#if anyone wants to block this shit and has a tag idea lmk

[crenandos]

Aaaaaaaaaa fuuuuuuuuuck

Giiiiirrlllsss

[glitcheslikeslego]

DISCLAIMER BEFORE WE BEGIN HERE: this is just me ranting and being done with certain sides of the lmk fandom, and not the fandom as a whole. if anyone decides to start trauma dumping or actively trying to start arguments in my replies again, i have a block button for a reason :3c

Okay, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

I think this fandom needs a lesson in media literacy and I am here to give one :3c!

So, media literacy is the ability to analyse stories presented in media to determine its credibility, and who better to talk about analysis than me, that one character analysis bitch uwu.

LMK is very main character focused, especially with MK since he’s, you know, the main character. It leans heavily on the plot of MK and his friends facing enemy after enemy, and with how short the seasons are (10 episodes each), it’s understandable that they won’t give every character large amounts of screen time, this especially goes for side characters, mainly Nezha, Li Jing, Red Son and his parents, Peng, Mayor, the Nine-Headed Demon etc etc. It’s all about MK and his friends.

Just because you like a side character, that doesn’t mean they need a whole season or special dedicated just to them. As seen with Red Son and Nezha, their familial issues are handled off screen, and just because you want to know more, that doesn’t mean that the show actually has to show it. And with Peng and the Mayor, just because we want to know where they are, doesn’t mean they have to show us. They may end up showing up, that’s not completely out of the realm of possibility, but you can’t expect the writers to shove every past character they can into a newer season.

While side characters can be important in moving a plot or explaining it more, they don’t completely matter in the long run. In season 3, the only reason why Nezha gets involved is because Wukong steals the map and they end up in a wild goose chase until Nezha arrives to wreck Wukong’s shit. Aside from that, his other appearances are relatively the same, something happens and Nezha just so happens to get involved and help out, then when all is said and done, he heads off to the Celestial Realm again. Same with Red Son, he just so happened to be involved, helped out a bit, then he and his family just vibe in their fortress. Really all the side characters just show up, help out a bit, then leave to do their own thing. In the end, they don’t really do a whole lot in the long run aside from help.

Now, side characters aside, let’s talk about headcanons. I like headcanons! I like coming up with my own and seeing other peoples headcanons, I think they're so neat! Headcanons on their own aren’t the issue here though, my issue is when people take headcanons and pass them off as canon and factual information about a character.

Take the genderfluid Red Son headcanon. I think it’s neat, it’s a fun and interesting idea, but when people try and use it as actual canon information, it can be pretty disappointing to newcomers who discover that a genderfluid character that they could possibly relate to isn't canonically genderfluid at all, but is instead just a headcanon from one storyboard artist. The person could feel tricked when they come into the fandom for the first time. That’s why I believe if it’s confirmed in the show or the creator themselves said anything about a character, then it’s true, unless stated otherwise.

In addition, just because you like a headcanon, that doesn’t mean you have to force people to like/believe in that headcanon too. And if you don’t like someone’s headcanon, that’s cool too, don’t harass them/bully them for it. The same can be said for ships too, if you do like it, cool, don’t force others to like it. You don’t like it? That’s cool too, don't bully them for it.

Tumblr has tag blocking and user blocking for a reason guys, you aren’t bad people for blocking people who you don’t like/don’t like you, and you aren’t bad for blocking tags for things you don’t want to see. Curate your online experience to cater to yourself and make you comfortable.

So long story short about media literacy and being online in general; take the time to understand what this show truly is, a silly lego show for kids ages 8 and up. Just because you like a specific character, that doesn’t mean they will get the screen time/on-screen development you want, and don’t harass other people over that. And while headcanons are cool, don’t pass it off as factual when it isn't.

Thank you all for coming to my class :3.

[demonicintegrity]

Watching from the sidelines as photomatt makes a fool of himself. and I'm just tired.

Listen im not gonna say "i hope someone dies in a car explosion full of hammers" has like, the strongest high ground standing. I'm above that. So may you. But I am gonna say it highlights the double standards pretty well. Are we gonna pretend like half the site wasn't openly wishing for Trump or any sort of alt-right politician to die? Not even like in a cartoony way? Just straight up memes about preparing the crave rave if anyone went? Which was a lot more passionate and strongly motivated than this? I watch so many people get straight up nazis in their askbox. I see so many bigots remake blogs without a sweat if they're even deleted in the first place. Misinformation and racist memes abound. But this small thing gets someone and all their blogs nuked off the website? Okay. Sure. Yeah. That tracks.

Hell, the fact no one can even tag him now shows a special standard. Wdym none of us can blocked being mentioned by others but the specialist ceo can because he's getting flamed for his own double standards? We can actually, its just buried in my settings I didn't know was possible until writing this and double checking. LMK if yall knew that was an option cuz I sure as hell didn't. @staff can still be mentioned and replied to on some of their posts, I'm sure some genuis is gonna have the bright idea to bother them even though they have no control over him. Hell, I've seen them being tagged in posts about policies and drama and all that! The ability to bother the working folks is never taken away but the ceo is above that.

(and no, it's not comparable to a kys joke, which I have never and will not ever condone. That's a fucking crime and terrible.)

(And if the average person can't get the police to do anything about the weirdos in their dm's, if celebrities couldn't get the police to help by being stalked by paparazzi, I doubt they're gonna take "someone on the internet I don't know wished I would be dead by a silly way" seriously. They wouldn't even take my roommates bike being stolen on camera seriously. That was a bluff out of his ass and we know it. He just wants to throw around power he doesn't/shouldn't have.)

("I hope X person dies" is harassment at best but not a credible death threat. It's hard to prove any sort of legitimate attempt behind the words. I would know, queer people get told they should be dead all the time and there's nothing that can be done because it's not a threat. I don't even think it was mentioned at him or anything like that, so it wasn't even intended to be seen by him. So yeah.)

And that's what all the outrage is about. It's the double standards. It's about how all these legitimately awful people still stick around because its not hard, but some random queer or otherwise marginalized person will get scrubbed off the face of the Earth because they were a little rude once. Or because they've done nothing at all. Remember when normal-horoscopes' blog got nuked for no fucking reason at all? Have no idea if that blog was ever restored. But man, all those posts unable to be searched for again.

And to be clear, I'm not surprised by this. In the slightest. When have ceo's ever reacted will to the people using their product not giving a shit about them? I may not know the entire story of who this trans women is and her history but like. But this part doesn't shock me. It sucks but its not surprising when Whatever Rich Ceo picks an enemy out of thin air and tries to drag them around as an example. It's happen so many times. I'm not shocked.

Nor does seeing the transphobia spike AGAIN because of it.

It's just exhausted that I set up myself here all comfy and everyone I follow is considering jumping ship again. I doubt I'll ever use any of the tumblr copycats. I got rid of my twitter. I've been putting off making an instagram for forever. If this goes assume your best chance is finding me on discord or by carrier pigeon. And ill be upset as hell because I love tumblr, it's my homebase, and I just set up my art blog here.

Yeah. So none of this is surprising. Disappointing, but not a surprise. You mean the website that regularly thinks any depiction of a queer person deserves a mature label with no ability to really appeal and fight against that, is being mean to a trans person?? Is the sky being blue also shocking??

Yeah whatever. This isn't changing or personally affecting me in any way but like. Man. Sure. Okay. Might as well be an issue on top of the others on this god forsaken webbed cite.

[rosaline-black]

ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴛʜ

ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴛ…

Summary: The time the goth met the metalhead at the brand new music store in Hawkins.

Category: Eddie Munson X Fem!Goth!reader

A/N: YES! I’m back with Eddie content. This idea has been in my head for a very long time I just never felt inspired but… now I am so I think I’ll turn this into a lil series if y’all are interested? Just lmk :) if ya wanna be tagged in future parts leave a comment below!

Series masterlist

Eddie didn't usually frequent many places in town. He stuck to what he knew, the woods surrounding Hawkins, high school and his trailer. Now he'd never admit that to anyone but the looks and the whispers sometimes got kinda bothersome. Sure, he owned his status as Hawkins's resident freak, but he also sometimes enjoyed feeling normal.

However, ever since the brand new music store had opened, Eddie had no choice but to go. I mean a place that sold records and the newest tapes? He had to go. Sure, he couldn’t afford a Walkman, but his dear uncle owned the loudest sound system the entire trailer park had ever heard.

With measured steps and a cigarette between his lips, Eddie could hear the buzz from outside the new store even from a block away. There were all types of people coming in and out of Rosie’s records, all too engrossed in their own amazement to even pay him a second glance. He could get used to that.

Flicking out his cigarette, Eddie went inside. It was much larger than he had anticipated, and the music was mellow. Everything would have been perfect if they didn’t have Madonna blasting. Eddie didn’t want to get into the groove thank you very much.

The front of the store was majorly filled with the chart's biggest hits, all of the shit you’d hear blasting over Hawkins's local radio, nothing of substance in his opinion. However, the back corner caught his eye, he could just about make out the album art for the new Motörhead album.

“I’m coming baby…”

He muttered under his breath, dodging people left right and centre until he finally reached his destination. The alternative section is what they had labelled it in big black letters, in other words, it was where all the decent music was stored. Not only did they have Motörhead, but they also had new dio, iron maiden and black sabbath. His holy trinity.

So used to the stares of others Eddie had become prone to looking around, very perceptive of the people around him. With a side glance eddies, eyes caught sight of someone he’d never seen before, and his heart stopped.

There you stood. Outlandish black eyeliner rivalling that of an eagle's wings painted skilfully around your eyes, dark lacquer lined your lips into the perfect pout and your brows were like two thin black lines carving your face into a precise scowl. Your hair was dark and backcombed to the high heavens, he guessed it must have taken at least half a bottle of hairspray to get it to stay in place.

As his eyes travelled down your attire, he was drawn to the mix of dark leathers and lace that was draped all over, hugging certain parts and then falling in others. Your skirt grazed your ankles, and on your feet, he spotted the biggest black boots that had ever graced Hawkins. Eddie couldn’t ignore your accessories either. Two silver daggers hung from your ears, and down your neck, a similar pendant rested just between your breasts, your hands were covered in rings with black gems and silver skulls similar to his own. He was obsessed.

Just as he was about to look away your soft melodic voice graced his ears, and a red tint dispersed over the expanse of his usually pale cheeks.

“Take a picture it will last longer…”

God, he hadn’t meant to stare for that long. But could you blame him? I mean he’d only seen people that dressed like you in magazines, labelled with propaganda about the spreading of the devil's scripture. You were just so… transfixing. An enigma among the many windbreakers and scrunchie-tied ponytails. A breath of fresh air.

“Sorry… it’s just… your earrings are really fucking cool man…”

For the first time since spotting you, Eddie got to see you face on. Hopefully, you couldn’t hear his sharp intake of breath, he was quite literally gasping over how beautiful you were. In all honesty, you sorta terrified him at the same time. You looked angry, like truly pissed at his staring, usually he’d pull some goofy face, but who knew, maybe you’d rip that earring out and use it on him?

Now what Eddie didn’t expect was for your thin brows to raise, and those black slips to bend into a smile “Thanks… I found them at a thrift store…”

Eddie swallowed the dryness in his throat, taking a cautious step closer to you and putting out his hand as a form of greeting “I’m Eddie… Eddie Munson…”

Your soft hand fell into his as you shook it lightly, you murmured your name so quietly he was surprised he caught it. When you pulled your hand away he found he missed its warmth in his own, although his hand was rather clammy from the initial staring debacle.

Not wanting the conversation to die out and even worse never seeing you again, Eddie decided to strike up another topic to grab your attention. He noticed you turn back to the tapes in front of you, fingers gliding over Siouxsie and the Banshees, the cure and sisters of mercy. Damn you had taste. Now the whole trad goth thing wasn’t his niche when it came to music, but for you, he’d listen to the mopey tunes till the end of time. Missing the tape you selected, Eddie found his way in.

“Oh, what did ya go for?”

You seemed startled by his loud voice, he would have felt guilty if your spooked wide eyes weren’t so damn adorable.

“Echo and the Bunnymen… they just released the deluxe edition of ocean rain…”

Truthfully he had no idea who or what you were talking about, but in an attempt to impress you Eddie faked a gasp, clapping his hands together as he rocked on the balls of his feet.

“Oh, awesome I love that album…” The grin on your face made his own widen.

“Oh, really what’s your favourite song?”

Eddies smile dropped as his eyes widened like a deer in the headlights. IDIOT. He was such an idiot.

“Uhh…. The uh… the first ones pretty great…”

Now, he fully expected you to raise one of those threatening brows and storm past him. But you didn’t do that, instead, laughter bubbled from the back of your throat. It was dorky and resembled a witch’s cackle in the most wholesome way. He needed to make you laugh again, hopefully on purpose next time.

“To be fair you didn’t strike me as an alternative guy… more metal right?”

Eddies eyes shone with adoration. You really saw him. Not just a passing judge as his knotted locks or stained t-shirt he’d spilt mustard on that morning, no, you actually saw him. When your name got called by who he was assuming was your mother, you sighed and turned back to him.

“I’d better get going… uh… here…”

You rifled In the black ripped tote back on your shoulder, pulling out what looked like a pot but after closer inspection turned out to be gel liner. You took a brush and grabbed his guitar-scarred fingers, straightening out his hand so you could get a better grip.

With delicate brushstrokes, Eddie watched digit after digit of a phone number being written on the back of his hand.

“That’s my landline… stay cool Munson…”

And like a cloud of black smoke, you were gone. For the first time in Eddie Munson's life, he was well and truly stumped. One thing he knew for sure, he’d wash his hand as little as possible.

[gryphsdeadbones]

hey from one nd person to another the comic where fm gordon says a slur seems kind of in poor taste. ik ur not intentionally making light of it and tht occurring in fm should be criticized but while you dont make it out to be a good thing making jokes about it and calling him a "slurboy" is kind of questionable? it makes it seem more like a plotpoint and angst rather than the creator of fm genuinely fucking up in the past (and having moved on from it)! i think exploring fm coming to terms with being nd is a good idea but this isnt the best way to do it. if you want me to explain my point more lmk if/when u post this and i will! someone already made a post abt it but it was kinda strongly worded and i wanted to approach you more calmly because i genuinely dont want to call you out or start drama or anything ;-;

first off thank you for being civil and patient with me i appreciate this ask a lot- also this got long- im not in a flying rage or anything when i bold or emphasis text, i just needed it also for my own readability and since im not the best at wording- hopefully this hellsite works and my response is under the cut

i would like to know how is it in poor taste when freemind explicitly gets clocked at the very end for saying it. the entire point of the comic was to show that saying the r slur has existed in his source and is bad

im not sure how much more direct i can get, with the disclaimer/warning list growing longer and longer and out there for a huge sign that says “this au can get dark as fuck and these subject matters are treated seriously/not something to mess around with.” Like yes, there are some jokes in the asks and other comics, but that specific comic is not supposed to be “haha thats funny”. it has a serious tone using a rough sketch style bc i was super tired and wanted to vent

was it just the direct reference to it that just made people uncomfortable? because thats 100% understandable, and i made sure i tagged it appropriately (although admittedly, a little bit late since i thought the filter would catch at least the main thing)

i think what some people somehow got from it is “exploring sensitive content = endorsing said content” which! that is not the intent! i absolutely do not want people saying that word! I don’t want people thinking that is any way okay for this character to say

its more of a damned if i do address it, damned if i dont.

if it never comes up, people are gonna assume that ‘oh this character says slurs and is shit, surely the creator or fan-creator MUST be okay with it and woobifies freemind and absolves him of any mistakes’ or something like that. no. this asshole has an arc and i want to do it right. its serious and i think it shouldn’t be shoved under the rug

and people just. dont want to read for context for whatever reason. theyll start watching it and get taken aback by the slur and start blaming me ‘hey you never warned for this’ when very early on i keep mentioning over and over ‘you dont have to watch it if you dont want to! This has slurs and 2000s internet brand humor/style’ You really dont, I’m not forcing you to watch it- Literally all you need to know is either canon half life or hl/vrai. thats it. fm mostly follows hl1 with very slight changes.

so i had to make something that:

1. warns people who arent aware and dont want to go through my asks or about/warning pages (for whatever reason) and just want to see the art

2. also NOT downplay freemind’s canon assholery. listen, i kinda despise writing mean and cruel characters, theyre hard to do, and a lot of people get shit for doing it wrong or people going “character = author”

i’ve also considered leaving the bubbles blank, but then people could fill it with whatever they want, then blame me for being vague. or they’d fill it in with a different kind of slur that freemind has never used, even if he MIGHT be the type to do that. I needed to explicitly mention that it is ableist slur. There are shitty racist and other problematic jokes, but never those kinds of extreme racial slurs to my knowledge.

Although I do see your point that maybe joking about it outside of the serious stuff might not be the best route. The slurboy jokes are getting stale, and I will try a better way to remind people.

The thing that gets to me is that it feels people are more than ready to defend either Ross Scott or Gordon Freeman the fictonal character himself. I don’t??? really care for Ross Scott, so I don’t know if he’s ever brought it up specifically. I’m not really calling him out or cancelling him. Idc for some white man’s feelings, im only bringing the timeframe of That era and reworking it to fit in This current era.

And I hate to break it to people: Gordon Freeman is a blank slate character, you can project whatever the hell you want on him as long as it’s not freakshit illegal garbage. The machinimas (fm, hl/vrai) do have SOME characterization that I want to nail down. It fucking sucks when characters are ooc, and I’m trying not to do that, even if it means sacrificing some comfort. But still mostly staying in my comfort zone if that makes sense

Now about the callout that I do not want to engage with the op directly:

Honestly im very surprised the comic was called out when i just. thought my stuff is relatively tame on exploring the bad shit canon freemind does. ive seen him in fancontent where they really dont hold back and its still played off as ‘kinda funny’ tone.

I really don’t know if people just want any reason to hate me for whatever reason. That’s fine I guess, I can’t please everyone and they dont have to like me.

But like. isn’t it so much easier for the op of that to block me and the post and move on. Why kick up such a fuss. I can see that thinly veiled death threat of a vague. That’s pretty fucked up- Like holy fucking god, you do not have to like my stuff. I’m not holding you at knifepoint to like my stuff. I’ve specifically made two different tags (one general au, one specific au) if anyone wants to blacklist it for their own reasons I do not need to know. I don’t want to know.

You’re allowed to be uncomfortable. You’re allowed to unfollow/blacklist/block.

However you just don’t go ranting about it for something you horribly misinterpreted. If it bothers you so badly, literally just. drop me a message to clarify. thats it. or save yourself the time and block me.

I’ve blocked the op for both our sakes, but if anyone wants to send this post to them, then thats fine. I don’t want anything to do with them.

I don’t want to link the post and blow it up. I just want shit clarified, dropped and we can move the fuck on with our lives. 

If you’re reading this and don’t know what the post is, please don’t bother. I do not want people going after the op with threats, please keep it civil, I’d prefer if you don’t engage with the post at all on my behalf.

Despite this huge wall of text, I do not want this to be a big deal, so please don’t ask me about the details.

_

As for anon, feel free to dm me either on here or. Maybe on discord if you’d still like to suggest or have something more cleared up. I’m still willing to hear any kind of feedback, and i want to thank you again for being reasonable about this

[titsthedamnseason]

drunk!julian headcanons

youre welcome in advance. warning: this post is tagged but just in case, after qoaad i edited these to account for the ending so major spoilers ahead 

**dedicated to @carstairsemma who never let me forget these existed and also @mostawesomepineapple because i still feel bad that i sent her that ask(IM SORRY MISHEL VASFGHA)

where to begin??

okay so julian probably would not like to get drunk a lot because he would not be in control but to say it would never happen is ignorant and simply untrue

the first time it happened was during julian and emma’s travel year when they were out at some club that the paris institute’s hip teens took them to

they both decided to drink a little but julian got drunk fast

i could totally go on about drunk!emma too but she’ll have her time to shine some other time that isn’t now

so anyway julian got really really really quiet and when emma asked what was wrong he gestured for her to come closer, got really close to her face, and whispered, “i think im drunk” and they both just started hysterical laughing

emma asked if he wanted to leave but he said no 

dancing ensued and bad singing accompanied it 

emma decided not to drink anymore because drunk julian was a new concept to her and she didn’t know how to handle him or what to expect

as it turns out, nothing particularly bad happened

they sat alone on a small couch in the back where it wasn’t as crowded

drunk!julian cannot shut up about how much he loves emma, how pretty she is, how much he loves her, oh wait he already said that

he rambles and rambles and rambles to her about how much he loves her 

emma thinks she might be permanently blushing 

“emma youre like.....like...like my best friend” 

“well yeah i sure hope so”

there is definitely kissing but emma doesnt let it go too far while he’s shitfaced and she isn’t

julian definitely cries multiple times

first because emma is just so beautiful, again because he misses the kids(then again because after he calms down he has the idea to call them which emma is strongly against), again because he accidentally hits into emma’s arm with his hand while he was gesturing while telling her about-well, he cant remember what he was telling her about but it definitely wasnt worth hurting emma over(“im fine, julian”)

once he starts sobering up they decide to make their way back to the institute

after a few times that emma has seen julian drunk she realizes a few things:

julian curses a lot when he’s drunk 

he uses gestures and big hand movements a lot and they get more extravagant and ridiculous the more he drinks

he is a very sentimental drunk

his normally very observant and logical self goes out the window

he gets very loud(in uhm quite a few ways)

he’ll be really brash and outgoing but get insecure and quiet at the slightest things

he doesn’t really care about keeping his secrets anymore and will tell everyone about that time him and his girlfriend were giants, the mundanes just think he’s making shit up in his intoxicated state

speaking of which, he loves to tell people that emma is his girlfriend, something he already does sober but it gets a thousand times worse when he’s drunk

julian is ready to fight anyone who has ever crossed him while drunk

if julian is going to get drunk, emma should just prepare to be exposed to the world honestly julian will tell anyone all of their secrets(which luckily are far less important now but STILL)

when julian and emma get drunk together they are either both at a 10 and ready to fight anyone ever or they literally start having sex in public(thule!blackstairs who??)

emma gets more quiet and contemplative when she isnt entirely shitfaced yet so julian will happily listen to her musings about the universe while being the actual human embodiment of the heart eyes emoji

there was that one time julian accidentally wound up drunk on christmas 

of course that was the year the la institute was hosting christmas with the ny institute, as well as tessa, jem, kit, and baby jessa in attendance

honestly rip everyone but especially rip emma 

after the first time it doesnt happen that often that only one of them will be drunk but when emma is sober while julian is drunk thank the angel

not only does she save christmas but probably all of shadowhunter kind 

“im going to fucking go to idris right this fucking ass second and show zara exactly-” “julian, idris is blocked off” “i can fucking find a way in” “no, really, the portals-” “CAN SUCK MY DICK” “julian, no”

he’s also so ready to bring annabel back from the dead just to slap her

though he has to agree with emma that that one probably isnt the best idea

the poor guy who accidentally bumped into emma on the sidewalk did not know what he was starting

that one took a lot of convincing on emma’s part that she was completely fine and not upset about what happened and please dont chase after him i need you to not be in jail right now, julian

julian would be the embodiment of that meme where he asks if emma is single and cries when she says no except he would never not know that the girl was emma and wouldnt even think about asking someone else out so its highkey unrealistic but

its canon that julian and emma like to sing along to the radio and such but drunk!julian? he literally thinks he’s a pop star 

when emma is driving drunk!julian home and meet me in the middle comes on? forget it julian is full on marren morris level having a performance in the passenger seat

drunk!julian in general is just a party

but a really unpredictable party

this is what i have for now but i may continue/do drunk!emma or just drunk!blackstairs in the future so lmk about that 

also please feel free to send me your personal drunk!julian hcs because i am in love with him