#ik tiktok evil but

[lovelyrottingcrows]

some purple doodles from today (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

GIVE AMITY PIERCINGS AGENDA IS HERE as well as take spirals and stars away from me agenda

[cloctor-doodles]

Finished Evil West and did my fave thing after finishing games, looking at fanart and cosplays now spoiler free! 🤠

Only to discover the gutting truth that apparently no one cares about this game whatsoever, and here I was expecting to please my eyeballs with Chester fanart... dang 💔

There aren't even good quality pics of him on Google images like bro why did no one love this game?? I loved it a lot???

Well, anyway, I'll provide... whether people care or not lmao

[ace-with--a-mace]

i have been watching american housewife

[drysdalesworld]

completely serious

jamie drysdale x fem!hughes!reader

ik the third pic is him wearing a ducks jersey but there’s nothing really of him in flyers gear that fit what i was looking for, so let’s just pretend <3

series masterlist

y/n.hughes just posted!

liked by trevorzegras, jackhughes, and more

y/n.hughes: to a new era baby! hope philly treats you well 🧡🧡 (please take care of him flyers or i will violently cry)

tagged: jamie.drysdale, philadelphiaflyers

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trevorzegras: i too will violently cry

lhughes_06: so this is where you took your impromptu trip to

y/n.hughes: & what about it

userone: still can’t believe it tbh 😭

yourbestie: she very much will! philadelphiaflyers

yourroommate: she cried upon hearing the news

philadelphiaflyers: we will take great care of jamie! do not worry 🧡

philadelphiaflyers: we will make sure to water him daily & make sure he gets enough sunlight 🫡

usertwo: stopp!! the way they are describing him as a house plant 😂 i cant

mfrost16: we’ll take him out on walks too!

userthree: now he’s a dog 😭😭

userfour: i mean he did bark his first game with the flyers userthree

jackhughes: i will not be picking up the pieces if she starts to violently sob

lhughes_06: you never do

_quinnhughes: i do that

_quinnhughes: when have you ever done that bro

jackhughes: i feel attacked rn

userfive: the way the flyers flew BOTH y/n & jamie’s parents out for his first game 😭😭 warms my heart

usersix: they did?

userfive: yep! during his post game interview, someone asked if the flyers flew anyone else out for jamie & he said that he wouldn’t play if they didn’t fly y/n out as well! (jokingly of course)

usersix: that’s so freaking cute 😖

jamie.drysdale: i was completely serious userfive

philadelphiaflyers: he, in fact, was completely serious userfive

userseven: UGH GOALS 💞💞

usereight: they’ll treat him well y/n!

jamie.drysdale: i’ll miss you so much love 🤍 i’ll have the flyers fly you out whenever (& if not, then i will)

y/n.hughes: i’ll miss you more!! im so so proud of you & can’t wait to see the amazing things you’ll accomplish in philly ❤️❤️

philadelphiaflyers: y/n’s apart of the team already! we’ll fly her out whenever you want jim! just say the word ✈️✈️

y/n.hughes just posted!

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y/n.hughes: jamie photo dump during these trying & sad times

tagged: jamie.drysdale

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trevorzegras: the fifth picture is evil y/n. why you got to do my boy like that? (please send it to me asap)

y/n.hughes: check your messages babes 😚

trevorzegras: bless girl hughes 🙏🙏

userone: another shoe tying pic!!!

lhughes_06: uhhh, why am i not tagged in the sixth pic?? i so graciously taught your bf how to wake board & this is the thanks i get??

y/n.hughes: thank you so much luke for teaching my boyfriend how to wake board & almost kill him in the process 😑

lhughes_06: i am an amazing teacher! he did not almost die

jackhughes: dude, you almost broke his nose when you both went down after YOU jumped on him

lhughes_06: i do not recall such a thing

jamie.drysdale: i will let the fifth picture slide just this once bc i miss & love you so much 🥰 (also, almost died in the last pic 💀)

jackhughes: SEE!! lhughes_06

lhughes_06: 🎶 i cant see i’m blinnndddd🎶👨‍🦯

y/n.hughes: love & miss you more 🤍🫶🏼

_quinnhughes: the lake house that summer will forever be burned into my brain

usertwo: in a good way? 😀

userthree: THE FUCKING ‘I ❤️ MY GIRLFRIEND’ TSHIRT 😫😫😫😫😫

yourroommate: i specifically remember the first pic like it was yesterday

userfour: babes spill! what happened!!

yourroommate: y/n was not having a good week so jamie flew out for the weekend & showed up with flowers & wearing that exact shirt userfour

yourbestie: he said, and i quote, “i saw this shirt on tiktok & though you’d like it” & y/n proceeded to cry :) userfour yourroommate

y/n.hughes: why am i and my bf being exposed in this comment thread?? 🙃

userfive: WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF PIC 😫😫

y/n.hughes just posted to their story!

caption: from #6 to #9, here’s to new beginnings! jamie.drysdale

[superm4ks]

I can’t decide what my fav Russell quote has been throughout this whole thing because it’s. Been. Genuinely of the most pure cases of complete headloss I’ve witnessed from him but we gotta recap because it’s just too good.

Also can’t get over how still in Qatar he made a joke out of it in the presser that Max did made a lil snide remark about him not even making the corner leaving the stewards but it didn’t matter anyway because his start ((and Lewis’ ‼️ he can’t help himself it’s crazy)) was terrible so whtvr . Emblematic but I won’t say tm. He says this shit wid a smile on his face. A week later hes on a mission against bullying the literal verge of tears because Max traumatized the merc juniors ((???😭😭😭😭))) and his nephew ((😭😭)) who’s on TikTok but has exclusive access to what was said in the stewards room and was very distressed ((PLEASE HELLO)). Max is traumatizing these young drivers and setting a bad example and it’s time somebody puts an end to this EVIL dangerous … umm wait lemme check the tape .. 4 time world champion most penalized driver since the system got introduced who came back from 20 seconds on his head in Mexico to flip the title in his favor from p17 in one of the finest wet races in Interlagos and then won the title in an off pace machine that wud have been dragged to a wdc without its first dominant run before Miami regardless thru pure expertise alone . No we gotta stop this fool this is an awful embassador of the sport.

Hey btw y’all remember when the gpda director along wid the drivers as a collective posted an statement on ig asking for grown men to be treated as such and for consistency in stewarding thru better officiating. So this ‘union leader’ unprompted said a ((fired)) race director wud have ‘feared for his life in 2021’ if Max hadn’t won, explicitly accused Max of getting away wid murder because he isn’t ‘penalized enough’, brought up situations like Hungary and Mexico which directly led to the statement that HE put out as the gpda director. Guess that shit don’t apply if 1 the bitches u represent perhaps wid respect, maybe, just a tad, hurt ur feelings.

Russell left the stewards room wid no problem wid Max ((his own words)) then as soon as he learned Max in fact had a problem wid HIM bro waited a week to let us know , and I’ll remind u that this is about a decision Max felt George fucked him over and expressed himself accordingly, that 25% of Red Bull employees sent out their resumes to other teams after Budapest. Thank u drama alert . I’m crying

ALSO . Can’t get over this 1 in particular. He now has Torger .. TORGER. who spent 2024 courting Verstappen in frankly increasingly unhinged ways putting out statements that his children are also traumatized by Max’s language and overall person and siding wid Ben Sulayem on the swearing thing. This an union leader who got his feelings hurt and immediately abandoned most of the ideals expressed in the first union statement his association put out in YEARS going as far as to allow his camp to side wid the President of the federation that’s actively working to undermine him politically and strip away his workers rights. And what truly gets me man. He never denied Max’s claims. He goes straight into the whole ‘max said he wud put my head in a wall’ and into anti bullying 2021 masi my tiktoker nephew has ptsd yadda yadda nonsense but he doesn’t touch Qatar. He knows he cant acknowledge Max’s actual complaints regarding his behavior in Qatar because he went into that stewards room wanting Max’s pole stripped away for his own gain and had no issue contributing to an egregious stewarding decision because it benefited him even if it meant lying and contributing to an issue hes trying to address as the gpda director.

It’s crazy because ik from the moment Max went on his post race tirade and got personal that George wud be spooked into reverting to the narrative all these lil drivers run back to when faced wid direct criticism from Verstappen which is that hes a bully and actually do u remember that time he was so evil etc. Like unfortunately for George this too shall pass and just like Qatar it didn’t fucking matter what Max told him or didn’t because he fucked his start and Max didn’t and went on to win the race. because Max says his piece and he locks that judgement in the back of his mind, he gets into the car and he’ll have the last word written on rubber because hes a racing driver. U can’t do that. U don’t have the facilities to do that. Ur moving like a politician because that’s all u can resort to. Let’s c how that works for u wid the lil Italian Senna blowing up the joint next year. Ive heard hes a real wheeler too. Kisses

[philophobic-honeybee]

posted this on tiktok, but i figured why not share here too! ik y’all love my spideypool shenanigans :3

link to my original tt post here <3

cc:

spidey: what’s wrong with the way i dress?

deadpool: some people might say that all black clothing kinda makes you look like an evil villain

deadpool: not me though!

deadpool: i think you look like a sexy motorcycle vroom vroom

[bellsluck]

☆ about me ☆

hii, i’m bells!

thought it was about time i made an introduction.

i’m 21, a capricorn sun, leo moon, cancer rising (astrology freak), my ethnicity is a little complicated but i’ll put it as half british and half portuguese. i can speak english and portuguese fluently and have a half-decent grasp of spanish. i’ve lived in the uk for most of my life. sexuality: no labels.

i’d say i’m new to tumblr as this is the first time in my life i’m actually using it regularly, i think I’ve got the hang of it now. i feel so at home on here and i love having new mutuals hehe. feel free to message about literally anything (save me from the “singles in your area looking for-” dms, i beg).

☆ interests ☆

i love writing and reading, fanfic, music and film, generally just immersing myself in other worlds tbh. kisses to pinterest, ao3 and wattpad. tumblr now too i guess.

seemingly never ending harry potter obsession. marauders era, hogwarts legacy era, etc. slytherin girly. i was part of hptok at its peak in like 2020/2021, my page was basically dedicated to it. it was so much fun.

also star wars, specifically the hayden christensen trilogy, but i love the ogs too and i thinkmy favourite spin-offs are the mandalorian and obi-wan kenobi. if i ever get married it will be at lake como, idc how many times it's been done. i was at one of the filming locations last summer (theed palace) and almost crying like a little biatch.

i like video games too (mostly play on switch), but i’m very picky when it comes to finding ones i actually like, then I will rack up hours on it like there's no tomorrow… we love hyperfixation over here. love love love stardew valley, animal crossing and games along those lines but atm i’ve been doing my rounds on the resident evil games (re2 og, re4 remake, re6, down bad for leon kennedy) and also hogwarts legacy, i’ve finished most of it, i just have to complete my field guide now (desperately want to replay for the sebastian quests, also the new mod stuff is so cool!).

music wise, i listen to lots of different stuff, constantly go through phases, but for my all timers, aka can quote their discography from start to finish, i’d probably say lana del rey, radiohead, the weeknd and nirvana. recently it’s been lots of david bowie, queen, beabadoobee, portishead, fleetwood mac, the beatles… i could go on.

always open to recommendations for songs, playlists, films, series, games, books, fanfics, or anything, i love it all.

☆ onto the topic of shifting... ☆

i am happy to announce i am free from the shackles of “shift-tok”. if yk, yk. 

i’ll take this as a chance to ask nicely for any antis to please, please, not interact from here on out. thank you.

so, i initially found out about shifting on hptok 2020 (huge surprise ik) and so obviously i wanted to go to hogwarts. like??

needless to say i got caught up in all the tiktok misinformation, blatant lies, complicated asf methods, self explanatory. sorry younger-me. i could explain more but all in all i was too impatient and clueless, didn't really know what i was doing at all, eventually got bored, busy with school, and assumed everyone was lying (a few were, it seems).

 i completely forgot about it all after that until i came across a shifting post on reddit a few weeks ago. my tiktok fyp started filling with shifting/manifestation videos too right after. i was coincidentally in between a rewatch of the harry potter films at this point too. you know where this is going. i started seeing tiktoks from smaller creators just answering people’s questions about shifting, and it was all so different from all the stuff i’d heard years ago, spoken about in a completely different way, which just made so much sense to me and was so intriguing. i decided to delve into it all once again. it was those same creators who also would mention tumblr, and i, who had just joined tumblr for writing related stuff not long ago, decided to start searching up things related to shifting.

 i eventually came across some great accounts and information, stories of experiences, motivation, help. i started reading “journeys out of the body” by robert monroe too, so interesting, btw, and have since began my own shifting/exploring consciousness journey (i try to be careful what words i use for things, for lots of reasons, and i understand everyone might use different terms, reminder that i haven’t been on here for that long). it’s been amazing so far. 

(i may have straight up searched shifting realities on google the other day. curiosity got the best of me. it was bad. don’t do it.)

to not mislead anyone, no, i haven’t actually had a full experience in my specific “dr” yet. however it’s only been a small amount of time and i’ve already had lots of different types of sensations and experiences that i’ve never had before and it’s all so beautiful and interesting to me. i definitely view things a lot differently than i did before. i have shiftblr to thank for it.

i adore finding new shifter blogs and reading everything on them, so if i’m giving stalker behaviour it just means i’m loving your stuff or you're all over my feed. 

idk what i’m even going to post about yet, if or when i do. maybe i’ll write a bit into my “journey” so far, any experiences or how and what i do to get into certain states, about my dr, or stuff i’m just nerdy about in general. 

fyi just because i write does not mean i will always use any grammatical skills at all when writing for blog. sorry ;)

if you ever have any questions i’ll love you forever i will answer as best as i can.

this wasn’t all that exciting but i just wanted a little intro because i’m always blank on my socials. 

 thanks for reading !!

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[potterslaw]

HII SHIFTERSSS!! came here bc of the tiktok ban but it’s not even gone now 🙏🏽

anyways Little about me 👅

I’m Summer :3!! I’m 18 and an evil lesbian

I started shifting in early 2020 and have shifted a handful of times🫶🏽. After mainly being on shiftok (gulp) i just LOVEEE the shifting community here ughh yall gang fr

Main DRS: Supernatural, Harry Potter, Fame, ATWOW, & Bridgerton :))

*I’ll also probably repost my method on here at some point bc ik it’s helped a lot of people!! Anyways let’s be moots

Where else to find me!

IG: shiftingwsumma

Tiktok: potterslaw

[catwouthats]

Ah yes, the apparently NOW 50% AMERICAN app is promoting it’s best fear tactic

The good old “manipulate Christians to believe the world is ending so they help you play god and eradicate/KILL people you deem evil”

My old algorithm NEVER showed me this type of shit. This new one is throwing shit like this my well as well as some “straight tiktok” videos

I might delete my account completely atp… but also ik I have content already up that people like… but also oh well. Sucks ig but memento mori.

Edit: soon to be 50% American. Ig they kind of reset algorithms so I have stuff that is apparently popular elsewhere but not for me. Still tho there is already propaganda on there in other ways.

[twinkstroker]

I lowk forgot to make a introduction, so sorry if my ass was creeping on your account and I just have no posts and no introduction. I'll try to post more yk... actual posts on here. Uh here's my introduction, this is just a introduction to me.

Hello, call me grizz, that may change idk.., was half asleep while making this account while at a friends house.

My main cases and people are obviously the columbine school shooting, I like academy maniacs, dylann roof, 1 hammer 3 guys, 2 guys 1 ice pic, along with a few others, I just don't remember the names... sorry.

I love music. It's really the only thing that keeps me sane. (Ik I sound like a edge lord, pinky promise I'm not). I really like Korn and slipknot, green day, MSI, MCR, pierce the veil, mom jeans., take care, sign crushes motorists, also like 1-2 songs from academy maniacs (aka evil knomes/gnomes, idfk how to spell the name) I fw sublime, XYZ.

Idk what else to put uhhhh... I think that's it. OH yeah, I won't be giving out my disc or snap, maybe my tiktok if I'm here long enough, uhhh okay, I think that's it finally, bye

[randomusernameofthegeneration]

evil durag final based on this video

i love cosplayers i love black people i love my community this guys was so cute i had to draw, and since i knew it would just be a little doodle and im having complications with my stylus rn i finally drew him!!! i lowkey love him guys he’s so cute, i wanted to post this for the last day of black history month but ive been tried… i love u durag finral ik u still didnt get any girls i bet he is holding the ugliest starter loca underneath that thing he wants his nonchalant dreadhead dream

anywho why do i get like art style dysphoria every time i draw… grrr.. I HAVE OTHER ART IVE BEEN WORKING ON BUT STYLUS ISSUES TRUST I WILL BE BACK SOON

[rassberrylips]

OH MY GOSH 🍦BROKE UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND

ik its really bad to want someone to break up and i kinda said it as a joke but now i feel bad cause they actually broke up and i think hes rlly upset 'cause his reposts are all brainrot and breakup tiktoks

@auntiejohn i feel evil now

[r1ch1exl1psch1tz]

“ I’m not a loser! “

I’m Richie Lipschitz ((: Steph and Peter convinced me to get this app so I’m trying it out ^v^. Anyone’s able to interact but don’t be a dick /: Max Jägerman please interact, P,EASE ANYONE INTERACT 😭. I’m Bisexual, Trans, and Poly and my pronouns are he/they (he/him preferred)

A disciple of @wigglyywrath …

[ Death Count: 0 ]

[ Kill Count: 0 (?) ]

(Ooc: My names Jamie/James, I decided to make a Richie to account after seeing a good chunk of other rp accounts. My main blog is @jambo-rat )

Welcome in ((:

> I go by he/they/it

> I’m Transmasc and Bisexual

! INTERESTS !

> Role-play

> Cosplay

> Starkid (I am new to it though)

> hero’s (DC and Marvel)

> death (cringe ik but I wanna become a forensic pathologist)

> horror >:))

> b99, X-Men, the Batfam, Teen Titans, Time loops (groundhog days), Supernatural, jjba

> Roblox, Resident Evil, Minecraft, fnaf, dead space, most things horror

! DNI !

> basic DNI list, you will be blocked if I find out you’re just an asshole, idc if we’re mutuals or interact a lot, you will be blocked.

! AU’S !

I’m down to roleplay any AU ! I would ask if it’s a sort of “obscure” one to DM me with info, or if you send a starter with one I don’t know much about I’ll message asking for more info ((: (if you put your user)

> Alive Rich

> Ghost Rich

! MY SHIPS !

(Really I’m okay with roleplaying any, as long as it’s not weird)

Peter x Steph

Max x Grace

Richie x Max

Peter x Richie

Jason x Richie

! SOCIAL MEDIAS !

TikTok: tired_squish

Insta: tired_squish_

Disc (dm asking to add first): dinjormbo_enjoyer

Main acc: @jambo-rat (send any fan fic requests there ((; )

! SIGN OFF !

> normal sign off will be [example] or [example]

> question/ ask sign offs is -🌀🪦

! ANONS !

I do allow emoji anons, just ask ((:

“ please don’t kill me… “

[s0dium]

hiii :D thank you so much for offering a matchup that it so sweet 😩 heres some of my infooo

my name is cube and i'd like a haikyuu matchup, and i don't mind the gender.

i like writing (fanfic haha), reading (mostly nonfic science), D&D, pharmaceutical chem, and watching reality tv (specifcally matchmaking shows oops) and anime.

i dislike hot weather, clinginess, cows (evil forsaken creatures) & slow drivers.

turn offs for me are people who can dish it but not take it. also people that interupt others while they are talking/talk over others.

ideal traits in a partner would be humour, intelligence, passion and a bit of sassiness.

my love language is quality time.

in terms of personality, i'm such a chatterbox. i've probably had to refine this message and cut out 90% of the needless yap. i will talk to someone even if they aren't listening. i'd like to think i'm patient bc i used to work with kids now i work with old ppl haha. i'm a d1 eavesdropper and gossip .. i'm just so nosy it's one of my worst qualities and a ik it's a terrible habit but like.. if someone is having a conversation near me, i think it's my god given right to tune in!!

those "hoodkyu!!" fake tweet screenshots on tiktok make me laugh (embarrassingly). and everytime a hot person gets botched botox/filler, i cry.

my ideal date is an escape room or playing boards games. i'm a beast at donuts, icl. (it's kinda like connect 4 basically lol)

i have no idea if this is like too much info but yeah 😭 again, thank you so much , you're so kind!

"Kiss me" You murmured Kuroo smiled. "You are always ordering me around" "Kiss me." You repeated "Are you sure?" He murmurs with a smirk playing on his mouth. "Because once I do I might not be able to-" You don't let him finish the sentence, you are already grabbing the back of his head and yanking him down

Honestly choosing kuroo for you because he is someone who can match your 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴

After a long day he would totally come home and watch matchmaking shows with

You and Kuroo would have lively discussions about various topics, from the latest advancements in pharmaceutical chemistry , matchmaking shows and volley ball. He loves how passionate and knowledgeable you are and finds your chatterbox nature endearing.

Kuroo would be a KILLER at escape rooms. His strategic mind and your analytical skills make you an unstoppable team. The two of you always manage to escape with time to spare

Prepare yourself for pet names, I bet he would probably call you extra cheesy ones in public to embarrass you

Kuroo enjoys your competitive spirit during board game nights. Whether it’s Donuts or any other game, he loves seeing the determination in your eyes. He’s equally competitive, and the two of you often end up in playful banter and teasing each other about who’s going to win.

Your nosiness and love for gossiping is something Kuroo finds amusing. He enjoys listening to the latest scoop you’ve picked up, and sometimes, he even joins in, providing his own sarcastic remarks and observations. But you know how men are when it comes to gossiping, they will be like "yeah so this happened and i forgot everything else that happened"

Knowing that quality time is your love language, Kuroo ensures that you always have his undivided attention. He would txt you druing work too like "love u" "hey look who i saw at work today *takes an awful selfie of him and tsuki*

HE'D LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A FAN FIC WRITER omg i think he'd find it cute and a lil funny

RUNNER UP:

TSUKI KEI

He was a close runner-up, might be a bit too sassy

[sillysootyboi]

i like to hope there's an other side to this situation (like an end point), and when it happens, I do hope we can be kind. This is unfortunately some people's first brush with these kind of accusations and these kind of situations, and when you're introduced to situations like abuse in your comfort media, I know it can feel so...so horrifying, so it feels easier to go the other way, to be so angry to feel like you have control.

I don't really think people who joined hate mobs or spread vitriolic messages or acted how they acted are inherently bad people (even if some are still acting that way). I feel like for many they feel ike the 'message' justifys their angry actions.

I do hope we can instead help people understand why approaching any situation that demands you form an opinion 'RIGHT NOW' and demands biiiig emotions urgently should always be met with skepticism and a willingness to discuss it and ask questions without immediately attacking or labeling others who disagree with you as abusive/harmful.

More below for a rambly essay on misinformation/persuasive content 😵😶‍🌫️🫣

Misinformation is always a concern, but with short form video content and short form media like tweets, I really feel like it's the same as headline reading in the before-decade. You're seeing parts and parts and parts of a story, and due to time constraints, you're going to only be able to process those parts. ANY story, even if it's about stuff you agree with, that wants you to be upset and angry from the get go needs to be handled with more skepticism than standard.

It's okay to decide 'i don't know enough about this topic to form a strong opinion.' it's necessary to realize 'this tiktok made me hate this thing...should I? Who made the tiktok? Why did they make this tiktok? What did they leave out?'

I know there's been some posts circulating about the actions of Wilbur's mods/discord mods, and I do think they did more harm themselves to the community than Shu(b)ble did alone. People forget it isn't outsiders that ruin fandoms; it's the people in it. Their initial behavior regarding it was downright deplorable and continues to be something I am bothered by, but not surprised.

But it was their initial posts. Their initial condemnation without any evidence, without waiting for a reply or anything from Wilbur, that started this in my eyes. It was the update accounts. It was the mods. That was how I first heard of it.

I can't say it was like theyre evil masterminds, obviously, it wasn't their intention, but being able to say 'hang on, this is really upsetting, but I need time and space and more information before doing anything' is a skill people must learn.

When we enter the other side, I want people to look at what moment they made up their minds (whether it was in DMs, tweets, posts, etc.) and ask "what thing did I see before this?" For most people it'll be a friend or a mutual or some big account they follow that's opinion sealed the deal.

For most it won't be that Sh(e)lby stream at all.

And if you realize you looked to others, you looked to 'group leaders' in the fandom to seal your opinion, then I really, really, really need you to learn to validate your emotions and allow yourself to feel 'I don't know what to make of this. I need time.' Because most misinformation campaigns that will affect your life extremely won't be as detached as fandom, they'll be much, much more subtle and play a bigger role in your life

For example if you Google something for information and the results are pages trying to sell a product or service EVEN if they frame it as a simple information page, if it ends in trying to sell a service...it's not. Their purpose isnt to inform you, it's to persuade you. Know their language and information are going to try to make you feel a certain way they think will make you buy their product (whether it be anger/fear/shame/envy/happy)

And unfortunately that happened here. And suceeded. And it's going to happen again.

so kill me for the essay, but unfortunately that's what I studied :').

[sharkwithfeelings]

ik there’s a lot of sarah j maas discourse rn, in general a lot of ya/na fantasy authors are getting looked at with a more critical eye, but i haven’t seen much abt the illyrians of the night court, who are undoubtedly indigenous-coded, and for the most part seem to be a mix of a lot of different indigenous cultures.

like, they live in mountain villages, they’re an old race of faeries, they have warrior cultures, and they’re generally described as being dark-haired and darker skinned than a lot of the other faeries in the series. and, i will admit, i haven’t read the books since middle/beginning of high school, but it’s kind of hard to forget that illyrians were at once portrayed as uncivilized but also extremely practiced in the art of war to a degree that they were a resource to the main characters in their times of need.

all the og members of the Valeris Squad (or whatever they call themselves i can’t remember) describe illyrians as “backwards” and “savage.” the illyrians are also known to beat kids, make them compete in blood sport, and they clip the wings of female illyrians so that they can’t fly and are reduced to only being housewives. they have a rich culture of tattooing, which most indigenous societies have. it’s an insanely patriarchal society that rhys and cassian and azriel are single-handedly fixing. their rites of passage into warrior status are centuries old and their communities have existed in the mountains for like forever. they’re undoubtedly supposed to be native, 100%.

and while there is plenty to be said abt how some cultures operate with regards so how they treat children and women (cultural relativism gets messy), i don’t think this is how you go about doing that. not to mention, the book doesn’t position “reeducating the illyrians” as a discussion on how one incorporates equality into a culture, it’s just like another thing that the Bat Boys do to seem like they’re more moral. the maybe only saving grace is that they grew up in the culture, so it’s not like they’re outsiders coming in and being like “your traditions are evil and bad, change them,” but i don’t know why they had to be constructed that way in the first place.

it’s weird, idk, i just think fiction is such a great place for exploration and education about how to deal with the real world but with much lower stakes, and i hate to see popular fantasy neglecting the fact that it should take real-world issues seriously, and that you can do that while also being a popular series. indigenous people across the world are systematically stolen from, colonized, and erased from the annals of history because other people step in and say, “hey we don’t like the way you do things, this is much better,” and again, yeah, some of the practices of the illyrians are pretty harmful, but how is their only good contribution to the world that they know how to do war good??? they don’t have anything else of value, they just fight and kill??? like that’s not accurate indigenous writing, that’s just harmful stereotypes.

there’s plenty more to say abt a lot of authors in the fantasy space, especially right now when so many ppl are getting book deals just for blowing up on tiktok, which i’m slightly conflicted by because more books getting published is good but also like, what books are we allowing to go to press? anywayyyy, just some thoughts