#it's an interesting topic honestly

[cybertistiic]

What does kin / kintype mean?

I could Google it, but I'd like to hear your personal explanation as I've only heard of this term from you :)

Is it like... an idenitity character thing? Is that a thing? I'm intrigued.

im not good at articulating my words but i can give it a shot

so "kin" comes from the word "otherkin" which is a community of ppl who identify as something non human or not all the way human. if u've ever heard someone say "i kin them" or "im such a __ kinnie" that's where those terms come from, tho those are more modern terms and are usually used by ppl who "kin for fun" and not ppl who actually take it seriously like ppl in the otherkin community bc kin to us isn't a verb it's an identity. like someone said, u can't say i girl them bc it just wouldn't make sense. oh and being kin is also always involuntary.

kintypes are basically who or what u identify as. they can be anything from *animals real or mythical to people *real or fictional to even objects and concepts. for example, one of my kintypes is n. gin from crash bandicoot which is why i go by the name gin/ginny/whatever and usually have his face pasted everywhere.

from personal experience, ppl outside of the community and have no understanding of it WILL call u delusional or cringe for being otherkin. like hell i got called the r slur for it once. but, honestly how i see it is like if i'm already being dehumanized for being autistic/nd + a person of color then why not just go all the way and not be human?

anyways, that's all i can remember from my research, but if i made no sense here's the wiki article for otherkin. probably explains it better than i did lmao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin

*note: animal kintypes are called "therians" and i'm not sure if they're considered otherkin or if they're their own thing. i'm not a therian so i know nothing about it.

*another note: factkin, which is the term for being kin with a real person, is usually frowned upon and for good and probably obvious reason.

[tls12lessthan3]

thinking about orvs metatextual engagement with its genre and specifically how that interacts with its women again. kim dokja is a self insert for the reader - what he thinks is largely meant to represent what we think, especially in the beginning before sing shong really fleshes out his character. kim dokja sees the world through tropes, directly acknowledging the genre around him and the cliches we expect e.g. the overpowered mc, the scheming villain, the beautiful heroine.

but a major part of his arc is deconstructing this reductionist view of the world in a way that parallels the author's deconstruction of the genre, and that plays really well with the way orv writes women. yoo sangah is perhaps the best exanple - shes introduced as the heroine, a one-dimensional pretty girl who in any other novel would become kim dokja's love interest. but the authors allow her to be her own character, directly challenging the stereotype of the heroine and calling attention to the genre's typical lack of depth for such a character. i think this undercurrent plays in the background often but really comes to the forefront when yoo sangah reminds kim dokja of her putting pepper in their bosses' coffee, a memory kim dokja had supressed because it didn't fit with the pretty girl persona he made for her.

i interpret that moment as yoo sangah pushing her way out of the mold of heroine often found in these stories, demanding a depth be added to her character, asking kim dokja - and thus the reader - to see her in her entirety, to see the heroine archetype for what she could be. orv is at all times in conversation with its genre, and its simultaneous writing of female characters with agency and depth and acknowledgement of the tropes these women are expected to fulfill is undeniably a part of that. and its a part i enjoy. most of the time.

[jessmalia]

stiles and malia playlist: my boy only breaks his favorite toys by taylor swift

there was a litany of reasons why we could've playеd for keeps this time i know i'm just repeating myself put me back on my shelf but first, pull the string and i'll tell you that he runs because he loves me (he loves me) cause you should've seen him when he first saw me

[themyscirah]

Complaining abt Suicide Squad yet again but the fact that they have Waller exposing the alien community to space racist attacks and talking abt how she got to her position through deceit and being a terrible person and stuff is just. Ahsfiwueh JUST SAY YOU DONT KNOW WALLER.

Anyways literally the 3rd mission of the Squad ever (and the first framed as smth Waller picked and not orders from above) was the Squad discrediting and stopping a rogue vigilante who was only arresting POC and funneling white people into white supremacy groups (of which he was the most prominent member) in SUICIDE SQUAD #4. and it's explicitly framed as this mission being personal for Waller that she's hiding from the government bc its illegal like. Guys. Please why are we having her incite (space bc comics) racist attacks now

Also the whole "Amanda got her position through deceit and being a terrible person" NO. she KEPT her position through being shitty and playing complicated political games!!! She wasn't always that way like there is a difference and it is IMPORTANT ppl PLEASEEEE. In Secret Origins #14 we learn Amanda's backstory and she used to be a normal, caring person! Like even after she entered into working in government and politics she wasn't automatically morally bankrupt like please people. She was originally given control of the Squad by Reagan (*sigh* 80s comics...) to distract and get rid of her because she was so successful at pushing progressive social policy in Congress. Acting like she's this static pillar of evil is such a waste of her character and so fucking uninteresting and disrespectful to her arc it drives me MAD.

Like I am NOT saying Waller is all sunshine and rainbows, she fucking SUCKS (said w love <3) but like there's a human being there. It's a progression, she has a character arc like please, DC, please!!! They've fucked up Waller so bad and made her so opaque and uninteresting she can't even be the protagonist of her own story for fucks sake!

Like I don't know how many times I have to scream it until DC hears me or remembers but WALLER IS THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SUICIDE SQUAD. ITS HER BOOK. yet right now she's a cutout to be used as the villain wherever the writers please. Even in her book we get none of her perspective really displayed, no exploration of her thoughts with any kind of understanding of the role she traditionally has played and was made to play in the story.

[hanaybuns]

Osomatsu-san season 4 wishlist but I get more controversial as the list continues

return of summer kamen

another high school matsu skit

another full length iromatsu skit

an overall increasing of the silliness by 3

more girlymatsu skits (where they're not just supporting characters)

more iyami and matsuzo skits

more outlandish aus/skits (in the same vein as the Inn au, I want them to be completely different people)

continuity, show us nyaas kid and give us a sense of how old these guys are at this point

keep up the gradual, but natural and subtle change in the brother's dynamics (without changing the status quo too much)

a few more straight man jyushimatsu moments, but keep it sporadic so it stays refreshing

LIGHT topical humor/references (i just like knowing that these guys are in the same timeline as us and their world is changing too)

a few more serious moments sprinkled in the mix (like On the Way Home and Just Don't)

[notbecauseofvictories]

it's a good thing that I've developed a pretty cast-iron sense of self-worth, because otherwise....man, my boss could do a number on me without even really trying.

[starrybennz]

the other day my friend and i were talking about books and i was trying to convince them to try fourth wing after reading haunting adeline. i said that i think they would like it cause xaden gives similar vibes to zade and they really like zade as a character

i just found out xaden and zade are voiced by the same person in the audio books

i just gotta say i’m a fucking genius and I CALLED IT

[k1tty5]

hello :D please tell me more about your mezalian (is that how you spell it??) smalletho I will forever be indebted to you

(they are gorgeous I love them sm)

hey hi !! it would be my pleasure … (and I’ve been spelling it mezalean ??? but i have no idea LOL. there might be a canon spelling but i havent watched joels esmp1 since… probably since it ended. i will have to check sometime)

apologizing in advance because i will probably get very ramble-y!!

ummm. Oh god. How to start. Lets see. WELL. In this silly little au (i guess it has become a bit more than just me doodling designs LOL) in my head they have like this sort of zelink dynamic? obviously without all the zelda lore & stuff, just that kind of … okay forgive me I haven’t brushed up on my zelink lore for a good many years but. Like the princess and her personal knight that doesn’t really talk much sort of thing.

this made more sense in my head. But yeah. They have the vibes of zelink ? At least if i remember zelink right, I have a really bad memory :’) not exactly the same, i do think etho talks to joel (whereas if iirc link never really talks) - especially after getting to know him a bit - but just. they have the Vibes. You know?

I reckon Joel’s definitely very into sculpting in this au, maybe dabbles a little in painting - I imagine mezalea to be very heavy on art and expression in general. think you’d especially see lots of pottery and textiles all around the place. He probably also has an interest in some form of like. um. whats the word. Some sort of … fighting. lmao. Specifically thinking of fencing, i had this idea in my head that he’s watched Etho practice outside the palace at some point and is just absolutely fascinated and enamored. by both the practice and etho himself haha.

and for etho… talented swordsman? he is Not washed. i dont really have many ideas for his character in this au To be completely honest, mostly just of his personality. Although, I alsooo think he’s probably not actually from mezalea? I like to draw him with those pointy elf ears, and i think mezaleans are just humans. I cant remember if thats canon or not but um. mezaleans have human ears, so i’d imagine etho’s probably from like.. rivendelle? Is that. What it’s called. The elf guys? Are they elves??? Goodness I cant remember. Grimlands would make sense too since i THINK they’re kind of like. technical engineer guys? but i dont know what species they are um so ,,, yeah,,,,

i think joel’s probably a bit put off by etho at first, mostly just because he’s not super enthused about the idea of a personal guard, but also because the guys a bit odd, you know? but he’s also probably suuuper intrigued by him. he wants to figure this new guy out, and when they start talking a bit more, i think. They are both incredibly charmed by the other. head over heels? possibly.

most of my ideas of this au are just little scenes that are cute and silly but dont follow any main plot. I would love to write some one-shots of some of the ideas i have in the future, but as of right now im experiencing a bout of creative burnout and am busy with the holidays - spending time with family, so… not right now lol!

hopefully this is what you wanted,,,, i tend to get very ramble-y when talking about literally anything, so i do apologize for that haha, i am Not good at explaining things in simple ways, as i’ve said many a time before.

[natsmagi]

adding onto my last rant from a while ago a little bit, it is fascinating how many people in this fandom completely miss the point of tsumugis character and misconstrue what hes actually about which, ironically, is just what eichi did. and its done in such a similar fashion too, such as making assumptions about his motives, his family relationship, and missing the point in why he chooses to look the way he does. and, time and time again, eichi has been proven to be WRONG about tsumugi. he misunderstood him deeply, and now its eichi whos stuck mourning the past while tsumugi has long since moved on, not the other way around, as tsumugi is on the path of getting his happy ending. and i dont get why people keep trying to take this positivity from him

(s. element epilogue 2)

[essektheylyss]

my homework for the weekend is quite literally "video game" so the quarter is going great already

[werebutch]

People tend to be so hostile to criticism of the way they care for their animals bc nowadays veterinary knowledge of pets and proper pet care is rapidly improving compared to previous decades (imo) but it makes me sooo sad 😭 i know [practice] SUPPOSEDLY worked for you and your pet in the past but did you really truly pay attention to your pet or did you just assume its ok because they didnt die… crazy. Plus people have a skewed way of thinking about the lifespan of pets - rabbits live a long ass time, but they think if it died within 3-5 years of age thats normal. Ok. Sure. Im mostly talking about old people here 💀 i hate talking about what i do for my animals and seeing the looks on their faces change or tell me im “pampering” my pets and that their pets arent softies like that. Well. It’s your pet. Why did you get it if you dont want to pamper it in the first place LOL? But i know the answer is ‘for human entertainment’ soooo

Do notttt even get me started on how behind most vets are when it comes to houserabbits.. It’s taken me so long to find one that even slightly knows what they’re doing and i live in a place with a lot of exotic vets. Can’t imagine what it’s like in rural areas. Even then my current vet still gives super outdated advice sometimes lol. And of course it turns out my only true up to date amazing vet is an emergency-only !!! But i suppose thats handy 😭

[uncanny-tranny]

Socialization theory with regards to trans people might have been an interesting conversation if people hadn't ever used it to mean, "you will always be [gender] no matter what, and my assumptions about how you were socialized mean more and are more true than whatever you say you went through as a child. Your account of your life is untrustworthy because it doesn't align with what I say is [male/female] socialization."

I'm not sure this theory wouldn't have been picked up by transphobes, but it's infuriating how you can't even discuss your thoughts about your own transness or growing up trans without being called a liar.

[moonstandardtime]

i am so glad that my interest in isat has stayed strong past the initial hyperfixation bc it means theres actually hope of tiac getting finished. something never before seen with my longfics

[apostaterevolutionary]

What with your revisitation of "who's left in the fade" I have a hypothetical...

What if Anders!Inquisitor made the decision? Reminder that Anders IS still a warden, after all.

If you want to make that question worse, what if Romanced!Anders Hawke.

For extra angst, I'll just remind you of that fade quest where it's canon that Justice takes control in the fade, and HE'S the one who decides who stays.

Omg so there's definitely good angst potential here. Although I think it does depend too on who the other choice is (and I think one of the devs recently revealed that the original plan was to be HoF or Hawke, which would've actually been so much worse than what we got lmao) and also Anders' relationship with Hawke

(Like ngl if he and Hawke very much did not get along, I do feel like he'd be more willing to leave them in the fade skdsld, but maybe he wouldn't for old times sake)

Cause Anders, though a Warden, he doesn't know Alistair or Loghain, he never met them personally, so he has no connection to them like we do (although if the HoF romanced Alistair, that would probably make it harder for him). And Stroud, of course, is just some guy too, one he probably never even heard of before. So by that logic, like, even with just friend!Hawke, I think he'd still choose to save Hawke unless Hawke really insisted (Hawke could probably talk him into it but both parties make the argument that they should stay iirc so)

Because this assumes Hawke didn't kill him in DA2, which means that they are the reason he's alive now, and this is at the very least paying them back (and this is true even if they didn't get along). And also he's choosing his friend over just some person, not to mention that wardens basically exist to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. And Anders knows that better than someone who isn't a warden - in death, sacrifice, after all. It's more fitting for the warden to take the risk imo, and I think he'd see it similarly

The only exception I think would specifically be romanced!Alistair, where I think he'd definitely choose to leave specifically a rival!Hawke, because the HoF saved Anders' life as well, in his mind, and thus he wouldn't want to do that to them. Romanced!Alistair vs friend!Hawke is like. That's the worst case scenario for Anders ngl but I still lean towards him picking Hawke, like. Personal connection, plus he's going to have to justify this to Varric later, plus again the point of wardens basically being to sacrifice themselves for others

And for a romance, ngl, I don't think he'd be willing to lose them. I think he'd rather stay behind himself than lose Hawke, even if Hawke begged him to. Also in my headcanon, handers are pretty codependent after everything so lmao. I really can't see him doing it

But Justice making the call is... a really fascinating question tbh. And while I like to think that Justice does have at least some bond with Hawke in the romance (the extent of that bond being up to personal interpretation), I do think Justice would still want to do what's Most Just. And assuming he can't do it himself, cause that's not part of the choice, it does put Justice in a position where there is no right answer, something he would struggle with

With Loghain, I think it's a more obvious choice because Loghain being a warden at all is basically an atonement thing and this is just the natural extension of that. Justice would definitely choose him for that alone

But when it comes to Alistair/Stroud vs Hawke it's like. It might depend on how Justice feels about them? Alistair is another hero of the fifth blight, so he's a Just Guy, as far as Justice would know. Stroud is a warden, which Justice probably thinks is a noble profession given awakening, so he should be considered a Just Guy as well

For Hawke, I think this is where the relationship comes in. A friendly or friendmanced Hawke would presumably be considered a Just Guy (gender neutral) as well, as the friendship route typically is supportive of mages and other things. But a rival Hawke, even a rivalmanced Hawke... I could see Justice not liking them, thinking they are unjust as they support oppression in his mind. So I could actually see Justice leaving a rival!Hawke (romanced or not) as that could, in Justice's mind, act as a sacrificial atonement/punishment for everything they did in Kirkwall - to mages, to Anders, and even arguably to Justice at times

(I don't talk much about the rivalmance cause it's very much not the way I play or imagine them lmao but the idea of this happening and Anders like. Recovering from that relationship afterwards... there's potential for something interesting there ngl)

As for friend/friendmanced Hawke, that's where I think it would be more difficult but I do lean to Justice choosing to leave whichever warden it is in the fade because, again, wardens kind of sign up for this shit. Their job is basically to sacrifice their own life (either literally or in terms of the reduced life span), so it would be unjust to sacrifice Hawke, who didn't sign up for that, as compared to someone who's a) not going to live as long anyway and b) chose that specifically in order to save lives. Like, it's arguably that warden fulfilling their purpose, a thing we know is important to spirits

So yeah. Ultimately I give this a happy ending in most cases lmao (and maybe I'm biased, never-left-Hawke-in-the-fade person that I am XD), but it's a really interesting question! Especially with Justice in the mix cause you're right, it would most likely be his call, which adds an entire other layer to it

[lord-squiggletits]

I was at a "making friends" kind of social event just this past week and ended up having two subsequent conversations with different people that gave me an interesting reflection on my own reasons for writing without me even intending to make the conversation about it.

First conversation: The person talked about the feeling of awe from being at a music concert and how incredible it is that so many complete strangers can be united by a singular love of music. I related to it with regards to my own writing and how many people have read my stuff. Ended up telling this guy about some of the AO3 comments I've gotten from people to the effect of helping motivate them to live/just reflect on life in general. Somehow went into a tangent about a suicidal friend of mine who died when we were in high school, and me saying that maybe the reason I write so much about the things I do is because of the influence his death had on me. And the other person ended up asking me, 'So do you think it's like every time you write, you're doing it in his memory in a way?'

Subsequent conversation was with someone who was a psychologist for a day job, and I ended up telling them that I was kind of thinking of getting a degree in psychology/therapy one day because writing about mental health issues had gotten me so interested in the world of helping people heal themselves. But then I was also like, "Well, I don't know, it could be that I don't need to become a psychologist to help people with mental health. Maybe helping people by being a writer and telling stories is enough."

It was just a surprising, but topical realization for me to have talking to a bunch of strangers. For someone like me who's often preoccupied with doing and having knowledge and expertise, I often fall into the idea that you need to be directly involved in helping people to really be making a difference. I've literally had thoughts in my mind along the lines of "I'm so smart, hardworking, and dedicated when it comes to writing, but wouldn't it have been so much more of a net gain to the world if I'd decided to be this passionate about something like being a doctor or activist that actually helps people?" It's not like I truly regret being a writer (or ever will, because there's nothing else that I love so much), but in my bad moments I truly do sometimes think "Why does it make a difference if I entertain people or make them feel nicer for a while if it doesn't actually change anything in the world?" To quote one of my favorite Transformers fics of all time, "There was nothing that would have been more worthwhile, but that didn't rule out the possibility that the whole damn universe was wasting its time."

I guess the answer is that making someone feel better, even in a small way, is changing the world, even if it's just a few people, and even if it's just as simple as making someone's day better.

[daydreamwhumpinc]

My Favorite Whump Things in Comics/Animation (Visual) Medium

Okay, since I already posted things that I didn't enjoy in Whump I felt like I really need to balance it out with a few things that I love seeing in drawn format (might do something like this for written whump later, who knows). Enjoy and tell me what you like in the notes below😃💛 There will also be some pictures as a visual aide, so not much spoilers since I tried to choose the most obscure or out of context ones LMAO. Still, you are warned, I guess?/affectionate

No pupils/Hazy pupils eyes- You know that instance right before registering that they are hurt or right before passing out, the whumpee has these kind of glossed over eyes that are not focused on anything. Usually the pupuls become hazy (Gosh, I really need some visual aide, but I am too lazy to draw any right now 🥲😅). You instantly know what is going to happen next and I love that feeling. I guess something like this.......

Blood splatter fake out- One of my favorite whump tropes is "taking the bullet", and, although, you can usually tell when it is going to be used I am still a sucker for everything that comes after it. I just love the horror on the other character's face as the blood of their friend/family member/lover gets splashed all around as they are hurt protecting them. Their blood is the symbol of how far they will go to protect others even if the cost is too great for them. Not sure what is going on with Gojo in this scene (I haven't been keeping up with JK for a while🥲), but it has the right mood I guess.......

Whumpee sees their lood splatter on the floor/walls/etc- Kind of like the earlier point, but instead of a fake out, the Whumpee registers the their blood and (maybe) that they are hurt, but really can't believe it. That frame of them staring at the blood seeping out, not registering what is happening around them before collapsing to the floor. Bonus points if they see the blood and get concerned about their friends thinking that its their blood then looking down at themselves and seeing a bloody shirt.......

Bloody Hair- Okay, let me explain. I get major whumperflies when I see the Whumpee unconscious, on the floor, with a head wound or something and tangled, bloody hair. If the hair is light, then their friends can see it tanned with blood and it automaticlly conveys the urgency of the situation. With dark hair, the blood might not be as visible, but the mattedclumps of hair are surely saturated through with blood and when they brush against something, they leave bloody streaks. So, something like this, but with more blood in the hair, an unconscious character and I'm pretty sure I'm already on some kind of watch list with the things I've been googling to find pictures for this post........

CARETAKER CARRYING UNCONCIOUSS WHUMPEE BRIDAL STYLE- I am not normal about this. I just can't. Enjoy my world salad for this entry, because I can't. PEAK CONTENT IF THEY ARE BOTH MALE AND THE WHUMPEE IS LIKE A SIDE CHARACTER OR SOMETHING. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MOMENT AND THE CARETAKER IS SUPER PROTECTIVE, SQUEAL!!!!!!!) Ahem, It's all about the trust and the feeling of safety. It's al about the caretaker running to the medical tent, or something, with a limp and bloody Whumpee in their arms as they are both coated in the Whumpee's blood. You know the drill by know, this example is brought to you by from my most favorite Manga/Anime- One Piece!

Delirious/Feverish Whumpee's POV and Outsider POV- Honestly, I think fever is one of the most versatile whump tropes, because it can happen with a sickness, wound, exhausten etc, so you can add it as a bonus whump like some kind of twisted honey boba with a sprinkle of angst salted cheese (That shit is delicious, okay). I also think that there is so much ptential, visually, in how an artist/animator can represent a warped state of mind when the Whumpee is delirious and in pain. The half lidded eyes, heavy breething, vertigo........ Same thing for the Outsider POV, just looking at the Whumpee suffering and the other characters' reactions to their plight........ This one is from Komi can't Communicate (I watched the anime and it was so cute and heartwarming, might read the manga later).

Whumpee Falling Unconcious Bheind the other Characters- This one is an oldy, but a goody! Just the frame of the Whumpee crumbling to the floor (it usually happens as a cliffhanger) and everyone is screaming and rushing to them. I think this one needs no explanation.

I'm pretty sure that I have more, but right now I can only come up with this much LOL. Enjoy!