#i'm not even tagging this with my art tag

[reclusiarch-orm]

A servitorised child on the golden throne.

[aechlys]

Dear "I'm a lover not a fighter", you are welcome to tag me. Let's dance.

There is no "social double standard" or "intentional engineered koolaid" - there is just laws that protect fanfiction writers from being sued by the original copyright holder as long as we follow those laws and don't try to make money off of someone else's copyrighted material.

There is a double-standard when writers are expected to just do everything for free, meanwhile artists and bootleg fandom merch makers who sell on tumblr, etsy, and elsewhere have continuously made money off of their fanworks with no harassment and no internal fear-mongering for decades. This includes Star Wars IP and other heavy hitters- I'm sure many will remember the latest blazed campaign of that one person selling their literal mountain of bootleg fan merch unmolested- hell, their ad was even approved by tumblr. Some will say "Well fan art is transformative!" So is fan fiction though? There is no special shield protecting artists and bootleg merch sellers other than social acceptance of selling art and bootleg fan merch that has never been extended to writers.

(I don't even have time to get into the psychology of how capitalism makes us feel like we have to monetize every single inch of our lives, which is evil and wrong - including hobbies we do for free, and fanfiction is an amazing relief from that because you cannot monetize it, and I have never been more stressed in my life since people have been trying to monetize my own peaceful free hobby.)

No one's said once that you suddenly HAVE to monetize your work. My point is that no one should be witch-hunted for wanting to do so, and as you said in our conversation "I am not the fan art police", so how are you the fan fic police either? Let people live- no it doesn't actually affect you at all nor will it ever!

So if you think fanfiction should ever involve money - stop writing it.Stop posting it. Get the fuck out of fandom.

DO NOT TRY TO SELL OR MONETIZE SOMEONE ELSE'S COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. IT'S ILLEGAL.

Again, take this same energy, same gusto, same rhetoric, to the fan art and bootleg merch makers happily selling all over tumblr, etsy, etc., and who people who follow your page also happily and actively purchase from, and I'll support you. It's the dictionary definition of a double-standard to tell one group of people to not do a thing while another identical group does the exact same thing with your blessing and/or blind eye. If you ACTUALLY care about fandom this seriously and the legal implications of it, GO ALL IN. Otherwise this is just hypocrisy. Like you said, you aren't the fandom police, so maybe you should take your own advice, knock it off, and leave people alone.

EDIT: I'll add also, in case this escapes containment- I'm not demanding everyone should agree with me, I think we should simply make room for the people who do happen to have a desire to make a buck off their writing the same as anyone else in fandom without giving them a hard time or going to the puritanical pulpit over it. Everyone should be able to control their work how they want- free, sale, donations, whatever. The world won't end and you won't be banned forever from writing or posting fanfic just because a handful decide they might like to sell- that's a crazy idea to propagate. Our beloved fan artists and merch makers carry along just fine, and so will any writer who wants to do the same.

I just saw someone say "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" as an argument for boycotting AO3

Babe AO3 is a nonprofit. They do not exist under the ethics of capitalism. Fanfiction is legal because no money is ever exchanged around it. (All the money given to AO3 is used to maintain their servers and pay their lawyers to help keep fanfiction legal.)

Fanfiction is one of the few things in this world - probably the one singular form of entertainment that does not exist within the confines of capitalism. So by your own logic, even if you hate some of the content on AO3, it's inherently the only ethical thing to consume in the whole world.

[claire-starsword]

oh goodness my, claire is back to doing deltarune sprite edits because of the 8bit segments, who could have freaking guessed

edit: ...didn't realize some white parts wouldn't show up for light mode users without a bg color. my bad. haven't used light mode in a while.

(i could do lineart for the last mike's hands instead, but hands hard and i like how the lineless style came out, even if it's not exactly my the style of most sprites in-game, i just used the pippins one as reference and pippinses are weird art-wise, now i can't be bothered to change it)

[sharieb]

Hello 👋 I had a funny idea for non mc and lads bc I'm a suckered for jealous men. Okay so let's say this is pre relationship and non mc thinks the lads boys like mc so she's flirting with others and going in dates trying to forget the boys. Meanwhile, the boys are giving signs that they like you and are livid by this news. And MC just slaps them on the head and is like "you're dumbahh better confess instead of waiting then!!". And who knows maybe the boys do grow a pair and confess and the mc and I get married and have a happy lesbain marriage blah blah

That's all I got ✋️🙃

Keep up the amazing work 👏

Stay Jealous or Get a Ring, Your Choice, Dammit.

Setup: You thought they liked MC. So you try to move on, triggering five separate, very uncasual meltdowns and a tired MC, who's sick and tired of watching her emotionally constipated friends spiral into disaster.

Pairing: LADs x Non-MC reader

Genre: Crack, Fluff

Writer's note: The moment I saw this request, my mind went straight to doing a crack fanfic (sorry to the request if that's not what you wanted). I've been cracking for who knows how long. I left a little bonus for the MC lovers here, I made her section non-gen so more of you lovelies can enjoy it. Content warning: characters ooc, implied attempted murder

The dramatic artist who believes no one deserves you.

Rafayel tried everything.

He painted you into morning skies and painted you out of every conversation with another man. He started hanging around the edge of your gallery visits, always just nearby, just waiting for you to ask what he was working on. He left you anonymous compliments on your pottery pieces, wrote you poetry disguised as art notes, and even installed a light fixture above your favourite sculpture so it glimmered just right.

You thought he was just being theatrical, as usual, and figured he must be trying to charm MC.

Until you mentioned you had a date that evening.

He smiled. Then didn’t blink for a full thirty seconds.

That same night, your date spotted Rafayel watching you from across the restaurant window. In full tux. Drinking wine. Alone.

Soon, Rafayel walked in with a five-foot oil painting titled: “The Delusion of Men Who Think They’re Enough for You.”

Your date chokes on his kombucha. You hide your face. And Rafayel? He takes a bow.

You leave, dragging your dignity behind you. As soon as you're out of earshot, MC pops up behind a curtain, hands on hips.

MC: “Rafayel, what in all the painted heavens are you doing? Did you just publicly roast her date with a painting?” Rafayel: “It was a conceptual piece.” MC: “It was a visual war crime.”

She drags him backstage and throws glitter at him like a baptism.

MC: “I swear, if you don’t confess, I will confess for you. With interpretive dance. In full Lemurian formal wear. Then I’ll march over to her, hand her a bouquet of your secret fanart, and say: ‘This man wants to marry you and adopt six cats.’ I will.”

Rafayel groans, throws a hand over his forehead like a fallen prince.

Rafayel: “FINE. I’ll go, I’ll go.”

Later... You find a velvet-wrapped box on your pottery shelf. Inside? A charm bracelet made of hand-painted ceramic beads, each one modelled after a stupid little moment he thought you’d forgotten.

There’s a tag: "Wear this if you’d like to go on an actual date, with someone who knows how to admire a masterpiece."

He’s lingering by the doorway, pretending to look at a plant.

You: “Subtle.” Rafayel grinning: “I’m an artist, darling. Not an assassin.” You, holding up the bracelet: “So, this means I’m your muse now?” Rafayel: “You always were. I just finally grew the guts to say it.”

The sulking surgeon with an MD in jealousy.

Zayne showed it the only way he knew how, quietly.

He made sure your bloodwork was always processed first. He left energy bars in your locker with hand-written nutritional stats.

He cross-checked your chart for signs of overwork and rerouted your breaks so you'd have time to breathe.

You assumed it was part of his job. Or maybe because MC worked the same schedule and he was looking out for her.

Then he found out you were going on a date.

Your date? Sweet, maybe a bit boring, but he knew what medflowers were and walked you to the medbay like a gentleman.

Unfortunately, Zayne took that as a declaration of war.

Your date: “So, sprained wrist?”

Zayne, smiling like a serial killer: “Possibly a fractured ulna. I should check his reflexes, too.”

Then he proceeds to drop a clipboard labeled "Do Not Resuscitate" directly in the poor man’s hands.

You: “ZAYNE.”

Zayne: “What? It’s a common form.”

You stormed off right when the appointment ended. The moment your footsteps fade, MC emerges from behind a curtain like a surgical horror.

MC: “You want to explain why you're committing emotional malpractice?” Zayne: “I'm not-” MC: “You just threw a beaker at his foot.” Zayne: “I was testing his reflexes.” MC: “You labelled it ‘containment hazard. '" Zayne: “Emotional containment. He failed.” MC: “You really like looming over the poor man like a judgmental gargoyle!”

He clenches his jaw. Zayne: “She shouldn’t waste her time on people who wouldn’t know how to handle her properly.” MC: “Oh my STARS, Zayne. I’m this close to printing out your stupid mood logs and hand-delivering them to her. CONFESS, you tuxedo-clad dumbass!”

Zayne exhales through his nose like he’s being asked to perform unnecessary surgery.

MC: “I’m not kidding. If you don’t tell her how you feel, I will. I'll even add your notes: Patient: You. Diagnosis: Irresistible. Treatment: CONFESSION, you emotionally-repressed gurney goblin.”

He nods once, faint blush on his cheeks, and picks up his tea like it’s a shield.

Zayne: “I’ll handle it. But if you laugh at me-” MC: “I’ll personally prescribe you courage. Now go.”

Later... You find a sticky note on your locker. It reads:

"If you’re not busy after work, I’d like to take you for tea. Preferably somewhere with no diagnostic equipment. —Zayne."

You catch him rounding the corner. He pauses, clearly didn’t expect to get caught mid-flee.

You: “Is this your version of asking me out?” Zayne, flatly: “Would it work?” You, smiling: “Only if you’re planning to glare at everyone else in the café.” Zayne: “That was already the plan.”

The shy, sleepy alien boy who becomes unhinged when you touch grass with another man.

Xavier was trying. And glitching.

He wrote you custom code to predict weather patterns near your commute. He tuned the observatory AI to greet you by name. He added calming frequencies to your music algorithm, then deleted the logs so you wouldn’t know he noticed you get nervous before meetings.

You thought he was just being sweet for MC’s sake, surely Xavier’s little upgrades were to help the team, right? Or worse… to make MC smile.

Until you casually mentioned you had stargazing plans with someone else.

Your observatory date starts perfectly. Stars, warm blanket, you pointing out constellations.

Until the projector shuts down mid-sentence. The whole dome powers off.

You: “Maybe it’s solar interference?” Your date: “Maybe that guy on the roof hot-wired it?”

You squint. Yep. Xavier. Standing alone. On the roof. In a hoodie. Typing directly into a satellite control panel like he was God himself.

After you leave, clearly annoyed, MC literally rappels down from a side ladder like a silent assassin.

MC: “You sabotaged her date because you couldn’t handle her laughing at someone else’s Pluto joke?” Xavier: “…It wasn’t funny.” MC: “You activated a lockdown protocol. Over Pluto.”

She drags him into the maintenance bay with her toolkit. MC: “Fix your wiring, and your feelings. Or I’m hacking your AI assistant to confess for you in the middle of a team briefing.” He sighs but nods his head.

Later...

You walk into your room, and the smart panel lights up with a voice message. It’s him.

“I’ve set coordinates for the meteor shower. If you come, I’ll bring your favourite blanket. And, if you let me... I’ll hold your hand.”

You find him across the garden dome, nervously adjusting the telescope.

You: “You know you already had the stars on your side, right?” Xavier, softly: “I was hoping for a constellation-level miracle.” You: “Turns out, you just had to ask.”

The underworld menace who thinks murder is a love language.

Sylus doesn’t do soft. But he tried.

He upgraded your scanner with a hidden security shield. He intercepted every report that mentioned your name. He left you coded messages in encrypted graffiti.

You figured it was to protect MC. To support her missions.

Your date never even arrives. His bike “malfunctions,” he ends up in the medbay with soot in his eyebrows, and somehow a video surfaces of Sylus standing next to a sparking hover core with the caption: “oopsie.”

You march into his office, furious.

You: “Did you sabotage my date’s car?” Sylus: “Define sabotage.” You: “The engine exploded.” Sylus: “Define exploded.”

You storm off, muttering about hit lists and overprotective warlords.

MC waits a full two minutes before grabbing Sylus by the collar and hauling him into a back corridor like a crime scene.

MC: “You lit a man’s ride on fire, Sylus.” Sylus: “He called her ‘cute.’ It was self-defence.” MC: “You’re emotionally constipated and it’s a threat to public safety.”

She slams him into a chair.

MC: “You either tell her that you like her or I do. And when I do, I’ll include the audio file of you, where you practised confessing to a mirror and calling her your ‘chaotic muse and sweetheart of the storm.’” He groaned in annoyance but agreed... not without using his evol to handcuff MC and then yeet her off him and across the room

Later... There’s a file on your encrypted tablet titled: "Operation: Us."

Inside: sarcastic bullet points and a dinner date invite labeled: “NOT AN INTERROGATION (PROBABLY).”

You find him leaning against the hallway wall.

You: “This is your version of romance?” Sylus, smirking: “You haven’t even seen dessert yet.” You: “Sweet or explosive?” Sylus: “Yes.”

The military-grade menace with Colonel-sized delusions.

Caleb kept it together... until he didn’t.

He cleared flight paths to make sure you always had a smooth ride. He added you to every mission briefing worth hearing. He rerouted shuttles so you wouldn’t get stuck next to people who annoyed you.

You thought it was efficiency. You thought it was maybe for MC.

Then you told him you were seeing someone new.

Your date is supposed to be a quiet stroll around the Skyhaven hangars. Instead, he’s stopped by emergency protocol and pulled into a no-fly debrief. You get an apologetic text… and a second one from Caleb that says: “Hangar’s clear now. Coincidence.”

You: “Why did my date get pulled in for emergency training?” Caleb: “Safety protocol.” You: “He’s a pastry chef.” Caleb: “Pastry burns are real.”

When you leave the hangar, fuming, MC’s waiting behind a control tower, arms crossed.

MC: “You rerouted a civilian for a date-block.” Caleb: “He didn’t even check the air traffic pattern.” MC: “You’re weaponising airspace for emotional sabotage!”

She drags him behind a parked shuttle and jabs her finger into his chest plate.

MC: “You either tell her, you like her or I will, and I’ll do it by submitting an HR report titled ‘Unresolved Feelings: A PowerPoint Presentation,’ with photos of the flight logs, the dossier, and that doodle of you two as jet pilots you keep in your journal.”

He sighs. And finally goes to confess.

Later... There’s a sleek envelope tucked under your door. Inside: two flight passes. On the back: "I figured we’ve been circling this long enough. Come fly with me, partner."

He’s outside, pretending to inspect air traffic patterns.

You: “That's a grand gesture or a flight plan?” Caleb, softly: “Depends, did it work?” You: smiling, nudging him,

“Only if you stop background checking café staff.” Caleb: “…No promises.”

BONUS

A quiet moment. One pot of tea. Two agents of chaos.

You and MC are seated in the quietest corner of a Linkon rooftop café, steaming teacups between you. The air smells like chamomile and judgment.

You swirl your cup, eyeing her curiously.

You: “So… your fiancé. What’s their deal? They must be some kind of unshakeable saint if you’re willingly giving up your chaos-for-two lifestyle.”

MC smirks over the rim of her cup.

MC: “Oh, my babybear's worse than me. I used to plot strategy in my sleep. They dream in legal loopholes and high-stakes tea parties.”

You snort. “And here I thought I was the menace magnet.”

MC leans in, eyes twinkling.

MC: “You are. But my buttercup’s the only person I’ve met who could beat Sylus in a staring contest, out-code Xavier, and survive being Caleb’s co-pilot on a ten-hour flight. All while giving Zayne nutritional advice.”

You stare. “...Is your fiancé even human?”

MC shrugs. “Not sure. I fell in love before I asked.”

You smile behind your teacup.

You: “Sounds like you two deserve each other.”

You both cackle, and the rooftop air feels just a little bit lighter.

[limboni]

A fanart for "Do you Hear Their Call?" by @crkfaeau !

I very much liked the fic! And once more I can't just draw simply a picture fanart, no I want a comic..

It is sort of a spoiler as any fanart of a scene may be, but pretty sure that without reading the fic you may be confused.

In other words - go read the fic! Recommend very much! As well as other fics of this author!

P.s. Somehow I liked their fics so much that I got into drawing those guys in their fics apparently?? Thank you,dear author, for giving me inspiration to draw even more! I very much enjoy it!

P.s.s. Hopefully the quality of file looks well btw not btw.

[done-with-your-chi]

@empty-touch tagged me in this like a month ago and I didn't see it bc my notifs are fucked up 😭 so here it is

I love the art style on this one

@robowarrior-god I'm just gonna keep tagging your ass in these even if you don't post them heehoo

Tag Game

Rules ! 1. Do the picrew here, however you see yourself

2. put 3-6 emojis of your liking (if u can)

3. Say something nice about prev’s picrew!! <- the most important step

4. Tag anyone!

🦋🪻🎱

@thebrainhouse09 @b-ruby-mine @strawberryfairyflower @veestar4911 @tiredutaitenerd935 @pyschodreamerangel @mezzo-pianist @intimacywithanangel @landminegutz @abyssaldoll @mothfteeth @the-real-loser-otaku-girl @hollowporcelain @looser-boy @muffindayo @wkfn14kt829j2nq @lvcisaliaa @mechanised-flesh

You dont have to participate andddd MWAH💜

[ohburgee]

I have something important to say. Please stop comparing creators.

We all have our unique voice, our taste, our own soul in the art we make. Creativity isn’t a competition; it’s a reflection of who we are. And we’re not meant to be the same. That’s what makes this community beautiful.

I’ve been quiet about this for a while, but my best friend recently pointed out something important. Someone has been comparing me to other writers not just the writer, but also themselves as writer too. And honestly? This is a bigger issue than just me.

Sometimes, a writer gets inspired by someone else, and that’s beautiful. But then, instead of growing from that inspiration, they start to compete. They begin thinking, “I’m better than them.” “I deserve more attention than they do.”

But here’s the thing: That writer you’re comparing yourself to didn’t do anything to you. They’re just creating. They’re just existing. Their popularity isn’t an attack on your worth. And the fame and attention they have is not from them because they are creating something that people love, and they just want their followers/people to enjoy what they create.

You don’t have to turn your inspiration into rivalry. We all write in different styles, stories, and creativity. And even if we’re in the same fandoms or genres, we don’t need to compete.

If you’re a creator who finds yourself falling into that mindset, please take a step back. You’re only hurting yourself. You’re burying your creativity under comparison and bitterness.

And for what?

This isn’t to shame or expose anyone. It’s just a reminder. I believe that people who fall into these negative patterns often do so because they’re struggling. I believe there's still kindness inside you, even if it’s covered by jealousy or insecurity. I hope you forgive yourself. I hope you heal from it.

And yes, I forgive those who act this way. But if someone refuses to change or continues to tear others down… maybe karma will take care of that.

Let’s just create without turning everything into a silent issue/drama. We can grow, be inspired, and support each other.

There’s space for all of us here.

an: I'm tagging these tags here because that's what I am writing for, and also for those other writers too, even though I'm not a forsaken writer anymore, but I want the other fandoms too. Yes, we know the fandoms are toxic, but some of the other side of fandoms still show kindness out there, silently creating what's peace for them

[daughterofheartshaven]

It (was) My Birthday!

So I meant to post this on my actual birthday (which was was like two weeks ago at this point) but uh it wasn't done in time and then I got distracted and anyway you're getting this now.

Anyway, I just survived another year! Yippee! On my birthday I often think of the following quote from Babylon 5's season 4 opener:

It was the year of rebirth, the year of great sadness, the year of pain, and the year of joy

Because (for me at least) that's kind of my life. In this last year alone, I:

graduated college

got an adult job for the first time

started estrogen

got vaguely suicidal for the first time since COVID

worked out I have even more neurological disabilities

officiated a wedding

oh yeah and got Tumblr

And like those are all experiences that will stick with me for a long time and... if you'd told me beforehand that getting Tumblr was going to effect my life as much if not more than taking estrogen, I... I'm not sure I would have believed you.

But it has, because I have met the most wonderful people here. I have a fantastic group of mutuals and I wanna take a moment, for my birthday, to celebrate some of them.

First of all, a big shout out to @ostrich-runner, @lazybard, @cryptid-comrade, and @cowboy-cosmonaut for peer-pressuring me into getting Tumblr in the first place, and @threepigeonsinamechsuit, @mail-me-to-hell, and @bitchcentralstation for helping me get situated here as well. You are really the most wonderful people, and I love you all deeply.

And now, in order of when I followed them...

@the-worms-in-your-bones Worms, you were one of the first people I found on Tumblr, the first person to encourage me that my takes and ideas had value here, and to this day one of my dearest friends on this website. I love your analysis, I love your animal thoughts, and I love having you on my dash.

@thebraxiatelcollection April, I love your takes and thoughts on the DWEU - perhaps unsurprisingly, especially the Bernice Summerfield end of it. You also have this... I guess maturity is the right word about discussing your feelings on the franchise as a whole that I have a lot of respect for. Also if I may be remarkably shallow, the fact that I am mutuals with someone who has wrote a licensed Bernice Summerfield story is so cool.

@familyparadox It's always so much fun talking about Doctor Who expanded universe stuff with you, because you've been in as much of the weeds as I have but very often different weeds so we're coming at these conversations with different backgrounds. It's really delightful and a great way to get new perspectives on the Whoniverse.

@mintyimperiatrix Alongside Worms, you were one of the first people to interact with me on Tumblr, and you gave me some much-needed encouragement that I was welcome in the community. I will never not be grateful for that.

@nitronine Data, we've not interacted very much, but when we have, you have consistently been a kind and caring person to me. I love seeing your posts about the VNAs, as a fellow VNA fan, and seeing your posts about the Eighth Doctor Adventures as a to-be-EDA-fan-once-I-finally-get-around-to-reading-them. Also while I was writing this I was looking at your blog and I found your art tag and your art is very cool, too!

@natequarter Nate, you have some excellent Sarah Jane Smith takes, some excellent literature recommendations, and a lot of delightfully unhinged commentary. You're also consistently down to engage in my shenanigans and that is so wonderful and delightful.

@riversofmars Finding another Liv Chenka fan - one who does some kickass fanart no less - was a moment of pure joy. I love occasionally talking Liv with you. Also while I haven't watched Arcane yet, I still want to, and I promise I will let you know when I do!

@dykebeckett Ace, you've been such a friendly and welcoming presence on Tumblr and I super appreciate that! You're just delightful to talk to, and I love how you post about some of me and my roommates biggest hyperfixations (Doctor Who and Dragon Age).

@electronickryptonitegladiator I see you do a dedicated go-through my blog every so often, and it always makes me happy to see you there. Also, your thoughts on Faction Paradox are super fun and always lovely to see!

@toaasted-bread Alien, I'm pretty sure you were the person who got me into the Gallifrey fandom proper, and that's been wonderful. You have also been super enthusiastic about explaining other special interests of yours to me, and it has been so exiting whenever that can happen. It is always so fun to talk to you about whatever we find to talk about!

@acertainmoshke / @presidentdisastraofgallifrey Mosh, I... I don't know what I can say that I haven't said already, but. You are one of my closest friends. Ever. I love you deeply, and the fact that we're really only known each other for like six months blows my mind. You are such an important part of my life now, and I'm so glad you are here in it.

@gotyouanyway Ali, you were one of the key people involved in getting me settled in the Gallifrey fandom, and I really appreciate that. I've also been having a lot of fun seeing your reacts to media I'm less familiar with - you're unintentionally doing a very good job plugging a certain animated show to me right now...

@stopmyhearts Jae, you are an absolute pillar of the community. You are always so welcoming, so open, and so caring. And on a more personal level, you have always been super direct in encouraging me to share my thoughts, and I always love seeing yours. That I get to call you amongst my friends is both an honor and an absolute delight, and it is a friendship I deeply hope will last a long, long time.

@tenthirty-s-bastards Bill, I'm gonna be intentionally a little vague here, but we've had a couple good connections and I value them quite a bit. It's always a pleasure.

@rosemaryrubiginosa Freya, I love all of the zine stuff when you talk about it! I think that's super cool and I love your passion and enthusiasm for it and the more I learn the cooler it gets. Also the art you have posted is super incredibly cool!

@the-fuckwizard Sam, you will just post about the most random things and have the most random takes (relative to the rest of my feed at least) and it adds this delightful little chaotic spice to my following page that I really appreciate. Thank you for that! (Also I love being able to say that "the Fuckwizard" posted this or that to people it's great).

@shiftofgallifrey Shift, you have these wonderful different perspectives. I love it when we can talk about things, especially when we disagree. It is always a pleasure to learn new things about different perspectives and thoughts through our conversations.

@okaystoptellingmetomakeanaccount I do not remember why we started following each other, but you are the Ducks Person on my dash, and that has actually become such an important part of my dash. It's not complete without the ducks. Thank you for providing the ducks.

@kovacs-on-ice Kovacs, our encouragement about how much you like my stuff... I can't express in words how much it means to me and gives me motivation to keep going and doing the stuff I do. You're super rad and I supper appreciate you!

@squid-in-the-tardis Squid, you provide this lovely assortment of things for my dash. It gives it some nice variety without, like, pulling up posts that are things I would want to avoid. Also you're a squid and that's really cool.

@gracefelldownaflightofstairs / @graceburntdownthekitchen Grace, you're delightful in conversations about Romana and the Gallifrey things, but I need to give a special shout-out your cosplays! They are wonderful and I'm so glad you've posted some photos of them.

@rassilonsleftbollock You go out of your way to provide such a welcoming, accepting space in your blog, and I want you to know that is seen and appreciated. Also most of my friends aren't really into the Deca as a concept so it's fun to have a Deca friend.

@rihagoesrawr Riha, you are a fantastic person. I know you don't believe me here, so let me just say that again. You are a fantastic person. You're so much fun to talk to about various DW EU things, and it's also lovely to talk about video games every so often, too.

@cousin-quartz-of-house-paradox Quartz, this is a deep pull, but your analysis of Bev Tarrant specifically is so, so wonderful and fascinating. You elevated Bev from a character I like to one I adore. Your thoughts on the rest of the Benny cast have been wonderful as well!

@oswinoswald15 Lucero, you always have the most interesting questions about my headcanons. Getting a question or ask from you is always super exiting and I'm very grateful that you give me the chance to talk about my thoughts in the way you do. It means a lot to me.

@autisticzoeheriots Robin, I love seeing your thoughts on Nyssa and Zoe specifically - your perceptions of those two characters line up with mine pretty well and you have these delightful little insights that make me go "oh! I didn't think of that!" Also yes Zoe is autistic forever.

@catscancook I don't know if this will make sense, but I love scrolling around on your blog because of how curated it feels. I dunno what you're doing, but you have the like exact amount of reblogs and original posts and things that just makes me really happy. I also really like seeing your Yaps when they come up too - you always have interesting thoughts.

@smallerontheoutside Lyssa. Arthur. I am so, so glad that we met each other and have been interacting more. You have these wonderful thoughts and insights, and it is always super wonderful to talk with you. You are my friend, and I definitely look forward to many more interactions in the future.

@sanscest69 You are just so kind and welcoming and that's a really wonderful energy and I really appreciate that and knowing where I can find it. Thank you.

@clowns0cks Joey, I love the level of depth you take your character analysis of the Master. I can always see the routes you are taking and I love that and it is so so interesting and always a joy to see.

@the-oracle-of-the-lost Charlie, I love your insights and analysis, but I need to give a special shout-out to the suicidal-hubristic/bastard-clown charts you've been doing for the relisten. I love them so much. Also I appreciate your Star Trek posts too - I'm not as much of a fan, but I do have a very soft spot for DS9, so seeing you reblog and post DS9 stuff is another happy thing for me.

@inkwells-posts Inkwell, you have the most wonderful non-sequitur posts and bug facts. Thinking of you and blue bumblebees and being happy about it! Seriously, interacting with you has been delightful so far and I fully anticipate it to continue to be.

@mildlyinterestedcreature / @i-heart-heart-doctor-who Creature, we have had some great conversations about Doctor Who, but I also love seeing the other things you are into - it gives me such a good insight into a bunch of different medias I wouldn't be into at all otherwise, and I think that's really neat!

@lerios Rob, I love how different your takes on Gallifrey and so on are to mine. Like you take these characters in these directions you never would, but at no point have you been like "my way is the only correct way" so I feel safe talking with you and comparing/contrasting what we do with the characters. It's really wonderful and you're super nice and fun about it and I love that I can talk about this stuff with you so much.

@anonymousdandelion Dandelion, getting you into the Doctor Who expanded universe has been a delight and a privilege, and something I deeply hope I can continue to do! I love seeing your reacts and thoughts to everything.

[desktop-alt-f4]

liiike. just thinking about it ayeituaee would work really well in an arg format— especially with encrypted links leading to world (and even instance) downloads and the like. there's a lot more i could do that would simply work Extremely Well in the form of interractive media through an arg....... but its also just a whole bunch of effort.

effort that i WOULD be willing to put into it, mind you, it's just hard to actually have people engage with a creation like that. it's so much easier to just make some art, post it, and move on with my day until someone leaves some analysis in the tags for me to bring up and yap about a little.

although that's definently not me saying "i'll never do this", it's more of a "i DO really wanna do this, i'm just not sure if it's worth the effort to do it, because i don't know if anyone would actually care and interract with it"

like. it works really well in an art format alone, too. but i could do so much more in an arg format because ayeituaee is already done vaguely unconventionally. sure i do pieces in a certain order, but that doesn't mean they happen in that order (the only three pieces that have a "clear" placement on a timeline are the three herobrine pieces).

and just... there's so much more i could do through such a medium. and i really do consider it often. actual world and even instance downloads from the players themselves would mean you had so much more to look and rummage though, because trust me, there's a lot to them that are just never shown in any pieces because.... why would i be drawing an entire chest ui and fill it out with items? that's time-consuming and just kind of pointless. but with a world download there'd be so much more i could do, and it intrigues me just how much i could be doing with them.

and that's not even mentioning full instance downloads, which would include any installed mods, waypoints, all world save files, etc that the player has. there's just so much you could do through an interractive medium like args

[imitative-magpie]

I took the liberty of deleting what wasn't applicable. For those who are new to this blog; I am kinsidering. I'm a very unorthodox alterhuman that is constantly dissecting my identity, and my memories seem to come to me through mostly vivid nightmares

4. What's your favourite part about being fictionfolk?

If there's one thing I've found myself pleased with beyond anything else, it's the sense community that we have. The love and acceptance you all bring to those who are still nervous or still finding themselves, the art and creations I see online like art of yourselves, or even the unique ways you find to make your day to day lives closer to your alter human identity through diet, belongings, hobbies etcetera..

Hearing about others experiences in graphic detail is grounding. It helps me reach an identity that I've always had a loose grasp on, and for a solid moment, we are but of one breath. We are of the same blood, because you allowed me into your memories. 

We may not feel comfortable in the bodies we have. We may have a longing for a life that seems unreachable and so far away, but we all were allowed the opportunity to meet each other and have such a strong bond in this life, and that's such a wonderful thing.

5. What's a positivie interaction that's happened as a result of your fictional identity?

As someone who is sentenced to an eternity in kinsidering limbo, I've had good variety of sources reach out to me, and all have been positive interactions.. 

(Mostly. I'm looking at you, “Are you schizophrenic” anons.)

One such interaction is someone who had reached out in the early beginnings of my blog. They had sympathized with my feelings of being the villain of my own story, and had shared many memories from multiple sources, such as Arcane, The Magnus Archives, The SCP community.. 

This allowed me direction where there otherwise would've been none, and from there I was able to network with a loose guide in place which I found incredibly helpful. 

6. Have you told any people in your offline life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

Oh dear lord, no. Look, there are many aspects of myself that I keep under lock and key. I live a mostly solitary life so I'm afforded that level of privacy so it's rather easy to obtain, save for the occasional nosy coworker.

I just about shot out of my skin when Gilbert looked over my shoulder when I was replying to an ask on here. I'm sure the lecture I gave him could be heard from space.

7. Have you told any people in your online life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

Well, that'd be you all so yes. Though I'm sure that's not what you meant–

8. Is there anyone you've met as a result of your interactions in the community who's very important to you now?

There's a handful of people who I consider close to me, such as the lovely individual who has tagged me, and I'm sure you all remember Fallen, who is part of a great kincalling blog that I will link here; https://www.tumblr.com/noncanon-fictionkin?source=share 

But I'd be remiss not to mention one specific problem child that I'm sure you are familiar with on this blog by now, who's art I'm very fond of.. I've basically latched onto him and Steph like a leech. What can I say? They're my kind of people.

9. What's your favourite thing about the fictionfolk community?

There's many, many things I could probably say. All of them increasingly verbose and in flowery purple prose. I'll boil it down to this; There's a wide variety in our experiences in the fictionkin community, but at the end of the day well all walk the same path. The journey of kinsideration, and the destination of kinfirmation. From that alone, we have a lot we can unify on and feel connected with. 

10. Tell us about a time you've experienced species/identity euphoria as a result of one of your fictional identities.

This whole process of taking in your memories through dms, and cataloging my experiences is an exercise in euphoria. It feels like I was made for this, and I can hardly function without it. It's why I flinch at sources that really truely feel familiar to me because if I land on the source that I'm from, all of this comes to an end and the well goes dry and I need your memories to thrive. You all make me feel like a whole person.

11. Do you experience any shifts (mental, phantom, dream, etc) of your fictional identity? Share a bit about those and how they feel!

Shall I begin? The incredibly abstract nightmares, the vision I had of an eye at the bottom of the ocean while I was having a cardiac episode, the clicking and whirring noises that have been plauging me for months and the fact that my hands never feel quite like my hands–

But most of all I have cravings and urges that cripple me. I cannot motivate myself without some level of cortisol and fear running heavy in my blood. I cannot think straight without adrenaline lighting me up red hot and having the absolute terror acrid in the back of my throat. I'm an addict, and I know it's not what the average person experiences when watching horror media or going cliff diving. This is something other.

14. Do you wish to seek out canonmates/sourcemates? Why/why not?

It's a burning desire, and for a liteny of reasons. I would like to ask about their memories, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a little curious there. I also feel as though I've done something deeply wong, and that I’d like to apologize. I'm not sure what exactly I did, but if there's any indicator to the sources I've been looking at recently–

I think I'd like to do whatever it takes to try. 

16. Do you have any art/fic/etc specifically made for you as a fictionfolk of your specific identity (made by yourself or someone else)? Share it!

I have a couple of visual aids I've created about my dreams, over time;

18. Are there aspects of your fictional identity that you previously questioned, decided weren't a part of your identity, but you still look fondly upon? (Past 'types, etc).

I strongly believed myself to be from Mouth Washing, from the Mandela Catalogue, I had a moment where I faulsly kinfirmed Jane Prentiss, and I had a moment where I kinfirmed Vincent from Everyman HYBRID only to recant that statement. Suffice to say, I've had my fair share of dissecting and pulling apart my identity but that'll never stop me from going back for more.

19. Do you have any spiritual identities? Explain a bit about that!

I am of the opinion that my identity is very spiritual in nature. I'll admit in the beginning, I was a bit skeptical of spiritual otherkin and past lives but that was a shade of arrogance on my part. 

21. How old were you when you discovered/chose your first fictional identity?

In a way, I've always sort of known I had some sort of demonic identity. Which went over swimmingly in an Italian Catholic household, as I'm sure you know. I know it wasn't long after my introduction to the alterhuman community via a cringe compilation in 2012, that I began researching different aspects of the community more in depth. These dreams I have; they're elaborate, they seem to hold some sort of plotline I'm not privy to, but most of all there's a familiarity in the way that I must've seen this somewhere before. The process is still ongoing, but I'm enjoying the journey

22. Did you ever take a break from the community, but came back later? What made you come back?

I suppose the closest I can think of is when I wanted to test how these cravings I experience work or if they were even real but I can't see myself taking a real “break” from this community. My obsession runs deep.

24. If you decided to 'link a fictional character, who would it be and why?

Have you watched, “The Omen”? That creepy kid just gets me, alright?

25. If you decided to 'link a fictional species, what would it be and why?

Possibly the alternates from “The Mandela Catalogue” but really most demonic depictions in media seem to resonate with me specifically. Especially ones that are an allegory for a full on identity crisis.

26. Have you ever questioned being fictionhearted? If you already are, what started your questioning into that connection?

As a matter of fact, I had questioned that for a solid chunk of time. No further comments :)

28. Have you ever questioned being a fictionbased archetrope? If you already are, what's your archetropal identity?

I seem to fall cleanly into the seeker archetype, no matter how I look at it. Characters such as Vinny fron Everyman HYBRID, Orpheus from Identity V, multiple suggestions from The Magnus Archives– 

They all are motivated by uncovering the truth and will not rest until they have it.

29. Have you ever questioned being fictionkin? If you already are, what started your discovery of that connection?

No, I have never kinsidered being fictionkin 💛 (He says with his fingers crossed behind his back,)

35. Do you have any memories/noemata around your fictional identity? Share some if you'd like!

My memories seem to commonly be of some unsuspecting individual being preyed upon by a malevolent force, but there have been dreams that felt closer and more personal in nature. 

Such as one dream, where I was standing out on the bayou with my eyes on the water, and I hear a voice say, “Does writing about it make you feel any better?” The voice was right behind me. 

And you know what the most fucked up part was?

I swear to god it was Alex Kralie’s voice.

36. If you do have memories/noemata, what's your favourite?

Unfortunately, the majority of my memories have been rather bleak in nature, though that doesn't stop me from riding the high of emotions during the workday. Stay tuned for more nightmares from yours truly,,

37. Does your identity intersect with your gender in any way? Share a bit about that!

I uh.. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I've never considered how my identity may affect my gender orientation. Maybe?

38. Does your identity intersect with your sexuality in any way? Share a bit about that!

My sexuality is dead in the water. I have never loved anyone and nobody has ever loved me, not the way that thing I saw in my dreams has. There is no loving wife or white picket fences in my future. I've given up my eyes to something old and eldritch in nature. This is the American dream.

39. Is there anything you'd have loved to hear back when you were first questioning your identity?

There's one thing I'm always craving to hear, and it's, “You're familiar to me. You're one of my kind.” I want to feel like I  belong with you. I want to understand who I am, but only through you. I want to climb under your skin and be one with you. Is that too much to ask?

40. Is there anything you'd like to share toward fictionfolk who may just be starting to look into the community?

Some advice I would give to alter humans who have awakened recently or are new to the community, is to not let other people dictate who you are and what you're not. I've heard so many stories of those from all sorts of walks of life that are afraid to share the parts of themselves that make them who they are. It can be scary to take that leap into the unknown, but there's so many kind and supportive otherkin individuals here to catch you in the free fall. Worst case scenario, you find out who your real friends are, and who aren't.

41. Free space! Share anything about your identity/ies that you'd like to!

I would offer you my still beating heart, if only it could take the ache of hunger away, but somehow I doubt it'd give me reprieve. Unfortunately I can't, so I encourage you to keep sharing. Keep sharing your memories, keep sharing the parts of you that make you feel whole and lay them all on me. I want them for myself, and I want them for you, and as always thank you for reading my blog.

@fallen--starlight @quinnlistspeaks @is-this-camera-on @neon-merrick @bohemianrpdsy @peculiareyezer @irl-lonely-avatar @wildernezz @stagsicide @thr4shit @sprite4ddict @bldwspr @lastwave @specter-solaire

Fictionfolk Experiences Ask Game

Yeah, you. Fictionkin, fictive, fictionhearted, fictionlinker, fictionflicker--whatever else you may be in the tags. I wanna get some potentially positivity and experience sharing going because there's some Stuff that isn't great in the tags right now but ALSO I think fictionfolk as a whole (and not just identify-as fictionfolk but yes those too) deserve a nice little platform to share their experiences. So, use this ask game. Or just reblog and answer the questions. Or post the answers yourself. Be free.

1. What's your fictional identity (hearttype, kintype, etc)?

2. If you have multiple, do you have one you're closer to than the others, or is more important to your identity overall?

3. How many fictional identities do you have?

4. What's your favourite part about being fictionfolk?

5. What's a positivie interaction that's happened as a result of your fictional identity?

6. Have you told any people in your offline life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

7. Have you told any people in your online life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

8. Is there anyone you've met as a result of your interactions in the community who's very important to you now?

9. What's your favourite thing about the fictionfolk community?

10. Tell us about a time you've experienced species/identity euphoria as a result of one of your fictional identities.

11. Do you experience any shifts (mental, phantom, dream, etc) of your fictional identity? Share a bit about those and how they feel!

12. Do you have any canonmates (if applicable)?

13. Do you have any sourcemates (if applicable)?

14. Do you wish to seek out canonmates/sourcemates? Why/why not?

15. Do you have a favourite piece of fanart/fanfic/etc that ties into your identity? Share it (with credit)!

16. Do you have any art/fic/etc specifically made for you as a fictionfolk of your specific identity (made by yourself or someone else)? Share it!

17. Does your fictional identity differ from source in any way/is it canon divergent? Explain a bit about that!

18. Are there aspects of your fictional identity that you previously questioned, decided weren't a part of your identity, but you still look fondly upon? (Past 'types, etc).

19. Do you have any spiritual identities? Explain a bit about that!

20. Do you have any psychological identies? Explain a bit about that!

21. How old were you when you discovered/chose your first fictional identity?

22. Did you ever take a break from the community, but came back later? What made you come back?

23. Have you ever considered fictionlinking? If you already have, what made you decide to do it?

24. If you decided to 'link a fictional character, who would it be and why?

25. If you decided to 'link a fictional species, what would it be and why?

26. Have you ever questioned being fictionhearted? If you already are, what started your questioning into that connection?

27. Do you have any fictional hearthomes? What are your favourite things about them?

28. Have you ever questioned being a fictionbased archetrope? If you already are, what's your archetropal identity?

29. Have you ever questioned being fictionkin? If you already are, what started your discovery of that connection?

30. Have you ever had a fictotype turn out to be a fictionflicker or vice versa? What was that like?

31. Do you have any fictionflickers? What are they, and how do they make you feel?

32. If you're a system, do you have any collective fictional identities?

33. If you're a system, how many fictional identities do you have across all of your headmates?

34. Do you have any soulbonds from a fictional source? Share a bit about that!

35. Do you have any memories/noemata around your fictional identity? Share some if you'd like!

36. If you do have memories/noemata, what's your favourite?

37. Does your identity intersect with your gender in any way? Share a bit about that!

38. Does your identity intersect with your sexuality in any way? Share a bit about that!

39. Is there anything you'd have loved to hear back when you were first questioning your identity?

40. Is there anything you'd like to share toward fictionfolk who may just be starting to look into the community?

41. Free space! Share anything about your identity/ies that you'd like to!

[hedwigoprah]

A Word With Friends | July 14

Hello Hello! It's time for a new word!

Before we get started, I just want to emphasize that there are no rules when it comes to the word. If you want to write something long and expressive, by all means, lots of people do. But, if that's not your style or if that idea seems overwhelming, writing a sentence or two is also great! ( I personally choose this option quite a bit ) Also, it doesn't have to be written, it can be used as an art prompt too!

This weeks word is

Métier/Metier:

• Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling • An activity to which a person is particularly suited; a forte

Gentle tags and a wish for a good week: @notyourmamasdeerbat, @the-bear-and-his-sunbird, @davrinsleftpectoral, @blackwall-my-tiny-husband, @sunny374940, @nevarrantorte, @caughtnyact, @seaglassmelody, @jukkaricity @chaosherald, @therivercrow, @jenn2d2, @woundedsoul12, @operative-arrow, @serensama, @tkwritesdumbassassins, @aetherflowers, and YOU!

Remember this is an open tag and you're welcome to play along if you see this post and if you tag me, I'll share it! Actually even if you don't tag me and I come across your post I'll share it. I'm always watching 👀

Trivia for your time: the smallest bone is the human body is the stapes bone in the ear. Remember to love your stapes, everybody.

[kings-highway]

hi there, it's ya boi, weather

uh, would you mayhaps hapsmay have any thoughts about iwaoi hanahaki AU......maybe.......:eye_emoji:

I'm gonna be honest, I do not understand the appeal of hanahaki as a ship au or dynamic. Like don't get me wrong, I think the concept is fascinating, but like, if someone pitched me a fic that was "haha yeah person A dies because of their unrequited love for person B" I'd reply with "okay, so I asked for SHIPPING fics?"

Like if I wanted my ship to *check notes* not be in love with each other, I'd go back to canon?

Now some people have explained to me that hanahaki can be believed unrequited love, or it can be cured when the other person falls in love, and I guuueeesssssss I get that a little more? Like I suppose I would HAVE to read it with a Happy Ending tag. To be fair I also don't read AUs where its unrequited (or honestly really anything where they dont end up together, I don't even read unhappy ending stories) even without the flowers.

I don't think I've ever thought too much about it then, but if I was going to make a Hanahaki Iwaoi AU concept, I can 100% guarantee you I'd write Iwaizumi choking up those flowers. And then like IG he'd be suffocating and dying slowly? Again, I am unclear as to how these stories usually go. I think it would be very, very fun to subvert it into something different thematically. When I started thinking of your prompt, I thought of the AU oneshot I had written "Muse," which made me think that a Iwaoi Hanahaki AU, where Iwaizumi begins to choke up these flowers and spends the first year suffocating and shamed and horrified by himself over to eventually decide he simply will not allow his love for his best friend be any of those things (suffocating, shameful, horrifying) and instead begins the use the flowers in an art projects, turning the petals into like a beautiful collage work that channels the unrequited love from something that was supposed to kill him into something wondrous and glorious and retaking his destiny from the disease and then probably also along the way when he physically changes from someone ashamed and scared into someone confident in his life and love and self, Oikawa begins to take notice and falls in love with him. The last scenes could be Iwa pulling the last petal from his mouth, knowing that his art was coming to an end but rather satisfied with it, press the last petal (the exact colour of Oikawa's eye) into the collage before turning around to head out into the sunlight and go meet up with Oikawa.

...

Hey fuck you weatherboy.

Fuck you for making me genuinely consider writing a hanahaki disease story how did you do that that was like witchcraft.

[rendakat]

Your little girlfriend is a little bitch for blocking me and posting about me on her ibis, If you are gonna show her this then tell her she should kys and suck my cock

Your a pussy lil bitch yourself hoe. You should also kys or end up like your other friend and tag your useless moots like they would do something

Bro what,,,,

I was working on art when u made this so I'm not even gonna be mad becuz they r really cute (The oc)

Plz get off my page, I know who u are

[sukimas]

"making it a trend to draw [kris in a skirt] and nothing else" means "no other content to the art piece besides their outfit, such as them interacting with another character or concept in the world", not that they are never drawn in their canon outfit! (they often are, even in a couple of the posts that you shared, which is cool!)

i do think that the fact that characters' dark world outfits tend to contain more self-expression than their light world outfits (see susie) is pretty obvious if you view the text as a complete work.

i don't think kris's main goal in chapter 3 was to wear a specific outfit. despite this, they do wear heels (which they don't wear in the light world) and other flamboyant outfits in the TV World, which does seem to indicate that that desire of theirs was fulfilled anyway, whether they consciously wanted it to be or not.

in contrast, in chapter 4's jackenstein fight, the soul assumed to be kris's is forced to wear a skirt against their will and abandons it without any player input during the same turn. which is interesting.

again in chapter 4, susie does in fact find the code at the end of the chapter (the fire extinguisher tells her). she does not see the old man again because she doesn't know the old man enough to recreate him. i'm pretty sure kris knows what a skirt looks like.

the conspiracy thing would make a lot of sense if it weren't for the fact that kris consistently gets to wear outfits that express their personality traits (the dog kigurumi is the big indicator here, since they do dog-like things in the light world when we don't have control and seem to like them) regardless of the fact that their mind was elsewhere.

that's some cool skirt+heels art! i would like to see more art of them in just heels (or perhaps heels and ribbons?), but i think that looks nice. i probably don't check the tag enough, perhaps.

but ultimately, i just don't think any of this diatribe cuts into my actual main point here.

the kris in a dress or a skirt trend does feel a little odd to me i'm not going to lie. they never wear those, even in worlds where their desires define reality (e.g. ch3 dark world), even though their mother seems very supportive of letting them do whatever they would like (...maybe to a fault, given how little she checks in on them). it would be one thing if people were drawing them in those clothes incidentally, as part of other art, uncommented on.

but it does feel that by making it a trend to draw that and nothing else it's making a statement about them. "kris wearing the clothes they wear isn't good enough. they need to wear the clothes i want them to wear, to be proper trans rep."

or, more broadly: "kris existing in the way that they do is just a phase. when we see the real kris, they'll be exactly the way that i want them to be."

they do seem to enjoy high heels! people could draw them in those to show off the fact that they enjoy some feminine things sometimes. but strangely, they don't. i've never seen a piece of kris skirt art with them also in high heels- doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but it's weird, isn't it? the ways kris does perform femininity aren't "correct" because they're not the way you want them to do so. it's just... odd.

[salamispots]

it got turned into a 17" x14" pillow instead haha

[outer-andromeda]

More Big Shot Era Spamtenna for y'all. They have done something to my brain chemistry