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[saphushia]

haii!!! time to be tortured by another comic for @shepscapades DBHC AU!!

i need to point out, this scene is ✨~NONCANON~✨ to the au, and is kinda just. well i really wanted to create a hypothetical 'what if' scenario to torture shep, honestly. That scenario being, in this case, "hey, what if when Doc and X reboot etho on s9 after the moon crash and he wakes up Wrong and Angry and Bloodlusty, he gets loose on the server before they can shut him down?"

so uh. yeah ^_^ also, look below the cut for ✨fun bonus facts!!✨ (because they got too long to put in the tags)

NUMBER 1!! it got hidden by the text bubble, but in the first panel bdubs is holding his phone. this is because, well, when etho gets out, doc and x immediately start warning ppl. sending messages in chat basically saying 'etho awake, he got out of the lab, something's wrong, he's glitched, he's dangerous, if you see him tell one of us immediately, and BE CAREFUL' and bdubs, of course, processes up to "etho's awake" before dropping everything and going to look everywhere for him. because that's his buddy! etho's been down for repairs for a while he misses him!! he's going to go see his buddy!

2!! in dbh (the actual game), when an android's stress level gets too high, they pretty much start looking for a way to terminate themselves. of course, i'm sure this holds no bearing to the comic! definitely no relation with etho throwing himself into pvp as his stress level skyrockets...

and 3! there's a couple of ways this can end. either, doc and x arriving and one of them having to hold bdubs back as the other deactivates etho, or, option 2, well... at least bdubs will respawn far away and not have to watch :) i'm sure this won't be traumatizing for either of them ^_^

[lambdalibrary]

LGBTQAbout+

Hello! :) The goal of this blog is to help people find lgbt books to read and my plan right now is to suggest a book I've read every day of pride month :)

I plan to give a quick summary and list of triggers if there are any as well as my own review of the book for each entry. If its a book thats easily accessible online I will also link it. But I'm also just kind of throwing this all together so the formatting may change who knows

My trigger warnings should mostly be accurate but I'm likely to miss things since it has been a while since I've read some of these so please seek out another trigger list or feel free to inform me if I miss any triggers.

On that note feel free to ask me to tag anything you need tagged :)

I will do my best to provide image IDs for every post i make but I've never done them before so feel free to tell me if they're helpful or what to change :)

I'm also hoping to accept suggestions for things to recommend/read myself if people want to give them because 1. I'm biased towards specifically lesbian and wlw fiction and nonfiction because well, I'm a lesbian so expect a lot of lesbian stuff and 2. I'm American and a lot of stuff I've read has been American and English literature so its more than a little limited in scope.

If people do want to give suggestions though I would prefer things that aren't young adult books or romances not because they can't be good but because I feel like those kinds of books get a lot of recognition already especially online. I would also prefer books written by LGBT authors <3

This blog supports trans women

Resources I use:

-> openlibrary you'll need to make an account to check out books but its completely free and they have a lot of books like an overwhelming amount

-> overdrive great for popular or more recent books, however depends on having a library card as it uses your local library or library network, so not everyone is going to have access to the same library inventory

-> project gutenberg collection of copyright free books, you're unlikely to find lots of lgbt books there aside from like...carmilla probably akljdnvljkasdskj but its a good resource in general

-> lambda literary/lambda awards not a collection of books to access but the lambda awards are a great place to start as they've been awarding and advocating for lgbt books for almost 40 years with a wide variety of categories from fiction to poetry to memoirs and it's where i've found a lot of good stuff :) its...also where i got the blog name from dkjlvandkvna

-> The StoryGraph a great alternative to GoodReads, especially in recommending new books. Also includes user submitted content warnings that describe how graphic or light the content is.

-> The Poetry Foundation which is good for finding excepts of poems or whole poems from collections. Especially good for famous poets, not so great for smaller poets.

-> The Digital Transgender Archive containing collections on trans history in every format on every topic.

-> TransReads a collection of works of every kind by trans authors including free downloads.

[scorchedspace-blog]

scorchedspaces RP tutorial!

This got massively out of hand, so I decided to put it in a seperate post. If anyone has any questions or they want more clarification, I’ll update this post!

I hope this helps anon! There are links to tutorials, so keep an eye out for them.

I’m going to be linking to outside sources a lot, so keep an eye out for the links.

This blog is dedicated to resources, heres one of their masterposts.

muse = character on blog mun = person running the blog smut = sexual content blacklist = blocking a tag with xKit

BEFORE YOU RP

Setting up your blog - xKit

xKit, the saviour of blogs everywhere. Seriously, download xKit. It will save you time and make your life a lot easier! Make sure you download the NEW XKIT, the old one has a lot of issues.

Once you install xKit, you’ll find it here.

Clicking on it will open an overlay on your screen. Have a fiddle with it yourself, its really easy to use!

One that I would definitely recommend for an rp blog is this. You can input your anon and ask tags so any asks they’ll automatically appear on.

Setting up your blog - Themes

Picking a theme is something that takes me the longest. I don’t have specific theme recs, but there are blogs dedicated to reblogging themes. I googled ‘tumblr themes’ and found three immediately, so its not hard to find them. I found my current theme on this blog.

Picking a theme is honestly up to personal preference, but here are a few tips.

You’ll need a theme where you can have custom links. I need at least 5 on my blog, you may need more or less.

Themes have different levels of customization. If you don’t know html, its probably best you find one with a higher level.

If you do edit the html of your theme, make sure you make backups. HTML is finicky and will sometimes do weird things

Find a balance between aesthetic and practicality. You need to be able to read whats on your blog!

You’ll need an art program like Photoshop to set up a custom background. Most themes you can simply upload an image, however if you want art or text you’ll need to do it yourself! I used this tutorial when I made mine. There are plenty of free brushes and textures out there to make it look interesting!

Note: ALWAYS credit any art you use in your theme. Put the credit in your sidebar, somewhere where its visible.

Setting up your blog - Pages

You need at least a rules page and an about page before you start. Most blogs won’t rp with you unless you have these pages up. This is especially important for ocs.

An about page is literally just about your muse, like a bio. Its important to note here your muses sexuality, to let people know if they can ship their muse with yours. You character age is also very important!

Your rules page is arguably the most important page on your blog. This is where you write the boundaries of you blog.

Age. Both yours and your muses again. Most blogs will not rp smut if the mun or the muse is under 18. Some blogs won’t do it under 21.

Any triggers you may have. For example, I won’t rp anything that has non consensual smut in it, so I’ve put that in my rules. This includes ANYTHING you’re uncomfortable with, including blood and gore.

You can put how you tag triggers in here (more on tagging soon)

Literally any other rule. Be firm and clear!

Getting things together - Tags

Tag everything. Seriously. Its not just for your followers, its for your own reference when you look back through your blog. If you want fancy tags, you can use quotes, lines from poetry, lines that your muse has said, literally anything!

Its a good idea to keep a list of your tags. The easiest way to do this is with a Word document, or to make another page on your blog. You can make a page but not have a link to it, so as long as you have the url you can access it.

You should try and tag all of the following.

TRIGGERS. You MUST tag triggers! Once again, be consistent in the style of tagging. If you’re unsure that something is a trigger, tag it anyway. I’ve been asked to tag spiders before, so its better safe to be sorry!

The url of the blog you’re replying too. This is important! Blogs will often follow their own url as a tag to keep track of things they’ve been tagged in. If you don’t do this, they might miss it!

OOC (out of character) posts. A lot of blogs blacklist ooc posts just because they’re here to rp, and aren’t interested in ooc posts.

Those are the three big ones as far as I’m concerned, but the more tags the better. Once you’ve started using a tag, don’t change it! You can add more tags to your list, but changing a tag a month in will confuse you!

Once you’ve figured out your tags, make a tag dump. This just a text post that you tag with literally everything. Once you’ve used a tag once, Tumblr will remember that tag. So instead of having to write out your tag every time you use it, you can just type in the first few letters and Tumblr will tell you the tag!

Getting things together - Icons

The first thing to do is to find pictures. If you’re rping a character from a show, you may have to ‘cap’ episodes. This is literally taking screenshots as you watch the show. Don’t take a million, look for scenes where your character is expressive or in focus for a long time. Some episodes of Voltron I only got a dozen caps of Keith, and thats fine.

Icons are generally 100x100 pixels. This is quite small! You need to crop your caps down to this size, and figure out how you want your character to be centered.You don’t always have to have the entirity of your muses face, I’ve seen icons of hands on hips, just mouths, just eyes. Its up to you!

Filtering is where it gets tricky. My filter has a texture over the top of it, coloured orange and the opacity set low. Lighting in scenes have a big impact, night scenes will need brightening but indoor scenes won’t. 

I’d recommend checking out this page for icon tutorials!

ROLEPLAYING

Straight up, here are some tips!

Smut goes below a readmore! Just insert a readmore before your reply, to keep it off peoples dashboard. Personally, I’d also put any detailed gore under a readmore.

TRIM YOUR POSTS. When you reblog a thread, a pencil in a circle will appear to the left of the post. Click it, and delete everything from the thread that isn’t not the last response. This keeps everything neat and tidy and stops you from clogging up your blog and other peoples dashs.

Spelling and grammar. Seriously, make sure you’re doing this right. Its very off putting to have replies with no spelling or punctuation. A few minor mistakes is no big deal, but Tumblr has an autocorrect - use it!

Keep drama off your blog. We’re here to rp, and nobody wants drama on their dash. Keep that stuff for your personal accounts.

If you need too, turn off anon. There are nasty people who send anon hate, and its a terrible esperience. Remember, you can turn anonymous messages off in your settings if you need too, and you can block people. Don’t feel bad - protect yourself!

Using your blog - Formatting

Formatting is entirely an aesthetic choice. Some blogs use small text in posts. Personally I don’t, but thats because I sometimes have trouble reading such small text. There is superscript and subscript as well.

Tumblr has a built in cheat sheet for formatting. This guide has screenshots.

Using your blog - Interacting

I’m sure I don’t need to say this, but the first rule of roleplaying is respect. Some blogs won’t want to roleplay with your muse. Some blogs are not comfortable with roleplaying certain things. Respect that. You’re allowed to be disappointed, but never, ever, get angry at them. 

Check rule pages. I talked above how important it is to have them -  and this is why. Give them a read before you start interacting with them.

Selective/semi - selective - Selective means that the mun is very particular with who they rp with. They might have certain standards they want their partners to adhere too. They might only rp in paragraphs. Some blogs will only rp with mutuals - someone that follows them, and that they follow.

Using your blog - Roleplaying

When you start interacting with blogs, you might usually start with memes, by sending one to a blog you like and getting a response. Think about what you’re sending - if your first interaction with a muse is a sexual ask, how do you think they’re going to respond? Build relationships with muses and muns, don’t assume that your muses are going to be best friends immediately. This is especially true for OCs and crossover muses!

If you’ve sent someone an ask, and you want to continue beyond their immediate response, its nice to check first. A lot of blogs are happy to do this! If you decide to do this, make a new text post for your response and link to the ask. Reblogging asks and adding new text to it makes long posts, and will clog up your blog.

And I’m done! If anyone wants clarification, send me an ask and I’ll update this post! I hope this helps some people!