#i feel like this has become a politics sideblog

[my-traumacore-sideblog]

feeling rly unsafe 2day, but it's specifically bc of being a trans guy, i keep seeing stuff from cis women abt how men r always the worst and how men hav a duty 2 make their lives revolve around women or else we're sexist, how apparently men need 2 all b willing 2 lay down their lives 4 any woman or else we're just as bad as the creeps who make ppl feel unsafe 2 go out at night and yes i said people not just women but they only want 2 acknowledge it when it's a cis woman that's the victim

i did not fucking sign up for this

i did not fucking sign up 2 sacrifice my life either literally or thru dedicating my life only 2 others just because the pronoun "he" fits me better than the pronoun "she"

i should not hav 2 worry that im an inherently bad person because of being a gay trans man

i should not hav 2 worry abt being perceived as a threat bc of being a queer man of colour

i've honestly started to hav thoughts abt de-transitioning not bc being a guy in the way i am doesn't fit me but rather out of fear of the scrutiny every action of mine will b placed under

i was sexually abused as a child but i guess that doesn't matter anymore because im a man now, boys don't cry they punch ig, apparently since im a man now it means im destined 2 become that which hurt me

all i want is to be a man, in a nonbinary way yes but still a man (demi-guy), i want to love men who love me back, i want to live a quiet life surrounded by love and happiness, i want to live a gentle life

but no.... because im a man now then apparently it must make me predatory in some way

i can't de-transition... i know i wouldn't survive emotionally... so i stick with it, with allowing myself to be a demi-guy.... but it hurts knowing that me being free is perceived as dangerous, that im seen as inherently a threat to women

edit: so a terf started clowning this post, just 2 make this shit clear, this is not a fucking debate blog this is a me posting abt my feelings blog, i would've thought the url "my-traumacore-sideblog" would've made that clear

also no racism and sexism is not the same thing

yes women face oppression at the hands of men and should be allowed to talk about it but men also face oppression at the hands of women and should be allowed to talk abt it, 4 men who r not in a minority group this is usually in terms of legal stuff (how r*pe is legally categorised, custody disputes ect) but this is even more of an issue and more every day when it comes to men in marginalised communities, yk like me, yk like what i was venting abt in my fucking post i should b allowed 2 talk abt my own oppression 2 and acting like me venting abt my own oppression in a post tagged as a vent post on my vent blog makes me the same as my white oppressors is not only terf shit but also racist and it shows a lack of political literacy, a woman has just as much capacity 4 violence as a man but a queer man of colour is seen as inherently violent and a white woman is inherently seen as always being a victim but ur ok w/ these white women using that power of perceived vulnerability 2 call 4 violence against queer men and men of colour and especially queer men of colour just say u want cis women klansmen and leave im not backing down from talking abt my own oppression bc of white woman tears

anyways person who clowed is now blocked so don't bother trying 2 respond 2 my edit

[ghostlywhiskey]

Knight!Ghost, who watches over you in every passing moment. Who swears an oath to the crown, devoting his life to protecting you. Who notices your skittish behavior in front of your father, as if you’d rather be buried in the dirt than have to make eye contact with the King.

Knight!Ghost, who accompanied you to the courtyard, watching you pick gardenias from the bushes with a smile on your face. Who stood posted outside the hall doors, fists clenched around nothing as he heard the King accuse you of disgracing the royal family. Who saw you in tears, whispering that you were fine, yet insisted on waiting outside your chambers that day regardless.

Knight!Ghost who develops a soft spot for you, and his obligation becomes more of a liberty. He can be himself with you, laughing at the absurd politics of the elites, sharing meals too big for just one person, and evening strolls around the castle garden. Both your faces were illuminated by moonlight, and he swore on his mother's grave that you had a halo above your head when he looked at you.

Knight!Ghost who overhears the palace maids gossip of an arranged marriage for you, with some stranger from a neighboring kingdom. Something inside him twists, vines strangling his already aching heart. He goes to your chamber, knocking on the doors even though he knows it's always open for him. There, on the bed with tear-stained cheeks, lays you.

Knight!Ghost who holds you, and hears you whisper,” What if I told you that I loved you?” An honest, and vulnerable question, to which he responds,” I would say it back, you know I would. But you are the heir to the throne arranged in marriage, and I am a knight. It is forbidden...” Yet, his lips hover over your neck, luring breaths making you think otherwise.

Knight!Ghost, who listens as you confess your feelings while you lay in his arms in bed. “Your grace, though your words please me greatly, I cannot accept. I am your protector, the King’s knight. Disobeying him would be treason.” he whispers, eyes searching yours for a hint of understanding. All he sees instead is your avoidant gaze trying to hide the ache you felt from his words.

Knight!Ghost who pulls you close with a sigh, letting his hands wander, allowing his brain to not think of the consequences and just do for once. “I belong to the crown, my loyalty lies with the King, but my heart has always been yours.” his reassurance was genuine, causing a small smile to form on your face.

Knight!Ghost, who lovingly helps you out of your clothes, while you aid him out of his. Who touches you like a potter molds clay. Who kissed you as if you were the only thing holding his truth together. Who held you, while you cried his name like a hallowed prayer sacred on your tongue, skin on skin, hands on hips.

-🤎

Apologies for the silence!! Things have been crazy lately and the writing slump is hitting hard :(

Hope you're doing well love, take care of yourself <3

darling. i hope you know you leave me speechless every. single. time. you are so wonderfully talented and amazing.

knight!ghost wip has been SITTING in my google docs untouched. and it never will be touched after reading your little blurb. i absolutely love you.

i truly hope you have a blog/sideblog/something and if you don't you need to make one because your brain is phenomenal. i love you. thank you for always blessing my inbox.

[myfairkatiecat]

Oh, is this the place to put anonymous fanfiction?

But he still stepped a little bit closer--close enough that she could feel his breath on her cheeks when he asked, "Would you like me to list all of the complications?"

She shook her head.

She was pretty sure she could guess most of them.

And she didn't care.

"All I care about is how I feel," she whispered. "If you're only doing this"-- she held up their clasped hands--"because you don't want to hurt my feelings--"

He twined their fingers together and shook his head.

"Trust me-- this is what I've wanted form the moment I saw you, wandering through the halls with- him. I knew right away that I'd met someone incredibly special-- and every moment I've spent with you has proven how true that is. But is this really what you want?" He squeezed her hand, and she could feel him shaking when he admitted, "I can't tell what's going to happen."

Her mind filled with words.

Promises.

Confessions.

But somehow they felt like too much and not enough all at the same time.

So Michelle Obama tilted up on her toes and leaned forward, meeting his eyes as she lined her lips up with his-- careful to leave a tiny wisp of space.

A chance for him to change his mind.

Justin closed the distance between them.

And then . . . everything was new.

The soft press of his lips on hers.

The way their breath seemed to fall perfectly in sync while her heart and brain screamed, FINALLY!

Some tiny part of her had always wondered if kissing could really be as great as everyone claimed.

But kissing Justin Trudeau was So. Much. Better.

IS THIS A CHAPTER 42 PARODY

HELP

I RECOGNIZED THE WRITING IMMEDIATELY

Don’t take my sweet sokeefe and politics them😭

Since apparently “send ask fanfic anonymously to Katie” is becoming a thing

[simplysedusa]

Hey so I see you talk a lot about the corruption of Townsville on both a political and police/prison level and how villains are treated. I have similar ideas floating around in my head for my fic I'm slowly chipping away at so it's fascinating to see somebody else talk about this. Townsville's police and politicians are canonically shown to be very incompetent and I've always been surprised to see how this is rarely included or dissected within fanon interpretations and stories. I'm curious about a lot of things and don't want to bombard you with questions (worried about being annoying lol), so I'll just ask you one for now:

Where do the Ruffs fall into all this in your head? In fanon interpretations, it's common to see people talk about how the Ruffs were failed on so many fundamental levels. Their creation, being used as weapons and tools as opposed to having their needs met by children (with them often being portrayed as homeless), being subjected to horrific abuse by the police and in prison systems. I feel like people talk about their experiences a lot in fanon, but they don't really dive into them outside of "oh it was traumatic" as opposed to dissecting how horrific Townsville's justice system is, especially for vulnerable groups. Especially in regards to them being paralleled to the Puffs and the (conditional) privileges they have from protecting the city.

I think a more nuanced look at the villains of the show is something I always really appreciate seeing in regards to fanon, wish it was explored more. Excited to see what ideas you end up coming up with, particularly for Sedusa who's tragically underutilized.

I think as the Puffs grow to become more and more critical of the system, the privileges that the do have start to slip and many start to be wary of them like they were in the Movie. The Puff/Ruff species legitimately facing discrimination for who they are as nonhuman inorganic creatures is something I also think should be explored more, and how the Puffs protecting Townsville gives them conditional privileges.

I am overthinking shit to the extreme lol but I love dissecting this show and the potential it has in regards to exploring it's villains and deeper satire about the police/prison industrial complex.

Anon, it is currently December 9th, 2023, sometime past midnight as I'm typing. I want to include a date to this post because it might take me a while to come down from the high I've received from reading this.

Okay, so first of all:

"I love dissecting this show and the potential it has in exploring its villains and deeper satire about the police/prison industrial complex."****

🤝

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! I wish I knew who you were, Anon, because you deserve a virtual hug. It is so nice to feel SEEN. This is the second ask I've ever gotten on this sideblog and it's already one of my favorites, you are not annoying at ALL. Secondly, I have no idea where to start so I'll just dive right into the meat of this question and hope to God that I hit all the talking points that I want to cover lol.

I didn't want to go into too much detail about the Rowdyruff Boys given the fact that they are a few of the main characters of the stories in my head but I'll GLADLY do so here.

In my fics, I have the Rowdyruff Boys adopted by Ms. Keane.

Stay with me on this, PLEASE, lmao. It's not all sunshine and rainbows. She finds them when they're eight years old. They're starving, and powerless; the Chemical X in their bodies are working overtime just to keep them alive as they're on the brink of death...thanks to HIM.

If you want a Puff/Ruff centered fic (or just hero/former villain) to work, regardless of genre, you need redemption and forgiveness. While forgiveness is easier to portray, redemption needs a foundation to build upon. IMO, the only way to do that, would be to get the boys out of the influence of HIM and Mojo Jojo. In these fics of mine, Mojo is a permanent resident of the Townsville Correctional Center (name pending, imagine Arkham Asylum), a newly built prison made, strong enough to contain the Powerpuffs (hint hint, wink wink). Meanwhile HIM leaves the boys high and dry then goes M.I.A after their declaration of not wanting to "destroy the Powerpuff Girls" (If you really look at the post movie scenes of the Rowdyruff Boys, you'll see that at the end of the day, they just want to live life and have fun in their own diabolical way. You can even see this in Bubble Boy when Bubbles, disguised as Boomer ((iirc, it was either her or Butch)) suggests to blow stuff up and Brick replies "Nah, we blew a bunch of stuff up yesterday". These are elementary school aged boys, eventually, they're going to get bored and no amount of hate toward the Powerpuff Girls is going to change that). The boys being adopted by Ms. Keane, lays down a certain groundwork to start from; they need some sort of positive, older female influence in their lives that aren't the Powerpuff Girls or other love interests (especially to begin challenging their post movie misogyny). Plus, I also think they'll challenge her to not view the world as black and white as she occasionally tends to, and she's one of the only canon characters I think who would actually give them a chance.

Being adopted for them also means having to deal with: ✨ Townsville's Child Welfare System✨

And if The Mayor and the police are anything to go by, I'd imagine it isn't great (and now thinking about it, looking at Mitch's family issues that I mentioned, we see that the welfare system is SHIT lol) (Hell, you can take one step further and look at Jack Wednesday, the incompetent truant officer who's definitely their parole officer now). Ms. Keane wants to get legal guardianship over the boys after caring for them for however long, and I can see whoever's in charge of that wanting the boys to answer for the crimes they've committed against the city first. Long story short, it's a quiet case, as to not upset the citizens of Townsville, and the boys have to live in a group home for two years before Ms. Keane is granted her guardianship. For one, it's a confinement of sorts without having to jail them *(because as Ms. Bellum, Ms.K's lawyer, puts it, they are children and victims of circumstance), but most importantly, this allows the city to test out Professor Utonium's newest **(and most reluctant) invention: Antidote X handcuffs.

It sucks. They're subjected to religious zealots who condemn the boys as demonic abominations for coming back to life (as if it's their fault), weirdos with a superiority complex over kids, short tempered adults who hit first and ask questions never, other bullies in kids who are also victims of circumstance, and they're powerless. And honestly, aside from MAYBE the Powerpuff Girls, who believe the boys are M.I.A, and Ms. Keane, who'd care enough about their condition to make a stink about it?

So once they're finally out into the real world, having to spend an extra few years in house arrest, watching people tremble in their wake feels nice. And they (mostly and especially Brick) can't wait to blow this sorry ass popsicle stand known as Townsville once they're 18. They're not under Mojo's or HIM's thumb anymore but they're still mean, cold, rebellious, snarky, and conniving. And even if the newest girls in school, the Powerpuffs, don't see it yet, who could blame them? (This is only for one specific fic, keep in mind.)

Something I feel is highly overlooked in these types of fics would be the outside perception of the relationships between the Puffs and Ruffs, whether that be platonic or romantic. Because, sure, in a perfect world, everyone would see them hanging out and think the girls would be such a good influence on the boys, who would finally start to turn their lives around. However, we've seen time and time again that the city of Townsville has turned against the girls (and the girls against Townsville, Buttercup assaulted numerous albeit criminal, citizens to exchange their teeth for money, Blossom stole a set of $1000 golf clubs, Bubbles released an entire zoo into town, and they masterminded the robbery of a toy store with the Professor, as well as comply with the robberies of Femme Fatale, not to mention what happened in the movie), and there's no doubt in my mind that there'd be quite a few citizens who'd see any of the boys with any of the girls and think that their "villainous ways" are contagious and that the girls are being manipulated yet again. I could see this as a slow starting point for the said privileges to be revoked.

The parallels between the Puffs and Ruffs are CRAZY too. You have the Rowdyruff Boys, who never successfully killed the girls (granted they are still villains but their only "bone to pick" with society is the Powerpuff Girls)***, treated as scum of the earth for being kids listening to two of the worst possible role models ever. Then, you have the Powerpuff Girls, who've committed crimes and killed the Rowdyruff Boys once before, living life on a pedestal with their amazing dad and loving support system. Sure, you have the Powerpuff Girls reel in the Rowdyruff Boys to the "good side" by showing them that they're not as evil as people believe them to be and that they deserve to be treated as citizens. BUT, you also have the Rowdyruff Boys showing the Powerpuff Girls that they're only given this camaraderie as long as they continue to be used as tools for every inconvenience the city faces, that the city is taking advantage of their people pleasing ways (which no one ever talks about), and that they deserve to live their lives.

*I didn't speak on this before, but I also headcanon Ms. Bellum attending law school, passing the bar exam in flying colors, as sort of a back-up plan. It couldn't hurt to know the law if you're planning on working in politics, she's just that bitch. I'd like to think she took the case pro-bono as a way to make it up to herself for not doing the same for her estranged niece (granted, her father's money and connections got Princess acquitted of all her crimes and a court ordered therapist, but Ms. Bellum would've defended her in a heartbeat regardless).

**This is also another headcanon I haven't touched on yet. There has to be someone in the governing office of Townsville who realized that these girls are practically unstoppable and that they needed a backup plan in case they choose to "turn on [them]". As an agreement to "allow the girls to save the day", Professor Utonium invented three things: 1.) Antidote X handcuffs, which are regular handcuffs with spikes on the inside to inject the user with Antidote X, rendering them powerless, 2.) Mini Dynamos, smaller robot versions of Dynamo to operate like robocops, and 3.) Help with the construction of the new prison.

***Yes they're still villains who've caused massive damage to the city, but they're only ever worried about the Powerpuff Girls. If they were as evil as their creators, they'd have killed every innocent civilian in their path. As far as we know, the Powerpuff Girls have a higher body count than the Rowdyruff Boys do. An INTENTIONAL body count, might I add.

****I wasn't gonna say anything, because this is long enough as is and I could do a whole essay alone on this but YES EXACTLY. It's very interesting how these criminals in the show commit some atrocious acts (theft, vandalism, attempted murder, crime of treason, kidnapping, assault, life endangerment, etc.), yet they're always released. 🐸☕

LMAO, that's it for now. If you have any other questions, I'll be happy to elaborate in another post.

[womenfrommars]

Juno, are you okay? You've been so silent lately...

Hi anon,

The other day I realised how long it has been since I was super active on here. Tumblr gave me a notification that this sideblog has existed for 3 years now. When I created this sideblog (to replace a deleted sideblog), I lost a lot of enthousiasm for this platform and the radfem/gender critical community. While I still consider these topics politically relevant, I am not as involved with them as I used to be. This in contrast to the fact that gender critical politics have become more mainstream now, as evidenced by the Imane Khelif controversy and legal threats made against JK Rowling.

I think at my height of popularity on here I spend quite a lot of time on Tumblr and that earned me a relatively large size of followers but you have to understand it takes a lot of invested time to even get to that level of popularity and in hindsight it's not worth it. I was mostly super active because I wasn't doing so well academically and wanted to spend my time on things other than my studies. So now when I seed popular bloggers being discussed I have more of an insight into how much time they invest in this platform (and I must say I was never one of *the* most known bloggers). Just because someone is super active on social media doesn't mean they're doing well mentally or otherwise and that might sound counterintuitive (some people self-isolate instead) but I really do think people use social media as a means to escape their ''real'' lives.

Thate being said, I think overall I feel happier now. During 2020/2021 my mental and physical health spiralled out of control and now I am still trying to pick up the pieces but I actually see some of my work paying off. I lost the excess weight I gained during Covid, I got some very helpful medication for my mental health, I started going to the gym, and more recently I got in touch with old friends. I do like the idea of using Tumblr more often as a sort of personal blog rather than a purely political outlet but in the past few years I also found myself gravitating more so towards Discord because it feels more intimate and private in a way

[cassiopeianscribe]

+++Concerning my disappearance+++

I don't know why am I doing this, maybe because I haven't outgrown my chuunibyou phase.

This is addressed specifically to my mutuals and ex-mutuals @transfem-monarchist-laura-rolla , @lesser-vissir , @madokatoru , @flowergirlmiwa , @manabekashiwa , @lisanees, @catgirlforeskin , @wingsofcope

Some of you may know that before I disappeared I was anxious about actually being trans and medically transitioning.

What I have concluded is that I actually don't have dysphoria. I have preferences that I haven't changed even since I had another mental breakdown in November, when I completely ghosted everyone, but they are not innate or constant. Rather they are purely psychological and connected to experience and ego.

On top of this, my OCD intensified tenfold, so I am not sure that I have any kind of identity anymore.

And on top of this, when I was shocked by detransition I... I don't know why I did this, maybe I was coping or just because I am ultimately immature, but for a month or so I played pretend with crafting myself an image of like byronic hero like Dorian Gray, and the result was so profoundly disgusting that I still feel tainted 8 months later.

All of this sum up to me really not being trans.

And then, with this experience, I started questioning politics of trans identity, and came to conclusion that it's politically unsound. Not because it's a conspiracy - people who today identify as transgender existed always and I have studied accounts of them that sound very familiar, and they don't want to destroy everything that's good, they just live their lives. But trans movement is a misogynistic and homophobic entity that has to be destroyed in favour of something that accommodates trans people while not harming more vulnerable people.

Yes, I have become a TERF ally (oh irony). I have a radfem sideblog where I still pretend to be a girl, like a pathetic liar I am*. I am still pretty protective of trans people generally and trans women specifically because I know you and love you and still have transfem online friends, but I can no longer support trans movement as it exists today.

Radblr is not a particularly good place, not going to lie - Imane Khelif situation was so gross that I considered leaving (at least blogs I follow all were on her side), and other kinds of gross prejudices exist. But also someone has to actually care about well-being of women, and beggars are not choosers, because all other gender critical groups don't do it out of any genuine concern.

I don't wish ill on trans people and in fact I am using other sideblogs to create an alternative movement that reconciles interests of trans people, cis women, and cis gay people. And since I know all of you as good and empathetic people, I hope that you soon will realize my vision (and I don't mean detransition - you don't have to stop being yourself for common good). But it's up to you to decide how to feel about me.

Untill we meet again under the Dharmic wheel.

*And also I have another sideblog where I pretend to be transfem, and on my main blog I am very careful about not giving away any hints of my gender. I am really bad at admitting my mistakes, yes.

[kharmii]

It is so true that the entire fandom has a massive obsession with furries.

And are also converting normies into furries. Sometimes when I see fanart of Sneasler and it’s drawn in a furry-ish way a big part of me wonders if this artist has a sideblog containing furry nsfw with Ingo.

Or those weird hybrid designs. (When I‘m able to look past the furry implications I can appreciate a creative design but I also can’t unsee potential nsfw stuff for a lot of these.) What icks me the most about this is that furry stuff is accepted and even embraced as to blankshipping is taboo and "the worst"…

Personally I’m rather someone who wishes to engage a lot more with the Japanese community since they are still very much have the old fandom culture intact.

(Also when I‘m leaning more towards blankshipper over here it’s because they’re less to throw hissy fits at everyone who doesn’t bend over backwards to their beliefs. They can be just as nasty on some topics)

And so much yes for your annoyance for the celebration of politics in fandom. I don’t know when this has become such an issue (especially when I remember that back in the day in a previous fandom called Hetalia [a series that was based on the idea that each country was represented by a human and being a bit stereotypical (in a way that was funny or made you feel called out)] people were constantly reminding everyone not to include current day politics in their stuff, that was no biggie back when but nowadays it’s normal to use fandom and fiction to push their political agenda on people… Be it characters waving certain flags of countries or beliefs and all those surgery scars everywhere… I don’t wanna see this kind of content. Though I’m at least somewhat happy that so far I didn’t have to see artificial "assets" down below in art.

The only way to interact with the fandom is to mute and block each political movement and only interact with certain content that doesn’t deal with all this nonsense.

I have said it before but I really enjoy sharing opinions with you. While a lot comes off as probably harsher than it’s meant to but I appreciate your opinion and your perspective.

That was absolutely meant to come off harsh because Submas fandom (Volo too) is a nasty little mean girl clique gone wild. That's how social contagion works. You'll have a handful of aggressive vocal petty little twats who will convince everybody that 'this stupid thing is acceptable and yet this other stupid thing that's equally as stupid and harmless as the other thing is not acceptable'.

Next thing you know, the few bad apples who draw top surgery scarred fat furries have the whole fandom thinking that's what everybody is into. Normies might be like, "Well, I actually don't like any of that because it forces me to have a wastebasket I puke in when browsing this fandom, but I don't want anyone to call me a bigot.."

Most fans might be drawn to beauty and good things, but the whole theme seems to be centered around dreck and wallowing in misery (the shipping end anyway. General is more upbeat). Since everybody has blocked me at this point, I'm one of the few who isn't afraid to say what a lot of people might be thinking (like most of you, don't lie. Nobody likes a fat furry chili fart in the face).

Side note: I had to unfollow someone last week because they put up a post about Submas celebrating Pride Month...and yet they had to put the dig in about 'Proshippers DNI'. Hey, Emmet's pronouns list is a mile long! -So what aspect of Pride do they celebrate? Is it okay for weirdos to wear dog masks around kids? Is it okay to give minors puberty blockers? -And yet shipping brother-on-brother action with fictional characters (that doesn't hurt anybody) is taboo? Would you be okay with a grown-ass man exposing himself to a minor at a Pride Parade, and yet a 20/15 year old ship between Volo and Akari is taboo?

Anyway, how about some good old Submas Angst?

Art credit: こんぶ。@konbu_0915_ Twitter.

[baycitystygian]

well I guess it’s about time I made an about post!

I’ve been on this website for like six years or so and I never really made a proper intro post to my blog, so here’s a couple basics for new friends & visitors just dropping by!

-heather williams, she/her, 25, neurodivergent as fuuuuuck but not officially diagnosed with specifics yet (although I’m almost certain I have autism, there’s a possibility I have ADHD or both? looking into a diagnosis, but definitely ND in general)

my sideblog for my current hyperfixation/crush/hall pass is @heather-willz and it is all Paul Williams all the timeeeee 💕this is not to subtract Paul posts from this blog but rather to add more Paul posts to this beautiful world that allowed this phenomenal composer to flourish (can you tell I’m delirious as I’m typing this)

-if you’re a minor and you like a post of mine, that’s cool- but I post whatever I feel like so be warned, I don’t censor myself and I do have a wide range in my sense of humor so there will probably be adult themes™️ on here so I don’t recommend sticking around- or do so but only at your own risk! I also don’t interact with minors and I’ve always listed my age just in case it matters to someone happening across my blog.

-I generally don’t tag often unless A) I’m talking in the tags or B) it’s a hyperfixation that I want to go back to/keep organized in tags on my blog, if you’re a mutual and there’s anything you’d like me to tag that you filter/blacklist please send me an anon in the ask box letting me know! I’m happy to tag anything that might be an issue but I don’t really know if anything specific is a sensitive topic to a mutual unless they tell me and you can absolutely stay anonymous about it- do not hesitate if there’s any way I can be a better moot ❤️

-big procrastinator and very sporadic on here (even though I generally use this app as my morning paper) so I can take awhile to get to asks & sometimes I forget altogether, sometimes I save them in drafts then forget to check my drafts & I’m very bad about that and I am SO sorry cause it’s genuinely never personal 😅same with messages but I’m not unfriendly, I just have raging executive dysfunction

-I block liberally over political reasons, TERFS are blocked on sight, any blog I happen across that’s said/reblogged something that might generally be upsetting to me and, of course, bots get blocked too- I don’t engage in discourse so if you’re a TERF, right winger, or just a general troll just keep moving along or block me cause I just go right for the block button anyway. any hate has no home here, UNLESS it’s hate for bigots or cops ✨

-I check blogs of people I follow but I don’t necessarily check OP’s so if I’ve accidentally reblogged something from a shitty person (“OP is a terf,” etc) just slide in the ask hole and let me know cause the odds are almost 100% that I’m unaware

-I am a continually broke ass bitch that feels guilty every time I see a donation post and I feel awful every time I don’t donate because I literally cannot keep my own shit together. As a result I generally don’t reblog donation posts or any call-to-action posts, partially also because my blog is really for my own entertainment and I use tumblr as a lighthearted escape from the world. which has become increasingly difficult as of late but I still want to keep my blog as just fun posts or anything I find useful. I do care, a lot in fact… but it’s complicated.

-I don’t post original posts terribly often, mostly just reblog anything that tickles my fancy but vintage fashion/shows/music and rocks are my big ones on here. most original posts are just top-of-my-head nonsense or stuff I’m hyperfixating on

-if you’re a fan of Paul Williams, Barenaked Ladies, Bucks Fizz, Bay City Rollers/Rabbitt, Flo & Eddie, Howard Jones, Bowling For Soup, Wings (the TV sitcom but I’m also a Paul McCartney & Wings encyclopedia if that’s more your speed), Phantom of the Paradise, or Caroline In The City, those are all recent-ish interests of mine that have almost NO fandom so like. you’re automatically my friend now if you like any of those 😂

…I think that about covers everything I wanted to say, so sit back, relax, and have fun in my hodgepodge of a social media home ✨

[bangtide]

any blogs you recommend for a yoonminnie? my tl is deprived and soulless 😭

firstly, it's your dashboard or dash, not tl! i've rbed some posts about using tumblr & will hunt down more, please check them out. i'll discuss army tumblr culture below the read more link.

a tour through my following list yields that nearly all the bangtan blogs i follow are inactive, lmfao. but for basic bangtan content, these were the go-to:

bts-trans (still active, just slow) bangtan (ia) audiorkive (active, but only for new releases) btstwtarchive (active) allforbts (ia, but posted all updates)

as for people and content, here's what i'd have to say about army tumblr culture vs twitter (esp my community there):

the big blogs are mostly gif makers (knjspjm & sugajimin are the two i follow who come to mind). gifs are rlly popular & reposting a gif is offensive.

the same for any sort of content. always give credit to original creators, translators, ect. it's also general practice to link to the source if sharing bangtan content, such as clips.

fic writers, rpf artists, ect are rarer than they used to be due to the porn ban in 2018 when a lot of users left.

but even when you do find them, rpf-heavy text posts (aus, fics, rpf-y fawning) have become unusual outside particular niches. nsfw even more so. most authors just post fics to ao3, and artists focus on art, so on so forth. this is the biggest difference from twitter.

that said, it shouldn't stop you. i'm of the opinion rpf-ing needs to be more visible to those who want to see it.

rpf on tumblr is separated from the real life boys. not perfectly, but more so than on twitter. you should consider tagging rpf-heavy posts & fics as rpf or an equivalent if you post abt it. (my tag for it is "fic-ish")

tumblr blogs are often just people vibing & engaging in what they feel like. even if they're dedicated to one fandom, other posts will show up (jokes, politics, discussion, art, other fandoms, ect), and usually people mix fandoms on one blog.

a lot of bangtan blogs on tumblr are multi group or cover k-pop as a whole.

most of them are sideblogs, meaning op has a main blog that they interact through (like me). this doesn't mean they're more active there.

fanwars between different group fandoms are regarded as incredibly stupid & if you engage in them you'll look very stupid. they don't really happen here anymore.

in general, if you start beef with another blog instead of just blocking and moving on you'll look stupid. fanwars of all kinds are not well-tolerated on tumblr.

solos are more common on tumblr & they're not evil. starting beef with them is also considered dumb. block & move on if you're bothered.

that doesn't mean you can't criticize what you see, but vociferously decrying specific people or subcommunities with no nuance is a bad look.

criticism or expressing negative/neutral opinions of bangtan, hybe/bh, their music, content, and even individual members is normal. some people use it as an excuse to pump their hateboner or go on tirades, but again, if it bothers you block & move on.

that said, reblogging with your addition if you have something insightful to respond with is normal. so is ranting about what you saw without naming anyone.

tumblr is in general a very anti-drama climate compared to twitter. people here truly do their own thing. there are exceptions, of course, but overall you live and let live.

tumblr is also EXTREMELY anti-clout compared to twitter. it's totally fine to talk about how much you like a blog, make a post looking for people to follow or mutuals, ect. making your own post promoting your stuff is even fine as long as it's earnestly about sharing your work. but most people hide their follower counts & don't fixate on visibility. going viral is considered a curse.

lastly, publicizing personal information as a prerequisite for interacting with someone is weird here. you don't need to have your age visible to everyone to follow nsfw blogs without being blocked, for example. minors may be sbed or blocked if op wants to, but not having a public age is normal. anonymity is valued.

@yoonminist is the og yoonmin blog here (another is sugainmycoffee). be warned if you follow me from twt, she's a vers fan. that sort of content rarely shows up on her page, though. using that to segue into another subject i wanted to cover briefly,

top vs bottom culture & discourse on tumblr is not as much of a thing as it is on twitter. this is in large part due to the lack of nsfw + tumblr's overall anti-drama culture, but a lot of rps blogs here genuinely don't care either way. that lends its own issues--namely, the same old underlying sentiments that caring about top/bottom content in a meaningful way is silly, bad, ect & ignorance of how viciously certain communities have been bullied over it + favoring certain flawed but popular narratives. it's similar to twitter but less skewed in favor of one over the other, and vers fans usually do sincerely like it all (as opposed to labeling themselves vers but only engaging with one trope consistently).

crash course concluded.

[ddeardolly]

I remembered one time where Luma got so pissy and upset about someone asking about their self-insert, I mean, "OC based on me" on their old blog.

All this person did was ask some (pretty polite, if you ask me) questions about Luma the OC, and Luma proceeded to be extremely bitchy, rude, and condescending toward said person.

I think one of the questions that the person asked was why they aged their SI OC up when they were firmly against aging up any canonically underage character for any reason at all (yes, it included completely SFW situations, too, and yes, this was during the period where they wrote smut pretty regularly), and Luma freaked the fuck out on them for it. One question I definitely remember was them asking what the difference was between a self-insert OC and an "OC insert", as Luma likes to call it, and Luma took it as a personal attack, for some reason? Either way, they were a complete asshole to someone just asking a few questions about their character.

Then, without any sense of irony, they went onto one of their sideblogs to go whine about how no one wants to RP with them/include them in their applyfics. 💀

I unfortunately don't have screenshots of it, but I very distinctly remember that happening. Sorry if this isn't a whole lot of proof, but it's an anecdote I thought I'd share!

Luma goes against everything they stand for. Make it make sense!! This hypocritical, manipulative, and abusive user has an extensive history of bullying, harassing, and being generally nasty toward anyone who has the audacity to question or disagree with anything they say. Luma has no boundaries or sense of respect for anyone but themselves, and will use every tactic they have to defend their position. They will lie, twist your words, and gaslight you into feeling like it's YOUR fault for questioning their bullshit. They've done it time and time again!! Ugh im getting sort of off topic.

Anyway, yeah I don’t get how they’re saying one thing then doing the complete opposite??? Luma complains about hating stepcest and overall dark content and ageing up characters, yet ages themself up AND down AND proceeds to become mutuals with dark content creators !! Oh my god im sick of ittttr 😭✌️

[vertebrates-and-pieces]

✨Fun things to do with your f/o(s)!!!!✨

🌟OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT🌟

🌟OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT🌟

🌟OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT🌟

[finnlongman]

Couple of thoughts on the changing social media landscape etc...

This blog is, and always has been, a public/mostly professional space. The nature of Tumblr means I can have sideblogs for personal venting and off-topic posts, as many of them as I want, and this blog is fairly carefully curated to be a public-facing page. My mum looks at it sometimes, after all, so anything I post has to be something I'm willing for her to see.

(Note: I think sideblogs and stuff are very important. Everybody needs a space on the internet where they're not being observed by colleagues, supervisors, managers, readers, anyone to whom they owe professional responsibility. A place to be Weird and know that it's not going to impact on their job the next day. If you don't yet have those spaces and you're someone who uses the internet in a professional capacity, I recommend creating them; it's freeing. If you think you've found somebody else's sideblog and they haven't indicated that they want to share it with you, it's polite to pretend you don't know and let them have their Weird Place Space in peace.)

This is a LESS professional space than, say, my website, and I have different rules for myself than I did on other social media. My Twitter policy has long been not to swear on there, and to keep my account reasonably suitable to be read by teenage readers, current/future employers, and other authors alike. Here, I tend to keep my own swearing to a minimum but I'm more relaxed about sharing others' sweary content, and I'll reblog slightly more risqué things (usually relating to the vampire novel).

I've been happy with that balance. It's a place people can follow me as an author, as an academic, and as a person, and get a reasonable mix of my research, my thoughts, and updates on my books, without being unduly formal and without me ever feeling like I couldn't be myself here. And it's a place where I both create my own material and share that of others, tending towards sharing things that are educational or that relate to my own work, but also just vibing.

I've always known, though, that this was not a space for publicity per se. While I do share links to my books here and I know that a few people have bought TBA, I've never been under any illusions about the possibility of Tumblr as a place to advertise myself. Nor do I WANT to do that. Honestly, I've come to resent the pressure to use Twitter as a "brand", as a "promotion" opportunity, when for years it was just a place I hung out as a person. But I'd rather do that there than here, partly because it actually worked there.

If this truly is the decline of Twitter, I don't mind my online socialising becoming more Tumblr-focused. I'm sad about the loss, because I think I'll lose a lot of academic community and opportunities to learn that I previously found on Tumblr, and it's going to be a lot harder to connect with other authors, but it won't be impossible; I have both academic and author friends here. But what I DON'T want is for Tumblr to have to become my Professional Space to the detriment of the fun, low-key vibe I've had going here for the last 11 years.

I'm worried that, if all of my professional contacts migrate here, I will have to start putting a mask on here as well, and I'll feel more pressure to self promote. It'll start to feel like the chore that other social media has become ever since I got published and have had to start using the internet As An Author and not just as a person who also writes books. I am very happy for more people to join this site, but I don't want the side effect of that to be that suddenly all my colleagues are here and I'm in Work Mode all the time.

One of the things I've found hardest about the internet in recent years is the switch from what it was in my teens (place to be weird and unique and unselfconscious) to what it is now (place where I'm expected to be professional and might be observed by my boss, academic colleagues, publisher, readers etc at any time). And Tumblr was for a long time the last bastion against that, even if my mum looks at it. I'll be sad if that goes, because all the sideblogs in the world won't help if actually being here starts to feel like something I do for work.

Crucially, I think the problem is that for career reasons, I need something that does for me what Twitter was doing, but also I was not enjoying that aspect of Twitter and it was not feeling like a fun place to do that, so what I REALLY need is for my career not to rely on me managing to virtually hand-sell my book to people on the internet while I'm just trying to live my life...

Anyway. Just something I'm thinking about as I face down the possibility of this being the main place where I as an author can communicate with potential readers. I don't really want it to be... that, but it might have to be that, and I'm going to be thinking hard about how I navigate that.

[r00kiec00kie]

Unnecessarily Detailed Dislikes

Please repost, don’t reblog. Answer the questions for your muse and tag some people.

Muse name: Sorbet Shark Cookie Least favorite nickname: None Least favorite color: None (They get to see so many bright new colors on the surface! Sorbet loves them all!) Least favorite season: Winter (Swimming becomes difficult when smaller bodies of water freeze over in Cookie Kingdom...) Least favorite weather: None. If Sorbet swims deep enough underwater they don't have to worry about weather. Least favorite—hot or cold: Cold. Least favorite holiday: Easter (just... what is it about eggs that inspires Cookies so much? They don't get it.) Least favorite food: Bear Jelly Burger (Nothing against the Jampie Diner, but it just doesn't hit Sorbet's taste buds right...) Least favorite flavor: Bitter Least favorite drink: Coffee (It's just so bitter!! How coffee mages like Latte Cookie and Espresso Cookie enjoy it, Sorbet will never know... Even the coffee Latte Cookie offered was far too bitter for Sorbet's liking.) Least favorite scent: Cooked Cake Hound (GingerBrave seems to be with Sorbet on this one...) Least favorite sound: Cookie crunching or crumbling Least favorite book: Wizard Cookie's entire library. It's so booooring! Least favorite movie: Doesn't watch movies. Boring. Least favorite tv show: See above Least favorite school subject or area of study: Politics and Magic. Adventure and treasure is much more exciting! Least favorite aspect of their job: Sorbet and Sea Fairy Cookies are the only ones whose dough doesn't get soggy, which means being out at sea is especially risky for all of Sorbet's friends. Least favorite fictional character: Doesn't know any :D Least favorite person: Dark Enchantress Cookie Least favorite trait in others: Being evil, mostly. Sure, being boring also sours Sorbet's jelly, but at least that can be fixed with some playtime. Least favorite place: The Witch's Oven. From what GingerBrave has... or rather, hasn't told everyone, it sounds... scary. Least favorite thing to talk about: Complicated magic or politics Least favorite thing about themselves: They look scary to any few souls who live underwater, so before coming to the surface after being enchanted into a Cookie, Sorbet struggled to make any new friends. They also don't like talking about the process of becoming a Cookie, or who may have enchanted them. (It's a good thing about the bubble voice, then, because Sorbet can pretend everything is okay and their voice can't betray them when no one understands what they're saying!) Least favorite sexual position: N/A Least favorite daily chore: Laundry. The butter soap makes Sorbet's dough feel tingly and funny. Least favorite style of clothing: High-and-mighty gaudy types, especially those who fight with swords. Princess Cookie and Knight Cookie are okay, but Cookies like Clotted Cream (whom Sorbet has only met like. once, ever) make Sorbet wanna splash them with a Cannonball. Least favorite activity: Listening to boring lectures, especially about how much trouble Sorbet tends to make whenever Cookies are out at sea. Least favorite superpower: None. They're all pretty cool-sounding! Even though Cookies naturally have superpowers anyway... Least favorite thing about humanity Cookiekind in general: Quick to fear the unknown, and Sorbet is very unknown... Least favorite thing about being in love: Ew, cooties!! Least favorite thing about death: Leaving Cookies behind...

Tagged by: Stolen from @magician-under-the-moonlight

Tagging: @countarganan @i-am-a-galarian-yamask @i-am-a-unovan-yamask @i-am-a-skitty and anyone else who wants to join in :D

(In case you didn't know, this is another sideblog of mine-- I'm Sylvia Reviar <3)

[cleanlenins]

Hello Lenn!

I’ve been following your mc sideblog for a like, a few months(?) and have been reading to be truly free since the first chapter and I just have to say:

You are literally my favourite fanfic writer. Between updates I just keep rereading to be truly free over and over again. It’s just so brilliant, every sentence is just so !!!! Idk how to describe it, I don’t think I can describe it, you can just tell you poured a lot of love, energy and time into it and it paid off so well! All the scenes just work so well. And the characterization! You capture everyone’s personality perfectly and I love how you write Techno. I get so hyped for your updates I’ve literally spoken about it to real life friends lol. Also! You introduced the politics and worldbuilding so well so well that I just me wanna know more.

I’m sure you get this a lot, that you’re a wonderful, really talented writer.

(Also that ask you sent anarachy-and-piglins, yeah how are you able to get me SO hooked with one tumblr ask? that was amazing I will be thinking a lot about it thank you very much, if you have even one crumb to share about it I would love to hear)

You know anon, first I gotta thank you because I did NOT realize I had asks turned off on paladinpalindrome. That's a big oopsie on my part. And you sending this ask let me know I did that so now I can fix it. So, omg thanks.

Second of all, I am currently a puddle of goo. Just, goo on the floor. This comment was so nice, I just completely melted. I am the first goo to be able to use a keyboard because you are just SO INCREDIBLY NICE. I don't even know WHAT to do with you telling me I'm your favorite fanfic author. I am overjoyed that you enjoy my story that much. I'm having a blast writing it, and it just makes it so much fun knowing that others like it to.

You saying you reread it is breaking my brain. Like asjkhks. Someone liked it enough to reread. I'm blushing. Blushing is something goo can do, right?

I do pour a lot of effort into it. I want it to be good. I enjoy making it good. Even if sometimes I get a little stuck, I love the story so much and want to do it justice. Sometimes I feel a little like I am being a bit too much of a perfectionist with it, seeing little flaws that are probably not there or not a big deal, but I think that is everyone who tries to make art or write or create in general. Like, Characterization? I try really hard on that. Like really really hard. I want it to feel authentic. I don't want the characters to feel ooc. But I also want to indulge in the writing tropes that I find fun. Which means thinking of realistic reasons for those situations to occur. And I am so so touched to hear that I am doing that successfully. It makes me feel great.

Also, the politics and worldbuilding is so fun, but also INCREDIBLY exhausting. Why did I make the world so big, oh ancients. (The answer was because it's fun but keeping everything straight is very hard).

I'm so incredibly happy that you think I am doing a good job. That is-well, goo-inducing. I don't have the words to describe the happy bubbling feeling. I am twirling my hair.

I'm assuming you mean the Dark Royal SBI ask I sent to Anarchy-and-Piglins. I don't have a ton of concrete ideas on it yet. If I do write it, I won't post it until I have the whole thing written out. Just because that would maybe help me NOT blow it up into a 100k word monster like To Be Truly Free has become. Maybe. Hopefully.

As for crumbs with it, hmmm. I kinda like the idea that Tommy doesn't like Techno at first? You know, he's jealous of all the time that Will spends with Techno and so he isn't warming up to him. But at a dinner, Techno secretly offers to eat Tommy's vegetables that he doesn't want to eat (they were carrots, why would Tommy want to eat carrots? ew). When Phil turns his back for a second, Techno scoops them up in his hand and shoves them all in his mouth in one bite. When Phil turn back, all of Tommy's veggies are gone so Tommy can go play. Techno has to pretend that he doesn't have a mouth full of food, because that isn't very polite. Luckily, its not all that strange for him to be a little less talkative. Tommy starts to warm up to him after that.

Phil knew, of course, but he wanted his new sonboy to get along with his kids. However, he doesn't give them a chance to do it again so Tommy still has to eat his veggies.

Thank you so much for the ask! And thank you for your kind words <3 <3 <3

[mxndwitch]

PSA

This is a PSA about the changes that will be implemented on this blog from now on. I will put them under a read more, so that I don’t clog anyone’s dash, but I would kindly ask everyone to take a look at them and then decide for yourselves if you want to keep following me, or not. 

I am going private and mutuals only. That means I will no longer reply to people who are not my mutuals and most likely stay away from following blogs first. Following people has become such an anxiety inducing task in the last year that I will just keep my inner circle small. If you follow me first and I decide not to follow back, please don’t take it personally. I will be much more selective with who I follow from now on than I was before.

I will unfollow people who have never interacted with me/ have not made any effort in a couple of months to interact. I understand that life is busy and sometimes the muses just prefer certain people, but I don’t want to clutter my dash with people who have no interest in actually being mutuals. I don’t collect writers for the follower count, but actually want to write with the people I follow

Anon will be turned off until further notice, so if you’d like to send me hate, I guess you’ll have to do it while showing your face

I have already unfollowed all inactive blogs. If I have accidentally unfollowed one of your sideblogs, please let me know. Sometimes I forget who is who

I will not tolerate any hate on my dash whatsoever. That includes anon hate, continuously shitting on MCU content, gatekeeping, gaslighting and general lack of human decency

Last but not least I’m gonna be very blunt here and put it out into the world once and for all ( with the preface that if this is a reason for you to unfollow me, no hard feelings bruh. Do whatever you need ): I will not change my fc. I am aware of the gatekeeping culture concerning the Maximoffs in the fandom and this past year has been the absolute worst for me here when it comes to getting hate, solely over the fact that people cannot separate the MCU from the comic contents. Yes, the Maximoff twins had an entirely different background in the comics than they have in the MCU now and I would have appreciated it to remain the same, but fact is, the MCU did not have the legal rights to use the comic background and therefore created a completely new origin story. Elizabeth Olsen has poured her heart and talent into portraying Wanda Maximoff and I will not stop using her to cater to other people’s needs for political correctness ( or their idea of it ). I have personally met and worked with Lizzie and she was one of the kindest, most considerate people I have been blessed to encounter. She has never personally done anything to me that would make me want to stop supporting her and I am tired of defending myself for my choice. I have lost year long friendships over this debate and the constant hate i have been getting for over a year now has gotten to me. I have been very close to leaving recently, but I will not let other people take away something I thoroughly enjoy. I’ve had Wanda since 2015 and I will not throw away 7 years of writing a character I have loved since the moment I first saw her on screen.

If this is something you feel strongly about and cannot tolerate, that is absolutely fine with me. Everyone has their opinions and personal preferences and unlike some people, I will never tell anyone what to do with their own blogs. We are essentially all here to write and to develop the characters we’ve fallen in love with. For some that comes with the faceclaims of said characters, for others it means finding a new one they like more. Both is absolutely valid and should be respected. I wished the fandom would be a more considerate, open minded, tolerant place for all of us to peacefully exist in, but since that is apparently not possible, we all have to do what we can to make our dashes safe spaces.

Thanks if you have read all of this. If our ways part here, I wish you all the best and hope your future in the fandom will be fun and filled with amazing plots. If you decide to stay, I am looking forward to interacting with you in the future.

Cheers, Katie <3

[joshnekuu]

Sometimes I feel bad that my blog is such an eclectic mix of things depending on what mood I’m in or literally just whatever comes across my dash that I feel like reblogging. Like depending on the day it’s a pretty varied mix of memes, fandom stuff, various aesthetic pics, serious stuff, and misc.

And sometimes I feel like I should just have separate blogs for various things- a specific blog for my fate stuff, a specific blog for aesthetic things (which I do have a few aesthetic sideblogs but I’ve always tried not to make too many because I don’t want it to become something overwhelming for me). I feel like there’s not much point sharing my feelings or opinions a lot of the time because I just reblog so much shit it’s going to get buried immediately anyway, and I feel like no one knows me so they can’t really care about me because who am I anyway?? Just a rando who bounces back and forth between anime memes and political discourse and bug pics.

And yeah it’s my blog, I can do whatever I want, but idk. I just feel isolated on here sometimes. I feel like I used to be more interactive. I used to talk about stuff and answer questions and whatever but now I just keep my feelings in the tags of things.

I don’t want to split every little interest of mine up into a dozen blogs dedicated to a single thing, but at the same time I feel like I need separate spaces to talk about certain things because I wind up feeling like my current blog just isn’t a space for talking about anime aus and stuff anymore because it’s just too busy and has too big a mix of content.