#just calm down

[hey-must-be-a-devilbetween-us]

listen writing gomens theories and fanfiction and having some jerk feel the need to cOnFirM something is canon with Neil and Neil being like 'nah kid that's crazy what' is kinda like that time an intern at Hasbro tweeted that you couldn't stack +2 on a +2 in uno

Thanks for the angels and demons Neil my man but we'll take it from here,

the only rules of writing good omens theories is what you can convince your followers the rules are.

[thebadphilosopher]

People realize that if you don't like a show, you can just...stop watching it. Right? RIGHT?

[studentbyday]

whenever i see my tumblr stats, it feels absolutely insane. 🙈

overall in a good way, i guess...

thank you for visiting my corner of the internet 💌

[labratofthemonth]

why am i so bad with food? i had a panic attack eating a pb&j because after looking at the sell by date (the sell by date was just yesterday) i immediately took that as it was bad so i did 15-30 minutes of research on bread expiration dates while breathing quickly and trying not to cry and so i told someone about how this could be ocd based on this and other experiences and symptoms and was told “you’ve never eaten bad food, just calm down”

[satorhime]

MY BABIES AND THEIR WIDDOL SMILES :(

[fighting-for-it-to-be-okay]

One thing that will forever bother me is people getting upset at the existence of gender neutral terms like “joyfriend” or even “enbyfriend” because yes while it’s completely Vaild to not wanna be called that it’s also completely Vaild to want to?

Like for me partner feels to formal and a level of commitment that doesn’t feel quite right if I where to get a S/O. So I might use one or I might use girl/boy friend

who gives a damn if an enby person wants to call themself someone’s joyfriend LET THEM WHO CARES

[gbveryspecialguests]

Lizzy: It’s getting darker… WHY IS IT GETTING DARKER?!

[sincerity--extreme]

I just... I just read that the Barbie movie "wants to end marriages and families"... On the same comment section I also read that "the movie only wants to sell the idea no man is good"... Well, I don't know about you guys but I'm even more excited now

[bardofavon]

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

[wi55iams]

Todays lovely selection of messages really highlights some issues with this fandom. Apparently I cant express a negative opinion, as a mostly joke post, about a ship I dont like without being harassed for having Autism.

[uwhe-arts]

. . . | uwhe-arts

[inkskinned]

what is with men being mad any time a woman raises her voice where did that even come from. someone posted a video of a small electrical explosion, and the top comment was of course the woman screams. the second comment is women try not to scream challenge, level impossible. i had to go back and watch the video again. there is, somewhat fainty, a little gasp emitted off-camera, more of a yelp than a scream. it is mostly lost in the crack of the explosion. afterwards, you hear her voice, shaken, say, are you okay?

i am helping one of my friends train her voice pitch lower, because she wants to be taken seriously at work. she and i do each other's nails and talk about gender roles; and how - due to our appearance - neither of us have ever been able to be "hysterical" in public. we both appear young and sweet and feminine. she is cisgender, and cannot use her natural voice in her profession because people keep saying she appears to be "vapid". we both try to figure out if our purposeful voice lowering is technically sexist. is it promoting something when you are a victim to it?

a storm almost sends a pole through a car window. in the dashcam, you can hear the woman passenger say her partner's name twice, crying out in alarm. she sounds terrified. in the comments, she is lambasted for her lack of calm. how is that even fucking helping?

in high school, i taught myself to have a lower voice. i had been recorded when i was genuinely (and righteously) upset; and i hated how my voice sounded on the phone speakers when it was played back. i was defending my mom, and my voice cracked with emotion. it meant i was no longer winning the argument: i was just shrieking about it.

girls meet each other after a long summer and let out a little joyful scream. this usually stops around 12-14, because people will not tolerate this display of affection (as it has the effect of being passingly annoying). something about the fact that little girls can't ever even be annoying. we are trained to examine each part of our lives (even joy) for anything that could make us upsetting and disgusting. they act like teenage girls are breaking into houses and shrieking you awake at 3 in the morning. speaking as a public school educator: trust me, it's not that bad, you can just roll your eyes and move on. it does not compare to the ways boys end up being annoying: slurs in graffiti, purposefully mocking your body, following you after you said no. you know, just boy things.

there's another video of a man who is not allowed to yell in the house, so he snaps his fingers when he's excited about soccer. the comments are full of angry men, talking about how their brother is unfairly caged. let him express himself and this is terrible to do to someone. eventually the couple has to address it in a second video: they are married with a newborn baby. he was trying not to wake the infant up. there is no comment on the fact women are not allowed to yell indoors. or the fact that it could have been really alarming or triggering for his wife. sometimes i wonder if straight men even like women, if they even enjoy being in relationships with them.

for the longest time, i hated roller coasters because it always felt inappropriate and uncomfortable for me to scream. one of my friends called me on it, said it was unusual i'm so unwilling. i had to go to my therapist about it. i don't like to scream because i was not raised in a safe situation, and raising my voice would have brought unsafe attention towards me. even when i am supposed to scream, it feels shameful, guilty. i was not treated kindly, so i lack a basic form of self-protection. this is not a natural response. it is not good that in a situation of high adrenaline - i shut up about it.

something very bad is happening, i think. in between all the beauty standards and the stuff i've already discussed - this one feels new and cruel in a way i can't quite express. yes, it's scary and silencing. but there's something about how direct it is - that so many men agree with the sentiment that women should never yell, even in an emergency - it feels different.

is the word shriek gendered automatically? how about shrill or screech? in self defense class, one of the first things they tell you is to yell, as loud and as shrilly as you can. they say it will feel rude. most women will not do this. you need to practice overcoming the social pressure and just scream.

most women do not cry out, even when it's bad. we do not report it. we walk faster. we do not make a scene. what would be the point of doing anything else? no matter what we do, we don't get taken seriously. it is a joke to them. an instagram caption punchline. we have to present ourselves as silent, beautiful, captivating - "valuable."

a woman is outside watching her kids when someone throws a firecracker at them. she screams and runs towards her children. in the comments, grown men flock together in the thousands: god. women are so annoying.

[angelexlife]

Me going through something feeling like its the end of the world and everything will perish

Me a few days later once its over: omg your fine calm down

[chloesimaginationthings]

How to calm down Roxy in FNAF security breach

[rainbow-sunshine-unicorn]

Remember Anthony’s scary and very fierce temper that used to send people scrambling

His wife deals with it by booping him on the nose whenever he starts getting mad and IT WORKS

[cardo-de-comer]

And here's the whole series. I'm kinda proud of myself - when they all put together I can see the amount of work - and I love my characters a lot. :) Now, I wonder, which one is your favorite? My personal favorite is 2nd - I think I did Lyra justice with those wings. Since this is gonna be a long post anyway, I'm gonna add a few sketches for some of them below.

Last one was an alternative variant for the 10th piece but I imagined that people would misinterpret it BAD so I decided to draw another one. I still like this sketch, however, maybe I'll finish it with lineart or sth like that. And another sketch also had Devil in it but since this piece was more focused on emptiness, I just erased him. Well now you know he was there. And about the knife... now you know who did that, too. After holidays I want to update my lore post a bit so stay tuned for that :]