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[puddii-ng]

a beautiful museum that lies on the sand of an hourglass ✧･ﾟ

[jamiepaige]

Constant Companions Closeup #9: OBJECT OF AFFECTION

(also on spotify!)

O, wayward soul, I beg of thee an ear; Companionship, a Constant of desire, is all too fleeting. Would thee quell this fire? My love, do you know what you want to hear?

Welcome back to the Constant Companions Closeups - a series of in-depth dives into the songs off of my latest album, Constant Companions! Yesterday was some gay shit (Liaison) and today is some more gay shit (Object of Affection)

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I'm usually pretty good about letting go of the things I make and letting them live imperfectly, but there is exactly one released song of mine that I've ever been actively unhappy with the final product of, that I haven't been able to let go of my displeasure with.

Honor Majesty, off of Autumn Every Day.

It's not that it's a bad song, or that it didn't have good ideas! In fact, I genuinely think it shares more with the music I make now than a lot of my older work does. Rather, it was incredibly rushed and full of uninspired choices I made for the sake of completing the song rather than making it the best version of itself, and it ultimately ended up falling incredibly flat relative to what I wanted it to be!

I really like the intersection of synthpop/electropop and fantasy. One of my favorite musicians ever is Baths, whose album Romaplasm is chock full of this exact thematic and sonic intersection, and it's so deeply inspiring to me that it still gets put on whenever I want to dream things up. I've always wanted to make things like that! Bubbly and fantastical, brimming with a sense of magic so pervasive it makes even the mundane seem mystic.

...Also I'm just a fantasy dork okay. I like wizards and shit. Sue me

I've been wanting to make a grandiose and fantastical story song for years, and my single attempt to do so felt like it missed the mark entirely. I did touch on fantasy a couple times on Bittersweet, but ultimately, when I started working on this album, I knew exactly what I wanted to take a second crack at.

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The intended story in question here is fairly vague, but to sum it up as literally as possible:

A rebellious, disobedient, gender-questioning prince has mildly inconvenienced "his" royal lineage one too many times. Their solution is to invoke magicks widely regarded as heretical - what's a fantasy monarchy without some hypocrisy - to seal their "son's" soul within an automaton body, rendering "him" a perfect, subservient doll.

This doll is promptly spirited away under cover of darkness by a mage, and is granted free will once again. She experiences the crushing weight of newfound self-awareness and nearly spirals out of control, before realizing the mage who saved her is the same - a doll. It turns out being a magical-mechanical construct has its perks if you are TRANSGENDER. then they overthrow the monarchy and fuck nasty or whatever idk this is where the story gives way to things like "metaphor"

this is a song about artifice and being transgender

Seriously, though, I know that being an electronic-music-producing transgender lesbian with a thing about dolls or robots or whatever is a major endless-store-shelves-of-identical-buzz-lightyear-action-figures moment on my part, but dammit, I own a copy of Logic Pro and a genuine leather wizard hat, I inject estrogen into my stomach fat every Wednesday, and I think ball joints are cute. I'm posting this on Tumblr, for gods sake, I am unconcerned as an active choice

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With the exception of Liaison, the entirety of Constant Companions utilizes only three unique vocal synth characters - ANRI, Gumi, and Teto. This trifecta was born organically from simply being the vocal synths I enjoy using the most, and in this song, I wanted to use all three of them almost like one single singer, freely shifting intonation based on the context. I messed with this idea before on Ballroom, my voice meshing and melting into Gumi V3's voice, but it felt especially appropriate for this context; Plus, I feel like there aren't a lot of examples of vocal synths being used/recontextualized in this way, and that's a shame in my opinion!!

I really want to do more story-driven songwriting like this in the future as well. Now that I'm a bonafide VocaloP I've been floating the idea of doing a song series with this trio... I'm mostly just worried I'll want to get too ambitious with it.

Off the top of my head, Object of Affection references at least eight other songs of mine - Honor Majesty is an obvious one, but it also directly samples parts of Autumn Every Day, and lyrically references genuinely just a bunch of things. I'm probably forgetting some, even!

I know I'm the Leitmotif Lover, but it's a lot even by my standards. However, this song's entire existence already served to satisfy a fairly self-indulgent desire, and these days, I don't deal in half measures. I think the final product serves as a lovely little look back at where I've come from, though, and perhaps even a little glimpse into the future!

That all being said, Object of Affection in some sense is also a love letter to a beloved part of my creative process - the voice memo. A lot of the audio I've provided with these posts have been recordings off my phone for good reason! Not only are the chops at the beginning of the song entirely comprised of edited recordings I got on my phone, but the sample at the very end happens to be from a particularly legendary recording, never before heard by the public...

Until now. I present to you an excerpt from "the worst beat on planet earth", featuring none other than unit.0.

That's about it for today!! If you have any questions, I'll gladly answer them below, but otherwise, I'll be back here tomorrow to talk about this album's title track laid askew - My Darling, My Companion!

[thepersonperson]

omg i'm so excited to find your blog!

its genuinely hard to find someone out here in the wasteland of jjk fandom who reads the manga and also doesn't discard the queercodedness of the characters and the interpersonal relationships between them!!

I'm curious if you have any ideas on how this all might end? Gege keeps saying the manga will end by the end of 2024 but it feels like there's so many things to be addressed.

I personally think it might end in either two options: cursed energy ceases to exist altogether (all sorcerers die and humanity is left to fend of for its own curses it creates) or everyone becomes like Maki (no/minimal cursed energy but can fight curses- too optimistic). Knowing Gege there might be a secret third, forth or fifth thing as well :D

I also think Megumi will be saved for sure and he will activate the merger, but also I'm thinking there might be a small little moment something like happened between Gojo and Geto in Shibuya otherwise Yuta laying there useless is so much wasted potential.

Do you have theories?

The burden of proof for queer readings is really high because the default reactions to them are 1) you’re reading too much into it due to personal/shipping biases and 2) unless the creator is explicit, it’s unreasonable to assume they would include queerness on purpose.

So it’s not uncommon for those who would otherwise have these readings to overcorrect and minimize the queerness to show they aren’t biased in that way. I find that to be incredibly unfair to creators that have to be subtle because of the political landscape or laws limiting queer expression.

What makes me comfortable being so overt about queerness in Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t Gege’s personal interest in yaoi and inclusion of characters indisputably outside of the gender binary. It’s the fudging dudebros.

You have to understand. I grew up on an internet where dudebros loathed any ounce of queerness. They unilaterally hated gay ships. There’s also the entire existence of the trap meme and slur used to erase the identities of characters that are trans or genderless.

But with Jujutsu Kaisen? Even notoriously homophobic Black Twitter is posting things like this.

This is unheard of. Instead of denying the queerness in Gojo and Geto’s relationship they are arguing over who tops or bottoms. (Honestly I am fascinated by how much black people, myself included, love this series. I’ve never been in a fandom where black culture is the default for memes. Calling Sukuna The Unc? Famous music artists Usher and Megan Thee Stallion like doing cosplays. I should probably do a whole post on that.)

And it keeps happening. I keep seeing dudebros have takes that put all of tumblr degenerates to shame.

They fudging reinvented mpreg with canon compliant mechanics.

It's not just limited to Satosugu. Just look at this.

And when you look at these people’s profiles, they are straight men. Most of their timelines are powerscaling, sports, busty women, or hentai.

If the dudebros are acknowledging the queer subtext as a part of canon, it’s no longer reaching to interpret the text that way as far as I’m concerned.

For your other points…

I doubt the manga will end in 2024 because of all the unexpected health related breaks Gege has taken. That statement was made before these breaks and likely under the assumption things would meet a specific schedule.

I don’t really have theories for how the series will end. Every time I try to guess the direction of the plot it’s always wrong. The only predictions I can make with some accuracy are things with respect to character relationships and motivations. I sure hope to get more character interactions and less death though! (<The delusions of a foolish creature.)

[redbelles]

5, 18, 69, and 76 for the fic writer meme!

5. how many wips do you have? what fandoms/pairings are they for?

yeah i've got wips

kidding! (mostly! not really. but only kind of. it's fine!)

i have just. so many fucking wips. don't wanna talk about how many i have because it's embarrassing, actually! this is absolutely because i consider anything i've written words for/thought about for more than a hot minute a """wip""" but that's a me problem, so here, have semi-comprehensive list of wips i'm determined to finish this year:

the chimneys hardly ever fall down masters of the air; post-war john/gale/marge

gonna stand here in the ache the punisher; post-season one frank/karen

our hands are cold, the moon sets low asoiaf/got; post-season eight jon/sansa

butchered tongue still singing berserk; post-canon guts/casca

something in the night gilmore girls; keg max!au jess/rory

don't you hear me howling, babe? shadow & bone; season one canon divergence darklina au

the second hand unwinds (time after time) stranger things; post-season four hellcheer au

and then, for fun, some wips that aren't top priority atm:

prophetic perfect tense dune; always a girl!paul atreides au

i've walked for miles top gun; post-canon icemav road trip au

more than kin and less than kind hotd; rhaenys flambés the greens at aegon's coronation au

the knife i turn inside myself dune; irulan/feyd post-kanly hatefucking + marriage of convenience au

18. do you enjoy research? which fic of yours required the most research?

yeah! i'm a nerd at heart and also i have a burning need to be canon-compliant with both canon and reality, so i love getting into the research weeds when i'm all in on a fic!

the most """research""" i've done for a fic was, astonishingly, for the fucking,,,,, robert baratheon story (that started life as, and i cannot stress this enough, a joke). i spent so many hours on a wiki of ice and fire i'm pretty sure i made up at least 40% of the site's traffic during the calendar year time it took me to write the damn thing. extremely normal behavior!

anyway! i'm actually in the opposite situation with chimneys, which is super weird. i know a staggering amount of information about the post-wwii usaaf/usaf, and i have to actively stop myself from a) infodumping about things like the development of the american bomber fleet and b) trying to make the timeline accurate, because the entire premise of the fic relies on me Ignoring what was actually going on. anti-research. insane! everyone pour one out for @sluttyhenley— she's spent the last two months taking one for the team and letting me rant at her about curtis lemay so i can get it out of my system and spare everyone who's there for porn instead of a dissertation on strategic bombing doctrine <3

69. what are your favorite fics at the moment?

first of all: nice 😏

second: i feel like i've blathered enough about my own fic today that i'm gonna take this as a question about what i've been enjoying as a reader, so! some recs!

moon's low (can't say no) by @meyerlansky delicious introspective curt pov that nuances an already insanely interesting scene! love this for me! in related news, i am barking and frothing at the mouth as i wait patiently for the follow up to dancing cheek to cheek (to cheek)! tumblr user meyerlansky comin' in hot with THEE definitive curt biddick voice!

never saw the sun shining so bright by @sluttyhenley absolutely shrieking about this series! marge deserves the world! and also both of the buck(y)s! good for her.jpeg! i'm lucky enough to be getting snippets of this as m writes it, and i cannot wait for the next few installments to go live

careful fear and dead devotion by @everyangel another john/gale/marge series i'm currently losing my mind over! the marge voice is so delicious, and i love the pre-war angle that underpins the first fic! cannot wait for more!

enter night by @rhaegang monsterfuckers and barry keoghan enthusiasts rejoice! the writing is top notch, the sex is blisteringly hot, and the tension and pacing are superb. rhaegang truly never misses

nothing safe is worth the drive (follow you home) by @yoursummerfrost i never really had a buffy phase, but i came across this fic the other day and boy howdy does it have me by the throat. deeply emotional, very sexy, and written with so much love it's got me thinking about giving the series more than a cursory "well, it was on when i was home sick from school way back when" watch. also! i've devoured every buffy fic they've written since i found this one and i'm happy to report that they're all incredible!

76. how do you deal with writing pressure, whether internal or external?

mature answer: i try to take a step back and remind myself that this is a hobby i am doing for fun and for free and i should calm the fuck down about it

follow up answer: and if that doesn't work, i whine ceaselessly at my writing buddies until i'm over it

send me some fic writing asks!

[giuliettagaltieri]

hello baby! i missed you so much, how are you? I've been inactive on tumblr to focus on my studies and I have final projects, but I'm sad to see that you've been inactive too!

are you all right? just checking in on you hope you don't mind, i miss you by the way! love to see you active again soon! 🧡 -🌟

OMG HIII! I missed receiving your brilliant asks too! I'm doing great, hopefully you are too. I'm actually in my final year in college and most of my free time is used on catching up on sleep or complying the requirements. I am still writing though but not as much because I really can't find thee time. Hopefully, I can speed up the project and publish again, I miss you guys so much🫶🏻

[amadeusgame]

October Devlog: Substantial Progress and a New Vision

But first... FULL GAME TITLE AND POSTER REVEAL!!!

"Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee"

Episode 1 ~ Waltz coming Summer 2024.

This poster was made for Amadeus's new website: amadeus-game.com

I will gradually be adding information from the linktree to the new site, and including more and more visuals and other media. Keep an eye out over the coming weeks & months. If you'd like more immediate updates (such as knowing when the website has been updated with cool stuff), you can follow on Tumblr or join this Discord server.

As will be discussed in this devlog, creating this poster has influenced my vision for the game's art direction. I hope you find the imagery intriguing... I hope it poses questions that may or may not be answered in the debut episode....

Now, on to the development updates!

Devlog TL;DR

New Mechanics: Significant progress has been made on implementing the desired new mechanics for the full game, discussed in last month's devlog. I am still, tentatively, on track to release an updated public demo showcasing these mechanics by the end of this year.

Art Direction: Certain assets in the game will be inked and colored! This was inspired by the poster and will be a really interesting contrast to the penciled sepia. A screenshot of a scene with an inked talksprite is included in this section to illustrate the idea. Next month I will determine precisely which assets will be inked/colored and which won't, for the most effective outcome.

New Music/Discussion of Artist Block: This section is not an update but more of a free-form discussion of the musical art block I have experienced since leaving grad school. It covers how I worked through it this month, and wrote new music (both for Amadeus and otherwise) that I'm proud of and excited about.

Recreation: Media I engaged with this month for fun and inspiration!

Details below the cut.

New Mechanics

The mechanics I've been working on can be separated into 3 categories: text mechanics, interaction mechanics, and settings/UI. I'll briefly outline where I'm currently at with each.

Text mechanics:

Backlog - IN PROGRESS. There is a readable, chronological backlog of recently-viewed text that can be referenced in case the player skimmed or forgot something. I have created the basic functionality. The next step is making it more elegant to scroll through by making the size of the textbox grow dynamically as text is added.

Text fade-in - FINISHED. Text dynamically appears letter-by-letter, and a slider in the menu controls how quickly it appears. If the player presses space or the proceed button while text is still appearing, it will display the full text all at once.

Auto text - FINISHED. Once the full text in a text box has been displayed, if this option is active, after a set amount of time it will automatically proceed to the next text box without any input. This is off by default but can be activated in the menu, with the ability to adjust the length of time before text proceeds.

Interaction mechanics:

This category overall is IN PROGRESS. I am currently getting feedback on the existing iteration of the new control scheme. It has a few known bugs, but is overall - I think - a good hybrid of point-and-click and keyboard controls. The major features of this control scheme are:

Cursor icon changes when hovering over a point on the screen that can be interacted with. Different categories of interactions have a unique cursor icon for clarity: boots for a point Amadeus will walk to, eye for an item Amadeus will comment on from afar, hand for an item Amadeus will interact with. This also allows the player to click on and inspect items on the screen that are out of reach for Amadeus, which was not possible with the original control scheme.

Hover + space bar can be used instead of a click. I want to avoid requiring constant clicks because of my own wrist problems, while also embracing the control scheme that makes the most sense for this genre. Hovering with the mouse and using the space bar to invoke click behavior seems to be a good hybrid solution for now. There is currently at least 1 known bug with this as-implemented that I hope to work out next month.

Settings/UI:

Forgive the default Unity UI assets - my first priority was getting this to work mechanically, and now that it does, I will iterate on a nice design for the menu. All of the following mechanics are FINISHED (or at least, working; numbers/details still need to be tweaked).

Settings Menu: It is extremely important to be able to access the settings mid-text-event so no one gets stuck with text that's too slow or too fast in the middle of important dialogue. Therefore, this settings menu is effectively a pause menu that can be accessed at any time without being intrusive. It can currently be opened by a UI button or the Esc key; this may be changed in the future.

Auto Text Toggle: Currently, a button toggles Auto Text on/off in this menu. I would like to also implement a hotkey that acts as the toggle and is easier to use, but with just the button the functionality is there and works as expected.

Auto Text Delay & Text Appearance Rate: There are UI sliders that customize how quickly text appears letter-by-letter, and how long the text will be fully displayed before auto-progressing if Auto Text is toggled on. I've already received some feedback that my "fastest" setting needs to be faster, so the actual numbers of each range will be tweaked more. But the mechanic works!

There are many more settings to be included in this menu - mono vs stereo sound, discrete volume sliders for BGM/SFX, save and load, view controls - but none of these are implemented yet. I have already routed SFX and BGM to different audio buses so the discrete audio controls should be straightforward to code.

For next month, I want to create the remaining mechanics, fix bugs/respond to feedback in those that have already been implemented, and design a settings screen/UI that is more appealing and intuitive. By next devlog, I hope to have screenshots of a finished, functional, shiny new menu!

Art Direction

This is very exciting, and truthfully, a bit daunting. It would be more reasonable in terms of scope to just focus on finishing the game using the same pencil-sketch aesthetic I used for the demo, and until now, I thought I would be content with that.

...and, unfortunately, I love this so much that I don't think I can convince myself to go back. Compared to the existing sprites:

It's just... SO effective. I asked for some external feedback on this as well, and received some good advice and a better sense of pros/cons of pivoting my art direction at this point... but once I saw this, I knew that I personally would not be satisfied if I left the art direction the way it has been so far.

It's almost certainly not feasible for me to ink and color every single asset in this game if I want to release it next summer, though, and I do. Taking my self-imposed deadlines seriously, and making concessions to do so, is the only reason the demo got released. Finishing the full game is an INCREDIBLY high priority to me-- I am only working part-time at the moment, specifically so that I can dedicate as much time and energy as possible to this game. I want to finish this, and that necessitates being realistic about what I can achieve, and having discipline in sticking to my deadlines.

So the question has become, not "do I ink the assets?" - but rather, "WHICH assets do I ink, and to what effect?"

Should I only ink the talksprites and perhaps UI items? Should I use the inked assets vs sketched assets to help distinguish which character is speaking, instead of using transparency? Should I use inked assets only in select scenes or circumstances to serve some narrative end?

I don't yet have an answer to these questions, because I only started experimenting with inking about a week ago. Possibly my most important assignment for next month is to make a concrete decision on this. By the end of next month, I will have updated my GDD's "Art Direction" section to reflect this, and to list out every single asset that will need to be inked so I am aware of how much work I'm creating for myself. And - this is essential - whatever I decide, I must stick to it, and not let myself try to keep adding more effort to every aspect of the game, lest it never get finished. This is getting added only because, as a visual novel, I believe the quality of the visuals is an essential and highly compelling part of the game, so I think in this case it is worth it.

(I've wanted since the beginning to better convey Amadeus's porcelain wrists in the game... color will be a very effective tool for that!)

New Music/Discussion of Artist Block

This section is not an objective progress update, but a discussion on my process as an artist, and how this process has changed now that I am no longer attending music school (and therefore no longer surrounded by other musicians, or given constant deadlines to study, analyze, and make music).

I graduated from a Master's program studying music technology and composition in May. The demo for Amadeus released in July. All of the music for the demo was finished when I was still in school; the two months between graduation and release were spent on mechanics, visuals, narrative, sound design, and polish. The first time I attempted to write new music for Amadeus on my own was in August... and it was slow going.

By reviewing notes from a course on 20th century Harmony, I was able to sketch about 8 measures of music. They were a promising 8 measures! However... they never turned into anything more than that. I couldn't figure out how to develop or extend them, I couldn't see a path forward, and I felt awful comparing this barely-started idea to all of the polished, finished works of music I made while in school. I was stuck for quite a while, not just on this piece but for other music projects outside of Amadeus. I felt unable to write any new, good, original music.

The good news is, as of the time of writing this, I feel that I have overcome that. I don't doubt the problem will resurface again, but I hope that the approaches I used this month to combat it will be of use to me again in the future. I have a finished, brand new composition for Solea's grove! It needs dynamics, finesse, orchestration, mixing, recordings, and lots of detail/love.... but the composition is complete, and it's one of my best. I also have a pianist friend who has agreed to record it for me once I prepare sheet music for her, so like many of my other pieces, this will be a collaboration with another musician. Those are always my strongest and favorite works.

Because I've made such progress, despite things feeling so bleak just a few weeks ago, I want to write a little about what helped me self-motivate and create an environment that is stimulating enough for me artistically to write new music that I'm proud of.

I asked a lot of people for advice. I messaged several of my friends from school about how I felt unable to write good music since I graduated, and asked if any of them felt the same way. And while all of them had a different relationship to the problem, ALL of them had similarly found it difficult to write music recently, and ALL of them had really unique, helpful, and personal insight when we talked about it. This also helped with the fact that I've been feeling isolated since I left school, by reconnecting with these friends.

I re-organized my workspace and catalogued my reference materials. I knew that my space didn't feel "right" for creating, so I removed an external monitor that I barely use and put a BIG box of books, notes, sheet music, handouts, magazines, and other resources related to music directly on my desk at eye level. And per the advice of a friend who works in a library: to avoid losing track of the contents of all of these notebooks, I made index cards listing the contents of each so I can easily reference them without opening them. The process of making these catalog cards also refreshes the information in my brain as I write it down, so I'm more aware of what I have on hand.

Myself and 2 school friends are starting monthly prompt challenges where we share a prompt at the start of the month and use it to force ourselves to Make Something. Crucially, these are low-stakes and it's ok if they suck a little bit. It's just an exercise to keep up with the craft. In school, we constantly worked on half-assed assignments in addition to select high-effort passion projects; those half-assed assignments really did help keep us in shape. So now we're self-assigning them! And also using this as an opportunity to give and receive critical feedback, which helps us continue to grow.

I'll be attending at least one live music show every month! One thing I really miss from school was constantly being exposed to all kinds of music, including that which isn't particularly to my taste. I learned so much from that kind of exposure. Now that I have the names and info of some great venues in my new area, I plan to go to shows at least monthly so I can continue to learn from other artists and remember the unique magic of live performance. And support other artists!

Truthfully, I don't know if any specific one of these steps really solved the problem, or if it was just a matter of the right combination of circumstances to get my brain to feel "right" to make music again. I really like to think that these concrete steps are helping. The wonderful thing about developing a game, though, is that even if I go 3 months being unable to write good music... there is SO MUCH else I can work on that I can still feel proud of myself. In this time, I've already accomplished so much toward my goal of a full episode 1 release next summer. And I think that helps motivate me, too.

Recreation

As always! I think it matters to talk about other art/media I've interacted with, both as direct inspiration for Amadeus and just as fun, enriching experiences for me as a person. This month I....

Played a couple more Castlevania games: Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance. Neither quite hit the spot after Symphony of the Night was so uniquely appealing to me, but I have enjoyed both, and have found Harmony of Dissonance in particular really fun. Its soundtrack is deranged in a way I quite enjoy, and I love the stupid furniture collection mechanic.

Listened, extensively and on repeat, to Professor Layton and Castlevania series music. Normally I wouldn't bother mentioning this here because you can generally assume that listening to melodic video game music on my MP3 player is my default state of being. This month, however, there were several days where I set aside hours specifically to listen to music from these two series as inspiration for some of my own music projects, including Amadeus; so they merit attention. I would like to make a special shout-out to "The Tragic Prince" (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), "Clockwork" (Castlevania: Circle of the Moon), and "Kodh" (Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy).

Played Slide in the Woods (an itch.io game!) with a friend as a Halloween get-together activity. I was just searching for a Mac-compatible, short, free horror game, and this one came up. It was a really great example of solid, simple game design: it does a lot with just ONE mechanic. By making a game so focused on one thing, it really draws the player's attention to what changes, and is a fantastic reference for pacing and environmental storytelling. If you are interested in something simple and very creepy I recommend it.

That wraps it up for this month! Next devlog at the end of November, but as mentioned at the beginning, you can follow this blog or join the Discord server for more frequent updates. The Discord server is also great if you're interested in playtesting as I continue building out more mechanics. And you'll be the first to know once more bells and whistles are added to the new website! All that and more here: https://linktr.ee/amadeusgame

[sunnibits]

never seen this show in my life but i'm doing my part!!!

no okay, but seriously, benny boy doesn't even deserve to rank in this one because ofmd is, even from a purely outside perspective, THE 'fuck that old man' show. it is the show that appears to be, for all intents and purposes, uniquely constructed around fucking that old man/those old men. am i wrong???? have all the slutty gifsets pulled me astray?? WHAT IS THE TRUTH

EXACTLY!! You’re SO correct Abbey like come on people does Ed tummy mean NOTHING TO YOU???

DO OLD MAN TIDDIES MEAN NOTHING TO YOU???

IT IS THEE FUCKING THAT OLD MAN SHOW!!!

I’m literally so mad about Izzy losing the vote you have no idea. Like yes I understand Benoit is thee tumblr babygirl right now but he comes NOWHERE close to being as fuckable as God’s Perfect Bottom, Israel Fucking Hands. Everyone voting for Benoit is either wrong or GROSSLY uneducated.

Like, yeah, ok, I haven’t actually watched Glass Onion so maybe I don’t get the right to speak on it, but unless I’m missing some hidden side of the fandom that’s posting nonstop about Benoit Blanc’s radioactive pussy??? He has NOTHING, I tell you, NOTHING on the way Izzy Hands has been mass-sexualized by the fandom. The only posts I’ve ever seen about mr Blanc have been funny goofy sillyposts. That is NOWHERE near the level of insanity that Izzy Hands inspires in people.

I have seen the most deranged fucking posts ever created by the human mind about this man. The most fucked up insane porn to ever exist. I mean, truly INSANE amounts of porn art and writing, oh my god you would not believe how much, WHICH THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS HIM LITERALLY ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES!!!!! I mean come ON, Izzy Hands did not MOAN “OOO DADDY” ON SCREEN FOR Y’ALL TO LET HIM LOSE THE FUCKABLE OLD MAN VOTE!!!

This 55 year old grumpy ass man has been bent over a hundred different ways by the fandom, he has been shipped with himself, he has been TURNED INTO AN ANIME GIRL, he has been dubbed a throat goat, a slut, a babygirl, he has been drawn as a catboy, in maid costumes, in cow costumes, there is literally a comic about him on Twitter in which he is literally a TRANSGENDER POMERANIAN DOG WHO GOT KNOCKED UP BY DOG CALICO JACK.

DOES BENOIT FUCKING BLANC HAVE AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE PREGNANT TRANSGENDER DOG SELF??? I THINK THE FUCK NOT.

everyone go show your fucking respect to The Most Fuckable Babygirl Old Man to ever exist right now or I’m blowing you up. I know it’s too late for him to win the vote because people are ignorant, shameful fools, but at the very least we can make sure he doesn’t lose without honor. vote izzy hands as that old man you wanna fuck.

[jewul]

my definitive teen wolf world tour rewatch ship tier list awooo let’s go!!

[S TIER] INTERGALACTIC SLAY

sciles: they are boy best friends 4 LIFE. no further explanation required

thiam: admittedly I was not around for when this became a thing but from whispers on the street i can see the vision. liam dunbar is kinda the mitch marner of teen wolf and fanon thiam has mitch marner/matt martin energy. also as a teenager I remember being violently repulsed by theo but upon rewatch I am allured by his sociopathic ken doll tendencies

[A TIER] WE LOVE YOUR PUSSY

stalia: singlehandedly ranks this high because of the sheer combined force of dylan obrien’s and shelley hennig’s charisma DESPITE the fact that they lost their virginity to each other in the basement of a mental institution (so riverdale-coded when you think about it!!). when I was blogging about teen wolf at 15 my tumblr username was babygirlmalia. i wouldn’t leave without you. no i would never leave without you…

scira: this is one is fueled purely by my love for kira and my desire for her to have nice things :3 kira/malia exists as a footnote here because of the brimming potential they exhibited in that one scene. if kira had chemistry with anyone else on the show they’d be up here too

scisaac: LET’S GET ISAAC A BOYFRIEND COME ON WE CAN DO IT!! isaac you and your gay little scarf are everything to me. daniel sharman struggling to do an american accent i love you. sorry stiles but this one is also boy best friends 4 life… mixed in with some healthy tussling. bi4bi4life

[B TIER] I HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THEE

sterek: entire civilizations have been reduced to ash over the union of these two characters. but where would we be without them? that’s what I thought

stydia: I can appreciate the dedication to the Longest Slow Burn ever, but this is a lavender marriage. they are dyke4gay, e.g. lydia: (does some sociopathic shit) -line break- stiles: honestly, work

[C TIER] THIN ICE

scalia: I wasn’t around for when this came to fruition either but gut instinct says this is UNLAWFUL!! an egregious breach of the bro code!! I am willing to amend this placement if presented with significant evidence that they acknowledged how weird this is when it happens but for now I cannot accept these two together. WHAT ABOUT STILES?? will someone PLEASE think of stiles!!!

derek/braeden: Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny. to be fair we can apply this to most teen wolf ships but these two together especially make me feel like I’m watching a calvin klein ad. also why does braeden have to sleep in a victoria secret lingerie set. i know that underwire is killing you girl </3

lydia/parrish: despite him being a cop I am actually a parrish enjoyer. I just think he’s helpful and nice. with that said please can we give him an adult love interest. thank you

[D TIER] IRRELEVANT!

peter x anyone. i want to see him in a relationship less than I want to see derek’s house burn down again (is this contentious?? sound awf in the comments)

im sorry hayden and liam you did nothing wrong but you are a FLOP. extremely forgettable to me. and for that I am truly sorry

honourable mention goes to liam and mason’s bestie shenanigans. If liam actively participated in more of mason’s gay scheming they’d be up there with the best of them

[sunseteternal]

About Me

You can call me K because I'm not about putting too much of my personal information out on the internet (there's a lot of creeps out there, peeps)

22 | '02 | She/Her | Straight | American | White

Some of my hobbies include Reading, Writing, Listening to Music, Going on Walks, and Playing Mobile Puzzle Games.

You can also find me on AO3 and Wattpad

AO3: Ks_World

Wattpad: Casuallypretty

*Note: Out of all 3 platforms, I am most active on Wattpad, only because I am still learning how to operate Tumblr and AO3 as a Writer. I am on Tumblr and AO3, but I have mostly been reading fics. Recently, I have been wanting to try out writing on both platforms, but I still need to figure out how to properly use them. So, until then, you can find me more on Wattpad. I am currently in the process of releasing fics, but I thought I would try to spread my name out there more as a Writer by using more than one platform. I have over 100 drafts on Wattpad that I am in the process of writing and have two published stories, but they are currently on a hiatus until I find inspiration for them again. As of Tumblr and AO3, I have nothing in the works yet, but I hope to be releasing content soon as I am trying to get back into writing again. So, please look forward to future works from me! 🧡

Stan List

I'm a K-Pop Multistan of multiple groups and a few soloists. I'm always getting in to more artists so my stan list is subject to change quite a bit.

Groups:

BTS - Jimin & Jungkook TXT - Taehyun & Beomgyu ENHYPEN - Heeseung &TEAM - K Le Sserafim - Yunjin KATSEYE - OT6

EXO - Baekhyun SuperM - Taeyong NCT 127 - Yuta NCT Dream - Jaemin WayV - Xiaojun NCT Wish - Sion RIIZE - Anton Red Velvet - Seulgi

Stray Kids - Hyunjin Twice - Jihyo

BLACKPINK - Rose

The Boyz - Eric

Ateez - Wooyoung

ZEROBASEONE - Hanbin & Zhanghao

*Note: I only write fanfics for Boy Groups. Though you may still see some of the Girl Group members from any of the groups I stan show up in my writings as the Female OC's friends.

Soloists:

*The following are solo artists that I have casually listened to, but I don’t stan them as hard as the groups.

Jackson Wang

Bambam

Lay

Jeon Somi

Non-Kpop Artists:

Ariana Grande

Justin Bieber

The Weeknd

Camila Cabello

Ava Max

Melanie Martinez

Kehlani

Chase Atlantic

Jonas Brothers

Charlie Puth

Jason Derulo

Halsey

Usher

Chris Brown

Nicki Minaj

Doja Cat

Tate McRae

5 Seconds of Summer

Sabrina Carpenter

Kesha

Maroon 5

Lady Gaga

Sza

Summer Walker

Rihanna

Shawn Mendes

Ed Sheeran

Khalid

The Chainsmokers

Harry Styles

ZAYN

Bruno Mars

Cardi B

Megan Thee Stallion

Bea Miller

Madison Beer

MKTO

Dua Lipa

Troye Sivan

Alessia Cara

Selena Gomez

Lauv

Normani

Zara Larsson

Demi Lovato

Ellie Goulding

and Many More ...

Other Non-Kpop Fandoms:

*Movies/ TV Shows

Maze Runner

Harry Potter

The Hobbit/ LOTR

Star Wars

Twilight

Marvel (Avengers, X-Men)

DC

OUAT (Once Upon A Time)

13 Reasons Why

TVD (The Vampire Diaries)

Shameless (US)

Transformers

Umbrella Academy

AHS (American Horror Story)

The Hunger Games

The Outsiders

*Anime's

Inuyasha

Fruits Basket

Seven Deadly Sins

Fairytail

SAO (Sword Art Online)

My Neighbor Totoro

Ponyo

Princess Mononoke

Ariety

Spirited Away

Howl's Moving Castle

Belle

Demon Slayer

So I'm A Spider, So What?

and More ...

[loudmouthedllama]

Re: "Not enough people are speaking out against the bullshit" Here's part of the issue with that as someone who WAS attempting to speak out against the average Tumblr BS: These people will pull any underhanded tactic in order to delegitimize you and take away your platform. They churn the rumor mill and make up lies about you that they spread to other people who have little to nothing to do with you behind your back. I've been a victim of this pettiness and have essentially had to tread on thin ice just to be able to continue using a third party public space, and while it is somewhat cathartic to take away the barest strand of a reason to have someone attack me publicly over stated opinions that had nothing to do with them, it's still vexing on some level that it's something I have to make a case out of at all. Like I'm some tumor on the website simply for sticking to my own lane more often than not and not causing problems behind the scene, unlike a lot of other people. You can't even filter and manage your own space without some people throwing shitfits and getting others to essentially stalk you, especially if you never had a single thing to do with these people in the first place. Not to mention all the egotism and grandstanding they'll do in those same public spaces like they're moral authorities in the RPC. The very same people who criticize "rules for thee but not for me" practice the same exact behavior themselves more often than not, or so I've found. Heaven forbid it's not state-sanctioned outrage, otherwise being upset at these sorts of things and criticizing them makes you too overly "aggro" and "mean" for most people's tastes. A friend of mine has also ended up with a steadily shrinking friend circle because they don't take the usual Tumblr BS lying down and a lot of their longtime friends are chickening out on them for it. Now, I'm not saying we should simply roll over and fall in line to be successful on this website, but just that it should be understood that we will always be outnumbered compared to the rest because everyone else is, if I might dare call them such, either sociopathic or perpetual victims who will inevitably get used by the sociopaths on here. This site is, unfortunately, a niche little safe haven for these types of people on the internet.

OHOHO THIS LLAMA IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ABSOLUTE SHIT THESE FUCKWADS DO. I CAME UP IN THIS SHIT FOR THE BLOOD, I KNOW I AIN'T HERE TO BE FRIENDS. HURRHURRDURRHURR.

IT'S WHY I'M ACTIVELY CHALLENGING THEM FOR THE BLOODBATH. I AIN'T GOING AWAY, NOT AS LONG AS FUCKERS WANNA GET FUCKED BY A LLAMA VERBALLY. THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY FUCKING WANT. IN THE END IT'S ALL OVER GLORIFIED WHINING BY PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY BETTER THAN OTHERS ON HERE, WHEN THEY KNOW THEY AIN'T.

IMMA STILL BE HERE, RUINING THEIR PERFECT LIL 'ILLUSIONS' ON FANDOMS THAT THEY GODS. WHEN IN REALITY THEY AIN'T EVEN A GOD. LOL

IMMA STILL BE HERE SPOUTING MY TWO CENTS.

IMMA STILL BE HERE WAITING, HOPING NAH I'M PRAYING FOR THEM TO COME FOR ME. OH GOD PLEASE DO. MAKE A LLAMA'S DAY SUGARS. PLEASE. I PROMISE YAS, YA AIN'T EVEN BEGUN TO SEE WHAT REAL AGRO IS.

IMMA STILL BE IN THE RPC SHIT, SPOUTING MY SHIT. THEY CAN DEHUMANIZE/ABUSE/ASSAULT/BE BIGOTS/BE RACIST/SEXIST FUCKS TO ME ALLLL THEY WANT. I AM STILL HERE ALL AROUNDDDDDDDDD!

LALALALALA LLAMA LOUDMOUTH LLAMA LLAMA LLAMA!

[thelaurenshippen]

hello!!

I've gotten a lot of new followers in the last few days, I'm assuming because of the twitter exodus and while I imagine most of you are hopping over from following me there, I figured it wouldn't hurt to re-introduce myself to tumblr!

my name is Lauren Shippen and I am a

podcast writer/director/producer

novelist

sometimes voice actor

enormous fangirl

longtime tumblr user

my writing usually involves

supernatural/speculative elements

found family

queer stories

imperfect characters who you hopefully still love

stuff that may want to make you yell at me/get a tattoo/write fanfic/draw fanart

when I say I'm a longtime tumblr user, I mean it. I first joined the site in '09 (I recently found my first post, which is still up on my first blog which was about me moving from Blogspot. boy, that sure was 15 years ago, huh?) and have had *counts on fingers....runs out of fingers* a lot of blogs on here. this is my main front-facing tumblr, along with:

@dashboarddiaries (a podcast I do with @overchers all about tumblr!)

@breakerwhiskey (a daily microfiction podcast about shouting into the void at the end of the world and hoping it shouts back)

@thebrightsessions (an audio drama about ppl with supernatural abilities in therapy, I've reblogged a LOT of fanart for it on this blog)

@chambersandfogg (a yearly fiction podcast (with monthly posts!) about two rival magicians who discover they're both immortal. the slowest of slow burns)

@maxinemilespod (my choose your own ending YA mystery! not terribly active at the mo, but hopefully will be if/when we do S2)

@bridgewaterpodcast (my spooky podcast I do with thee Misha Collins and thee Aaron Mahnke - again, not active at the mo, but there's lots of great fanart and yes, I'm the one answering asks over there and probably one of the few folks with the login info lol)

I'm going to try to more consistent on here - maybe not as much as I am on my personal (guys, I spend a lot of time on tumblr), but certainly more than I do on twitter. okay. this post has gotten too long. happy we're all here!

some links:

find stuff

faq

and here, have some playlists.

[wannabegwenstacy]

About Me: Eden!

⇣Below cut⇣

Name: Eden Quinn (you can refer to me as just "eden".)

Age: 24

Line: 99' baby

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Pronouns: She/Her

My timezone: EST/EDT (i will be going off that time zone w/ my updates.)

Q: What groups do you stan?

A: Stan? Well, I started stanning BTS on July 6, 2020. They are really the ones that got me into Kpop. I used to write for them, but have decided I most likely won’t in the future. I started stanning Seventeen at the beginning of February 2023, Ateez at the beginning of June 2023, and The Boyz at the beginning of September 2023. I have looked into P1Harmony, ZB1, and TXT but right now I'm just a casual fan of them. I do closely follow some western artist though. I follow...Megan Thee Stallion, Doechii, Reneé Rapp, Flo, and Sabrina Carpenter currently.

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Q: SVT Bias Line?

A: Scoups, Mingyu, Dino & Dokyeom. also I am OT13

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Q: Ateez Bias Line?

A: Hongjoong, Wooyoung, & Yunho. you know it...OT8

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Q: TBZ Bias Line?

A: Kevin, Eric, & Jacob..definitely OT11

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Q: Fav Ship?

A: Tbh..them all? I love all the pairings. Outside of fan FICTION I do see them platonically though.

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Q: Ult of all Ults Bias?

A: Jacob Bae - i’m past down bad at this point

Q: What's your Big 3 in your chart? (Astrology)

A: Sun - Scorpio, Moon - Libra, Rising - Cancer

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Q: MBTI?

A: I switch between ENFP and INFP

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Q: Enneagram?

A: 4w3

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Q: Are you a Student?

A: I went to Uni for 3 years where I studied Visual Arts and Psychology but I dropped out during the pandemic. I still love to create but mostly this blog lets me get that pint up creative energy out. (update: I am officially a college student again)

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Q: Do you work?

A: Yes! I do have a full time job irl aside from writing, creating, and just keeping up with seventeen, ateez, & the boyz.

Q: New to Tumblr?

A: No, I have been on tumblr since..maybe 2013? I have had a few different accounts over the years. This account was originally a Marvel Stan Account. I have gotten into a number of things over the years also, so please don't scroll too deep.

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Q: Have you written fics before?

A: Not like this no. I have written little concepts and drafts before when I was younger but never posted them (thank god). I started posting on here because when I was messing around w/ my army friends I would write these drabbles/rants and they weren't bad. So I decided I would actually start posting some of them here? I honestly haven't posted any of my good stuff because I keep going back and adding to them or redrafting.

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Q: Do you have an A03 account?

A: Yes! but I currently haven't uploaded there yet. If my posts go well over here on tumblr I might start uploading on A03. BUT that will probably be more AUs and Full Fledged Fics rather than drabbles.

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Q: Main social media you use?

A: 20+ Adult Carat/Atiny/Deobi Twitter. I range from semi-active to basically only interacting with moots. Somedays I just like tweets, others I tweet a good bit but overall I don't really use other social media consistently.

[remythologise]

Hello! I found your blog via you amazingly summarizing all that's going on with the spn drama. Due to my schedules, rl stuff, some of the arcs that didn't vibe with me, my availability to find a place to watch...the rollercoaster I was used to with this fandom was more me binging it in a weekend to going months to over a year without watching it. I still haven't watched the last season(but with a fandom this big it's pretty impossible not be spoiled so I more or less know what happened) BUT oh great one I ask of thee for more information if you have it...other than being busy and whatnot, I'm not really one to keep up with the actors as well. So could you also maybe do a summary of all the stans? I'im seeing terms I haven't seen before. Who is Kelios(sp?)? Hellions?? probably messed it up but like...I guess what are the name of each legion? Who do they have alliance towards? What was their desires? Que paso?!?!?!?

Hi there! 'Some of the arcs that didn't vibe with me' me emotionally quitting Supernatural in Season 7 after they killed Castiel 😂 Anyway I totally get it, I went through the same culture shock mid-last year when I got back into SPN and tried to find where fandom was at! There's really a LOT of lore and content after 15 years though so I'll just do the broad brushstrokes based on my impressions and personal stereotypes PLEASE remember this is oversimplifying groups and individuals to tendencies and I'm very biased! Also important that there are sub-factions within sub-factions - again, I'm simplifying here!

I've also linked to the 'Super-wiki' in terms of some definitions because the Super-wiki has pages for them where the Fandom-wiki does not. Great introduction actually - only in the Supernatural fandom. There are two Supernatural wikis. One, through curation and twitter activity, supports BiBro/Wincest factions and does not support Destiel users. One is more neutral or Destiel-friendly (I don't know that the Fandom wiki has a personality/social media presence per se). You cannot make this up. There is a factional war... within use of fandom wikis.

Destiel faction

People who primarily ship Dean/Cas, love Castiel and (often, although not always) Jack, and the 'found family' of Supernatural as well as the brothers, and like the post s3 seasons too. Hated 15.19 and 15.20 for killing Dean and ignoring the other characters/narrative arc of the show. Nicknamed 'Destihellers' by the Wincest faction as a derogatory term, 'reclaimed' and shortened as 'Hellers', a nickname they use affectionately to describe each other. See more info on nicknames here.

Sometimes also ship ‘Cockles’ (the ship between Misha Collins and Jensen Ackles) although generally speaking they're more respectful of the wives of the actors than J2 shippers, who are notoriously responsible for... a vast series of insane-fan misdemeanours. Historically most were also good at keeping RPF to themselves and not harassing celebrities with it directly, although recently, particularly with younger twitter fans, that has not been the case.

Sub-factions:

The ‘Desticule’ or ‘Destiel tumblr’ - general grouping of Destiel-shipping tumblr users around 20-30 years old, usually LGBT+, most who came back to the show post-15.18 after leaving it for various reasons including getting sick of the queerbaiting. Funniest bitches alive etc. and responsible for the best text posts you’ve ever seen. Can also start stupid discourse and in-group drama when they’re bored.

'POLOL' - People of Lots of Letters, a discord group (of tumblr and twitter users) that ran on the assumption Andrew Dabb was playing a hugely intricate game of 3D chess to do with gnostic symbolism among other things, and would make Destiel canon. Have since had their own factional sub-wars and fallen apart a bit. Some of their meta was and is good and interesting! Some of it was wildly off the mark. Now generally insist that Dabb/the writers were all pushing for Destiel canon and the network is entirely to blame.

Twitter fans (TikTok edition) - younger fans around 18 and younger who (FOR REASONS BEYOND ME) started watching the show around 2018-2020. Definition of 'stans'. Tend to be very loud and aggressive on twitter when Events Happen, which like. I do get, because they've grown up in a completely different media environment and this kind of Dinosaur Politicking around LGBT+ issues is beyond them. Fancam central. Anyway stream #CASTIEL for clear skin!

Twitter fans (AO3 edition) - older fans around 30+ who kept going with the show but either don't have a large tumblr presence or just prefer twitter. A lot of fic writers, GISH-ers, and BNFs in this group. Some of them are very cool and reasonable in their opinions, some of them act like the younger stans. Some of them too accepting of what happened wrt 15.19-20 in my opinion, because, in contrast to the younger twitter stans, they grew up expecting Destiel to NEVER be canon or respected. 'Can't believe we got this far' etc.

Multiship faction

Multishippers or shippers of things not as large as the two main behemoths . Sub-factions based on shipping, e.g. Megstiel and Sastiel. I don't think these groups are very large though, and seem to have very little influence in the Discourse.

Wincest faction

LARGE overlap with the 'BiBro' faction and their opinions, which I'll get to. Ship Sam and Dean romantically. Often pretend to be BiBros on places like twitter and reddit in order for outside groups to take their opinions more seriously. 'Wincesties' etc. are derogatory nicknames given by the Destiel faction.

Sub-factions:

Multiship fans - ship Sam and Dean but respect Castiel/the 'found family'. Politically overlap with the faction of multishippers, I think. I don't have a lot of insight on this group of people honestly, but I know they exist.

Bronlies - the typical BiBro and 'Wincest' shippers most people think of, twitter user 'Kelios' is one of the would-be ringleaders of this faction - typically tend to be older white midwestern women. Historically have been pretty nasty on twitter (leading to Robert Berens, writer who made Destiel canon, occasionally subtweeting Kelios). Also tend to ship 'J2' - and take it very seriously as a legitimate thing that is really real. This is called 'tinhatting'.

BiBro faction

People who think the show should JUST be about the brothers, love Supernatural s1-3 and everything after it should have been just like Supernatural s1-3. Hate Castiel, Jack, and the 'found family'. Largely loved 15.20. Go to literally any comments section on any Supernatural article and You Will Find Them complaining about how the show should just be about the Brothers. Tend to be older, straighter, and more conservative/Republican (and male) fans. (I am aware that the definition of 'BiBro' used to refer to people who just liked the brothers but there's no definitional difference now in the discourse.) The Wincest and BiBro faction are generally much more wealthy than the Destiel faction (they being younger and more diverse/queer/left-leaning in general) and would be the biggest revenue generators at conventions etc.

Sub-factions:

Reddit bros - literally anyone who visits r/supernatural. Well, that's not fair - there are people who post reasonable opinions on there, but it's pretty rare and they get downvoted a lot. Like to talk about 'toxic Destiel fans' 'ruining the show' and how Dean is a straight man who is straight and could never possibly be gay. Might even think the confession was platonic despite all evidence to the contrary. I'm Not Homophobic I Have Gay Friends, But No Gays on MY Show!

Old Guard - group of older fans who overlap strongly with the Wincest faction, but might not necessarily ship Wincest.

GA faction

'General Audience' - These are the group of audience members that aren't 'online' so to speak; most watch the show on TV as a Casual Viewing Experience (are therefore also sometimes referred to as 'casuals'. Mostly their opinions tend towards BiBros, but they have a vast range of baffling views thanks to being Not Online and usually Not caring about Supernatural that much or thinking that deeply about it.

Sub-factions:

People who simply watch Supernatural on TV and then don't think about it very much after that.

I said they weren't 'online' but that's not entirely true; I'd probably classify people on Supernatural Facebook Groups as GA, along with friends of friends who post statuses about how 15.20 was a neat finale that wrapped up the series.

Conclusion

Supernatural is famously the show that appeals to both Republicans and Democrats, literally All Orientations, so there's a WIDE range of factions. However, most warring online boils down to Destiel vs. Wincest/BiBro - the war that started in Season 4 and has simply never ended. In terms of the 'actors' and their stans, in general, Wincest/BiBro fans love Jared, like Jensen, and dislike Misha. Destiel fans love Misha, like Jensen, and dislike Jared. Of course as with everything, there are variations and this is just a generalisation. But that's the summary of it, from my perspective!

This didn't even get into Sam girls, Dean girls and Cas girls. God. Anyway.

Hope that answered your question, anon!

[bookgeekgrrl]

Rules: Answer 30 some questions and tag 20 some blogs you are contractually obligated maybe want to get to know better.

Tagged By: indirectly tagged by @lena221bee

Name: Michele

Star Sign: Sag

Height: 5'

Time: 10:08 AM

Birthday: mid-December

Favorite Bands/Favorite Solo Artists: i listen to a LOT of music and it’s too hard to choose faves; this week has been Olivia Newton-John (RIP legend), lots of Dio and Iron Maiden and Judas Priest and all of Jax’s body of work

Last Movie: had to consult my media tracking spreadsheet because i don’t watch stuff all that often; spreadsheet informs me last movie watched was What’s Up, Doc?

Last Show: currently watching Only Murders In The Building and What We Do In The Shadows weekly

When did I create this blog: 2011

What I post: whatever tf i want

Last thing I googled: today’s lucky 10000

Other Blogs: nope

Do I Get Asks?: very occasionally

Why I chose my url: 15 years ago it represented my interests in a basic way (still does, so…)

Following: tumblr says 510 but i’m sure many of those are defunct now

Followers: 430, but again, probably most of those aren’t active any longer

Average hours of sleep: sleep is a wonderful thing i cannot achieve. It’s a good night if i can score 6 hrs. Average is about 4.5. sometimes i want to cry

Instruments: zero

What am I wearing: wfh loungewear in the form of black capri leggings and an oversize t-shirt ‘jersey’ for Ilya Rozanov of the Ottawa Centaurs fictional hockey team, one of the main characters in THEE BEST rivals-to-lovers books ever written, Heated Rivalry.

Dream job(s): sci fi/fantasy pop culture curator/librarian for a specialized academic library

Favorite Food: i like to eat food other people cook for me. But i am kinda craving a burger right at this minute.

Nationality: USian

Favorite Song(s): right this second it’s definitely “Victoria’s Secret” by Jax because that’s a fucking BOP. (again, i listen to a LOT of music and i love a LOT of songs)

Currently playing on repeat: see above; i’ve definitely been playing it repeatedly.

Last book I read: last finished published book was The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie; last finished novel-length fic was Civilian, an incredible no-powers Stucky AU by CoraRochester

Top 3 fictional universes I’d like to live in: something Ghibli, maybe the Star Trek universe (but not to like, join Starfleet or have adventures, just to be in a post-scarcity civilization)

Tagging: If you see this and wanna play, consider yourself tagged. (do tag me in the response though, so i can see it!)

[hearthandhomemagick]

I'm not sorry for what I am about to say.

You are responsible for your actions or how interpret other people's music or art.

Music and Art are two things meant to express the current or past experiences of the artist in question. It is meant to be relatable to their personal experiences, and others in the world. If large crowds of people relate as well and simply enjoy that music or art, then good for them. Music and Art are meant to be enjoyed, to feel relatable.

Which brings me to this rant I am about to get into.

Just because you do not relate to what Meagan thee Stallion, Doja Cat or Cardi B are rapping or singing about, doesn't mean they don't deserve to be where they are or that they don't deserve to sing about what they are singing about.

I read a very inconsiderate post on here (And blocked the author directly after reading it) stating that the music the above mentioned women are making are, "Hindering and Harming real life people who will never be able to be where those artists are." and how, "These songs give you a false hope that being a THOT is great and these artists are losers." Very watered down sum-up of a lengthy post. But, the writer literally called these successful woman losers while complaining on Tumblr about it.

First and foremost, these women can sing, rap, dance and discuss whatever the fuck they want. They are grown ass woman who worked through a lot of hard shit to get where they are. If they love themselves enough to make songs they enjoy, to write songs about the old them and the new them, to write songs they personally enjoy, you have no reason aside from jealousy to be calling them losers. You are completely discounting the amount of hard work they put into their art under the assumption that no one else will ever be where they are today.

News flash, they did the thing you are claiming is impossible or fake. This very much is their personal reality, and nothing you say can take back their experiences or personal lives. There is no amount of self-righteousness that will validate you insulting someone's success because you feel as though it gives their audience a false sense of hope or "promotes negative activity."

The rest of the world, along with the fans of these artists, can recognize that these artists are creating songs that are a reality for themselves and a majority of their fans. They are also songs for you to have fun with. For you to express yourself, get a little wild and have a good time.

Music is not here to influence you to be a certain way.

You are responsible for your life choices. You are responsible for the shit you do. Not an artist who is responsible for her shit she does in her own person life. I mean, fuck, even Cardi B is more responsible with her children than most of the parents on here. At least she turns off her inappropriate music when her daughter enters a room.

And trust me, I get the argument this person made by saying, "These artists can afford to fix their mistakes and fuck-ups. The people who listen to the music and are influenced by it will never be in the same position."

But, like, A. You don't know where anybody is going to be in life 10 years from now. Any of us are 1 bad hospital bill away from being completely homeless and no one is singing about that or "influencing" you into that position. But it is a very real reality for a lot of people. And B. It is not the responsibility of a singer to make sure you are making the right decisions as a grown ass adult when that artist doesn't even know your fucking name. If you are a child, then it's your parents responsibility to raise you with the appropriate media, not the artists. If you know you are easily influenced by things as simple as music, then you know what to stay away from, don't you? And if you choose to listen to that music and be influenced by it as an adult, guess whose fault that is?

It's not Cardi's, I promise.

Don't go around assuming everyone is exactly like you when it comes to influence. Just because Coke told you to buy their product because "everyone likes it", doesn't mean you start enjoying the product and buying it all of a sudden.

Influence is subtle, but it's not this magical thing that renders you incapable of making personal decisions or having critical thinking skills.

I want to point out that there are Christians who go to church every Sunday, who volunteer for the community and only listen to gospel music that are addicted to Drugs, Molest Children, are Domestic Abusers or are Alcoholics. I promise they aren't listening to Cardi B or any of the artists I've mentioned as a reason to do those awful actions.

Seriously, I don't know why this pissed me off so fucking hard, but it's not a bold statement to discount someone's life experiences or art simply because "I can't relate". It's not a smart statement when you blatantly insult an artist for embracing the person they are while assuming the people listening to the music are somehow incapable of being responsible for their own shit.

God, it's like the video game argument. "Violent Video Games create Violent People" no bitch, unattended violent behavior going uncorrected by grown ass adults is what leads to violent behavior. And even then, it's a personal choice most times to actively not be violent.

Don't be so critical of everyone that you think you're the best human on this planet with no moral downfalls. Don't be so judgmental that you shame people for listening to music.

You also sound like the old folks during the 70's and 80's claiming Rock Music was Satanic and was forcing kids into doing Satanic Shit. It was called Satanic Panic for a reason.

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Do Romeo and Juliet “Miss” Each Other?

*le sigh*

So I’m not entirely sure how on earth 2010s era Tumblr came up with this specific joke as the default text, but at least it’s a little more interesting than the garden “hahahaha R&J are just lustful teens!!!” one. Even so, it’s one of those takes that sound clever but are actually just another variation of the whole “R&J wouldn’t last two seconds together!!!!1!” take. Not a serious one for anyone who has read the play, at least.

I know it’s a joke. But for a joke to be funny, it has to have a kernel of truth, no? And it…doesn’t, really.

Misunderstanding/Miscommunication in R&J

There are plenty of misunderstandings in R&J, though mostly on the Nurse’s part, as she, not R&J, is the one with the most problems with communication. There is 1) the Nurse being too upset over Tybalt’s death and accidentally misleading Juliet to believe that Romeo is dead, instead of Romeo killing Tybalt and being banished.

Nurse. Alack the day! He’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead!

Juliet. Can heaven be so envious?

Eventually the Nurse finally manages to communicate properly and that misunderstanding is resolved.

There is also the Nurse again, 2) not telling Romeo about Juliet forgiving him for killing Tybalt.

Romeo. Spak’st thou of Juliet? How is it with her?Doth she not think me an old murderer, Now I have stained the childhood of our joy With blood removed but little from her own? Where is she? And how doth she? And what says My concealed lady to our cancelled love?

Nurse. O she says nothing, sir, but weeps and weeps

As a result, he assumes that Juliet hates him and wants nothing to do with him, with almost disastrous results. After the Friar sets him straight, the Nurse finally gives Romeo Juliet’s ring, and the misunderstanding between him and the Nurse is resolved.

There is also 3) the famous miscarriage of the Friar’s letter due to the plague and Romeo never receiving it, thus knowing the plan. Again, not anything to do with R&J’s relationship, just really bad luck/fate.

Notice how none of these “misunderstandings” arise from the relationship itself, but from other people. The Nurse is the one who accidentally misleads R&J and the letter never arrived to Romeo because of the plague.

R&J Do Not Chill, Not For One Second

R&J not only do not misunderstand or miscommunicate with each other, they don’t even so much as bicker. The closest thing to a snafu these unabashed simp lords get into is this part where Romeo tries to swear his love and Juliet just doesn’t let him:

Romeo. Lady, by yonder blessèd moon I swear, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops—

Juliet. O swear not by the moon, th’inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

I would argue, though, that this is not really a good example of an argument or even a negotiation, since it’s clear that Romeo is responding to Juliet’s previous rambly monologue, which showcases her worries, hopes, and insecurities so vividly:

Juliet. O gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully. Or if you think I am too quickly won, I’ll frown and be perverse and say thee “nay” So thou wilt woo. But else, not for the world.

Juliet explicitly worries that if Romeo vows, he may “prove false” but she contradicts herself slightly when she tells him to “pronounce it faithfully”—which necessarily means a vow of some sort. (Unless we’re to take this to mean that Juliet would be perfectly assured with Romeo just saying “I love you, really!!!” which…sure, Jan). For all her assurances that she would believe Romeo if he told her he loved her, it’s clear she has doubts. He picks up on this undercurrent easily enough because of course he would and reacts accordingly (Romeo is not a very active listener or pays much attention to detail, but when it comes to Juliet, he is Sherlock freakin’ Holmes).

The only other possible “argument” or disagreement is not really an argument, but merely part of a love game: After the wedding night, Juliet tries to persuade Romeo that what he heard was the lark, not the nightingale, and that it was not time to go yet. Romeo says no, it was the nightingale, Juliet tells him to stay, and it’s all sweet and sad and flirty and tragic all at once, like a reverse “Baby It’s Cold Outside”:

Juliet. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. Nightly she sings on yond pom’granate tree. Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.

Romeo. It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. I must be gone and live, or stay and die.

Juliet. Yond light is not daylight. I know it, I.

“I really must go” 🎶“But bae, it’s still dark outside”🎶

(There is also R&J’s shared love language and shared metaphors that both employ, either influenced by each other or independently from each other. These simp lords have tons of soulmate vibin’ and imagery in their exchanges, it’s insane.)

R&J both want the same things, to be together, and they both react similarly when confronted with obstacle or disaster. Chances at miscommunication are subverted; Juliet’s anger at Romeo for killing Tybalt quickly gives way to forgiveness, and they reconcile for without trouble for their wedding night. They are consistently on the same page from start to finish.

So In Sum

Characters don’t usually communicate well in R&J, for either feud-related reasons, generational ones, (Friar with Romeo, Nurse with Juliet) or even individual ones. R&J are physically apart for most of the play, so they have to rely on other people to be messengers of their love, which inevitably leads to a lot of trouble communication-wise. But the important thing to note is that the miscommunication is never at their end. It’s at other people’s.