#i use the block button so liberally lol

[horrorgay]

beautiful world where you can block anyone forever

[omagpies]

You know, it sucks to be a curly shipper on Twitter, most of the tag is full of antis and haters (it got to the point where Joestatic, who makes Mouthwashing animations, had to take his Twitter account private). But hey, the good thing is that I ended up coming to Tumblr and got to know your account (and your AMAZING fanfics) so I guess it wasn't all that bad.

as always, I advise a very liberal use of the block button to curate your experience regardless of the platform :) I think my blocklist is in the hundreds if not thousands by now and I’m having a great time. thank you, and welcome to the hell pit lol

(also joetastic is another twitter refugee! @/joetastic2739 if you don’t already know, so we aren’t missing out on all the blessings 💗)

[musette22]

OMG Minnie!!!!!! I'm so happy for Seb!!!!! He deserved this win more than anybody else!!

I do wish though certain Seb fans would stop dragging Chris. Making fun of Chris for not winning awards (does he even want to?) and believing he was sitting at home seething over Seb's Golden Globe win is so unnecessary and childish. This just makes the fandom look bad, especially because Chris has sent Seb a really, really 😍😍 beautiful text message about how much he liked his performance.

Sorry for this little rant, but this behavior is so off putting to me. And I don't think Seb would appreciate it either.

Aaaahh I know, lovely!!! He definitely did, and I'm absolutely over the moon for him too!! 🥰🥰 So proud of our boy!

Oh god no, not that again 🙄 That is getting SO old, ugh. I've said this many, many times before but apparently it bears repeating: Chris and Sebastian have very different careers and career goals, and very different perspectives on the profession. That is FINE. While it's admirable, not everyone is an actor because they want to make groundbreaking movies and push themselves to extremes and be the best actor they can possibly be - some people just act because they're good at it and they enjoy it, and they like making movies that make people happy, and it makes them money to live their lives in the way they want to, and that is FINE. I could go on about this, but I don't have time, and you get the point lol.

And moreover, Sebastian and Chris are clearly good friends, so why on earth would Chris begrudge his friend his success?? He has never once shown any indication of people a petty person (unlike these so-called fans), so the idea that he'd be jealous and unhappy about it is just ludicrous lol. And how people call themselves a fan of someone and then hate on the people their fave cares about, I genuinely will never understand. Those "fans" are probably just projecting themselves and their own needs and shortages on a celebrity rather than genuinely liking and appreciating them for the people that they are, and/or they're just plain jealous. Very immature and petty, you're absolutely right, and Sebastian would 100% agree with us.

Fortunately, I hardly ever see stuff like this these days, because I am careful about who I surround myself with on here and use the block button / tag filters liberally, and that works like a charm!! So if you haven't done so already, definitely give that a try too, so you can also enjoy fandom without that kind of assholery to ruin your day! ❤️

[lale-txt]

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ IT'S LALE!!

-`♡´- ABOUT

- very queer and very into Haikyuu atm (currently studying the impact Osamu Miya has on the lesbians) - big shoujo & josei manga enthusiast! talk to me about your favorite series! - english is my third language - three cats in a trenchcoat and they all have anxiety - aquarius (it probably shows) - infj - "like i never would’ve thought shakespeare would wear pajama pants in a work call" - wyr

-`♡´- RULES/BYF

- MDNI. i really, really don't want anyone under 18 in my dms, in my ask box, in my notifs. i use the block button liberally. if you wanna read my stuff, be at least smart enough to not let me know and then we're good lol. - FUB free! follow unfollow block. idc if you do either of these. i highly encourage you to curate your own online experience and if you don't want me in your orbit then that's totally cool. - anti AI. i fucking hate generative ai with my entire being, whether it art, fics, roleplay chatbots, etc. don't tag me in this, don't try to convince me otherwise, don't use my writing for this. i will block you and i will haunt you. - be nice. really simple. i'll match the energy you bring into my house. - no requests. i did take at some point in the past but they burned me out horribly so not going back there ever again. i like to focus on my own ideas!

[deerboybreeder]

How do you go about posting about breeding and pregnancy and whatnot while still being viewed as a trans man? I post about it a lot and despite my bio and pinned post saying I'm a trans man, I get so many people assuming I'm a cis woman. But I don't see any of that in the replies or reblogs of your posts

I've thought about using the terms "t-dick" and "boypussy" and stuff like that in my posts, but I really don't care for or like those terms. I've also thought of putting at the bottom of every post that it was written by a trans man, but I don't want cis women to feel discouraged from interacting or feel like the post couldn't also be for them

Honestly? I tag almost all of my posts with trans-specific tags, and while cis women are welcome to interact my content generally centers my identity as a trans man- either by sexualizing my trans body, or having fun with some light detrans kink. Having boy in my username helps too I think lol!

I say, cater only to the people who respect your identity. If they're not down to get a guy pregnant, they should move on lol. Don't use terms that don't resonate with you- blogs like this should be fun and sexy, not work or a chore. It's only really worth it if you're actually having fun.

Also, I do still get a handful of people mostly in my dms assuming I'm a woman and not in a "hehe I'm misgendering you on purpose" way, but in a "I'm illiterate and want you to send tit pics" way. I just ignore em. My content is for trans perverts first and foremost, and those that appreciate us in one way or another. I personally get off to being assumed to be a woman a little bit, but if you're not, having the "op is a man, anyone can interact" at the bottom or man/boy/ect in your username might help.

TLDR; cater to yourself first, other trans people second, and everyone else third and you tend to get more respectful replies, in my experience! And block so liberally the block button is your best friend now.

[lamestdyke]

heyyyyy lol i thought i’d do one of these abt me posts because why not

call me S // 24 // nb dyke — any pronouns // top-leaning vers switch

not open or looking for anyone, just in a relationship with my lovely gf @crybxby717 !! most of my tags and posts are just me gushing about them lol. asks are chill, so are dms as long you’re super respectful of my boundaries :)

also, the standard CISHET MEN AND MINORS DNI!!! don’t have a whole lot of other dnis though. if you’re chill, i’m chill. if you’re not, i am very liberal with my block button.

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a few of the kinks/topics can expect to see here (favs are highlighted and i’ll update this list as i go):

- praise !!!

- light degradation

- dom/sub dynamics

- free use

- breeding <3

- choking/light pain play

- VERY light cnc/somno

- light intox

HARD LIMITS:

scat/piss/basically anything other than cum n spit, ageplay, raceplay, incest, furry, etc. i’ll add more as they come up

there’s a few things im def not into but i won’t judge you for. again, if you’re chill i’m chill. you get your nuts in however you gotta, man.

here are my tags that i use:

#mine<3 for any pics of me/my gf that i post

#rambles for any text posts

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aside from horny/kink shit, here are a few things i like/some stuff abt me

- video games :) i play the legend of zelda, baldurs gate, the sims 4, animal crossing, hades, etc.

- music !!! current favs are paramore (always), doechii, mk.gee, dijon, drug church, kendrick, and the sundays. music taste is all over the goddamn place. i also play guitar and bass (poorly)

- politics - though i don’t talk about it much here, i am a staunch leftist. shit like misogyny, racism, transphobia, homophobia, zionism, fatphobia, classism, and all other bigoted shit are NOT welcome here. this is a chill place for gay bitches to be horny for each other.

anyways, if u read all the way to the end of this i love u. go forth and be horny amen.

[the-one-and-only-043]

Hello, I'm Agent Phoenix, formerly known as Agent 043.

Roxy told me I should make a blog, so here I am. I guess I should put some stuff about me here? I don't know how this site works

Uhhh

Well, I'm 38, I'll be 39 in November, and I like cats. And Roxana, of course. She's like, the coolest ever, and also my fiancée :)

I think I'm kinda sorta like a step...parent??? To Right and Robutler??? Idk I'll ask Roxy about that tho

I use any pronouns, so get creative

My first handler was a piece of shit, so feel free to talk shit with me haha

Same with Agent Slimeball Sliver. He's a ball of eugh.

Roxy says I should put some boundaries, like stuff I don't like to talk about, so, um. Here you go, I guess.

I don't like talking about my past with Zoraxis in detail, so try to refrain from asking about that. Same with how Handler 043 treated me. Don't be a dick about my scars. The basics, don't be a homophobe, or a racist, or a creep here. I am a liberal user of the block button, and if necessary, I'll report you. Don't be a shithead in general.

Uh

Idk what else to put here so bye

______________END TRANSMISSION______________

Hello! Leo here, this blog's moderator and the power behind the throne, so to speak. This is a side blog for my main, @eight-cats-in-a-box, purely for IEYTD and 043! Phoenix!

043 is dating married to Roxana! 043 loves the scientist very dearly, and they're quite attached to her. They have a very healthy relationship, and they finally managed to propose, aided by none other than...

043 is besties with Reggie!! Their handler is one of the ones closest to their cold, dead heart. :) He's also just recently started dating John Juniper!

Edit: They're married now :D

Their murder bestie, John Juniper! He owes being alive today to Phoenix, who dragged him out of the wreckage after Operation: Rising Phoenix. These two are very protective of each other, despite constantly fighting. They've also hooked up before Codename: Agent Clover. Recently, his romantic feelings for Reginald came to light, and they've been in a relationship ever since!

Other notable figures are:

Agent Knockout and his husband, Breakdown! Also known as Damien and Jack Woodworth, this dynamic duo are infamous for their brains-and-brawn mindset. Quite literally, since Breakdown doesn't have a TK implant due to the complications it would cause.

Chief Medical Officer/Lead Field Medic, Doctor Robert "Ratchet" Greaves. Also known as the Hatchet, Greaves is sick of it. 043's nonsense, but also the bullshit the rest of the Agency puts him through. Grouch with a heart of gold. Married to Drift.

Field Medic Support Agent Drift! A very long title indeed, one created to keep him by Robert's side. No one knows his real name- not even Drift himself. Married to Robert.

R&D Lead Scientist Percy James Janssen! He has to deal with all of 043's nonsense, not to mention all the bullshit he gets put through just trying to make stuff. He's married to Brian Gunnings, R&D's resident problem.

Reality Breaker and General Shenanigan-Causer Brian "Storm" Gunnings! This maniac makes too many guns, too many time-travelling briefcases, and...probably too many explosions. Has a habit of flirting with Percy when he's holding chemicals. This is not malicious (somehow) he just really likes his hubby. :)

Magnus Bates, Esq.! 043's fraternal twin and younger-by-ten-minutes brother, he's gotten them off of death row! Don't ask. He's a stickler for the rules, but he's a sucker when it comes to his big sis. He's also gay as hell for his fiancée, Winston Farr (who belongs to the lovely @phoenix-and-found-family)

Agent Hot Rod! This flamboyant character drives everyone up the wall, especially when him and 043 team up. He's also got crippling self-doubt, but that's besides the point. Acts like he's hot shit. This agent is a total lover boy, and an absolutely massive sap when it comes to his hubby, Tyson (who ALSO belongs to Taffy, lol).

...Whirl. This absolute madman of a chopper pilot probably shouldn't be allowed to fly, but he's also the best there is, so who's gonna stop him?

Ex-Operative Megatronus! Don't let that title fool you, this grouch has a massive soft spot for anything small and cute. Like his cat. Or his husband. Formerly the co-leader of Zoraxis, he turned himself around for Orion.

Rung! 043's therapist, kindest soul you'll ever meet, and probably as old as the Earth itself! Kidding. He likes model planes.

Orion Pax! This librarian/archivist has a heart of gold and a strong sense of justice, and will not hesitate to throw a punch for the greater good, much to Megatronus's chagrin. Formerly the Lead Field Agent, heed his team on over 200 successful missions during his career.

043 is also the parental/fraternal figure to several agents, including ones in alternate dimensions, as well as Prism's kids! Right Robot and Robutler both think they're pretty neat, and their rookies have never been safer :)

TAGS

#043 rambles

Talk tag! Inchar posts, chats, etc

#043 reblogs

Self-explanatory

#043 lore

Phoenix lore!!!

#043 family unit

Specific to those Phoenix has "adopted"

#043 answers

Self-explanatory

#043 flashbacks

RP tag!

#agent duo knockdown

Anything pertaining to Agents Knockout and/or Breakdown!

#cmo dr robert greaves

Anything about 043's favourite grouch :)

#support agent drift

Anything about the infamous ex-Zoraxis Operative Drift. Most know him better as Greaves's husband :)

#lead scientist percy janssen

All the things about one of Drift's dearest friends, and the Agency's deadliest sniper/scientist!

#reality breaker brian gunnings

Anything about Percy's issue annoyance lab partner husband! He does not care about laws. Any laws. This includes the laws of physics/spacetime/reality/etc. This drives Percy up the wall. Has successfully time-traveled. Don't ask.

#magnus bates esq

Anything to do with 043's little brother!

#agent hot rod

Our favourite fashion disaster :)

#lone pilot whirl

This absolute madman really does care. He just sucks at showing it.

#rung the therapist

He's old as dirt.

#archivist orion

Our favourite dumbass

#ex operative megatronus

Don't let that glare fool you. He calls his cat Ravvy.

[slankyyy-revs-the-world]

gently proship and minors dni || dividers by strangergraphics

Hey there, hello, hi—I'm Slankyyy. Welcome to my tumblr blog for my AO3 and my various projects there, I can also be found on my BlueSky for more spontaneous tomfoolery. This blog serves as my main hub; expect fic updates, art drops, writing references and whatever crosses my dash on here.

About Me

Lover of everything and anything Fire Emblem Three Houses and Harvest Moon, resident of cold places, enjoyer of coffee and a citizen of the leaf country 🍁

I tend use my block button liberally; if you're blocked, please know that it isn't anything against you, I'm just curating my space. All in all, there's not much to elaborate about myself - beneath the cut is my tag directory

📚 Tag Directory 📚

#slank-fic🔖: Chapter updates, snippets, and sneaks peaks are all filed underneath here.

#slank-scribbles✍🏻: Surprise, I draw too. Expect silly doodles and shitposts, but I also draw scenes and characters from my fics!

#slank-refs🗂️: Useful writing tips, important nuggets of canon or continuity, anything that I find interesting for myself or resources I wish to share with others

#slank-spams-your-dash🗑️: Anything from the previous tags will be reblogged underneath this tag, self explanatory really

#slank-screams🗯️: Personal tag, its where I ramble and prattle on on various things. Posts underneath this tag tend to be privated often, so if you cant find a post - don't worry tumblr isn't broken, I probably privated it lol

[bookofmirth]

I’m fairly new to the acotar fandom. Read all the books in January, and am curious as to Elain and Lucien pairing. So he’s her mate, but they’ve never had any interaction with each other until she was forcibly turned into Fae. It’s also been stated in the book that mated pairs are not always the right choice and the bond can be rejected. So why shouldn’t she reject the bond?

Hello! I hope your time in the fandom thus far has been enjoyable. Use that block button liberally though, that's my advice to you lol

This is an interesting question and it’s related to something I’ve been thinking about lately. However, imo the fandom, or some people in the fandom, are approaching this question in the wrong way. So my short answer is:

The real question we should be asking is why will Elain accept it? Because by making Elain and Lucien mates, sjm has already told us they are endgame.

You could stop reading there and get the gist of this whole post, but my longer answer explains why that’s the real question. I'm actually going to put the rest under the cut since it got long. Also to make it harder for the people I've blocked but still stalk me to read my post *finger guns*

Sjm uses the mating bond to tell us which couples were always meant to be together and will be endgame. Any time we learn about a mating bond with main characters, everything clicks into place and we know that that’s it. That’s that, it’s endgame, no more questions or messing around. That’s how the fandom viewed elucien from the moment that acomaf came out. It was a moment of “oh, that’s where she’s going, sounds good then!” It wasn’t until much later that some people got into their feelings about Mor and Lucien and Elain and Az and decided they’d prefer something different. But what a reader wants and what the writer intends are two different things, and because she made Elain and Lucien mates, it’s clear what she intends.

I've made a post about why it's important that the bond can be rejected, which is here, but the tl;dr is that if you know it can be rejected, then the characters still have some semblance of choice and it also creates much needed tension - in every romance novel, you know who is getting together, you just don't know how they will overcome their obstacles. For Elain and Lucien, the mating bond actually serves as an obstacle to their relationship that they have to figure out how to deal with. It's creating a lot of tension for them, which sjm said they will experience.

The thing I’ve been thinking about lately is which came first, the chicken or the egg, where the ship is the chicken and the mating bond is the egg. I think we can answer this one, though. Given the number of mates she writes and the fact that her characters go through multiple relationships before they get there, the ship comes first. She has even said that she when she writes, she decides what relationships are going to happen, and then she figures out how to get there.

(this is from here, thank you @yazthebookish Yazzy)

So that’s where the mating bond comes in. Sarah decides on the ship first, before anything to do with the world or plot, and the mating bond is one of the tools to get them there. The mating bond is honestly just incidental.

It's not that Sarah decides to make characters mates and then decides if they will stay together. She makes them mates because they will stay together.

Could this change? Sure. Do we have every single main character pairing being mated to make us feel pretty confident that this will remain the case? Yeah. I think it's also important to note that every example we have of an awkward or wrong mating bond is with extremely minor characters (save one example in hosab which is clearly, clearly being painted as a horrible shitty thing, and nothing like what Elain and Lucien are experiencing now, but even then it's side characters).

When sjm told us in acomaf that Elain and Lucien are mates, she was telling us that they are endgame. It’s as simple as that and she’s not a subtle writer. After that happened, she talked about them as a couple at book events because she was like “hey they all know, cat's out of the bag! Clearly I intend for them to be together so I can talk about it.” (I tried to find my post with all the screenshots but the tumblr search function SUCKS. If anyone else can find it I will love you forever.) Here is one post with a screenshot thank you @the-lonelybarricade!

Okay here is the post that has the best breakdown of what sjm has said re: Lucien, Elain, and being mates

I think it’s an interesting conversation to have, why would or should someone reject or accept a mating bond, hypothetically. But in reality, this is how sjm works. So maybe the question of why Elain should reject or accept the bond is an interesting one to ponder, but you don’t see those conversations about nessian and feysand (or rowaelin, or quinlar, or Kallias and Viviane, or anyone else) because we know what the mating bond means. So to me, those questions are interesting in the context of looking at the mating bond as a trope, as it's used by many many authors, but we already know what it means when sjm uses it. On a related note, here is a post with all the ways that characters think/speak about the mating bond in acotar. It's clearly a positive thing, and sjm has no intentions of writing it in a way that would lessen its importance, because that would then lessen the magic of when Feyre finds out about Rhys, and when Nesta struggles to accept that she has one with Cassian.

I think it's interesting to note that any time a character wonders if they have a mating bond, or expects to find out about it any day, they are wrong. Feyre wondered when hers and Tamlin's would show up, Rhys tells us that Az had been waiting for one with Mor, apparently now he's wondering that re: Elain, Lucien was waiting for his with Jesminda, and in ToG Aelin wonders if she has one with Chaol, or had one with Sam. None of those turned out well, though. (thank you @fracturedarkness and @highqueenmorrigan for helping me remember who did this. <3)

To your question though, I do think it would be an interesting thing to explore if Elain did reject the bond, or if Lucien did, and then what their relationship would be like afterwards. Lucien is still Feyre's friend and working with the Night Court. Elain is still living in the NC. It's not as if they would never see each other again, but they will always have the bond between them, even if they officially reject it. It'd be interesting to see how their relationship (platonic, romantic, whatever) developed without the pressure that the mating bond presents, but as it is, the mating bond is creating that tension for them. Which is tension that sjm said they will have in the freaking screenshots I can't find.

For me, them being mated is just a sign from the author that they are supposed to be endgame, and then the rest of it is us trying to figure out how that is going to happen, what it will look like.

Okay sorry this got really long, and tbh it doesn't need to be because I think that sjm is very clear in her intentions and we all know this, which is why you don't see people questioning the other mating bonds in the series, and why you see people trying to explain that canon facts are actually a huge conspiracy theory.

[starlightiing]

To be fair I have a very different relationship with my block button, as in I liberally block

(Used to be more hesitant but as a George and Lewis fan, at this point and hate towards either is a straight up block from me, life is better this way)

You curate your online experience and these people should not get to make you miserable ❤️

That's smart! I usually don't see much hate on my dash or even in the tags that i search so I don't have a hard time enjoying myself on tumblr other than a few people who...well, long story.

But it's the best way to be re:blocking. Do it liberally and make your space so safe.

I am just endlessly weird about everything I do, and I don't usually have reasons to block anyone. Usually!

Also yeah, George and Lewis hate can get pretty rampant especially from each side against the other. I know it's tough to be a big fan of them both right now 😕 I see a lot of hate for them both and typically from the other side's fanbase.

I'm a huge fan of George so I see quite a bit of George hate as well but nothing has ever been bad enough for me to block anyone. Though it has come close!

I like Lewis a lot, but I can't really get involved with his fanbase, they admittedly frighten me lol.

So I feel you there. Being a fan of Pierre and Esteban can be similar at times.

[self-indulgent-paw-patrol]

On the topic of 'child' fandoms and rule 34: I always remember this story (read it on tumblr, so it might not be real) abt a dude who was planning to make a show on Disney. Right before they greenlight it, a Disney exec was like 'are you SURE abt this???' And the dude was like 'why lol' and then the exec showed him a bunch of Kim Possible porn and went 'cuz THIS is what's gonna happen to ur characters'

Moral of the story being: Porn of fandom (even the incredibly icky kind) is so prevalecent that big companies are aware of it and let it be bc it can't be stopped, so no, not one specific fandom has a 'bigger' issue regarding it over any other. 'Tis the internet, every fandom sucks if you focus on the bad part. Use that block button liberally, and become pals w like 3 ppl, it'll be much more enjoyable -💖🌟✨️💫

HI SPARKLY o/

And YEAH this is literally what I always do XDD I get into a fandom, I meet people, interact, become friends with a bunch, get closer to like 3 or 5, and that's it.

Every fandom, every THING has its bad and dark sides. If you focus only on that, you'll miss all the good things that could also come with it. Gotta learn to enjoy things on your own accord instead of depending heavily on ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of what the fandom will throw at your face. Take all that through a filter and get only the 15% or 25% you'll actually enjoy and have fun with it!

Btw I remember a story like that too! But it was told by a comic artist at a con here. He said the company did something like that, showed him a bunch of nsfw arts and was like "THIS is what will happen, are you still willing to start?" And he said it was the best decision ever to start anyway because he got so many good things out of it, if he would focus only on the "oh no they'll draw porn of my characters" part, he wouldn't be where he is now. So YEAH, they do that XD

[postaldouche]

PINNED SOMETHING SOMETHING.

uhh nothing much ab me. i'm making a carrd soon tho. call me anything. ADULT! MINORS DNI. proud crazy person. not a girl, not a boy, not a they - i'm something worse. i really like venture bros, postal, team fortress 2.. just things that are kinda dude-bro media esque yk? I'm not DNI heavy, since I really dig a fair share of gross/weird/questionable/""dead dove"" stuff - i'll just block whoever i dislike (it's okay to admit that some "coping" methods are bad dude i admitted that years ago) LMAOO.

i'm trigger happy with the block button, actually.. ALSO I'm a yumeshipper! SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ABOUT THEM! I'm non sharing - so if ur blocked from this account it's likely something to do w that (but don't be a total loser-tard and take it personally. it's just an boundary thing and idc for the "they're not real" arguments lol) also be warned that i use foul/abusive language liberally so i may say some things that aren't socially accepted :p just tell me not to use profanities and i'll stop

[prentissluvr]

— BLOG RULES / INFO

about me !

⟢ alias : marí, i also go by ria or maria! ⟢ age : 19 ⟢ pronouns : they/them ⟢ transmasc/nonbinary ⟢ lesbian ⟢ white latine lol ⟢ i speak english, spanish, and korean ⟢ my current favs are sam (spn) and emily, jj, hotch, and luke (cm)! ⟢ i use a lot of pet names, lmk if there's any that make you uncomfortable!

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general blog rules !

⟢ dni : basic criteria, homophobic, transphobic, zionist, don't support the liberation of all people (palestine, sudan, congo, and many more, truly all people), racist or discriminatory in any way, send anon hate, wincest of any kind, tba probably ⟢ please don't send asks if you're younger than 16 ⟢ minors and ageless blogs dni with my nsfw content ⟢ if i catch any of these things, i block immediately !!! ⟢ from anyone else, any sort of sfw ask is more than welcome! i love love love to chat i swear i'm actually very nice lol :)) (in my head i'm screaming PLEASE SEND ASKS RAHHHHHHH) ⟢ no suggestive or nsfw asks if i can't see that you're clearly 18+ (so no anon or ageless blogs) ⟢ minors please block the . >> nsfw ! tag !! ⟢ i reiterate, no kind of hate, discriminatory comments (targeted at me or anyone else), or wincest is tolerated on this blog !!! i use the block button very liberally :)

[gxldencity]

4, 7 & 24 for the 🔥🔥 asks!

4. what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

Tbh I don't have a last straw anymore. I use and abuse the block button liberally. If I see an annoying opinion, I block. Sometimes, I don't even finish reading the post because you usually can tell it's rancid from the first 2 lines.

I've blocked half a fandom at this point bc of the constant negativity. I simply don't care anymore. I'm here to have fun. If you take personal offense to that then that's your problem not mine.

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Alngksgnw as you're said hate IS a strong word and I don't hate characters really unless there is a good reason for me to hate them.

So when I say I began to dislike Dorian Pavus after seeing how the fandom acted towards him, I don't hate him. I guess I do find him fascinating and relatable to an extent but I also don't think he's written perfectly as some people act like he is. Revisiting Dorian's quest as an adult with a fully developed brain and way more comfortable about my own queerness made me realize that I dislike how Dorian didn't really have agency whether to reconcile with his father or not. I know it's the point of The game to have a choice but Idk a bit more dialogue about the choice could've easily solved that problem for me.

I also have issues with Dorian's Indian coding lmao and have since felt like I was duped. It just feels like a cop-out? Like Gaider and team knew about the complaints people have about his comments wrt Asians in Thedas so they made him Asian—only mentioning it in a forum post or Twitter I think 🫠 so to this day ive seen people still surprised that he's Asian—without considering how to code him as Indian in the game.

Things like his clothing having some influences from the cultures in India or family structures and mannerisms. I mean it could be as simple as Indian coding the people of Quarinus so you don't just have this one Indian coded family in the entirety of Thedas. The Alexiuses could've also been Indian coded.

(An aside there's more layers to this like the unfortunate implications of coding a group of people who own slaves as poc but I could write a whole post about Dragon Age's attempts of trying to put Asians in this game)

Anyway, that's canon lol. Fandom makes this all worse. I could just point at the Orientalist depictions of Dorian in fanart and just end it here but nope it goes deeper. Somehow, Dorian attracted the worst kind of fandom. Like the Solas and Cullen stans maybe louder but I was there Gandalf. I was in the trenches. People were forming cliques around this one BNF and their friends. I was in the clique and it was all good until Tresspasser dropped.

You see this clique hated that Tresspasser ended with Dorian and the Inquisitor being in an LDR—because Dorian was off trying to fix a country—to the point where some of them acted like they broke up. Hello? Okay 1) That is such a poor reading on long distance relationships 2) Dorian...got a phone crystal for the Inquisitor, u know a tech that didn't exist in Thedas so they can stay in touch.

It also isn't enough that they didn't like it. Others have to Not like it as well. I remember talking to the BNF about my Inquisitor and Dorian, how they stayed in touch as Dorian was y'know trying to fix a country and the BNF told me that it was a depressing situation for my Inquisitor and Dorian...even though it isn't and they're perfectly happy.

(An side, not from this clique but I wouldnt be surprised if some of them also held this opinion but I saw some accusations from folks that Bioware is homophobic because Dorian and the Inquisitor are in an LDR. This is how batshit this fandom is).

Anyway, to keep it short, I was 19-20 when all of this happened. I probably said some stupid shit around that time but I should tell you these people were in their late 20s to early 30s. They were affected by a 19-20 year old with just a handful of followers saying stupid shit. They were so affected by the barely adult saying stupid shit that one of them stalked me, vagueposted about me and when I found out they were vagueposting about me, proceeded to gaslight me and told me I was the one stalking them. :)

Not only that, they also harassed one of my friends to not posting their fics ever again, harrassed a friend of a friend for trying to steal the BNF's spotlight 🙄. Come on some of you have fucking children.

I don't think I could look at Dorian in the same way which is a shame because for a time he was important to me but like God, it was rough.

I also have not forgotten nor forgave :) hence why I have the studio behind that chorus game or whatever it's called now blocked :) and would not be playing it. Do not care if David Gaider is the one writing it. I mean he kinda was the weakest link in that writing team imo (and I also hate his prose).

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Very cliche but anything to do with the mages and templars

[starlightkun]

hello! do you perhaps have any tips/advice for those starting their first writing blog?

my tips r mostly gonna b mindset/writing tips rather than like "hacking the tumblr algorithm" type stuff so if that's what ur into then read on:

first up, let's get the few "notes/numbers" tips i can give u out of the way:

from what i can tell, most readers read from the tags rather than their dashboard, so pay attention to what tags people actually use for fics (throwing your tags in the general tags for groups/idols generally isn't as helpful for getting people to actually READ them than putting them in the actual fic tags bc people go into the general tags more for visual content [pictures/gifs] or updates from my experience. when people want to read fic, they go into those fic tags)

this is just a courtesy thing: please tag your stuff correctly! if your fic is, for example, a reader x taeyong fic, only use taeyong, nct, nct 127, or nct u-derivative tags, do not use any other unit (wayv, dream) or any other member tags, even if those other units or members are mentioned or have substantial roles! (a proper love triangle is different, u can include both legs of the love triangle). i assure you, if you spam tag, and put your stuff in places it doesn't belong (god forbid in completely unrelated fandoms or groups), the people who went in those tags looking for content actually about that thing, are just going to be annoyed at best, and pissed off and block u at worst so they don't have to see ur work in their tags ever again. some ppl use the block button very liberally (as is their right. spam tagging fics is annoying as hell)

also, try to keep up with what tags readers are actually going in to read. i've been reading & writing fic for 10+ years now, and have seen the evolution of language in fandom and around fic writing, primarily on tumblr and i've had to uh, keep up with the times to make sure my fics were following wherever the readers were. this shouldn't be hard if you're an active reader yourself but it was something that caught me off-guard when i realized we stopped using "imagine" at some point (dont even get me started on the change from lemon to smut)

post formatting! figure out how you want to format your actual fics on tumblr and stick with it! (trust me....it's exhausting changing ur formatting across dozens of posts.............. but if u rlly hate it after a while just commit and change it lol);; take inspo (dont just copy and paste bc that's tacky) from some of ur favorite writers, figure out what u like to see in a fic (heading text of the title, picture header, indentation, small text, word count, genre tags, content warnings, pairing info, preview, summary, dividers, etc.), and decide what u want to include in urs!

finally for this part: THERE IS NO TUMBLR ALGORITHM. EVERYONE CURATES THEIR OWN DASHBOARD EXPERIENCE AND ITS BEAUTIFUL AND MORE PEOPLE NEED TO PUT IN THE EFFORT TO DO THAT AND FOLLOW THE WRITERS THAT THEY ENJOY READING IN THE TAGS SO THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH THEM AND CONTINUE TO LIKE AND INTERACT AND ACTUALLY GROW AND DEVELOP A CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY

and now my more "mindset/writing" tips:

this is literally in my pinned: i write for fun and for free. i write things that i like, and because i enjoy doing it, and i post them on the internet for free. it is not my job, and coming online should not be stressing me out. and i've been able to keep that up for a year now since my comeback after an unexpected hiatus, and it's honestly been one of my best years of writing as an author.

i think that figuring out a way to write in a way that's sustainable and fun for you is the most important part. people will stick around if you can find that. i've been able to create a community around my works no matter what fandom i was in, for 10 years, and that includes 10 years ago when i was literally like 12, 13, 14 years old writing things that 12, 13, 14 year olds write. and i do think it's because i was always having fun, and interacting with the people who stuck around. and when i stopped having fun, i was done. nct has officially been the longest fandom i've written in, even discounting my year hiatus, which is crazy to think about btw

when you get someone who follows and interacts and is a recurring reader/reblogger/asker/commenter, i'm sure u will already be like '!!!!!' bc that's what my brain does anyway, but make them feel welcome. don't just focus on the tags and the numbers and the notes. what really makes me feel good at the end of the day is seeing the same few people come back and talking to them and knowing that they like my stuff so much they wanna read more. to me, the tags are a means to an end. the tags are a way to hopefully get a few more people like that to find my blog and follow and stick around for more in the future.

small blog org tip: make your blog easy to navigate for people who are checking it out for the first time from finding a fic in the tag or from someone else rbing it or smth! i always link my masterlist at the end of every fic, it's in my pinned and description, and i just try to make it very easy for people to find more fics of mine if they want to :)

i think that compared to other social medias, you'll find that it's slow but steady growth on tumblr (or at least, that's been my experience), but as long as you're writing what you like, it'll make the rocky start feel a little less rocky (i know it sucks when ur not getting any notes. i know. i promise. it's like bringing a cake to a party and nobody eats it. but sometimes u just have to have a piece of ur own cake and go home and bake another one bc u like baking and hope maybe next time everyone will see it)

and just remember that this is your blog! post stuff you like! don't be afraid to let people see the personality of the person posting all these fics that they're reading. most people like knowing that kind of stuff, even outside of stuff like ur bias or fave unit or wtv. i make all my unhinged posts (which, admittedly, have ended up costing me some followers but if u can't handle me at my unhinged perfume jungwoo posts then u don't deserve me at my buzzer beater sungchan) and post pictures of bread and complain abt work or whatever in addition to all my stuff about my wips and then the final fics. i think treating ur blog like an actual blog does a lot to make it feel like there's a real person behind the acct

[chronic-irony]

Hey hey hey! Pinned post!

About myself:

I go by Ivy

Born 2004

My pronouns are she/her and he/him

I'm a transfeminine butch lesbian

I prefer masculine titles or terms used for me. You can call me a good boy, prettyboy, etc etc. I am more than okay with that <3

About this blog:

First and foremost this blog is dedicated to... well, whatever I want. I reblog a bunch of stuff on here, and some posts of mine might just be throwaway jokes or shitposts. That being said, this blog's genuine purpose is to act as a repository for my creative writing. I've always kept anything I've written lying in scattered, abandoned google docs, but this blog serves to thrust my penmanship into the light of day. I don't have a tried-and-true style or genre that I write in, so expect my posts to be varied (and a little messy lol).

The content I produce (and the posts I reblog) will be a mixed bag of SFT and NSFT, with the latter being mostly found in my reblogs. With that, I'd like to make the following unambiguously clear:

MINORS DO NOT INTERACT. Neither my content, nor my reblogs, are at all guaranteed to be safe or suitable for minors 100% of the time. For your safety, and my sanity, 18+ please.

In addition to the previous statement, the rules of engagement with my blog are as follows:

DNI: Racists, TERFS/Transphobes, Homophobes, Ableists, Transmedicalists, Conservatives, Anti-communists, Stalin Supporters (Except if you're funny/make good content; your auth daddy still isnt a proletarian hero tho), Fascists, Fascist sympathizers, etc etc etc this isn't an exhaustive list but the gist is: I'm a neurodivergent gender-nonconforming transgender lesbian communist, if any of those words are ticking alarm bells in your head, leave.

Cishet men DNI. Queer, gay and trans men can interact, just be respectful.

I will tag my posts appropriate to their content, i.e. if I reblog horny shit I'll tag it as #nsft, etc etc. Feel free to block any tags you don't wanna see! :3 (also check the tags of this pinned for the specific tags i use!)

My DMS are open btw, just don't be weird. I use the block button liberally.

I might open my ask box incase anyone wants to shoot me writing prompts maybe possibly? Pending on that.

If there's anything else to list I'll add it later, but I believe that is all.

Play ball, fuck hard, and be yourself <3