#i'm not sure if this is for me (who owns the blog) or for the people/characters i roleplay for lmao

[siffrins-therapist]

🦇 ernrenephandre follow

lordjosephandreispoterianfightme reminded me of THIS batshit ask I got last year, so ofc I now need to inflict it on all my new followers uwu

I'll also go ahead and link my (very correct) meta post about Lady IJK's characterization, and since xe reminded me of this ask, here's Lord's post about why Issue 43.5 should be considered canon, despite what de Plume's forward says. Enjoy!

🫛 howaremysweetiepees follow

[Image description: Screenshot of an anonymous ask sent to ernrenephandretruther that says "Jsyk just BC you're the Savior of Vaugarde, doesn't mean anything you say about The Cursing of Château Castle is canon. Even though de Plume wrote Issue #43.5 with that Thank You in the forward, doesn't mean anything. They just wanted to appease your headcanons about that stupid side character rejoining the team and getting Lady Irene-Janine-Karine all weepy BC you can't handle the complexities of her character!!! I'd say stick to ao3 but if the events of 43.5 are anything to go by you're crab at planning anything, let alone writingg a full meta post or fic. So maybe just stick to your pilgrimage or whatever and spare the rest of us your fangirling." Ernrenephandretruther replies "2/10 anon hate. Too long-winded, de Plume themself says 43.5 is non-canon, and anon, I cannon (sic) stress this enough, I AM NOT MIRABELLE CHEVALIER. I AM LITERALLY MWUDU AND WAS TRAVELING IN KA BUE AND BAKTAN DURING THE FREEZING THERE ARE PICTURES ON MY BLOG, FEATHERS AND THREAD!!! End description]

Didn't like 90% of TCoCC blogs get that copy-pasta last year? Damn, I can't tell if anon's just salty about H. Mirabelle getting a whole-ass book written as a thank-you (FOR SAVING A COUNTRY, WHICH THE AUTHOR LIVES IN, ANON, MAKES CRABBING SENSE TO ME THEY'D WANT TO THANK HER), hated 43.5, or just another Lady IJK white knight who thinks any criticism of her characterization is a direct attack.

🦇 ernrenephandretruther follow

Probably all 3 ngl

🎃 changeoffates follow

Great Change I got the same anon! It's been sitting in my inbox for a year! I am still flabbergasted!!

And jw OP but why's your language set to Poterian?

🦇 ernrenephandretruther follow

Believe me, I'm still confused!

And I'm transferring to university in Poteria so I've been studying the language. I took it in school with Vaugardian but I'm kinda rusty :/ The only reason I know Vaugardian still is cause of ernrenephandre porn LMAO

🧂 lordjosephandreispoterianfightme

Anyone else get this ask since this was posted two days ago???

#fates and wells anon maybe learn to let go or w/e #i dont go here but ist that one of your Change teachings or something? #pretty sure your still going through it and should talk to someone not send out copy-pastas #tbh p sure anon is just a savior mirabelle hater idk why her antis are so fucking annoying #dont you all have anything better to do????

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🌠 loop-garou follow

If staff could stop terming me that'd be great

🥐 mysiblinginchange follow

u've literally been posting pictures of squiggles that give everyone a headache????

🌠 loop-garou follow

Skill issue.

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☕ hauntedteacup

So was that list where people were trying to figure out which ao3 account belongs to the Savior deleted or...

#cuz i have a theory #dm me if you're interested i don't want to risk getting flagged or something

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🎭 anguished-actor follow

Gonna kms that saviorship fic got so popular it was mentioned in the newspaper

🐌snailsforthesnailgod follow

OP don't you live in Ka Bue?

🎭 anguished-actor follow

So you understand my astonishment and horror

🌠 loop-garou follow

Here's the link to the fic for the confused people in the notes :)

🎭 anguished-actor follow

Your never satisfied until my activities page is unusable

🌠 loop-garou follow

You're* :)

#didnt someone print out and bind a bunch of copies of that fic? #and handed them out at cons? #not shocked it got mentioned in the paper ngl #there's even rumors h. euphrasie owns a copy

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The latest report from Dormont's House of Change states that people staying there are still seeing ghosts, but most recent accounts put these ghosts mainly in the corridors and common areas. They are no longer being seen in the dorms and classrooms, and reports are becoming few enough that Head Housemaiden Euphrasie told journalists she believes the ghosts should fade by next spring. However, she does admit that she isn't sure why the ghosts have remained for as long as they have but refused to comment on where her first estimation had come from.

-mod castle

🧭 saviorodilewhiteknight follow

"ghosts" when only savior siffrin's ghost is the only one being seen at the house

🏴 chess-cheater-deactivated

Someone posted an explanation here. Basically tl;dr it's Time Craft crab

🧭 saviorodilewhiteknight follow

they fucking got them

#does anyone have screenshots of whatever was in #the link chess-cheater linked? #it's gone now :/ #notes say claude hacked the site and deleted it

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🧨 defender-offender

Everyone that asks me about Mirabelle is getting blocked. Leave her tf alone, she's been through enough without everyone trying to dig up her meta essays and fics.

#stasis and stagnation i'm this close to deleting everything #claude.exe

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Disclaimer: I know Savior Siffrin never worked for the K*ng and that Savior Odile didn't actually believe this theory, this is a poll for fun.

#savior posting #voted for he forgot

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🪭 justafan follow

So. Uh. Anyone else hear about that game coming out? The one about Vaugarde's Saviors fighting the King?

🥚 notreadytohatch follow

Didn't the dev claim to be a vessel for Vaugarde's change god?

🪭 justafan follow

Yeah but. Yeah not touching that one.

🎭 anguished-actor follow

Theres gonna be a what.

#hooboy idc what the game looks like i'll be making popcorn for all the discourse that'll be popping up #is there a kickstarter i wanna donate

🌠 loop-garou follow

🧨 defender-offender

How many accounts do you have?????

🌠 loop-garou follow

You're the one flagging me?? 🥺🥺🥺

🧨 defender-offender

I don't care enough to bother.

🧨 defender-offender

I'll tell everyone to leave you alone if you tell me one thing: Are you the one who gave Euphie a bound version of that fic?

🌠 loop-garou follow

DM me and I'll tell you :3c

🎭 anguished-actor follow

Stars, I swear if that was you...

#this... this is like #proof loop-garou and/or anguished-actor are the saviors #right??? #i'm not insane??? #like it makes sense right??? #and who tf is loop??? who is that in the picture?????? is this some joke from one of the saviorshipping fics?? #are they loop-garou's sona??? #and i swear to change if i only get a bunch of asks that only say 'tee-hee'...

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[queen-mihai]

Holy mackerel, I did not think people were still into this post

Today's update is a huge one.

Literally my life has made several gigantic swings. My goodness yall strap in cuz we're going for a ride.

I have a polycule now. I'm not sure when the last actual update was, but I've been doing a bit of online dating ever since...idk maybe for about a year now

I have known I was polyamorous since before I started this blog. But I never knew my love life would or even could go as deep as it has

As... as of right now I have a dozen people who I call my partners and probably more than two dozen in a giant poly cluster in varying states somewhere between friendship and "we could not imagine our lives without each other and we've changed each other for the better but technically we're not dating cuz life is complicated but it's cool cuz we're happy and anyway we love each other"

Multiple people have literally altered their entire life plan as a result of meeting me

I... how is that even.... like that's so easy for me to say and so obviously true that I can't not mention it in a big life update like this.... but it also seems insane to say!!! Changed lives? With an s? Multiple lives? And these are people all over the world! The implications! Friggin' army of hot queers! I love yall so much!

🥹

So.. what else.. money...I still need to finish making the master-post for "The Master's Quest: Meet Annabella"

I really need to sell that book more, along with finishing and publishing the second book of the series. I really need to make my own way in the world. I've got to actually make it as an author because there's a LOT riding on me continuing to have the ability to care for people close to me

I've moved. I have a nice new apartment that's bigger than the house I used to have

At least one of my partners wants to move in with me and we're making arrangements to make that work for everyone.

I have a discord server that I'm looking at taking public so that yall can get to know me better... and so that we can build a lovely community that works as well as my private friend group. I'm really good at running these communities, so it should be really good. I just need to make sure I have moderation in place so that it doesn't disrupt my entire life

I've gotten really good at making soul food, and I realized I'm the matriarch of my own online family... meaning I'm closer to becoming "Big Mama" than I ever thought I'd be at this age

Like

I'm the Big Mama of my internet family... that's huge

Oh and I've started gaming again! I play a lot of Warframe and Baldurs Gate 3 at the moment! It's so fun!

Also I stream on Twitch! Come hang out with me while I play Warframe! I'm probably gonna start playing every other Thursday thanks to my not-quite-a-partner

There's been a lot of stupid stuff too. My doctor hasn't updated my sick leave. I met a girl locally who I thought was cool, only for her to trap me in a looping conversation for a day and a half and treat me like crap when I tried to leave, and lots of people misunderstanding my intentions on so many things

But honestly forget all that

Because my life has improved SO FREAKING MUCH

And continues to get better and better and better

I've never felt so loved in my entire life

Yall feel free to follow @rikkibelle6 @jadethebunny @bwrtrain113 @silentrhow @icyravensflint I love yall so much

I guess I'll see yall in a few months and we'll see where we are then 🥰💝

You know the great thing about my Tumblr?

I'm invisible. Nobody sees me. I'm essentially talking to the void. This will get no notes.

Watch this:

I'm trans. I'm a girl and I'm SUPER bisexual. I like everybody. Girls are hot. Guys are hot. NBs are hot. Trans people are hot. I like to dress and act and be really super girly and I love flirting with people. It doesn't matter cuz this will get zero notes just like everything else I post on here.

Screw it. I'm not even done

This is me. A black trans bisexual.

I wrote an Ace/Aro person into my book. A trans person too. And one of the guys is gay. He literally has a big flirting scene with a guy in the book. It's pretty strongly suggested that they banged. As the author I can tell you; they did. It's the only sex scene even hinted at in the book and it's gay af.

Wanna know a secret? I think I've been in bed with a famous person. It's so crazy because I'm so terrible at famous people there's no way I'd have known who he was unless he straight up told me. But I did get the inkling he was somebody important by him talking about his soho apartment in New York. And the fact that he was staying in one of the nicest and most expensive hotels in Houston at the time.

And yes,bbtw. I was not aware of my being trans yet. And he was a man. This was a gay interaction. A very gay interaction. I'm bi. But you don't care cuz you're not even reading this.

Anyway yeah I love Tumblr. Nobody notices me

[ingravinoveritas]

Same David event anon: On a more positive note there was some Michael talk. They were talking about how Michael was top of his class at RADA and David joked that his career had done okay he supposed. 😝 And then the interviewer said “oh but he doesn’t do good like you….oh wait he did pay off the debt of 900 people” and David rolled his eyes and said that he supposed he was a very good person. Much more genuine than the performative Georgia crap.

Hello, Anon. Tumblr for some reason decided to glitch out, so trying this again, albeit with the messages out of order.

Well, it's certainly nice to hear from someone who was at the event last Thursday, and I appreciate you sharing your perspective. For those who might've missed it: On Thursday night, David was interviewed at An Evening with David Tennant, which was held at (of all places) a church in Chiswick.

The interviewer for this event was Deborah Frances-White, author of The Guilty Feminist and host of a podcast by the same name. David and Georgia have a long history with this author, going back at least several years to when they were in a Silver Linings video for her podcast during the pandemic (a video that is very surreal and oddly prophetic to watch now).

From what I've ascertained, it seems like she interrupted/talked over David a great deal, and seeing how this author is also one of Georgia's favorite writers and Georgia was in the audience on Thursday, all of this has to be the lens through which we consider and discuss everything that happened.

For the first part you mentioned, it does seem that someone took video, so I will post it beneath the cut so folks can have a visual:

The biggest thing for me is that as soon as the interviewer starts gushing about Georgia/their relationship, David's body language noticeably changes. I know we've said how wiggly David is under most circumstances (to where there's even an entire blog here on Tumblr dedicated to how he can't sit normally in chairs). But as soon as she starts gushing about their relationship (specifically, what would happen if they ever broke up), he's so far to one side that he's all but launching himself out of the chair entirely. And when she makes the comment about the PM declaring that monogamy is over, David reaches for cup of water, which is possibly the oldest and most well known "I'm uncomfortable" maneuver in the book.

I'm not sure why this woman thought this was an appropriate venue/time to say all that, but she seems to be projecting what she thinks David and Georgia's relationship is--that is, based on what they've shown her of their relationship--in a public forum where both of them are present, and where David has no room to say anything else. But to go so over-the-top with it (while also talking over David/dominating the conversation in general) makes it feel more out of place and stand out for the wrong reasons.

Which then takes us to the questions you mentioned, the "What turns you on?" and so forth. It turns out these questions were lifted verbatim from what James Lipton used to ask on Inside the Actor's Studio--although to go back further, the questions are actually from Marcel Proust, who originated the Proust Questionnaire. Many interviewers have used them since, but usually put their own personal spin or twist on the questions. The questions that this author lady asked, however, were identical to the ones from IATS. So knowing all of that, these seem like questions that were deliberately asked to elicit a specific response.

(I will say that one other thing I noticed was David wearing his 1970 jumper again, but with the sleeves noticeably pulled down in a way he doesn't normally wear them (see below pictures). In particular, the sleeve is curiously pulled down over his right wrist, again in a way he has never done so before...)

In thinking about David's answer to the "What turns you on?" question, what stood out to me was the immediacy of it. Again, this interviewer had just finished gushing over his relationship, they're in the middle of a church (which likely had a lot of personal resonance for David, growing up the son of a minister), and Georgia was in the room. So while it might not have been a dishonest answer, it was expected, and something he did not have to think about. It reminded me a great deal of DragonCon in 2019, when David was asked which co-star he had the best chemistry with. His immediate answer was, "Probably my wife." But then a few moments later, he said "Maybe I should've married Michael Sheen." So that in a way illustrates the possible difference between the prepared answer vs. what he might have been thinking more deeply about.

Which then takes me to the mentions of Michael and particularly interestingly, what David said about GO and Crowley/Aziraphale. Because what we're talking about here is vulnerability, and opening up a hidden side of yourself in a forum such as this. David's answers to "What turns you on?" and "What turns you off?" were predictable and performative, but they were not vulnerable. Contrast that to what one of the attendees recounted about him discussing Crowley/Aziraphale, and it's night and day...

When I first read this, my jaw hit the floor. The entire lack of subtlety, to where you almost don't even need to read between the lines anymore. What David did here is what Michael was already doing back in 2019--connecting himself to the character in a deeply personal way, to where the line is blurry as to where Crowley ends and David begins. Crowley needs his "best friend" but can't express it? And it's very "Scottish Presbyterian" of him? I mean...I don't think you need to be a member of MENSA to put the pieces together at this point.

This was David being vulnerable. This was him opening up and saying something that we never heard him say before, and it was extraordinary. He went into detail in a way he did not with the answers related to Georgia. He didn't say why or how she inspires him creatively, just that she did. He gave a perfect answer, but that's not the same thing as a heartfelt one. And for him to say what he said about Crowley/Aziraphale in this context, at this particular event, and after everything that's been going on with GO for the last few months, is absolutely huge.

I love that you pointed out the genuineness of David talking about Michael as well. I had heard from another report that he said something like, "What's he ever done for charity... Oh, wait, maybe it's not the best week to be saying that." Which tells us that David is keenly aware of what Michael has done and gave his full attention to every single second of the documentary. (The "oh, wait, maybe it's not the best week to be saying that" implying that it's obvious and that everyone already knows what he's talking about...or at least should know.)

When it comes to Michael, David never seems to go for canned/prepared answers, but instead speaks from the heart. He didn't need someone there hyping up his and Michael's relationship to try and encourage those responses--he just gave them on his own. The real emotion that David showed in making these comments/talking about GO was more than noticeable, and seems to be what so many people have reacted to most strongly since then.

This brings me to my last point, which is the response in the aftermath of all this. Knowing that Georgia was there, and knowing the responses David gave to those ITAS questions, you would think that she would've posted something on Insta about the event. At the very least, something about this author lady, who is a friend of hers and her favorite writer and so on, and what a great job she did at the event. But what did Georgia post about this event?

Nothing.

Two Insta stories about an upcoming event with this author and David in April. But not one single thing about this past Thursday. Given everything just discussed above, it would make all the sense in the world for her to be bragging or at least just mention him in some capacity. And yet...nothing.

So yes, those are my thoughts on the event David spoke at this past Thursday. I'm glad you got to go, Anon, and had such a lovely time. Thanks for reporting in! x

[inkieflame]

Okay, but we do need to have a serious conversation about Lizzie and her character arc for my Lab AU

The storyline I made for her heavily revolves around SA, repeat abuse, and poor coping methods for that trauma, so if that is triggering then this is not a conversation you should be here for.

Okay, here's the thing.

When I wrote Lizzie's story arc, I was not intending for her to be a main character. The Lab AU was first designed to be about two duos: Martyn and Ren, and Jimmy and Tango.

Lizzie was given her own side arc like most of the characters in the AU, but first and foremost she was meant to be a supporting character for Jimmy's story. I was never intending to go into depth about her traumas and abuse.

HOWEVER.

Lizzie has clearly become a favorite. I would love to continue to tell her story, but I'm also not sure what the best way to cover it is. Obviously SA is a serious topic, and I don't want to portray it offensively or inaccurately. Many people are sensitive about it, and I don't want to make light of real abuse by writing about it poorly.

Additionally, I'm not sure what Tumblr's guidelines are about the portrayal of topics like this, and I also don't want to scare anyone off my blog. I'm unsure where the line of "too much" is drawn.

I do have plenty of ideas for her character, and I would love to explore her abuse and how the context of the lab would affect her psychologically. I have plenty of thoughts about how I can make it angsty for Joel too.

That being said, if anyone has any advice on writing characters who have experienced SA, my DMs are wide open (or send me an ask if you want to remain anonymous). I'm trying to approach this carefully while also feeding everyone the angst they're clearly hungry for :3

So! Let's poll the crowd:

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

[shadowinthefire]

GET TO KNOW YOUR MUTUALS ✨

What the origin of your blog title?

I like to pretend my cats are in Star Trek for my own amusement. It's pretty self explanatory.

OTP(s) + Shipname(s):

Shran + Archer- Shrancher

Spock + Kirk - Spirk

McCoy + Spock + Kirk - McSpirk

Garak + Bashir - Garashir

My cat Ferret and my former cat Obie (Obie was rehomed as my college only let's me have one pet and my mom couldn't keep him) - no ship name

Favorite Color:

Black or midnight blue (ik so *emo* or *not like other girls*)

Song Stuck in Your Head:

This is a rotating door but Any Hadestown or Epic song is free game tbh.

Weirdest habit or trait:

It's hard to pick one or to know which is the weirdest but eh I guess the fact I used to have pica due to an iron deficiency is probably up there.

Hobbies:

Crochet

Bones

Sculpture

Writing

Reading fanfic

Drawing

Pottery

If you work, what your profession?

Ummm.... not on the internet but I'll give a hint... BONES!

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

I would love to be a successful writer, but eh I'm middling at best and can't seem to finish anything.

Something your good at:

I don't know. Wish it was writing but problem more like another art I do maybe? Crochet or sculpture? Does not having friends irl count?

Something you hate:

Lots of things- peas are definitely on the list along with racism, sexism, that kind of thing.

Something you collect:

Flower Fairy Figurines, Dolls, Rocks, anything Star Trek

Something you forget:

Anything and everything... most of the time dates of things or assignment the day the are due.

What your love language?

Hmmm... I crave physical touch and quality time for myself but I love to gift give, so stuff for people, and feed people. Real provider streak here for some reason.

Favorite movie/show:

Favorite movie is easy -

Star Trek: The Voyage Home

The Barbie Movie

Favorite TV Show is harder -

Star Trek: Deep Space 9

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Really any other Star Trek Series except Picard (My problems with Picard I am happy to discuss. Not that I dislike it, just not my favorite :/)

Doctor Who (WHO could have guessed? ....I'll show myself out)

Criminal Minds

Cold Case from 2003. I love Lily Rush.

Favorite food:

This one is much harder.... so much harder. Well, here we go.

Dessert:

Cheesechake

Red velvet anything

Dark chocolate

Savory:

Chicken and dumblings

Bisquets

Brussel sprouts

Steak and gravey

Mashed potatoes

Drinks:

Milk -chocolate or regular (yes I am one of those people. Leave me alone if you think it's weird. We're on tumblr for goodness' sake)

Milkshakes

Boba

Tea or coffee depending on my mood.

Favorite animal:

Cats cats cats

Deer

Wolves

Moths and butterflies

And most other animals that aren't insects/spiders (yes I know butterflies and moths are insects, I mean all the other insects). I wish I liked them but sadly I do not.

What were you like as a child?

Outgoing and oblivious. Self confident and in your face until middle school. Thanks *this school name has been removed for privacy reasons*.

Your favorite school subject?

Probably History or English

Your least favorite:

Math

What's your best character trait?

Idk.... I've got my friends backs and like to take care of them.

Whats your worst character trait?

Self depreciation or my tendency to drift away from people because I get depressed and become very apathetic during that time.

If you could change any aspect of your life right now, what would it be?

That my grandparents weren't so homophobic. They raised me and I am gay as duck :/

If you could travel back in time, who would you like to meet?

Leonard Nimoy

Stan Lee

See my dad one more time to yell at him

My cat Black Bart to make sure he knew he was loved

Tagging @emeraldkitty123, @pillowprincessherbertwest, or anyone else that wants to play!

GET TO KNOW YOUR MUTUALS ✨

Thank you so much for tagging me @starrybouquet! ❤️

what's the origin of your blog title?

I don’t really have a blog title. 🙈 I should probably give that some thought.

otp(s) + shipname(s):

If we mean “OTP: they can only be happy with each other, no one else could ever possibly fulfill either of them,” then I don’t believe in that. But if we mean “OTP: interesting shippy dynamic but other people could also or alternatively make them happy, no gatekeeping here,” then:

Kathryn Janeway/Tom Paris, J/P

Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, Pikeone or Pikeuna

Seven of Nine/Anyone I Find Interesting

favorite color:

Green and purple.

song stuck in your head:

Trustfall, P!nk

weirdest habit/trait:

I go to bed super-duper early.

hobbies:

Writing. Exercise. Socializing.

if you work, what's your profession?

My goodness, I do not want to talk about my job on Tumblr dot com.

if you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

That’s complicated.

something you're good at:

Organization.

something you hate:

Violence and people who glorify violence.

something you collect:

N/A

something you forget:

I often forget what I’ve bought through online shopping. Then the box arrives and I’m curious as to what’s in it.

what's your love language:

Conversation.

favorite movie/show:

Saving Mr. Banks

favorite food:

I don’t know.

favorite animal:

I don’t know.

what were you like as a child:

Bookish. Social.

favorite subject at school:

English or civics.

least favorite subject:

Math or science.

what's your best character trait?

When I love, I love with my whole heart.

what's your worst character trait?

Hesitancy to reach out or open up.

if you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be?

The answer is too complicated to type out.

if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?

Relatives who passed away before I was born and were deeply meaningful to people I love.

No-pressure tagging: @deadheaddaisy, @grissomesque, @regionalpancake, @procrastinatorproject, @emilie786, @pc-corner, @coffee-in-that-nebula, @elephant-in-the-pride-parade, @cnroth, @fiadorable, @lorcaswhisky, @the-lady-general, @cicaklah, @caladeniablue, @enterprise-come-in, @theredheadedcaptain, and anyone else I forgot to tag. 💞

[origami-butterfly]

I think what a lot of j&h adaptations get wrong, is that ultimately, Jekyll is, at heart. A Cunt. Lots of adaptations like to write him as an innocent scientist, who got more than he bargained for when he drank the potion, and unleashed a monster, but in the novella, the only thing the potion really does, is change Jekyll's appearance. He created Hyde, and I think he had the opportunity to make Hyde into something good, but, because he's a cunt, he chose to use his alter ego as a force for evil and chaos. "Edward Hyde was alone in the ranks of evil"- of course he was, you never allowed him to be anything else. And Jekyll is fully aware of what he does as Hyde, he says it himself in his full statement, and he feels no remorse. He didn't create Hyde accidentally, he made Hyde because he wanted to do bad things and get away with it, without damaging his reputation.

Fuck Dr Jekyll, all my homies hate Dr Jekyll.

[liquidstar]

This is such a tangent btw but on the topic of guilt tripping and reblogs... I remember a few years back there were some terrible fires in Greece (and again this year, entire island villages are gone now) and at that time I had family who were caught in them. I can't describe the desperation I felt with these horrible things happening to my family and loved ones in my country. And I remember being frustrated and desperate with how no one around me in America really seemed to give a shit. I remember blogging asking people to PLEASE care please share something please reblog this link for mutual aid please think about the stories and fires etc etc etc. And the thing is I was very much in a state of grief myself, maybe not every word or action was perfectly reasonable, because I don't realistically expect everyone everywhere to care about every tragedy in the world. You can't. Emotionally it's just not possible, especially with all the stuff going on in the states rn too. Yeah it's a lot. It's not like I blog about every tragedy that ever happens either. I understand.

HOWEVER what I also remember was at this time there were a couple mutuals very clearly making vagueposts along the lines of "remember not everyone has the energy to care about everything in the world uwu" while I was posting about family who died and family who were drifting in the ocean for hours as their homes and loved ones burned. Listen. You have to understand sometimes that when a person in grief and frustration with things going on in their countries and communities impacts them very personally beg you to care... It's coming from a place of needing to see that care in the world in general. They're not holding a gun to your head Specifically saying you have to reblog the posts, if you don't have the energy just ignore it.

You don't have to go out of your way saying "um actually I can't care about the horrible stuff you and your family and your country are experiencing rn. I'm too busy focusing on my own stuff so can you be quiet or more reasonable with your grief thanks." Like. Just keep it to yourself then??? Have some fucking sympathy for other people and understand that maybe it's not always logical. The same way you don't have the emotional energy to think about every tragedy in the world, people who've been impacted by them often don't have the emotional energy to handle that alone and may seek somekinda community or solidarity. Idk. It's not about forcing shit on you sometimes it's not about you

[nichavez]

would u allow ppl to private message you on here?

Hm. Good question. Well, perhaps, if asked nicely.

[svtskneecaps]

my biological peer reviewer (sibling) called this theory “fun” and said i should send it, so here goes

my personal theory is the feds ((”federation”)) created the eggs because they decided the best way to enforce “you can never leave” was to give the people something they couldn’t lose, like in the post by tumblr user alexaloraetheris (no relation to the smp) where their friend who might be a deity had said,

"When you die you descend to the underworld with nothing to lose. To keep you, they give you something to lose. When you want to return, they will demand it back. That's why nobody ever leaves. The only way out is to never enter."

i’m thinkin that on egg D-Day, at the end of the countdown, the feds weren’t gonna give the eggs back. they were just gonna hide them forever, or do something else, anything else, just keep them away from their surrogate parents, because then the people would just be STUCK, because people could theoretically take their eggs and leave, but if the eggs are missing, gone without a trace, then the residents CAN’T LEAVE, because presumably the eggs are STILL THERE, SOMEWHERE, IN NEED OF HELP AND RESCUE, if only the residents could find them ON THE ISLAND. if they leave the island while the eggs are missing, they are abandoning these things that have become their children.

but then in came the brazilians. and shit went south. because see, the spenglish (spanish / english) streamers were INVITED, but the brazilians CRASHED; the feds didn’t INVITE THEM, they weren’t EXPECTING THEM, but they can’t let these guys leave either, so they PANIC, and they scramble to give the brazilians the same thing--something to lose. the new egg had a brazilian jersey, homie was TAILOR MADE for them to pack bond with. the feds didn’t have time to send out multiple eggs, it was all or nothing, so they picked something they could reasonably assume all five of them would find endearing because they don’t know shit about these guys--they had a week to observe the OG batch, but all they know about these newbies is the brazilian flag on their boat--and so they sent the little egg out to become THEIR THING, the thing they couldn’t afford to lose.

it leaves open why the eggs are cracked too, bc idk what’s going on there lol, either 1: the eggs cracked because they’re hatching and the feds picked that date bc they wanted to yoink the eggs before they got Too Powerful, or 2: the feds were the ones to crack the eggs as an excuse for why they vanished--returning the eggs untouched would open too many questions the feds don’t want them asking; this way, instead of being concerned specifically with “why were the eggs missing”, the residents presume they know the answer--the cracks.

but yea i’m just gonna add as an aside that personally i think cucurucho / osito bimbo / the white fucker is way more active again because the feds are still scrambling to keep up with the brazilians (which, again, the feds weren’t expecting), and the binary fuckwad came in to put the fear of god into the newbies--maybe so they didn’t get too focused on the morse code transmissions; iirc max was theorizing that both osito and binary were part of the federation ? and if so it does make sense that the binary entity went to fuck with cellbit immediately after cellbit was introduced to the conspiracies of the island, yknow, a warning shot. i think they want them to be focused on the eggs.

BUT THAT’S JUST A THEOr

[anarchy-and-piglins]

Hullo! Long time reader, first time commenter! I greatly admire your skill, especially how you characterize everyone. They feel so real and consistent regardless of what world or scenario you put them in. Very impressive! Recently though I've been branching out in my reading and was curious if you had any recommendations? Any authors/fanfics you like? In return, I recommend Bloodboon by Anchestor. You two write very similar techno vibes! I think you'd like it <3

Hihi! How nice of you to drop by Anon, I'm glad you're enjoying the fics :D

I've vaguely heard of Bloodboon, but I'm afraid it's not really my cup of tea. I stray far away from most stuff that has dark!Techno, possessive!Techno, or protective!Techno and this specific emduo dynamic just sounds like it doesn't appeal to me. Now if the roles were reversed and it was Techno as a slave you know I'd be on the first row lmao-

ANYWAY, I don't really read a lot of fics in the fandom anymore. The only ones I consistently try to keep up with are those by Lenn and Florist, I highly recommend them!

[wreckitwrites]

[bonestrouslingbones]

over this last month there have been multiple posts on my sfw blog that have randomly gotten a shit ton of notes for like a week straight and the only things they seem to have in common is that they're all from 2021. is this tumblr's way of telling me that was my peak year because ngl i dont really want that to be my peak year

[destructive-delight]

speaking of things working as intended... tumblr as per usual isn't.

[aeide-thea]

have been reading fic & thinking abt my relationship to fic, which is of course also among other things a mirror of my relationship to my own psyche, and like—i think all the discourse abt its being ~internalized misogyny~ to mostly/entirely read m/m is not ultimately, whatever the truth of it, all that helpful, either to readers or to Women! but of course that doesn't stop me from feeling weird guilt abt the fact that i don't read more f/f than i do, because if there's anything i love to do, it's feel unhelpfully bad abt myself on the slimmest of pretexts…

however! i did end up reading some f/f earlier, specifically transfem f/f, and it got me thinking—basically what i'm usually mostly reading fic for is the romance/sex, right? like, don't get me wrong, i love when a fic gives me a gorgeous double helix of, like, casefic and romance twisted together, that's ideal, but fundamentally most of the time the feeling up is what i sat down at the table to eat. so in a complex aegosexual way it's a fantasy i'm—not projecting onto, exactly, i don't want to be one of the people in it; but, like, lurking in the wings of with eyes big love-crumbs, to steal a phrase from a relevantly-named poet. :) and so it's no wonder that mostly i don't want to read cisfemme4cisfemme stuff, because that's not a dynamic that feels like it has any room for me, or even like i'm particularly welcome in the room. but like. if it's trans women? i'm there, i love that for them and for me. if there's a butch? i might get tripped up by our differing lenses on gender feelings and stub my toe a little but even so i'm probably here for it. (thinking here abt that one butch/femme geraskier ~cisswap which is, like, a gorgeous bruise i keep periodically pressing. <3)

so really it's just like. shocker: i'm not personally moved by fantasies abt romance which feature conventionally feminine cis women whom i don't personally find relatable or sexually desirable! and when i put it like that, it really instantly dissolves the weird useless discourse-induced guiltgunk. like. give me a woman who's, idk, tall and charismatic and strong and clever and talented at something (though honestly it's like that siken revised tweet, a lot of those characteristics are ultimately negotiable!), like women i've historically crushed on irl, and then give me a pairing for her that's like. another woman who's also enough of those things, or a man who's—honestly the kind of m/f i'm open to would be its own whole post bc holy shit am i fussy, it very much does exist but for now let's just stick a pin in that one—or somebody nonbinary, which… idk that i've ever actually seen nb/f in fic? i'm sure it exists! but i'm not sure it exists in any fandoms i've been into. pondering the question did get me really thirsty for a good 'farmgirl (of the luke skywalker variety) is absolutely stunned-and-ringing-like-a-struck-bell captivated by confident flamboyantly genderqueer love interest (example wanted)' dynamic, though…

[svtskneecaps]

i still haven't gotten real baghera and rivers interactions have i........... like the barest of interactions......... a drought........... i was so fucking curious...... i am still so curious............ twenty minutes of conversation and i would be fed forever............ i'd never ask for anything again.... baghera wasn't even there when bolas was doing the whole hostage situation she was off doing her own thing.......... i'm so curious........... i want to know..... what would the dynamic be........ how would they interact............ i'll never know.............. crying...........