#its not me being shitty please reblog it i really want people to see it

[fangirltothefullest]

And if I just keep on reaching Past the haze of their preaching Oh what things I'll be teaching When I've found what I'm seeking

First artwork of 2024!!! 8D WOOHOO!! Logan my beloved, let him touch the stars. I had to make the canvas smaller lol it was enormous but I'm SO proud of this one! Do not repost, or at least give credit if you ignore that, please.

@thatsthat24 ---> IF YOU LIKE IT, PLEASE REBLOG IT, I WORKED SO HARD ON THIS! <----

[twigs-sprigs]

Hey, I got your lloyd race headcanon thread in my fyp and read through the replies… (wow that one person you responded to was very ….interesting to say the least in their response 😅) I’m not sure how to necessarily ask this question in a non-blunt way, but I noticed you had this point in your discussion that stood out to me, how you stated that “trying to introduce white people into this already fucked up soup, like we have a place in it”.

Does this statement imply that you are white yourself? If so, a white person speaking critically on racial headcanons that don’t necessarily have a definitive weight on behalf of Asian representation is a bit hmmmm… y’know? I’m Asian myself and I believe that this “Asian exclusive” mindset for Ninjago interpretations can be really harmful to other races who may see themselves within certain characters or just have a diverse array of race headcanons in general. And to add, I think the constructive way of going about the shitty writing and appropriation in ninjago is to uplift the diversity of character design and interpretations within fandom and not to focus so much on hyper-criticizing opinions that are generally harmless? That’s the fun part of reclaiming such an easily flexible source, people will always have a different version of Ninjago in their mind.

I just believe that if you’re going to put out a critical opinion on race, you have to expect people to react critically to your opinion as well. I just don’t want that to be a case where as a white person, you may be acting on what you believe is some sort of radical act of justice to the “little” rep people get…when I’ve seen a ton of mixed reps all over this fandom! If you’re Asian, uhhhh disregard this statement AHAHA, none of this is to be mean or anything, I just feel like you need to be transparent about your race and where you stand in the water of the conversation when it gets this deep. PLEASE DONT GET YOURELF CANCELLED FOR GOOD INTENTIONS WORDS ARE EVERYTHING LOVE YOU

okkk ill break this down to talk about your points as you make them so its a bit easier!

i am white! you're right, i should've mentioned that from the beginning, i felt like it was known but in retrospect that's kind of stupid on my part, fully agree i shouldve mentioned it to preface. i will also say english isnt my first language, so my wording mightve unintentionally come off in a way that doesnt reflect my actual mindset, and i take full responsibility on that!

i will say, my post was initially about lloyd and lloyd only, which i do feel i had to point out, given his heritage. my post was about making lloyd purely white, both my post and the reblog i made are basically me saying i didnt like that people are blatantly ignoring lloyd's asian heritage. im not saying my takes are 100% correct and right and perfect, and my wording can be less than stellar sometimes, but i do think it was worth expanding on what i thought, since i didnt want to leave that person's weird response up in the air like that when i disagreed with their point. i don't really believe this is a radical justice take, i just noticed some younger white people headcanon him as white, (mostly on twitter and tiktok) which i didnt really agree with (which is why i made the og post)

like i said, my post was about whitewashing lloyd and him only, i didnt say anything about mixed hcs (wasian lloyd) i didnt say anything about him being any other race, i just said that i don't like him being fully white! and in the end, that's still just an opinion on my part, i never expected everyone to agree, as i'm also fully down for diversity in designs, i think the fandom is really cool in that regard! (when i said "little rep" in my reblog, i meant it as a thing for the show, not the fandom!) i just think theres a line to be drawn between a character thats heavily coded to be of a different race and then whitewashing that character fully yknow?

"I believe that this “Asian exclusive” mindset for Ninjago interpretations can be really harmful to other races who may see themselves within certain characters or just have a diverse array of race headcanons in general"

yep, i agree with this! my original point was absolutely not excluding other races from the discussion, it was only meant to be about lloyd being portrayed as white by people picking and choosing ideas that the show presented. (like wu and misako's names and lloyd's dragon and oni parts that are closely associated with east asian culture)

"And to add, I think the constructive way of going about the shitty writing and appropriation in ninjago is to uplift the diversity of character design and interpretations within fandom and not to focus so much on hyper-criticizing opinions that are generally harmless?"

i also dont believe i ever hyper criticized anybody, i fully expected there to be criticism and discussion when i made my post (i will admit i didnt expect THIS much but again im fully open to discussion still!), i simply stated my opinion in one post and then expanded a bit in one reblog.

again, in the end i dont really care what people headcanon, i simply expanded on my point and said my peace in one reblog, about fully white lloyd, nothing more nothing less. but even then, i wont attack or judge anybody, im fully behind the ignore-and-move-on mentality. and the post was about a generalized minority in the fandom that imo whitewashes lloyd, im very happy to know that the majority is a super open and diverse space full of a plethora of headcanons. i do think the discussion ended up moving away from my original point pretty much!

some people did further expand the discussion in the replies/reblogs to which i didnt think it was my place to reply, since it was far removed from my original point, and people had genuine good points and arguments in the discussion that i myself can't insert myself in, as a white guy! which i was happy to see and didnt feel the need to add much to it anyway

i hope this clears stuff up a bit! if i missed anything or you want to discuss further let me know! either here on tumblr publicly or on discord (my dms are always open, to anybody!) i'm happy to keep talking about this if you feel you have something to add. also sorry if i repeated myself a bit!

[red-might-be-dead]

hello hi here to force strange thoughts into your brain once again, this time about jrwi (wow who could’ve guessed)

been thinking about this for a little but it’s basically what i think some campaigns would be if not podcasts, i haven’t listened to some of the older ones so i’m sorry they’re not on here :(( if you have any ideas feel free to add them btw :DD

RIPTIDE!!!!! - really long animated series

not an anime though, no matter how much grizzly wants it, it would be an animation style where the characters could have very clearly different nose, face and body shapes, really pushing my riptide nose agenda here sorry, each episode would be like 20-40 minutes long and instead of coming out in seasons there would be massive gaps in between episodes, from 2-6 months long, to leave time for writers and animators to get stuff done (massive team of animators btw, i feel like it would be pretty successful)

PRIME DEFENDERS!! - comics

literally nothing else they could be, just really well made, well performing comics (i’ve already talked about this before you can stalk my talk tag if you really want to find it lmao), the comic company making them would be keeping well away from movies n shit btw

APOTHEOSIS!!! - i wasn’t really sure about this one to be honest

i had to ask my friend and she said anime which i don’t agree with but i can see it, i think maybe a short book series where each book is 150 - 300 pages and is about a different god they have to kill/a different episode, i think that works but if anyone has any better ideas please tell me :D!!

BLOOD IN THE BAYOU!!! - i hate to say it, i really do…

bitb would be a really long really good 80s horror book with strong homoerotic undertones, a satisfied fanbase and lots of active members in the community making fan comics, films, writing, theories and art ect… until well after the book came out……….. and then it would be made into the most egregious and awful live action movie you have ever seen, the most awful casting (like chris pratt as officer dudes….. throws up) and even worse sfx, oh yeah and the characters would be ruined and the story would become so butchered it wouldn’t make sense, they would do some shit like cut out becky so kian just kisses some random lady (removing both a really good and well written character and a layer of kian’s character that i think is super important) and make rolan really be an evil bug spy the whole time so rand has to kill him to save the town also add in a whole new sub plot that never existed like the rand family is secretly a long line of bug alien hunters or something fucking stupid like that and the entire fanbase would murder whoever thought re-writing the story was a good idea (ahaha can you tell ive been through something like this before ahahaha, character morals and motives being removed and whatnot ahahahhahahaha.)

anyways………

THE SUCKENING!!! - live action series

it would be well made though, unlike the bitb movie it would be its own original thing, have great makeup and effects also be well casted and well shot, well written, ect ect, it would bloody and gory and not suitable for people who can’t handle showing bones and organs all over everywhere, lots of shitty rip off merch would be made though and the fandom would be 99% gay little freaks (normal suckening enjoyers) and 1% homophobic straight white men who get mad whenever they see soda and emizel having gay sex on screen or whatever fag shit that biting thing was

again feel free to add your thoughts and ideas and shit in the reblogs it would be nice to read them :DD!!

[velvetvexations]

anon really went Ah a trans woman who isnt skinny or hairless or feminine and doesnt want to be (thing that can also be true for cis women) clearly this must be a man. anyway (horny voice) wow you are a foot taller than me

I sure am~!

I don't know if it's your blog aesthetics or your kinks or your outspoken opinions on trans rights that gets me the most but i have a huge crush on you for all of the above

I'm a gift.

The way some of the trfs you reblog talk about "tmes" just sounds so much like the way a lot of incels I've seen talk about women, and it still makes me double take sometimes. I don't have an eloquent explanation of how exactly, but the vibe is just so similar to what I saw as an edgy teen on 4chan and it's so weird to see in places that claim to be "progressive"

lotta resentment

MALL ANON HAS A TUMBLR NOW??? we got side-characters fuck yes

an ever expanding cast

came for the trf takedowns and stayed for the neato aesthetic posts hope youre havin a lovely day miss velvet

thank you!

I’m so sick of people on this website taking every opportunity they get to accuse trans men who are just talking about their oppression of being 1. A violent misogynist 2. Not even trans 3. A straight up rapist or abuser. I’m actually so exhausted.

I know anon, and I'm so, so sorry. It's tiring. Take breaks as often as you can.

TRFs saying they need to post discourse and be rancid shit because theyre doing it for "the transfems who cant" (ex, trans women of color & sex workers) sounds INCREDIBLY similar to TERFs saying they need to Post Discourse and Be Rancid because "women in third world countries cant"

it sure is

Maybe i just misread it wrong but why was that one anon implying its bad for transmen to make “trans ppl should be having crazy t4t sex?” Jokes. Is there anything actually wrong about that joke?

I think you mean person I reblogged? They were saying it was sexual harassment lmao.

I feel like a lot of confusion about terfs and radfeminism is simply because a ton of self identified terfs arent radfems but are ppl whos politics abt men arent as intense (like dog standard gender essentialism) but for a lack of a better term coopt the terf concepts around transphobia.

That's certainly true, the term is becoming rapidly diluted not just from people who call all transphobes TERFs but all transphobes calling themselves TERFs. We're still not to where radical feminism is not at the core of it, though.

Some very weird trans people in the dropout tag are complaining about how dungeons and drag queens "makes them uncomfortable" PLEASE explain to me how this is literally any different from conservatives whose reaction to drag is "icky!!! Gross!" Like??? Do they think its progressive to shit on drag queens? Do they think this is ok because they happen to be trans? They sound like Republicans!

well see transfems who do drag aren't real transfems because something something

thoughts on this applying to transfem TRFs?

Blocked so I have no clue what this says.

Re: wounded gazelle. I don't even think it's always that and on purpose. Sometimes it very very blatantly IS. But other times people feel (understandably!) hurt by the backlash they are receiving and instead of thinking "This feels shitty... but could I possibly be in the wrong?" they think "I'm being attacked! This means I am a victim and therefore correct!" genuinely and through lack of self awareness rather than planned malice. Not always easy to tell the difference though!

They are very stupid and egotistical, that is true yes.

[onlyplatonicirl]

ANYWAYS ENOUGH SHITTY DISCOURSE!!!!!!

I'm going to lay out my rules and EVERYTHING YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THIS BLOG. IT WILL BE WORDY BECAUSE I WANT TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE AND LEAVE NO ROOM FOR MISINTERPRETATION

I do NOT create content that is NSFW, Problematic, or that has "Extreme" dark themes. You will never see content depicting inc*st/n0n-c*n or even vanilla NSFW or anything like that like that from me, I am not comfortable with it! I would also ask that no body discuss/bring up anything in regards to it either! i.e., please don't bring up dreamm/re, or any other severe darkships. I do not have a "dark/nsfw alt" either on any other website, I am just uncomfortable across the board. Please respect that.

I will NOT reblog problematic content. You just straight up will never see me discuss it anywhere (unless im telling people to stop talking about it LMAO)

I will reblog artwork from other artists!! I do not police or do a deep dive of a person's blog before I reblog their artwork if I enjoy it. It is up to you as a internet user to curate and navigate your experience once you leave my blog. Someone else's blog has nothing to do with me, nor does it mean i am "promoting them" ???? Unless someone is a GENUINE homo/transphobe, racist, groomer, genuine piece of shit with proof, I will block them and delete the reblog. But I will not engage with proship/antiship discourse as it has gone way too far way too quickly.

If I interact with and am friendly with other blogs who create "problematic" (mostly just dreamm/re, because of this fandom that's kinda the biggest problem here lmao) content, then that's all I'm being - friendly. I know this is crazy, but im not "supporting" people. People are not political campaigns. Being friends with people and being friendly with them does not mean I agree with and support every decision they have ever made in their life. I am being kind to them as another human being on this planet. If you don't like them that's fine, but I find it really shitty when people try to get mad at me for things that the guy standing next to me did. Again, once you leave my blog and go to another person's blog, you are on a whole ass other person's blog.

I will not engage in label discourse, I will not engage in toxicity of any kind, and I will not engage in ANY sort of drama. Keep all that shit out of here. My blog is just for me to have fun and be silly on, do not bring weird shit here. Be NORMAL!!!!!!! WHADDA HELL!!!! ITS NOT HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyways the yapfest is over. Be normal and kind. or else a shadow creature will literally eat your toenails off your toes and you will wake up and they will be FLESH STUMPS.

[iheartallthethings]

Check in with your Jewish friends.

See how they're doing re: the recent antisemitic violence in Amsterdam, which happened on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, and which I consider to be a pogrom.

Also, here's a FAQ about said violence. Please know this is not me flailing at strawmen. I have had to go through every one of these arguments with one of my best friends today, and I am tired.

This wasn't a pogrom. No one died.

Okay. No one died, that is correct. By some definitions this is technically not a pogrom. Could you please not argue about the technicalities of mass violence against my people? Do you think it will make Jewish people feel better if it's just an act of mass violence?

This violence wasn't antisemitic, it was a response to shitty football fans.

BBC reporting disproves this. Per the BBC, the attackers:

demanded to see the passports of the people they were attacking (national origin)

yelled 'Jewish' as they attacked them (religion)

attacked Jewish people who were British rather than Israeli (religion)

attacked those people because they "helped the Jew" (religion)

Not the shitty football fan. Not even the Israeli. The Jew. There could not be a more textbook "they were attacked for being Jewish". Also there is video of someone being attacked yelling 'I'm not Jewish!' which I am not linking here, but you can Google it if you really must.

But Israeli fans chanted racist things and destroyed Palestinian flags.

Yeah. Some of them did, and that is not OK, and people are right to be outraged about what they did. At least one person was right to fear for their life. That said:

the Dutch football club where this all happened, Ajax, is considered Jewish. For years, per the Atlantic, people have chanted absolutely vile antisemitic things at Ajax events, like "Hamas, Hamas, all the Jews to the gas". Has there been an organized group of Jewish people attacking football fans for this antisemitic chanting? No.

The majority of the pre-planning happened after a single violent incident. Calls for violence, complete with a suggested uniform that people are wearing in videos captured during the violence, were sent out before the game. Before most the racism and property damage.

Lastly: normalizing collective violence against the Bad Jews because they Did Wrong Things makes all of us less safe. It is the basis of antisemitism. It's not as far a step from 'those Jews are bad' to 'all Jews are bad' as you think. Please, PLEASE don't do this if you care the slightest bit about any Jewish person anywhere.

I promise you I really have actually had to address this last one.

This is nothing like Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht was totally unprovoked.

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People always find a pretext for why the Jews are to blame. Always. ALWAYS. Kristallnacht is no exception. A 17-year-old Jewish boy killed a Nazi official, and the Nazis used that as a pretext for Kristallnacht. They were like, gawrsh, we didn't plan this (they did), it arose spontaneously because the Jews murdered that official.

As for why people are bringing up Kristallnacht (which I had not in this instance, but I have seen people do): this violence occurred literally on its anniversary. Please be kind to people who are mentally making comparisons.

Please also consider why people want you to give a shit about this before you jump in and argue, or before you decide this isn't as important as Gaza and choose not to reblog. Please consider we have millennia of experience of people doing violence against us that frequently starts just like this, with something plausibly justifiable to test the waters, while people either stand by and do nothing or agree that it's justified. Please consider we are scared. Please be kind.

[samantha-and-her-chaotic-desires]

The hazbin hatedom is getting out of hand for me it's really cringe. Your thoughts

I have mixed opinions on this. So beforehand, I am going to say that this is a longer post from me, and I appreciate the anonymous message! <3 I will be talking about this specific question, as well as my interpretation, thoughts, and overall feelings on this matter. Please feel free to reblog, like, and comment your opinions and keep it civil. I want to have a friendly discussion, no matter how brash I seem: this is brutal honesty coming from my heart.

For those who have ZERO clue: Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss are dark "comedy" shows for an adult audience, created by Vivienne "Vivziepop" Medrano, originally airing on YouTube. Helluva Boss is currently in its second season, while we have yet to find out anything else on Hazbin Hotel, as it is now a part of A24 and BentoBox. They center on the same setting, Hell, but have two different plot lines.

Hazbin Hotel is redemption focused, led by Princess Charlie Morningstar, the daughter of Lucifer. She wants to help the sinners in Hell become good and go up to heaven to avoid the yearly Exterminartion, aka a Purge. Helluva Boss, however, is about a murdering business called I.M.P., with Blitz, Millie, Moxxie, and Loona, going up to Earth with a grimoire that is provided by Stolas of the Ars Goetia, a prince. So here we go, into the Depths and reasoning of this post: the Hatedom. So lo and behold, my answer below.

On one hand, yes. The Hazbin Hatedom is a bit over the top. Yes, people are assholes. However, the Vivziepop stans who don't want to admit their precious senpai Vivziepop has done some pretty fucked up shit in the past. The hate can be unnecessary, but you know what else can be unnecessary? The toxic stans. I follow #vivziepop for certain analysis portrayals and criticism, or just general news. Sometimes people are tiresome. This is no exception.

I am falling out of the fandom because it can be toxic. I enjoy most of the characters, but other than that? Helluva Boss's current writing is NOT good. At all. The latest episode irked me to no end. I'm unimpressed with Seeing Stars. I am not very happy that they are forcing Stolitz down our throats as an "uwu pwease wove us" type of bullshit ship. I would much rather prefer Blitz and Stolas to be friends. I wished Stolas had his pilot personality and not the "uwu im a gay, tragic prince with a shitty wife, feel bad for me" bird we know in the series.

Moxxie in the latest episode is bitchy. He got on my nerves and was pissed at Millie being happy. This girl deserves more screentime (and I'm glad she got some of it) but seriously...Millie is always there for Moxxie, and Moxxie needs to reciprocate.

They made Stella seem stupid, when in reality, and if written properly, she can be a cunning and calculating villain with her brother. We've yet to see how Octavia and Stella interact, but I'm unsure.

I have definitely tried to keep my mouth shut as much as I could on this matter, because when I finally openly admit how I feel, it's not a pretty thing, especially with something that I'm so passionate about. Animation takes time, writing takes time, scripting, acting, everything takes so much time, and this is wasted potential. We can have so much better than just a fan-ficcy type rom-com, dark humor, sexual humor schtick. It's getting annoying, and I fear the worst when it comes to Hazbin Hotel.

Criticism is welcome here! Let me know what I left out. I'm willing to hear other opinions, so long as they're nice. If anons start flooding my inbox and getting mad, anons are off. Anon is a privilege, not a right.

[iamstuckinthevoid]

Intro!!!!

btw if ur my moot u can tag me in anything (ik some people get nervous abt that)

Pronouns: they/them

Sideblogs:

@yassified-slenderman

@in-stars-time-and-zombies-au

(If its not on here, its not mine!!!!)

Warnings:

I'll probably post about s/h, it's all tagged but just a foreword to blacklist that shit (eg: tw sh, cw sh, tw sh mention, cw sh mention, etc.) Also don't worry abt me I've been clean for a while (and do not want to kill myself this is mostly just jokes abt it)

Fandoms I might talk about (or if you want to talk about them just dm): Moral Orel, DHMIS, DDLC, FNAF, The Stanley Parable, BATIM/BATDR, Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel (only critically though, fuck vivziepop), Heathers, The Good Place, JTHM, Squee, Invader Zim, Red Dwarf (please talk to me about this one), Doctor Who, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Cult of the Lamb, Mindless Self Indulgence, NIИ, American Psycho.

DNI:

I don't care what you do tbh I'll just block you if I don't want you on here (EXEPT ADULTXMINOR OR INSCEST SHIPPERS) (oh and Mercedes owners, you know what you did)

Age: I'm not comfortable saying exactly, but I am a minor

Shit I post: art, ocs and writing stuff. I mostly just reblog shit I can actually contribute to tho.

Uquizzes:

(Silly friend group stuff)

(Totally not a cult)

(Smorky)

(Quiz from that time i went to an open mic lol)

(I regret making this I WAS A KID WHEN I WAS CRUSHING ON THEM OK??)

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#cherri- robot girl

[orionsangel86]

See fans are obviously not at fault but i understand why Neil would want that to not be a surprise too...that would have been more rewarding/surprising etc if it happened via a build up when you didn't know what to expect (for many , including me) and obviously he wanted the experience to be that way. He is expressing his opinion and letting people know that he doesn't want it to be shared , now ofcourse it is people's choice whether to respect his wishes or not but by communicating his wishes he is doing nothing wrong imo.

Yeah I mean of course I agree with this. Of course Neil has a right to be upset and to request people don't share it spread it and look for it because of course he wants us to experience it the way he intended.

I totally get that!

But shit happens. Don't blame the fans for something that Amazon fucked up, and don't police the people who choose to spoil themselves and then wanna talk and speculate and what not. I still think that the initial post he reblogged was shitty. I also think people are getting waaaaay too worked up about it and acting like this 1 blurry screenshot from a 2 second clip has ruined their entire experience of watching the show when in reality thats very unlikely.

People can respect Neil's wishes, or they can make an informed decision and spoil themselves if they want to, and I personally dont think those people are being disrespectful for doing so. The issue is when people share spoilers without tagging or warning so that others get spoiled without their consent. THAT is the real shitty thing here.

I do think this Marvel mentality of ALL SPOILERS BAD HORRIBLE WRONG EVIL! Is a bit daft too. I have a lot of anxiety and trauma post SPN finale (yes a TV show gave me actual PTSD go figure) so I tend to always spoil myself now as much as possible before going into watching something, especially if I'm watching something queer (example: I won't watch queer tragedy like at ALL) because it removes my anxiety over watching something that may upset me. So my view on spoilers is almost always YES PLEASE. I know a lot of people have a wildly different view from me so I always tag everything I talk about. But the absolutely hatred of all spoilers no matter how small is something I find pretty odd in general. I think its a very modern mentality in the film industry mostly encouraged by studios like Disney.

Also, sorry to say this as a fan of his, but some people on this site have REALLY got to crawl out of Neil Gaimans ass and breathe some fresh air.

Sorry not sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[electricea]

@investigationshoujo sent - 20! let the salt flow through you however you like~ ( Salty Munday Asks - Accepting! )

20. If you’re feeling salty right now, this ask gives you a free reign to pour out your frustration.

To be completely honest, I never really feel salty when I reblog this meme, I just admire how insightful the questions are and I feel it's a good way to simply be honest about shitty experiences and set boundaries.

Maybe on a bit more of a sad note but Tumblr definitely feels a lot smaller than it ever did before and I don't know if that's just me - maybe if I was in a bigger, bustling community like Hazbin I might feel differently, but I don't know, it's just sad to see the RPC here shrinking bit by bit and even though I do love to clown on all of the updates and changes Tumblr makes, I think now more than ever, I feel afraid of this website potentially closing its doors or going down for good - and when that happens, I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to lose contact with so many great folks.

I definitely hope that this is just me being a 'doomer' right now and please don't take this to mean that I genuinely think Tumblr is going under any day now - I don't know anything about the inner workings of Tumblr or how long this website will be around for and I'm not looking to scare people or kick up a panic or sound like I have some kind of insider knowledge.

If anything, feeling like this just makes me want to make each day count even more and it makes me appreciate Tumblr all the more. I know from my posts I can have a love-hate relationship with Tumblr, but the vast majority of it is an overwhelming love and appreciation for giving me a community and a home and so many cool folks to write with.

[surplus-of-sarcasm]

ive tried to write women so many times but have failed to the point theres barely any female characters in my stories. and im very aware this is a flaw in my writing because i dont hang around women often and the only long term contact with a female i have is with my family members i dont know how to write female characters on a personal level because i can never relate to them. this sucks ass but correct me if im wrong i think its better to not write female characters at all than write a shitty possibly offensive one even if i dont realize it

Hi.

Okay, here's my take on what you're saying. I know for a fact that the most difficult things to write are things/situations/environments we know so little about. And it's even harder to get it right when it's a more sensitive thing, if yk what I mean. A huge perspective shift like this is definitely a challenge because men and women are quite different.

Here's the thing. I'm not trying to pressure you into writing them, but I'm telling you that even if you have problems with them now, doesn't mean you have to give up on writing them completely. If not writing them at all is your final decision, then that's still okay, still your call in the end, but if you do want to write them, it's very possible.

I know I write both male and female characters, but the first time I ever officially wrote smth that wasn't for school, it was with a female protag because ultimately, I see the world from the eyes of a woman. When I decided to write a male character for a more serious project, I realised I needed to research it. And lemme tell you that again, not every piece of advice in a writing help article is always applicable. It's largely based on the author's own personal experiences. They're more like tips than rules you must adhere to.

Please note that I've spent considerable time around men I'm close to in my family, I had male classmates and currently have a friend who's a guy, so that definitely helps. And it's completely understandable that you haven't spent enough time around women to grasp more about them Ig. My male characters are not exactly copy-paste of these men/boys either, but some of their traits and mannerisms may be connected.

And you not relating to them is completely okay. I'm not very likely to relate to parts of my male character's life that come with him being a man, but what I can relate to is what makes him human. There is definitely an overlap in several traits between men and women. For example, the way I would feel angry abt smth would be different from how a guy Ik would feel angry about the same thing. The key is simply to avoid bad cliches.

Again, I'm not trying to get you to write them if you really don't want to. Forcing yourself to write smth you don't want to definitely won't help, and won't create good pieces of writing. But just in case you wish to in the future, you can practice and research and test it out, and fun fact, part of it involves a little bit of winging it. I've done this for like genres/ideas I haven't tried before, and surprisingly it actually works. But, tbf, it's a lot more difficult when the issue at hand is the opposite gender.

And answering your last question, while it doesn't mean you must give up completely and you will never be able to do it, I can agree that no representation is better than a poorly represented character. Though, there is a chance you might be too harsh on yourself, since Idk exactly what any female characters you've written are like.

And about my reblog on that post abt writing women, Ig it was more aimed at people who've never tried or misrepresent women by applying a crap ton of harmful stereotypes to them. You seem to have made a genuine effort, so that's a pretty good thing.

Sorry for the long post, and thank you for the ask.

[thecottageinthedark]

#reblogs this here as well because it is relevant to the kind of fandom stuff i talk about on this blog#looking at pericles content basically anywhere but tumblr is Rough because it is inevitably flooded with#'lol he's scum and deserves [horrific human rights violations including lifetime forcibly institutionalized racism torture prison]'#he is legitimately fucking vile and *still does not deserve that because not a single person deserves that ever*#and like. i know some people probably aren't thinking it through in those terms if/when they say it#which is its own brand of shittiness to see around when i do; it reveals some really nasty political opinions even if they're unexamined#there's very much a spectrum between 'meant well and was genuinely unaware' and 'you should fucking well know better'#there's a difference between 'kind of uninformed/misinformed about trans issues' and 'science says unsupported trans kids kill themselves'#'fine by me 🤷‍♂️'#different people have different boundaries and tolerances for how much and which parts of that spectrum they can personally deal with#there are some things i'm chill with talking about in good faith; including things that matter to me Deeply#they can take an energy/emotional toll sometimes and i have to be careful of that#but it's not the kind of toll that will do me harm as long as i can tap out for a bit when i need to; and space out conversations about it#i've made lovely friends that way in the past; and sometimes have been given good food for thought about my own positions#other things i'm like 'if you come into it disagreeing with me on this you're welcome to read what i have to say about it'#'but please do not talk to me about it directly until and unless your opinion on this changes'

#and i am fucking Dreading the day some dickhead reads my posts about why the pericles + prison thing is Fucked#having been confronted in detail with *exactly* all that entails; and goes LOL THIS MF THINKS HE DOESN'T DESERVE JAIL#ACTUALLY ALL ABUSERS DESERVE TO ROT IN PRISON FOREVER AND I HOPE HE GETS TORTURED EVEN MORE ❤️#at the very least i can still just insta-block any assholes like that; and when possible i pretty religiously block anyone i think might#but yeah human rights are for Bad People too; and i don't want to see or engage with people saying otherwise; much less argue about it#any more than i want to be argued with about why a depiction of hitting one's child isn't a depiction of child abuse#or a depiction of someone being sexually assaulted is not a depiction of sexual assault.#hope someone successfully has that conversation with you it ain't gonna be me#i should probably make like. an actual list of boundaries for my pinned re: what subjects i will and won't Discuss with people here#and again this reblog is specific to my experiences in fandom but it applies much more broadly and importantly to irl#the salt files#abuse mention cw#SA mention cw#SDMItag

Me Giving a Pressed Conference: our advocacy for the disabled must include the addict, the imperfect victim, those we despise; the right to autonomy and life cannot devolve into a popularity contest

Reporter I Hate (Not Sexual Tension): Does that include all the attendees of the Bored Ape NFT event who went blind

Me: *Blood streaming from my nostrils and eyes* david, it includes everyone

[shdwtouch]

blog updates. (long post ahead orz)

oki ! I'm back from my hiatus, had some time to think about things and reassess my current feelings / standing. currently my anxiety levels are pretty low, but I'm going to be talking to my therapist tomorrow about it + asking my doctor if I could go back on an as-needed anxiety medication since its been so bad lately.

right now the biggest anxiety spike I have is over writing this post heheh but I'm feeling okay, doing my best to keep thinking positive thoughts.

I'm definitely not leaving, but I am gonna try to enact some changes going forward. and, well, fight the urge to remake cuz I know its just my flight instinct. I tend to hide from things that stress me out and make me feel bad, and I know that is a shitty coping mechanism. I know I need to do better for myself if I'm going to survive and grow and become a better person who can manage things and be dependable.

anyway, sorry for the word vomit. time for the planned updates.

first, I will be going partially queue based. I've been managing to keep my queue stocked, I hope I'll be able to continue to do so. answered drafts will potentially be put into my queue, depending; I may still post them as I do them. asks will be posted as normal. I will still be posting as normal & occasionally reblogging content as well. in general, I just want to vary what I'm putting into my queue.

next, with the above in mind, if me posting ooc as primary activity is going to be a problem, please unfollow / block me. this has been an issue for some in the past, and while I don't begrudge people their preferences I have always run my blogs in this way. I post a lot of ooc, whether its personal stuff, me discussing meta, or whatever else. if that is a problem then you are encouraged to leave.

I refuse to guilt myself for not being active ic, and I would hope as my roleplay partners & friends folks would respect how I run my blog and value me as a friend & person over what I can provide in terms of ic engagement and content. I feel like a broken record at this point, but I am slow and post a lot of ooc. this isn't new ! I have this stated in multiple places, it should not be a surprise to anyone !

next, another recurring mention is that I am forgetful as fuck. going forward I will be blocking blogs that I have followed and did not follow me back. why ? because every day I see blogs on my dash, look at them, and wonder... have I followed this blog before, or have I just seen them on my dash a lot ? its nothing personal, but I just. don't want to deal with the anxiety of "have I followed this person before, didn't get followed back, unfollowed them cuz they are mutual exclusive, and if I follow them again now are they gonna think I'm being pushy ?"

in this age of mutual exclusivity it just. isn't worth the stress to me. part of why I hate being mutual exclusive, tbh. frankly, I would think it A+ if folks just. blocked me if they didn't want to interact with me / if they are mutual exclusive and don't intend to follow back. I'm learning to cope with it, truly. like. I know I shouldn't assume people block me for a bad reason or cuz I made a bad impression; I frequently state that people should block to curate their space, not just cuz folks are toxic or whatever. I even assure that I block for primarily benign reasons, like this, so why should I jump to conclusions about why people block me ? why should I care ?

next up, speaking of blocking. I recently had a series of experiences that just. left me feeling really shitty. in general, I do my best to be a good, empathetic person. I value transparency and open communication, and if there is a problem I want to resolve it with the best interest of everyone involved. I do my best, truly. but. these experiences have made me realize that I... waste a lot of energy being the best person I can, worrying and working towards conflict resolution while the other party just. does not care, or doesn't respect / value me enough to try for a solution.

for the sake of my mental health and self-esteem... going forward, if I feel like I am being disrespected, or the vibes or off, or I just. don't see anything coming of my attempts... I am not going to keep expending my time or energy. as much as it literally fucking pains me (I mean seriously, I don't want to do this, because I want to give the benefit of the doubt and be a good person, I want to fix problems, not let them lie. I don't want to turn my back on being open for communication and resolution.), I've made the decision to begin (attempting, at least) to block folks who I feel have crossed my boundaries, disrespected me, treated me or others poorly, or have failed to behave in a civil, adult, and mature fashion.

okay, now just a couple brief points:

I'm working on making muse specific ask memes / interaction prompts. I proposed this idea a longass time ago but never did anything with it, but I hope it will help facilitate interactions, provide some inspiration for folks at the very least a starting point. they'll be generic but specific to my muses, and always available.

I will be posting an interest track / permission post, which will be required to interact going forward. kinda like a mains call, but it'll basically just be a like if you're okay with [insert info on how I run my blog] + are okay with my contacting you ooc, sending asks, etc + commenting with whether you're interested in shade or kaey or both. I'll link it in my rules and it'll, hopefully, provide me with the solid verification my silly little anxious brain needs to not feel like a bother.

I will be conducting another inbox + draft clear out; anything deleted from my drafts will be listed in a post with a ping so my partners are aware !

I will be dropping all current inbox, plotting, and shipping calls because, well, I lose track of them so easily... and then I get nervous that its been too long, so yeah. I have a to-do list now tho ! and I hope that will help me keep track of things, DMs specifically, cuz I... know I suck at keeping up with those, especially in regards to plotting and discussions. my sincerest apologies to everyone, I assure you it is not personal and literally just me being forgetful and nervous heheh

all calls will be limited to 2-4 going forward, so I don''t overwhelm myself. some will be first come first serve, others will be at my discretion.

I will be updating / expanding both kaeys lore and shades modern universes, with the intention of eventually moving shade towards becoming fandomless. I love her content for bg3 but as a whole I just. don't feel very good in the bg3 rpc ?? I feel like an outsider and the vibe just. isn't vibing for me like it once did. again, this is something I am working towards, not something that will be changing right away. and when/if it does happen, she will keep her bg3 universes. as far as kaey goes, I'm gong to try to integrate his different universes a big more. uwu; again. maybe this time I will get the puzzle pieces to fit, but we'll see.

working on a new blog for lore development / rp projects. you can preview the proof of concept at puffiary, if you're interested. I'll also be working more on my multi ! myk will potentially be moving to my mutli, or the new project blog, but I'm not certain yet. dunerook will be keeping her own blog, for now.

anyway. those are my thoughts and feelings regarding stuff. sorry for the long ass post, I didn't intend for it to be like this but ya'll also know me. I can't keep things short and simple to save my life lmao

I will be updating my rules with some of this, but in general the vibe ya'll should get from this post is that I am taking steps forward, but I'm going slow. I have plans and intentions to improve stuff. good things are coming, I'm manifesting it now. but. I also just. want to feel safe and comfy again. that is my first priority.

anyway. thanks for reading this whole thing. sending love !!

[xadoheandterra]

I am getting asks to spread gofundme campaigns and the like and I feel I need to make a blanket statement here.

I do not typically reblog or post gofundme or fundraiser campaigns anymore. The reasoning being that I do not have the time or energy to spend to verify legitimacy of these various campaigns that cross my dash or my askbox. It is NOT because I do not support these people.

There is a lot going on in the world and things are very much more nuanced beyond what the laymen outside of a situation can possibly understand. Financially it is hard right now for plenty of people for rent, food, etc, especially when disabled. It is a struggle for those in war zones and under seige.

I understand because I make so little I CANNOT AFFORD to live in an apartment in my own state. I understand because my family fled Ukraine back in the 1920's when Russia was doing its bullshit before. I understand because I've been there in not being able to afford my dogs emergency surgery after she was hit by a car.

I cannot and do not have the mental capacity to sit here and research each request or plea that I see. I do not have the financial ability to even SUPPORT people when I want to! AND while I could put the onus of verification on my followers for these campaigns, I have little overall desire to do that as well. This blog is a personal and artistic one. I share my fanart, fanfic, and love of games on here. I rant about my life nonsense without naming names. I share my original stories, and sometimes original art.

This blog is my escape from a shitty day, my ranting space when I need it, my shouting to the void that sometimes shouts back. I can be vulnerable on here that I cannot be elsewhere because the majority of you do not actually know me, and the few that do I've let be that close. I can be anonymous. I can be invisible if I please, and seen if I wish.

I am not reblogging or sharing asks or submissions that are asking for financial aid, period. Not even my own. The last time I tried that I got fuck all when I really needed it. I'm jaded, I'm bitter, I'm tired. Please stop begging me to share your campaigns.

I feel for you. I do. I wish you the best and to obtain your help. I do not reblog, post asks, or share fundraising campaigns unless I have the energy to try and verify them. I do not have the energy for this right now.

[thisplacecanburn]

Im really sorry for a long message but we haven't been friends for years and I dont know how else to reach out. I just want you to know I am sorry for how things turned out between us. I never meant to hurt you or any of our mutual friends (I guess for me, ex friend). I know you're probably going to send this to some group chat and you'll all laugh about how lame I am for trying to reach out. The truth is I went through a lot in life very suddenly (and ik everyone does, its not an excuse) and I'm sorry you all had to see the ugliest parts of it. you guys are my roman empire and im sorry life made it hard for me to be the friend you needed. I honestly needed intense support in that time and its okay if you couldnt be that. Im not sure if you care but I genuinely had to go through everything I went through completely alone. You guys were my closest friends and my main support system at the time. I'm sorry if my behavior at the time harmed you in any way shape or form. I know I may not have been a good friend while I was going through things in life, but I never really mentally recovered from being ghosted and excluded by you two. I don't mean to be bitter but I've been afraid to make new friends for years because of the way you guys treated me. I see you reblog posts about feeling lonely and disconnected from others at times and I wonder if you ever realize how much of an impact you've had on other people's lives. I wish there was an easy way for you guys to tell me you were starting to secretly hate me but we were young. I wish we trusted each other enough to actually talk about it. I guess if you hate having me around it's not worth fixing. I just want you to know Im sorry and i know I made mistakes being your friend. Its been 7 years since we stopped being close, 7 years is how long we were friends before that. The anniversary effect is real and I think I've moved on but then I still find myself wondering about how you're doing. I hope you stay friends with the people you actually love and I hope they love you back. I hope you find people who will give you more chances than you gave me. I was hoping to be one of those people cheering you on but you don't want me to be there. And I think Ive finally accepted that. Im not sure if you care, but in case you do: I'm doing okay now so no need to worry about me. Again I am so sorry this got so long and is probably intense and scary to receive with no warning. I have needed to say this to you and I know it's a lot. It seems counterproductive to be this detailed on anon but it feels embarrassing to reach out any other way. You can block me on IG if it bothers you that I'm following you on there. There's no need to respond or reach out if you don't want to. I just don't know if I'll ever get the chance to tell you this. I'll probably never see or hear from you again. And I'm tired of being hurt by that fact. They always said if you love something, let it go. I loved our friendship so much. You were the coolest girl in school. You taught me a lot about life at such a young age. I'm so sad we don't share our lives with each other anymore, but thank you for the time that you did. Thank you for the times you tried to help me. You were someone I really genuinely cared about. I'm sorry if I didn't show it enough. I always admired how brave, sensitive, and intelligent you are. We were girls together. Now you are a beautiful woman and you are going to shine in life.

Thank you for reaching out please message me. I was a mean girl and a bitch to people that needed me for a long time, no one deserved how I treated them I have no excuses. I am full of regret and I miss girlhood and friendships I’ve lost due to nothing more then my own insecurities. The really shitty part is realizing I could have done this to more then one person and can’t even reach out myself. Thank you for being brave and kind and telling me it means a lot to be even thought of.

Please be kind to yourself I am glad you’re okay I hope you find nothing but joy and peace, I understand. Growing up is just so fucking hard

[crackrodent]

Dear Anon, the person you are sending these death threats to is the reason I smile when I see the color pink. Pink is the color of her words when she spreads love. Pink is the color my face turns when she takes my crazy ideas with value. Pink is the color I hated for years until I met her.

Dear Anon, the writer you are sending this to is the first person who I ever felt actually comfortable asking for constructive criticism from. She was the only person I knew could be clear, fair, and kind. She's the only person I ever felt wanted to see me improve enough to actually lend a hand.

Dear Anon, this is the mutual I get most excited to see reblogged my work. I just know that she can take a story I felt I failed to do the concept justice for and turn around and tell me each of her favorite parts. She's the reason I want to keep trying out new ideas—ideas that may be too odd for some of the fandom.

Dear Anon, this is the person who saw one picture of me and immediately started calling my greatest insecurity "cute". She's the reason I hate one less thing looking in the mirror.

Dear Anon, I am a very annoying person. I have been called it frequently in my life. To the point, I am often convinced all my friends secretly hate me but this person, right here, the person you have told "if u died the world would be a better place loloololol", is one of the few people who has made it a point to show me that she actually does like being friends with me. And I don't even think she noticed.

I am not sure if you ever read the story about the little kid chucking starfish off the sand back into the water, but I am going to link it here. Red has tossed a lot of us starfish back into the water. I hope someday to be able to help as many people as she can.

Dear Anon, I love getting to be friends with Red. Beyond her writing on Tumblr, beyond the amazing work she does on the VoxTek Discord, beyond simply floating in fandom space together, her smallest words bring so much light to my life.

Dear Anon, I hope you learn someday not to be a fucking cunt. That way we can all just enjoy the fandom together. Only a coward hides behind online anonymity.

Dear Anon, before you criticize a writer's work you should at least learn how to spell. Really? ur, u, cuz, urself. This isn't old-school Twitter where there's a character limit. I doubt you are typing on a 2008 Nokia. You can spell your words correctly.

Dear anyone else receiving hate from shitty anons, you deserve better. No one deserves this kind of hate. This is shitty people needing to drag everyone down with them. People who need to go anon to "defend their beliefs" or "make a stand" already know they are being assholes for no reason. They anon so they don't get hate back.

Dear people who are friends with people who send shitty messages online anonymously, tell your friends to stop. Tell them about the harm they are doing to people for no reason other than their own inability to learn how to block content they don't want to see. Tell them that this type of shit isn't funny or helpful to any form of protest they are attempting to have.

Dear people who think "Who cares, it's just stupid comments", you're right. The comments are stupid. But its the axe's job to stop chopping not the trees' fault for getting fucking struck.

Dear Red, I love you. Please never stop being you.

PSA: Hate Message/Bullying

This will be my last message regarding the negative messages I’ve been receiving. To the person or group responsible, you’ve crossed a line. While this message is directed at you, it's also meant for others in the Hazbin Hotel community who may be experiencing similar negativity and feel isolated.

Please remember, you are not alone.

CW/TW: inflammatory language, suicide, death threat, provocative language

Annonie, when I woke up this morning to over 20+ messages, I felt confused. As I started reading through all the hate, I found myself wondering, "What did I do to trigger this?" But then I stopped and realized—it’s not me. It’s YOU.

For a moment, I thought about quitting. I honestly considered giving up writing here because it didn’t feel worth the constant barrage of negativity, especially when I’m already juggling so much stress in my real life. But there's something stubborn in me—a part that refuses to back down, even when faced with such blatant, childish hate. Maybe it's my age, or just my nature, but I found myself trying to understand you.

I want to tell you to stop before it goes too far.

Words have power. Have you ever been taught that?

I don’t know if you write stories yourself, but if you do, you know how words can evoke so many emotions—joy, comfort, sorrow—giving someone an escape or a friend in the pages. But words can also destroy. They can crush dreams, steal hope, and even push someone to the edge.

I lost a friend to online bullying. One of my closest people was taken away because of hate-filled words from a stranger. Do you understand the weight of that? They were a lover, a friend, a family member, and in a single moment of hatred, that person lost their future. Someone’s thoughtless words robbed them of happiness, of possibility.

You see, while I can take your hate, I worry about the others in this community who might not. I’m more concerned about the impact you might be having on someone else who’s already struggling.

It only takes one bad day to ruin someone’s life. And isn’t that just heartbreaking?

I’m not asking you to be a hero or a saint.

I’m asking you to be a human being—to show some compassion.