#i dont normally tag characters but i want to be able to find this in my tags for reference

[macchiatosdumptruck]

-Something CK does very well is bring back characters with little characterization, with a new and unexpected twist and really making them work.

Like, I would've never expected a cobra to go on to be one of the few chill pastors in media but here we are.

They did this with Mike as well, he was really a surprising delight.

-"what about that time in Reno with those soccer moms at the Hyatt? God forgive us for that?"

👀👀👀 what did you guys get up to??? Dying at the implication that they were rather young at the time and chasing cougars.

-that feeling when you ghost your son who desperately needs you during one of the darkest moments of his life for your adopted karate son who is also in one of the darkest moments of his life.

Like, don't get me wrong. I'm fully aware that the fact Johnny is flawed is The Point. But idk how there are people who legit blame Robby for his and Johnny's lack of a relationship.

And after the character growth Johnny goes through in seasons one and two with Miguel, I was really looking forward to seeing that with Robby and instead the writers just kind of... Dropped it.

I've spoken before on Robby's "I don't want to be mad anymore" reasoning for forgiving Johnny at the end of s4. It does make sense in a sad way. I can relate.

Many people who are used to being hurt or neglected feel the only chance is to forgive those who hurt them because they know the apology they need will never come, and they have to try to move on SOMEHOW.

You see that in a lot of neglectful and unhealthy parent/child relationships.

"I'm not going to get the closure I need if I wait for someone who hurt me to change so I will have to make peace with my own, deserved anger because it is poisoning myself, and I can only control my own actions."

It's still bullshit that he has to do that and it's never addressed and instead brushed under the rug with a bandaid baby.

Also, all of the hurt and anger between Miguel and Robby is just gone like *snap.*

I was so looking forward to all of the angst and pain and awkward sibling shenanigans as they slowly learn to cohabitate.

They're two sensitive boys who got in over their head and made some bad decisions and some awful accidents due to misplaced anger. They weren't being actively malicious, they were being dumb reactive teenagers. I would've loved to see them bond over their combined daddy issues and realize that the problem was never really each other, but the adults in life who had let them down.

[koobiie]

bestowing my highest honor as an artist to ffxv (drawing the characters in fun outfits)

thoughts under the cut

RREAAAGHHHH SO EXCITED TO BE DONE WITH THIS!!!!! it took me forevarrrr but i soldiered through as an act of love. now excuse me. yap time

OKAY SO the concept behind this was originally specific fashion subcultures for everyone!l ike noct emo ignis dark academia etc. but then decided i didnt want to pigeonhole it all and just freestyled outfits i thought would look nice on everyone

noct - i do think noct would still be emo-ish but also opt for comfy baggy stuff a lot. something you could just fall asleep in on the spot. note the details of bass pro shop shirt (of course) XV necklace, little moon + stars accents, carbuncle + fish keychains. i also wanted his metal band logo shirt to spell LUCIS but i forgor some letters but its not very readable anyways

ignis - ignit ooohghh ignos ignaurs. sorry i made him serve so much cunt it will happen again. i drew him first cause that kind of inspired this whole thing i love him so bad if i didnt draw it id explode. not much detail to note except his collar pins are like his double blade thingies

luna - lunaaa the concept was “clean girl aesthetic” idk if that happened but im actually really happy with how it came out! might be my favorite of the bunch just because she looks so pretty and happy. your honor she should have been able to just be a normal girl and just. chill

prompto - prompotoooo i had trouble picking his vibe!!! my first thought was techwear?? because weeheeeehee he loves tech and well... you know... but then i realized i didnt really like the look of anything i saw + it was so bulky and dark and serious for him! ending up going with some more youthful and baggy. i was considering something more loud and colorful but ended up not going with it. i feel like in canon he'd be too nervous to have such a flashy fit and would want to just look "cool" to fit in with the boys lol. itty bitty details here - chocobo keychain, pompompurin and bi miku buttons, and his lanyard is kings knight themed! i also thought it was funny to write LUCIS on his shirt like you know those shirts that just say BROOKLYN or TOKYO or SAN FRANCISCO and thats it. thats what its like

gladio - okay i know this is going to sound like a lie but im not horny for gladio like at all, hes my least favorite, i think he's just alright. but also i KNOW in my heart of hearts that he would LOVE being a leather daddy and so i had to make it happen. main detail to note here is that his tank top has the motifs of a cup noodle! i didnt know what else to add cause you know.. hes the cup noodle guy.. but also i didnt want it to be so in your face about it with a big as logo so kept it subtle!

(side note the leather daddy gave me an idea for a post where its like noct and prom go to a gay bar all nervous but then they run into gladio and its like "p: GLADIO YOURE GAY?" "n: nevermind that PLEASE dont tell ignis we snuck out" and then ignis walks up and theyre all like WHAT THE FUCK!!!! caption would be "the gang finds out theyre all bisexual." probably wont draw it but i think its very funny lol)

iris - iris my sweetheart.... definitely leaned into the scene vibes here and also that one image of the blonde emo anime girl. details here - of course the moogle big ass backpack and keychain (can you tell i love keychains), but also her buttons are an iris (the flower) and also a crown with hearts (haha symbolism)

anyways oh god i didnt mean to write an essay down here. usually i keep this in the tags but this time i just had Too Much To Say. can you tell i put a lot of thought and love into this . anwyays. *walks off into the sunset and fuckig dies*

[absurd-ash]

Hi there, would you be willing to write headcannons for Redson and Wukong with a female S/O who due to a magic accident turned back into a kid temporarily?

Hope that makes sense lol, also if you don't want to do this request that's fine! (Plus I'm sorry if two characters are too much, you can pick whoever)

Partner Turned Back Into A Kid

{Redson & Wukong x FemReader}

His first priority is getting you back to normal, but when he hears that its only temporary and he just has to wait, he still doesn't calm down

You bet this man is pacing back and forth across the room, muttering to himself about why of all people it had to be you to be turned back into a kid

If you were a chaotic kid, that would only make him panic more

He would be ordering bull clones left and right to get you things and stuff so he didnt have to take his sights off of you

But if you were more of a calm kid he would relax more

dont get me wrong, he would definitely still be in panic mode, but...not as much as before

He would be more comfortable letting you out of his sights as long as there were bull clones around, ready to save you from whatever life or death situation you would find yourself in

His home is dangerous after all, there's literally traps and lava left and right

He would definitely make it a priority to make his house more baby-proof after this, just in case

If you would ever ask to play a game with him, he would agree, but his priority would be keeping you safe

He would refuse to ever play hide and seek or tag with you, those were way too dangerous

But he would be fine with playing

after you would turn back to normal this man would be clingy

He would have his arms wrapped around you, not letting you leave for even a second

Completely unlike RedSon, this man would not be panicking at all

Instead, he would be dying at how cute he thinks you are as a kid

You bet this man is taking pictures of you left and right, are they for blackmail or just because he thinks you look cute as a kid? You decide

He doesn't panic as much as RedSon, I mean, dont get me wrong he does panic, but he knows you'll turn back eventually

If you were a chaotic kid, oh boy, you'll never hear the end of it

After you turned back and you two would be fighting over something like who would do the dishes or something, he would definitely bring it up

"Ugh, unbelievable, you have no idea what I went through when you turned back into a kid! And now, you're making me do even more work?"

He doesn't actually mean it, he loved seeing your little kid form running back and forth, giggling while making several messes he would have to clean later

Okay, maybe he didnt love the mess part, but still!

On the other hand, if you were a more reserved and quiet kid, he would find that even more adorable!

How you would shyly walk up to him to ask him to play a game with you, or shyly show him a drawing you made

His favorite game to play with you would be when you would pretend to be a princess while he pretends to be a knight, saving you

When you turn back to normal, you won't be able to get him to shut up about how "cute and adorable" you were as a kid

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Sorry this took so long! I really liked the idea I just couldnt figure out how to write it. anyway, requests are open again! Feel free to request some stuff!

[cripplecharacters]

hi, i want to write about/draw/generally create post-canon content for a character. specifically, a character who survived being lit on fire right before the end of the book (as in, we dont see how the fire effected him in the longterm, as the story is cut off pretty much as soon as it is put out). however, of note is that hes the main antagonist of the story (a spree killer to be specific). ive seen a lot of discussion from burn survivors and other people with fds that you shouldnt be writing evil characters with burn scars or other fds due to the harmful messages that perpetuates, and i want to know if that applies here as well? should i not portray him with scars from the fire, since he is never portrayed with them in the original material? or should i give him scars, as it is the very likely result of him surviving the fire (although not explicitly stated, the way hes described immediately after the fire is put out indicates that he probably has 3rd degree burns over most of his body)? thank you for your time

Hello,

in this situation you have essentially 4 options;

Don't portray him with the scars. Yes, realistically speaking, he would have scars. Obviously. But 95% of action characters should also have some sort of permanent disability from getting hit on the head over and over, and yet they don't. Characters will get brought back from the dead after getting crushed to pieces and still be able-bodied, I really wouldn't get hanged up on whether an injury's outcome is realistic.

He initially has scars but they heal up. Again, realism doesn't really matter. Just throw some first degrees on him and call it a day.

Give him the scars and have the only burn survivor be the most offensive stereotype that's out there. It is what it is, you can't write your way out of a burned spree killer.

Give him scars and introduce another character who's not a murderer (or other big stereotype). If the character survives his burns, he's visiting a burn unit (burns are a life-threatening injury, he's not going to just go home after this). That's where new burn survivors are stored and 99.9% of them are normal people. I don't know whether you will be adding new characters, but even just adding a regular ass person who happens to be a burn survivor would make it better. If you don't want to add anything then I guess it's more complicated, maybe the (presumably good/less evil?) canon character who lit him on fire/put out the fire also got caught in it and got burnt too?

As you can guess, option three is the worst. If you decide to do that one, I'd consider not acknowledging the character as a burn survivor in the meta context. I wouldn't go anywhere near something tagged as "#burn survivor rep" if I saw a spree killer mention anywhere. It's just not what anyone is looking for when trying to find stuff featuring burn survivors. Spare us.

There's no one good convenient way out of this I think, you have to sacrifice something to make it work - either realism, potential disabled readers, or plan for the story. The advice above is just my take on what you could do here.

Hope this helps,

mod Sasza

[wildglitch]

Spider-man x Batfam Prompt's

Ok so lately I have seen a lot of "Spidy goes to gotham and gets adopted fics" probably cause of Dark Matter by mysterycyclone cause like, duh, that fic is a goddamn masterpiece. But I feel like a lot of them are sort of the same thing with diffrent fonts ans it feels a bit saturated. Not all of them...but most of them.

Am I saying that there needs to be less of these fics? Hell no! Keep writing them please. I just feel like there could be more variety is all.

I suggest maybe try one of these ideas out

1: Peter going straight to the Batfam or other heros (dosent always have to be Batfam) and they try to work together on how to get him home, while slowly realizing "omg, your life is terrible! We want to help you, we do, but maybe we shouldnt and try to give you a better life here. Then its just a moral delema on what to do as they get to know the spider child.

2: maybe another Spider-man is the one that goes to Hotham like Andrew or Toby. Insted of being sent home at the end of NWH, they where accidentally sent to the DCU. Or maybe one of the Spider verse characters or a cartoon version of the character. Dosent always need to be Toms Spider-man.

3: on that same note. Please give more love to What If...Zombies Peter. You guys have no Idea the amount of angst and "haha, my world ended and im fine" potental there is. And you can have the other surviving member also be there as they look for eachother (characters that "survived* (no one survived that episode) are Peter, King T'challa, Scott Lang+cape, and Ig Bruce Baner/Hulk, and Bucky Barnes since we never saw them get turned or eaten) just think about Spidey and the Batfam investigating a lab or sometbing and all of a sudden they find floating head Scott in a crate. Everyone if scared shitless while Peter is crying tires of joy as he moves to hug the floating head. Think about that and tell me Im not on to something here.

4: Have the fic start our like halfway through. Maybe skip him getting to Gotham and have him be there for a few months already or something. This will help with adding more crack fics.

5: Maybe have the fic be that Peter is there for a while, he knows everyone, they know him, they might or might not know the identitys but they trust eachother. And Peter has been looking for a way home and he finally finds it! But... he accidentally brings some of the Batfam with him. So now its the Batfams turn to learn to live in the MCU with help of Spidy and they finally understand so much about him, how he lived, and vigilanties he knows (team red!) As they learn the history and pubilc opinion or Spider-man and the world.

6: Just a react to fic. Yk, those fics where they're stuffed in a room and forced to watch something? Yeah. Have the Dark Matter cast stuffed in a room and watch some MCU clips. It dosent even have to be some magic forth wall bull shit if you dont like that. In chapter 44, Peter and co. are said to be going back to the cave, and Peter still have is suit. Canonically, Karen records everything. Maybe Peter ends up so tired he dosent even want to try to explain everything. So he just hooks up Karen to the computer and and has her show them everything from the suits recordings to security cameras and news reports, to the memes and videos spiderman fans have made.

7: have the Justice League get involed cause "Hes to bright to be one of yours Bruce!" And have him be a honorary member of the league of have them put him on Young Justice. Peter gets adopted by Batfam? Yes. Peter becomeing Bffs with the Young Justice kids and actually forming normal relationships with kids his age? Also yes.

Do I have more? Probably but Im too lazy for it rn

If you for some reason use one of my ideas, pls tag me and maybe credit me for the original idea (but I mostly want to be able to find the fic if you do make it ( o_o) )

Who knows, I might just write some of these myself if I ever get the motivation lol

[fangbangerghoul]

✨Writing Interview Tag Game✨

Tagged the other day by @roguishcat Sorry this is so late I turned off my notifications at the start of my semester. I've been really stressed lately.

When did you start writing?

Kindergarten. Jk. Um...fanfiction? 2007/08? It was personal writing with a friend in a bunch of notebooks. Didn't start posting till 2022 when The Batman came out. (dont look into this fact)

Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?

I almost exclusively read Vampire/fantasy Romance. So, there is a difference. There have been a few books outside of that category I tackle but its normally related to my college work. I do think those horror/goth themes seep into my writing.

Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?

I do not think my writing has been compared to any other writing, at least not to me directly. I do really love the world building Charlaine Harris created. It is so lovely and to be able to write such an addicting 13 book series is something I hope to achieve as well.

Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?

I'm lazy so here's a picture:

What's your most effective way to muster up a muse?

It used to be absorbing other content by other artists but lately I couldn't tell you. I've been considering quitting writing for some time because I just don't enjoy it as much as I was.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?

Yes, angry violent woman. No it does not surprise me. There have been some themes of sexual assault and abandonment. Also doesn't surprise me.

What is your reason for writing?

Community. When I started writing in 2007/08 it was with a friend and the comradery filled a need I didn't have. I started again last year and found some community. It was great for the time being. Now I am not sure. I know most people say you should write for yourself but being a depressed person since the age of 9 it hard to center yourself like that. Another reason I am thinking about just quitting for some time at least till I find that spark again or reason.

Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?

When the parts I had the most fun writing get complimented. I also appreciate the comments that pull favorite quotes. They are really wholesome and make me feel like my writing is appreciated.

How do you want to be thought about by your readers?

I am okay with being the writer of the story that lives rent free in the back of your mind because it had such a mind-blowing event. Or maybe just a story that is thought of fondly occasionally.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

Perhaps character psychology?

How do you feel about your own writing?

Right now, I am not my biggest fan but that's okay. I really wish I had a more poetic approach to writing or at least better with descriptions. I worry sometimes my writing is all events and no emotion.

When you write, are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading, or do you write purely for yourself, or a mix of both?

Though my reason for writing is community at the end of the day when I can write I try to focus on stories I will enjoy or need to get off my chest. There have been a few fics in the past I wrote solely for mutuals, and I do not mind doing that because it brings me a lot of joy to create for others.

(I know some of the answers may have sounded a little sad. I want to clarify I am not looking for sympathy this is just truly how I feel at the time being and that is okay. I am okay with it.)

Tagging with no obligation:

@bearlytolerant @interplanet--janet @staticpallour @lisa-and-shadow @therealgchu

@soloavengers @arisenreborn @dryad-of-the-dogwood @eridanidreams @kimberbohwrites

[aspd-culture]

hey, so i recently did some research and took the mmpi and a few other tests that i knew were well regarded as diagnostic tools by professionals, as well as self reflection and matching myself with criteria. (all tests found free probably illegally online via links on reddit cause i dont got that kind of money) and it appears that i have aspd.

I consider myself a good person, i try to always be good to everyone which is a lot of effort because it’s something i dont do naturally, and imo that makes me better than a “normal person” but i digress

finding this out, while relieving in the way that it explained a lot of stuff, has also made me feel more alienated. i cant tell anyone im close to because theyll just hear “sociopath” and think i dont care about them or ive been manipulating them this whole and leave, and i wont be able to find new people because im bad at connecting with others so ill be alone. and no one online with aspd seems to have my experiences (also a lot of the online spaces are filled with pwBPD and pwNPD using our tag lmao and i dont relate to them either obviously) so i feel alien here too.

I dunno, finding this out was helpful in some ways but in others i just feel worse.

I guess it’s a net good now that i know that my way of thinking and going through life doesnt make me a bad or manipulative person its just how i naturally think bc of my disorder, and as long as im choosing to be good to people it shouldn’t matter. i just wish it wasnt so stigmatized to have, and i wish people would realize that i am capable of being a good person just as much as they are, i just have my own way of doing it.

I actually dont get why having it Come Naturally is such a good thing anyway, isnt it more meaningful if someone isnt “good by nature” but actively chooses to be anyway? I think it means less and is less reliable if someone is good by nature because then it means that they don’t actually know how or why theyre doing it, and if they have a moment of fluctuations in their empathy then they could be worse than any of us disordered folk who had to learn they why and how of this stuff.

lmfao ok uh sorry for having a character arc in your ask box you can delete if you want idc

No, no worries! I'm sorry it took me this long to get to honestly because yeah I agree with this - it is in my opinion objectively better to do good things by choice, even when it's hard for us. And, in fact, the NTs feel that way too but they don't like that it applies to us.

It's a whole cliche people like to throw around, that it isn't easy to be a good person and that the only truly good people are the ones that doing it when it's hard too - that the easiest thing isn't always the right thing, all of that. They just don't like that those things apply to us too and therefore we are very much their definition of good people.

The world has so much stigma against us, and I'm sorry you're struggling with it, that any and all of you are. We shouldn't be treated this way as a result of us being mistreated as kids. It's not our fault, but we're labeled and demonized anyway. And it sucks, and even though it says everything about them and nothing about us, people believe them bc they're so used to thinking we're the scary ones so we must be wrong.

That seems to be slowly changing, and I hope I (and you) are around to see when it does.

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No, no worries! I'm sorry it took me this long to get to honestly because yeah I agree with this - it is in my opinion objectively better to do good things by choice, even when it's hard for us. And, in fact, the NTs feel that way too but they don't like that it applies to us.

It's a whole cliche people like to throw around, that it isn't easy to be a good person and that the only truly good people are the ones that doing it when it's hard too - that the easiest thing isn't always the right thing, all of that. They just don't like that those things apply to us too and therefore we are very much their definition of good people.

The world has so much stigma against us, and I'm sorry you're struggling with it, that any and all of you are. We shouldn't be treated this way as a result of us being mistreated as kids. It's not our fault, but we're labeled and demonized anyway. And it sucks, and even though it says everything about them and nothing about us, people believe them bc they're so used to thinking we're the scary ones so we must be wrong.

That seems to be slowly changing, and I hope I (and you) are around to see when it does.

[fujoshiribbon]

Actually though sorry to be kind of a hater in your inbox but i do hate how everyone and their mom has to shove in boring and repetitive romance tropes into every single piece of media no matter what it is. and thats just the people creating the media - i feel like fandoms can be even worse at times cause youll scroll through a character tag and its all just ship post after ship post and it doesnt explore how interesting the characters could be together nor does it ever focus on any of the characters individually . and people will find a way to ship Anything. (especially annoying when its disrespecting and erasing the identities of aro/ace characters)

people really do need to start getting weirder about platonic relationships. like. I am also a romance enjoyer and i think shipping is fun but people constantly strip characters of their identities and characters and relationships with others in order to make the ship more appealing,,, character dynamics can be so interesting and fun even without romance tropes.

are you normal about real aro people? do you find it weird that we dont want romantic relationships or that we experience romance differently? do you think we need to be "fixed"? are you frustrated if you like an aro person who doesnt like you back? are you able to be interested in anything or anyone if it doesnt involve romance?

DONT APOLOGIZE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN EVERY SINGLE SENSE OF THE WORD. i hate the rampant shippification of everything in fandom and especially the kind in which they dont even meaningfully and interestingly explore the characters and dynamics involved. Get Weirder About Platonic Relationships Now

[luckyduckwrites]

The Sins of the Past Chapter 1-9: Crystal

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katara/Original Female Character, Avatar Roku & Original Female Character, Avatar Aang & Original Female Character, Sokka & Original Female Character, Toph & Original Female Character

Characters: Original Female Character(s), Aang (Avatar), The Gaang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Roku (Avatar)

Additional Tags: Precious Aang (Avatar), Bisexual Katara (Avatar), Protective Sokka (Avatar), Firebending & Firebenders, Firebender Original Character, POV First Person, POV Female Character, Original Character-centric, Toph Beifong is a Menace, Long Lost/Secret Relatives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Disabled Character, Childhood Trauma, Slow Romance, Slow To Update, Friends to Lovers, Canon Lesbian Character

Summary:

My name is Ryuza. My father was Avatar Roku, but he died when I was 4. A few years after his death, Fire Nation soldiers burned our house down. I dont know if my mother and sister were able to get away, but my left arm got caught in the wreckage. I would have died if one of the soldiers hadn't helped me, but I had to lose my arm due to the damage. He helped me escape, and I ran to the Earth Kingdom, finding refuge in Omashu. I met Aang, an airbender, and he brought me to stay with him in the Air Temples. He tried to run away after finding out he was the Avatar, so I went with him and got trapped in an iceberg for 100 years. What's happened since we were gone?

**AO3 & Wattpad links in masterpost pinned to the top of the blog**

I’m roused from my fitful slumber by hearing two quiet voices across the room. I can’t quite make out what they’re saying, but I pretend to still be asleep in the hopes they’ll continue and I can hear them. Eventually I’m proven correct, as I hear the voices get louder, moving closer.

The first voice, which I recognize as Zhao, says, “And this one. She is a bit damaged, but still quite beautiful. I have reason to believe she is Avatar Roku’s lost daughter, the one no one ever found.”

The other voice, an unfamiliar male, says, “If the rumors are true, she seems to have somehow extended her life like Avatar Kyoshi did. She still looks quite youthful.”

Zhao says, “Ah, yes. Quite.” I feel a cold shiver run through my spine as he says that, but I bite my lower lip and force myself to stay still as he adds, “She could be useful for Fire Lord Ozai’s daughter, either as a sparring partner or as a servant. I heard that she was a skilled firebender despite her… limitations. It’s a damn shame she sided with the Avatar, but if we could make her loyal to the Fire Lord, we can make her do anything.”

Both men leave the room, and I hear the door shut behind them. I start tearing up and hyperventilating, unable to remain stoic anymore. ‘The one no one ever found’. They found my sister. They found Rina. She survived the town burning down, but the Fire Nation found her. What did they do to her? What happened to Mother? What are they going to do to me? Whatever it is, I don’t want to stick around to find out.

I sit up, trying to get enough air into my lungs to calm myself down, but it’s not working. I can’t even move my hand up to wipe my rapidly falling tears since my arm is chained to the cot. All of a sudden, I feel a hand come from behind me, wiping away my tears. I turn around and see a girl around my age sitting in a cot behind me, the only other person in the room. She has short brown hair, tan skin, and piercing emerald-green eyes.

She takes a deep breath, and motions for me to mimic her. I do so, slowly calming down.

It takes a few minutes, but when I feel myself breathing normally again, the girl says, “There we go. Just take slow breaths.”

I ask, “Who are you? Why are you helping me?”

The girl responds, “I’m Crystal. I saw you having a panic attack and just wanted to help. It’s just in my nature, I guess. I was taken from a Fire Nation controlled Earth Kingdom village about a month ago. What are you doing here in the servant’s quarters? You look like some kind of Fire Nation royalty except for those clothes.”

I ask, “Did you not hear Zhao and that man talking earlier?”

Crystal shakes her head, saying, “No, I’m deaf. I can tell only what others are saying through reading your lips, and I get whipped if I stare at them too long.”

I say, “Oh. Uh… I’m Ryuza, and I’m Avatar Roku’s youngest daughter. I was traveling with Avatar Aang and our friends when I was taken by Zhao. He took me to try to make me a servant for the Fire Lord.”

Crystal asks, “How can you be Avatar Roku’s daughter? Didn’t he die over a hundred years ago?”

I respond, “It’s a long story, but the short version is that I found myself frozen in an iceberg for a very long time.”

I frown, remembering my friends that freed me. How are they handling me being gone? I just hope they’re out of the Fire Nation. I tell Crystal the whole story, and all of the adventures we’ve been on so far. She rests her elbows on her crossed legs and her chin on her palm, listening to me with a calm expression on her face. After a few hours, I hear the door open, my eyes widen in shock.

Zhao walks in and says to me, “Good, you’re finally awake. Have you decided anything regarding your loyalty yet?”

I say, “I’ll never be your servant, Zhao, and I’ll never follow the Fire Lord.”

Zhao smirks, saying, “Oh, I think you’ll change your mind soon enough. If you want your freedom, that is. You see, either way you’ll be going back to the Fire Nation. Whether it’s as a servant or as a prisoner is entirely up to you. And it’s Commander Zhao to you.”

I growl, “I don’t give a flying hogmonkey what your title is, Zhao. I’ll never do anything you say. I’d rather die than serve the Fire Lord.”

Zhao says, “That can easily be arranged. In fact, I can do it right now if you want.”

I keep my mouth shut, looking away. Zhao grabs my chin like he did yesterday, but more forcefully this time, making me look at him.

He adds, “Or I can make your father’s new incarnation watch as I destroy you. It sure would be a shame if that were to happen. To live this long only to die by your own Nation’s hands in front of your father’s spirit. Just as a little incentive; here.”

He heats up his thumb, burning my bottom lip.

I cry out in pain, and Zhao lets go of me, adding, “Think about this next time you open your mouth. I won’t be nearly as merciful next time. It would be best for you to start acting the part if you want to survive long here, especially a beauty like you. Many men would want to have you as their own, and you’re lucky I was the one that took you.”

I fake a gag when he leaves again, and I see Crystal stifle a giggle. She looks so pretty when she smiles. I lay down on my back, and I feel a blush on my face as Crystal tenderly runs her fingers through my hair. We chat aimlessly for a few minutes until she’s pulled away to do her duties. She’s a kitchen servant, so she has to prepare meals and bring them out when they’re done. I sit up after she’s gone and try melting the chain attaching me to the cot, but the metal gets too hot and burns my wrist. After that failed, I started to remember a traditional Fire Nation lullaby my mother sang to me when I was little to comfort me whenever I had a nightmare, Leaves From the Vine.

I sing, “Leaves from the vine, falling so slow. like fragile, tiny shells drifting in the foam. Little soldier boy, come marching home. Brave soldier boy, come marching home. Ash in the snow, falling so slow like fragile, broken hearts with no place to go. Little soldier boy, taken from home, forced to fight a war that was not his own. Little soldier boy, cold and alone. Brave soldier boy never made it home. Leaves from the vine, changing so slow like empty, fallen souls looking for a home. Little soldier boy thought he could soar. Brave soldier boy, fallen in the war. My little soldier boy, I need you home. Brave soldier boy, come marching home.”

After around an hour, Crystal returns to the room with a small tray of food for me.

She says, “I’m not supposed to do this since you’re technically a prisoner, but I was able to sneak you some dinner. Here you go, Ryuza.”

I smile awkwardly as she sets the tray on my lap, and I say, “Thanks, Crystal.”

I set the tray down on the cot next to me and pick up the chopsticks, but I can’t lift the food to my mouth to eat. I bring my head down to my waist, and barely manage to reach my mouth.

I mutter, “Sweet Agni, this is hard.”

I was about to try to eat another bite when Crystal grabs the chopsticks from my hand.

She says, “Here, I’ll help you.”

She then proceeds to feed me, and I’m blushing the whole time at needing help just to do such a simple task as eating. If I still had my other arm I wouldn’t need her help, but I guess then I wouldn’t get to see her beautiful face as she helps me. Once I’m done eating, she takes the tray back out of the room and returns a few minutes later.

I say, “Thanks for helping me.”

Crystal sits down on my cot next to me, saying, “Of course. Why wouldn’t I help?”

I shrug, and she leans her head onto my shoulder.

She says, “I like you, Ryuza. You’re not like the other firebenders I’ve met.”

I blush again and lean my head on hers, saying, “And you’re not like anyone I’ve met before. You’re nice to me without needing a reason.”

We just stay like that for a while, leaning against each other in silence. Eventually, I yawn, growing tired again. I haven’t been awake for much longer than a few hours, but I only got an hour of sleep yesterday. I quickly fall asleep against Crystal’s shoulder as she brushes my hair with her fingers again.

I dream of resting on a large, soft cloud with her, but the dream is interrupted by Appa soaring overhead, my friends on his saddle. They don’t even spare a second glance at me. I sit up and reach for them, but I start falling through the clouds toward Zhao’s ship. When I land on the deck, Zhao grabs me by the wrist, caressing my chin with his other hand. I kick him away, but he gets a hungry expression on his face, reaching for me again. His firebending guards force me back to him, and Zhao leans down to meet my fearful gaze.

He says, “You’re never leaving my ship, little girl. You’d best accept that and be a servant if you want to survive.”

Suddenly, Aang floats down to the ship in his Avatar state, blowing the other firebenders away except for Zhao and I. He firebends at Aang, setting him on fire. Zhao grabs my face with a strong grip and forces me to watch through tear-filled eyes as Aang is reduced to ash right in front of me.

I shoot awake, morning light peeking through the window. Crystal is gone, likely off making breakfast, and I’m on my own as the other servants start waking up and getting dressed around me, none of them even looking at me, like they aren’t even acknowledging my existence. I wipe tears from my eyes and sit up, deciding to play along for now. If I can play the part of a servant, I might get a chance to run at the next port and find my way back to my friends.

[attempts-of-fawnclan]

good morning. welcome to fawnclan, a clangen blog. im your host, annie (she/her) !!!

you will be following the founders of this small clan; bluebellfern (she/her), and her two kits of chestnutkit (she/her) and whimsykit (he/him).

admiring the 'clans' shes heard so much about while roaming, and being tired of never being able to find one to join, bluebellfern has decided to take matters into her own paws- bringing the clans to her, as put in her own words. populated by her and her children, she decides to start fawnclan. she hopes she'll be able to create something that outlives her, and flourishes into something beautiful like the clans of old.

>read from the start here!<

content warning for: general things you'd expect in a clangen comic (blood, minor gore, death)

all art is drawn badly on ms paint because if i actually made this comic presentable it would never get finished. no i dont know why i then decided to draw backgrounds like a proper comic if i wanted it to be finished. get me out of here (a hell of my own making)

fawnclan is running on expanded mode. it isnt and will not be put onto the most recent version (with freshkill and starvation) bc 1. i dont want to try and figure out how to transfer between versions and 2. i dont wanna deal with the starvation mechanic. from what ive heard it would basically kill this clan instantly </3

the plan is to post at least once per week, usually on a thursday. if there are multiple pages in a moon they will be posted the day after (then the day after that, etc) until the moon is finished.

clan members are open to asks, so feel free to send questions to them. no roleplay though, just normal questions!

please bear with me here, i have not ran a blog like this for nearly 4 years </3

moons will be tagged #fawnclanattempt moons asks will be tagged #fawnclanattempt asks misc posts will be tagged #fawnclanattempt misc

character reference image masterpost (up to the most recent moon)

[castlebyersafterdark]

tbh 'sorcerer' episode could be about henry/vecna origin (seeing as most people havent seen the play) and i wouldnt be mad at that. or a combo of will + henry lore. its normal to want to see more of vecna as a viewer. its just the henry stans that make it weird.

i may need to leave fandom so i can go back to feeling like a normal well-adjusted person who was enjoying a fantastic tv show. which is how i felt before i joined fandom. theres a lot to love here but i really dont want to be watching s5 and not be able to stop thinking about hateful milevens or that one henry stan who has insane theories. i want to get lost in the show.

Oh, very possible. I absolutely think that Sorcerer is going to really dive into the Will-Henry connection. Big reveals, as it's also the season midway point by the end. Going to turn the tables. Fill us non-play watchers in on the essential things from the play and his deeper backstory as well as more Will insight, the WHY the connection is there, finally learn what Henry wants from Will, Will's possible powers/latent abilities reveal, etc. I have high hopes for this episode. And yes!! The audience is supposed to want to know more about the villain - it's just going to be quite different than what most "theorists" hyperfocus on. We should be learning more about Henry in the final season after only introducing him in the penultimate.

But agree with wanting to isolate more, curate your fandom. That's why I'm here! Best decision ever making the clean break. Deleted the other blog, only refollowed a few dozen blogs here (I can look through tags and For You tab if I'm feeling a rare bout of bravery wanting a wider perspective), blocked every blog that annoys me. Totally fine if anyone likes engaging with the wider fandom, has more content to share, friendships, etc. I didn't. So, this worked out well for me. We all have different needs. It's definitely not all bad, the fandom's big enough that hopefully you can curate and find people and blogs that resonate. But, there is truth: the annoyances linger where fun stuff can then get lost.

Overall though, I really have no interest at all in engaging with the ship wars or the nonsensical character stans anymore. Even those who fixate on the same ones I do. I don't think about that stuff as much when I invest my brainpower and screentime to a more casual, light, and creative outlet. 😁

[bardicbrambles]

a mandatory pinned post wheee !!!

✦ ➵ i'm gonna climb the bugbear ... !

hllo!!!! hiiii!!!! hallo!!!!!!!!!! my name is scriber quill (he/him), and im a bard!!! welcme to my blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ tags!

⎯ bramblerambles - textposts!!

⎯ adventure stuff - posting abt my adventures!!!

⎯ friends and fiends - posts abt my friends!! and not friends!!!

⎯ ooc stuff - out of character whatever that means

alright alright hi this is the ooc part hi hellooo my name is oliver (he/him) i'm the guy that runs the blog and you can find me at my main blog @mooooooooliver and my fandom/art sideblog @workedupovernothing , you really don't need to know much about me other than im the guy that runs this blog, im a minor, dont be weird, this is the part under the cut where i tell you about the blog and some info abt scriber as a character that'll help you understand this stuff blah blah

so this is a rp blog for my dnd character, scriber quill, currently i'm waiting to be able to get back to the campaign hes in and i will not let it fizzle out becasue i'm too attached to this lil guy

i just wanna post general stuff for him and also use it as a way to take some interesting notes abt the campaign after the matter

as for boundaries don't be weird and stuff, fanart is ok, interacting with the character is ok, if you want a normal answer to something ask my sideblog, ect ect ect

who is scriber as a character?

scriber is a tiefling bard whos bardic flavour if you will comes from the fact he's also an archer in a preformer-y way. he's got a grand total of 6 intelligence, and he believes in the power of friendship. he struggles to spell, hes from a nondescript village with the most neutral backstory you can get, and he has hooves

im really not sure what else to put here but i might update as time goes by so yeah!

[gongedtornado]

updated introduction cuz i’m cool like that.

hiii welcome to my little hidey hole where i post art and scream all the time :3

be sure to scroll to the bottom or at least read the DNI + things i need tagged. thankssss

you can call me any of the following: silas / yarida / goose / kazzy

i use he / it / any + neos. though please try to refrain from using exclusively they/them on me. not that i really mind but i like a bit of variation :3.

20 and mixed filipino babeyyy !!

artist and professional shitposter . you can count on me to start a silly little doodle as a joke and put in wayyy too much effort into it lol. you can usually find these posts under the tag #shartposting

BE WARNED - I MAY POST BODY HORROR FROM TIME TO TIME.

I YELL AND SCREAM AND SWEAR A LOT. ALSO I’M NOT WELL IN THE HEAD. my textposts for when i scream is #kazzy caws. my more vent related tags will be under #kazzy complains. (feel free 2 mute that. no hard feelings)

PRETTY PLEEEEAAASE use tone indicators when talking to me. i can’t read tones past text for the life of me

i’m incredibly socially awkward and typically busy, overwhelmed, or generally burnt out. i promise i’m not ignoring you or hate you or any of that- i’m just trying to get by lol.

IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TAGGED DON’T BE SCARED TO ASK . i’ll obvs tag things like eye contact, g0re, etc.

this is a big one BUT IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG PLEASE TELL ME AND DON’T BE VAGUE ABOUT IT THANKSS. /srs

here’s more of my tags and whatever

#kazzy caws - text posts where i scream my thoughts into the void

#kazzy complains - text posts where i complain about shit

#kazzy scribbles - art posts

#shartposting - shitposts

I LIKE PATAPON A NORMAL AMOUNT. (<- HAS BEEN FIXATED ON THE SERIES FOR OVER 2 YEARS.)

little shop of horrors

paper mario

plant related characters (ie: audrey ii, petey piranha, potbelly from msm, etc)

stone story rpg (PLEASE PLAY IT ITS SO GOOD)

all tomorrows

DND (I FUCKIMG LOVE DND BRO)

just some things i would prefer of they were tagged for the sake of my sanity. just use “silas don’t look.” or “sdl” work fine lmao

roblox doors game (more specifically the visuals pleeeeaase)

generally upsetting or uncanny images. especially ones with heavy eye contact.

knack (playstation game)

posts with transphobia in them

h*zbin/h*lluva content + anything v*vziepop related

i don’t feel like making a specific section for this one but here’s some other things i’d advise you to avoid doing around/to me. thaaanks

do NOT refer to me as “smol”, “smol bean”, a “cinnamon roll”. anything of that at all. (if it’s for a joke go for it, but dont make it repetitive or a habit.)

do not refer to me as a child either- especially if you’re younger than me. i might sound a little whiny here but it genuinely rubs me the wrong way and i actually just hate it all around. 😃 don’t treat me like a child- in fact just avoid infantilizing me. please

please don’t call me “sister” or “mom”. i’m being so serious.

don’t come into my dms if i don’t know you- asking for art requests and such. i’ll just straight up block you.

(trigger warning for s/a mentions here.) if you joke about s/a or find it funny to make fun of such- just block me. i don’t want you here and you disgust me and so many others. thanks

i’ll also include the ask to follow below the dni stuff. dni/dnf will be red while ask to follow will be orange

basic DNI criteria

pr*ship/zo*philes

dream supporters

fetishizes trans/nonbinary people

ai ‘artists’ (lmao imagine not being able to pick up a pencil)

those who continuously use the excuses “it’s just fiction”, “it’s just a drawing”, and “erm it’s the internet. things happen” yall are annoying as fuck

She Who Will Not Be Named (you know who you are.)

He who will not be named (I don’t care if you want to make ammends. I don’t want to waste my time on your stupid loser baby ass.)

YTTD (Your Turn to Die) fandom

those with the intentions of befriending for free art

v*vziepop dickriders.

under 15.

if i generally just get bad vibes from you, i’ll just block. lol

applying this to the he/she who will not be named- if you’re thinking “is it me?” then it’s likely not you. /srs

ASK TO FOLLOW

irls. how and why did you find my tumblr huh? huh? do you wanna fight. do you wanna go to the dennys parking lot and fight there? huh? weenie (/JOKE)

h*zbin/h*lluva enjoyers. current mutuals are fine- i would REALLY REALLY prefer if y’all asked before following first?? i know not everyone in the fandom isn’t awful, but it’s just for my own sake. 🙏🙏

people that primarily go by the names “clyde”, “nadia”, “aspen”, “azzy”, or “marcel”. im sure yall are nice people or whatever but its moreso for the sake of my sanity :3. i also likely wont interact with you much but its whatever

dms are usually open unless i specify not to dm me.

commissions are closed off for now

i don’t do art requests. LOL sorry

art trades are always good! i take a long while on them though. srry

tagging/mentioning in a post is fine. kinda the same rules with the dms.

rp is kinda ehhh. i kinda only do it with closer friends tyyyy

okay cool you made it to the bottom thanksss enjoy ur stay lol

[livecharliereaction]

longer ramble (post tsumihoroboshi part 5)

enough higuing today OK: im rly liking the different protags btw meakashi shion pov and now the rena bits it works VERY WELL! But it also rly makes sense that the first 3 had to be keiichi because to understand renas/shions/rly anyone elses thoughts you have to understand some things about hinamizawa itself so making us play from the pov of a guy who just got here? its kinda the only option. I think those last tips r from the "evil rika" by the way so like demon allegations never stop with her + sonozakis. which of course makes SENSE three families n all that. i think satokos outbursts seem sort of normal for a traumatized child and as i said before; rena can do ANYTHING and ill forever just be able to brush it off with a "ohh shes a weird girl i guess :P" and now that she killed 2 people again i am not changing this statement in the slightest. She can just do that. Let her do whatever the hell she wants ETC. But clearly not a demon from three families with how she describes it all.

In shion pov she did actually call this "evil rika" a demon too so calling her that suffices for now. They do keep saying that the elderly think of rika as a reincarnation of oyashiro. i mean i dont think id be too off the mark to just call that "evil rika" oyashiro but i think its a term made up by the villagers instead of her REAL name so im just gonna call her "evil rika" until they provide me a better way to call her.

I also think that she will be the way this ties into umineko. I know a few facts... 1. theres a character with the same voice casting i dont remembr her name but u know the one who kinda looks like her anyways 2. the playing order should be higurashi first if at all and then umineko because theres characters who will refer to something that happened in higurashi/something youll understand if you have played higurashi... But like even aside from this kinda meta information i know theres a girl who looks like rika a lil too much. OH IDEA? Its just another oyashiro reincarnation 8 generations before or 8 generations after higurashi. Ok that might be jumping to conclusions a little but just something to state so itll be funny to look back at either if that happens OR its actually super false as hell

...as a matter of fact I used to think the other umineko character looked a LOT like satoko but i saw her on the tl the other day i think n i dont think so anymore. Color palettes more similar to miyo takano if i HAD to choose n that seems like a stretch too. OK but i need to mute the wtc tags though because were in peak spoiler territory i feel... Ok.

Also last thing: that time of rena stating she wants to go back in time immediately cut to all of the guys having a nice time without a single mention of the people rena killed (ofc - keiichi pov) but in a way RIGHT NOW? its kinda out in the open if that DID happen until we get rena pov again which i find a little fun.

Oh but one thing does still bother me to no end... Renas mentions of seeing oyashiro before makes literally no sense with the information we have so far. BUT ONCE AGAIN. renas just kinda weird. Maybe thats a conclusion she made because well shes a little weird and also mentioned to be like actually mentally ill. Man how did they write a character like that where shes my absolute #1 favorite no shot but then i trust literally nothing she says??? So funny. Love her

stopping for today though i mean i want to continue but we have to have SOME self discipline left so it all doesnt end in like a week:P ok bye

[fictionfixations]

jon and ace thoughts (i go off topic)

talk about NSFW seggs. its only mentions, thoughts.. okay. this is a really weird thought but its been plaguing me for awhile

and so like.. considering Jon's asexual, if they (Jon and Martin) ever did the thing, I'd think they'd take over the "Laughter During Sex" tag.

ive had this stuck in my brain for a LONg time. cause so like. cause people can not be interested in it themselves but say, like to make their partner feel good, or enjoy the emotional closeness of it? or maybe even not be interested in it themselves, or have a desire to, but willing to do it for their partner (okay that sounds wrong. but like. neutral i mean. not actively pursuing it, but arent repulsed by it either i mean, and thus wouldnt mind doing it for their partner, which id assume would still stick under ace spectrum?) this has been haunting me for awhile. i just needed to get this out here. its just some cute fluffy idea that's probably more them just acting normal, talking, yet the moment is a lot more intimate and close and lovey-dovey. dude they dont even have to move or anything like that, they could just sit (oh my god my sleep deprived brain said 'shit there' HAHA) there and be entirely content in each others arms, and itd be the cutest thing ever and 100% relationship goals but also in the event i ever desire to write this (doubtful because i generally dont write tooth-rotting fluff unless i have like an inspiration like that). i wont because i am terrified of doing a bad interpretation and that asexual doesnt even work that way in which.. yeah probably. i mean its probably best not to gatekeep or whatever and thats probably what im making it out to be but also like.. idk im just scared of being judged ig like 'nO THATS WRONG YOU IDIOT YOU BUFFOON YOU UTTER DUMBASS'

so im.. probably gonna leave. nsfw and jon far far away apart. because i mean i know you could just.. not make him ace. but like. ..no. that feels as cheap as turning characters trans just so they can have like straight sex. which theres nothing wrong with that in general because i mean 1. representation. 2. doing what makes you feel comfortable (like.. i mean id imagine if you had no idea how seggs worked youd have to ask a friend or something. and that gets awkward fast and thus its more comfy to just have what youre used to?) and etc etc but also haha it gets sexualized. so i perfectly understand that how some trans ppl might not be okay with that, just the same could be said for ace. i mean, there are two sides of a spectrum. for fucks sake im on the aromantic spectrum, it doesnt necessarily mean i dont feel any romantic attraction, but it still counts as on the spectrum, and therefore jon could be anywhere on that spectrum. he could be repulsed by seggs and find it gross or something, he could not have any desire to do so but doesnt have an opinion, he could not desire to do so but willling to do it with a partner, he could just enjoy making his partner feel good, he might just like fantasizing about it but hating it in practice, idfk theres a lot of different labels that nobody will know about, thats how it works, and things can vary a lot. and for obvious reasons no official source is gonna say what kind jon might be, its not even their business, which gives people a lot of creative liberty if they want to do anything with it. im just worried someone out there might have this stereotypical thought of what ace ppl are like and wrongly defending them, or maybe that the ppl themselves are uncomfortable with it or something like that. and i mean i cant speak for them, and heck maybe ill find out im on the ace spectrum who knows, but i still wouldnt be able to speak for them because i as a person, know i can feel and have romantic and sexual attraction, and that can be very different for people who dont have those same feelings or those who have no interest in it whatsoever. thus. to simplify it. my interpretation of ace jon is where he doesn't have any interest in it himself (or maybe he would be repulsed), but wouldnt mind doing it to make his partner feel good (there doesn't even have to be any penetration whatsoever), to do it for his partner, or to just enjoy the emotional closeness of it.

but im also kinda terrified im in the wrong here and this is a false interpretation thats not ace at all. so. yeah. just getting these thoughts out here.

[majorproblems77]

So while im not a big blog or anything, but I've been reading this and thought I might be able to give my perspective as an 'outsider looking in'

Undercut to save feeds.

How do I see big blogs?

This honestly depends on the creator, I can only speak from personal experience and everyone seems lovely but sometimes it's hard to get your foot in the door so to speak. Especially if your personal likes are slightly different to the creators you're looking at.

A big blog to me is kinda like me trying to talk to a streamer I've been watching for a while. I am a huge Sky fan in LU, I love him to bits and he is by far my favourite of the LU boys and in turn, this kinda extends outward from there. SKSW link is my fave link and he becomes my fave in every iteration of a links meet au.

This isn't to say I dont love the other links. I love them all and they are each wonderful and have so much character to them. A lot of the time I come across creators who have their blorbos that are different to mine and have different opinions and everything. And while I love having that conversation it can be a little odd, especially if I'm not as knowledgeable with that particular character.

For example, I'd love to talk about legend more, Legend is so interesting to me but I just don't know where to start! Especially if I go about asking questions cause I get worried that others have asked the same questions as me. (In the grand scheme of things I've not been in the fandom that long compared to other creators) And I don't want to come across as needy or annoying by asking these questions.

When I ask about AU's I go back through an author's au tag to see if it's been asked before. And I'm aware it's probably unnecessary cause if it has been asked before creators are chill.

Are they intimidating?

Sometimes yes. Especially if I've been looking through content and stuff for a while. I did a lot of my LU exploration on AO3 before even making an active Tumblr account and seeing names here of creators on there and talking to them about their stuff just seems so scary.

Especially as an aspiring writer myself.

Big-name LU stories that I love so much and have read so many times, things I can just shoot off. Like Elastic Heart, The Inner Hero, or Authenticity to name a few are written so damn well that I find myself comparing my stuff to theirs. (As much as I know I shouldn't. My writing style is my own)

Everyone seems so lovely, and im sure they are but it just sometimes feels like, people are having a conversation and you've walked into the room. You don't wanna bother them. In fear of annoying someone.

Is it click-y?

By this, I assume you mean the groups of people who tend to hang around each other.

Kinda?

as I said before you see these people who are having these conversations about x-y or z and you feel like you wanna hop in and join the conversation but you don't. So you wait for the conversation to play out, and this might be me with my autism, or this might be normal for everyone but, it's difficult.

You have these massive groups of people who all know each other really well and talk on the daily and interact with each other all the time and I, as someone on the outside of these things actually feel kinda lonely. I want to make more friends but I feel like a new kid in a new school some days.

This is obviously just my opinion and I don't mean to make anyone upset. I'd be happy to elaborate if people want. But I won't lie I even debated responding to this cause of some of these things. Fear of upsetting someone is a huge factor when doing something like this.

For everyone who’s worried about interacting with people on tumblr I have a pro tip:

Use ask games!! Literally the lowest entry bar.

And if that’s still too much, I got nothing 😂 just please don’t expect creators to come track down everyone who secretly wants to be friends 🫠 I see my mutuals post them pretty often so there’s a good chance you have an in with them at some point.