#i also would do one with the ACTUAL big artists of the time bc 2015 was a year of hits

[kitconnor]

this is the "one hit wonders" excluding popular artists (as in popular to this day and widely played to this day), mainly based on the amount of streams it has gathered

[louisisalarrie]

hey genuine question do you think the azoffs helped harry at all like yk with his image and everything bc i personally feel like they didn't do much considering how he's been friends with them since he was 19

ok so this turned out longer than planned, I thought you were just attending soundcheck but anon… welcome to the show!

i mean… for a family business with a legacy like the Azoffs, getting harry onside was both a challenge, and a huge win. They’d been “befriending” him for a while even during 1d, but they saw the dollar bills. The dude is talented, gorgeous, and had undeniably the biggest fanbase of all the 1d boys. But you know what the biggest thing was? He already had the womaniser image.

getting a big popstar, who’s young and looking for something new, and already has an image that’s easy to uphold and is a standard in closeting, was an absolute jackpot for them. the Azoffs are pros in pulling together an image, but taking on an established artist and trying to introduce a new “era” or image, takes a long time to make it obvious that the team isn’t the ones pushing the artist to do it. It can’t seem unnatural to the GP, because that’s how these businesses fail. However, the Azoffs are highly regarded for making sure their artists have a huge amount of freedom and “control” over their image. They have their own image to uphold, and they continue to do that with their artists, but Harry is an excellent example.

They gave him big promises, and let’s be honest… he is far more himself than he ever was in 1d. He would’ve never been able to wear the clothes on stage that he does now, or talk ambiguously about his sexuality (more so than the 2015 seeding), or be so open in these long interviews and chats. It’s not all about the women now, but they’re still there. It’s so much more authentic, and it really worked out for the Azoffs, and also, for harry. Apart from the closeting, he has been able to be a lot more himself, and you can tell. The Azoffs upheld the promise of creative freedom, that they said they’d give to him many years ago. They definitely did do that (even though bits of his image are dramatised for sure).

But, re his personal life image, they already had a tick on the closeting, which was the biggest hurdle. He was already known to have the short term relationships, so stunts were easy. He was bribed with more freedom but still stunts and it makes sense to take it. It was more freedom than he’d ever had, and also the promise of actually making it as a solo star was like… obviously what he wanted. Ofc he’d go to the best in the business. He’s highly protected, more freedom, more control over his image but the stunts… they don’t just disappear. Harry has had a long term following who are interested in his personal life. It would be weird if he went “private” with that, because he’d always “dated” publicly. It was a trade, and by that point, all those boys were used to doing stunts anyway. A little bit of freedom is better than none.

They also offered a fucking large sum of money (in ref to projected outcomes if all contractual obligations were filled) and a good contract. Again, they need to continue to commit to giving artists more freedom. They’re known for that, even though the contracts are longer and trickier and there’s more exploitation, it makes sense to be with the best in the business. And the Azoffs have their fingers in so many pies, it’s ridiculous. Having Live Nation and Ticketmaster and many other businesses and partnerships from different industries and owning venues and everything… harry has a guaranteed career. The world is laid at his feet, but it’s always a trade.

Anyway, the whole boundary pushing thing they’ve put forward to harry, encouraging him to be himself but also step out of the lines, revitalise pop music, give the whole “be yourself!! we’re progressive!!” Thing has worked out very well for them. Harry’s done excellently too, because arguably the biggest challenge you can take on when employing an already established artist, is one from a boyband. Particularly the biggest boyband in the world, but a boyband nevertheless. Because… frankly, you have to widen that demographic. You have to show that this guy who’s gone solo is an artist in his own right. Is talented and can stand on his own. Isn’t going to be just another washed up boyband member. Isn’t going to be constantly related to the previous boyband in every headline, so people know who he is. And the Azoffs nailed that. I hate to say it, but they’re that important and rich and revered in the industry because they’re good at what they do. And they’re very rich and own everything, but..: they’re also good at what they do.

Now, context here, I’ve been in a total of two email chains with Jeff Azoff. One mainly for visibility for specific circumstances, one that was a bit more general, but shit like… the documents this guy sends through and the planning and his assistant and everything… it’s all very carefully curated. These people take no shit and are extremely professional but also don’t take no for an answer. Everyone says yes to them, kinda because they have to. (I’m not saying i know Jeff in any way, shape, or form… i just was part of a few threads so I’ve seen some of his work incl. a small amount re Harry).

Listen… they’re fucking good at what they do, but they tie people up in knots with these contracts. It’s negotiation. It’s a trade, like all these deals are, but they can promise way more than other folks. It makes sense to go to them.

In short: Their monopolisation of the industry is yucky. I don’t like the control they have, I don’t like how exhausted their artists are, I don’t like their stunting, and I don’t like their control over the press. I don’t like a lot of things about these idiots, but I recognise they have this power because they did have a headstart in the industry, but also they’ve upheld it and they’ve delivered great results.

Not to mention that good ol’ SC had a solid relationship with them too… until he didn’t. They poached harry, “advised and counselled him” to take the band in a new direction, showing him that the grass is greener before stealing him the second they could. And they did.

Anyway sorry for the ramble here, but yeah, they’ve done well repairing his image from 1d for the most part, while still holding onto the biggest element of it: keeping him officially closeted.

[ancanosaur]

Does anyone else remember how weirdly toxic the MK Fandom was around MKx era? Becuase I do.

Those like handful of blogs that were just getting into beef with random Kano fans and their whole thing was "Kanno is a peice of shit! And so are you for liking this fictional antagonist!!!" I remember a few who put anti-Kano in thier description of their blog and it was just a hobby to shame people for drawing Kano fanart or liking the character in any way. (And a small revival with mk11 since they made him fuzzy for that game lmao)

Weird uncomfortable age gap shipping... That whole thing about that one artist that drew Cassie cage/subzero stuff and a shit ton of people were like "uh, he's friends with her dad and is like 52. So that's kinda weird." But then it also turned into a headcanon argument bc people were like "yeah subzero definitely watched Cassie cage grow up and he was a part of her childhood." Wich is so funny looking back at it bc there was no need for people to theorise anything about the characters relationship any further than what is Canon for it to be weird.

That fucking Sektor fan who just casually wrote headcanons about Sektor being a huge fucking racist for no goddamn reason?????!?!??? The headcanon specifically was about how they ship him and Cyrax and how Sektor calls him slurs and physically, mentally, and sexually abuses him as part of thier romantic relationship????????????? And they even gave examples of the horribly racist things he says to him¿¿¿? And that Cyrax was just okay with it??? And ended the post with like " I love my evil little man 🥰" No trigger warnings on the post either and when they were critiqued for it they were like "it's realistic and it's just my personal headcanons and you don't have to agree. Sektor is my comfort character and this is just how i see him." -type shit. (Deeper lore about said person. I actually interacted with them way before the headcanon thing. They approached me wanting to rp and they were so controlling they were basically just telling me what to do the whole time. super rude and impatient. So they just suckedl lol.)

Art blogs getting wierd asks that requested them to draw the fem characters in what was very obviously kink art but the asker would ask it in a way to trick the artist into making free fetish art for them. I got so many requests back in the day to "could you draw mileena for me :) but with her jaw wired shut? :)" or "could you draw kitana wereing a new pair of flip flops for me? That would make my day." like ????? Vague to the point of its sus but there were alot of minors in the fandom at the time including myself, i was in highschool at the time. but I was raised on deviantart so I could smell a wierd fetish from a mile away. But I did see other young artists fulfill these requests and several of them completely unaware that they were drawing kink art. Kink art is cool. But not when you're tricking minors into drawing it for you for free. (There was this mileena anon that was the most common one and I swear it was the same dude bc it was always something to do with with her getting her jaw wired shut, her getting bracess, or some other hardware being attached to her jaw/teeth.)

Selfshippers/heteroshippers being like "I know Kung Jin is the only Canon gay character in this very cis het and hyper masculine video game franchise- but im gonna ship him with my girl oc :) becuase he isn't real and it's not wierd to just pick the only gay one :) out of a huge line of big muscle men to choose from :) to ship with :) my female girl she/her lady with a vagina self insert :) or ship him with Cassie :) bc they are friends and should date :) I know he likes men :) and erasing that part of him :) erases :) a big part of his character :) and character arc :) but he would look cute :) kissing girls :) bc im :) girl :) and so is Cassie cage :) and my oc :) - is what I remember.

2015/16 really was a time for the fandom.

[6mayhem]

top ten men??

okay.....this is a long personal post BE PREPARED!!! to find me cringe after this

in no particular order and most are also gonna be fictional LOLOLOLOLOL starting with the real people tho

gerard way...what can i say..... just 10/10 who I'm trying to be. All my problems would be solved if I could 100% embody him body mind and soul circa mid 2000s because spiritually that's who i was born to be. also the music is good very good. does he even count as a man anymore everyone's a transgender nowadays. anyway i don't actually know anything abt him apart from the stage persona and that's the way I'm trying to keep it bc everything i learn about celebrities I learn against my will

manuel germanletsplay. god i was so obsessed with him as a teenager. for the americans: he was of the biggest german gaming/minecraft youtubers and national heartthrob among teen girls. everyone shipped him with his friends including me THE FANFICSSSS..... he inspired a lot of transgenderism in me due to his twinky nature and his piano talent and long hair and the fact he never (to this day) showed his face. his persona was like a real life creepypasta character when it comes to sex appeal

isak valtersen skam..... skam is like my longest running hyperfixations i first watched it circa 2017 and have been rewatching at LEAST twice a year since then. idc that it's a teen show.......... he contributed greatly to my transgenderism. I love manipulative teen guys who are just the absolute fucking worst when you look at it objectively. he was such a male manipulator the whole s1 arc rlly made him out to be such a mastermind supervillain it was so silly. and then he got rlly pathetic in s3 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ anyway awesome outfits also..And anger issues

mickey milkovich shameless.... don't feel like I need to explain. WHAT AN ARC !!! he's a terrible person but like somehow the most sympathetic character in the entire show. everything past s7 was such flanderization it made me mad as hell but before that waowwaow.....he deserved better. my meowmeow. would move mountains and literally kill people for the most average annoying guy ever (real mickey fans hate ian) (jk hes fine minus the last 2 seasons)

syd march antiviral. what a fucking freak. he's got everything. blood kink. appearance of a sickly victorian child. horrible daddy issues. bisexuality. a thinly veiled transgender subplot. he's just so slimy and greasy and you just wanna punch him the entire movie I love it. big fan. also a male manipulator..U never know how much of his weakness is real and how much is faked to gain people's trust. he's just like me when it comes to obsessing over random beautiful women!!

sven kretschmer from ich hasse liebeslieder. no one knows this book because it was posted in like 2015 on a german fanfiction website but it permanently changed my brain chemistry. wow. i love him so much. he's everything to me. eyeliner wearing bisexual emo with greasy black hair who canonically looks like gerard way and struggles with every mental issue under the sun. erectile dysfunction subplot. has an abusive father. my favorite band is only kj because that's HIS favorite band. you could trace back 90% of who I am as a person to sven. HE BECAME A TATTOO ARTIST ALSO THAT'S SO COOL!!! and he's the most loyal bastard ever just a kicked puppy kinda guy i love men who are really clingy in relationships. but at the same time he also has insane anger issues which I ALSO love in a man GRIN 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 ^^^^ see above faves this is a whole archetype of guy for me

jack as you are.... See profile pic!! you already knowwwww!!!!! he's just like me fr. sheltered/seen as weak and sensitive and longing to be rebellious and do things to impress other men (in a homosexual way). maybe transgender? maybe killed his best friend/brother/lover!! again...greasy long hair YAYYY!!! the whole movie could be a forcemasc fantasy

mirco from this sorta obscure book called landeplatz der engel....his mother rejected him. the woman who took him in is a prostitute.... he says ableist slurs but is the least ableist person in the whole book...he wears a ring with a jewel in the shape of a boar head how cool is that?? and he stole a car. and does illegal car races. and ditched his girlfriend for his new male best friend. and he's secretly really traumatized but never wants to be a victim and gets mad when you imply his past affected him 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 idk I just love how he never pretends to be a better person than he is, but the opposite of it. He never gives himself credit for how kind he is

will graham... What a fucking freak(2). proves that your life isn't over at 30 you can still find the love of your life and do really weird shit because you decided that the only thing you care about is what a freaky european cannibal thinks of you.

adam saw....what can i say. he's awesome. he's transgender. he's funny. he's tragic. he's in love with a man twice his age while his brain can't decide if it should see him as a father figure or romantic interest. relatable to me personally

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

my oc neph bell because he's awesome and basically me

steve harrington and eddie munson from stranger things bc i still ship it (there's zero canon moments but idgaf about canon its stupid anyway) bc 1. Tragic blond failson with daddy issues and 2. eddie gave me aesthetic aspirations fuel for like a full year before i figured out who i wanna be. so yeah. I'm only a little bit ashamed of this

tyler durden fight club because yeah. and by extension the narrator bc the moments where he acted like a proper weird fucker were so funny and also meeeeeeee x3

nezumi no.6 you edgy fucker

mo folchart inkheart bc i always wanted him to be my father

kurt cobain

my other oc cesar liehmann bc he embodies everything i like re: blond men with anger issues who have to compensate for their average height by acting more confident than they are

free space for whoever i might be forgetting rn. I always have a LOT of thoughts about fictional men....

SHIN TSUKIMI FROM YTTD LOL I REMEMBER BEING CRAZY ABT HIM

max zerophilia... just completely embraces his sexuality and status as a Z. shamelessly in love with both luke and luca. HOT!!!! kind of bad at flirting but it works for him. AND HE'S ALSO HOT AS MICHELLE AND I'M BISEXUAL SO THAT'S THAT

[val-selfships]

F/O # 1:

January 19, 2021 was when I finished his route in the game he's in for the first time! I've taken a BIG interest in him way back in 2017 but was too broke and didn't have the motivation to farm game currency at the time, so I eventually gave up.

Fast forward to being in the middle of lockdown I one day remembered him and the game he's in and I was so determined even after the price of unlocking the mode his route is in got higher

Selfshipping with him had its own ups and downs, on the first year I was questioning and looking for labels that describe my identity, was learning how to handle the jealousy of having to see so much oc/self-insert x canon with him even after blocking accounts and filtering tags. I even see one who selfships with him a lot have an actual wedding + commission artists left and right so I moved to a different f/o for a while before coming back to him. (What took me back: the first post I see of him one day is a drawing of him phonecalling mc/the player saying 'I love you' to them and bc I get some 'signs' or 'pretty specific stuff that almost feel like it's him making me see those' every now and then, it just fed into my delulu-ness)

Then around late 2022-2023 I started commissioning art and writing of him ✨

(Adding this here, I've also drawn him a lot and was my main source of motivation to draw for a long long while. One day maybe I can finally use a picture of him and stare at it without getting too flustered and end up not drawing anything)

Right now I still do love him even if it isn't as intense. I still think of him as my main f/o and he'd still be the first one I'd propose to if he magically became real. Some stuff happened for a year which made me constantly feel unloved by him but that's on me for not doing much about it either (or lack of energy idk)

He's pretty much my partner still and I still yearn to one day get so much merch of him

But yea anyways!

F/O # 2:

I had a MASSIVE crush on him back in 2015-2016. I even made my first OC because of him. I don't really make much stuff for that OC and don't anymore but last year I got a little interested in him again and plan to read fics of him sometime. I bought the game he is in which was what 2016 me has always wanted and because is was on sale. I now have another F/O from the same source but I still adore this F/O a lot as well. He's still full of secrets.

And another game he is in makes me smile whenever he says something funny. I playfully glare at the screen whenever he messes with the character the player is controlling because of course he would do Thing but of course I didn't expect it anyway.

Currently saving up and looking for artists to commission, have drawn selfship art of him like twice (excluding my really old arts of him and my OC from back then).

F/O #3:

My first f/o from when I was like 5 and didn't know what selfshipping was. He pops up in my mind every now and then, especially lately, and I have Ideas for writing and drawing for him. I can't find much fanart and fics of him anywhere though unfortunately. But might as well practice art and writing by making stuff about him!

F/O #4:

So like, they're like 3-in-1

Typing's starting to get a bit tiring but I've adored them since early 2022! Early 2024 was when I saw and animatic of them proposing to y/n which was super sweet, f/o #1 got a wedding illustration mid-2023 and like idk, I'm considering just making an au with f/O's 1 and 4 where I smooch them all in the same world I keep getting signs from posts I see skdjdb 💖

a special shout-out for selfshippers who have been loving their f/o(s) for years !! 🤍

you guys are truly one of the best kinds of people out there! your dedication and your overwhelming love for them are very admirable and inspiring.

loving someone so deeply that you stayed with them for years and still madly in love with each other through thick and thin. ♡

how long have you been in love with your f/o? tell us your story! (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

rbs encouraged!! ♡♡

[rrxnjun]

OH MAN THATS JUST... but the fact that taking the the bus is slower AND u had to pay for it just smh i hope at least the company was good!!:o

U ARE JUST TOO NICE FOR SAYING THAT;-;💕💞wahhh i hope u get used to again!!!!!!💕💖

I WILL POSSIBLY LEAVE A REVIEW TOMORROW CUZ I HOPE I WILL FINALLY HAVE TIME TO READ IT!! SO EXCITED FOR IT!!! ahhh their songs are amazing so i'm not surprised u are inspired from them (and also like amazing songs inspiring amazing fics is just🤌🤌) THE YANGYANG BAND FIC WAS I THINK WHAT I READ FROM U AFTER FINDING LIEBESTRAUM AND WHEN I TELL U U BROUGHT BACK MY PARAMORE OBSESSION JUST CUZ OF THE TITLE!! ALSO VERY MUCH LOVED THAT FIC!! LIKE I STILL THINK OF IT A LOT AND I READ IT LIKE TWICE ALREADY🫣

and idk if u mean like genres or artists but other than k-pop i tend to listen to what's popular tbh💀(more so indie pop and hyper pop! but i'm just not very picky with the music i listen to tbh😟) and if u meant artist, rn i listen to a lot of lovejoy (WHICH I KNOW U LISTEN TO! UR KNEE DEEP AT ATP FIC WAS🤌🤌🤌and i was so surprised u know them tbh and also knowing wilbur soot in general i never expected seeing them in like "k-pop grounds" xd) beabadoobee, gracie abrams, aespa, the boyz, ericdoa and some hungarian artists!!! and i also feel like this is the time to mention the just saying fic as well cuz 5sos is🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌 like ur music taste just slaps tbh it's just sooooo good!!! and if u have any artist recommendations i would gladly accept them🫡(liebestraum anon💕)

THATS THE THING THE COMPANY WASNT EVEN GOOD BC MY CLASSMATES SUCK AT KEEPING UP W CONVERSATIONS EVEN MORE THAN ME IT WAS LEGIT A COMPLETELY SILENT JOURNEY TO UNI. I COULDVE WALKED AND LISTENED TO MY MUSIC INSTEAD THAT WOULDVE BEEN SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE

AAA definitely do leave a review even tho theres no pressure !!!! hope u like the fic 🤭💕💕

i love getting inspired by songs!!! thats why i usually have a playlist for each fic i write hhh its a part of my creative process at all times 🥰 AAA THE YANGYANG FIC IS ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES BECAUSE OF THE SONGS THAT INSPIRED IT. i fucking loooove paramore i grew up to their music 💕 but the fact that the whole fic was inspired by awsten and the fact that he used to be a guitar teacher is so funny to me sometimes i cant 😭

NO WAY U LIKE LOVEJOY WHAT ((the second to last scene in the yy fic was literally inspired by perfume and the "its 3:45 the taxi's not arrived i dont think that he's coming" line 😭😭) MY BIO IS LITERALLY A PERFUME LYRIC i love that song sm i dont think im ever changing it. tbf i was never into mc youtube and i just found a random wilbur edit on tiktok one day which led me to watching some of his and tommy's vlogs which led me to lovejoy AHAHA.

i do love aespa too🤭 i think nct and aespa are the only kpop artists i actively stan rn HAHA but i always wanted to check out beabadobee so maybe this is my sign 👀

U LIKE 5SOS TOO IM IN LOVE W YOU 😻 ive been a 5sos stan for like 8 years now and i wanted to write a fic inspired by just saying since like 2015 so im glad i finally got to it last year 😭😭 thank u for complimenting my music taste i take big pride in it actually😭😭😭😭 i dont really have many recs since u like most of my fav artists,, but i also really enjoy wallows, chase atlantic and the driver era too! i am also currently fighting with hyuck for the position of baekhyun's biggest fan but im severely losing 😔

also hungarian artists hm....ive never listened to any hungarian songs,, do u have any recs? 👀 also does that by any chance mean u are from hungary...?(its ok if u dont wanna tell me!! its just that if u are we might be neighbors LMAO)

[wannabecatwriter]

All the story asks not asked by others, please and thank you :)

😁Coming right through!

1. what’s the last screenshot you’ve taken for your story?

2. describe your story in three words or less

For Chronicles: Second Chances, Life.

For Witchy Days: Family, Magic, Love

3. describe (insert character here) in three words or less

I'll pick Anna and Jasper.

Anna: Emotional, Apprehensive, Artistic

Jasper: Fixer, Caring, Solid

4. how did you choose the name of your story?

For this one, it was pretty obvious. Anna is the sort of person who always expects something bad to happen. For Witchy Days, I needed a new name, since the story was no longer going to be focused on Barron and Sylvia.

Rest under cut.

5. how do you choose your characters’ names?

They are usually named after other fictional characters, or if I just like the name. Other times you just see a sim/person and think, "they're an Anna or a Rachel."

6. how long have you been working on your story for?

Witchy Days, with the BC has been around since 2017. Chronicles started in 2020, a little before the pandemic started. But other stories on this blog have been around since way before that, more like 2015.

8. what about your story are you proud of?

That sometimes, a character is going to have an arc I didn't initially even think of for them. Which is, I suppose, also an arc for me.

9. what about your story are you looking to improve on?

Dialogue!!! Not going to lie, I always feel like the dialogue doesn't flow smoothly for me.

10. is your story fully planned or are you still working things out? is there a definitive end?

Chronicles is mostly planned out. I'm still ironing out some kinks, but the reason I started working on it was that I already knew where things were going. It does have a definitive end, but knowing my schedule and how often I flip around, I'm not sure how long it'll take me to get there. Witchy Days is still full of some questions and I'm thinking of it going on for a bit more.

11. why have you decided to tell this story? are there any messages or meanings within it?

I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I sort of had a dream about the main couple of Chronicles. Didn't know their exact appearance and all, but I sort of knew their vibe. And I wanted to tell about them. I think it's a story about accepting that bad things can happen in life - and about moving forward anyways.

12. do you actually play the game or do you just use it as a storytelling medium?

I play a little bit. It's hard for me to make new sims without giving them stories, though.

16. what about the process do you enjoy?

Seeing my characters and their lives come to life.

17. what about the process do you hate?

The technical aspect of it. Getting the game to cooperate can be a drag.

18. choose a song that reminds you of your story.

I already mentioned that Inseparables by Zaz and Pablo Alboran reminded me of Anna and Jasper. So does Kiesza's Crave.

19. choose a song that reminds you of (insert character here)

Stars by Sixx AM is Polina and Atherton's song from Witchy Days.

21. choose your least favorite shot so far.

This one came out very underwhelming, because I couldn't really pose him once he was in the water.

22. choose a favorite character from your story so far.

From Chronicles: I love Demarcus and Candace. Kevin too. They're a fun bunch and I'd love to chill with them, if they had been real.

From Witchy Days: I feel like Sylvia and Terra would both be really cool to spend some time with.

23. choose your least favorite character so far.

From Chronicles: Josie, Kevin's ex. She's really something, and not in a good way. Also, even though he played such a big part in Anna's life and she loved him, Rudy, big time. Why? If he had made her aware of some things about himself earlier, his former drug addiction, for starters, I think that whole mess could've been avoided. But he hid it from her, even though he supposedly loved her.

From Witchy Days: I wasn't a big fan of Bristol when he was younger, but I think getting stranded on a cursed island was enough of a wake-up call for him to become better.

24. are there any characters who remind you of yourself?

Anna! Seriously, we have a lot in common. And probably Jasper too, to an extent.

26. have other sim stories inspired you?

Always! Sometimes I read the stories you all write and just feel blessed that I stumbled upon them.

27. what genres would you describe your story as?

Chronicles: Melodrama (???)

Witchy Days: Fantasy

28. if you could reproduce your story in another medium (movie, novel, comic, etc.) what would you choose and why?

I think Chronicles could do well as one of those family drama tv shows. As for Witchy Days, a cartoon. I feel like fantasy stories just do better in the animated format, where you don't have to worry about bringing special effects into a live action movie/show.

29. what would your story’s rating be? (G, PG, M etc.)

To be on the safe side, I'd go with PG-13 for all of mine.

30. if you were leaving simblr and had to choose another creator to continue the story for you, who would you ask?

I haven't shared enough of my plans for the stories with anyone. But some of the people who sent me sims for the BC could probably handle Witchy Days if it came to it.

31. drop some random trivia about your story.

I started learning how to make sims 3 tattoos all so I could make a custom tat for Anna, because I headcannon that she really wants to get one. I still haven't made one for her 😂

33. Recommend another creator's story.

I'll just give a few blog names, they all have great stories.

@dandylion240 @storiesbyjes2g @treason-and-plot @nocturnalazure @pixel-bloom @helenofsimblr @budgie2budgie @softpine @pink-chevalier @someone-elsa @zosa95

I'm probably missing a bunch more, but these are some good suggestions to start with.

[jiminieloved]

Pt. 1 There are two schools of thought regarding when Jikook started dating. First and primary theory is INU era/2016. Most jikookers believe they became official following JK's coming of age. Second theory is 2017/ GCFt. Some believe that jikook became official in 2017 but could have/probably were engaged in not so platonic relations prior. I write this bc I find myself torn and want to have a discussion about it. There are things that lead me to believe both but both can't be equally true

pt. 2 In 2016 there is definitely a shift in how jikook interact. The sexual tension is palpable and we get many moments that IMO confirm at the very least intimacy: osaka vlive, graduation song JK sings to Jm, stares and etc. However, nothing signals couple more than their post GCFt aura. Even the members began policing their interactions. So, I am more inclined to believe theory 2 BUT I have a problem with thinking Jk and JM would be okay just fooling around with no strings attached..

Pt 3. Neither JM or JK seem like the type who would be okay with that sort of arrangement. I could be wrong, and that could explain some of the insecurity I see from JK prior to 2017. If there is intimacy with no label then one could understandably feel uncertain especially if internally they've defined the relationship. But, I do struggle with accepting the possibility that either would be okay with an undefined relationship but that could just be me projecting. So I am pulled to theory 1.

Pt 4. To sum it up, based on what I see and how I interpret it I am more drawn to theory 2, they started dating on 2017 but were intimate prior. The intimate "prior" part is one of the things that puts me on the fence. Based off Jikook's words and actions it's hard for me to see them engaging in undefined intimacy. However, that post GCFt aura which screams new couple + evidence of sexual intimacy in 2016 really makes me pause. I have more reasons for me being torn but your Thoughts?

I’m kind of hesitant to touch this one but since you took all the effort I will give you my thoughts. I’ll be answering in terms of a relationship shift, because we don’t know if they are in a defined relationship so I can’t speak to that. We do know that their relationship at some point took a turn from bickering and brotherly to tender and caring. And I have made some observations on this relationship shift in the process of making my timeline. Let me speak on some milestones we’ve observed, and how they might fit into the picture of their relationship. 

In March of 2015, Jungkook made a song recommendation which caused some heads to turn, especially from LGBT fans. Over the past few days he had recommended some extremely depressing songs, but this song was both depressing, and about an unrequited love for another man. It’s called “Memo” by Years & Years. 

To me, this marks that something in Jungkook was shifting, in his mentality, in his personal attitudes, and in his newfound love for LGBT+ artists and music (which would become more and more apparent in the future). It doesn’t necessarily mean that something happened between him and Jimin but I think it’s an important milestone, especially for our perception of who he was as a person. He didn’t let us in on too much in those days. 

As per Jimin’s mentality, I actually think that it’s hard to see as much as a shift because he’d been pretty loud about admiring Jungkook since the beginning. However, I think a good example of timing for the other members catching on to the depth of his admiration is in this MV reaction video.

Jimin keeps mentioning how good Jungkook looks, and eventually Hobi, apparently fed up, just says “think about that by yourself”. It is just an interesting thing to say. Not as huge of a moment but just a little detail that has always stood out to me.

Around this time, Jikook started showing up at the airports in matching, but generic looking outfits. It could be nothing, but it was interesting to me that around the same time of these ‘milestone’ shifts in mentality, they also started wearing matching outfits. 

The next big milestone for me, which I’ve already made a post about, happened in August of 2015. I remember the timing because it’s marked by Jimin fainting on stage at a fansign, though this probably (maybe) has nothing to do with the actual shift itself. Though... maybe it does, because the very next concert, 2 days later, Jungkook flirted with Jimin on stage, and Jimin couldn’t hold back his smile in response. 

Then, just a few days later, Jungkook gave another song recommendation, and Jimin tweeted a reference to the lyrics of the song with a blush emoji and a music note emoji in response??????????

The lyrics Jimin referenced? 

"I will pick off the stars and into your two hands, I will give them fully to you”

Receipts 

After this, a string of very interesting concert moments happened between the pair. I can’t help but to think something drastic changed. 

That being said, I do think there were more things that had to happen between the pair to arrive at the state they’re at now. 

That being said, just a month or so later Jungkook discovered and tweeted about Troye Sivan, and from there it was all downhill. lol

I can’t speak yet for what the following turning points were, but I think this is the most important turning point that happened in their relationship, maybe prior to 2017 and GCF Tokyo, because it was the gateway for all of the intimate behavior to start occurring in front of the camera. 

I think that behind the scenes things really changed in 2015, and it was a process of them coming to terms with whatever they are, and then becoming more and more comfortable showing that truth to the camera and the public. This was a several year long journey, and they are still on it even now. Things have surely changed behind the scenes between August 2015 and 2020, but I stand by my belief that whatever happened in 2015 allowed those other changes to slowly occur. 

I know this doesn’t directly answer your question, but I can’t tell you “Jikook started dating HERE because we don’t even know if they are dating. 

I am guessing you are hesitant about the possibility of an undefined relationship between the duo, maybe because of a cultural taboo or just a personal moral belief, but you have to understand that we really can’t just assume that they’re dating and state that as fact, and there’s also a lot more variables in their lives than there are in an every day relationship. I’m not saying they’re not dating, but it also wouldn’t shock me if they were undefined, or still are now. 

I absolutely can see them engaging in ‘undefined intimacy’ if I’m being honest with you. Jimin is a hopeless romantic, sure, but they were also mid-20s boys, and let’s be real, Jimin had been yearning for a loooong time. 

And I’ll tell you from personal experience as a gay person, undefined experimentation is pretty much a GIVEN for us when we’re figuring out our sexualities. Straight people don’t have to really think twice about ‘is what i’m feeling real? is it just a mistake? is it a phase? am i just fooling myself? will it stop being real when it becomes sexual?’ and 100 other questions. If you really do think they are dating, I can pretty much guarantee you they would’ve experimented with each other prior to putting any sort of label on it. With a few exceptions I’m sure, this is just simply how a lot of LGBT+ people figure themselves out, and I urge you to not view that as a negative thing. 

Anyway I’m not sure I said everything I want to but I’m running out of steam, lol. Hope this somewhat helped :)

[kornyo]

Hello, my name is korny and some of you know me as a former beta, then sweet elite’s former clothing artist, that also (singlehandedly) drew the animated mini-game with momo and the little coffee and coin icons. I never had a proper introduction which is why probably most of you see me for the first time now.

I didn’t plan on publicly making a statement, but it has been brought to my attention that the se management said rude and nasty things that – most importantly – are just plain bullshit and I cannot let this be said without a proper response.

 If you click this link you will find a google doc with various screenshots, showing what exactly has been going on that made me (& cecile) finally leave the team. I made the doc and the screens a few days prior to leaving (April 2019) and already shared it with all the betas and some staff back then, but also some people on tumblr who have come into my dms asking me to clarify what happened. I feel the right time has come to share this link with the public, although it might be a little confusing to understand for some.

 Now, what bothers me the most about serenas ugly behaviour from the past few days is the topic of “’lazy’ cecile”. I’d like to clarify that this entire post is MY opinion, and was written because *I* am angry about this, I was not forced to write this whatsoever by Cecile or anyone else. I’ve kept my mouth shut so far bc I could not be bothered, but this is where I draw the line.

“Lazy Cecile” has been something even BEFORE my beta days (which started in January 2018). Serena used (and still does, as you can see in her latest posts) to call Cecile “lazy” a lot jokingly, but saying it that often didn’t make it funny anymore, and it certainly isn’t a nice thing to say to a good friend. She continued to say it even after Cecile approached her not to.

To add, Cecile is - if not THE - most hardworking person that ever participated in the production of the game. While juggling a full-time job, she also drew AND redrew ALL the sprites, for a short time also drew ALL the illustrations WITH customization (2 genders x 3 three different hairstyles), AND new backgrounds because An already left the team. And that’s just the art she did! She also took part in writing large chunks in almost every chapter, even writing an entire big ass chapter 7 ON HER OWN, which she now has posted on her blog @retconomics (which Serena in response tried to make us afraid by telling us how merciful she is by not suing us for copyright. Your case wouldn’t be that strong honey LMAO not without a contract anyway 😉 ). ALL WHILE WORKING A FULL DAY JOB AND GETTING A DOG, WHICH ALSO REQUIRES A LOT OF ATTENTION. Meanwhile, it took Serena several months to almost a YEAR now, guessing from the release date, to write chapter 6 and it wasn’t a rare case for her to magically loose the file or it getting corrupted. So please tell me how the fuck cecile is lazy? In any fucking way?

Her time schedule was very demanding, so of course we had to cheat a little bit, which brings me to my next point: professionalism. Serena claims that Cecile was very unprofessional, “cutting corners” and her art “unpolished” and “not up to par”. In her example of ‘proper’ professionalism, serena used this image:

Illustrating how the new artist does things better and more polished.

This is where I call huge, MAJOR bullshit.

I have worked on the sprites with cecile. Due to the tight deadline Serena has given us, Cecile would give me the rough sprites and I would finish them & look for any spots that were smudges/did not have clear edges or full transparency. Wanna know how these files looked like?

Hm! Absolutely no fucking different! The expressions were all on one layer, unlike in the example above, but as Serena said: she didn’t say anything against that. That was because Serena wanted to pump content out, which, fair enough, and she needed everyone in the team to “set priorities”, as she said. And adding so much customization was NOT a priority at that time and she knows it.

However, if it DID bug her that much, it’s her own fault if she won’t say “hey Cecile, could you put all the brows on one single layer, all the mouths etc”. And if her excuse is that Cecile lacked the time, I could’ve done it just as easily, as I worked on the sprites anyway and did not have the huge workload cecile had at that time. If the manager is unhappy with their product, they should say something, otherwise nothing will happen. So, if Serena was unhappy with the ‘lack’ of expressions (lets be real tho, 5 expressions isn’t lacking at all)? Her fault.

“Not to mention, all of the sprites will be polished and the artstyle will finally be consistent throughout the entire game (something that our old artist really struggled with at times). Also, both Alita and Ariel are awesome at what they do, take growth and sustainability seriously, and constantly look for ways to improve and build onto the world of Sweet Elite.” Taken from here (x).

Ah, yes. You want consistency and yet hired two artists with two very different styles, and even *advertised* it as something good. Also, if somebody improves art wise, they rarely stay the same way. Art is FLUID. Art CHANGES, especially while improving. And if ceciles art was so unprofessional looking and unpolished for you serena, why didn’t you just tell her to stop drawing? Why not “get rid of the garbage” sooner? Would have saved both you and cecile the clownery that has happened and is going on right now.

(taken from here)

Also calling Cecile a weakness while she literally held the weight of the entire game on her shoulders while having to provide so much art and writing while you failed to write even one chapter during all that? You’re pettier than you care to admit.

I literally could go on and on about this, but this is already 1k words, so im gonna wrap this up. But I am so mad about this “boo hoo there is a narrative spun against me ☹” “I was creatively constricted by my cowriters” (also bullshit lmao, but another topic). You’re just a big liar and an awful person overall, and don’t get me started on your boyfriend.

While you’re getting “rid of the garbage”, please also remove MY minigame which I was forced to make while I was collecting money for my dog, and pay me 100€. You can have the clothes as I actually *agreed* on doing that for no money. 25€ for all the coffee and coin icons would be appropriate as well.

Now, as a former fan thats been on this journey since 2015, I am very dissapointed in how this game is developing. You’re taking this game into a direction you promised not to - not diverse, full of clichés, mainstream. As a fan, this broke my heart. A lot.

I hope you learn that your actions have consequences and that I will NOT be quiet if you decide to spit some lies again.

[batwynn]

I'm a newish artist on here and even my friends don't share my posts anymore. Idk what to do bc I keep seeing popular blogs like yours ask for signal boosts and no one bothers and my blog is so small? I feel like I'll never get any attention nvm commissions on here and twitter is almost worse for me.

Hi newish artist anon! Firstly, I don’t know what’s up with your friends, but I would hope they supported you and your work? I know what you mean, though, it’s been a rough period for creators of all types on this site, and I have a feeling it won’t get any better. I wish I could bring you back to the days of reblogs, mutuals screaming about stuff together, and lots of traffic to everyone’s accounts, but... time travel, as far as I can see, is not a viable option. :( Here are some links to some basic tips I wrote out before to managing Tumblr a bit, first and foremost: How to Get Your Art Noticed (On Tumblr)How to Manage Bullying (On Tumblr) How to Sell On ETSY (Super basic) More serious talk under the cut: 

The thing is, also, is that I’m not actually a popular blog. I have a largish sum of followers, but at this point I’ve become aware that a thousand of them are probably porn bots, and at least another 7 thousand or so are hacked accounts/abandoned of friends and mutuals that no longer post or use this site at all.(I say this after exploring some of my older follower’s accounts, a lot of the mutual followed accounts, and a lot more old friend accounts from people I haven’t heard from since 2015 or so.)

 SO many people have left, or were forced off this site, and it’s left a pretty big void for a lot creators like myself and others. It means that a lot of us, while once being decently ‘popular’ are now sort of stagnated to this ‘I have a lot of followers but half my friends are gone and a lot of the followers aren’t actual accounts anymore’ kind of place. Which means, with the whole anti-reblogging front going on, you just... go nowhere. Your posts don’t get outside of your bubble, especially when Tumblr does stuff like hides your posts with links from the tag. :/ 

On the other side of things, If you look at accounts like Pangur and Grim you can really see a difference in account activity and follower interaction. You’ll notice there’s a surplus of activity on multiple types of posts, from personal, to cats, to art, etc. (You’ll also notice a lot of negative stuff, which I honestly don’t miss from the time when I had a lot of activity on this blog lol) That kind of blog is what I would consider an actual ‘popular’ blog, especially since the owner does a lot of interactive posts and gets actual interactions with them. The point I’m trying to make with all this, is that there is no one true way to get interaction on this site, and I don’t really think there’s a perfect way to gain it without, honestly, luck. Even two years ago, I would say something like, ‘You may be able to get people’s attention by working hard at focusing on post times, popular trends, networking, working with other artists, joining zines, etc.’ But that just doesn’t work anymore. Hard work does not automatically equal popularity or give you attention and interactions, especially not on this site. 

Things have changed, unfortunately in a very negative way for creators, and we’re all sort of left trying to find a place that works like Tumblr used to. A place we can congregate yet have our personal spaces, while exploring our ‘likes’ and mutual fandoms etc. A place where a little extra work on your content and following trends and posting at good times was all you really needed to get at least some interactions and attention. 

Twitter is also not good at that, and I know a lot of my friends and mutuals are there and we are following one another, but Twitter is just not made for creators. It really just isn’t. It’s fast-paced, it’s styled for short, quippy responses to media and other people, and it’s terrible with image quality never mind the whole bad cropping situation. If you able, by luck and some hard work, to manage a following, even then there is no promise of interaction or commissions. People move on, people ‘like’ and skip to the next post, people ignore donations posts, people scroll past art if they can’t see the whole thing, people are looking at Twitter at midnight after a long day of work and have no energy to look at your kickstarter for your original work, people spend all day looking and talking about politics and are burnt out, etc. etc.  

I know this is... not a cheerful message for anyone, but I wanted to be honest. There isn’t one way to get attention for your work, and there is no promise that doing ‘one simple trick!’ will work for you when it worked for others. Just by asking and wanting to be proactive about this is a great way to get going, though!

That being said, I would love to reblog/retweet your work and never feel bad for asking me for a signal boost. Seriously, I may not be a popular blog but if you need commissions or donations and need a boost, It’s worth a try and I’m absolutely open to sharing your work and posts. 

[erin-gilberts]

Bc It’s such a good post will you answer all the cafe asks?

Yessss totally! 

Vanilla Chai Latte : Are you in love?

Yes, wholeheartedly and unapologetically, I am. 

My girlfriend and I have only been together for two months, but it’s one of those things where when you know, you know. I’ve been in relationships lasting upwards of a year where I still didn’t know at the end of them whether or not I was in love. Early on in the year, I was actually even having conversations with my mom about how I wasn’t sure I’d ever been in love; I had no concept of what that felt like. I didn’t feel like I was feeling what I was supposed to be in relationships. I wondered if I was aromantic and if I wasn’t meant to experience romantic love.

With her, I’ve realized everything love IS supposed to feel like, and I’ve realized I AM capable of feeling those feelings - I just hadn’t met the right person yet. My heart was waiting for her. 

We daydream of the life we intend to build together, and it delights me to be able to wake up every day and choose her, again and again, as we run boldly and breathlessly into the future we now share. We totally u-hauled but we’re both so committed to blooming and becoming together; it’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before despite having quite a bit of experience in relationships. 

Flat White : Coffee or Tea?

Coffee. It feels more substantial to me with more ways to customize it exactly how you like it. I also just have a lot of really positive memories being in coffee shops! I’m currently obsessing over Starbucks’s seasonal salted caramel mocha. 

Cappuccino : What’s your middle name?

Elizabeth! I was named after my mother and grandmother, so it’s the only part of my birth name I kept when I changed my name. 

Mocha : Dream Job?

A famous professional organizer on the same level as Marie Kondo and Dorothy Breininger! They’re my inspiration and the reason I went into this kind of work. Also, the executive director of my own LGBT-focused nonprofit (which I have been, and I intend to be again!). 

Pumpkin Spice : Dream car?

The super fancy bike I’ll use the day I ride in the AIDS LifeCycle? Haha, I don’t drive and I don’t intend to! 

Jasmine Tea : If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

Ugh, if I could visit any place in the world right this moment, I’d choose to go back to Toronto in a heartbeat. I went there in 2015 for the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival and I LOVED that city. It was so fun and the people were so welcoming. Other than that? Moscow, because it’s where @googoogojob lives, or New York City, because I just learned Hook & Ladder 8 (the Ghostbusters firehouse) is a real place and I want to see it! 

Old English : You’re stranded on an island, who do you bring with you?

Do I have a limit?? If I have a choice, I’m definitely bringing my mom, brother, maternal grandparents, best friend, best friend’s family, cat, and girlfriend! That’s like the minimum amount of people in my life I couldn’t go without. 

Iced Chocolate : Do you have a crush on someone?

My girlfriend, who I continually redevelop a big gay crush on every day! But I feel like that’s not quite the spirit of what this question is asking, so - I also have a big gay crush on Kristen Wiig, which my girlfriend endlessly makes fun of me for! Like, to the point I named my cat Erin Gilbert. 

Caramel Frappe : Favorite video game?

It’s a tie between Minecraft and Undertale. I swing wildly between playing Minecraft daily to not playing for months, but it never gets old. The sandbox nature of the game enables infinite creativity, and the low stakes make it both accessible to me (not a gamer) and relaxing. And Undertale with its story and unique mechanics remains to this day the game to inspire the biggest emotional response in me. I’ve thought about having, “Despite everything, it’s still you” tattooed. 

Iced Lemon Tea : Favorite song/band?

My favorite songs of all time are “The Greatest” by Sia and “I Know a Place” by MUNA, both of which were written in the aftermath of the Pulse shooting and can be interpreted as the process of rediscovering queer joy at the same time your community is constantly faced with tragedy and pain. They hit hard in a beautiful way as a hate crime survivor. 

Iced Cafe Mocha : Favorite thing to do on rainy days?

I like to go out as soon as the storm passes and just walk downtown in the rain. The air always smells and feels so good; it clarifies me and I feel renewed. Walking in the light rain or before / after the storm always feels like breathing, really breathing, for the first time. It reminds me I exist and it reminds me that’s neat. 

Hot Chocolate : Are you an affectionate person?

Yessssss oh my god. I live and breathe being affectionate and not even in a strictly romantic sense. I’m naturally an exuberant person and I delight in making people happy. My girlfriend would also say I engage in “cat behavior” with my demands to be held or touching constantly. XD 

Caramel Macchiato : You’re travelling the entire world but you can only take one person with you. Who do you take?

My girlfriend @sweetmckinnon. Not only would we have the unprecedented opportunity to be gay in every country and continent, but we’re both writers, and we’d write an excellent book about these adventures! 

Green Tea : How tall are you?

5’7. 

Early Grey Tea : The inevitable Zombie Apocalypse is upon us! What’s your plan of action?

I’m rounding up everyone I care about and taking us to the nearest commune of marginalized people. We’ll be avoiding those uber-macho survivalist types like the plague, because their arrogance will 100% get everyone killed. At least marginalized communities would be more likely to understand working together and looking out for the community, not just yourself. 

Mint Tea : How do you relax?

Indoor cycling is my drug of choice. It’s HARD to be mad or stressed when you’re exerting that intensely. I might also write self-indulgent fanfics or indulge in a little controlled chaos (I’m an acrylic pour and collage artist). And talking to my girlfriend, best friend, or mom always makes me feel better, too. 

Vanilla Latte : Board games or drinking games?

I genuinely love board games and wish I had more people to play them with. 

Iced Coffee : Do you like reading? If so, what’s your favorite book?

I like reading, but having ADHD has made it extremely hard to read entire books in recent years. My favorite book is probably The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. The author takes what’s already a horrific story and a dark chapter in American history and with her devastating writing style, humanizes each woman involved to the point it makes you ache to read knowing the inevitability of their fate. Anytime anyone asks me for a book recommendation, this is the book I suggest. 

Italian Soda : Describe your dream date

My dream date would be after we’ve been together for a while - maybe on a date that’s special to us, like our anniversary, or maybe just on a random night because we feel like it, we have one of those super romantic dates like you see in the movies. We dress up super cute, go out to dinner and come home to a bedroom full of candles and rose petals on the floor, and every moment is spent just enjoying each other and what we have together in every way we can. <3 

Sparkling Water : Describe what qualities you look for in a person

Passion - I’m an activist who became the executive director of their own nonprofit at the age of 16. I’m not going to mesh with someone who’s just going through the motions of life without any aspirations. 

Flexibility - It’s a turnoff for me when someone is EXTREMELY committed to a very specific view of how their life is going to be. It tells me right away I’m going to have to continually contort myself to fit into their unbending path, because I accept I can’t predict the direction of my life with any degree of precision and I’m not rigid about it as a result. 

Creative - I’m currently dating another writer and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had in a relationship. The quickest way to get us to pop off into a spirited debate is to get us started about story structure and characterization. We. Go. OFF. And could go off for days. Our shared creative passion gives us endless ground to connect and bond on. 

Those are just a few, but definitely a few important ones for me! 

Orange Juice : Have you ever had a valentine?

My first girlfriend, who I dated from 12-17, is the only valentine I’ve ever had. The timing of my relationships as an adult has never worked out for me to be partnered on Valentine’s Day. We weren’t super out about our relationship at the time and didn’t spend Valentine’s Day together, but I still have the love letters she sent me copied into my 7th grade diary, and I still have the antique gold heart necklace with enamel roses she gave me one year, too! Lots of lovely memories from that relationship. 

Rose Hip Tea : Describe your first kiss

My first girlfriend and I were 12-13, cutting class in the bathroom because she was often bullied for her sexuality. She was having an especially rough day that day and I knew exactly where to find her. She kissed me out of the blue while I was comforting her and in all of my baby gay naivety, I hadn’t fully realized I was gay or that she liked me that way prior to that. Turns out I was and she did. We dated for five years. 

Herbal Tea : You’re at a candle shop, what scented candle do you buy?

Oh, I’m going right to the bakery scent section. I’m not a huge fan of chocolate-scented candles, but vanilla? Christmas cookies? Gingerbread? Sign me the FUCK up. 

Sandalwood is also one of my favorite scents, but depending on what it’s blended with, it can be hit or miss for me in candles. 

[t4tbruharvey]

i was uh... i think i was threatened? by @the-casbah-way

name: andrew

gender: boy

star sign: virgo

height: 5′6″

sexuality: gaye

hogwarts house: ravenclaw

current time: 7:53 (SEVEM PM!!!!! ILLEGAL)

favourite artists: if this is music then mitski and autoheart and the scary jokes and the lumineers. if it’s actual pictures and stuff then obviously my friends mia and steven make WONDERFUL art and i also like whoever did that painting of the bird in a vacuum? i think it was caravaggio?

favourite songs: rn it’s death thrice drawn demo, sailor, flapper girl and once more to see you

favourite animals: WOLVES AND SHARKS WOLVES AND SHARKS

cat or dog person?: i like them both but dogs duh

favourite food?: lasagne and cheesecake and just brie in general yes I'm aware that goes in neither of those things

instruments: violin and guitar but whenever i have a violin lesson i always play the piano even though i don't know how and my teacher knows i do it and tells me not to >:)

blankets I sleep with: in winter it’s a thick feather duvet that my mum got me and a really really big pink and white quilt. in spring it’s a smaller feather duvet. in summer it’s a really small blanket that’s also pink and white

last googled: oh god i think it was average height in the uk

average amount of sleep: 8 hrs

dream job: author and it has been since i was a baby

dream trip: venice again but this time in spring and this time on my Own

currently wearing: black high waisted jeans, really nice tee with flowers on it, pink jumper bc it’s COLD but all my nice comfy ones are in the wash so i look rlly business casual like I'm at a wedding or baptism or smth

other blogs: there are so many. i do not care to list them.

reason for my url: it’s fuckinnnnn it’s a neo yokio ref and also an actual art piece you know the one. read the words you know exactly what it is.

when i made my blog: 2015

followers: 205

why I made my tumblr: you know when you used to get those pictures of text posts with the old layout? i would google ‘funny tumblr text posts about [insert topic]’ because i couldn’t make a tumblr but i WANTED to. also bc of fans ask blogs i KNOW i was SMALL

im tagging @deglutitionborborygmus, @professionalowl, @avvrice, @lesbiancross-stitch and anyone else who wants to i guess? and you four don’t have to but please do you have to overshare now >:3

[ofkamis]

haley lu richardson. cisfemale. she/her.  ／  kameron “kami” abbott just pulled up blasting man by jojo  — that song is so them ! you know, for a twenty-six year old singer & actress, i’ve heard they’re really self-destructive, but that they make up for it by being so persistent. if i had to choose three things to describe them, i’d probably say midnight drives with the top down, music playing loudly through headphones, & a wall of paintings from everywhere she’s been. here’s to hoping they don’t cause too much trouble !  ** jojo levesque acting & voice claim 

general info 

full name: kameron joanne abbott 

birthdate: november 3rd, 1993

“stage name”: kami 

basically if you know who jojo is ......... that’s kami. but if you don’t, watching this 26 min video explains everything ( and is kind of worth the watch bc jojo is a fucking QUEEN ) 

growing up and rise to fame

kameron abbott was born in massachusetts to recently divorced lynette & joshua abbot.  though they were divorced due to other extra marital issues ( her father and mother were both cheating on each other for the length of their marriage ) they decided they could be co parents.  

when they made these plans, they didn’t expect it to really affect them as much.  their own personal issues made it hard for the two grown adults to get along and they wound up fighting all the time.  

kameron lived with her mother full time, seeing her dad often though, but most of her early memories include hearing the two of them fighting or making comments about each other in front of her.  

was seven years old when she got her first singing gig, she was going to be singing the national anthem at a school event, which is where somebody else saw her and she wound up singing at another event.  

it was at one of these events that kameron was spotted by a talent scout and brought in to a recording studio.  she wasn’t sure if it was going to work for her, but she was excited nonetheless.  a real paying job!  singing and making music, man it was her dream.  she would give anything for it.  

they signed a contract when kami was ten and a half, and started looking into music that they could use for her.  kami was interested in writing her own music, but at ten years old she didn’t have a lot of life experiences to draw on for music.  so the label worked with different demos and gave her some options and they worked with her to pick what would be best. 

kameron and her mother relocated to brooklyn when she was eleven years old, working on getting her music heard by people who mattered and working on the album.  it was a lot of time that kameron took out of her school in order to work on everything.  

some of the kids in school were always curious why she was missing so much school, and yet was still at the top of her class.  kameron continued getting her school work even when she’d be working in the studio either in new york or los angeles.  

her first single “leave ( get out )” dropped the summer before her 12th birthday.  the album followed, titled “kami”, was released the next winter early in the year.  

suddenly, there was a lot of press about the tiny girl who had a powerful voice.  she was on talkshows and working on different circuts getting her music out and talking about everything.  

claiming that fame

kameron’s life changed drastically when her album dropped.  she thought they would be staying in new york, since that’s where the label had relocated her.  but shortly after the release, they decided it would be best to bring her out to los angeles instead.  

so at thirteen kami found herself in a new city ( again ), surrounded by people she didn’t know.  sure, she was making a name for herself, but what the hell was she really doing?  

kami wound up not going to any of the local schools, instead her mother decided it would be best to home school her in the meantime while they were in a period of adjusting to a new place and working on her second album.  

it wasn’t anything that they expected to be doing so quickly after the first, but the abbott women adjusted.  

during this time kami didn’t see her father a lot.  she would call him and talk to him here and there, but since he lived on the east coast and she was on a tight schedule there wasn’t time to do much of anything.  

on top of working on a second album so soon after her first, kami was auditioning for film roles.  she even managed to land a lead role in the film aquamarine -- which meant she was filming that and had to put the album on pause for a couple of months.  

aquamarine premiered the spring of 2007, and was claimed to be one of the best “sleepover fics”.  the kind teenage and preteen girls watch to get their minds off of their own problems. 

she got close with her co-stars too, some of the first real hollywood friends she had.  

following the success of her theatrical debut ( not as herself ), kami’s second album dropped the following year ( very unusual for me, but i’m keeping the track listings of jojo’s first two albums the same for kami’s ....... a wild concept ik ) actually just before halloween.  

during the process of promoting her new album, kami got her second fil role in the movie rv.  the film came out in the summer of 2008.  

of course, as much as kami liked acting, she really wanted to be in the studio working on music of her own.  but there was something else going on.  

the lawsuit

kameron wanted to be in the studio for everything -- she’d been writing her own music finally.  

except, her label was putting it off.  and kami didn’t understand why.  

she tried to busy herself by working on recording everything she had, working with several different producers and coming up with new tracks.  and still, despite all of this, her label wasn’t releasing her music.  

kami confronted them about it, telling them ( at 16 years old ) that if they wouldn’t release her new music, that she’d walk from the company and find somebody else.  

that’s when they pulled out their contract.  they owned kami’s voice--so she would have to do what they wanted her to do.  

she was ten and a half when she signed the contract--or technically when her mother signed the contract.  they hadn’t been in hollywood before and they’d been assured that it was the same kind of contract that anybody would sign.  

of course, kami was livid, she had worked hard, to just wind up fucked by the label she’d thought of as a family for so long.  

the label was putting out other artists music and pushing her release date back again and again and again.  

finally, kami found a lawyer and she began the very long process of suing her label for her voice back.  

handling the situation 

to make herself heard, to keep her fans happy while she was going through all of this--kami found a loophole.  she couldn’t release her music publically and do any big promo through her label.  but she could release her music on multiple websites such as soundcloud and straight to youtube.  

of course, she was a little disheartened at first that there wasn’t a direct answer for her issues even though she was in the courthouse.  

in the meantime, since she couldn’t put her own music out into the world, kami was featured on several different songs.  

she was also acting, because she felt like she needed to keep being out there in the world for everyone who cared about her.  

her mother and father were both there for her, but wanted kami to see if she could quit making music and focus on something else.  she had money from her previous and current work, she could make her way in anything she wanted.  

but it wasn’t what kami wanted to do.  it wasn’t her dream.  she wanted music.  she didn’t care how she had to do it, she loved making music and bringing her music to people who needed to hear it.  

sure, she could go to college or find another job.  that wasn’t even what she had been thinking about.  but it wasn’t what she wanted.  music was all she could think about.  

finally, kami said fuck the studio’s rights and decided she was releasing her music one way or another.  which is how her mixtapes came about.  

her first mixtape was released in 2011.  and then she started doing smaller shows.  no big concerts or anything, but small shows in order to get everything out there.  

this was also the first "album” that kami had nearly completely had a hand in writing herself.  she finally felt like she was letting her fans see who she was as an artist and not just as a performer.  

of course, during this time, kami is still in a consistent legal battle.  her label’s going bankrupt, but they still technically own her voice and she wants it back.  but nothing’s happening.  and she just wants to scream out loud.  

this led to a lot of self doubt and depression and kami wondering if she wasn’t good enough to be on her own.  she fell into a spiral of doubt and stubborn thoughts and couldn’t bring herself out of it.  

it doesn’t help that kameron isn’t the most talkative person ever in the world because she thinks she can really handle everything on her own.  so while this is all weighing on her and causing mass amounts of stress and destructive thoughts, kami’s pretending like it’s all fine.  

she’s photographed laughing at parties and working on her music too.  nobody suspects that inside she’s dying and needs a release.  

she managed to release another mixtape and an ep of covers, too.  

release 

finally, kami could breathe again.  the spring of 2015 brought her the courts decision.  it was ruled in kami’s favor that she could be released from the contract she’d signed years earlier.  and finally, she could look into making music of her own with a new label.  

kami’s response was a big fuck you to her label.  

instead of immediately coming out with new music that she’d been working tirelessly on, kami put that to the side and began a new project.  

her music wasn’t available online for her fans, and she had won the rights to the songs.  they were hers.  so she could do what she wanted to.  

kami spent the next two years in the studio working on rerecording her original two albums ( kami, 2005 & this time 2007 ).  

of course, during this time she’s doing interviews and talking to her fans and she swears that she’s back for good and nothing will stop her.  

she’s found a new label that will treat her like she deserves to be treated and won’t do something like that again.  she’s protected in her contracts, and she completely understands everything.  

the fall of 2017 kami rereleased the albums on streaming services and on itunes.  she didn’t expect anything of it, but suddenly the two albums were at the top of the itunes charts.  

“#kamiscomeback” was trending on twitter worldwide for two whole days.  

she was elated.  began doing interviews with her fans.  q&a videos on her youtube channel.  

kami did a couple of pop up appearances too.  she wanted to make sure everyone knew that even though she’d spent a lot of time rerecording old music, she did it for a reason.  she owned it, and she wanted the people who had worked hard on the songs with her to get what they deserved from it instead of the now defunct label that had kept her in the prison for so long.  

kameron was in a constant motion of making music in the studio and working on concerts.  she did a whole summer concert series in the summer of 2018.  she was working so hard.  

DEATH TRIGGER WARNING before going on the stage during one of her summer concert shows kami got a phone call from her mother.  normally she wouldn’t have answered this, but she felt it was important to do so.  her father died in a car accident.  

kami’s team was ready to pull her out of the show, pull her out.  but kami was insistent on performing.  

a video of kami breaking down during not one but two of her songs went semi viral.  it wasn’t until the next day that it was announced what had happened.  

focusing on now  

kami took a bit of a break, which she hated doing, because she’d just been on the longest music break of her life but she knew her mom and her people were right.  she needed time to grieve.  

kami moved away from los angeles and went back home to massachusetts for seven months.  

during this time kami was working on new songs and writing them.  but she needed time to breathe and focus on herself.  

it was in december of 2019 that kami released a new song off of her upcoming studio album, along with a music video just dropped with a link on her twitter.  music. ( more coming in 2020 ) the video is a string of all old home videos of kami growing up and singing.  it’s raw and real, and was praised for how honest it felt.  

kami recently released another song off of her upcoming album, man.  it’s much more of an upbeat song and she released the music video the same day too.  

fun facts 

kami is allergic to strawberries, which she found out at the age of four. 

was never particularly close with either of her parents, but she spent more time with her mother growing up.  she wished they were closer and friendlier, but there was a lot of underlying resentment.  

kami has a dog named sodapop.  has a cat named bender.  

she’s had a couple of different hair colors over the year, but it was always different for her different phases.  during her bad battle with her label her hair was jet black.  

loves crime shows.  always wanted to be on criminal minds, but she has done shows like hawaii five-o & lethal weapon.  

was a contestant on “kids say the darndest things” when she was five.

rides a motorcycle, but also doesn’t ride hers too often.  

loves to watch makeup tutorials for fun. 

makes fun of herself constantly.  in fact, she released a song about some hate tweets she got for shits and giggles not too long ago ( kameron )

has one a couple of awards, but won her first grammy at this past grammy awards 

loves 80s and 90s movies.  

collects paintings from street artists everywhere she goes.  she’s got a whole room filled of them at her house. 

turned her house’s guest apartment into a full fledged recording studio.  

wanted connections  

childhood friend(s) / a first love / exes / past pr relationship / current pr relationship / a friendship where they tease each other but love each other / maybe a roommate or something 

[batsidian]

today, November 4th, is the annual #lovelikeyou event

https://snapbacksteven.tumblr.com/post/188801519802/snapbacksteven-calling-all-steven-universe

marking the day Steven universe aired on cartoon network. the has been around for 6 years(not including su future)

in this post I'd like to share what su ment(and will always mean!) to me

I'm guessing I discovered it around March 2015 ,probably a little earlier, based my first fan art posts

I think what sparked my interest was garnet's design, I remember seeing screenshots and art on tumblr and I was really drawn to her cool, futuristic, somewhat superhero-ish design

(might get a little heavy idk??)

oof idk how to explain why I love it so much ugh ,the characters,the messages,the music,the backgrounds,the designs,the story,the whole gem world and the concept of aliens based on minerals and other concepts/details...maybe because I was already interested in minerals as a kiddo and that it made me rediscover the hobby and fascination for stones

(who needs merch when you can have 300+ rocks amirite ??😎)

also su was something positive in my life in a very dark period of my life

I got depressed and dropped out of school

and along the way I got tested for a few different things, disabilities etc...

and I'm still not fully out of it yet,but definitely way better than when it all began

and although I dropped out of art school, thanks to su,making fan art and gemsonas etc it was one best things to push me forward as an artist and thanks to making art about it I got a lot of practice and progressed to most compared to the past

it was a creative outlet for me,not only fanart, but gemsonas and stories for them,cosplays, and crafts using different medias. ..wel it actually made me get into different art medias!

su has and still is helping me with self acceptance and my identity

accepting me for who I am,what I like,what I wanna do etc,not holding myself back/changing myself just bc I was afraid of what others would think

(during my years watching su I finally got to understand myself, that I was pan and identify as a demi girl, some years before that,probably early high school I just didn't know how to describe those things or how I felt )((also I have the big hots for all the quartzes hhvggdffgcgfggg///))

I relate to quite a few characters for other reasons but mostly amethyst (and other off color gems) bc we both had a hard time accepting ourselves when we got the news that "something is wrong/different " with you

also thanks to su,especially through conventions and cosplay, I made quite a few friends!or got to bond even more over ot with friends I already had when they started watching it

although I wasn't there from the beginning, it feels like su has been in my life for soooo long

and its messing with my head that actually it has already ended but...also not yet now su future is coming soon

maybe the fact that we know this is the last season is the thing that's messing with me

and although I will me a puddle of sad mush when it ends, I will stay in the fandom and keep making stuff and loving the show

I am looking forward to what future works rebecca,the crewniverse members and artists who got inspired by this groundbreaking show will make

....and the next generation of geologists lmao (including me question mark >:} )

for this post I wanted to share both old and new:digital and traditional art,cosplays,different crafts and a few of my pieces from my mineral collection!

[ofmara]

*record scratch* *freeze frame* yep, that’s me. BVCNJ hey lads ~ i’m ally, i’m twenty2, my timezone is est, i use she/her pronouns & full disclaimer: i don’t know what the fuck i’m doing! just keep that in mind when you read this.. trash lmao. anyways! if u wanna plot, feel free to hmu on d*scord at HE IS SO BIIIIG 😩👌🏼🧡#2581 or yk use the lil chat thing on tumblr if u wanna start small or w/e FDCNK no pressure. moving on..

mara’s pinterest: here!

content warning: ..none?? who am i???

( ariana grande & cis female. ) oh my god look, it’s mara de luca! she is a 24 year old singer/songwriter from queens, new york. they were first associated with the met cartel 3 years ago, and the tabloids are always saying she is so impulsive & irreverent, but their stans on twitter say that she is actually really magnetic & passionate.

first thing’s first.. i haven’t written a coherent intro in a fucking Minute, so i’m offering premature apologies for the shitshow that’s about to follow, especially since i really waited til the last second to type this out even if this blog’s been Done for a week smh ANYWAYS!

ok so! mara is what i like to call ‘a textbook new yorker’ in that she’s Loud, she Loves Her Family and she’s Unapologetically Herself. my character inspirations for her are joey from netflix’s the circle, fran fine from the nanny, molly gunn from uptown girls and a little bit of cher from clueless sprinkled in there ( mainly bcos of this gifset lmao ). since i came up with her a few weeks ago, i really had so many different personalities for her but like.. let’s keep reading to see that literally all of them were apparently Not True ~

she was born into a very tightly-knit family & grew up constantly surrounded by them. she’s got three older brothers, meaning she’s the Baby of the family, so she’s been uhhhhhh doted on all her life! we stan! that said, she’s never known what its like to be on her own, especially considering that her family was right by her side every step of the way as she slowly grew her career from childhood. she got her start singing the national anthem at a knicks game when she was 8 and slowly built from there. her parents were always suuuper supportive and did all they could to help her achieve her dreams, even though they were struggling to make ends meet.

her parents own a small bakery in queens that they started when her oldest brother was little and have been a staple in the city ever since. though they’re a somewhat popular spot for tourists and locals alike, ny real estate isn’t cheap, so paying rent both for the store and their apartment above it has always been a struggle, especially once they started dedicating a good portion of their money to plane tickets and agents and all sorts of necessities mara needed in order for her dreams to come true. the extra expense was difficult on her brothers as well, though they made a point never to complain when they had to get a second or third job to help pay the bills.

ANYWAYS she grew up veryyyy close to her family and the sacrifices they made on her behalf didn’t go unnoticed, so the first thing she did when she finally Made It was buy them a bigger space for their bakery ( since her parents Love working it even if its rough sometimes, buddy ) and a new house so ;) we love a Family First mentality!

HOWEVER!! when mara first moved to LA in like?? 2015 or something?? idk timelines.. but anyways when she first moved to LA she was.. how u say.... Depressed cos like even though she was Living Her Dream as the artist she’s always wanted to be ( she lived in queens w/ her family up until after her first Big Break cos she’s a big time daddy’s girl ) .. she was essentially on her own since her family stayed in nyc :/ yk, where they live? yeah. so she was on her own for the first time... Ever & it was scary and stressful and essentially, she wasn’t doing great mentally or emotionally, even if she put on that *ari vc* fake smile.

that was untiiiiiiil she got her first ~ hollywood boyfriend ~ aka someone famous who helped both with her career and as a salve to the constant loneliness the bitch always feelin. long story short, he didn’t last long, but she Needed to feel Wanted so she got Another ~ hollywood boyfriend ~ until it became, like, Her Thing to Always be attached to someone in the tabloids and the press and on Entertainment Tonight. we love a codependent bitch! that’s also kinda how she got to be part of the met cartel cos she immediately attaches herself fully and completely to everyone she meets & falls a little bit in love with every person who has ever said hello to her, so.. Yeah! most of her friendships were likely formed because she just would not leave them alone ( she’s clingy and needy As Fuck, but she knows she is, so she’s constantly worrying about it aka she’s always wondering if people really like her cos she’s been said to be “too much” and “annoying” by some people who.. weren’t interested in being her friend ) anyways.. feel free to lmk if u want ur chara to hate her cos she will fully have her feelings hurt but still want them to like her cos shes a, say it with me kids, people pleaser ~

its v clear why i thought of joey & fran for inspo ( espeeeeecially fran, now that i think about it: i.e. constantly searching for love, lovingly obnoxious ) but as for why she’s like molly gunn... bitch is uhhh naive as fuck and will trust anyone who is even a little bit nice to her so peep her constantly seeing everyone through rose colored glasses and immediately feeling like her heart is broken when they turn out to be someone completely different lmao! also yk in the little mermaid when ariel was like “but daddy, i love him!” ??? YEAH, that’s mara to a fucking T, m8!

i could quite literally go on and on for hours, but to keep it short and sexy, here’s her stats page & i’ll follow up with a list of some little tidbits of info.. some Quirks, if u will..

she hiccups when she cries & BOY does she cry often BVJNCDKM

cannot cook a single mf thing to save her life? yeah.. her parents wanted to let her work in the bakery but .. she burned everything so she was cashier ;)

can quote the entirety of bring it on: all or nothing & as a segue from that, she is very chatty during movies if she’s with even one other person but Silent when she’s alone

will challenge anyone and everyone to mario kart wii as long as she gets to play yoshi ( she has a vendetta against baby peach )

is Constantly Freezing, so she’s always in thick socks and turns the heat up high when she’s at home

has a cavalier king charles spaniel named piper ( yes, i'm using a fc for her dog )

i’m gonna b p selective with which ari songs she’s released both bc i dont like All of ari’s songs & for character purposes ( rip in peace, sweetener )

is classically trained on the piano and sometimes just plays classical music for fun, making up silly lyrics at parties and whatnot lol she’s just Fun & Quirky like that

owns every season of the o.c. on dvd

she has a car but i havent decided if she ever drives it ( or what kind it is, tho i assure u my virgo ass will be researching it at some point ) since she really just barely passed her driver’s test

is constantly in the tabloids for one dumbass thing after the other mostly as an excuse for me to make tabloid edits but like... i love that for her & will 100% be down to include any and all of u if u lmk u wanna be in one

and many more, but i’m really just sitting here rambling UGH EW so lms for plots cos i’m unprepared & i don’t have any wc’s! very on brand for me, i must say

[moosticus]

Curious - what do you mean by 'the Witch Hunts' regarding that post about tuckington and the popularity? Im just curious, since i never noticed anything and i wonder what i missed :O

i am glad u asked bc im sad about this every single day! 

ok so if you were in the tumblr rvb fandom in like,,, god i dont even know if i can correctly guess the years but i think about 2015-2017 at the latest (it was shortly after season 11 had come out and around the time that the chorus trilogy started)

tuckington was a DOMINANT ship. like, i dont remember a single popular rvb artist or content creator that didnt dedicate a lot of their time to tuckington. it wasnt obscure or rare or even just “a ship”, it was THE ship right next to like yorkalina and chex

but then something very unfortunate happened and it is directly related to the remnants of tumblrs toxic sexual/moral purity culture that you can still see today (luckily, i would say its largely faded at this point)

and that is that a small group of such teenagers decided that tuckington was a problematic ship and started harassing creators. to the point that a LOT of them got sick of it and left. which is a big part of the reason you’ll notice we honestly don’t have a whole lot of those big big super popular rvb creators here anymore. we lost them. the fandom is having something of a revival right now (with a lot of new/younger fans who have no idea this happened) but the reason it was dormant is because it was GUTTED 

there is only one user who was a part of this that i could single out (and even if i did, he frequently changes his url to get around how many people blocked him) because i was not in the center of it and only learned what happened when i was asking other older fandom members why we were suddenly so sparse, but the funny thing is that this group also decided that tuckington was good actually? just not the way we were doing it? and tried to rebrand the ship as “tuckerwash” which is a whole other can of bananas that i will leave up to god to dissect

basically: we used to have a much larger and more vibrant fandom with a lot of “big” artists/writers and we lost most of them due to a period of targeted harassment from a small group of young people who were intensely influenced by purity policing and its been a few years since then so we have a lot of new people (from what i can tell, i think those who hopped on post-chorus might actually be the majority now) who don’t know about it 

and i want to be clear that i dont resent any of the new (or old) people for not knowing and i don’t resent any fans just for being young! it was a really small cluster of people who just had a really big negative impact and i just think that it was a really disappointing loss that i hope we never repeat