#i'm being destroyed emotionally

[chxrrylungs]

cursed or not

[thequeenofsastiel]

Not me on dating sites trying to fill the hole that Loumand has left behind. Not me at all

[basilo-o]

First No.6, then Banana Fish, and now Good Omens! (；´д｀)ゞ I just finished watching good omens and I was so hoping they'd end up together and NO?? (ಥ_ಥ) Why do all the good shows I like end up being doomed yaoi.

[dryemiddi]

Sometimes I wish I was Mettaton and could just be a sultry voiced, preppy pink robot femboy with enough gender to destroy entire civilizations and whenever i feel like it just flip a switch and turn into a literal box

[heybaetae]

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[felixeis003]

plot heavy codywan fic rec

I have so many words to say about this fic so let’s start by getting to the main points ; 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38064841

 Rasphody in Blue by @kckenobi  (88k words) is one hell of a fic that I will recommend until the day I wither and die. If you’re looking for a modern setting au with investigations, crime, orchestras, jazz, a very well-paced story, betrayal, angst, themes of loneliness and grief, found-family, look no further!! No really! Gods, go read it, right now, I BEG YOU. I cannot fathom how it doesn’t have more kudos than it already has. 

Now onto a more chaotic review of me dumping my thoughts on it in a random order directed at the author. I should’ve left it as a comment really, but now I’ve written it here it’s too late, oh well. Read, don’t read, it doesn’t contain any major spoilers, but if you’d rather have less information of the fic and go into it blind, then maybe don’t read it haha

- Firstly, GODS, the plot hooks. From the first chapter I was on the edge of my metaphorical seat. (I was in my bed.) Seriously, the plot hooks are so well placed I could not put it down. (I finished it at 2am. I didn’t even go to my class this morning I was too tired. But that’s on me. It is as much a demonstration of how captivating the story is as it is of my poor decision making.) The pace was so wonderful, seriously. I always picture a movie in my head when I read something, and with your writing it was so easy to do so, the perfect balance of dialogue, introspection, descriptions! Argh! 

- How you wrote loneliness. (’you’ meaning the author, if you’re reading this.) Okay to be fair those themes get to me, they always have, but let me tell you, I was bawling. I had to put down the fic because my eyes were too blurry to read. You bastard. I hate you but I love you. Arghdvjfd. The part that went  “The thing about loneliness is that in the end, it is a more loyal companion than anyone else has ever been. It becomes a shell you settle into, something familiar. Not a home, no longer a prison either. But a skin, something you reside within without really thinking about it, a barricade that walls off your heart from the rest of the world”   Do you live in my head??!!! You got it exactly right. You little shit I had to sit out the fic for two minutes it stole the breath outta me!! I cried!! Again!! Are you okay?? Because I sure am not!!

From the first few sentences I was in love with the whole orchestra setting. Oh my gods. All of it is so perfectly woven with the characters. (Cellist Obi-wan is now one of my all time favorite Obi-wans. It’s just so perfect.) I can just imagine all of the scene translated into a movie/tv show with one of those scenes where the classical music, shots of the character playing their instrument and shots of the dramatic action are superposed. So wonderful. I am also weak for the whole ‘your passion is there for you no matter how bad things get’. And how music was always there no matter all the GUT WRENCHING TERRIBLE ANGSTY SHIT Obi-wan goes through. Can relate to that. 

[voidartisan]

There are two wolves inside of me.

One wants a canon year on the run novel. The other never wants anything about that year to become canon so that it can be whatever I want.

[peanutseagle]

just finished reading the hunger games trilogy and when i tell you it changed me

[demon-of-the-ancient-world]

Unpopular opinion but I was actually kind of underwhelmed by Dune Messiah? Like I get that the whole intent behind writing it was to show that Paul was Wrong, but I was kind of expecting him to be worse? I think - for me at least - because we don't actually see any of the war and only the aftermath it just hits less. And I know all the guilt and moral struggle and "what have I done" - ness was technically there, it just didn't really resonate as hard as I'd hoped it would. I didn't *dislike* it, it's just funny because from what I've seen a lot of people did dislike it because it shows how dark Paul got, but for me I was like...I kind of wanted you to be worse my guy

[aberooski]

so that surprise song mashup, huh

I AIN'T GOTTA TELL HIM I THINK HE KNOWS HE'S GORGEOUS !!!!! 😭😭😭

They are everything to me she has no idea but she did that for me I stg ✋😭

[littlewitchbee]

Bestie and I went to Bryce Canyon this weekend. We're on that Red Dead shit again 💕

[flxmekeepr]

did i accidentally purchase two fall mugs and a cute little ghost ? listen

[sschmendrick]

I shouldn't have seen that scheduled post now I'm thinking about them like I haven't been thinking about them for the past week, month

[titenoute]

Ah. Good ol' Witch Hunting. Great. Not a first for this website mind you, but it's coming back with a vengeance uh? It's both fascinating, maddening and incredibly terrifying to witness.

It's the equivalent of being part of a neighborhood, and have some rando you've never seen before knock at your door and tell you to hate upon your neighbor. Neighbor you see regularly, to whom you might even have said hi before. Neighbor you might even have had barbecues with. Neighbor that you definitively you know better than this absolute stranger. Stranger who tells you to join them to the next gathering to discuss on the back of the neighbor. Ultimately,what the stranger wants from you is to arm yourself with pitches and forks, to follow them like a hound to it's master. They want you to go Witch Hunting. But there is no witch. there is no witch If you follow them, you'll just become someone else's dog (in the unsexy way, I know you website) and you're going to hurt someone who's potentially innocent.

"But sometimes there IS a witch" Look. I've seen people witch hunt those who were morally dubious. Do you know how it ended for them? They got witch hunted themselves. Because they angered people who were already sacks of shits, of course these same people would have had no problem using the same tactics, with more precision even. Because while a person with good intentions might try to find proofs of the other's amorality, their target won't. They just will generate rumors. Much quicker that way. It cannot be stressed enough. Witch Hunt does not care for truth. It's a way to weaponize rumors and information, and galvanize people and encourage them to hurt someone else. It's the recipe of basic propaganda. It is terrifying. Because it's so easy for people to get swept in it. So easy for people to follow the idea of hating someone. They wish harm on people they don't even know. How easily weaponized they become and don't even care that they're being manipulated. They're persuaded they're doing good by a community and get to be part of it this way. But this is...The thing I cannot understand, cannot compute is this is this. Why do these people never question their actions when it comes to hurting someone? Why do these people not wonder *if* they're wrong? Is it that scary to acknowledge it? Or are they scared to be shown as an enemy too, choosing a side to not get hurt themselves? The terror of being hurt and alone. Is it what it is about? They inflict that on others to be sure it doesn't happen to them? So they are part of a group? That sounds incredibly exhausting if it is. ...There are some people who are depraved or even dangerous on the internet. In real life. Yeah ok true. But this? It is a weapon. And it can easily be turned against anyone. Even those who are doing it for the 'right' reasons.

Hey, let's talk about anons like this, because I know some people haven't been in a position to see the patterns these play out in on broader scale and may indeed not spot the trap.

And it is a trap.

An ask like this has several purposes.

First, it uses social justice language in passive aggressive and manipulative ways to try to coerce a behavior. In this case, the desired behavior is usually for the recipent to participate in community shunning and/or harrassment. The language above is intended to put the recipient on the defensive where, in the haste to disassociate themself from the Bad Thing, they quickly disassociate themself from the bad person, often with no particular fact checking or evidence.

The message is also intended to create a sense of being surveilled and judged by an unknown amount of people with unknown amount of social power and an unknown amount of relevance to your life.

Notice that these asks are usually framed as if they are coming from a follower or potential follower, someone who is addressing you personally and who cares about your opinion and who your blog has an effect on. However this is usually.... very much not the case. If you've ever had the misfortune to watch a gossip campaign from like this from the outside, you will very quickly notice that messages like this get sent in mass batches to dozens and dozens of strangers. (You can often turn these up with a tumblr search, if you look.)

The sender does not know you and probably does not follow you. They have a person they don't like (possibly for their stated reason and possibly not), and they are going through the reblogs of a post from that blog and mass messaging *everyone* with a form letter. They will not see your response and they will probably never even see your blog again.

Which brings us to the second goal of whisper campaigns like this:

Notice that I blacked out the names above? That's because when the recipient answers anonymous asks like this, they provide a platform for the opinion on their blog. An anonymous message like this that gets posted doesn't just spread gossip and apply pressure to the recipient, it is spread to the recipient's entire community.

The *goal* is to get access to your community. The *goal* is to use you as a soapbox.

Is the information accurate? Did anyone check? Does the anon have an ulterior social motive? BIG SHRUG

If you go into the comments on one of these whisper campaigns you will see that *most people never bother to check.*

They assume good faith from a follower, they're off balance defending themselves, and they jump straight to conciliation.

It's a really, really effective form of social manipulation, and really really commonly misused.

[envolvenuances]

rewatching Haikyuu dying from nostalgia both from when I played football and when my high school friends bullied me via comparing me to Oikawa

[hwanghyunjinenthusiast]

As much as I love my racha line, I doubt I could have healthy relationships with any of them skskskksk.