#if you need clarification feel free to send another ask!!

[atsulovee]

I wanted to ask how you color your texts bc I‘m always wondering HOW to do that Pls help

anon, i so got you.

i use this website!

first, you put your two desired colors into the two hex code things here (i use this website to find the color codes, personally)

then, you click run which sets the colors

type in your text and click the run button next to the color samples. That's where you get the text you need to copy and paste.

once you copy it, head over to your post and click that little settings icon in the corner. Scroll down until you see text editor. In that little drop down menu, there's an option for HTML. Hit that and paste that where you want your ombre text to be!

a little pro tip, it's much easier to find where you want the text to be in HTML if you type it normally in rich text.

for example-

and there we go!

hello, anon!

(and i'd also recommend making the text bold so it's easier to see the colors <3)

[secondhandskoot]

personally i'm obsessed with your headcanon that quint is a superfan of moby dick and i'd love to know more about why you think he connects to the story so much

It mostly started as kind of a joke when I read about a scrapped scene in Jaws (which never came to be filmed) of Quint watching Moby Dick in a theatre and laughing maniacally at Captain Ahab's speech. I thought it was a funny concept so I decided to incorporate it into my own personal Jaws lore. And then I actually took the time to read Moby Dick and went, "Huh. Neat."

If you think about it, Jaws is fairly reminiscent of Moby Dick. Not so much so that I would consider it a retelling, but just enough that it's obvious that Peter Benchley (and probably Steven Spielberg too to some extent) took inspiration from it. Quint himself is similar to Captain Ahab, and the ending of Jaws (particularly the novel) has a lot of similarities to the ending of Moby Dick.

All that being said, it just makes sense to me that Quint would relate to Moby Dick to some extent. Quint himself is a seafaring individual -- one that most likely came from a family of even more seafarers and was introduced to the book at a relatively young age (either through a family member or someone he knew growing up). It was definitely something that grew on him over time though, rather than immediately after his first reading of it. The more life fucked him up, the more Quint came to appreciate Moby Dick and understand it. I also have this moderately fucked up headcanon that Captain Ahab was initially Quint's least favorite character when he was young -- so much so that he was moderately terrified of him -- only for Quint to later end up becoming Captain Ahab in a way.

[thegoodthegrandandtheugly]

I feel like my Gilgamesh post was completely misinterpreted. My issue is not with Gilgamesh being an asshole, it's in how because of the fact that he does sometimes work for higher purposes, or as a secret evil to benefit society (which Fate extra CcC really hammers in)- the side of Gilgamesh that can be childish, petty, arbitrary and a mess has been swept under the rug/ sweetened up, and ignored.

Instead of being a Gilgamesh who improves and grows as a person over the course of respective franchise titles, even his worst deeds are recently excused as "he had goals", "he did it to lead humanity" etc, especially thanks to Fate/Extra CCC's thesis on how he is not a murderer but a carefully scheming, observant form of "justice". To me, I just feel a bit pissed because why can't he be BOTH, or SWAP BETWEEN these modes sometimes? Someone can still be a murderer but claim they did it for noble reasons.

What if he wants to lead humanity but also enjoys their struggles? He can have multiple intentions at once; and his noble justice ones can still work in tandem with him possibly also having arbitrary feelings and petty notions.

Honestly the replies just proved my point so perfectly well that i am kind of speechless. My issue is that Gilgamesh is never seen as both the childish king AND the wise king at the same time. He always has to be "this" or "that" but never "both".

The post the OP is presumably trying to clarify.

[selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs]

okay hi, this is kinda a sensitive topic so feel free to deny, jst lmk cuz tumblr eats asks sometimes

I wanna request a self aware!bsd x gn teen!reader. Reader is like 15-16, and has a very bad home life (father is physically & s*xually abusive as well as an addict and mom doesnt care) and uses bsd as an escape and stuff. They see Chuuya and Kouyou as parental figures (not a ship). And reader is like really lifeless/numb but also extremely scared and paranoid

It is not your fault

Self-Aware! Platonic! Chuuya Nakahara x GN! Abused! Reader x Self-Aware! Platonic! Kouyou Ozaki

Description: There are monsters in your house. You want to be saved. From reality no one want help you. Maybe, you can help world in different world.

TW: Non-descriptive SA (psychological (photos, comments, forced looking at nudity) and physical (forced touching)). Mentions, without clarification or NSFW language. Mentions of drugs. Reader think that it's their fault [IT'S NOT AND IT WILL NEVER BE]. The bastard gets what he deserves. Soft protective platonic yandere. English is my second language.

_______

The school break will end soon, and you have to go to class.

You were reading BSD manga on your phone. When you got the message.

You heard the notification sound. You take a look at the screen.

[1 photo send from Father]

You feel sick. You knew what he sent you. You don't want to look at it.

Another notification.

[Look at it]

[That's what I put into your mother, so she can have you]

[Isn't he looked good?]

[DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME!]

You hurry to the school bathroom. You can't let anyone accidentally see, what your father sent you.

You can't ignore him. Or it would be worse.

When you got into the school bathroom, you make sure, that no one see you. You opened the chat with your father and immediately closed your eyes.

It takes you a few moments to close the app without looking at the screen.

There were tears in your eyes.

But when you go back to class, you were emotionless.

From outside, you looked numb and emotionless. But inside you were scared.

Really scared.

But you were hiding your fear.

Because no one cares. Even your own mother.

__________

"Mom... Dad was sending me photos... Of his... Of his..."

"[Y/N], stop mumbling. Just ignore him."

"Mom... Dad was making comments... About my... hips. He is making me uncomfortable..."

"[Y/N], I told you before. Ignore him."

"Mom, why Dad is walking around home naked? He is..."

"[Y/N], stop whining. Ignore your father..."

"Mom... He touched me... He forced me to touch him... He held my hand and didn't let me go..."

"Mom... He hit me because I called him gross... My hands feel gross and dirty... Mom, please help me!"

"Mom... Why are you ignoring me?"

__________

You hoped, that today he won't touch you.

You won and loose at the same time.

He didn't 'touch' you, but he beat you.

For not looking at his messages the same moment you got them.

Then he was too high on God knows what to touch you or force you to touch him.

You hide in your room.

You use the chair to hold the door down.

Your father is 'satisfied' with touching.

One day he will want more.

You prayed, that this day won't come for the next year. Until you are eighteen and can finally leave this house for good.

Your hands already will be dirty for the rest of your life.

You don't want to be dirty for the rest of your life.

From books, you have read, you learned, that's not your fault.

If only you could believe in these words yourself.

Were you really innocent? Or you did something, that made your father... interested in you?

You curled under the blanket and open your phone. You want to escape. You need to escape.

You opened BSD Mayoi App. You need to look at Chuuya and Kouyou cards.

___________

In BSD world

___________

Chuuya and Kouyou were ruthless. You need them. You were stuck in one house with the monster. Two monsters, because your mother didn't do anything to help you.

Chuuya growled at Ango.

"When the damn thing will be ready?! [Y/N] need us!"

Kouyou's gaze were cold. Golden Demon was hovering above here.

Ango took a step back.

"It still needs two hours to charge. I wish, it can be faster, but we can't do anything for it."

Chuuya turned around and left the room. Soon, everyone heard the sound of the road near the building been destroyed. Chuuya tried to calm down this way, otherwise he would attack someone.

He remembered your words.

"He beat me again. I don't want to be hurt anymore. I don't want to be touched by him... If you were real, would you care enough to help me?"

"I would, [Y/N]. I care enough. I will show him. He will pay."

Kouyou did a better job in holding herself together. But inside she was livid.

"I wish you were there, Kouyou. With you near me, he won't go near me. He won't touch me."

"He won't. Please, [Y/N], wait. It will be over soon."

_________

*BANG*

"How dare you to hold your door with the chair?! Ungrateful brat! STRIP!"

"No! Let me go! I don't want to! It's wrong!"

"Don't go near me! Stay away! Someone, please help me! Mom, please help me!"

"Come on! Open, damn portal! Open!"

And the white light fills the room, right after your father grabbed you by the shirt.

It takes one kick from Chuuya, to make your father fall down on the floor. He can't move, thanks to Chuuya's ability.

Your mother came to your room, trying to see, what was the noise. She saw you, your father been pinned down. And all BSD characters. Before she can shout, Golden Demon's katana was aimed at her throat.

Kouyou was standing before you, hiding you from your father and mother.

You can't believe your eyes. Was it real? Are BSD characters really standing in your room? Are they really protecting you?

You heard Kouyou's voice. She sounds soft.

"[Y/N], dear, sorry for almost letting this vermin do what he was planning to do. But we are here now, we are here to take you out of here. Do you trust us? Will you come with us?"

You nodded. You were certain, that they won't hurt you. It was time. You can finally be free.

"Yes..."

Chuuya looked at you and smiled.

"[Y/N], is it okay if Kouyou and I join you and others later? We need to deal with this man and woman."

You simply nodded and follow after the rest of the Cast. You were leaving the house. You stayed near Kyouka.

When you were gone, Chuuya and Kouyou start their revenge on your 'parents'.

________

You were free.

There is still work to do. You will need professional help.

But now you have people, who love you and respect you.

You have two parental figures in your life. Chuuya and Kouyou respect your privacy. They want you to feel safe.

They will protect you.

Monsters that you lived with, are dead. Your father died with his stomach ripped open and been as thin as a paper sheet. Your mother was torn apart.

Nothing can hurt you anymore. You will be better. You will feel safe.

They are with you.

The most important thing they told you, was this.

You are innocent. And it was never your fault. You are not dirty or disgusting.

It was never your fault.

[rotthepoet]

hiii,

as someone who only recently started poking their nose into this, help i am so confused T-T do you have like a slythering boys 101 or something i am so lost on them and their personalities q-q

- 🦆 anon (it/its) (<- if that‘s still free)

O H M Y G O D S

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ME FOR A FULL RUN DOWN EHEHEHEHHWHEHE THANK YOU

okay so essentially the Slytherin boys consist of about 5-7 boys. Draco Malfoy(canon), Blaise Zabini(Canon), Theodore Nott(canon character, will explain), Mattheo Riddle(Fanmade), Lorenzo Berkshire(Fanmade), Tom Riddle(the third. Fanmade, not the dead one), and Regulus Black(Fanmade, again not the dead one)

You’ll typically see Draco, Blaise, Mattheo, Lorenzo, and Theodore being written about, but its not hard to find Tom Riddle and Regulus Black content either.

So like? Who are these people?? How did they come to be??

We already know Blaise and Draco, they frequent both the books and movies so i’m not going to spend a lot time talking about them.

Draco is just about canon Draco. I can’t think of anything that really changes about him in the fandom.

Blaise has a lot less book/screen time than Draco so a lot of people have taken it upon themselves to characterize him. I see him as a very posh, haughty, quiet person. I think he’s at least half Italian even if he doesnt speak the language, but that differs person to person.

Okay here’s where it gets a bit complicated so stay with me(if you need clarification on anything PLEASE feel free to dm me or send in another ask <3)

Theodore Nott

Mentioned in the books maybe twice, all we know is he’s a slytherin pureblood with some h e a v y ties to Voldemort. Because we have so little information on Theodore, all of it’s basically made up.

Basic information:

He’s fancasted as Lorenzo Zurzolo, and Theodore himself is Italian and completely fluent in the language. You’ll mostly see clips of him from the show Baby(netflix)

Most people agree that his mom is dead, but i’ve seen some fics where shes alive and just ill, and i’ve seen fics where shes alive and just absent. I characterize Theo as a total mamas boy, but again its up to the author.

His dad seems to be abusive or neglectful. Again, death eater dad who is pretty much besties with Voldemort. Daddy issues

I characterize him as best friends with Mattheo Riddle(explain later) because of their family ties, but they truly get along.

He’s an avid smoker with a pension for ciggies, but i’ve also seem him characterized a few times as the Hogwarts plug which i think is SO fun.

He’s this really quiet, observant, yet flirtatious character. He’s a ladies man but still a heart breaker. Everyone wants to sleep with Nott, and thats okay.

Mattheo Ridde

Mattheo comes from a draco x reader fanfic called Possesive by yasmineamaro. I think you can still find it on Wattpad. He’s completely fanmade.

Basic Information:

He’s fancasted by Benjamin Wadsworth, and you’ll mostly see clips of him from the show Deadly Class

He’s the son of Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, and depending on if the author believes in Tom Riddle the Third, Mattheo is the second child.

Again, Avid smoker, also I see him as a heavy drinker. Type of guy to come into class reeking of pot and act like nothing happened.

Fights galore man. Imagine having the dark lord as your dad, no doubt he was fuckin traumatized as a child. Imagine Ominis Gaunt from Hogwarts Legacy, the Guants were FUCKED UP(Gaunts actually became the riddles so this tracks) and often used unforgivables on their own children for discipline. Cant imagine Voldemort wouldnt do the same.

He is angry, he is mean, he is actually really funny and sweet once you talk to him(can we tell i have a favorite?) but getting through that hard outer shell sucks.

Also depicted as a major playboy.

Tom Riddle(the Third)

Oh boy. No idea where he came from, and tbh I see him WAY less often than anyone else. Its really a 50/50 if the author follows him being… real.

Basic information

Okay i don’t really write for Tom so.. bear with me here.

He’s casted as… just Tom Riddle from the Movies. Its just him. I think Tom Riddle second actually got a new fancast but… i dont really care :P

Heir to the Dark Lord, oldest child(again, when he exists, so don’t be surprised to see single child Matty)

Really just copy/paste book tom riddle into a new, young character.

He’s scary asf, academic weapon, also a ladies man but will drop them IMMEDIATELY after he fucks em

Idk what else to say here tbh? Maybe someone else can explain Tom better 😫

Lorenzo Berkshire

No clue how this fucker came to be, I fucking HATE him. Fanmade and BITCHY. JK just got corrected he’s from a draco x oc on wattpad called Filthy by babynaomi

Basic Information:

Fancasted by Louis Partridge, you’ll most likely see clips from Enola Holmes.

Bastard son of Mr. Berkshire and Bellatrix Lestrange which relates him to the Riddles.

I see Lorenzo being this bestie little trio with Theo and Mattheo. But Matt and Theo are way more likely to hang out with eachother than alone with him.

Suppeeeeeeer bitchy. Someone had a DR scenario where he would fuck everygirl he could, write their name down in a little black book, and each girl was worth different points based on blood status.

This guy sucks fr.

Actually some people characterize him as really sweet and fluffy.

I am not one of those people.

Regulus Black

No ideas where this guy came from. He’s literally just dead regulus copy and pasted into an alive, younger regulus. Supposedly the child of Sirius Black and some random woman?

Basic Information

He’s fancasted as Timothee Chalamet, so is dead regulus, its really confusing.

I dont write for him. Really, I dont know what to tell you

I’ve seen him portrayed as an artist?? Erm… again, i really dont know

Sorry pookie 😫

But!! This is fanfiction! And you can make uo all your own information for these guys because theyre not real!! Thats like.. the essential run down i suppose?? If youre confused about anything just let me know 🥰 really, it looks all intimidating but these characters are super easy to understand. Try poking around tiktok for POVS, silly as they are(dont @ me i read them too😫) theyre really helpful for understanding personalities. I remember being super confused when i first found em too.

[angbangweek]

We are happy to announce the dates for this year's Angbang week:

May 6th - May 12th

Welcome one and all to the third annual Angbang appreciation event! Whether you're a previous participant, new to either tumblr or this pairing, or simply an event enjoyer who views and shares the new content, thank you for stopping by and taking a look! This year we have chosen to begin on a Monday with new dates rather than midweek, so the date of the event itself is a little later than in previous years, but everything else stays the same. (Prompts and additional explanation/info below the cut)

We would like to greet all new and returning participants and Angbang enjoyers alike to this year's week-long chaos couple event. Feel free to save the date or even spread this around if you're interested. As usual, any and all participation is welcome! We will be accepting any and all original creations for the upcoming event - visual, written or auditory, which is including but not limited to Fanfiction, Poetry, art both traditional and digital, playlists or other musical creations, moodboards, and anything else you may come up with. So long as they're new, or as of yet unpublished, created by you and feature Angbang, we want to see them and feature them! Unless it's an entire temple. Mairon has tried it several times before, and... well, we would prefer to remain undrowned if possible.

The list of prompts for this year (which can also be found in the image description):

Day 1 - May 6th: Scars | Injuries* Day 2 - May 7th: Haste | Malice Day 3 - May 8th: Spying | Shapeshifting Day 4 - May 9th: Mountains | Iron Day 5 - May 10th: Fire | Lava Day 6 - May 11th: Order | Chaos Day 7 - May 12th: Prompt of choice from the previous weeks*

*We are aware of the nature of the first prompt. Due to this, we do ask that in addition to all relevant tags, you add the correct tag of either "scars" or "injuries" to your work on day 1 should you choose to post it, especially the latter, so that people could filter it out. We will likewise add relevant tags to works featuring these prompts so that anyone may filter it out if they so wish. *As you've noticed, this year's final "free" prompt is a bit more restrictive, and would encourage using one of the prompts from previous years, found here and here. One of them is free space, but we do encourage using one of the non-day-7 ones if you can.

Like in the previous years, we encourage you to pick whichever prompt you like better of the two offered that day (you can also wait for another day if you don't like either prompt, or combine the two if you prefer, or even make content for both prompts if you're really looking for a challenge / prefer not sleeping during the month of May, whatever you like). Once you've picked a prompt and made content for it, use the current year's Angbang Week tag, which is either #AngbangWeek2024 or #Angbang Week 2024, or tag this blog directly when posting your prompt for us to reblog it. Try not to post it before the event starts (you can queue up specific posts for specific days to help with that), do not worry about being late, and most importantly, enjoy! No need to stress yourself out over silly ship stuff.

For any additional questions, requests, or additional clarification regarding anything event-related, feel free to send an ask or a DM at anytime!

[hetalia-fandom-positivity]

Welcome to Hetalia Fandom Positivity!

I found myself missing an old positivity blog I used to follow back in the day, where we could submit anonymous messages to show appreciation to our favorite creators and give them a little shout-out at the same time! So I decided to make one myself!

There is just one person running this, so please be patient! 🙏🏽 I have set the queue to 2 posts a day. Depending on how many submissions I get, I may set it to more posts a day in the future.

I hope we can make this fandom a more positive space 💞💕

Blog/submission Guidelines

Be respectful! No shaming characters or ships, and no back-handed compliments or comparing creators. There is no need to insult a creator in order to compliment another.

No spam asks, please. If you're worried I didn't get your ask, you're free to send it again or ask if I got it, but I'd rather not have my inbox cluttered.

While you can shout someone out or thank them for running an event or zine or being a good Discord mod or admin, this blog isn't for advertising events, so please no asking me to reblog interest checks or the like.

If a blogger that gets mentioned in a positivity post has done harm (such as spreading racist, antisemitic, or queerphobic rhetoric), please show me proof when making an accusation, in DMs.

If you are a creator mentioned in a post and wish for that post to be deleted for any reason, feel free to DM me, and I will delete the post.

I will not be supporting blogs creating AI content.

Feel free to ask me for any clarification if needed, and this might be added onto if necessary.

[iamthat-iam]

Hi Bry ("Bry" 🤔 lol you know), I hope you're having a lovely day! Thanks for your patience with me as I always send a thousand questions haha 💀 I wanted to send this one over asks in case anyone else is wondering about it. No worries about getting to this ask if you can't, I know you probably have a bajillion and I am grateful for your time!

I wanted to ask you a question related to something I see ND blogs talking about a lot, related to the ego's desires (don't worry, this is NOT a manifestation related question but rather a clarification question on ego vs Self). I see a lot of ND bloggers talking about how once you drop the ego and realize Self you can then experience anything and everything you want and dream any beautiful dream because you know that you are everything and are absolutely, 100% limitless. But the phrase, "anything and everything you want" is a confusing phrase to me, because Self doesn't have any preference towards the ego's desires and instead feels lovingly neutral and blissful towards everything, including suffering. So then why do people say you can have everything "you want" once you recognize Self in reference to becoming aware of the ego's desires? Even the idea of changing the channel if "you" don't like the show you're watching, that's still the ego wanting to be free of itself and not liking the show. So why would Self ever want to change the channel once it has been realized, or, why would Self want to dream a specific dream if it has no preference towards that dream?

My interpretation of it is that once you realize you are the lovely, limitless Self, manifesting the ego's desires for the ego's enjoyment is just a bonus FOR the ego. You (as self) have the power to give the ego that You used to identify with anything it wants. This is because You absolutely love Your creation (the character You used to be identified as), because Self loves all of Its creations, and it is fun to give the sweet character You've been playing the gift of everything it wants, because it's fun to love it up. Or maybe You as Self want to give the ego a little boost of everything it wants before identifying with it again, because it's all part of the fun game of awareness and getting lost in the play. These are the answers I've come to myself, but I wanted to ask another person to see if they had a different interpretation.

I guess what the question boils down to is this: why would one want to "become aware of a different channel/dream/ego/character" once you realize Self, if Self is lovingly neutral towards it all? Isn't that just re-identification with the ego? Ultimately I know it comes down to love and fun and enjoying the play and I should probably just relax and have fun haha, but this definitely has confused me a little when I see ND bloggers talking about it. Maybe it's just because a lot of us come from LOA and that's where the need to address it comes from. But yeah! Was just curious what you think about this.

Anyway! I hope this makes sense, it's a little hard to put into words but I am hoping it is clear this isn't a manifestation question and more a question of clarification question haha. Thanks for your time and energy and I hope you are doing so, so wonderfully!

Hi "Bunny"! 💙

So it seems that we have similar interpretations. The Self has so much love for it's creations so why not give them all better circumstances to live under?

The Self wanted to experience life in all sorts of ways possible, including the suffering aspect, and it's done it, billions of times. The goal has already been accomplished right?

Now that you are awake and you aren't attached to anything that is going on because it isn't you, the illusion is gone. You no longer think that it's you going through circumstances. The game is pretty much over. You won 😂 At some point you go, "well that was fun. Time for me to do something different."

So it's not exactly changing everything so the ego is satisfied, it's more like, "well... What more is there to do here?" If you DID choose to create a new dream or change the channel. You do it because you can.

[euthymiya]

RULES — please make sure to read these before following me!

here are some basic guidelines i’d like to set in place so that we can have a smooth, bump free time here! if i add any rules, i’ll reblog this post as needed but please make sure to follow them!

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— this blog is also not spoiler free. i will not be tagging my posts for spoilers unless it’s newly released episodes or chapters, as i find the idea tedious. please keep this in mind when following for fandoms you’re not caught up on!

— feel free to send in asks and chat with me! i ask that you don’t get into any heavy or traumatic topics as i’d like to keep all interactions friendly and lighthearted

— i hope i can avoid this as much as possible, but i softblock to break a mutual. if you’re unsure whether you were softblocked or if it was a glitch (i know that happens sometimes) feel free to ask to clarify but please don’t ask for an explanation. just a clarification to double check for the sake of boundaries is okay but nothing more! though i try to avoid hardblocks, i will hardblock if you refollow after a softblock or ask why

— i don’t necessarily take requests, but i’m not opposed to ideas or thirsts in my inbox, so feel free to share any writing or concepts you’d like to see from me!

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that’s all! thank you for reading and please make sure to keep my boundaries in mind when interacting and hopefully we can all have a good time together ;)

[bonesandthebees]

Could I ask for some advice writing opening scenes? I've always struggled beginning the fic and writing opening scenes difficult lol

ok this ask is fairly old I'm so sorry for totally forgetting about it and letting it get buried but I will try to give advice now!

opening scenes are awful tbh. I struggle so much with them. usually I find the best method is to try and figure out where the plot starts and start just a tiny bit before that. of course 'tiny bit before' is relative, that can mean a few hours before shit hits the fan or days before it hits the fan.

for example, with one of my more recent fics ready set detonate, the fic starts with phil finding fit being held captive. this has no bearing on the main plot at all though. after he rescues fit the two go to a bar that night and that's when they get tubbo's message that kickstarts the main plot. I started the story roughly a few hours before to introduce the world and my pov character and to give some semblance of context, but not enough to fully immerse the reader in the world just yet.

another example is with through a glass divine. I started the story with the pythia waking up from a vision of what's going to happen at the ball that night followed by his discussion with schlatt about the vision and it's possible consequences. but the main plot doesn't kick off till the next scene that night at the ball when tommy kidnaps the pythia.

so I guess a rule of thumb I kind of (unintentionally) follow is to set my opening scene like, one scene before the main plot kicks off? just enough to give the readers a taste of the world and introduce the characters but not fully immersing them in it.

of course I don't always follow this rule. with clinic of course the story starts off with tommy walking home from his shift at the cafe only to immediately find a supervillain bleeding out in an alley. it's all one long scene and I really only give tommy a few in universe 'minutes' before the main plot kicks off. still it follows the idea of giving readers a taste and some context without fully immersing them in it just yet.

I have no clue if any of this makes sense but I hope it does? feel free to send me more asks if you need clarification

[ask-shane]

Hi, I am the anon that said i send mean asks on purpose. I just wanted to make a clarification and a formal apology and then i will stop interacting with this blog.

I need to clarify that by mean asks i meant things like saying shane has no bitches, or that he uses 738283837 in 1 shampoo. I never sent any slurs or genuine insults to this blog, and on top of mean things i also send nice things. I should've specified that the asks I sent were teasing and not genuine mean things.

I sincerely apologize for saying what I said. I had no idea the extent of the awful things people sent you and the fact that I could make you feel like i intentionally try yo make you feel bad and ruin your day with slurs and insults litterally made me shiver and feel anxious in real life. I fully understand how what i sent was harmful and damaging to someone who has to deal with toxicity on a daily basis.

I feel a lot of shame for what I did, this blog is something i check daily because i love your writing and i Love this character. I don't need you to unblock me if its even possible, i just wanted to apologize and wish you well

hi anon, mod dawn speaking. i’m gonna be talking directly to this person so please feel free to skip this if you aren’t them

i just wanted to start by addressing a couple things. firstly, thank you for apologizing so sincerely and honestly. i can tell how genuine this is and i’m certain it was a very brave decision after i put you on the spot earlier. i’ve deleted the post replying to your ask out of respect for this situation.

and for that, i am extremely sorry. i’m speaking to you with recognition that there is a person who is going to be reading this. i should’ve been more aware that i was putting you on blast in front of a lot of people. even if you were on anonymous, i can’t imagine how anxiety-inducing it was to be reading my response when you actually meant to be playful/teasing.

another thing i need to clarify here was that i did not realize that you were not the one sending me death threats and slurs. i had received a barrage of messages at the same time and had wrongly assumed the others were coming from you as well. it all happened at once, and the context of you sending that ask was shockingly related to the vile ones i received. your asks were not at all on the same level of “bad” the ones you didn’t send were.

unfortunately i had no way of telling which ones belonged to you and which ones didn’t, so i decided to address them using your ask. i made the mistake of incorrectly conflating your ask with the others.

that out of the way, i am so sorry once again, and also very thankful you apologized. please know there’s absolutely no need to feel shame for this.

i want to make it clear now that teasing (and even being somewhat mean) asks on my blog are okay. it’s fun to be provocative! there’s an art to it that i can appreciate, especially here, where shane gets glazed a lot. it is really awful that my guard happened to be high when you sent this because of what another actually unacceptable anon did. you shouldn’t be lumped in with them and i am so sorry i couldn’t discern your intention. i should also use this as an opportunity to say you have a good heart. i love that you can be playful and i thought a lot of what you said was actually quite funny. i didn’t intend to make you feel anxious or responsible for what other people did, but regardless, i did so, and it wasn’t fair of me to do to you.

lastly, thank you for interacting with my blog. now that we’ve cleared things up, i want to personally say to you that it is more than okay to continue to interact with my blog. i can appreciate a presence like yours around here. i’ll figure out a way to make sure you’re able to continue interacting (if you’d like to, of course). i am so glad you enjoy my writing and my portrayal of the character and it is honestly heartbreaking to hear i may have spoiled this experience for you. i have no negative feelings toward you whatsoever— if anything, i respect your ability to communicate with me after this (even though i’m sure it would’ve been much easier to block me and try to forget this happened)

i hope you are reading this.. i wish you nothing but the best 🤍

- dawn

[rose-rq]

What is cripplepunk and terrorpunk

hi! so here are descriptions directly from urban dictionary (weird source but it has a good description) and the blog @/terror-punk!

cripplepunk/cpunk: A movement that is exclusively by the physically disabled for the physically disabled, started on tumblr. It's about rejecting pity, inspiration porn, & all other forms of ableism. It rejects the “good cripple” mythos. Cripple Punk is here for the bitter cripple, the uninspirational cripple, the smoking cripple, the drinking cripple, the addict cripple, the cripple who hasn’t “tried everything”. Cripple Punk fights internalized ableism & fully supports those struggling with it.

"Terrorpunk: A term/subculture surrounding the acceptance and embracing of the irrational fear others feel surrounding your identity/identities, and rejection of the notion that difference is something to be feared."

hope that helps, but feel free to send another ask if you need clarification.

[our-oriented-aroace-experience]

How do I know if I have a queerplatonic crush or a romantic one?

Me and a lot of my aroace friends confused tertiary attraction and romantic attraction a lot 😭 There's a lot of overlap so it's quite difficult to tell the difference sometimes.

How I figured out that my "romantic crushes" weren't actually romantic is quite a long story. The gist of it is that I reflected on all of the "crushes" that I had over the past few years and realized that I either wanted to be really good friends with them, liked their style, or I just wanted to fit in with the other girls in my friend group.

I don't know what it's like to experience romantic attraction, but I do know what it's like to have a queerplatonic crush! To me, it feels very similar to how many of my alloromantic friends described their romantic crushes: feeling giddy around them, the classic butterflies-in-stomach, etc. I liked the idea of doing typically "romantic" things with them, but I didn't want to label I and my squish's hypothetical future relationship as romantic.

I wrote this at 4 am so I'm sorry if this doesn't make any sense 😭 feel free to send in another ask if you need clarification on anything, or have any questions!

[fictive-culture]

Fictive Culture! ✨️

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Hi! Welcome to Fictive-Culture another Fictive Culture is blog!

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Special shout out and thank you to @fictive-culture-archive and @fictive-culture-is the og Fictive Culture blogs

📝 Here you can send in asks related to being a fictive in the format of Fictive Culture is or something more specific like OCtive culture is, Obscure source Culture is, Specific Fandom/Character fictive culture is or anything else that falls under the Fictive umbrella! 📝

✉️ You may also send in not fictive culture is asks talking about your life as a fictive, your system, source, or life outside of being a fictive! However, for our own mental health, we ask that you do not use our inbox to vent in detail when it comes to things like abuse and trauma. If you need clarification feel free to ask! These will be tagged #fictive rambles!✉️

❓️#fictive questions and concerns, is our tag for answering questions about fictive things or general system things if they come up!❓️

❕️Sourcecalls are currently open! They will be set on a different schedule than fictive culture is asks of once a day! The Source call card was made by our spouse&. Our one rule regarding this so far is that we will not post Sourcecalls from minors regarding nsfw sources.❕️

❔️CLOSED #Source Guesser is a blog game where you send in a poor description of your character source and my spouse and I try to guess who you are there is no queue just whenever we feel like it❔️

🩷 We are not here to judge you based on your source, so all fictives are welcome. 💚

Don't talk shit about your headmates

While we don't have a DNI* as they aren't really useful we are accepting of all system origins, poc and bipoc, mentally ill, aros and aces, neopronouns, xenogenders, all mspec labels, contradictory labels ex: bi lesbians, therians/otherkin/alterhuman and self dx.

DNI: cthonicascendant and his fucking BIL

Some things about us!

🌟We are a Mediple/Diversian system and TraumaEndo, mostly Paragenic, but a few other origins as well. We are primarily a system of introjects with only around 10 brainmade out of 100+ headmates. The autism and madd were just like yea we fucked up /light hearted. We are bodily 22, and you may refer to us collectively as Spade/Jest It/Neos We also run the @median-culture-is, @brainmade-culture-is and @paragenic-culture-is blogs. We just think they're fun and love the community :) 🌟

This was a section just @ ing blogs to boost the blog but now I wanna use it to list active blogs that are cool :) @plural-culture-is @empty-system-culture-is @autospec-culture-is @pluraladvice @mediple-culture-is @factive-culture-is

👤Taken Anon Names and Emojis Under the Cut👤

Please end your posts with (blank) anon so I know it isn't a specific headmate name or sign off

Single emojis: 🔥, ☁️, 🧶, 🌌, 🪓, 💜, 🧨,🧠,🍝,💉,🔪, 📺, ⚕️,🧸,👻,

Double emojis: 🐀🌊, ❤️🐢, ⚙️💫, 🎨🦔, ☀️🌊,🧠✨️,✨️🕯,☮️💾,🌀🪽,⚡️🔥,🌲🌠,🔮🐀,🫧🧁, 🐍🌒,🕰📀,💀🔒,🖤🌙,🧸❤️,💚🖤,🌠🌙,🌥🪷, 🌌⭐️,🩷🕷,🧹🫧,🌼🍁

Word emoji combo: nw💫

Word: Compass, Nightmare

[mirabellemoira]

About me

🌷 24 she/her

🌷 what can you call me? Mira, Mirabelle, Moira, M, Belle! I’m not picky, I’ll answer to any of them. Mira’s my most commonly used.

🌷 Do I have another blog for non-HOTD content? I do! It’s @moiramirabelle

Rules and Ask Box

🪴 bringing politics or world events onto this blog will result in an instant block. This includes gofundmes and other fundraisers.

🪴 harassment/bullying/unsolicited criticism will not be tolerated. Behave. Be petty in private, not on main.

🪴 my ask box and dms are always open! Feel free to reach out. Let’s talk writing/Jacaela/HelaenaCregan/and more!

🪴 please no haunted ask chains/“send this to 5 friends or something bad will happen” type chains. Thanks!

🪴 feel free to tag me in ask games! I’m always down for a good ask game

🪴 want to stay on anon? That’s alright! Feel free to sign your asks with a nickname or emoji if you want

🪴 can’t believe I have to say this but don’t send me asks complaining about someone else’s fic or asking me to spoil someone else’s fic for you so you don’t have to read it

🪴 also please don’t send smut into my ask box, there’s no plans for this blog to be 18+. Kindly take your talents to AO3 and join the fight against the content drought (for clarification when I say this blog is Rated T on AO3 it means that if the pants/trousers are off in what you’re sending into my inbox then it’s probably not T)

🪴 stop tearing down others in the community in my inbox I swear y’all need to be put in timeout

Meta and Posts

🪻 Daemon, the Alyssa Dream, and the Meaning of the Blood on her Neck

🪻 Baela Targaryen, Cursed to Clean Up Her Father’s Messes

🪻getting 👏🏻 real 👏🏻 tired 👏🏻 of 👏🏻 y’all 👏🏻 putting 👏🏻 modern 👏🏻 expectations 👏🏻 and crying sexism 👏🏻 in this feudal medieval monarchy society 👏🏻

Writing and Requests

✨fic list✨ (not gonna lie as of September 8, 2024 it is not updated. I really need to do that. Check ao3 for full fic list)

✨My AO3✨

I write mainly Jacaela and HelaenaCregan! I don’t write smut, cheating, SA themes, self harm themes, or incest kink/heavy focus on incest in a kink way.

Feel free to send requests to my inbox! It might be a minute before I get to them (as I have a 30+ fic WIP list at the moment) but I’ll definitely let you know eventually if it’s something I can do

I’ll be adding the different tags for the different WIPs I talk about here later ✌🏻

2024 Jacaela Challenge

Full post

[phoenixisobsessed]

Hello! I have no idea if I’m doing this correctly or am asking in the right spot (I never know how these things work lmao) but I have a request! Feel free to ignore this if you don’t like it/want to do it :)

Do you know that one undertale meme where Frisk is looking in the mirror and it says “It’s you!” and then the next panel is “Despite everything, it’s still you.”? Well, how about this but with Ambulon from IDW/MTMTE! He’s been a long time favorite of mine and it’s hard to find new content on him. I have a personal HC for him (idk if it’s actually true or not) where he was not a willing participant in Shockwave’s combiner experiments, and was forcibly changed into his current leg alt mode. Can his past self be his original blue and purple color scheme with the alt mode I’ll attach below, and then his current self be either him post-Pharma’d or just his current color scheme with the chipped paint?

Again pressure to do this, I just like content for my son :)

AMBULON PAST ALT MODE:

Hi chat I really want to do this ask but I think I’ll have to request that you send me a second ask elaborating because:

1. Yes I do know what you’re talking about with the “despite everything it’s still you.”

2. BUT I have not read MTMTE yet and cannot find Ambulon pre-combinered?? 😭😭 NO CLUE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE IN EITHER. I’m just begging for some ref pics and then I’ll do it. Imma bump the new ask up to the front of the queue again xD.

I just need some extra clarification because I think I’m slightly confused about what exactly you want. Just give me extremely direct and specific instructions and you’ll get it. Promise 🙏🙏 I’ll save the car though.

Idk if it’s because you want me to design him another alt-mode (don’t know if I can do that or if I would absolutely BUTCHER it) but I’m just asking for more direct instructions. (Awtysm! Moment.)