#i don't want to link it just because i don't want to send trolls their way

[uninformedartist]

So hey long time no see, just popping in to say that this video by Official_TVC is bullshit.

So summary + thoughts:

Video starts off with defintions on different types of stalking & they say Vivienne has experienced all this kind of stalking. Then goes on to say its 2 individuals doing this stalking and they we the viewer doesn't need to know them, Official_TVC has done a lot of research on them and we should should trust Official & their word without evidence because apparently they retweeted something on twitter & it was a tumblr post thats supposedly exposed Vivienne's siblings, personal things ect. All this is hearsay by you, it shouldn't make the average viewer trust your word. Yes I've seen things but that was from posts I've seen.

Aside -honestly Official should be questioning the anon asks we get on here, some of the asks contain some questionable info like how do you get that info. People get asks on here containing info, people don't go out & hunt all Vivienne's private life, we receive stuff thats how things come to light, OTHER PEOPLE SEND US STUFF.

All the background of the video is helluva boss/hazbin scenes coupled with music from respective shows. No evidence, not even heavily censored evidence to protect Vivienne, just Official_TVC talking & basically saying "trust me bro I did research, believe me". This is heinous accusations, individuals you are talking about & you give nothing. It could be lies for all people know, I don't even believe & I've seen the things you're referring to.

Continued, the stalkers, the 1st one is a "troll" according to Official_TVC & the second is supposedly so bad they were quote " has been 15 ft from vivziepop", no backing on that 15ft statement, Official_TVC just states this. All this stalking, entire pages made is because of a ship. Leaking show stuff (aside again, is GIVEN TO US VIA ANONYMOUS ASKS).

They carry on to say essentially all this hate talk on Viv on YT is cos she's popular, they got nothing of meaning to say on Viv cos they hate her so much they can't talk about her positively. They then mention a person has a never ending stream that just feeds misinformation other YouTubers & quote "on the precipice of wanting to strangle a woman (Viv) who made the crime of making demons gay". Wtf does that mean, who has this never ending stream of feeding misinformation to other YouTube, who & wtf are you talking about.

Anyway, goes on to compare spindlehorse workplace allegations to Amazon (yes ironic) & how Amazon treats its workers really bad... do I need to say more. Goes on to say everyone ragged on Viv because hazbin hotel is on Amazon, Amazon is bad & quote by Official_TVC is cos "everyone looks for an excuse to hate". Ok now I'm giving evidence on why people ragged on Viv for prime since you give jackshit.

Amazon/prime is currently being boycotted, its on the bds list why people were saying to pirate hazbin. Not some bullshit reason Official gave on it being mindless hate. Here is a video explaining why people are boycotting Amazon:

Vivienne also like this post from a fan, do I need to spell out how fucking disgusting this tweet is and the fact that she liked it.

Official carrys on to say stalker 1 did 3 things, doxxed Vivienne, & in their words if you go to said person's page Official states "im pretty sure they know where vivziepop lives". That is speculation, thats your opinion cos no evidence is provided or can be for that matter cos this is what YOU think. Dropping as Official says "nuggets" of info on Viv's siblings University, their work (this info was from a sibling's linked in page, public info). Can I say aside, I know her sibling's names. Why, not from stalking but from them leaving comments on Viv's speeddraws and Viv publicly naming them on her PUBLIC socials. And if you know someone's name you can easily find out what uni they went to, if you know my name & search me up you know what uni I go to its in the public on their linked in, social posts ect.

They go on to talk about how terrible leaking Viv's shows are, which idgaf. Amazon is a zionist corporation I'm pirating anything of Vivienne. Even invincible which I love, pirated it. Fans should too (since I see a lot of fans with free palastine in bio but still pay for prime). Anyway thats on them.

TW: talks of sexual harassment. So Official doesn't want to give more info on this individual which I respect & understand. However they say stalker 1 is sexually harrassing this person, sending content of a sexual nature all because the victim in this situation didn't agree with stalker 1 on the stalker's sentiments on hazbin hotel. I understand protecting the victim but my soul you're literally protecting the perpetrator. Expose them, you keep staying stalker 1 & 2 CALL THEM OUT. Protect the victims but expose the perpetrators.

They go on to stalker 2, who know stalker 1. Stalker 2 supposedly went to the hazbin premiere. They were there to keep an eye on vivziepop Official quotes. No evidence of this quote or info just them relaying it. Again this is all your words against what. Yeah that is concerning it really is but substantiate this evidence & quotes. This is the 1st time I'm hearing about this so I would like to know more on this & this heinous person. But you don't give any evidence. Official says " these people need to be stopped", how can they be stopped. You give no names, no info or evidence, its wishful thinking you saying this. I'm harping on and on on about Official gives no evidence but its so flipping frustrating hearing them spout all this WITH NOTHING to back their words.

TW again: Mentions of suicide and Shay a fan bullied by the fandom who then took their own life. Know a lot of people are still saddened by what led to Shay's passing why I mention this.

Official says stalker 1 is using the death of Shay to entice fruther harrassed on Vivienne. Its "apparently now", huskerdust fans went after Shay with heinous harassment & Shay subsequently ended their life, may they rest in peace. Official claims stalker 1 says Vivziepop is directly responsible for Shay's death. Shay's death was worded as "apparently" but stalker 1 using Shay's death to pin it on Vivziepop is stated as a fact. How disgusting can you be someone died & its apparently so to you but your word of mouth should be considered fact, fuck off. Official then goes on to say... sighs quote "we do not hold politicians accountable when they massacre people of other countries... bloodlines don't exist but we don't blame the politicians pushing the buttons".

Ok wtf, yes we do we blame Biden & other politicians & presidents for pushing the figurative & literally buttons on massacring Palestinians & other minorities, WE DO so wtf are you talking about. I honestly hate Official at this point because wtf are they saying. I don't blame vivziepop on Shay's death, even though when there was attempts to reach Vivienne on what was happening to Shay, maybe the channels they used like email didn't get the message across unfortunately. What I absolutely hate is when fans, like official now use Shay's death as a pawn in relation to people hating on Viv. No one that I've see & I'm saying it now I know who these stalker 1 & 2 are not even they were as disgusting as Official & fans to use Shay's death as to further hate on Vivienne. What Official_TVC is saying is bullshit.

And I disregard everything Official_TVC says after they hearted this comment, fuck you Official_TVC for hearting this vile comment.

I link a screenshot of the outreach to Vivienne via email on Shay aswell as the document on Shay's.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSfCoyn81fp83pycx5eyS4oxryRpFnVnHdEeyEyouigrKSWAZ5iEgTjt7Q63n68S_PcZK7_klB-9dH1/pub

In all this video is a load of nothing, bullshit actually & just vile on the parts of Shay. They ended of once again reiterating they won't give proof because people just want names & evidence for the tea/gossip & they want to protect Vivienne, shoo shoo. Again trust me bro, I did the research so trust me.

I want to reiterate I condone no actions if provided true on stalker 1 or 2. But from what I've seen of them is all out of context, lies spread by the fandom & things just made up down the grapevine. I don't do this for likes, clout or other bullshit the fandom says. Wouldn't be of me on my nature and the work that I do. Come with substantial evidence, then we discuss & make conclusions but for now

...

I hate Vivienne and this fandom, bye all.

[johnslittlespoon]

🌈 MOTA Writers (+ Readers) Discord Server!

Do you write queer/shippy things for Masters of the Air? Or are you a reader who wants to contribute brainrot/ideas too?

Cool! You're invited to join the Writers of the Air server, wowie! Did I pull all of this out of my ass in the past 24 hours? Absolutely. Do I know what I'm doing? No, I have created one server in my life. Will we have a good ol' time? Yeah, baby!

✨ How to join: 1. Be an adult (sorry buds– there are gonna be channels for nsfw writing things!) 2. Send me a message here with your Discord ID, or ask for an invite link, if you don't have public invites turned on! :-) If messages aren't working for some reason, just reply to this post and lmk, I'll try to send you one instead. <3

That's all! I don't want to post a public invite link so we can avoid possible trolls/weirdos and can keep this a friendly, comfy space. 💗

This feels so formal lmao but really it's just gonna be a fun, chill server for writing–related things. Maybe occasional events/challenges for anyone who wants to participate, but mostly just a creative hangout space for authors and readers. :-)

My sleep's all over the place, so please be patient with me if I don't see your message asap! And also bear with me if there are any issues with bots/permissions because I'm winging all of this lol but I'm open to suggestions and will fix any issues as soon as I can. ✨

P.S. The reason this is specifically a writing server for authors who write fruity ship content is bc I've seen quite a few servers already for rp, oc/x reader, etc, so I wanted to create a more niche space for mostly queer canon character content instead! It's not intended to be exclusive at all, as all fic is wonderful and lovely. <3 Just thought for pride month it would be fitting to make something purposefully curated towards queer creations. 🌈

[hotvintagepoll]

Welcome to the HOT AND VINTAGE MOVIE STARS tournament! We are now finished with the Hot & Vintage Men Tournament; The Hot & Vintage Movie Women Tournament is ongoing. Submissions for hot vintage women are now closed, but we are accepting propaganda for those already in the bracket.

Round 1 of the Hot & Vintage Women Tournament began with 540 hot women in prelims. Round 1 starts Saturday, March 2nd, with posts going up over several days. All polls—including ongoing polls, previous rounds, old tournaments, the various shadow brackets, and fun mini polls—can be found in the #hotvintagepoll tag. Every poll in the Hot & Vintage Women Tournament will be tagged with the hot woman in it if you need to search for a hot woman in particular.

FAQs:

“Where is [my favorite hot woman]?” It depends. Are all the Round 1 polls up yet? Have you checked all the polls in the tag? Have you done a tag search for her? If you still haven’t found her, either nobody submitted her or she did not fit the criteria of being a movie woman from 1910-1970.

“Can I still submit hot women?” No, the submission window has closed. Please do not send in women you wish had made it into the bracket. I can’t do anything with those asks and they just make me sad.

“I have additional propaganda for the hot women!” Great! Send me an ask or reblog the poll and add your propaganda to it. If you see a separate post that relates to your hot woman, like a fancam or a gifset, you can tag me in it. I don’t boost all the propaganda I see or receive, but I try to boost the best of the best.

If you’re submitting propaganda for your hot lady, I don’t accept propaganda that’s from beyond the end of this tournament’s era (ie don’t send me pics of them from before 1910 or after 1970). I also don’t accept propaganda of TV appearances unless it’s clearly a cameo where they’re playing themselves. If you have a TON of photos to submit, please send a few asks instead of one long one. I watch every video I receive so I can add trigger warnings, so please don't send long videos—I don't have time to review them.

I don’t post or boost negative propaganda about any hot woman. If you really hate that a certain hot woman is winning, send me positive propaganda for their hot opponent. If you think a hot woman shouldn’t even be included in the tournaments because of scummy things she did in her lifetime, please read my take on it here.

If I see repetitive, trolling, and/or bigoted remarks in the comments, I may block you from this bracket. If you want to point out a hot woman’s flaws or misdemeanors, that’s fine, but if I see consistent bad-faith trolling, you will be blocked.

The views expressed in the propaganda are not my own. I don’t submit my own propaganda, and I don’t change what’s submitted beyond fixing spelling mistakes. If you hate a poll bio or a pic, let me know and send me something I can use instead. Thoughtless bitching will get blocked.

"Where are the hot men?" Most of them are in the shadow realm! Toshiro Mifune was crowned the winner of the Hot & Vintage Men Tournament, and the rest were banished where the sun never shines. You can find all the round 1 matchups here (thank you @markwatnae!), or you can search the archive by tag to find out more about what happened to all the different hot men.

"Why didn't my propaganda make it into the poll post?" Either I couldn't open the link, or there was so much submitted I could only pick a few. Because this tournament is so much bigger than the Hot & Vintage Men one, I'm limiting propaganda to 5 pics per hot lady for Round 1. I know, a bummer! I have to do it this way to keep myself sane. If you have a photo you really want the world to see, follow the propaganda guidelines above.

“My FAQ isn’t on here :(” send me an ask! I love hearing from you guys—just please check these basics first.

Thank you for being here! Enjoy the tournament.

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

03/10/24 OFMD Recap

TLDR; Cast & Crew Sightings; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Rosie Carnahan Darby; London Billboards; Mascot Jeff's Birthday; Adopt Our Crew Saturday Sillies; Fan Spotlight; Reminders! Wee John Wonday; Watch Parties; Kudoboards; Companies doing good things!; Fundraisers! Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika

Okay luvs, finally catching up. I'd love to do a much bigger appreciate day post so everyone can see all the cool stuff people posted but I'd like to get some permissions first, so I'll try to do that tomorrow or sometime this week!

== Cast & Crew Sightings ==

== David Jenkins ==

David just sharing some soothing music for being parked. Src: Dj's Insta

= Rhys Darby =

Out with the fam! Rhys' Instagram Story

Rosie was kind enough to give us another shot tonight:

= Rosie Carnahan Darby =

So I'm not going to post the tweet Rosie was responding too because that twat of a human being can rot, but I would like to highlight Rosie and her badassery and constant standing up for everyone. Just a damn fine human being that one. If you want to see who and what it was in response to, please visit Rosie's Twitter Page, but CW: TERF

== London Billboards Meetups! ==

Tomorrow's the day folks! First set of Billboards are up tomorrow! SRC: Tumblr / Instagram

== Jeff's Birthday! ==

== Adopt Our Crew Saturday Sillies ==

Our lovely friends at @adoptourcrew had more Saturday Sillies for us yesterday during the appreciation event on Twitter! Just copying them over here so yall with no twitter can play :) If you do have access to twitter, please play and interact with AdoptOurCrew on Twitter! If you don't have access to Twitter, check out the puzzles here.

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Positive Content by LCWebsXOXO =

Our dear crew-mate LCWebsXOXO (you may have seen her around helping with @saveofmdcrewmates as well as all over tumblr/twitter) is starting up a youtube channel this week dedicated to positive content! Looking for something to boost your spirits? She's here to help. Feel free to check out her Tiktok and Youtube.

= Cast Cards =

More cards from @melvisik! This time two of my favorite ladies, Selenis Leyva and Kristen Johnston!

== Reminders! ==

= Wee John Wondays =

Just a reminder! Tomorrow (as far as we know at the normal time) Con O'Neil and Gypsy Taylor will be joining Kristian Nairn on Wee John Wonday! 10.30 pm GMT / 6:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT

= Watch Parties =

== Wrecked ==

There are sources being passed around. If access is an issue, DM @iamadequate1 on Twitter or Tumblr

Season 2 watch from March 11th to March 15th. 

Season 3 watch from March 18th to March 22nd. 

Times will be 10pm GMT / 5pm EST / 4pm CST / 2pm PST. Watch two episodes per day. Episodes are 21-22 minutes each. Use the following Saturday for the tags/watch if interested but not able to make this time.

Hashtags: 

#WreckedPirates

#SaveOFMD

#RhysDarbyFaction

== Deutsche Nachrichten / German News ==

Twitter-Watch-Along von Our Flag Means Death:

Streamt Staffel 2 ab dem 15. März.

Samstag, 9.3. 17:00 Folgen 1 bis 3, 

Dienstag, 12.3. 20:00 Folgen 4 & 5, 

Mittwoch, 13.3. 20:00 Folgen 6 & 7, 

Donnerstag 14.3. 20:00 Folgen 8 & 9, 

Freitag, 15.3. 17:30 Folge 10

Und anschließend bingen wir zusammen Staffel 2! 

Schaut und tweetet mit! 

Hashtag:

 OurFlagRTL

== Kudoboard Reminders! ==

= Taika =

Kudoboard Link

The board will stay up until March 12th, and we will share the link with him on March 13th. The Kudoboard is monitored prior to approval to prevent trolls from jumping in (so if you don't see your additions right away, that's why!)

== Cast & Crew Kudoboards ==

In addition-- thank you to @sharpenyersword on Twitter for setting up ALL THE KUDOBOARDS! Rhys' birthday kudoboard will close on the 20th, the rest will close on the 22nd. There are more! I missed some the first time! Sorry all!

Go send the cast and crew some love folks!

Rhys Darby's Birthday

David Jenkins

Nathan Foad

Con O'Neill

Ruibo Qian

Leslie F*cking Jones!

Matthew Maher

Vico Ortiz

Samson Kayo

Alex "Ass Tonight" Sherman!

David Fane

Kristian "Wee John Wednesdays" Nairn!

Samba "BTS and Baking King" Schutte!

Fellow OFMD Fan Crew!

== Companies Doing Good Things! ==

While not OFMD specific, it's been called out that there are some wonderful things happening in regards to moms of our trans and non-binary siblings. Penzey's Spices is creating a Mother's Day catalog featuring moms of trans and non-binary kids!

You can check out more info here if you're interested!

== Fundraisers ==

= Our Flag makes a Difference =

Getting so much closer to the goal for eSIMs and Sanity Products of Gaza Fundraiser! It's up to 71% funded! Great job everyone!

= Team Haven Belfast Update! =

Almost at 20%!

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies. We're coming up on another week. It's only been a few days since Chaos Dad made the announcement, but I gotta say, it feels almost like a month. I been feeling it pretty hard, and I know so many of you have been struggling. We're all working through things in our own way, and in our own time, slowly but surely.

You really should be proud of yourselves. Look at you. Look at everything you've done in just a few days, hell in a couple months. The amount of people you've sent love to. The amount of lives you made better with a kudos/heart, or a kind word, or a message. None of us, no matter how well we know each other, know how much each of us is going through, and yet you still, throughout it all, put more love into the world. The world is such a better place with you, and your art, and your words, and your kindness, and you should be so incredibly proud of yourself. I know I'm proud of you. I know we're all so very proud of you. And you know what else? You're doing so much better than you think you are. These days especially, everything feels so much worse. Crappy things, compacting on crappy things, and then they try to take our solace away from us. But you know what? You're treading water, even if it feels like you're drowning, and sooner or later, you'll be able to swim again. Don't give up lovelies. We're all still here with you, and we're all so proud of you, and we all love you. Keep on sharing that beautiful spark of yours, it's catching, and it's making the world a much more beautifully bright place.

I hope the beginning of your week is kind to you <3 Sweet Dreams and Pleasant Days.

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Just some goofy finger action and smiles from these two. Darby Courtesy of @ofmd-ann Taika Courtesy of @parttimesarah

[antianakin]

Hey! 👋 Just wanted to send in a message and say thanks for reblogging my post to leave some of your thoughts on it. I hope you didn’t mind the tag. 😅 Half the time Tumblr breaks links to other blogs for me, so I just thought tagging would be easier. I also apologize if it felt like I was calling you out or something about giving points on pro jedi to anti jedi fans?? 😭 It’s probably just my anxiety, but I still just wanted to clarify in case my words bothered you. I was more just kinda speaking in general to pro jedi fans as a whole.

I definitely agree with your thoughts looking back on it now that the anon might’ve been genuine in the sense they weren’t trolling, but it was clear they just wanted to be told they were right. They didn’t genuinely want to debate. I kinda sometimes look for the best in people even if it’s not there. 🤦‍♀️😂 But yeah… it IS frustrating to have asks open related to answering SW meta posts or fic questions and then just see a kinda benevolently condescending anti/critical jedi ask in there like that.

Getting all the thoughts out helped me cool off from my rage at that YouTube commenter that called Leia a “brat” though for not forgiving Anakin, at least. It’s the little things in life, I suppose. 😌💖😂

I hope you’re doing good! 👍 I do genuinely love hearing your SW takes, whether on Anakin or Jedi or clone stuff in general. I feel like you’re a lot more objective than others can be about Anakin, if that makes sense?? And also just about the clones in general too and your thoughts they might not want to be seen as mandalorians (at least I think I recall you saying that before in a post?), because they’re clones and brothers in arms first and foremost. I personally like the idea of them having mandoa just because I feel like it’s something that would be taught and passed down from the genetic tree of Jango. But I DEFINITELY appreciate the idea that Jango might’ve not been as deified by clones as people believe. 😭 I’m not saying he was the devil, but at the end of the day he plucked out a kid from the thousands he left behind from being his clones, and called it a day.

I wasn't bothered at all, my firmer more negative opinions aren't going to be for everyone! I'm consistently surprised at how many people DO seem to appreciate anything I have to say on the topic, negative or otherwise. I've said this before, but I made this blog as a space for me to express more negative things and I figured that would be kind-of a turn off for people. I'm glad that it's ended up apparently being at least somewhat enjoyable to other people.

It's incredibly funny to hear myself described as "objective" about Anakin given, well, everything. I'm NOT objective about him, obviously, I'm decidedly biased against him. I HAVE tried to approach his character as objectively as I can sometimes if people have asked me to, but I don't like him much and that does color the way I interact with Star Wars and stories he's involved in. People who love Anakin, even if they're extremely pro Jedi at the same time, will often interpret things VERY differently from how I would specifically because they're more inclined to be sympathetic to him and believe the best of him in a way I just can't most of the time.

For the clones, while I've definitely expressed the opinion that they wouldn't want to be considered Mandos before, that's one of my more bitter opinions, one I tend to feel when I'm more annoyed at the whole Mandoclone concept. If I were trying to be more objective about it, I feel less like they wouldn't WANT to be considered Mandos and simply that they AREN'T Mandos. There's never any real indication that the clones feel a connection to that culture aside from like... two little designs on the helmets that could just as easily be explained away in other ways. They never actually speak Mando'a, they never talk about Jango at all, and they don't seem to show a desire to interact with the Mandos when they have the opportunity (Cody and Rex are both around during the Duchess on Mandalore arc, Rex goes to Mandalore with Ahsoka, and Rex/Gregor/Wolffe meet Sabine). Aside from the two tiniest little designs, there's never a single indication that these people ever felt any connection to being Mandalorian at all.

And I personally just find it really boring to just make the clones MandoLite and base their entire culture around one that already exists rather than recognizing that they've got a radically different kind of upbringing that would have caused some VERY different values and traditions from Mandos. They've got their own canonical slang, they've traveling all the time and could be picking up any number of different traditions from the people on different planets (language, food, maybe art and songs and dances and games). I think Mandoclone headcanons often treat the clones as a monolith instead of recognizing that they're individual people in the process of creating their own extremely unique culture. I think the clones deserve more fun and interesting headcanons than just turning them into MandoLite.

[sjbattleangel]

Public Service Announcement: Please, stay away away from HellYeahHeroes, Ubernegro, Chadfarsight*, KK4EverStuff, and Cohore.

*I'm aware Chadfaresight doesn't speak to HellYeahHeroes anymore but she's still responsible for spewing the very same toxicity.

HellYeahHeroes/HellYeahTeenSuperHeroes, Ubernegro, Chadfarsight, Cohore and others are the most vile, most pettiest, most hateful people who have no right to call themselves "comic fans".

[Trigger warning for screencaps in the links] They will personally target comic writers using hyperbolic, personal attacks on them: Disgusting insults, making horrible assumptions of them like calling them "Hacks" multiple times, along with "Pussys", "eugenists", "homophobes", "perverts", "mysoginysts", "sex offenders", "cowards", "rape apologists", "fascist sympathizers", "Nazi apologists", "dog f***ers", telling them to "lick goats" and more.

The way they talk about writers like Jason Aaron, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson, Matthew Rosenburg, Dan Slott, Donny Cates, Brian Michael Bendis, James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson and others, it's clear that they hate them solely as people. In fact, they have held a deep personal hatred for them WAY before they read any of their works. Yet they will happily mask what is clearly a bloody vendetta against people ,who never harmed them, under a smokescreen of "criticising crappy writing" and wanting their favourite characters "treated with respect".

KK4EverStuff has gone on to send death threats and wish harm upon creators, it's very possible HellYeahHeroes, Ubernegro, Cohore and Chadfarisght have done so too.

Please, report and block them. They are the most hate-filled toxic people to ever exist in the comic fandom.

Eventually, My friend Samasmith23 and I bumped into @Majingojira and told him HellYeahHeroes and co.'s behaviour since he is their friend. Because of his more chilled, open-minded attitude, we thought he would listen to us and condemn this behaviour but instead...

...he just kept shifting the goalposts; using whataboutisms: Like "Oh, HYH doesn't talk about comics anymore", "KK isn't a member of our group", "That was old stuff", "he (Samasmith) should hold SJBattleAngel to a similar standard", "Screencaps as ammunition is a C*micsgate tactic" and others.

He then suggested that I "fabricated" the screenshots.

But worst of all?

He made excuses for their abhorrent behaviour towards creators. He dismissed our calls for acountability as "tone-policing", being "puritanical", operating under "Tumblr Morality" ect.

He even excused HYH and co's attacking of comic writers by saying: "Complaining about insults towards creators is rich when creators themselves are generally okay with its existence. Just don't do it to their face."

NO.

Calling for innocent creators to be fired is NEVER "okay"!

Telling them to "lick goats" is NEVER "okay"!

Attacking them as "perverts", "eugenists", "fascism apologists" is NEVER "okay"!

Encouuraging harrasment against them NEVER, NEVER "okay"!

Sending them literal death threats is NEVER, NEVER, NEVER "okay"!

Majingojira turns a blind eye to toxic fan harassment and, by doing so, enables it. Stay away from him.

I've wrote to multiple comic/nerd/fandom blogs on Tumblr, telling them about HellYeahHeroes's and his friend's toxicity; asking them to shame this sort of behaviour. But most never reply back. They probably think I'm some sort of "troll" trying to "start drama". And I don't blame them, HellYeahHeroes, Majingojira, Ubernegro and others are some of the most beloved, well-respected comics/social justice bloggers on this website, I understand looking up to someone thinking they could never do any wrong. I know because I was once one of those people.

You know, this takes a toll on my mental health: Trying to tell people that some of the most revered members of our communities are actually horrible pieces of work, but they don't believe you. It's like being trapped in a room all alone, with no door. You scream the truth at the walls, hoping a door will appear. But it never does, and you're stuck forever with no-one to hear your cries. And it hurts. This pain of never being believed.

I hope you all understand.

I just want our community to be safe and healthy. Please, believe me.

Dear @Hellyeahheroes, @ubernegro, @farsight-the-char @Cohore,

The way you targeted and demonized creators like Dan Slott, Tom King, Donny Cates, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson, Matthew Rosenburg, Grant Morrison, Jason Aaron, Brian Micheal Bendis, Adam Glass, Tom Taylor, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Rian Johnson, Neil Druckman was just disgusting and horrible. You have every right to dislike their work but to personally attack and vilify them is unacceptable! They are not "misogynists", they are not "creeps", "they are not "racists", they are not "antisemites", they are not "eugenists", they are not "fascist sympathizers", they are not "Nazi apologists", they are not "closeted Neo-Nazis" but most of all: They are not "hacks!"

To @Hellyeahheroes, @ubernegro, @farsight-the-char, @Cohore,: Seeing your disturbing parasoical hatred of creators like Slott, King, Cates, Hickman, Brisson, Rosenburg, Aaron, Bendis, Snyder, Tynion Williamson, it's clear that outside of comics, way before you read any of their work you've always held a personal vendetta against them as people.

Why? Did they personally hurt you or your loved ones? Did they ruin your lives? Even if they did, that gives you no right to email them countless death threats!

I don't know what you think but personally attacking these writers and sending them death threats will not magically undo the likes of One More Day, Robin: One Year Later, Avengers Academy: Arena, Avengers Undercover, Heroes In Crisis! No! Your actions are the very reason people see nerd fandom as a toxic cesspool of bullying and entitlement. And you're just proving them right!

Apologise, do better or leave.

Tell Lily Orchard, CinemaSins and Mr. Plinkett I said hi.

[mrsbsmooth]

Ok I've been in the fandom for about three years now, but I still sometimes feel like I'm on the outside - how do you make close friendships? because I've spoken to many people in this fandom, including you, and I call you guys friends in my head, but I'm too anxious to just talk to people in their inbox just because I like them and I don't wanna be annoying or overstep if you get what I mean

HOLA!

You'd be surprised how often I get asked stuff like this.

Honest answer?

#3: Engaging on tumblr Reblogs, comments, etc. Nothing better than screaming at each other in the comments of a post. I think I'm weird in that I prefer comments to reblogs because it doesn't clog up everyone else's dash. #2: Engaging on Ao3. If you're looking to snag a writer friend, read their fics and comment on them. Then have the same URL on tumblr and send them an ask about it. We are simple beings and easily tricked into friendship if you tell us you like the thing we spent 45 hours writing.

#1: Discord.

I've made so many wonderful friends through tumblr. It's one thing to reblog something or comment (I think comments are better than just a blank reblog, personally), but my friendships within this fandom only kicked off really once I started talking to them on discord.

Of course we've got the Writer's room which is just me, Emma, Bia, Elle and Tammy, and there's a private server for dedicated fanfic writers (although you have to be a writer and also have somewhat of a highly visible presence to be invited to that one. They've had HUGE issues with semi-anonymous people wanting to join and then being trolls or starting drama and wrecking the wonderful friendly vibe.) But there is also an amazing fan server which I believe is still run by @caitkaminski @oliverslove and @rebelrayne. It's an absolutely wonderful place and there's almost always discussion going on in there, especially on episode release day. It's WILD. I highly recommend it. Check their blogs, I think the link is in their bios.

Also, I don't even know who you are (anon obviously) but you're my friend in my head too dw xxx

[antisocialxconstruct]

this is such a stupid nothing rant but that post that's like "ask culture on tumblr has evaporated because of trolls and twitter-fication" annoys me to no end because it's blatantly ignoring two of the biggest feature additions to tumblr since the supposed "golden era":

DMs and comments.

Like has the site culture drifted away from direct interactions in some ways? Absolutely, you can see this also in the growing hostility toward the idea of adding to the body of a post instead of writing tag commentary (an attitude that many older users were vehemently supporting, it should be noted). But also if you just want to have a casual conversation with someone, you can DM them, which is objectively better than sending asks because it comes with a chat log. If you want to respond to a point made in a specific post, you can comment on that post directly instead of obliquely referencing it in an ask or including the link and praying the site's spaghetti code doesn't eat your message for the cardinal sin of including a backslash.

These are measurable improvements that I simply don't believe anyone would genuinely want rolled back just to see more asks being sent. One on one conversations are still happening, they're just not out in the open for everyone to see anymore. If you feel like tumblr doesn't have as much "casual interaction" culture as it used to... I don't know man, maybe try starting a conversation with someone yourself.

[mrfancyfoot]

Healthy Reminder to Not Feed the Trolls.

I think especially younger fandom members and creators need to hear this because it's not advice that I see nearly as often anymore and part of that may be because my gen (Millennials) heard it a lot and often take it as Just Something You Know (though I think we also sometimes need the reminder). But we're older now and there are those younger than us that may not have the experience we do, especially if we just assume they know better (and younger and younger people are online now). It's part of Online Safety 101. I've linked to a couple resources near the bottom.

A troll is someone who shows up in a space and is purely there to upset someone and cause drama/chaos. All they're seeking is attention and the enjoyment they get from upsetting you. They do not care about facts, your feelings, or anything else you throw at them. They will argue in bad faith. They will commit the cardinal sin of Being Wrong on the Internet. They will accuse you of committing the cardinal sin of Being Wrong on the Internet. They will make fun of your favorite character, your art, your writing, you, your friends, your dog, any and everything. They will tell you that how you enjoy or interpret your favorite thing(s) is Wrong or Bad. They love to cause drama in and between groups. Peaceful coexistence is often what they want to disrupt.

Some spaces will unfortunately draw more trolls than others.

In this PSA, I'm not quite referring to the "trolling" term that is also used interchangeably to mean "joking" or "fooling around" with the intent to get a raise out of someone but not necessarily to upset them. Though that can easily lead to this.

Resist the Urge to Feed Them. ("Feed them" being "give them attention.")

Don't give them attention by responding to them or giving them any kind of space on your blog/page/whatever. That's what they want. That's what they live off of. They want the hate because it means they've gotten under your skin and in your head and that makes them happy. They may have an agenda, they may have no specific agenda.

This can be so hard because it's natural to feel the need to defend yourself, someone else, and/or the things you enjoy. It can feel good to correct or engage someone who comes at you swinging. But they often don't stop. They will keep leeching your time and energy, especially if you allow them to.

You lose nothing by not engaging them. They bring nothing of value.

Engaging them can bring drama and hurt in your spaces and this may not only affect you. This can tear apart fandom spaces, cause rifts in groups, and pit people against each other. And then you're all unhappy and you have these negative associations of interacting with something that previously brought you joy. It causes people to stop creating, to stop engaging with others in the fandom, and to even leave fandoms.

And that is the goal of many trolls.

If you feel the need to address something they've said publicly, do not link their post/message/blog/name/etc. You want to give them as little of the attention as possible - you're addressing the accusation/concern/subject/whatever specifically, not them. Don't even relate it back to them if you can prevent it.

Some very non-exhaustive examples of what can be trolling behaviors:

They leave nastygrams in your inbox/Ask box.

They leave negative comments or reblogs on your post.

They leave unsolicited "critique."

They'll tell you that how you interpret X is wrong.

"Your blorbo would never do that!"

"X should never be shipped with Y!"

Antis (the people or groups that don't agree with certain content and try to get others to stop making/sharing it [being anti-X doesn't make you a troll, but going into the space for X and telling those people that they're wrong for liking X is trolling/harassment])

Someone comes into your fandom niche and tells you all that You're Wrong

They may behave inappropriately or send inappropriate things

They don't always use provocative language - they may be very polite (all the easier to make you seem like the unreasonable one if they do get a rise out of you). Still trolling.

They'll do or say things to try to get support from others in order to turn it on you/someone or pit "sides" against each other

They may lie and/or try to spread rumors

"You/they made this with A.I!" is a common accusation towards artists/writers I'm seeing now that has absolutely been picked up by trolls and is unfortunately spreading (please always make sure that you are informed and don't jump on the hate wagon just because you see others doing so - do your own research and demand credible sources/proof [learn what "proof" is per context]). I've seen this kind of accusation disrupt artists' livelihoods just based on someone's say-so that others piled on with no credible claims.

It is okay to have differences.

People are allowed to be Wrong on the Internet, but that doesn't mean that they're owed a response or that you can't delete their comments. You can delete comments on your page just because you feel like it (though "I don't like it." or "This makes me feel uncomfortable." are perfectly fine, non-exhaustive reasons).

If you don't engage them, they will often simply go away. You're not fun if you don't give them attention. You're not going to change their behavior (please don't waste your time trying). Some may try harder to get you to notice or reply to them, but they generally won't stick around for long. They'll move on.

Curate your blog/social/fandom space. (You'll be so much happier and healthier for it.)

Do not engage them.

Block them.

Report them.

Delete their DMs, comments, etc.

Use the moderation tools that you have.

You are under no obligation to accept every 'friend' request, or allow everyone to 'follow' you or engage with you on social media or let into your Discord server or into your little fandom or Tumblr friend group, etc etc. If someone is causing drama, kick them out! Don't feel the need to keep giving them chances to behave, either. Don't be afraid to put your foot down and be firm.

If they pop their head back up (maybe even under a new name), block them again, report them again, delete their messages again. Do not engage. Move on. Dealing with trolls is often like playing whack-a-mole. Send them to the void with the spambots.

You will be happier not engaging them.

Honestly, the above works in similar scenarios, too (not just random strangers)!

Uncle Joe keeps ranting on your page and upsetting you and/or your friends? Delete his comments. Block/unfriend him. Don't feel obligated to keep troublesome family members involved on your social media. Or even in your life.

If the above is someone that you can't simply block (there are valid reasons), sites like Facebook allow you to make lists that you can use to control who sees which of your posts.

You may have to remind your friends, followers, or others in the fandom to not feed the trolls.

You are the moderator of your own spaces. If this is a public space or a private group space that you don't control, politely inform a moderator or someone who has the authority to deal with the troll (sometimes all you can do is hit a report button and/or block them).

Learn the moderation and safety tools that you do have for the platform/app you're using:

How to unfollow/unfriend someone

How to report and block someone

How to turn off read receipts for things like chats and emails

How to turn off online status

How to contact site staff

How to turn off reblogs/comments/etc

How to turn off anonymous/guest messages or comments

How to delete comments

How to moderate comments, etc, on your works (ex: AO3 has an option for all story comments to be approved before they're posted on your work)

How to privatize your profile

How to back up and delete your content

How to filter content

Thoroughly read through all settings (I recommend doing this periodically as settings frequently get updated or change)

Learn where and who you can turn to for help

Read the platform's FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), Rules, and Terms of Service (TOS)

Etc

And again, They will Argue in Bad Faith.

They may accuse you of not being fair, of not allowing them to participate, of leaving them out, of ignoring them, of not "liking" them, of being "mean" to them, of your silence "agreeing" with them or meaning they're "right." They may accuse you of being a bad person or condoning bad things IRL. They may accuse you of any number of wild things. They may say they're just "being the devil's advocate" or of defending their own fandom interests. They may call you names and insult you. They may say that they have private information about you that they'll leak/share or that they'll do X if you don't do Y - this is almost certainly a bluff, but this is part of why it's important to protect your private information and be careful about what you post online. They may say that something you've done is illegal and that they're going to report you to the police (again, very likely bluffing just to scare you). They may even say that they'll harm themselves. There's a lot of crossover between spammer/scammer and troll tactics (often they are one and the same).

That's what they do.

Don't take their words personally.

They just want to guilt you into allowing them to stay and continue causing drama.

It is okay to give people chances.

But you do not need to keep giving them chances.

In your spaces, you don't even need to give them a chance or an explanation.

I have become very liberal with how I deal with trolls. I block on sight in many cases. I don't give them ground to even start if it can be helped. But part of that is just due to experience - you gain the ability to recognise them pretty fast (a lot of it is simply pattern recognition), the difficult part is usually in how you choose to deal with them.

If someone is being particularly problematic, keep a paper trail (like screen shotting their messages with time stamps), but otherwise block+report is usually still the thing to do. If they are threatening harm to you, someone else, or themselves, report them (if you're a minor, tell a trusted adult). If you don't know what to do or you're scared, reach out to someone you trust for support. Trolling is a form of online bullying that can escalate to other forms of harrassment - a majority of the time, simply not engaging them helps prevent this, otherwise know that tools and resources are available for help. Just because it's "online" doesn't mean it isn't real or impactful or can't have "real life" consequences - there are agencies (like the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center) that you can file a report with or contact for help.

Have fun, be safe!

[princess-viola]

no but seriously our parents were right about not putting your personal information on the internet when you're a kid/teenager

literally makes me cringe when i see some 15 year old online and they've got like a link to their carrd or whatever and they are just like...basically telling people EVERYTHING about them outside of their address, email, and phone number

like don't fucking do that, seriously. not just out of like 'your own personal safety because you genuinely don't know who you might be talking to' but also like...if you've just got like a list of tags you have blocked or telling accounts that post this stuff to not follow you (it could be content that is triggering to you because of your own experiences or just content you find gross and don't want to see)

you're just giving trolls and cyberbullies a list of 'shit to send to you if they decide to target you and harass you' on a silver plate

[weirdenbyferret]

Was hit with an au idea yesterday. Sadly, I can't write for shit but I just HAVE TO TALK ABPUT IT

So uh... dca au. Sun and moon are creatures from norse mythology. More specifically a sjörå and a skogsrå (basically 'evil' nymphs, sjö meaning lake and skog meaning forest.) YN being either a human or a källrå (källa meaning spring or well in this case) and ending up lost in the forest, wandering away from their village (... or pond) on accident, and ends up seduced by them.

I was trying to link the English wikipedia pahes, but they're really short and don't actually say much about the nature of the myths, but I'll do my best to quickly translate the important stuffz

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The skogsrå (also known as the forest maiden or Råndan), is mostly a beautiful humanoid, but has some animalistic features, usually deer hooves and a tail. They often seduce men and women who end up lost in the forest, but they might drive the humans who disrespect her or the creatures (animals and the more magical beings, such as fairies) mad, making them walk in circles until they drop dead from exhaustion. Those who have once been seduced by a forest maiden will forever wish to return to the forest as their chests ache for the mysterious creature, and those who anger one either die mysteriously or end up extremely sick. It is said that the only way to kill a forest maiden is to shoot them with a silver bullet.

The sjörå (aka. the Nixa/Nikse or lake maiden) is basically the same thing, except they live in lakes. They are scared of steel, but are generally less aggressive then the forest maidens. On the other hand, they are more desperate for human contact and will frequently pull humans into their lakes, only to find out their lovers cannot breathe under water. They do not kill humans out of spite, but rather out of either through tragic accident or hunger. Unlike the mermaid, the sea maiden does not have a fish tail, but rather scales on their back and long dark, green hair.

(Källrå (water fairies, spring trolls or pondfly) are the friendliest in the rå subtype, being afraid of humans most of the time, and only harming if it is first harmed, recemble short humans with frog like features. They are the only rå that never seduce humans. Every water fairy watches over a pond each, the ponds they watch over being said to have healing properties. If one spots a large frog near a pond, that was believed to be the creature in animal diguise, hiding from the humans who come to drink from the pond. The water was also said to show glimpses of the future. You had to be careful not to look for too long though, as the källrå might get mad at you, thinking you are judging them, and stealing your reflection.)

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Sorry that this is like... SO LONG, I just wanted to tell someone about this idea I had. I would be honored if you could give me feedback, your fics are amazing...

Sending this anon cuz I'm kinda embarrassed ugeggegs....

I dont know who you are, but I want to, BECAUSE OMFG I LOVE THISSSSSS, MIGHT BE ABLE TO WRITE THAT FOR YOU AT SOME POINT (cant promise when I finish it) BUT I WILL MOST LIKELY BE MAKING DOODLES OF THAT AT SOME POINT

[incorrectshantaequotes]

REVERSAL AU - The Chimera Pirates

So, for all of you who have kept tabs on the Reversal AU and read my previous headcanon and transcript posts regarding it (said posts can be found in the appropriate tag, which is linked in my pinned post for this blog, but if you want to go through them in chronological order use this link instead), you'll know that Captain Shantae/R!Shantae, in contrast to Risky in canon, explicitly doesn't use the Pirate Master's old gear or his Tinkerbats, instead getting her own weapons and forming her own crew known as the Chimera Pirates!

Why is this relevant to anything other than a simple change to the enemy lineup? Because, unlike the Tinkerbats, who are by design faceless and voiceless goons, these guys are not. Granted, the only difference between most of them and their non-pirate enemy counterparts would just be a change in outfit, but there are a few named ones with personalities, and they're who I'm going to cover in this post! Starting with...

The "Elite" Trio:

Let's start with the first three named Chimera Pirates, the so-called elite of Cannonball, Bilge, and Scurvy! I say so-called because, to be quite blunt, even if Cannonball and Bilge aren't any slouches in a fight, they don't really have the competency needed to be elite; only Scurvy actually qualifies for the elite title.

If you're unfamiliar, Cannonball is a Harpy, Bilge is a Wetman, and Scurvy is a Scorpgal. They're the only Chimera Pirates who AREN'T Captain Shantae that have actually been talked about in any capacity before this post (save one, who I'll get to later), and have actually shown up in my transcript posts! Their first, unnamed appearance is here, and their appearance where they're actually named is here.

Tangentially related - I've actually drawn Cannonball and Bilge (though I didn't say their names in that post), and they can be seen here along with the art for the Chimera Pirates' jolly roger! Scurvy does not have any art however, so for a brief description - she's a Scorpgal dressed in a black corset and white, ruffled dress shirt, with her hair done in a ponytail rather than the Trolls-ass updo most other Scorpgals have. Her mandatory Chimera Pirates bandana is tied around her frontmost right leg.

Anyway, with that out of the way...these three are supposed to be the "representatives" of the Chimera Pirates, if that makes sense. In general, any scene with a Tinkerbat in it (save for the ones in Pirate's Curse for obvious reasons) will have either one or all of these three replace said Tinkerbats 95% of the time, and on occasion they'll even show up where you'd expect Captain Shantae to, as she's more inclined to let her minions do the dirty work compared to canon!Risky doing everything important by herself.

For example! In the first Shantae game, Risky tries to get each stone herself, to no avail (save for the Twinkle Stone, which is when she wises up and elects to disguise herself and pretend to be an ally so she can swipe all the stones in one fell swoop). In the Reversal AU, Captain Shantae would try to get the Bubble Stone, fail, and then realize she's not going to get through the defenses, so she sends the trio out to see if they'll have better luck getting the others. Cannonball tries to get the Golem Stone (and fails miserably), Bilge tries to get the Sizzle Stone (and fails miserably), and Scurvy...is the one to pull the "pretend to be an ally only to stab the hero in the back" trick, thus succeeding in taking ALL the stones, though she does feel a bit bad about the whole thing.

Moving on, the quick and dirty summary of the trio's personalities is that Cannonball is an excitable and aggressive gremlin who typically acts as the "face" of the trio, Bilge is an easygoing but thick-headed brute, and Scurvy is the dour and more competent of the three with something actually resembling a moral compass. This is all fairly easily visible on the surface, and it's a very accurate summary for each of them, but there's more to them then just that.

Let's start with Cannonball. There's a rather...interesting question that comes to mind when you actually take her species into account - because the thing is, as I've very briefly discussed before, I headcanon harpies to be a rather solitary species, who rarely interact with anyone else and try to avoid that kind of contact if it isn't strictly necessary. So...how does a Harpy end up joining a pirate crew? Simple: She had nowhere else to go.

When Captain Shantae found Cannonball, she was half-starved and incoherent, clinging to the pirate like a life-preserver and pleaded to not be left alone again. Upon being nursed back to health, she very hesitantly explained that the reason she was like that in the first place was because she'd been exiled by her clan. She didn't do anything wrong, really, she just...wasn't very compatible with the harsh lifestyle necessary to live that high up in the mountains and be entirely self-sufficient. Too much energy to sit still and listen to how things were supposed to be done, too impatient to wait for the right moment to strike and scaring off any potential prey, and perhaps most damning of all, she was too curious, her thoughts often turning to the world below and questioning what could possibly so dangerous down there. For all this, the clan forced her out, privately hoping that living on her own for a while would let her shape up into a proper harpy.

Needless to say, it did NOT work, and Cannonball was utterly miserable throughout the entire experience. While she often felt alone up in the mountains, at the very least she was alone and surrounded by people - being well and truly alone, she found, was much, MUCH worse. The whole ordeal left her with massive self-esteem issues, which she tends to cover up by playing up her aggression, and an unhealthy amount of loyalty and codependency to Captain Shantae as the one who saved her life, which flares up especially bad during Pirate's Curse. Poor girl is going through it there

Now, Bilge...here's a fun fact about him: Unlike the vast majority of Wetmen, he has the Wetgal's ability to liquify his body and move it around, even able to manipulate his liquid body into shapes beyond a puddle to some extent. Why does he have this ability? Well, if the Reversal AU were an actual series of games, the out of universe explanation would be that it makes him more dynamic and makes him more of a challenge to fight in any boss appearances he makes. The in-universe reasons, though? Yeah he's trans. Let's go trans pirate crab-man thing rights!

This is actually how Captain Shantae managed to recruit Bilge - she found him while he was still a Wetgal, having figured out his gender identity but with no way to do anything about it, and offered to help him find a spell that would let him transition in exchange for him temporarily being part of the Chimera Pirates while she searched. He agreed, and cut to a few months later, with Bilge having the spell he was looking for and the option to leave...well, he didn't really see any reason why he should leave.

And finally, Scurvy's story? She's effectively the closest thing Captain Shantae has to a first mate - and, more to the point, she was the first to join the Chimera Pirates, period. I'd go into more detail, but in all honesty I'm thinking I might make a fanfic covering this? As well as covering the stories of Cannonball and Bilge in more detail. I'm aware that might not do too well with how the Reversal AU is, well, an AU and all, and these are all OCs, so let me know what you guys think of the idea below so I can see if anyone's actually interested!

Cutlass:

Next up, we're getting into the Chimera Pirates introduced in Pirate's Curse, starting with Cutlass (pronounced like Douglas)! To quickly summarize what the deal with these guys are - in the Reversal AU, Captain Shantae very intentionally scattered the Pirate Gear long before the events of any of the games, rather than them being scattered as a result of the Pirate Master beginning to awaken just before Pirate's Curse. This means that the bosses that WERE in those areas were cleared out by Captain Shantae before Risky could even get there (minus the ones that don't exist because of the swap, i.e. Squid Baron and the Steel Maggot), and these guys effectively take their place!

Now, back on topic...Cutlass is a Batdude (i.e. a male Batgal; I don't think I have to explain why I broke the tradition of -man for male variants of enemies and -gal for female variants of enemies for this but if you don't get it think about it for a few seconds and you'll get it) who dresses like a cowboy, with all the necessary gear being done in black leather as is typical of his Batgal associates. His weird hat-helmet thing is shaped like a stetson, his Chimera Pirates bandana covers his mouth and neck, he has jeans to cover up his legs, and he has massive bat wings coming out of his back that can conveniently fold over his shoulders to act as a poncho.

Cutlass holds himself more like a western vigilante than a pirate, mainly because he intends to actually be one at some point. Cutlass believes the law to be corrupt, and fully intends to challenge it head-on, but he knew he had to train up his skills before he could do that, and with law enforcement out for obvious reasons, he figured the Chimera Pirates were the next best option. Despite him fully intending to leave at some point and both parties being fully aware of that, Captain Shantae and Cutlass have a very amicable relationship, and he and R!Risky end up with a mutual respect for each other as well, despite some initial reluctance from Risky's part.

When he and Risky first meet, while there's some initial suspicion and hostility on Cutlass' part, Risky manages to explain the situation and prove she's telling the truth with a letter from Captain Shantae, which is enough to convince him to let Risky in without any fuss. So, how does he end up as a boss? Well, the answer to that comes when he and Risky get to the Flintlock Pistol. As you may or may not recall, whereas Shantae in canon ended up losing her magic and only got it back at the end of Pirate's Curse, Risky did manage to get her magic back at the end of Risky's Revenge when she defeated her doppelganger...but it's all DARK magic rather than her regular magic, causing everything she tries to use her magic for to go haywire. Now, Shantae was able to use the Pirate Gear no problem thanks in part to having no magic, but R!Risky? Yeah, here's the thing: the Pirate Gear is absolutely drenched in dark magic, so even her getting near the stuff is a bad idea, and that's proven when she tries to collect the pistol for Captain Shantae's plan and it promptly springs to life, floating in midair with a malevolent aura around it.

Almost immediately, the Flintlock Pistol tries to steal Risky's magic, and, because Risky is able to recognize the feeling and is NOT letting that happen again, she gets into a brief tug-of-war of sorts with the cursed artifact. It ends rather quickly, both because the Flintlock Pistol is nowhere near as suited for the task of stealing genie magic as something like the magic lamp and because Risky actually put up resistance this time, and as she recovers from the incident, she realizes something - somehow, in the process of all that happening, she actually managed to purify some of her magic! A small amount, mind you, only a tenth, but that's good enough for her! Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for her to realize the catch - the Flintlock Pistol was also partially successful in taking Risky's magic, making off with a tenth of Risky's magic itself, and promptly puts it to work forcefully putting Cutlass under its control and corrupting his mind and body.

With his mind addled by dark magic, Cutlass comes to the conclusion that this power will give him all he needs to challenge the law, and darts off before Risky can stop him, forcing her to go further into the Spittle Maze to both get it back and snap Cutlass out of his trance. Along the way, Risky makes a (correct) guess that that strange tug-of-war is likely to happen again when she runs into the other pieces of the Pirate Gear, and makes a mental note to try and avoid this situation happening again. She...doesn't get much luck in that regard, but at least she tries!

"wait so what does R!Risky use if she can't use the Pirate Gear" excellent question, and one I DO have an answer to, but not entirely relevant to this post so I'll save that for later. So! After Risky literally knocks some sense into Cutlass, he agrees to give the pistol back (albeit in a very thick, magic-resistant case to avoid a repeat possession), and Risky goes on her way.

Lanya and Lubber Mire:

Get it. Because. Because if you. If you put their first names together. If you put their first names together it sounds like-

ANYWAY. Lanya and Lubber Mire are a pair of twins, a Muckgal and Muckman respectively - though they take after the Seven Sirens redesign where Muckmen/gals are more fish-adjacent rather than the blob monsters seen in the original Shantae and Pirate's Curse. Lanya is a short, plump Muckgal, with a tattered cloak and her Chimera Pirate bandana firmly tied around the side of her head and covering one eye like a bandage, while Lubber is a tall and lanky Muckman with an underbite only wearing a pair of shabby jeans, a red bandana tied around his head, and his actual Chimera Pirates bandana hanging out of his jeans pocket like a handkerchief.

The Mire Twins are a pair of incorrigible pranksters, having joined the Chimera Pirates to spread their mischief across the seven seas without putting too much thought into it. Though neither of them are necessarily the brightest bulb in the bunch, their pranking expertise can be surprisingly useful in the field, as shown by their method of guarding the Pirate Hat - they created a massive costume out of various branches and vines, and take control of it by turning into sludge and shimmying inside, using the massive looming form as a deterrent for anyone who gets too close to the cursed artifact - there's a rumor of a massive swamp monster running around the woods of Spiderweb Island because of their efforts! Personally, Risky's thoughts on them are, to paraphrase and slightly edit Queen Deltarune, "there's nothing wrong with them, they're just annoying." Like, she's fairly certain that, objectively, they haven't really done much wrong, but that does NOT stop Risky from wanting to throttle the two of them.

They try to do their usual shtick on Risky when she shows up - and fail, because unlike literally everyone else, she chooses fight over flight - but then she explains the situation and they agree to take her to the Pirate Hat. Some adventuring through the Cackle Tower later, and they get to its room - though not without Risky advising the two of them to take a few massive steps back. And, sure enough, another magic tug-of-war ensues, with Risky managing to purify and get another tenth of her magic back and properly functional, while the Pirate Hat takes a tenth of Risky's magic for itself. But, to Risky's credit, her making sure the Mire Twins aren't near the thing does work out! Kind of. The Pirate Hat ends up going for their costume rather than the twins themselves, and when they try to take it back, they just get kicked out before the hat takes its new vessel further into the Cackle Tower. Aaaaaand cue Risky's pursuit and a boss fight when she catches up!

Kaly:

Kaly, short for Kalypso, is a particularly muscular Naga, and the only other named Chimera Pirate I've actually talked about besides the trio and Captain Shantae herself! She can be seen here - and, since I didn't draw the bandana, because the Kaly in the pic is post-Pirate's Curse, I'll just mention that her Chimera Pirate bandana is tied around her arm.

Out of all the Chimera Pirates, Kaly is maybe the most morally decent of them all. She's an optimist who, well, isn't naive, per say, but she wants to believe the best in people, even when that's backfired on her several times before. Case in point, her story for why she joined the Chimera Pirates is similar to Cannonball's in that Captain Shantae saved her life, but whereas Cannonball's circumstances were a result of outside influences beyond her control, Kaly's circumstances were that she found a caravan of shady individuals dying of thirst, and, deciding to hold off any judgement for their suspicious appearance, very familiar to those same suspicions being directed towards her purely because of her species and muscular appearance, guided them to an oasis where they could get some water...whereupon she was promptly "thanked" for her assistance by getting knocked out and having all her supplies stolen.

Now, you might be thinking, "weren't those circumstances also outside her control?" And the answer to that is yes, yes they were! But Kaly doesn't see it that way. Again, similar to Cannonball, she has crippling self-esteem issues, but whereas Cannonball hides those with over-the-top aggression, Kaly hides hers behind her smiles and optimism, though she doesn't quite realize that's what she's doing - ironic, considering she's actually very good at picking up on that sort of thing in other people. Honestly, she joined the Chimera Pirates half out of gratitude to Captain Shantae, and half because she figured, "well, this is the best some muscle-bound moron like me's going to get, so I might as well take the opportunity while I can, right?"

Risky's relationship with Kaly is...a bit more involved compared to the other Chimera Pirates, to say the least. Captain Shantae does take the time to briefly go over the Chimera Pirate guarding whichever piece of Pirate Gear is on whichever island they're on as the game progresses, though she doesn't go into too much detail, not even mentioning names (keep this in mind, it's a surprise tool that'll help us later), but for Kaly, she actually goes out of her way to ask Risky if she can convince the naga to quit - Kaly might think she was being slick, but Captain Shantae managed to pick up on the fact that she joined more out of obligation than anything else. Risky was somewhat doubtful of those claims, considering the other Chimera Pirates she knew, but agreed, figuring it wouldn't really amount to much, but if Captain Shantae was telling Risky to try and get one of her pirates to quit, she might as well oblige.

Then she ran into Kaly during the whole Tan Line debacle, though first she ran into Lich Baron and Rattle ("wait why was Rattle there-" don't even worry about it), and, after a brief blue-screen of "oh no she's hot" upon seeing Kaly in the princess outfit, she managed to actually talk to her...and, after Kaly actually explains why she's there, then promptly amended her earlier thought to "oh no. oh no she's hot and a genuinely good person. OH NO," and her attraction spirals into "down atrocious" territory faster than you can blink, which Kaly is completely oblivious to, Lich Baron thinks is hilarious, and Rattle...is a bit too filled with fuming rage towards the Tan Line Temple's inhabitants to enjoy Risky trying to act like her normal composed self around Kaly and failing miserably. He does NOT enjoy being forced into the princess outfit.

Anyway, after the Tan Line debacle is over (with the reveal of "the princess was gone for literally only thirty minutes" serving to frustrate everyone, even Kaly - she wasn't captured so much as she willingly went along with what the Tan Line Temple residents were doing, under the impression that they mistook her for a long-dead royal figure, and only intended to go along with it for a few hours before finding a way to gently break it to them that she wasn't whoever they thought she was and that they needed to let go, so with that theory getting officially thrown out the window...yeah, not even Kaly can put a positive spin on the whole thing, she's just really disappointed in them) and Kaly gets her normal outfit on, she and Risky head to the Lost Catacombs, where Risky actually tries to get Kaly to stay out of them - partially because she's trying to avoid another fight, partially because she really doesn't want to fight a corrupted version of Kaly. Unfortunately for Risky, Kaly refuses, saying she can't in good conscious leave Risky to fare against the dangers of the dungeon alone, but she does agree to a compromise of staying a minimum of a room away.

And, after some progression in the Lost Catacombs, Risky comes across the Scimitar, and, after another magic tug-of-war, she briefly feels triumphant, because, HA! The Scimitar doesn't have anyone or anything to possess, so what's it going to do now? But that feeling of victory doesn't last long, for the Scimitar elects to summon a ghost of its own...specifically, the ghost of Queen Echidna (who is not actually new to this AU or this blog in general; she's briefly mentioned here), a petty and cruel woman whose beauty was more than outweighed by her reputation as the most cruel tyrant Sequin Land has ever known, only thwarted when she and her followers were banished to a remote island...that island being Tan Line Island. And Queen Echidna immediately shows her centuries-long reputation was well-earned as she wakes up, takes a moment to observe her surroundings, and decides on the spot that every single one of the descendants of her and her followers needs to die for failing to uphold her beauty standards, and after their deaths, she plans to ravage Sequin Land as revenge for being banished so long ago...and to fulfill those plans, she wants to use Risky as her vessel.

But, just before she manages to possess Risky, Kaly bursts into the room and takes the hit, forcing the malevolent queen to possess her instead. Echidna isn't very pleased (she thinks everyone falls short of her beauty, but Risky was the closest to her standards, much more than Kaly, who she considers to have entirely too much muscle), but figures that, if nothing else, Kaly has more than enough physical strength to carry out her plan, and so goes further into the Catacombs, forcing Risky to go after her and fight the possessed Kaly to send Echidna back to the afterlife where she belongs. Risky immediately checks to see if Kaly is alright, to which she ensures Risky she is - according to her, the worst she endured was a stream of belittlement and deridement from Echidna throughout the entire possession, and, well...it wasn't anything she hadn't heard before, anyway. And Risky, on hearing that...yeah, she does not take that as "alright."

Risky proceeds to give Kaly a very aggressive pep talk, refusing to let her for a second think any of Echidna's insults had any basis in reality, listing off all the good traits she knows Kaly has from her brief time with her, and culminating in stating that not only is Kaly a good person, but she is far more deserving of being called beautiful than a tyrant like Echidna ever was. And, while Risky doesn't realize it, that moment manages to make her "down atrocious"-levels of attraction mutual, and contributes a large amount to her leaving the Chimera Pirates after Pirate's Curse!

I'd go into more detail, but A.) I'm focusing primarily on Pirate's Curse here; I can save Kaly's role in the future for later, and B.) I'm running into the text limit issue I ran into when I wrote up that romance headcanon post, and while I DO know a way around that, since I managed to get around it for that post, that method will also make this post near impossible to edit later so I'm going to ignore it. Anyway, next pirate!

"Jones":

When Risky shows up to the Oubliette of Suffering, Jones introduces himself as the Chimera Pirate in charge of guarding the Master's Boots, already aware of the situation thanks to the Pirate Master's awakening making stirrings in the Village of Lost Souls. He's a cyclops who...well, to put it bluntly, he's dressed like a Final Fantasy character, with an incredibly elaborate outfit that makes him almost look like the protagonist of an entirely unrelated game, with the whole ensemble being topped off by his spiky black hair and the big scarf obscuring most of his face. And yet, the Chimera Pirates bandana is nowhere to be seen. How peculiar...

If Kaly is the Chimera Pirate Risky gets along with the most, then Jones is definitely the one she gets along with the least. In contrast to his heroic appearance, Jones' defining character trait is a sadistic streak and an unholy bloodthirst, intentionally making the Oubliette of Suffering much harder than it has to be by intentionally pissing off the enemies inside and challenging Risky to see who can beat the most, and refusing to let Risky pass if she can't beat him. This pisses off Risky to no end, and when she tries to bring up the imminent threat the Pirate Master represents, Jones doesn't really seem to care, remarking that if he did come back, it could be fun. Yeah, Risky haaaaaaates his ass, but since they have to work together, she sucks it up and deals with it.

...this lasts up until they reach the boots, where, upon trying to convince Jones to stay behind and let her deal with this, to no success (not that she protests too hard; Risky wants an excuse to beat Jones like a dream), Risky deals with the usual magic tug-of-war, and as soon as she stumbles back, another tenth of her magic reclaimed (and another tenth stolen), Jones runs up and willingly puts the boots on before they even have a chance to try and possess him. But, as Risky begins to yell at him, he laughs. He laughs, and laughs, and his true form suddenly flickers into existence - the ethereal, bird-like form of a Shrieker, rather than a cyclops. And this is when Risky realizes that "Jones" was never a Chimera Pirate at all.

Yeah, remember how I mentioned that Captain Shantae kept the descriptions of the pirates guarding the artifacts vague, not even mentioning their names? This is where it bites both her and Risky in the ass; all she said about "Jones" was that he was a cyclops who loved fighting, and that he might challenge Risky to a spar or something similar. As it turns out, "Jones" isn't even the name of the Chimera Pirate who was supposed to be guarding the boots; that poor shmuck is actually named Dave, and Jones just knocked him out, dragged him elsewhere, and took his appearance. In reality, Jones is a Shrieker who, once upon a time, saw the legacy of the recently deceased Pirate Master, and decided, "you know what? that guy was onto something," and elected to become a pirate himself, fully intending to follow in the Pirate Master's footsteps every step of the way...but, before he could even make a name for himself, his pirating career was brought to a screeching halt by the then-fledgling Chimera Pirates with extreme prejudice, resulting in his demise and subsequent appearance in the Village of Lost Souls.

Ever since, he has held a MASSIVE grudge against Captain Shantae, and upon realizing that the Pirate Master was making a return, he saw his chance both to have his payback and endear himself to his pirating idol. He disguised himself as Dave with his spectral abilities, though he didn't bother trying to act like him, and even altered the disguise to get rid of the bandana because he hates Captain Shantae that much, and intended to stall for the Pirate Master to regain his power and overtake Captain Shantae as the true master of the seven seas with what he genuinely believed to be an impossible challenge. Of course, Risky proved him wrong, but Jones did have a backup plan - mainly, claiming the boots for himself, and using their power to take down Risky, and then Captain Shantae when he was done with her. He just needs one more component...and before Risky can stop him, he runs off deeper into the Oubliette of Suffering to get said component. Risky follows, incensed both about being tricked and how far the depravity of Jones truly goes, and when she finally catches up, she finds Jones donning his disguise once more...and with a certain massively misspelled monstrosity as his steed. Oh dear.

"But what about Dave?" I hear you ask. Well, Risky actually runs into him as she makes her way out, and while she doesn't spend nearly as much time talking with him, he makes an infinitely better impression than Jones did. His bandana is actually an excessively long one that he wears as a scarf rather than the plain one Jones was wearing, and his personality is...have you ever seen a clip of Aquaman from Batman the Brave and the Bold? Yeah that. Dave does enjoy a good fight, but that's more him enjoying a good challenge than, you know, "I want to see my enemies dying before my feet." He joined the Chimera Pirates as a way to travel throughout Sequin Land and get the good fights he wanted so badly.

Musket:

And now, we have the last of the named Chimera Pirates! She's a female Ice Werewolf, and, unlock most of her compatriots, she has some level of control over her transformation, appearing to be more half and half rather than purely human or purely wolf. In my heart of hearts I'd like her appearance to fall into the uncanny valley and be a bit unnerving (if you want to get an image of what I'm talking about, google "an american werewolf in london transformation," pause when the face is transitioning into full wolf right when it makes you viscerally uncomfortable, and yeah, that's what I have in mind), but I acknowledge that it is both more realistic and less taxing for any artists for her appearance to be more "cute monster girl" with wolfman features (i.e. the dog nose and the hair spreading along the sides of her face and under it to form a pseudo-beard, along with her limbs turning into wolf limbs), so I'll go with that instead. Her outfit is a very tattered blue and white striped shirt, a ripped-up skirt, a metal claw replacing one of her hands, and some hairties pulling her ice-shard hair into pigtails, with one of said hairties actually being her Chimera Pirates bandana.

Musket has a very harsh, dour, and paranoid personality, being more or less stuck in a "wilderness survival" mindset as a result of being on Frostbite Island for years, and initially is incredibly suspicious of Risky, even after she explains what she's doing on the island. But, seeing as the situation is so dire, and she happens to be dealing with a problem of her own (which I will elaborate on in a moment), she doesn't really have much of a choice. But, as she hangs around Risky, she gradually realizes that no, Risky is completely genuine, and slowly but surely loosens up before revealing a surprisingly cheerful persona underneath all the ingrained survival instincts. She joined the Chimera Pirates when Captain Shantae came to Frostbite Island looking to hide the Cannon, and, when seeing a pack of Ice Werewolves parked outside her tent one night after she hunted down some food, waiting to strike when her guard was down, she actually offered to share her meal with them, much to their shock. While most of her fellow Ice Werewolves dismissed Captain Shantae as a sucker, Musket thought differently, and, out of curiosity as to what the Captain's deal was, left her pack to join the Chimera Pirates.

Musket is the Chimera Pirate Risky runs into the earliest, much to her relief, and, thanks to Captain Shantae providing a more detailed description this time to avoid another Jones incident, Risky is able to explain the situation to Musket without issue. Unfortunately, as mentioned before, this does not stop Musket from being suspicious of Risky, and, well...remember that issue brought up earlier? Well, as it so happens, before she runs into Musket, Risky first sees a meeting between Wrecker Baron and Huntress Baron, the former commissioning the latter to assassinate the king of Sequin Land. And Huntress Baron agrees, already having all the things she needs to pull off the assassination, she just needs to finish her current hunt first...and the one she's hunting? Musket. Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah. Stuck between the rock of "I need Musket alive to stop the Pirate Master and more to the point I don't think she deserves to die period," and the hard place of "I can't just let this madwoman assassinate the king of Sequin Land," Risky finds herself juggling pretending to "help" Huntress Baron with her hunt, in reality just keeping her distracted long enough to sabotage all the tools she needs to assassinate the king, and making sure Musket avoids Huntress Baron's traps and efforts to hunt her down.

Risky and Musket end up gradually bonding as Risky slowly sabotages all of Huntress Baron's equipment and efforts, culminating in her tricking Huntress Baron into blowing herself sky-high and revealing the entrance to the Despairing Arctic (the replacement for the Abandoned Factory, seeing as Techno Baron is, well, not Techno Baron here, but rather Gizz). The two head down there, and in the midst of it all, Risky takes a moment to admit her manipulation of both Musket and Huntress Baron, feeling guilty about the fact that, while she never intended for Musket to get hurt and in fact never did get Musket hurt, she was still helping the person hunting her down. But, as it turns out, Musket doesn't mind, even finding it hilarious that Risky was playing Huntress Baron like a fiddle, and fully accepts Risky's apology. Risky's surprised, but glad to hear it, but as she goes down, she can't help but feel like she's forgetting something...

The two make it to the Cannon, and Risky has her final magic tug-of-war, and with that finished, Risky's system is finally clear of dark magic!...at the cost of the Pirate Master having about half of it. And it's after she considers this that she realizes what she forgot - with her complete and utter exhaustion running between Huntress Baron and Musket, she forgot to warn the Chimera Pirate about the threat of possession! She tries to tell Musket to get away, but before she even gets the chance, Musket's pinned to the ground by a net thrown by a smoking, burnt, and very peeved Huntress Baron, who intends to kill the two of them right then and there and be done with it...and then the Cannon takes the opportunity to warp Musket into its vessel, and suddenly both Huntress Baron and Risky are facing bigger problems. After blowing Huntress Baron away a second time, the possessed Musket runs deeper into the Despairing Arctic, and Risky goes after her, knowing the Cannon is the last thing they need to ensure the Pirate Master never returns...

Aaaaaaaand I'll leave it at that! Obviously, there's more to the story, but I'll save that for the headcanon post covering Pirate's Curse as a whole. But yeah, hope you all enjoyed this!

[hotvintagepoll]

Welcome to the HOT AND VINTAGE MOVIE STARS tournament! We are now finished with the Hot & Vintage Men Tournament; The Hot & Vintage Movie Women Tournament is ongoing. Submissions for hot vintage women are now closed, but we are accepting propaganda for those already in the bracket. If you are here for the Dracula Daily polls, those will be posted regularly following the progress of the Substack newsletters.

The finals of the Hot & Vintage Women Tournament will be posted just after midnight on Sunday, June 2nd, and last 24 hours. All polls—including ongoing polls, previous rounds, old tournaments, the various shadow brackets, the Dracula Daily polls, and fun mini polls—can be found in the #hotvintagepoll tag. Every poll in the Hot & Vintage Women Tournament will be tagged with the hottie in it if you need to search for someone in particular.

FAQs:

“Where is [my favorite hot woman]?” It depends. Have you checked all the polls in the tag? Have you done a tag search for her? If you still haven’t found her, either nobody submitted her or she did not fit the criteria of being a movie woman from 1910-1970.

“Can I still submit hot women?” No, the submission window has closed. Please do not send in women you wish had made it into the bracket. I can’t do anything with those asks and they just make me sad.

“I have additional propaganda for the hot women!” Great! Send me an ask or reblog the poll and add your propaganda to it. You can also tag me in posts (this is the best way to submit gifsets or fancams). I don’t boost all the propaganda I see or receive, but I try to boost the best of the best.

If you’re submitting propaganda for your hot woman, I don’t accept propaganda that’s from beyond the end of this tournament’s era (ie don’t send me pics of them from before 1910 or after 1970). I also don’t accept propaganda of TV appearances unless it’s clearly a cameo where they’re playing themselves. Please break long asks full of photos up into a few short ones so I don't clog everyone's dashes. I watch every video I receive to tag for trigger warnings, so please don't send me super long videos.

I don’t post or boost negative propaganda about any hot woman. If you really hate that a certain hot woman is winning, send me positive propaganda for their hot opponent. If you think a hottie shouldn’t even be included in the tournament because of things they did in their lifetime, please read my take on it here.

If I see repetitive, trolling, and/or bigoted remarks in the comments, I may block you from this bracket. If you want to point out a hot woman’s stances, problems, or misdemeanors, that’s fine, but if I see consistent bad-faith trolling, you will be blocked.

The views expressed in the propaganda are not my own. I don’t submit my own propaganda, and I don’t change what’s submitted beyond fixing obvious spelling mistakes. If you hate a poll bio or a pic, let me know and send me something I can use instead.

"Where are the hot men?" Most of them are in the shadow realm! Toshiro Mifune was crowned the winner of the Hot & Vintage Men Tournament, and the rest were banished where the sun never comes. You can find all the round 1 matchups here (thank you @markwatnae!), or you can do a tag search to find out what happened to a specific hot man.

"Tell me more about this shadow realm?" There is too much lore. Send me an ask about this.

"What's up with the vents?" There is too much lore. Send me an ask about this.

"Why are you always talking about James Cagney?" Bing Crosby took him out in Round 1 and I've never forgiven him.

“My FAQ isn’t on here :(” send me an ask! I love hearing from you guys—just please check these basics first.

Thank you for being here! Enjoy the tournament.

If you want to search through the different rounds of the tournaments, or see the schedule for future tournaments, I'm including links under the cut.

Relevant tags:

First round of the hot men—#round 1 archive, #round 1 blog

Second round of the hot men—#round 2 archive, #round 2 blog

Third round of the hot men—#round 3 archive, #round 3 blog

Fourth round of the hot men—#round 4 archive, #round 4 blog

Quarterfinals of the hot men—#round 5 archive, #round 5 blog

Semifinals—#TWO KINGS archive, #TWO KINGS blog

Finals—#hot men finals

First round of the hot women—#ladies 1 archive, ladies 1 blog

Second round of the hot women—#ladies 2 archive, #ladies 2 blog

Third round of the hot women—#ladies 3 archive, #ladies 3 blog

Fourth round of the hot women—#ladies 4 archive, #ladies 4 blog

Dracula polls: #dracula daily

Fifth round of the hot women—#ladies 5 archive, #ladies 5 blog

Other featured tags: #housekeeping (organization updates), #family lore (personal anecdotes in asks relating to the hotties or stories about sharing this poll with family members), #hollywood creatures (pets named after old movie stars), and #silly times (what it says on the tin).

Tournament schedule (may still change or adjust):

Hot & Vintage Movie Man Tournament (completed)

Hot & Vintage Movie Woman Tournament (ongoing)

Dracula Daily movie cast polls (ongoing)

Ultimate Hottie Tournament (top brackets of the hot men & hot women competing together)

Scrungly Little Guys tournament (gender neutral)

TBD: Horror Hotties (Frankensteins, Draculas, Brides, etc.)

TBD: Dandy Detectives (Marples, Sherlocks, Nancy Drews, etc.)

fun mini polls that pits sets of characters from the same movie together, like the Philadelphia Story or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ones (these can be found in the #minis tag)

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

01/18/2024 Crew Recap

TLDR; Summary: #HoistTheAds and Astroglide OFMD both happening tomorrow 1/19/24; UK Fans We Need Your Help!; New Hashtags/Petition Link; David Jenkins/RhysDarby/TaikaWaititi Troll us with Hidden Stuff; More Articles; Petition Status, News That Gives Us Hope for S3, and Rhys Darby in Shorts.

Note: Please feel free to let me know if I missed something important, if I'm incorrect, if the formatting pisses you off, or whatever, I take constructive feedback <3 thx lovelies.

Need to catch up on recaps? ofmd daily recaps

==Things You Don't Want To Miss Tomorrow 1/19/2024 and 1/20/2024==

EDIT: HOIST THE ADS: This might be starting at 12 EST - https://www.tumblr.com/renewasacrew/739916790295052288/join-us-in-just-over-10-minutes-at-midnight-est?source=share

#HoistTheAds is finally coming to NYC and LA tomorrow. There will be Flyovers, Billboards, etc. As of right now it looks like its just happening every few minutes on the billboard for the next day.

Tumblr Info

Twitter Info

==Astroglide Watch-A-Long at 1/19/2024 1 PM PST ==

To clarify exactly how it works, basically what they're doing is asking you to stream on the service of your choice starting at Season 1 Episode 1, and Astroglide (and Squishables might be joining) will be tweeting reactions as they go.

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=UK Fans! We need your help! @lamentus1 was kind enough to give us updates on the efforts going on over the UK!=

UK specific OFMD fans in groups on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook are trying to come together to push for the BBC to air OFMD Season 2 in the UK since they haven’t done so yet!

So many UK fans can’t actually watch the second season *legally* based off a tumblr poll that @lamentus1 did recently, and a third of fans who voted can’t even watch OFMD because it’s not on in their country!

The current plans are:

Email two key people at the BBC:

Sue Deeks (Brought OFMD to the UK) --- sue.deeks@bbc.co.uk Charlotte Moore (Chief Content Officer ) --- charlotte.moore@bbc.co.uk Email Prompt: if you need an example:

Send Tweets regarding wanting Season 2 to Air on BBC on twitter (same hashtags from @renewasacrew I believe but it that's incorrect please let me know!):

BBC2 IPlayer

The ongoing twitter thread for this is here

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====New Articles ====

BBC fans fight to save cancelled show, with petition reaching 58,000 signatures

'Our Flag Means Death': Fans Rally to Save Cancelled Show'

Our Flag Means Death: Fans campaign to save queer pirate comedy

---Articles in Dutch---

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=Cast and Crew Seen in the Wild=

**START OF DISCLAIMER: This whole thread on Djenkins and Taika's mother in law is fan theory at this point, read into it as you will, but think of it like tabloid news**

The most exciting and I think ... brain candy worthy today was Rhys and David posting a BTS picture of Rhys in the colonial hat/outfit. It sparked some interesting ideas on the status of season 3.

I have to say, hats off to the folks over on twitter @fowlfiend for making this connection

Earlier today, Chaos Dad, David Jenkins posted the following picture of Rhys that Rhys shared on his Instagram with a song attached to it called "I'm a Man" by Jobriath.

Now, all well and good right? Rallying cry to all the crew! BUT Twitter folks think there's a deeper meaning and I'm inclined to agree.

How fucking cool is that? Thank you to @lamentus1 for pointing out also that Chaos Dad's post had the "three finger" I love you which is yet another 3 today.

Add to that, Taika's Instagram's been pretty quiet lately, and he happened to post a picture today of his mother-in-law @veraora on IG for her birthday, which just happens to have... 3 pigeons in it. Once again, thanks @lamentus1 for bringing this to our attention. ---also please wish VeraOra Happy birthday!

Now, could all of this be just coincidence? Sure, but where's the fun in that? Seems like we're going on a treasure hunt.

**END OF DISCLAIMER: This whole thread on Djenkins and Taika's mother in law is fan theory at this point, read into it as you will, but think of it like tabloid news**

===Other Chaos Dad Posts on Twitter===

=Hashtag Updates / How you can help=

@renewasacrew Has done some cool stuff and made saveofmd.com direct to the petition site. This should help with being able to share more easily. Full thread here on tumblr

Today's Goals and Hashtags Per @renewasacrew

#ArentYouGLAAD #SaveOFMD #TheNumbersWereThere

=Petition Status Updates=

Petition hit 60K all!!!! GREAT JOB! Just in time for Time Square tomorrow!!

I didn't see a drastic change on a lot of the fundraisers so I'm not adding those today--- I think we've had a big day as it was with the stuff around David posting without posting about season 3.

So I thought I'd end with some more info from our lovely @TheCozyPirate on twitter, the lovely person who exposed the information about how s3 was already in preproduction. They seem to have more insight in a lot of this.

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=So if your question is, is it making a difference? Why doesn't dad just come out and say it? Here's some insight:=

And this next one helps me to feel like we're still heading in the right direction. "If there were nothing viable, he would be able to say that. He would never, never let this go on if hopeless". I think is pretty uplifting.

Lastly, I think you all should be damn proud of yourselves with these calls, as a former Customer Support Person, I appreciate you all so damn much for keeping it kind and polite! Stede would be proud!

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Finally-- one last thing, since today's theme on tumblr is trolls getting all up in our faces, just remember you do not have to engage with them if you don't want to. If you want to have kind discussions, and you feel up for it, go for it, but don't feel obligated to defend the community.

We all know we care, we all know we're doing a great fucking job at taking care of each other, helping awesome causes, and still having fun while doing it. You don't have to prove to anyone that you are allowed to enjoy your pirate show that means something to you and spend a few bucks to support it.

Don't let people who are struggling with their own trouble take your light. Enjoy things, have fun. You deserve it.

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On a lighter note to end on: I have a serious question for all of you.

Who gave this man the right to wear these fucking shorts? Good god.

[potaracandy]

5 and 10

Listen to me yap! // accepting

5) dash commentary

It's great! Often a fun way for people to acknowledge their mutuals' posts, IC or OOC! It can also help to really promote the feel of this place being an rp community. No one has to put themselves out there to make friends or whatevs, but still, interacting with your writing partners outside of just threads can go for miles. I will say that dash comm can kind of be a slippery slope though.

Sometimes, open commentary on something that's more so happening in private - so no one else outside of the characters in the thread should be aware of it - can make things very awkward, but that's where communication comes in. You can ask all parties involved if it's ok to make commentary, or you can just comment on it in private to them! Can't speak for others, but I personally would love to hear how entertaining what I'm doing with someone else is.

Lastly. When it comes to dash comm posts that are tagged as crack (so they're not to be taken seriously), I've noticed that people tend to...ignore that? And treat the post as if the character is being serious. That can put the other person in a weird spot. I've gotten into some "didn't need/want this but ok" situations in the past because of it. So folks, if something is tagged as crack or a similar tag, you shouldn't make a big ol' fuss about it.

10) anons

Definitely a feature that should be used, especially if you're the type that's too shy to send something with your blog's handle attached. Unfortunately, tons of losers take advantage of the anonymity to harass others / send hate. With that in mind, I feel everyone should remember that anon asks are a privilege and NOT a right. If you need to turn it off for your peace of mind, absolutely do it. The shy people will have to just step outside of their shell, send you things in IMs, or not send anything at all. They'll adapt.

I'm aware that someone who's committed can create burner accounts, but you can always block them. If they make a new one, block that too. To me, blocking burners is a small price to pay for not letting hatred flood your inbox.

Speaking of anon hate, I'll take this opportunity to drop a warning: there's an infamous troll / harasser most widely known as "phoenixissims" (that's the last blog they sat on for a long period) going around the DB RPC yet again. This post here & the linked google doc in it talk about this person extensively, but in general: if you get any weird anon asks that bring up Beerus, Vegeta, or come off as salty about the interactions you've been having with others (esp blogs who rp those characters), just delete them all and don't engage.

[laviejaguardia]

Your discord link for the sydcarmy server expired, can we have another? 🥺👉👈

Hi chef! I left it expire because I don't want trolls to join the server when the season drops and spam spoilers or whatever. We're still open for members though so just DM me and I'll send you an invite 😉🩷