#i'm glad most of my interactions with adults online in fandom spaces has been good & normal but man some have not

[rosesradio]

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[vixessrin]

1 3 and 5 for ask thing?

apologies because I know my answer to 1 is gonna be A LOT lol

1- what are 3 things you'd say shaped you into who you are?

ooh that's a good one actually! I think a lot things about me can be sourced from ways I spent my childhood, old hobbies, early interests, etc. but some of the bigger ones are probably-

I read a LOT as a kid. being able to just, run away to another world was such a gift to young, weird-quiet-kid-who-has-few-friends me. I don't read as much now (adult life kinda eats what little free time I have) but I like to think reading so much as a kid gave me more appreciation for things like worldbuilding, proper character arcs, the meanings behind settings/character designs, etc.! This is def evident in how I get sucked into new media and wind up with a whole alternate interpretation of the world at large as a result (*cough* StEx *cough*) because I just love worldbuilding and details like that!

Drawing/art/writing, all of my creative hobbies really. They were always something I had, no matter what else changed around me. I could pick up a cheap pen and napkin and doodle at dinner, scribble some short stories in a notepad, fidget with a moldable eraser in art class, etc.

The most tangible answer: Transformers Prime. Not even kidding. The TL;DR of it is basically that that show was one of my first steps into online fandom, fanfiction, fanart, etc. and had I never gotten into it, I likely wouldn't have watched other shows, later gotten into other things (Vocaloid, anime, certain games, cosplay, etc.), or joined any social sites or art sites. Hell I even met Steve Blum at a con years later, because I knew him not for the countless anime roles he's had, but because he voiced Starscream in TFP and I later went on to watch a bunch of other stuff he was in! I genuinely would not have an internet presence were it not for a silly robot show I watched back in 2012 while on vacation with my grandparents <3

3- 3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

answered this one earlier so forgive the copy/paste!

Transformers The Movie (1986, not the Bayverse ones)

the original Alien

Polar Express lol

5- what made you start your blog?

tbh I'd been wanting to give tumblr a shot for a while and a bunch of my friends were affectionately bullying me towards it haha! plus I'm awful about living under a rock and just barely interacting on most of my other sites (DA, FA, etc.) and I wanted to try doing better on that front. I'm glad to be in a space where it's a bit easier to interact with fandom stuff as well c:

[myshredda]

hi yes hello your fic so far is quite lovely and a welcomed surprise with accidentally reading part 4 first and going back to the beginning. been trying to avoid the asks you post as spoilers hehe. been trying to savor it as mutch as i can because how mutch of a special treat is it to have my first fic that im sitting down and investing time in in- god knows how long im dislexic, its been a possess practicing reading enough to handle it long term but im finally at the point i wana be hehe. and boyhowdy is it a breath of fresh air to be so mentally entwined with strangers on the internet i knew where shit was going when going back and hearing the bickering about yellows head being soft, that i felt it was going to go THERE but then i put it down and came back and nearly did a spit take of my hot coco with how the next few sentiences went and im just fucking here for it gosh am i here for it. but what a great time it was to have the nightmare sequence first, covid was the hardest time in my life and going through trauma resurfacing through peace time is sutch a specific thing that you nailed perfectly and im just so impressed by every second of it. please please keep doing what your doing and i hope to muster up enough focus and time to draw some things enough to do your words justice. im still thinking about how funny "used a taller voice" is and how absolutely silly them wearing chefs hats for cooking was god this appeals to me in every fucking way dear god

Just to start off: sorry for not answering this last night but I was already moisturized and in bed when this popped up so there was no hope of me waking up enough to answer this coherently 💖

I just want to say it's a very lovely thing to have my writing be described as something to be invested in, doubly so that you're doing so despite of dyslexia! My father has struggled with dyslexia his entire life and only just got diagnosed (hooray to the '70s US public school system for absolutely dropping the ball forever 🙄) and I know how frustrating it can be, so I'm absolutely touched that my writing is something you're interested in spending your time on 💗

And you're very right, there is something wonderful about being 'mentally intwined' with people over something as silly as a horror puppet show for adults. There's a lot of jokes to be made about calling online interactions 'the people that live in my phone' but it really is nice to have a space like this online where interaction is easy and the people in that space are all so interesting and kind!

Covid really was such a nightmarish time to be alive, not knowing if the people you cared for would get sick and die in an absolutely horrific way, not knowing when it would end. I think writing is a good way to air some of my personal demons I have with time periods of my life, and I'm glad you're working through your own as well.

Promise me if you do feel the urge to draw anything that you'll tag me in it!!!!! There's something so amazing to me about people that feel impacted/inspired by my work and then draw it, like its crazy. You have the ability to literally draw anything and you're using your talents to make scenes from my silly little puppet fanfics real. It's literally unreal to me after all this time that this fandom has so many amazing artists and they follow me and like my stuff for some reason lol

And yes, the silly hats, a very important part of the cooking process. The most important part some may say, Yellow definitely. Duck as well but he doesn't want to admit it I don't think.

[thefirstknife]

@ceo-of-sloppy-men Reblogging an 8 months year old post where a notorious harasser and asshole of the Destiny community is "calling me out for being toxic" without actually having anything to accuse me of is :/ . I'm replying to it because I got a notif when you reblogged since I'm the OP of that post (clearing that up to not get accused of stalking your blog or something).

I debunked spartanlocke's shitty claims in this post. Curious about how you got to this post, but not surprised you're reblogging something from 8 months ago that's riddled with lies and inaccuracies (given that you've started this drama by lying and refusing to simply take the L and the advice that my friend gave you in a fully transparent approach from his blog). Most of the receipts for Jem are in that post, but there's more and so many people can verify them. Most recently extremely egregious crap she has done is making a police brutality joke and posting it in the main tag. :/

In regards to your explanatory post, it could've been so good if not for the following:

I am very curious to find out whose job is to protect minors in online spaces from predators if not the job of the adults using that space. Protecting minors is literally a job for adults. You're saying that you don't want predators on your blog and that's great. The problem is that language like the above is telling them that your blog is a safe space for them. When you say "minors will look at it anyway and minors are interested in and know what sex is anyway" you're literally signalling to MAPs and predators that their behaviour is okay. And if any minor is following you, you're telling the minor that being predated on is okay. Even if you say "MAPs DNI." Standing by that we shouldn't "tiptoe around certain topics" and that "we can't stop minors from clicking anyway" is giving predators an excuse. I don't know how else to explain this to you.

It takes more than slapping a "DNI" on your blog to make sure gross people won't interact with you. It's an extremely harmful way of thinking, both for you and your followers, especially given that you've said you're under 21 which means you're still very young. Minors do all sorts of stupid shit and it's on adults to teach them how to do better and to protect them from adults that want to harm them. This is a genuine piece of advice from the bottom of my heart and from experience. This line of thinking can be and is exploited by gross people.

I've also seen your additional post since I got a notification for your reblog about deciding to use the nsfw tag from now on. Yes, I am happy and I am glad that you chose to do so. The "nsft" (not safe for tumblr) tag is not blocked on any devices, and I've also been told that "nsfw" tag is not blocked anymore either. I'd use "nsft" just to be safe from potential shadow-blocking, but I think "nsfw" is fine as well. It's up to you.

Not sure what that bit about "fake activism" was about given that you've reblogged a post from my friend with my addition about racist terms for Drifter. Which means that you're aware of how fandoms can be bigoted and bad. This isn't any different.

As far as I'm concerned, the drama is over. I believe you when you say you don't support this. I urge people to also believe you, though I can't demand that people change their minds about being uncomfortable. I don't care if you think I'm a bad annoying person, but I do genuinely care about making sure gross people don't think it's safe on your blog, for your safety. A "DNI" is not going to stop them. I 100% urge all of my followers and you and all of your followers to be careful online. Maybe it sounds like I'm an annoying parent, but gross people are extremely good at weaseling their way into spaces with most vulnerable people.