. no one is forcing her to be here, no one is sending her shipping content (at least i sure hope no one is, that is where i draw the line, don't specifically send creators shit that'll make them uncomfortable) she can't demand everyone hide their shipping content when she wasn't supposed to be here in the first place.

[genderqueerdykes]

Re: aroace tagging discourse

Speaking as an aroallo person, my (albeit limited) exposure to this discourse has been less "never tag reblogs with #aroace EVER!!!" and more "Every time I try to go through the aro (and even aroallo, for some reason) tag, a vast majority of the posts I see are more about aceness than aroness, and I'm tired of not being able to find posts that are relevant to my experiences."

Like, I don't care if an aroace person tags an original post or reblog with both tags, I'm just frustrated that I can't even find community with other aroallo people because the majority of aro people are also ace. Even the tags for aroallo people specifically is somehow full posts that are about asexuality and are therefore not something I can relate to. The aroace and alloace communities are huge, and that's great! I'm happy for them! But, just once, I would like to find a community of people who are like me without feeling excluded for being one of the only people who is aro but not ace (not that aces don't accept aroallo people, they do, but it's obviously hard to be in a space where most people don't want to discuss sexual or horny topics while being someone who ONLY experiences sexual attraction.) We're the fringe group of an already fringe group, and it's sad. There's not much out there that's designed with us specifically in mind. :(

hello there! thanks for taking the time to send an ask

unfortunately, i'm still gonna have to ask people to correct this behavior because it IS hurting other people for the sake of being self-centered and petty. i'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but the "aromantic" and "asexual" tags are for all asexuals and aromantics. as you stated, if you want stuff for just aroallo people, there are tags for that. i know there's not much content, but that doesn't mean that someone gets the right to make aroace people feel uncomfortable and like they can't even go into the two tags that their identity is comprised of.

if there's a lack of content in aroallo spaces, that is your sign to fill in that gap. making aroace people feel like shit for interacting with posts literally made for aromantic and asexual people is not the way to go to get more alloaro content and people to interact with. think about the inverse: would an aroace person getting mad at alloaro people and saying that it's wrong to reblog a post that's just tagged "aromantic"? what if the OP isn't alloaro? would that give them an excuse to harass alloaros?

unfortunately, friend, the behavior still sucks ass and it's not okay. again, if you want content made specifically for alloaro people, that tag is quite literally right there. if you're not seeing what you want to see, that is your calling to do it yourself. i know it might suck to hear that, but this really doesn't give anyone an excuse to make aroace people feel like shit for using the aromantic and asexual tags. they're STILL aromantic. they're STILL ace. and they're not getting upset at you that they can't relate to you. this behavior is really unfair. try to reframe your line of thinking.

the aromantic community is not owned by alloaros. it's for ALL Aromantics.

the asexual community is not owned by alloaces. it's for ALL asexuals.

i hope this makes sense. try not to take other peoples' identities seriously. i know how much it sucks to feel left out, but this is your sign to build a stronger alloaro community. if you want to see it, you have to put yourself out there and do it. complaining about a lack of content will not make some more magically appear out of thin air. i'm sorry if this is harsh, but this behavior hurts people. it cuts them deep. and it's not fair to assert that the aromantic tag is for people who aren't ace, and that the asexual tag is for people who aren't aromantic. it makes no sense and it's excluding people for the sake of being self-centered. please try to reframe your thinking. as rude as this may sound, you are not the protagonist of the aromantic community. i am not, either. none of us are

as an aromantic person on the asexual spectrum, it doesn't bother me in the slightest when i come across alloaros in aromantic spaces. i can't relate to them with regards to their sexuality, but we're both aromantic, and there is plenty of ground there. i have no right in telling them that they don't belong, they have no right in telling me i don't belong. this is a specific issue with specific aromantic people being acephobic, and specific ace people being arophobic. it's not an attack on you, it's being directed toward someone else, and it's not cool to think that they should deserve to feel isolated from their own community just because you don't relate. you can't relate to everyone in your community. diversity is key. we need general aromantic spaces to stay diverse. we need general asexual spaces to stay diverse.

[jiangwanyinscatmom]

Hello! I love your blog and Really appreciate your metas but I'm still new to it so maybe you've received this ask before. What do you think are points that Lan Xichen should rightfully be criticized over? And I'm asking you this cause you're a lan xichen lover but you're also good at looking at things objectively so I'm hoping your thoughts would be fair to him and to the criticism that he gets. Some that I've seen are 1) Lan xichen doesn't respect his brothers boundaries (I disagree) 2) he's 'the nice isnt good' kind of person ( I sort of agree with because I was very disappointed that he didn't see the treatment of the Remnants and the scapegoating of Wei wuxian for what it really was. I'm very critical in general with everyone about that, but I expected more from him because he's specifically depicted as being kind. But I also think that's the point. You can be kind and still fall for the propaganda you're served with. This is why I appreciate how he's given more depth post time-skip. I love and appreciate how he dealt with Lan Zhan and Wei Ying and he did try to be fair. Basically he's a very layered character and I appreciate that even if some of his actions frustrated me)

I'd love to hear your thoughts. Even if you disagree with mine. I'm just starving for discussions that don't go feral.

Aw thank you for enjoying what I have on this blog, that makes me very happy to hear.

I think his major faults are ignorance and unintentional hypocrisy. He is the epitome of what a good Confucian man should be. He is categorically a junzi in how he carries himself as well as the philosophy of it, for better or worse. He tries very hard to be altruistic to the detriment of inaction and hesitation because he strives for social harmony. I disagree with the idea that he is "not a good person" because that very nature was able to be horrifically manipulated by a so called friend and we as the audience know more than the characters. It's a bit funny how Wei Wuxian himself even pokes at this idea because he even muses he himself would find it hard to believe, just as Lan Xichen does, how vile Jin Guangyao was if someone else said what he did as well until he performed empathy on Nie Mingjue's head.

His downfall is not thinking past matters that are extremely uncomfortable until they are blown up. He goes so far as to ask Lan Wangji to step down from his outspoken support of Wei Wuxian to their clan, yet when Lan Wangji says he will not, Lan Xichen doesn't press him to not, he consistently let's Lan Wangji be his own person despite Lan Xichen may think. He absolutely does adore his brother and why he speaks as harshly as he does to Wei Wuxian because again, he has even less information than us the audience does, and has only partial information that is misconstrued by all involved.

He has the capability to understand his own mistakes and how it brought them to the point it did. Not many in the novel get that chance, or want to see themselves for what they have done. Lan Xichen was not the only character of the gently that was suckered into manipulation and lies and that is a fault of the society their jianghu has become that he did sadly and unknowingly inhibit. And he's ashamed of that. You do not see Lan Xichen at the end say anyone else was at fault for his mistakes. Personally I think that is at least something to respect when he has been faced with all of his own pitfalls and is trying to right his foundation.

[chiarrara]

i've been so fucking depressed all day

[dennisboobs]

ok at the point now where looking at an image of dennis makes me want to smash my head through a wall

[fadebolt]

The next person to get chosen by the Wheel of Death is @phishtoast , who has a real fun cast of OCs.

One of them has a love for Karma Flower smoking. She was very explicitly made to be a joke character, which got me thinking.... because who's the one Rain World character that was fully intended as a joke?

Yeap.

And let's be honest, that's probably what their dynamic would be like xd

(The other scug is Nightcat btw, who has a bit of a love for alcoholic substances)

[dogin8]

Just a little reminder that intrusive thoughts are literally like, not anything for or against a person's morals or character or trustworthiness or anything.

It is like finding out somebody has tinnitus and thinking they're awful for hearing the noise.

Multiple people have had thoughts of killing me and here I am living.

Thoughts in general don't have any repercussions on anything by themselves. They don't tell you this but you are fully allowed to think in circles about the most vile problematic unsavoury topics, and nothing happens.

[disdaidal]

I don't want to brag or sound too optimistic about it, but after three weeks of training at a private college, I think my lessons with this one particular immigrant student (who has serious motivational problems lemme tell ya) are finally starting to get through and there's been improvement.

Only slight improvement so far but I have spotted some, so maybe not all hope is lost yet.

Remains to be seen I guess.

[volossiae]

I think that coming to terms with the necessity of cull programs is something that people need to do before trying to insert themselves into conversations about animal welfare and conservation

[kiitchensiink]

oh also irt previous post, if someone tells me their triggers or things tht makes them uncomfortable privately, I will ofc respect that and do my best to not say stuff that makes them uncomfortable, n never on purpose!

like I personally have very few limits when it comes 2 talking ab stuff even when it comes to my own triggers bc I find avoiding them doesn't help me self regulate.

I feel like problematising stuff and expecting everyone else around me to centre their behaviour and words around me, and always expect ppl to remember my triggers is just... kind of unfair and an impossible expectation to put on someone else.

I can't control what other people say, but I am able to control my reaction! and having healthy ways of communicating discomfort and distaste feels much more reassuring to me, rather than being constantly on edge worried that someone might slip up and say smth that upsets me.

[avengerphobic]

Yeah the writing of the champions in that thing was bizarre. I don’t remember him being that upset when the actual “rejection” happened no way he’s still holding a grudge years later

Also. I’m pretty sure Vivs had a “learning about emotions” arc in every single thing she’s ever been in. I feel like she stopped turning them off in champions so the idea that she would go to her friends funeral in insensitive mode just for the story to have a reason to make people be jerks is bizarre

waid is such a hack like i get that they wanted to have the guy who wrote the first volume of champions but eve ewing did a much better job hell even zub did a better job (honestly i think zub would have been a better choice because he wrote the storyline that kamala and viv died in the first time). like why even have weird flashbacks to champions like that and why have it so it specifically made Amadeus look like a jerk when he's the one who should be comforting them because he's been there so many times??? idk i literally hate waid sm like i disliked him before but this definitely made he hate him

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[nobodybetterlookatme]

My boss said nobody is working tomorrow so she asked if I can come in anyway like 😭 I'm gonna die fr 😭

[thefogdescends]

just remembered she texted me "Am i being too clingu" when she was quite literally clinging to me in the college cafeteria. be clingier please actually <333

[brutalmasks]

“ it’s over. ”

shadows, which seemed to almost resemble dogs in appearance, but with sharp teeth and the same blaring white eyes that bunny mask herself possessed stopped in their tracks. she was on her way to punishing yet another person with the sickness in gotham before she was met with the sight of this red hood character once more. they were a man whom was guilty of running an underground dog fighting ring, and was going to (rather appropriately, she deemed) be ripped to shreds by her dog-like shadows for his crimes. it was a bit confusing to her at first that the red hood would want to stop her, but she supposed she could see the reason behind it being that the red hood didn't like her encroaching on his territory, or something along those lines. because now, bunny mask was being threatened with the business end of one of his weapons. a light sigh left her lips as she turned to meet the vigilante's gaze. the scent of iron was fragrant throughout the alleyway, most likely because she'd had to sever both of the man's achilles tendon's to prevent him from running with her claws: and thus, they were soaked with blood.

that was a common occurrence for bunny mask, however, so it didn't bother her any. she looked to the sick man and took note of his condition before speaking up. his eyes were starting to glaze over, like he was about to pass out. good. if he couldn't fight bunny mask back whatsoever, then this would be over quickly, ❝ mm — i am afraid there must have been some kind of been a misunderstanding here. i am helping to cleanse your city of the sickness, red hood, and yet you wish to condemn me to death? i could list numerous reasons as to why that would be hypocritical of you... seeing as you've been known to kill to protect people as well. and that is what i am doing here, save for that i am protecting animals from him. ❞ bunny mask stared the other dead-in-the-eye even as she pulled out a photo from one of the pockets of her dress. it was a polaroid of an injured dog that just came out of the dog-fighting ring they had, and what they'd done to that poor animal was hard for even an ancient spirit like her to look at.

❝ this is what that man was doing in his free-time. training and coercing these innocent creatures into fighting each other, for entertainment. is this not one of the most horrible thing's you've ever seen? ❞