#i dont participate in 'fandom' much at all ever

[kuuchuuburanko]

but if I say 'kaiser would rather continue the cycle of abuse than get therapy' I'd be jumped so I won't say that someone else said that not me tho

[yourcomputerr]

i envy digital artists just a little bit like how does it feel to be frivolous & carefree...

[m-musings]

HIII

im actually so excited omg i dont wanna sound mean actually the opposite but you write for a couple of pretty dead fandoms and im just so happy to see new writers for them.

can i request hcs for rotg (either jack frost, or bunnymund, or pitch, whoever you like. maybe the three of them??? idk go nuts show nuts) with a grim reaper reader? thanks! :D

Headcanons: Jack Frost, Pitch Black and E. Aster Bunnymund with Grim Reaper! Reader

A/N: anon I'm dying at go nuts show nuts, that's the funniest shit i've read in a while but anyways yeah, all 3 sounds good to me lmao. also, I wasn't sure if you wanted platonic or romantic so i just kept it on the friendly side, i hope that's okay!

NOTICE (7/10/24) : NO LONGER WRITING FOR ROTG

Word Count: 450 Warnings: mentions of death/ dead people

Jack:

Jack is a bit wary around you at first simply due to the nature of your job.

But once he sees just how gentle and kind you are with the souls you reap, he's back on board with getting to know you.

As he gets more comfortable with you, he'll definitely make fun of you like he does with the other guardians but he does it with love!

Jack will occasionally accompany you when you're reaping a younger soul. His presence seems to calm them down if they begin to panic, even if they sometimes can't see him.

If you ever get a break from reaping, he will invite you to participate in one of his famous snow day snowball fights as a way to forget about the sadness that sometimes comes with the responsibility of being a being of death.

He's still the excitable and reckless Jack Frost but when you're around, he's more mellowed out and - forgive the pun- chill to hang out with.

Pitch:

Pitch is intrigued by you from the start.

While he may control people's fears, it is a rare occasion for him to actually interact with one, let alone one as important as the personification of death itself.

He knows just how powerful a reaper can be so he is always sure to treat you with the respect you deserve.

The one time Pitch tried to convince you to join him against the Guardians, it ended with a scythe pointed at his neck and a stern scolding from you, so he doesn't bring that subject up around you anymore.

Pitch actually enjoys spending time with you though, he feels that your presence is much more tranquil and calm than that of the other spirits he knows.

He can be maniacal and full of himself but deep down he has a strange admiration for you and the job you do.

Bunnymund:

Bunny has known you for a long time and has come to highly regard you as an ally.

You two mesh well together, because without the deaths you take watch of, he wouldn't be able to help bring new bouts of life into the world.

He refuses to see any of the souls you may bring around The Warren though, it makes him kind of squeamish.

He will occasionally help you wrangle up a lost soul or two but it's very uncommon for him to be around during the actual reaping.

Bunnymund and you do spend the most time together just because your roles are so interconnected with one another (Guardians of Life and Death and all that).

All in all, You and Bunny are very close knit and have a great respect for one another.

[bucketspammer4life]

what i think your favorite PO boxer says about you

based on my biases and a year of experience (if you get mad over how i talked about your fave im going to turn you into a can of spam)

first time ive ever maxed out the tags

if i missed your fav tell me ‼️

doc louis - you have good taste and are starving for content about him, you really are a survivor

little mac - you either project onto him or just like calling him your son

glass joe - you have a thing for pathetic men (understandable tbh) and like calling him a wet cat since he fits that desc well

von kaiser - same thing as joe but add a hint of "oh no hes hot"

disco kid - you literally have no enemies i love you so much its not even funny (platonic)

king hippo - my god you are good at making up lore, how the fuck do you make a solid personality for a character that only roars and grunts

piston hondo - im 100% youre a saint, no hondo fan i met has ever been unpleasant to talk with

bear hugger - you either see him as a father figure or just think hes hot or (secret third option) you like making jokes about him being a disney princess, either way youre cool

great tiger - oh you have been here for a long time, literally every great tiger fan i know has been in the fandom since 7.000 BC or something, also youre prob really good at art

don flamenco - you use the word "cunty" on a daily basis or just like making fun of his stupid bald head, also yes he has eyeliner on 100%

aran ryan - you'd overthrow a goverment for this greasy rat, youre extremely extremely gay and/or neurodivergent and thats very good for you, you also like making him say lad and have had to go ankle deep in irish slang when making him speak in fanfics

soda popinski - ive never seen someone have soda as their fav, hes always 2nd place somehow so im just gonna go take a shot in the dark and say you like the color pink (mental gymnastics who??)

bald bull - you are a mixed bag, i gen cant put a finger on what kind of personality bull stans have but i can say you either find him hot or like making fun of him, maybe both

super macho man - least serious people ever with some traumatizing lore for the boxers & their own ocs, you prob make him say bogus 88268292 times in a sentence and i can respect that

mr sandman - ive only seen 2 (two ) ppl who have him as their fav and its kinda sad, youre starving for content of him and i wish you the best

birdie mac - hes your son (im not elaborating)

gabby jay - same thing as joe but you went over the top with liking dilfs

narcis prince - gay. gay gay homosexual gay. you went for the self obsessed blonde twink and you thought it wasnt obvious?? you fucking homosexual

heike kagero - youre 1000% queer, sorry to be a broken record about the gay thing but ur fav is literally a man with long hair & makeup that has to be some flavor of queer

hoy quarlow - you are/were another ancient punch out fan, you def shitpost a lot

bruiser bros - where are you??? ive gen never met a bruiser bros fan and its concerning like dude where did u go

texas mac - im sorry but you dont exist, ive never ever seen a texas mac fan, not even someone who mentions him

mad clown - you foul clownfucker. you have weird taste in characters you find hot and tbh im all here for it

masked muscle - same thing as texas mac but theres a slight chance you exist, if you do please show yourself

dragon chan - another punch out ancient fan, you probably were most active in 2013-2019 and kinda miss old shitposts and have either moved on or dont participate much anymore

spo aran - (this is mostly for Charlie but i have hope that theres some other spo aran fans out there) youre probably looking for other spo aran fans, goodpeed soldier, goodpeed

mask x - you arent getting away with this fuck you

[sneakyboythingz]

NO HATE TO MARISSA but I am also starting to get exhausted with her Ribbun obsession. It’s not the fact that she likes it. It’s the fact that she seems to make everything about Jax and Gangle related to shipping. I remember there was one time in a live where she had to sign an autograph titled “Ribbun BDSM” and was trying to catch Michael’s attention towards it. He slightly shook his head but wasn’t really interested in it, not providing the reaction she wanted. She looked a bit put off by it but gladly got the right idea.

However, I wasn’t aware that she wanted him to tag along with her in a Ribbun server too, even if he was a bit uncomfortable with it. I’m glad she’s a Ribbun shipper and all but Michael doesn’t have to participate in shipping tease if he doesn’t want to. Out of all of the VAs, he’s probably the most put off by shipping discourse. I think this not only stems from his bad experiences at cons and online about shipping but from his friendship with Goose. This connection has Michael know about his charact the most, possibly fearing the idea of leading fans on with OOC moments. He’s still up for ship moments with his castmates but attempts to avoid it because of the fanbase’s own good.

Amanda also does the same thing when it comes to their ships. However, it’s to a way lesser extent, fortunately. They participate in ship teasing the most out of anyone. However, they do it every once in a while. They mostly reblog shipping fanarts and comment on them! Though one thing I am scared of is their extreme support of headcanons. I don’t want people to get the wrong idea of Ragatha or her VA if it ever get debunked by Goose (ex: Ragatha being a lesbian, Ragatha being in love with Pomni/Jax, etc).

I don’t want Amanda nor Marissa to get backlash because of their excessive shipping support. I know they are just having fun but you know how fandoms are. Have fun, go ahead, ship them hard! Just don’t raise the fandom’s hopes too high if that isn’t in Goose’s plans 👍.

Completly agree!

Supporting headcanons and ships too hard can make the fandom too hopeful, and Will make them feel entitled over the Canon material in case something they dont like happens, and unfortunately the person who will get blamed is gooseworx, even thought that was never her intention.

About Michael and Marissa i cant say much, Im sure They are friends and If he joined in is cause he wanted to. But yeah due to him being more close to Goose, he is more aware about how she feels about the mega mischaracterization of her characters and fandom toxicity, Thats why hes more carefull

[ghostinglia]

🛸 HIII!!! im lia / ghost, but my persona is named andi so im good with that too!! ^_^ some more bits about me : ✶ OC artist, fanartist, writer, inconsistent cosplayer ✶ i use all pronouns + xe/xem & am aroace + bisexual ✶ autistic + adhd, anxiety, clinical depression ✶ 18 year old art student! ✶ normally posting & reblogging about my OCs, art, or hyperfixations and special interests !! trying to improve my art and gain a lil more confidence in my work ⭐ ✶ MY LINKS: personal carrd・art carrd・linktree・artfight・twitter ✶ my asks are OPEN !!

more information (tag guide, interest lists, more general info about me & my content) below if you'd like to keep reading :33 also hoping to find some more possible fandom buddies / mooties :p

☆ .˚ last updated : Feb. 8, 2025

✶ SPECIAL INTERESTS!!!! : my OCs, gravity falls, ranboo, generation loss

✶ HYPERFIXATIONS!! (change.... a lot) : specific OCs, Shadow Milk Cookie (cookie run kingdom), ARCANE (netflix show)

✶ MORE INTERESTS!! : sleep deprived (youtubers/podcast), OMORI (game), concerts, amphibia (TV show), music, my OCs (again), monster high (gen 1 dolls specifically), popee the performer (youtube series), night in the woods (game), five nights at freddy's lore, roblox myths, DSMP (mainly the old lore, not the CC), creepypasta, animation, cookie run kingdom (game), and more !!!

✶ TAG GUIDE : ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia fanart → all of my fanart from all the fandoms i am involved in, also has media crossover related fanart ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia art → ALL of my art, fanart and OC art will be tagged with this ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia OCs → every OC related post i make! art, writing, introductions, random posts, etc. will all be under this tag - i may make a post guide for individual OC introductions in the future ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia reblogs → all my reblogs (more for myself) ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia concerts → all my concert posts! pictures and videos from shows i've gone to will be here ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia babbles → all my writing, random thoughts, headcanons, rants, rambles, etc etc. will all be under here which is most of my posts! ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia → almost every post is tagged with this just for searching ease ☆ .˚ #ghostinglia answers → if i ever receive any asks or anything in my inbox it'll be tagged with this

✶ MORE GENERAL INFO ABOUT ME!! : ☆ .˚ i LOVELOVELOVE music and going to concerts!! some of my favorite bands & artists are twenty one pilots, my chemical romance, pierce the veil, conan gray, james marriott, the front bottoms, glass animals, oakwood, TV girl, I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, sleeping with sirens, chappell roan, and more!!!!! ♫ ⋆ . ♪ ˚ (i am open to music suggestions through my asks.... i will review and rate) ☆ .˚ feel free to suggest doodles, music, ask questions, send/suggest random shit, etc. etc. in my asks if you'd like!! ☆ .˚ i do dabble in oc x canon in both romantic and platonic ways..... i'm also typically up for doing OC stories with other people! for my oc x canon i'll probably post a lot of my welcome home OC (possibly romantic) and a cookie run kingdom OC (platonic) for now ☆ .˚ ⚠️ please don't interact with me if you use generative AI, are proship, or are a strictly NSFW blog! i don't actively send hate, but i'd rather just not see it on my feed so i ask kindly to not follow or dm me if possible! >_> ♡ ☆ .˚ some of my FAVORITE characters right now : SHADOW MILK COOKIE (cookie run kingdom), Viktor (ARCANE), Marcy Wu (Amphibia), ☆ .˚ i don't post about my ships much at the moment, but theres a lot coming (eventually) involving noncanon ships & oc x canon. i am not a multishipper at all,, a monoshipper even. every shipped pair i have is OTP (i think.) ☆ .˚ more can be found in my personal carrd!

✶ ART BOUNDARIES & INFO : ☆ .˚ i am considering opening commisions at some point in the future! if i do, a separate post will be made on it and linked up here :p ☆ .˚ i am 100% down for people drawing my OCs! i participate in art fight! all i ask is for you to NOT change skin tones, remove birth marks/key features, or make offensive art involving them ☆ .˚ i may take art requests in the future and am open to the possibility of art trades! ☆ .˚ more specific list can be found in my art carrd!

[fipindustries]

you know, i think i have hit one of those situations where i suddenly stand up in bed in the middle of the night after years of living a life and realizing i never actually wanted this life for myself.

i think im starting to remember i never actually liked politics and if i ever got into them it was because i was a junkie craven for her fix.

i got into watching political content back in like 2019, specifically like, politician/legislative/electoral content, in great part because i was as captured by the culture war as everyone else, yes, BUT ALSO (and im starting to suspect this was the real reason, the actual drug i was seeking) because i really like debates.

i remember back in 2012 watching cinema junkies, back before it was just "the honest movie trailers channel", when they had the show movie fights where people would debate about the merits of various movies and this was crack to me. slowly that content started to die out but then i was able to replace it with bread tube and people debating against dumbfucks like sargon of akkad or no bullshit and before i realized destiny was my main source of content on youtube and im watching deep dissections of the electoral races in the north district in north caroline or the intricacies of canvasing or poll analisis and i think today it finally hit me, i dont actually give a fuck about any of this.

i think what truly sold it to me was that contested roll came out in the last few years and i took a deeper look at it and i realized that, oh god, yes, this was the good stuff i was looking for. this is the actual pure shit, not cut with stupid crap like election cycles and congress people drama.

now i will say this, contested roll is all play fighting, political debates are true bloodsports and there is an incredibly seductive viscerality there. and also finding debates with good participants who are smart, fast, rethorically competent, passionate and adroit is much more easy with political content by pure virtue that there is so much more of it.

i wish there was more debate content on youtube geared toward fandom or geek topics that was not just a toothless slapfight between two people who are uncomfortable with being combative and dont have the mental sharpness to bring up killer points (like movie fights used to be in its worst moments). but the sad truth is most people are uncomfortable with having arguments, they dont like to be agressive or to contradict other people, so there are not a lot of creators who are willing to do this. the exception is when some severe drama happens around them and they have to debunk the allegations and maybe one in a thousand cases they will actually confront their detractors face to face live and we might get some interesting debate out of that. but much more frequently is just call out videos or responses or whatever.

there is a temptation here to "be the miracle", make this content myself. and for sure i would love to make it, i would love to record my self arguing about i dunno, the virtues of console gamin versus pc, or wehter its better to read a webserial serially or archivally, or what are the best boys love webcomics on webtoons or whathave you, i would love all that. but i dont know that i could find interesting opponents. i know many friends who are fantastic debaters, probably some of the best i know, but they wouldnt be interested in showing up in a show or let themselves be recorded doing this so.

hopefully ill find this one obscure youtube channel or podcast that actually does this and does it well (and if you know of some, please send them my way, im starving here) but until then. a girl can dream

[liquorisce]

here’s wishing everyone a very happy 2025!

the new year ‘festival’ is always my favourite. it’s the only festival where i am truly intentional about spending it with the people in my life that i love the most, and consider the things i am grateful for and hopeful for in the future.

fandom related: i’m very grateful that in 2024, i got to realise my long-time dream of producing an eremika zine, i wrote a fic that i’d been dreaming about for three years (priest au), boy next door is finally teaching me how to write in a style that i genuinely like. i also watched monster (anime) and arcane - two shows that lit my brain on fire. i am also proud of myself for stepping away from the internet in a very healthy way. i sometimes find myself missing the interaction and fun i had with anons, or other friends in fandom, but i have also recognised that there are quite some parts of the fandom experience that i don’t do very well, so limited exposure is the way to go for me (and my sanity).

in 2025, i want to finish bnd and idily and maybe a secret third one that i dont want to reveal but will hopefully be a pleasant surprise for my readers. i am really grateful that i am still interested in those fics, and its rare to sustain interest for that long so im happy! i also want to write for new ships and dynamics, and participate in zine projects.

on a personal note: i became a pet mom for the first time ever and it was life changing. i experienced the kind of love id never even imagined before. unfortunately i had to give away my angel bc my husband was severely allergic, and there is a hole in my heart in my darling’s shape, but i am grateful for a partner who tried his level best to overcome his discomfort to make me happy. i finally accepted my adhd diagnosis and started medication and learnt so much more about myself and how to accept all the quirks that make me me. this year i suffered a burnout and went through several months of tears and pain but in the end i came out of it by believing in myself, and believing the belief my loved ones had in me when my own wasn’t enough.

in 2025, i hope to spend more time doing things i love, to be more active, to feel less guilt about doing things for myself, to take rest unapologetically, to make space for myself to make mistakes and give myself a hug for moving on from them. i want to read more, study more and participate in society more, and hopefully start community initiatives that i’ve been thinking of for a long time.

and the most important thing: i want to keep looking forward with hope and backward with fondness.

cheers!

[nocturius8015ficore]

Fanfiction #6: Of All the Things I've Lost

Nocturius: 6th Republic Commando fanfiction!

This story is a very intimate and a bit experimental one about Fi's slow recovery from his brain injury. It also talk about his early relationship with Parja. The format is 30 ''datapad entries'' spread on about 200 days, so I suggest you to read it SLOWLY and take the time to imagine and feel the gaps in your head.

Enjoy!

I'M ALSO ON Ao3! -> click HERE

Title: Of All the Things I've Lost

Fandom: Star Wars Republic Commando books by Karen Traviss

Characters: Fi Skirata, Parja Bralor, Bardan Jusik

Rating: Teens and up. **Sensible topic (depression/suicidal thoughts)**

Topic: Fi's brain injury, physical and psychological recovery, memory loss, love

Pitch: To help Fi getting better, Parja told Fi to keep a personal journal. It was one of his hardest mission.

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Of all the things I've lost by Fi-Core/Nocturius Between True Colors and Order 66 Around 550 to 750 days after the battle of Geonosis Kyrimorut, Mandalore -------------------------------

Fi’s datapad journal entry #001 Parja tol me to keep jornal. Feel dubm doin i. Hansss messy & shaky. Diffikultt to ritwe. Fiefk

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#002 Wgo is Parja? Missin my vode. ---

#003 Not sure wher i am. Where every1??? I scrared ---

#004 Knees hurt, I fell too ofte toda y ---

#005 Food good, happy belly, happi Fy!

--- #006 Parja makes me walk agan today. She kind & patient. She say I progess ---

#007 Bard’ika came today. Healing T-time! I wish I could takl to Dar about the bb… I miss my vode. I wan a to go home ---

#008 I’m so lost. Dont even know wehre home is. Where is Niner? Are they dead?! ---

#009 Parja is cute ❤ Hope she wont read that. oh well ---

#010 shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, osik, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, shab, copy-paste is my new friend! 😃

--- #011 I feel like osik. Im still unabll to put clothes by myself. All the Nulls are gone. I’m alonr with Parja. She is the 1 who helps me with that now. It's embarrasssing. Not the idea I had of a woman seeing my shebs for the first time… ---

#012 My legs hurt so much. I tried to walk by myself today. Feeling like I only have bones and no meat. Parja shaved me. I’m ugly as shab, way too skinny cheeks. At least I have nice hair growing back. Love when she brushes it. I might keep them long. 😝 ---

#013 Parja showed me how to cook uj cakes. I barely participated this time but she made me lick the spatula.😋 She said she will teach me bits by bits. It’s supposed to be good for me to have small goals like that. Not only work on physical or mental improvement but more ‘’day-to-day’’ and natural things. It’s the Mando way of life, she said. It was wonderful and fun. The freshly baked cakes are so tasty.🤤 Nothing like the ones Kal’buir smuggled on Kamino. ---

#014 I wish I was able to speak full sentences. Writing is getting easier if I take my time. It’s just frustrating, I sound like an idiot or a small child. My mind is getting clearer but I know I forget a lot. I suppose it’s good I know I do. I really hope I’ll continue to get better but my expectations are low. I’m supposed to be dead, they say.

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#015 I work very hard to get better at coordination. Still can’t take a shower by myself. It’s so embarrassing. It would be simpler if it was a droid doing it but they aren't as soft and delicate as her. I like her touching me, but it’s so wrong. I try to keep my thoughts straight, she is only taking care of me. I’m grateful she never made any comment about… shab. Stuff going on. I can’t help it. It’s all pretty messed up. ---

#016 Memory is a weird thingy, I remember my vode from Teroch squad like it was yesterday but I don’t remember WHAT I ate yesterday. My stomach does tho. Oh dear, that was way too spicy hot…

--- #017 Bard’ika healing therapy is literally a miracle I swear. I’ll never say anything bad about Jedi. Ever.

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#018 I spilled a full bowl of blue milk and cereal on Parja. So fierfek ashamed and angry about myself. Hate everything, hate myself, hate the shab of all. I never wanted to blow up something that hard in my life. A big ball of explosion would end all of this.

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#019 Fierfek. I don’t remember why I was sooo angry. Get a grip, trooper. It’s only wasted food. She’s not even mad at me. I want a hug right now, but no one is there except the nurse droid. I feel so lonely.

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#020 What is a soldier who can’t walk by himself? I’m useless. Actually I don’t want to fight. I just want people to leave me alone, I’m a burden. I don’t want to be alone really. I don’t know what I want. My mind so foggy. Kal’buir say I probably have some PTSD. I don’t know how to handle this.

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#021 The way she smiles at me. I wish I could stand up and hug her tight, but I can’t hold a shabla spoon without dropping my food. Could she truly loves me one day? Does she see me as a man? ‘Cause I can’t stop thinking about her in an un-jedi-ly way. My chest hurts.

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#022 Why my thoughts doesn’t align with my mouth? I’m supposed to be Fi-big-mouth-Skirata. More like Fi-big-never-able-to-finish-his-sentences-Di’kut. I don’t mind about my legs, I just want to be able to talk properly and not be so shabla lost all the time. I wish she could have seen me in my prime, I dunno. What is left of me anyway…

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#023 First 4 meters with no help. Parja kissed me on the cheek to congratulate me. Feel like osik, but I got a kiss. 😃😃😃

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#024 I can’t tell her how I feel. She will never want me. I’m a wreck. Stay focus trooper, the day you will be able to walk and dress yourself alone, she’ll be gone. She doesn't love you, she’s your nurse. That’s it. I wouldn't choose myself either. I can’t even make jokes. Maybe they should have left me behind. That healing process is so slow. I fear I’ll only get worse from here. My time is so short, I don’t have a lot of it ahead. What if the day I’m ok, I'm just too old for anything? She will move on and find another poor soul to fix.

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#025 Love beskar’gam. I look good in it, a cool skirt around my shebs and that spear. That will do it. Plus, I can hide everything I feel under the bucket like the good ol’ days.

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#026 Sometimes, I think of something clever, then laugh at my own jokes. Then I forget the so-called joke and don’t remember why that was funny in the first place. I don’t care too much about looking like a crazy lad. I’m just sad to not have been able to share it and be the only one laughing.

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#027 I can’t live like this. It’s not a life. What am I supposed to be?

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#028 I don’t remember how but this is the BEST DAY of my life. She kissed me. A real. Lovers. Kiss. On my fierfek lips. Oyaaaaaa it feels sooooooo good. ☺️☺️

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#029 The shab, Fi from yesterday, you drank 2 bottles of tihaar instead of water or had a funky dream? Won’t happen anytime soon…

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#030 WASNT A DREAM. SHE KISSED ME AGAIN. KANDOSIIIIIIIIIII! ❤️❤️ I love you Parja. You are my cyar’ika. I need to remember that. Fi, my boy Fi, you have a girl. Read that again and again. This is not a drill. Parja is your GIRLFRIEND. I love you I love you I love you.

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End

Fi-Core/Nocturius 5th of July 2024

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[honeyhotteoks]

in the spirit of the writers' game (except its not actually a question so no presh) do you have any tips on getting integrated into fandom community? i have like 12 bajillion fic ideas bumping around in my head that i wanna gab to someone about but i dont know how i'd like.. get someone's attention without it being.. weird? or like manufactured... i'm reticent to post because so much attention spooks me Out of writing which is like, not the end goal lol

tldr how do i make friends please and thanks but in the least pathetic way possible

this is a great question!! i'll be honest with you, i'm not sure if i'm the best person to answer this, but i'll do my best.

for some context, i'm actually very introverted. i really struggle to make friends both online and in real life. while most of my meaningful friendships are fandom based, typically it's because a pretty extroverted person snapped me up and then i got comfy talking, not really from me doing the outreach first.

when it comes to writing and a writing community, i'm also pretty insulated. i would love to be friends with some of my favorite writers on here too, but honestly i just can never bring myself to reach out, and my adhd is really intense so i tend to miss messages/notifications/engagement when other people reach out to me.

all of that being said, if you're interested in creating a writing space for yourself in this fandom, i do have some advice, and maybe you'll be better at grabbing onto the potential friendships that do come from that, which is the part i struggle with.

to start, i'd recommend becoming an active participant in the reading community if you aren't already. i'd create a fandom blog for yourself here and/or on twitter and use that to just start engaging with fic you like - reblog stuff and add fun tags, compliment the authors you're loving, drop messages off anon from that account if that's something you're comfortable doing. just start getting your username and your pfp on people's pages more and more. (this is one of those reasons i'll never change my username or my pfp btw, people know this as me and they've known that for a long time so in a small way it's kind of my writer's brand)

then think about what you're writing or want to write. is it big multichaptered work? smutty oneshots? romantic imagines? list-style stuff / scenario stuff like "hyung line headcanons" etc? figure out what you feel compelled to write, not just ideas, and start to write them. write them for yourself even if they're "bad" or unpolished and just enjoy that process a little bit while you're engaging as a reader / casually making fandom connections.

once you feel like you might have ideas to share, i think it's completely fine to make a post asking if anyone would want to beta read or if anyone else would want to talk about fics/headcanons etc. if you really want someone to connect with before you ever post your fic, i think this is the best way. i personally don't love messages asking me if i would be willing to read or edit someone's fic because to be honest that's a huge undertaking and i always find i'm too critical / take it too seriously. i also think when it's done this way it kind of makes the relationship a little awkward overall.... some people might be okay with it and i might be overthinking it, but that's just how i feel in general. BUT if you find people by asking the community and people are reaching out to you, that's completely different imo and i've done that in the past in other fandoms.

then once you're ready to throw a hail mary and post something, whether it's beta read or not, i'd recommend taking some time to do the following:

consider the look of your post and the aesthetic. people are so much more likely to click on it if it's formatted well and has some kind of a header image. go look at what other people do, what you like, and what you want your fic 'look' to be.

edit, and edit again. i know it's exciting to want to post asap, but if you're nervous, read it again. in my opinion, fic that you post should be fic that you want to read. if you're struggling to read your own work because something is a little clunky or you find yourself skimming it...... someone else might feel the same

post it at the right time. you don't need to be a marketing major and try to like drive engagement, but if you post it at 3am on a sunday i promise you people will miss it, and then you'll be struggling with the feeling of why did no one like my fic that i spent hours on etc.

your first fics aren't going to get much attention. that is totally okay! keep going, keep trying, and over time you will find your audience.

reblog reblogs.... if you get a reblog of someone adding tons of tags / fun comments / a review of your work etc., reblog their reblog and thank them! answer questions! engage! opening that door in this way as a writer will help build a little community of your own.

i would say that over the last three years here i've gained a little community of my own. i have consistent readers, anons and mutuals i recognize, people that i look forward to engaging with every time i post something even if they don't realize it. that means SO much to me as a writer, but truly it took a long time to create that space for myself here. admittedly though, even with that being true, i really struggle with connection but that might not be apparent to people just following my blog. i guess this is all to say, comparison is the thief of joy. as you start to create your own space here, reader or writer, don't spend time looking at other people and other blogs and wishing you could have xyz too. focus on what you truly want, what makes you happy, and do it for the love of writing. the rest will surely follow in time. 💛

[5ivebyfive]

Hiii i found u on ao3 originally when i found intoxicate me gently and im literally so in love with your writing, i just wanted to say that !!! I fully get enraptured everytime i read please dont stop writing

Thank you so very much for this ask! I’m glad you like img. I’m fairly in love with it as well.

I definitely don’t mean I’ll stop writing. I couldn’t stop writing these two idiots falling in love in an infinity numbers of ways if I tried. We’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the film and I’ll be on my next idea and still be type-type-typing. (Or I’ll still be hacking away at Kim in shut up and drive, who knows.)

I just miss how fandom used to feel. When I felt like a contributor to a fun group and not a “content creator” who is nothing but a screen name making words for whoever, and “whoever” doesn’t care about me as a writer or themselves a fandom participant.

It’s funny. I used to have this trimberly discord server for writers, artists, graphics editors, etc and it was called Trimberly’s Creators Circle.

Back then, being a content creator felt like a good thing. Because content was more seen as a positive and an offering, almost. Now when I hear “content creator” I just feel like a robot with a ticking clock over my shoulder. And that’s because of the lack of actual fandom anymore. Not just this movie and ship, but all fandoms. Fandom wasn’t just consuming content. It was engaging with each other, making friends, taking turns to share things about the Thing you love, and encouraging each other on. And then for some people, it was about being the cheerleader, the admirer. The person to listen to an unhinged writer, ranting about one specific fic and their motivations and spoilers. Legit everyone had a role in fandom.

I’ve gone off on a rant, sorry. I just mean that….

I know I can be slow at replying to comments. I just communicate better, back and forth, on here or discord. And my memory is shit. But I still love hearing peoples thoughts. I want to talk to you about what I write, because I’m passionate about it. It’s in my brain bouncing around at all times, yearning to be free. Wanting to talk about it, for people to tell me their thoughts, to wanting you to ask me stuff about my works, isn’t me looking for an ego boost. It’s just me looking for fandom.

Idk. I’m honestly a little high right now and have completely forgotten where I was going with all of this or even what the ask was.

So.

Return Trimberly fandom. Return “fandom”. I miss you.

And no, I’m not quitting writing ever. Please keep reading img and thank you for loving something my brain made up.✌🏼

[boy-gender]

Im a very big proponent of lying and/or withholding information on the internet, ESPECIALLY if you belong to a marginalized group. This entire blog is about trans men and i purposely tag my posts to get as much spread as possible. This blog is not private; it's huge and very public facing. And that invites the usual bigotted assholes; transphobes, mostly terfs, weirdly a lot of the forced pregnancy crowd. Those people are dangerous in their own right with doxxing, mass reporting, and stalking irl. Thats why I keep shit vague. Sasha is not my name, is not related to my name, and is not a name i have ever gone by. My age is 21+ and that's all you get. I'm in the northeast usa, which is hugely populous but relevant to my posts about medical care which is why it doesnt just say "american." When I post pictures of my top surgery results, my face is never in them, and I censor identifying scars and tattoos.

Now personally im not uber worried about run of the mill bigots. I block preemptively. I have code in my blog that allows me to see who is viewing it, when, and where from. I feel safe enough with the precautions I take that this kind of harassment doesn't bother me.

What *does* bother me is pissbabies who dont know queer history dragging me into pointless discourse, and fandom police. These are not people I *ever* want finding my main blog. This blog is a side project- I saw a hole in the community, a lack of positivity for trans men, and I wanted to help fill it. My main is my home on the internet. I have been on that blog *for longer than some of you have been alive.* I am not risking being harassed and falsely mass reported and having my friends targeted because someone hates my opinions on fucking star wars.

This is a lesson from ye olde internet. LIE. Stop telling people your name and age and birthday and location and mental illnesses and triggers and posting selfies with recognizable locations in the background. Like for fucks sake- you do not *ever* owe anyone this information for anything. Not to be in a discord, not to participate in a fandom event, not nothing.

Stop asking people for this information, and stop providing it. You can never take it back once you do.

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Okay, a few questions:

(I know you dont have the answers for most of these but I really enjoy your headcanons)

1 Amun is said to have some talent at finding gifted vampires (while they are human even) how do you think he does that?

2 Do you really think vampires have regular human hair? All vampires would be bald. I mean even just the windshear from running at stupid speeds would eventually make their hair so brittle it would just fall out, and they would just, pull it all out when they are newborn right? Also the nails are vamp grade so why not the hair (I headcanon that alice and rosalie had just spendt a few hours with wirecutters dipped in venom trying to give emmet a more modern haircut at some point, and then he imidietly went out and ‘played with fireworks’ and thats how he burned his hair off in cannon, the ‘wound’ was still fresh and the strands had venom exposed to the air)

3 Are you still doing the monthly writing challenges?

4 Where do you think the ‘soul particle’ is in a vampire? Like you could probably burn the limbs and maybe even the chest whitout killing them but the head needs to be attaced to something for the vampire to be concious? So is it the head? Like in the southern wars would they burn the heads in battle and worry about the bodies after or would they still have to worry about headless bodies rejoining the fight?

X anon

Oh wow, I'm flattered, glad you enjoy the blog.

Amun

Well, like you said, we don't know. We only know what he says in Breaking Dawn and what's mentioned in the guide. However, what we do know to me doesn't indicate a talent so much as Amun is very old and knows what to look for and is also actively looking.

We don't know how he found Demetri but we do know how he found Benjamin. Benjamin was noticeably talented with fire and Amun heard about him, witnessed this, then turned him. Amun in other words, despite being a hermit in the desert, does have his ear to the ground and actively searches out talent much the way that Aro does, by taking a chance on people who look exceptional.

Add to this that Amun has been around Egypt for a very long time and that population and trade in that area has always been extremely large relatively for world population. What I'm getting at is that without having to move around it's not unlikely people with gifts would be in the area with enough time.

It's also telling to me that in thousands of years, thousands past when the Volturi decided gift strike forces were a great idea and everyone had to participate in an arms race, Amun has only found two and he has Benjamin in a death grip.

He immediately went full hermit after Benjamin and is terrified Aro will show up and take him away from him. That speaks to me of how rare it is.

TL;DR Amun's been looking in a highly populated area that has a rich history stretching back thousands of years, he knows what to look for and is willing to take a chance and turn people himself, and he's only ever found two and is horrified he'll lose Benjamin.

Is the Hair Human?

No.

Previous thoughts on vampire hair have been had but I do think it grows (otherwise everyone would be bald), so perhaps grows slowly pace we take into account Bree's adventures and the newborn with a bald spot, and it has to be stronger than our hair or else again everyone would be bald. What it appears to do is only ever stay at the exact same length for reasons.

We also know that it generally looks 'better' than most human hair without the vampire putting in any effort. Victoria's hair per Bella looks great when she's running about the wilderness with no shampoo, conditioner, and probably know hair brushing either.

Bella's hair after a month of starvation is suddenly not only incredibly long but also unbelievably good looking. It should look awful after that experience and should be thinner.

This gets me a lot of flack in this fandom but I subscribe to the magical girl hair theory for vampires.

Are We Still Doing Challenges?

Er, yes, @therealvinelle and I just forgot because the post-holiday daze. We'll post shortly.

What the Fuck is Up with Zombie Vampires

Every time I talk about Biology I say something stupid. I could assume a brain is required for most congition, and that the limbs simply have some nervous response or remote signalling that gets them back to the head, but I honestly don't know.

I'm going to have to cop out.

[olderthannetfic]

Re: Hypertagging characters/ships for triggers, yeah as someone whos insane ass has a very serious trigger for a specific fictional character -particularly if they are portrayed in a positive light- I just Do Not Read Fic in that fandom by and large and blacklist it pretty hard.

It sucks I had to divorce myself from the fandom because I LIKED the earlier seasons and sometimes the fic was cute and good, but I simply cannot reasonably ask anyone to tag every mention of that character so I blacklist it all.

Its a me issue, NOT a them issue, so its my job to manage it and actually put effort into that.

That means blacklisting the show on every platform that is possible that I use, not following people who are likely to post that character, not consuming the new canon content of the show in case I get jumpscared with the character, and only ever intentionally looking for content if im in the right frame of mind to be able to stand simply seeing the name somewhere while I control+f a fic to see if they show up. I even sometimes ask friends to prescreen fics sometimes if I REALLY want to read something.

I make my own content if I want to engage with that media and I avoid the fandom. Its... I wont say its easy because it really sucks actually, but the world cannot and should not cater to me in that way. Its a competing access need and unreasonable to ask.

Its reasonable to ask a friend to warn/not deliberately show me that character- not NOT reasonable to ask a rando to do that.

Id even try to desensitize the trigger if I was in a good place for doing it but I am the wrong kind of insane to be doing that any time soon lol. Trauma work lays you right out.

To people wondering how anyone could be so fragile as to need something like that tagged; PTSD and other mental illnesses that cause serious triggers often latch onto innocuous things. Do you think I want to have such a 'cringe' trigger that causes me to [redacted] at best and have a dissociative panic attack-flashback combo AND [redacted] at worse? No its dumb as hell and I hate that there is very little to do to suppress it. Does that make the trigger go away? Also no. Its not like this is just me not liking or being uncomfortable with the character, this is an involuntary serious-hazard-to-health negative reaction I shant detail that sucks ass.

Yes us crazies do deserve to participate in fandom spaces too, we arent too broken to be barred from playing with everyone else- we just have to understand where the reasonable line is on accommodations for tagging, understand that competing access needs are a thing, and do the rest of the work ourselves.

Its not perfect but its the most good for the most people.

Id invite anyone who has a character/ship/etc trigger to seriously just blacklist the media and do what I do or even be more strict about it. You will feel so much better and more stable im not kidding. It sucks to lose a beloved fandom but you will feel so much better.

For everyone else- dont feel you need to tag every last mention on something. If you really want to be trigger friendly for some reason, you can put in the chapter notes all the minor mentions of stuff or w/e. Please Do Not put it in the proper tags.

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Sadly, "dumb as hell" is a pretty default setting for triggers. If only brains were logical and behaved themselves! But one has to work with what one's got.

[icepoptroll]

hi bunnyyy :D how r u ? i hope ure good !!!

have u got any tips to help me get rid of art block ?

(it's actually art burnout haha . . . i stopped drawing when i was like 11 and i haven't drawn ever since . . . it makes me a bit sad because i turn 17 this year and i really want to start drawing again but i dont know how or where to start)

Hi! I'm hanging in, thanks so much for asking c:

I so relate to not drawing for some time. . . I hardly drew at all when I was in nursing school and when I got back into it I was very rusty too. But I found that I liked drawing for the RTC fandom and so I threw myself into that, started having fun, and made tons of art and the resulting improvement was the natural consequence of drawing every day.

My favorite way of getting rid of art block is taking requests and following prompts, but in a way that ensures that I'm drawing subject matter I enjoy that interests me. Things specific enough that I know what it is I'm supposed to do but broad enough that I'm not too restricted. Participating in the June Doe event is what allowed me to produce 30 different high-effort works which I wouldn't have thought of without open-ended prompts like "holidays" and "back yards." Running the Rickyverse also allows me to always have something to draw even if I can't seem to think of material of my own, because the content comes from other people telling me what to make. But I don't feel like it's a chore or assignment because Ricky is my favorite character and I don't get sick of drawing him.

So what I would suggest is take requests, but think of something you enjoy drawing or are interested in exploring and specify that requests should pertain to whatever that is. Start small and keep expanding on that base by adding effort little by little in different ways as you become more and more practiced.

That's what has worked for me, anyway.

[imustbenuts]

How do you handle how low key racist toward Japan a lot of fandom is in favor of shoving only American cultural viewpoints into things? I'm so tired...

hm.... a loaded question. short answer for how i handle this:

I don't.

i just. don't. i don't even try to process what i know for sure is a bad take at all, and i make it a point to curate my online spaces as much as possible.

(or at least, i do on very very rare occasions if i feel arsed enough to hop on my keyboard to smashing out a more educated post about it based on my own understanding. more on this in a bit.)

if i go into a fandom tag and i see rampant nonsense, such as during the 1st two months of fire emblem engage's release or some incredible pumpkin spice latte takes, and i feel like it's just too much bc im getting angry, i just disengage. i might read if i feel like it, but if its too hostile i don't add to the conversation. i leave. i don't pass go bc i have waaaay better things to do than potentially engage in a conversation im already not happy to have.

in some occasions i even block. if i feel like someone is being a dipshit in the posts i make with their tags even, i block.

and i suspect im not the only one. how often do you see asians who reside outside of the west actively partake in fandom discussions? its such a drain of energy when it goes bad. most asians are working faaaaar longer hours than the average westerner in the average office setting. i mean, fuck, man. if i want to have fun, im not coming to a place i know i wont be having much. (ofc we are all having it bad. the point is: limited energy is a big factor for why going against the general set consensus is a bad idea)

i've been dealing with this for the past 10 years. minimum. it has always been like this. it has ever always been like this everywhere.

soooome fandoms are chiller than others for sure. but i dont actively participate in fandoms bc: im tired and my attention hops all over the place.

im ALSO gonna drag proship antis DNI into this ramble bc i believe strongly this culture is an evolution of the old 'your fave is problematic' culture mixed with puritanism culture and i hate it. i hate it bc it gets applied to everywhere, even in a japanese/asian culture space where people in fandoms are generally more "you stay in your lane i stay in mine, we're all freaks, just dont break any laws or be terrible". understand that east asian society in general is collective compared to western's more individualistic one, which reinforces that lane thinking. so all these high moral showing-off is just a big pissing contest to me.

in fact its such a pissing contest i actively refuse to follow people who have DNIs in their profiles. id have more respect for those who can say 'i dont like xyz, its not my cup of tea'. its a normal response, i think.

and im done ranting about my personal feelings :v. some practical advice from my dumb of ass:

a person knows what they know

a person doesnt know what they dont know (ignorance)

a person cannot be taught what they dont want to know (willful ignorance)

a willfully ignorant person is not anyone's job to directly fix. only they can check themselves.

hostility begets more hostility. anger is an addictive emotion. block and move on if someone is consistently being annoying/a pos online, its not worth the mental bandwidth

a person wants to know what they know they don't know (curiosity)

if theres something educational worth sharing that can be communicated in a digestible way, it is sometimes worth it. people like reading, but more importantly, communicating. be that with the OP or their own group.

and also, im not immune to any of the behaviors i dont like above myself. there are also limits in what i know. :v hypocritical of me lmao