#i admit this is a vaguepost

[manhuntingbonanza]

Saying "it looks strange" is a prick move when the artist didn't ask for brutal honesty. You're not even being "brutally honest", you're just being an ass.

Actually no fuck you I'm never sharing shit ever again.

[yuorpal]

just because people don't like something doesn't mean they're stupid :)))

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

I agree that we educators need a place to vent about our jobs, online places as well… but I draw the line at recording yourself interacting with a student who is clearly disregulated. I don’t care if you can’t see the student and can only hear their voice; you are recording their voice during a vulnerable moment. That’s almost on-par with autism parents recording their autistic children having a meltdown. I don’t care how much of an asshole your student is; you don’t do that.

[homoeroticjunoincident]

read a fanfic without being hit by unwanted amatonormativity so strong it makes you want to scream challenge (failed)

[crookedghosts]

if I had a nickel for everytime a new pjo moot put hsmtmts on my dash (thus, obviously, sending me into a regressive spiral about "why did ej tease ricky about stealing all his girlfriends if they weren't going to end up together :/") this week, I would have 2 nickels which isn't a lot but it's funny that it happened twice right /pos (I will be seeking this out more thx)

[maddiemuu]

man i should probably not let this take up even the paltry amount of mental real estate it does but i am still haunted on and off by that one post i saw on here where someone was blaming bad story decisions in a guy's webcomic on his wife's theoretical story input LOL. like they were just guessing she had made writing decisions and that they were the bad ones they didn't like because... ?????

[mistyycowoa]

Hi, obligatory internet safety post because my gut says so

Please be careful, don't post any irl stuff (name, exact age, etc. Of course it's okay to share a bit but just. Don't share personal information that can immediately be tied to you, like a legal name. Or any legal thing.)

Anything you post will be online. So it will be found. If you don't want it found, don't post it. Especially because you don't know who's watching your posts, and who's lurking around. One slip up and anything you're hiding will come out. There are no secrets on the internet.

If you want to hide it, then don't post it.

[yourlocalmissingtexture]

Oh cool, a server for queer people in my area, seems inclusive based on the tags so that’s great! I don’t join servers but I’ll check it out! Who’s the person running this thing anyway?

*checks their profile, “men dni”*

Oh.

[radioactive-yuri]

this might be controversial but i love fictional women who exhibit toxic masculinity. i love emotionally stunted fictional women. i love fictional women who value their own physical or psychological "strength" over emotional maturity. its even better if the woman in question has just a pathetic little boyfriend who cries whenever she leaves the room

[daz4i]

how do i ask someone "hey. did you vaguepost about me in the year of our lord 2023. be honest" without coming off as the paranoid desperate creep i actually am

[comradecowplant]

*wishing cruelty on animals but in a woke anti-imperialist way* 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[muses0fgracie]

Anonymous sent: '❓' what was one of the worst rp experience?

Questions for the mun | Accepting!

// If I have to name one... it would have to be an incident where I was around 13-15 years old (and I had just hopped into the RPC).

I acknowledge that no one at that age is perfect, and I did a lot of dumb, cringe and even outright petty stuff back then due to both immaturity and not knowing basic RPC etiquette, but... I got cut off from an entire group of muns for issues they had with me that none of them even bothered telling me about beforehand, basically being told "We acknowledge that you're a good person and writer, but we've decided that after too many mistakes you've made, you're not mature enough to be with us and you got to go now, byeeeeeee" before being cut off completely. Just... no communication, just kicked to the curb and suddenly locked out.

// While I admit that I was no saint back then, for the longest time I felt like it was completely my fault, and I won't lie; it hurt going from talking and chatting every day to suddenly not, and it's given me a lot of paranoia whenever I interact with people, worrying if I am unknowingly causing problems and forcing others to walk on eggshells in my presence because of an issue I am causing that they're not telling me about. Even now, as an adult who's been on Tumblr for 7 years and counting at this time, I struggle with this.

I'm honestly not sure if those people are still in the RPC, let alone if they're even still alive, but I've since moved on for the most part, and have a sick friend group now full of awesome peeps. But I won't lie; it's definitely the one thing I have at the top of my head in terms of 'Worst RP experiences'.

[justmossyaps]

why is telling people you appreciate them so hard bro like this is supposed to be the one easy thing in the world. “i really appreciate that you do this for me and” actually you know what why don’t you just shoot me right now

[reblog-house]

Pearlscar came, changed my life, was buried, and on the third day-

[chaifootsteps]

thing is Viv did the exact same thing with the Diregentleman (as they were called then) and their videos. she made a vaguepost swiping at their 'two professional writers' series (just like with Meppity, implying they couldn't possibly be qualified to critique her work) and then admitted in a later post she hadn't actually watched their critiques because it would take up too much of her time.

maybe it's just me but I think if you're going to vaguepost about someone but not vaguely enough so it's obvious to everyone who it is, that's just an encouragement for her notoriously defensive fanbase to go harass them by giving them a lie that's easy to repeat. they haven't made a video about Helluva since, and it's possible it' s just because there's nothing left to say about it (though I would've loved to see their great analysis turned to ripping apart Apology Tour or Sinsmas) but they did remark that they know people who are afraid to even talk about Hellaverse critically because of the stans

at this point Viv has done an impressive showing of illogical arguments why no one can criticize her / they're all wrong, while claiming their attacks are bad faith. just off the top of my head:

the diregentleman one - writers can't be critics at the same time because how would anyone in the industry work with each other? (answer: by not being thin skinned about their work, Viv)

lying that the people criticizing her are just random know nothings (Diregentlemen and Meppity)

they're just parroting each other's arguments, so it's not valid unless they get new material (even though she hasn't watched half of them and having a common critique doesn't make it wrong; and if someone had a unique critique it's not like she'd engage with it)

people want Millie to have an angsty backstory and she's not that kind of character (even though that's not the problem people have with how she's written)

Millie's not underwritten, she'll get more if you guys just be patient (amidst a second season where she gets one episode if you're being realistic, two if you're being generous and neither are good)

both Stolas and Blitzo are in the wrong, you guys! now please stop talking about it (a transparent lie right after full moon because she saw how hard the critical fans and even some probably now former fans reacted to the ending gaslighting everyone that Blitzo made it all about sex, etc. and knew full well apology tour was about to double down on it)

which she then followed with liking tweets going 'especially Blitzo' and liking all the ones defending Stolas - including the frankly disgusting 'Blitzo could have negotiated his way out of having to have sex with Stolas' one

the swearing is funny and you just don't get it if you don't think so (again, not the problem. multiple critics have pointed out the issue isn't the swear; it's the swear alone being used as a punchline)

Stol1tz isn't a coercion storyline because that's not what we're doing it; again falsely claiming the show isn't portraying either Stolas or Blitzo to be in the right when that's blatantly not true (while also ignoring she's admitted in the past Stolas was supposed to be the bad guy and her asking Brandon to do more dramatic work with Stolas pretty obviously happened after production already started and they'd committed to the full moon deal plotline that loomed over 3/4 of season 1)

also telling someone who thinks it's coercion that it's not the story's fault they can't empathize with Stolas (as if that's what matters here and yes, it is a sign the story has failed if someone hates Stolas when they're not supposed to - which a lot of viewers do, Viv - he's one of the top reasons tons of people quit at s2, including me) and then saying it's a bad faith just because it's not the reading Viv wanted them to have

implying the only SA survivors that count are the ones who like her writing

to reiterate something I've seen others say: not everyone is good at dealing with criticism. a lot of people aren't and it's naturally to get defensive, especially with the volume of critique a big fandom will expose them to.

but that's a reason to log off or just not engage. instead Viv does things halfway where she never watches the criticism that bothers her so much, while also vagueposting about it to sic her fandom on them and lying about their professional credentials. and when she's not doing that it's long threads presenting obviously flawed logic about how all her critics are wrong while simultaneously trying to claim she's trying to learn and she's not bad at taking criticism. it's so counterproductive: it's not persuasive to anyone outside of the people who accept her framing that any criticism is bad faith already and it does nothing to dissuade people that she can't take criticism when she seems to feel the need to respond to anything that gets too much attention

and to just put the cherry on the cake, everything people criticized Zoophobia for is stuff they still apply to Hellaverse. the only criticism I've seen her take on board is trying to vary her color palette from just being red all the time! but anything related to character designs or her writing? nothing. idk if it's just an insecurity thing or what, but I imagine having HB decline in money so much they needed Amazon (and I'd put money that is 100% what happened; the signs were there) and having TADC completely bury HB in popularity probably isn't helping. it's hard to keep telling yourself that the critics are wrong when the fanbase is deserting in droves

Viv's been running the same playbook ever since she was a teenager on DA, which is siccing her fanbase on critics and attempting to drag down anyone who has anything even slightly negative to say about her work. Doesn't matter if it makes her look worse, or causes everyone to hate her...it's all she knows how to do.

[mikami]

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I did not know this. I was vagueposted by the official writer of the fever dream audio drama four years ago and I straight up didn't know.

I admit I do feel sorry that my personal impression is the only version of this drama actually available for an international audience - that must be pretty frustrating for this author.

They wrote it in English, it was translated to German, and THEN summarized and translated back into English by me... and that is just forever going to be the only way their work is going to be available to people who speak their actual language. That must suck immensely.

But ultimately it's kind of the fault of publishers for not valueing their work. Shitty situation all around.

I truly do not think their audio drama is a Good Representation(TM) of the story, but it IS one of my favourite adaptations solely for the absolutely surreal experience I had listening to how out of pocket it got. Hats off to this guy!