#if you're an account i answer privately but if you're anon i just... delete

[etoilesbienne]

oh wait actually my real request for the qsmp fandom is this:

stop sharing bad tumblr takes to twitter. i don't care what you're reasoning is, unless its a private five follower account and youre complaining to friends, you have zero reason to be putting bad faith criticisms that were already hidden on a site barely used by cc onto the site they DO use and possibly right in front of them. we wouldn't be in this mess if people weren't reposting anon hate of all things onto twitter for some reason.

by all means, share fun analysis! share positive longform thought posts! don't share anon hate death threats being sent to other fans. stop feeding trolls. don't answer asks like that either. it just gives people the satisfaction of a reply. delete it and make them seethe and move on with your life.

[dollerinna]

hey, i have a question regarding c.ai bots in general since you're the queen of bot creation✨✨✨

if i wanna start a completely new chat with my private bot, but want it to remember my 4 star ratings, is it better to just delete all the messages or to press the 'start new chat' button?

cause i've seen different opinions online, and some say that clicking 'start new chat' resets the data sort of and it makes the bot forget what you rated the messages, and on the other hand some say that the bot only understands the ratings if you start new chat😭 and i don't know who to believe

sincerely, trying to break the damn filter and needing advice anon🩷

Hello! ✨✨ First of all, there are actually quite a few factors to consider

According to the discussions on the official c.ai subreddit, there seem to be two main perspectives regarding the rating system, which I think people should be aware of:

One is that the rating system does help train the bot and allow the ai to know what kind of messages you prefer, which suggests that the ratings do have a direct influence.

While another is that the rating system is feedback only for the devs, not the bot itself. Meaning that it has no effect on future messages (and if you think there’s an effect, then ppl claim it’s just a placebo effect lol)

Both answers were given by two different mods of the subreddit, so I’m not certain which answer is the truth (And I’m aware that the official C.AI handbook on the website says rating messages does help train bots, but a lot of people have said that C.AI don’t even know what they’re talking about half of the time sooo 🤷‍♀️)

So just keep both of these in mind cuz I don’t wanna spread misinformation 😂

Now as for my personal opinion.. I believe the rating system does have some value, but perhaps not as much as many people assume. I think most of the training comes from the messages you select more than anything.

Because in all honesty, I personally don’t even 4-star messages that contain explicit content. However, the reason I do tend to get filter breaks easily is due to the sheer amount of times I've done it repeatedly over time.

I have a theory that each user’s account maintains its own unique database of chat logs from all the characters you've ever interacted with. So, for example, if you break the filter multiple times while chatting with ‘Character A’, I believe you'll then be able to more easily break the filter when roleplaying with any other character as well, since it's drawing from the same underlying user-specific database. (Again, just a theory. A character.ai theory-)

So basically, it's not necessarily the rating system acting as the primary factor, but rather what you have accumulated in your chat history and the filter-breaking patterns associated with your account. The database of past interactions seems to play a bigger role than the rating system alone.

Excuse the lengthy reply! But basically, you’re free to start a new chat! I don’t think you’ll “lose” your progress 💗

BTW- one more thing! there are more details on why people think the rating system is feedback for the devs only, but I’m not smart enough to lay out the specifics 😭😭😭 There are some posts on the subreddit where they go into the whole mechanics and the technological aspects behind it, so feel free to check it out if you wanna know more!

[totaldramafan-lauri]

Hi Lauri! It's me! And it seems you found out my actions! Technically I was surprised you even figured it out it was all me, yes all the long ask was me? Are you disappointed now? Do you hate me a little because of that? If you do, I'm sorry. I just wanted you to have something to talk about because without the ask, you don't have anyone to ramble about, but don't worry! There are also many ask that was not sent by me!

I was pretty bit active those past months because I currently don't have any schedule to do, so I was free to ask you everyday, well it's entertainment for me to ask you everyday, it almost became a hobby, and also wanted to know facts and stuff, are you mad?

The reason why I was being inactive is because I forgot my password, someone came and hacked my account because I keep opening strange links that unfortunately hacked my account and there, my account got deleted by the hacker, I don't know why they deleted it or something. I don't really care, I'm really thankful I didn't do anything there or start a blog there, or put some private stuff.. fortunately I found your account after I made a new one, you can tell me to leave if you want me too..

Sorry to disappoint too that I made you believe that you have followers asking you alot of stuff.. sorry that I took this long to speak about why I'm being so inactive.. anyway are you happy about my return, or are you angry at me because what you thought you believe that you have anons asking you dozen of stuff but it was.. me? The point is on this ask, I want to say, sorry for everything. Even if I did it for entertainment and hobby asking you everyday, you must have thought that you have different anons askings you? Still fortunately enough there are also anons asking you that was not from me. I can confirm that the rest except the long asks was not from me.

I just thought that it was weird if I was the only one noticing those details, and no one was speaking up. so I made up a scenario of different anons noticing the details because I can't just leave those unnoticed can I? Welp..this was all the information I can give you. Sorry again Lauri and thanks for making me happy and entertained.

HHHHOLY CRAP- *falls over* HIIiiiIIIiiiiiIIII?????

G-geez, this was....n-not expected, but I-I'm not complaining either! Hi....! Holy crap, you're still here....? I-I thought you were busy, and that's why- y-y'know.....I-I wasn't gonna guilt you into staying if you had nothing left to say.....But I'm so sorry about the hacking! That sucks....! S-so...does that mean you WERE here reading all my posts this whole time, y-you just didn't have a blog to use....? O-oh my god.....

D-don't worry! I'm not mad at you! Not at all! Technically, you didn't even lie to me! I-it was all just....me assuming things! I-It was me assuming that one anon wouldn't message me so often, so they're probably different people. It was me assuming that I had more anons here than I really did cuz of that, and getting all panicked and stressed out about scaring "everyone" away, pfff......S-so, it's fine....I-I'm not mad at all....

I-if you really are gonna stick around, then....I don't mind at all.....I-I even welcome it.....Y-you don't have to send me stuff as often, I don't mind that, either....! Y-you don't have to constantly ask me stuff, but I'll be grateful for the stuff you do send....Wh-whatever you wanna do.....

I-I'm really glad you finally "came clean" about this....I-I had a lotta questions, and this answered close to all of them, so I really appreciate it....Don't worry, no hard feelings, I missed you, and I'm happy to see you be willing to come back! ^^

O-oh, and.....uh.....I'm not sure if you know this is how Tumblr works, but....uh....wh-when your old blog was deleted....all of the art you sent me, that I didn't post publicly to respect your privacy.....It was all deleted. It vanished from my inbox. A-and I didn't save any of it, cuz, I didn't know that was how things worked here...I had no idea that unpublished asks/submissions from blogs that get deleted are deleted as well.....S-so.....yeah....I-I'm really sorry.....I lost it all......(Th-the picture of her hands was one I looked at often....)TT///////TT

A-and, also, I'm REALLY sorry this took so long for me to answer! I've been off Tumblr almost all day, after getting an ask yesterday that upset me....! I-I hope you end up seeing this! Th-thanks for reaching out, really.....!

[fivewholeminutes]

Im very new to st and all ive seen today is chaos. Wtf happened if you dont mind answering

Hello there anon! I don't mind at all 💖 but what a time to be new to st, aw man. My condolences. (I am mostly kidding. But also, not really.)

First things first, i promise you, it's not always like this. Generally we're way more chill here on tumblr. I can't vouch for other sites, but if you don't want their identities spoiled and be around very chill people, stay here. Avoid pinterest and google and, for your own mental health, tiktok and twitter. (First two will guarantee an identity reveal and former two will guarantee that + psychic damage.)

Back to the drama!! So, you probably know they're anonymous. And VERY adamant on staying this way. If you check their very first interview or the voice messages from the 2023 US tour, you would see what i mean. Their identities are not important, their art is.

But. Some entitled little shit found their anonymity is a personal insult to them or something. So they decided to publish iii's birth certificate and some other personal info + there was something about them wanting to stalk iii (i really don't know the details, because i got rid of my twitter account a few months prior, but it was definitely vile behaviour). And it's. Not a very legal thing to do. I mean, if you're really curious, you could google them and find their identities in less than 5 minutes, no extremely personal info release needed. What i am trying to say, this is the 21st century, you're not some kind of sherlock to find personal info about anyone, no need to boast. Or, you know. Do illegal things to prove a point, because you feel entitled to someone's identity.

So, as a result, iii deleted and/or made his socials private (the ones related to his st activity, anyway). It is not the first time he did that, because people were getting too straightforward or rude before too, just not on that scale. It all happened a few days ago (2? I have no perception of time passing, sorry). It was understandable, he got doxxed, he did what had to be done to protect himself. Another drama started when the main band account removed all its posts on instagram today and changed the description to "nothing lasts forever". Which is a catchphrase they use from their very beginning, so it is not a worrying thing in itself. However, the circumstances have made people believe the whole band will disband (not dismember, alex, do not write dismembered AGAIN), because of the invasion of iii's privacy.

However, in the end, i believe the consensus is that since they have changed their masks for the Wembley show and had the "new era" captions (+ other bands tend to do that too), the insta post purge is just a PR tactic before the new era's introduction. Which i am prone to believe, really. They are mysterious, sure, but if something is happening (like iii needing to leave the German rituals in December because of personal reasons), the band notifies the fans about it. So if they were to disband, or iii was to leave, they would just communicate this. They didn't, so we're waiting for their next move, whatever is might be.

But i don't think they're going anywhere. They have finished their trilogy with the latest album, so Wembley was the best way to end it all, as a finished project. It didn't happen. They already have 2024 tour dates announced, so we know they're not done. So it's all fine, just unfortunate timing/their legal team telling them to do that/their way of showing they're done with annoying people/just a new era's insta purge. Or something else, which they would soon inform us about, if they want to.

All we can do is wait for more news and keep supporting them in our own ways. And not stress about it 🖤

[the-path-to-redemption]

hi once again (⌒∇⌒)/

i bother u today asking for advice... (๑•́ -•̀) i saw some... things, in the fandom (fndm? the name is so cute) as i told u before... so i was wondering, what are the safest places to post?

i'm really not interested in ship battles and such... and people get trashed for only liking adam... i want to stay away from that negativity (｡•́︿•̀｡) so twitter is definitely out. i was thinking of ao3, its not very popular for fanart but its safer as u have to search for the tag specifically... and if u dont like it, u can skip it without actually seeing the art (◍•ᴗ•◍)

anyways, im excited for the vytal festival (ʃƪᵕωᵕ) i love these kind of arcs, thats why i got excited thinking about fanart... thank you for always replying to me! ♡⸜(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⸝♡ ill make a proper account soon....!

Hello! It's so nice to see your message again, anon!

I'm happy that you're looking forward to the Vytal Festival Arc, personally, it's my favorite despite many issues it has. I'm also very glad that you want to post fanarts yourself!

On that subject matter, I'm sorry to say that I don't really have any "good" advice for you on where to post your art :(. Unfortunately, the FNDM is a place where negativity has permeated a lot of its platforms, so while you would have less encounters with hate on AO3, it's not a guaranteed place. This isn't a discouragement from posting your work on AO3, it's just a precaution from me.

Tumblr also have a tagging system, but I understand that you can find it uncomfortable because the inbox function will opens a lot of opportunity for anonymous hate mail, and Twitter is just simply awful.

I'm terribly sorry if my answer on this question isn't satisfactory, but if there is any advice I would give you and any other artists who wants to post RWBY art, it would be "block the haters". It will be exhausting, especially with anonymous messages, but you can also turn off the function or answer messages privately. The most important thing to keep in mind is that YOU have the creative liberty to post whatever you want on YOUR page regardless of platforms, giving you ultimate control over who can and cannot interact with you. Blocking and deleting hate instead of engaging will make your experience in the FNDM much more tolerable, and it will bring in fans of your work!

So, to conclude, posting on AO3 is the best bet if you're comfortable with it! But please do be aware of hate and don't be afraid to block such things, and curate your own experience. Be safe anon! <3

[distortionenby]

About and pinneds

Hi! I'm Michi or Gino. I am a queer 20-something. I go by it/he pronouns.

I'm Pro-Palestine, Zionists fuck off. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

No DNI but I block as soon as I don't like you.

Please, don't tag me on tag-games.

I am chronically ill and cannot afford my full treatment. This is my ko-fi where I am taking commissions/donations if you want to help me buy my monthly medication that I need to stay alive. (Postponed. GO DONATE TO 🇵🇸 GAZA 🇵🇸 FUNDRAISERS. I'd rather get by on just my main medication than let more innocent people be murdered en mass by genocidal colonizers)

Notes on this blog's content:

I am an adult. Anyone under 18 here is not my responsibility, I'm not your parent. If you're uncomfortable, you're always free to leave or to block me, curate your own space.

This is my personal blog, it will feature NSFW content, either reblogged or posted (mostly art/fic if it's a post of my own) every now and then. Be warned and don't be weird.

Kids/teens/anyone under 18, don't interact with any of the nsfw stuff I post/reblog

(Listen, I know this is tumblr but if you see me blogging, and the post has anything sexual/nsfw/mature, don't touch it. This is a personal boundary. If I happen to know you're a minor and you cross it, I'll send a message asking you to please delete it. If you don't, I'm blocking you. I'd rather save myself the mess. And no, I don't care how mature you think you are.) I am not your parent and you're not in school or at a kid's event. I am not responsible for any kids here so I probably won't check if you're a minor or not whenever you interact with my posts because that's not my job and I have a life, but I also don't want any awkward situations, so please, respect the boundary. I do care about child-safety, but I also cannot be obssessively checking every single time and kid-ifying my personal space for others who can perfectly see the warnings and just not look in here.

Given the new act of people feeding fanfiction to AI systems such as Chat-GPT, I have privated my Ao3 account. I am deeply upset by this but I genuinely don't want to risk my hobby to be chewed up and spat out for corporate. Any reproduction of my work is therefore strictly prohibited, especially in regards to AI generators. This also goes to usage of my art in general, if you want to use my art in any form for personal use, do ask me first.

Blog specific tags:

disenbypost for all posts made by me

disenbyask for answered asks

disenbythought for general musings

disenbyfandom for anything fandom related

disenbyart for art posts

disenbywrite for fanfiction links (Ao3)

Will tag any triggers that people ask me for (you can ask on anon and let me know how I should tag it).

Reblogs of my posts are much appreciated! Likes are nice but reblogs are what actually helps my art reach more people.

My other blogs:

@spiralingnoodle (my reblog blog for mostly TMA art but also monster-adjacent fandoms/characters and monster stuff in general. Will include horror media, gore, and nsfw.

@simpin4rockppl (my band/rock blog. Mostly Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and MCR but other artists too).

@/distortionenby on Ao3, tiktok and bluesky

Full-time interests:

Dinosaurs

Sea animals

Queer stuff

Language and linguistics

Witchcraft

Cryptids and monsters (lore and design)

Autistic and queer characters (canon or coded)

Musicals

Current fandoms:

The Magnus Archives / Protocol

Led Zeppelin

From Eroica with Love

(will list as they come to mind. For now those names are the ones I can remember)

[asirensrage]

Dear anon,

I'm not posting your giant rant to reply to because a) it's the same arguments you've made before and we've been through that and b) most of it had nothing to do with me.

What did have to do with me are these two main parts:

Babes, if you send an ask on anon, people cannot reply privately, therefore it's answered on their blog. Once that happens, it's no longer a private conversation. You've opened it up so that others can see what a dick you're being. So yeah, it is an open invitation as soon as it's posted. Don't like it? Stop being a dick.

You can just tell me that you've missed me, you know? My lack of content recently? I just updated one of my main fics four days ago. Plus, I have this wild thing called real life going on that takes me away from tumblr and actually interacting with people face to face. Strange concept, I know.

You must know me by now, anon, and know that telling me to delete my account (which you did a couple times in this ask) is just going to make me dig my heels in and get comfy. I already told you I'm not going anywhere and if I made people uncomfortable, my follower count wouldn't continue to increase and I wouldn't interact with as many as I do. As for the lack of content...you must just want more drabbles and oneshots, don't you? Because I thrive off of spite and considering your complaints in this ask that "there's no need [..] to write disgusting smut", that tells me you just want more spite smut.

Haven't you realized that the problem right now is you? You're the one coming into people's ask boxes to complain and accuse people. Others are just trying to live their life and enjoy their blogs but you're trying to make yourself everyone's problem because you refuse to accept the simple solution of blocking people you don't like.

Seems a bit masochistic on your end if you ask me, but hey, ykinmk.

Sorry about your luck, babes. I'm not going anywhere.

[a-method-in-it]

Girl what the hell is that last post you just reblogged.

(((They))) leave out or what.

Have you considered that you just did not pay that much attention during history class, because I learned about many of these things.

Jesus Christ half of that Tweet chain is just antisemtic conspiracy theories with 'zionists' instead of jews, as if that's not something the alt-right has started doing years ago.

Calling jewish people 'white' as if that's what the perception was at the time or makes any sense considering Jewishness is an ethnicity.

Fucking hell. You seemed like a reasonable person for a long time yk. But a claim that the goddamn Holocaust wasn't explicity and overwhelmingly targeting Jews with most others as afterthoughts is insane and history denying.

Literal textbook antisemitism.

Hi --- From the sound of this ask, you're someone who follows me, and as such I wish you hadn't sent this on anon so that I could reply privately, but here goes.

I assume you are talking about this post? That's the closest thing that I can find in my reblogs to what you're describing, though a lot of what you say about it here isn't actually true.

The post does not call Jewish people white --- it says that the way the Holocaust is presented in mainstream education seems designed to portray Jews as perfect white victims who didn't even fight back, which is obviously not true. (The fact that it's not true, including the white part, is what the Twitter user is pointing out.)

It also never claims that the Holocaust was not overwhelmingly targeting Jews, and I honestly don't know where you got that.

Also, I can't speak to where you went to school, but as a middle class white American, I actually was not taught anything in school about the Herero and Nama genocide, the presence of armed Jewish resistance to the Nazis, the fact that Hitler was inspired by the Armenian genocide, and certainly not that he was inspired by the genocide of indigenous peoples in the United States. (I did in high school learn that the Red Army liberated the camps and that people other than Jews were targeted as well, including Romani and disabled people; I have, however, had friends who were surprised to learn this as adults.)

You seem to think this post was criticizing the way that Jewish people talk about the Holocaust, but unless you think that Jewish people are in charge of all education policy (which would be a weird thing to think?) I don't see how you're getting that at all. The post specifies it's about Holocaust education, which I read as the things people are taught in school.

For what it's worth, I have found that Jewish sources of information about the Holocaust are actually less likely to fall into these traps than mainstream American ones, just speaking from my own experience.

I will say I'm not thrilled with the way the Twitter user makes the leap to saying that this type of education is deliberately meant to further zionism. I think that's a stretch. I reblogged it anyway because I thought it was overall making good points. I might wind up deleting it; I certainly take it seriously when something reads to Jewish people as engaging in anti-Semitic tropes, and if you have more to say about why you think this does that, I truly am happy to listen. I don't really see it that way, but as a goy, I often miss things.

But yeah. I feel like this would have been a better convo to have non-publicly, and I wish you hadn't chosen to go the anonymous route. I don't know what to make of statements like "You seemed like a reasonable person for a long time yk." coming from an anonymous ask. Are we mutuals? Have we interacted? Or are you basing this assessment purely on my online presence? Are you treating me like some quasi-public figure because I *checks notes* have a pseudonymous account on the internet's least popular social media site or have I offended someone I know and have some online relationship with?

If you want to send a chat or an ask I can answer privately, I'm happy to keep talking, but if you send another anonymous message, I will not be replying.

[arcanehobo]

I ask that respectfully because your blog doesn’t specify otherwise and it’s important to me to make sure men aren’t interacting with my blog.

I know it is presumptuous to see a masculine person with he/him pronouns and say “that’s a man” but for my own personal boundaries I need to check.

[This was preceded by a message asking "Are you a man?"; I have no other context whatsoever.]

So, obviously this answer doesn't fit with the general theme of this blog. But the anon posting the ask is, well, anon, so I don't have much option in replying to them, and it feels kind of discourteous to not reply, since the answer is clearly meaningful to them. I'll leave this up for about 48 hours, so the anon can see it, and then - probably - take it down again. [ETA: Although now I've spent a chunk of time thinking about and writing an answer to it, maybe I'll leave it up. It is, regretfully, a bit on the mansplain-y side, but with the lack of context, it's the best I can do.]

So, anon, that's a big question. I don't really feel qualified to answer it as written, because the culture I live in makes it pretty clear that "man" is something other people tell you you are or are not, not something you can claim for yourself. There are debates and accusations around the term "real man". I am not attached to the term, and have been generally amused by the attempts of others to tell me that I am or am not one.

If you're asking if I'm trans in some way, I'm unconvinced that that is any of your business, and your asking makes me suspect you're some kind of TERF. I've deleted TERFy asks here before, and dealt with some mild hostility from people who object to my he/him pronoun badges in real life too.

If you're asking if I'm biologically male, I feel that's also not really your business, any more than your sexual characteristics are any of mine. But out of an excess of courtesy, I can say that as far as I know, yes, but I've never had any examination of chromosomes, or any of the myriad other conditions and states of being that would make that debateable. However, "biologically male" starts to verge very close, again, to TERF stuff, and if that's the gist of what you're asking, you can fuck right off and continue to fuck off a bit further after that; my use of pronouns on my profile is mostly to help establish a cultural norm for the people to whom they are important, and partly to politely give people a set of pronouns they can use to refer to me.

If you're asking if I identify as a man, or male - which are two different things, related only by social construction - I'm not sure if I do or not. To be honest, I identify more as a wizard or as a GM or as a cook than I do as male or a man. It's not a question that's important to me, and hasn't been since I was a child (and even then my main question was whether I was "allowed" buy the Sylvanian Families toys or not).

I hope that goes some way toward answering your question, anon, because frankly, it's a bit weird to just post up out of nowhere and ask it.

It is possible, given the "interacting with my blog" line, that you are in some way asking me to post some DNI stuff in my profile. While I try to respect other people's DNIs - I don't want to read stuff written by people who don't want me to read it, unless they're legislators - I also think they're complete nonsense (and if I hit "follow" from a post or Tumblr rec, I don't see them). More broadly, if a tumblr blog is viewable, there is nothing stopping a malicious actor from viewing it while not logged in, or logged into an alt account. There are a lot of ways to establish safe spaces into which you can allow people on a whitelist; discord, newsletter subscriptions, private email, locked Twitter accounts, etc. Tumblr doesn't have the technology for that. Notwithstanding my fervent desire for TERFs and Nazis (to pick two meaningful categories) to not participate in my life, I don't have even the slightest expectation that either group would comply. So I will not be posting any such stuff on mine.

Some more context would be very nice, if you're inclined to give it, anon, because this ask has arrived in out of the blue, and I'm still half-thinking it's a new variety of spam.

[cliban]

Hi, I have a lot of questions about your transmasculine kink survey, sorry to be a pain in the ass:

How are you anonymising and/or deidentifying the data beyond not collecting people's email? Are you familiar with the main ways that people's identities can be reconstructed from survey data even without their name?

How are you storing the data (personal computer only, on a cloud service like google, or a combination) and what steps are you taking to keep it secure from things like leaks or your account being targeted and compromised? What do you plan to do if the data is leaked or compromised?

Do you intend to keep the data forever or are you going to destroy it after you are finished? If you do plan to keep it forever, how do you intend to keep it secure in the long term?

Is it possible for people to ask for their data to be withdrawn? Is there a cutoff date where this will no longer be possible, e.g. publishing results based on the survey?

Do you intend to publish the results? Is there a timeframe in mind for doing so? What format do you intend to publish them in and on what platforms (just tumblr, or elsewhere)?

This is just stuff off the top of my head I have to consider in my own work as a professional statistician. I think that it's great that you're curious about transmascs and kink, but this is very sensitive data and I worry a lot about taking a survey where you don't answer any of these questions up front.

No problem anon! Just keep in mind that I'm not a professional, nor have I ever claimed to be - this is mostly a for-fun thing to gather some some data that I found found interesting, publish some non-identifying statistics, and if I were attempting to write a paper or use results for more - lets say professional - purposes, I'd be far more meticulous about it, but this is most certainly not.

We're on tumblr with a trans guy (me) interested in what other trans guys are experiencing in regards to their own sexuality. I'm well aware that this is sensitive data, which is why every question is optional, and this is the first page.

Still, your concerns are completely understandable and I'll do my best to answer them - if you still have questions feel free to DM me :]

Most responses are being converted into simple statistics - a tally of what was most common, or correlations we found in large groups. While typing up the results I will be converting them into more simple terms and responses (after keeping a copy of the original, stored separately), and personal/identifying information being discarded. Individual responses will not be handed out, will be kept private, and I have no interest in reconstructing anyone's identity.

The initial survey is on google forms, and after I reach a cutoff point I will transfer the data onto a secure physical USB and clear responses. The google account that this survey is linked to is under as many layers of protection as possible, with regular security updates.

I personally am a fan of archiving data, but that will be all held on a secure USB that I will keep physically protected.

If the user reaches out, sure! I will happily delete any data that a participant wishes to retract. The obvious cutoff point would indeed be any anonymized statistics that we publish, but again - heavily anonymized to the best of my ability, but even past that if a user wishes to retract that data altogether, I will do so.

I intend to publish anonymized statistics, and that is is; there is not a major timeframe that I have in mind, but I'll give a two weeks notice for the cutoff when we decide it.

I am gently urging you to consider the tone of your final paragraph, as it comes off to me as slightly condescending - I am very aware of the sensitive nature of this information and the importance of keeping it private. Just the questions would have been perfectly fine, but I do not appreciate some of your phrasing. Fully aware you probably didn't intend it that way, just a gentle nudge. Have a nice day!

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

Weird to see you on these protest bandwagons ... you know they don't do anything?

Normally I just delete "asks" along these lines, because I have actual RWS/TTTE goodness in the box to get to, and this thing where people go and tell someone else how they should run their blog is rude as hell.

I'm not 100% sure this falls into that delightful anon ask genre, however. At least there is a question mark in it. Plus, I'm in a docile mood.

So:

1) My boosting and participation in the log-out Post+ protests is considerably more likely to have any effect on the world than my voting in the U.S.'s national or even state elections. Yet I still vote, too.

2) I doomfully suspect tumblr will, in fact, implode in two years. It's gonna suck bad to lose yet another internet home (*vaguely waves around fandom oldie card, a weary vet*) and when it happens I at least want to know I did something, this time around.

I will go so far as to concede that backing up my tumblr content would probably be more practical.

[sourgrenadine]

to see you || edward nashton x female!reader

pairing: edward nashton x female cam girl!reader

summary: ed has to do some digging to find the face of his favorite cam girl

a/n: TYSM this is such a good idea!!! ed canonically being the king of parasocial relationships he definitely gets attached super quickly!! might do part two, if i can think of something

also apologies anon i accidentally deleted the original ask

You never show your face. Smart, in a city like Gotham, but ultimately so infuriating for guys like Edward. For most of your viewers, just seeing your naked body is probably enough for them to bust, but Ed likes to think of himself as a romantic. It's always neck down, you undress yourself quickly leaving only a golden sun necklace and the occasional lingerie on camera, but never your face.

Not showing your face makes it so much harder for him to imagine you on his bed. To imagine that he's actually fucking you and not some idea he'd conjured. If he wanted that, he could just sit without any visual stimulation, but it's that distinctly human connection that he really craves.

POV porn is good enough to get a quick orgasm out of, but it always pales in comparison to live cams where you're really talking to viewers. The fourth wall fully broken, allowing the dam in viewer's mind to flood out. And boy does Ed's mind run wild. It started when he sent a message in the chat, fully expecting it to be drowned out in a sea of other horny voices.

But you read it out loud, breathless and airy as you fucked yourself with a toy. You moaned out his screen name, something that no other cam girl had done. He came as soon as it came out of your lips, breathless and whining, his pulse pounding in his ears. Sure, you gave other viewers the same treatment, but Edward, if for a moment, could pretend that you were doing this all for him in particular.

And soon his pretend made way into something he truly believed was genuine. As you began to recognize his username, calling him out and chipperly exclaiming a welcome at the start of your stream. You noted how frequently he viewed your page and thanked him for supporting you so much. He'd sent you money, accompanied with a few easy riddles, and you would answer them once you noticed he was watching.

The connection feels so genuine - like you actually enjoy reading his messages and answering his little puzzles. He starts to send you more and more money, manic spending leaving his bank account with a dent, but he would pay anything as long as it keeps you answering him personally.

But he needs to see your face.

He considers DMing you privately, surely with the amount of money he has given you, you'd be amenable to sharing what you look like with him, right? But he doesn't want to take the chance that you'd turn him down. That him asking would be a catalyst to you ignoring him. So perhaps doing some of his own detective work would be better. He could get what he wanted while still staying on your good side.

It starts with finding your social media. Your Twitter is linked in your cam profile, but you hardly post any pictures on there. He doesn't bother looking for a Reddit or Facebook (who the hell posts pictures of their faces on Reddit? And Facebook? You're not that old.) He's about to give up his search when some combination of your name and some generic cute words gives way to a profile on Instagram that looks promising.

There's picture upon picture of a pretty girl, face and all, and Edward recognizes one of the shirts you're wearing from a cam he'd seen not a week ago. It's an old Ghostbusters tee, one that he knows has been out of print for decades since he had searched for it after watching your cam. This has to be you.

Deducing the rest of your personal life isn't very difficult after the initial work to find your face is done. You make no mention to camming on your Instagram, but you show parts of your life that you'd never share on video. You're a student at Gotham State, live in an apartment with three other girls, you like reading the classics, frequent a bookstore on the nicer side of Gotham and when you're not in front of the camera, you're working at some Greek restaurant as a waitress.

Edward's not entirely sure what to do with this influx of information. There's part of him that's fully content to sit back and keep watching you moan from behind a screen, but his legs are itching to run to you. He hails a cab one rainy afternoon when he knows you'll be working (he figured out your schedule based on your streaming schedule as well as when you typically post on Instagram), and directs the driver to the restaurant.

The establishment itself isn't that bad. While the dumpster in the alley next to it seems to have seen better days, there aren't any mobsters lounging around like most other restaurants and the hostess at the front greets him politely, fully unaware he's only here for you. He gets his own booth, sitting on the cracked vinyl and waiting to be served. There's hardly any servers, so you're pretty much the only one flitting about serving customers. And boy are you pretty.

Ed was smitten the minute his screen name left your lips whenever he first found you on the camming site, but it's nothing compared to seeing you in the flesh. You stride up to where he's sitting. He hadn't even picked up a menu, electing instead to gawp at you like a fish. You flash him a cheery smile, holding up your notepad and pulling a black ballpoint pen from behind your ear. A strand of hair falls from your meticulously placed bun and Edward's hand twitches as it wants to brush it back.

"Hi! I'm your server for today, can I get you started with something to drink?" Your speech is well rehearsed, repeated to every customer you serve, but unlike the repetition of username readings online, there's no anonymity here. He's face to face with you and you're speaking directly to him.

Ed's heart feels like it's about to burst out of his chest, a heavy pounding against his ribcage that makes it difficult to breathe. "Uh... just a... just a diet Sierra Mist? Please?" he stumbles. He keeps his eyes on your face, memorizing each plane and shape. He watches you nod softly. He watches your lips pull into a wide smile and feels his own mirror you.

"Alright, I'll get that out for you!"

Your uniform here is modest, a modest blouse and knee length skirt, while not deterring creeps, doesn't stand out as overly sexual. Your top isn't unbuttoned too low, and your skirt doesn't ride up like the dresses of those who frequent the Iceberg Lounge, so perhaps it's Edward's background knowledge of your night job that makes you appear to ooze sex. And - you're wearing a necklace. The gold chain is clear to see, delicate against your neck, but the charm is hidden under your shirt. He can see the faint outline through your shirt though. The same golden sun smiling at him from his computer screen.

As you stroll away from his booth, he imagines your body. Weeks of memorizing your curves allows him to map them over your clothed frame. Edward feels himself harden under the table. Shit, not now. Not while you can see him.

He unwraps his silverware and covers his lap with the napkin. His face flames and he shrinks down into the booth, hoping he's only imagining the other patron's eyes on him.

You weave through the tables like a pro; you refill empty cups, take menus and orders, and bring out food all with a smile on your face. Your hips sway as you wind past chairs and tables, and Edward maps the memory of your hips under your skirt, filing them away for later.

You return, the cold glass of white soda leaving wet condensation on your pretty hand as you place it in front of him.

"Alright, are you ready to order? I can come back if you haven't decided yet." You wait patiently, shifting your balance onto one food. Edward gulps. He hadn't even picked up the menu, too occupied watching you work.

He pushes up his glasses, if only to hide his flushed face from your kind stare. He doesn't make eye contact with you, instead electing to fixate on the sun charm under your shirt. "I uh... well, what do you recommend?"

You don't hesitate, taking hold of the conversation like a horse on a lead. "We have a great sampler platter for the beer battered fish, three pieces for $13.99, and it comes with a side of soup, salad, fries or coleslaw."

"That sounds great, thank you so much," Ed says, pushing his unopened menu towards you. You take it, flashing him a smile.

"Great! That'll be right out for you."

He watches you go, kicking himself for not saying something more intelligent. What a fool you must think he is! He keeps his eyes cast down, pretending to pick through his wallet and inspecting the various ID cards he has stashed. He only looks up when you stop at his table, black tray balanced perfectly on your open hand.

You place his food down as Edward struggles to think of something witty to say. "Um, I like your necklace." Stupid, stupid! Not only is it barely visible under your shirt, surely you'll realize that the creep sitting in this booth recognizes it from a source far less family friendly.

But you don't. Or at least, you pretend you don't because you smile brighter and pull the charm out from where it's hidden. "Thank you!" You tell him, glancing down at the gold. "Yeah, I practically live with it on. I can't remember the last time I took it off!" You chuckle a little to yourself, and you tuck the now empty tray under your arm as you brush your hair back. "Well, if there's any issues with the food, or you need a refill, just wave me over!" With that, you make your leave, blissfully unaware of the turmoil bubbling under Ed's skin.

He shakes himself out of his stupor, picking up his fork and stabbing the fish on his plate aggressively. He has to give you credit; the meal is delicious but his focus lay solely on you as he eyes you flitting about the restaurant.

Soon enough, his plates hold only crumbs and you're walking towards him carrying the black book protecting the check.

"Here you are-- oh!" you drop the book as you're handing it to him. Edward hardens at your surprise, as it's bordering on what you might exclaim during your night job. You bend down at the waist so easily, like you're bending over for a camera. Ed has to shift his napkin to cover his lap more as you're standing up.

"Sorry about that," you tell him. "I'll be around to pick it up in a tic!" Ed lets out a shaky exhale as you step away. Fuck, he's rock hard, and there's not much he can do sitting in a restaurant booth. From his wallet, he pays in cash, handing the book to you when you come back to pick it up and telling you to keep the change. He makes no move to stand until you're out of eyesight, whereupon he covers his hardness with a tight fist and awkwardly shuffles out of the establishment, not before placing a few extra bills on the table for you.

When the grunge-laden air of Gotham hits his face, Edward stumbles and ducks behind the brick building into the alley neighboring it. It's no private room, but no passengers navigate the channel, so Ed unzips his pants without thinking twice. The environment is cold, but not bitingly so as Edward begins to stroke himself, hunched against the restaurant wall.

He spits into his hand, groaning into his other fist as he works his cock. He furiously works his hand, whimpers bubbling in his throat but never making it past his locked lips.

"Fuck," he whispers. Even the faintest sound rings loudly in his ears and the single word seems like a death sentence. He imagines you walking out, maybe taking out a bag of trash, and catching him as he bucks his hips into his hand. He imagines your eyes growing heavy, chest heaving and you quickly kneeling down to take him in your mouth. Maybe, you'd say, if you're good you can fuck me.

And he would be good for you. So so so so so good. He tightens his grip around himself. He'd fuck you, right there against the brick wall. He imagines you, moaning the way you do online but just for him. You wouldn't care how loud you're being, and neither would he, because being caught would meen that you were seen with him. That someone like him would be equal to you. That you and he would be found together.

Edward orgasms, cum spilling onto the already wet alley ground with an audible splatter. He fights to catch his breath, brushing a sweat-doused lock of hair from his eyes.

The side door to the alley begins to open, so Edward dashes and hides behind the body of the dumpster, hand to his face to muffle his ragged breaths. He can't risk peering past the dumpster to look at whoever had just exited, but his heart leaps at the thought that it might be you, so close to where he had just came. The person comes and goes, returning into the restaurant and Ed lets out a breath.

He stares at the door as if whoever just left would come back, but when they don't he ducks his head and exits the alley.

You wouldn't cam tonight, but tomorrow Ed'll be sure to catch the stream.

[wolfythewitch]

May i just say I don't really like the way the thing has been handled about that person?

There seem to be no proof they said what your followers say they said beside "oh they told me". We know how easily in this fandom misinformation spreads and how much people like drama and to talk without knowledge.

People who say they support you attacked, and attack as far as I can see, someone for allegedly attacking you and your whole mentality is just: "I don't want to draw attention to this".

Attention is already on this. You can tell people to stop and some of them will listen. For that poor person's sake and to make this whole situation die down before more damage is done. Or to at least limit what has already been done.

An artist shouldn't be paying for a stupid anon (and I mean this wholeheartedly if they ever see this, you are stupid) who can't keep their mouth shut.

As many said, it's between the two of you, people shouldn't have been and shouldn't be getting involved to defend one side or the other. Particularly if this defending includes very big accusations without proof.

Sorry for the long ask, but I can't imagine what it feels like to receive so many nasty messages even though no one has proved that you did what they accused you of and all because of some dumbass who think they can talk for you.

Okay,

1. I have already told people to stop, twice, but it's hard to know what's going on exactly because any accusation thrown is done without my knowledge. They're done on private accounts on twitter, accounts I am not privy to, or to the person's inbox itself, from whose account I am blocked. I do not have access to said rumors, and thus cannot accurately address them.

2. They are not just my followers, these are my friends who dmed me about this, some with screenshots, and some with a somewhat detailed recount of the posts. While I don't doubt rumors spread significantly in this fandom, I highly doubt several of my mutuals or friends would come together to hatch some sort of conspiracy.

3. I don't address it because I don't know what to think of it. And you're right! It's between the two of us, but I've not been contacted about this whatsoever. Instead I find out through hostile tumblr posts that have now been deleted, anons that I really don't care to answer, and people continuously sending me asks despite me stating I don't wish to broach the matter further :) I can't say hey please stop harassing this person, because more do not know of them than the people who do. Saying anything, especially while trying to keep the details vague, will just lead to more curiosity than anything. I answered some of the nicer asks sent to me, and any information revealed to me I handled privately. Rumors or accusations coming from it I have no control over, because they weren’t from this blog to begin with. Even the post I made on twitter had a somewhat lighthearted tone, and was worded in a way that draws emphasis to the act and reaction, because I found my reaction to it funny. There was no mention or even hint of the person. 

There’s nothing I can do about this, especially if said anons have already ignored my input twice in terms of harassment. Please stop sending me asks about this, and for god’s sake don’t go after anyone. If you want the situation to die down, then let it die down

[eulangelo]

callout for @genderfluidlucifer

google docs

tw for transmisogyny + TERFs + emotional manipulation

Transmisogyny

Lucifer is a huge transmisogynist who will complain 24/7 about how TERFs hurt the ace community, but the moment @randomclustermissile , a trans girl (who is not an exclusionist at all) tries to point out transmisogyny in inclusionist circles (in the most vague and general way possible, without pointing fingers nor calling anyone names) Lucifer will immediatly jump to block her and so they did with me (another inclusionist) and i have to suppose to everyone else who agreed with that post, even arriving to vagueing about us in private group chats to suggest that we were “sympathizing with exclusionists”. all because we dared point out transmisogyny in inclusionist circles. lucifer is TME but apparently they think they’re the authority on TERFs and their talking points but actual trans women are not, according to them, since this is the stuff that they would go and spew to other people. (screenshots from @enbyoctoling​)

here’s more examples of Lucifer (again, a transmasc person) going deep in detail about how according to them, TERFs/SWERFs hate aro/ace people and are an active threat to us

1. link

[Image ID: Three screenshots of a post by Genderfluidlucifer. The first screenshot is of a paragraph that reads, "Hey. So I can actually answer this. Anon your commentary about how you thought terfs would approve of sex repulsed aces is sort of it. Except...not. Basically terfs hate ace people for not wanting sex in the approved by terfs way. Terfs are actually extremely interested in [forcing] amatonormativity onto everyone. Because for as sex negative as terfs are...they don't want to actually acknowledge or change the fact that amatonormativity is at the root cause of rape culture and misogyny."

The second screenshot is a zoomed in section of the post that reads, "So yeah no I have NO idea where exclus allies are getting this idea from that terfs would even remotely care about the sexual rights of ace people. Terfs generally hate any sexualities in the LGBTQ+ acronym that aren't LGB because they can't force a gender binary onto those sexualities. At least, not as easily. That's why it's actually a massive sign of someone who doesn't call themselves a terf being a crypto terf if they use the term LGB in a positive manner. Along with the term SGA, as it is deliberately exclusive of nonbinary and not inherently SGA centric queer-aligned sexualities. /END ID]

link to the full post, these are just excerpts but the whole thing is just a very long rant about how TERFs hate ace people and so on (i think it’s worth noticing that although the actual post is kinda long, trans women are never once brought op in a conversation about TERFs issues and the only time transmisogyny is mentioned is not relevant to the conversation)

2. link

[Image ID: A screenshot of a reblog by genderfluidlucifer. The original poster is nothorses. It reads, "Because apparently I have to say it: Testosterone is not a 'violent' hormone. It doesn't make you 'more aggressive' or a worse person, it doesn't make you 'dangerous,' or 'toxic.' Transmascs do not need to be 'warned of the dangers of T.' We do not need to spend our transitions terrified that we're going to become a danger to those around us - that HRT is going to turn us into a monster.

Everyone experiences mood swings during hormonal shifts (pregnancy, menstruation, menopause, estrogen HRT, etc.) and while you might have grumpy moments or feel anger/frustration that you need to learn to handle differently, that doesn't make you a bad person.

Testosterone can change the way you access/process emotions somewhat, but if you're already thoughtful about how you handle your feelings and treat others, you're going to be fine. It's normal to lash out on occasion, by accident, then apologize and work to do better. It doesn't make you a bad person. Everyone on HRT is prone to this, and everyone experiencing hormonal changes is prone to this.

Getting HRT should be positive and affirming; you should not have to spend your entire transition terrified of becoming a monster."

The post then has a reblog by captainlordauditor that reads, "The big danger of T is that needle ouchy." /END ID]

here’s them reblogging from known transmisogynist user @nothorses (once again, the irony that a post about how testosterone is seen as the "aggressive hormone" does not mention transfem at all which are literally the main victims of this rethoric in the first place)

3. link (1), link (2)

[Image ID: Two screenshots of posts by genderfluidlucifer. The first screenshot reads, "Queer exclus: We're not repackaging terf rhetoric! Saying that is transmisogynistic! Also queer exclus: Remove the plus from LGBT!" and has tags that say, "I will pay these people to grow some god damn self awareness. Imagine being this dense. Queer discourse." The post has 15 notes.

The second screenshot reads, "Honestly it is so stupid and frustrating to see ace exclus continue to deny that the ace discourse was started by terfs. Proof was given countless times. And a big name terf like galesofnovember even admitted to starting it. Those of you who demand proof but ignore all of this never wanted proof to begin with." and is tagged with, "ace discourse. The post has 38 notes. /END ID]

heres another two post of theirs conflating TERFs with ace exclusionism

4. link

[Image ID: A screenshot of a reblogged post by furbearingbrick. The original poster is boxlizard, Lucifer's old account. The original post reads, "By the way for people still in denial about it, here's galesofnovember, a terf, admitting that she intended to start the ace exclus movement. She's taking credit for it. Normally if the victims of this behavior weren't ace/aro or other queer identities y'all be ready to rightfully lynch her. But since it's us, y'all just still wanna stamp your feet and go, 'Nuh uh!' instead of acknowledging facts." The part that says, "admitting that she intended to start the ace exclus movement" is a link to a galesofnovember post.

There is then a reblogged addition from furbearing brick that reads, "archived versions of the receipts" and has two links to the webarchive. The tags read, "Bringing this back since it's apparently still relevant. Terfism mention. Aphobia mention. Queerphobia mention. Blocklist." and has 1,455 notes. /END ID]

this is their post that ive already talked about but basically they found a 52 notes post made by a TERF in 2012 and this one person said "i dont know why i dont get to be the princess of the anti-ace-brigade" and apparently they are convinced that this means TERFs started the ace exclusionism movement and that this is one of their goals. which is insane when TERFs in real life only care about making life miserable for transfem people first and foremost.

5.link

[Image ID: A screenshot of a reblog by genderfluidlucifer. The original poster is yu-gay-fudo. It reads, “Just in case you happen to be unaware, some of the “radfem lite” they post to warm you up to their rhetoric, just off the top of my head:

- Ace/aro exclusionism

- Bi exclusionism or claims that bi people are “less queer” bc of “straight passive privilege”

- Saying you have to be dysphoric to identify as transInvalidating nonbinary people

- Calling queer a slur regardless of context, saying people can’t identify as queer, and saying that it can’t be reclaimed

- “Mogai hell”, “kweer”, or otherwise mocking less common labels and claiming they are “just cishets who want to feel special”

- Excluding sex workers from feminist discussions or claiming that sex work is inherently evil

- Basically anyone who thinks they can determine what other people identify as”. The tags read, "queerphobia tw. twerfs tw. no id." and has 70,727 notes. It was reblogged on March 22nd, 2021 /END ID]

another example of conflating radfems to things that, while wrong, have little to nothing to do with them because being a radfem, again, is something very specific that has all to do with transfem oppression.

Emotional manipulation

Lucifer has done nothing but block, break boundaries, spread lies and vague about people, some of which were even mutuals with them knowing they would see the posts. when confronted about it Lucifer's only answer was "just say you hate me and block me" but they actually ended up blocking everyone first, making it impossible for anyone to set some boundaries with them or even just to calmly confront them about anything.

[proof: Io(popncourse) and Lucifer had a disagreement in a shared discord server, which prompted Lucifer to vague Io in a vent post. Io confronted them, as being vagued is one of buns triggers, to which Lucifer initially agreed to delete the vent post, but then proceeded to victimize themself and immediatly blocked Io. later on, Jude(malewifedeckard) was confronted by Lucifer, then after Jude told them “I’m worried that you’ll vague me just like you did with Io” they proceeded to block Jude and vagued about him too. when Io made a post (which was not a callout, it was just bun setting buns boundaries) explaining what Lucifer did, Lucifer immediatly jumped to victimize themself, acting like they were being called out and straight-up lying, even going so far as to say that no one tried to hear them out, which is a blatant lie if you consider the aforementioned Io and Jude’s attempts at doing so, with Lucifer immediatly blocking and cutting ties with the both of them. ] 

(screenshots taken by @popncourse and @malewifedeckard)

as seen in the proof above Lucifer’s behaviour is not ok because they don’t accept any kind of confrontation and immediatly jump to blocking, and after blocking, they'd immediatly go and vague about the people who confronted them pacificly, spreading more lies and painting themself as the victim and even arriving to say “no one hears me out at all” which is simply not something you can say when you block people who are trying to hear you out in the first place.

this is by no means an invitation to go and harass them, send them hate or anything like that. i absolutely don’t want anything even remotely hateful or negative to be sent their way after this post. 

this post was only made because:

1. as an ace person who fully supports the inclusion of aspec identities in the lgbt+ community i don’t want to support an enviroment that costantly downplays transmisogynistic oppression in order to be taken seriously. there are hundreds of ways to make aspec activism without acting like we(as in TME aspecs)are the victims of a system that seeks for the annihilation of transfemenine people in real life everyday. i especially don’t want to support TME individuals who act transfem-friendly but then block any transfem who tries to speak on transmisogyny without a second thought.

2. Lucifer’s behaviour has hurt two friends of mine and i don’t want to associate with someone who actively breaks people’s boundaries without taking accountability when messing up.

3. i cannot associate with someone who spreads lies about me accusing me of sympathizing with exclusionists all while having me blocked so that i can’t see it nor defend me. they complain about people not hearing them out but they’re the very first person who does not try to hear people out, and instead jumps to spread baseless rumors. this is not someone i can nor want to associate with. 

(image descriptions provided by @malewifedeckard)

[a-froger-epic]

Get out your glitter leotards and pour some champagne in your cat mugs! 🥂 🍾 It’s time to celebrate Freddie! 🎉😸

🎊 Freddie Mercury Weekend 2021 🎊

❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

ABOUT THE EVENT

This weekend is a content creation event in honour of the man himself, the legend we all love, Freddie Mercury! Once more, everyone who is inspired by Freddie is invited to share their creativity with the fandom. You can write, draw, edit, record, even cross-stitch 😉 content for absolutely anything related to Freddie, any ship, any genre, any way you like. This is an indiscriminately inclusive, positive event. Everyone is welcome, there is no wrong way to be a fan of Freddie! (Except convincing yourself you're dating his ghost maybe. That's pretty wrong. And weird. Don't do that.)

WHEN? On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of May.

HOW? On the above dates (or after!), post your contributions to the AO3 collection or alternatively on Tumblr, tagged ‘#fmw2021’ or/and ‘#freddie mercury weekend 2021’. If you post on Tumblr, please also tag @a-froger-epic to make sure you get a reblog from me!

❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

THE PROMPTS

You can be as free with the prompts as you like. They are here to inspire, there is no wrong way to write them! Change them around, mix them up, make them fem!Freddie, A/B/O, add your favourite ship. Anything goes! 😊

21st of May - 500-1000 word challenge!

We’re kicking off the event with ficlets and drabbles. First time writer just testing the waters? No need for an epic, just write a scene! No time to write but you want to participate? Surely you’ll find time for 500 words! 😉 Interpret these mini-prompts however you like (every one is a separate prompt, but you can combine them!):

Make-Up 💄   |   Pain/Pleasure 👀

Strip 👕   |   Ring 💍

Forbidden 🤫   |   Delilah 🐈

Piano 🎹   |   Dormitory 🛏 

Outrageous 🎉   |   Contentment 😌

Come Together 🎇   |   Ballet 🩰

Piece of Art 🎨   |   Leather 🧥

Cockring 🐔   |   Kimono 👘

Petals 🌸   |   Leotard 🕺🏻

Mustache 🧔   |   Last Time 😔

22nd of May - Is This The Real Life? 

A list of real event/canon timeline prompts from Freddie’s life. How real you want to keep them, however, is entirely up to you!

Down in flames

Freddie is 16 years old when he leaves boarding school. Does it have something to do with the school gardener, Sanjay? Did he flunk his exams or did he not even sit them? Is one thing connected to the other? Does he really find a boyfriend when he goes to stay with his aunt in Mumbai (then Bombay)? Either way, there’s the small matter of his parents finding out about all of it... (Sources: x x )

When Freddie met Kenny

Freddie is a guest on Kenny Everett's radio show in spring 1974. Freddie is living with Mary, Kenny is married. Two gay men, deep in the closet. To no one's surprise, they hit it off immediately. (Source: x )

But when did he? 

At some point during his relationship with Mary, prior to his relationship with David, Freddie had already begun sleeping with men. But how and when did that first happen? Cottaging in London? On tour somewhere in the world? Your guess is as good as ours… 

Flying High

Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll. Like all rock bands of their time, Queen doesn’t escape the copious amounts of cocaine in the entertainment industry for long. Somewhere on tour in America, perhaps, Freddie is first introduced to it. Where? How? 

Hide your tears

Jim said that he tried to be strong for Freddie and only cried in private, so as not to burden Freddie with his feelings. But this time, he is found. 

One-liners:

In 1969, Freddie doesn’t know how to cook an egg and neither does Roger (Source: x )

In 1977, Freddie meets Joe while on tour in Boston and starts dating him behind David's back

In 1990, Brian and Freddie work on 'The Show Must Go On' (Source: x )

In a year of your choice, Jim reminisces about his fondest moment(s) with Freddie

In 1976, Freddie and Mary end their relationship 

In 1984, Winnie gives Freddie a wedding ring (middle of the post: x )

In the late 60s, Freddie agrees to model for an Ealing Art School fashion show, but panics and flees the runway (Source: x )

In 1974, Freddie is strip-searched upon arrival in Australia (Source: x )

In 1982, Freddie and Roger go shopping in Amsterdam (Source: x )

In 1978, Freddie swings from a chandelier - naked (Source: x )

23rd of May - Is It Just Fantasy?

A list of AU prompts to spark your imagination. Take them and run with them or change them up, just have fun!

Make your dreams come true

Freddie hasn't been very fortunate in his life, until he finds a very special oil lamp, and rubs it just the right way. 

Beautiful stranger

Freddie meets an alluring stranger at a masquerade ball, who has more secrets than he can hide behind a mask. But Freddie has some of his own. 

Thicker than water 

Freddie agrees to a dreadful fate in order to save his little sister from the very same. Fortunately, he has friends who are more than willing to help him, but can they? Or are they, too, in danger?

Diamonds are a boy's best friend

Freddie is the prized jewel of the court, a skilled belly-dancer and entertainer, but he may also be plotting murder and getting away with it. 

Almost Real

In a distant future, humans have all but done away with face to face interaction. Humanity largely lives online. Children grow up isolated and live with only their families well into young adulthood. Cybersex is the new normal, although some families take a puritanical approach for fear of addiction. One day, impossibly, a real life young man falls through the containment field in Freddie’s back garden. 

One-liners:

This plane is going to crash (Freddie knew there was a reason he hated flying) 

Shipwrecked on an island (Freddie could never bear to be alone, but luckily/unfortunately for him…) 

Hunger Games AU (Freddie is so dead) 

A terrible road accident (Everyone is so dead, or are they?) 

Blind Date AU (Freddie's best friend is so dead for setting him up with this person… or are they…) 

Bank robbery (but who are the robbers and who are the hostages?) 

Magic AU ("Yer a wizard, Freddie!")

Film Noir AU (Secrets and cigarette holders) 

Interior Design AU (Does the carpet match the drapes?)

The Bodyguard AU (“And I will always love yooouuuu…”)

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Who can participate?

Anyone who is inspired by Freddie Mercury in any way shape or form. This event is open to all.

Can I combine prompts from different days?

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Hi, eloping anon again! Thanks for your answer! I definitely came to the right place lol If you don't mind I'm asking another question... What are your thoughts about the cut/deleted sex scenes? First, it was JB talking and now the intimacy coordinator saying that they filmed "loads" of sex scenes that were cut. And CVD added even more fuel to the fire talking about the wedding and the scenes that they planned to do and changed their minds. Do you think we ever gonna get those deleted scenes?

Hi! You're so welcome. And thank you for the asks, I love answering them :)

Honestly, all of this talk about everything we were robbed of makes me fume with rage. Kathony is one of my top 3 ships in the bridgerton universe and I expected them to be treated with care and respect cause this ship has a huge fanbase. And that includes being thoughtful about their intimate scenes as well. I do like that they didn't even kiss until the conflict with Edwina was done since it would have felt wrong on many levels for them to kiss while Anthony was betrothed to her. But I did expect more emphasis on their intimate scenes afterwards, not because I wanted to see more erotic scenes but purely because touch is literally their love language in my opinion.

The scene where they have sex for the first time in the book is literally so beautiful, because in the midst being physically intimate, the two of them end up sharing their insecurities and connecting on such a deep emotional level. By that point, they were clearly in love but the other was totally unaware of it. Anthony made sure that Kate understood how valuable she is to him and that moment was so impactful to the story. That scene had a purpose and drove the story forward. Even though their sex scene in episode seven served it's purpose, I would have been very happy if we got just one quiet scene that truly showcased their emotional connection instead. I'm talking a beautifully lit, slow paced scene that felt truly private. But including any of that wasn't a possibility in the show because the writers ended up rewriting their story and dragging it in a different direction.

I was under the impression that the lack of sex scenes was on account of the filming issues that arose due to covid, and hearing about how those scenes were filmed only to be cut makes me wonder about the overall vision they had for kathony this season. The easy answer is that they gave away their screen time to make room for the subplots, which would be fine if the very little time they did have wasn't focused on Edwina. And the bitter truth is that they weren't able to fully capture the essence of kathony both as individuals and a couple, and failed to create a well paced story for them and probably ended up not having anywhere to fit those scenes they filmed because they moved their story around to accommodate the storylines of the side characters when it should've been the other way around. I also question why they decided to create this love triangle when the idea of one is so far from the feeling you get when you read tvwlm. If they are so fond of love triangles, focusing on one in Gregory's story would have felt less forced. (Not that I want to see grecy caught in one since I truly detest love triangles.) I can't help but think that the writers and CVD have an underlying hatred towards kathony since they were so so mistreated. I have theories about the reasons, but I won't get into that.

I hope that those scenes end up seeing the light of day because all of us would love to see them. But I won't hold my breath over it. I know that we can't help but have expectations when watching a show, especially one based on a beloved book series but I'm definitely gonna try to not have any expectations from this show. Now that CVD is no longer the show runner of the show, one can only hope that the rest of the couples will be treated better than kathony was.