#just in case anyone's got the tag filtered 😂

[subtle-as-an-earthquake]

Arctic Monkeys at FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, September 21, 2018 (pics by me)

[malicemismanager]

I can accept JGY dying in fics. I may not necessarily be happy about it, deep down, but I can accept it. But I draw the line at a-Yao dying and Jin-fucking-Zixun surviving. That's just a step too far. 😡

[by-kilian]

hey KW, it has been a while since I last popped in, I hope you are doing alright and everything has been okay. (if it hasn't that is alright, and I pray it gets easier)

I just wanted to touch upon something you wrote and that I agree with: before my break here I was able to read smut, including explicit smut. And ngl it was everywhere on my feed, if not every other post it was always there. But now after this break, i'm just not in the headspace anymore. Like like you mentioned with the dark content, there is more in the world than just orgasms or reaching the high even in relationships, and I felt bad even that i wasn't liking that stuff anymore and even now I am telling myself it's okay. I'm happy and actually proud of how I have grown and i try my best to filter out tags. This does not mean I hate people who write dark content and such, i don't. Rather It feels weird to not like smut or being surrounded by it cus I feel like the odd one out lol

BUT! I am getting there, I need to work up the courage to let those whom I follow not to tag me in those things cus, thankfully I am just not in the headspace anymore and I'm okay with that.

ON ANOTHER NOTE XD, i started watching The Crown again, cus when I first started only the first 2 seasons were out and not that my first college year is over I can BINGE! Also, i am going to be watching Haikyuu again cus that's my summer anime and it just hits different!!!

okie sorry this is long (i love you)

I'm good, love! Dealing with non-stop pesky reposters but que sera, sera. 😂 Another day that ends in -y. I got down one major one which was such a relief to me so that was joyful news to have. I hope you've been well, too. I'm proud of you for taking time for yourself and stepping away to nourish however you needed to.

Also that's a really powerful revelation to come to, and an even more powerful thing to state/stand in so good for you. I totally hear you regarding the fear of being ostracized because it can be really daunting when you're surrounded by non-stop smut and or dark content especially as a writer. You kind of wonder if something's wrong with you because you don't write those things or, in your case, like them or whatever, and I assure you--nothing is wrong with anyone who doesn't like that.

We all like different things at the end of the day and that's okay. One person's love for spitting in mouths is another person's love for hurt/comfort fics is another person's mermaid AU's is another person's (insert kink here) and ad infinitum, you know what I mean? But it's especially tough when it's all you're surrounded with, so I'm very happy for you for figuring out what YOU feel comfortable with. That's what matters at the end of the day.

(Another thing I'd like to add is dark content/smut smut smut has become really popular since a ton of Wattpad authors have shifted to tumblr seeing as DC/smutsmutsmut is especially popular over on that hellsite. I had this discussion with another author but I'm digressing from my point lol--this is just a mini observation).

My POINT is, it can be really hard to not do what the rest of the crowd is doing so I'm proud of you for coming to that realization and setting boundaries for what you want to see/read/write. You deserve that and people should respect it.

Also the Crown is nothing but a masterclass in writing a good, historical dramatic series so I'm glad you're watching, and more HQ--I know that's right! ❤️ Ily too. Thanks for sending this in and I'm glad your break did you well.

[astromechs]

2, 24, 37

2. go to your ao3 “works” page, to the sidebar with all the filters, and click the drop-down arrow for “additional tags.” what are your top 3-5 most used tags? do you think they accurately represent your writing habits?

the three tags are: character study, relationship study, and smut

and before october, i'd say the last one isn't accurate, but... i think it is now. i think all three of these are an extremely accurate representation of my writing habits 😂

24. are there any easter eggs in your fic, and if so, what are they?

i'm not sure if they'd count as "easter eggs", per se, but sometimes i'll drop some obscure-ish comic references in! in my latest fic, for instance, i dropped in a reference to that time that vance astrovik was accused of killing his father and defended by foggy nelson during the new warriors run from the 90s.

37.  promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). what do you like about it?

i think it's a little hard to tell for me about traction, because i write a lot of rare pairs! so really that just makes me grateful for anyone who reads them ❤️ that said, i think i will use this to promo standing at a broken altar (asking if we feel relief) again, because i still hold this one dear. as a character, matt murdock is an infinite well of potential for character studies, and in this case, it was really rewarding to write the character study with attention to faith in dark times — and it's something i actually plan to expand on in another story, after i finish a couple that i'm working on right now.

questions for fic writers!

[quiobi-art]

Yasss your majesty please do share older Quiobi works, I'm very recent to this ship and the amount of Quiobi artist who deactivate saddened me and the only way to find their art is via other's reblog, they are basically impossible to find by search/tags only and your blog is *chef kiss*

😂😂😂 thank you, and welcome! pls enjoy all the art I can find! and if you happen to spot some broken tags/links pls tell me about them 👀🙏

I think maybe the saddest thing about the deactivated accounts is that, in some cases, it probably wasn't even the artist's choice. Some people went on hiatus or moved on, and they're living their best life! But in roughly 2019, tumblr did a massive sweep and marked many posts nsfw. The filters were not great at the time—you got to see some pretty bizarre things flagged.

You could contest the flag! Some people just missed the window of appeals. Some of my favourite artists were/are inactive for 2+ years.

I mention a couple of interesting cases on my Error Log page. One of the more upsetting examples to me is this art by @schaloime (here's their twitter!), which is no longer accessible on tumblr at all. I know I've reblogged it more than once—it's completely missing from my archive and anyone else's. rol-rol's account was plainly deleted, though you can still find some pages through the wayback machine. Tumblr structure being what it is, it's incredibly difficult to archive an infinite-scroll, multi-page blog, so these posts are sadly limited.

And then there's the blogs that were hacked and taken over by porn/spam bots 😔

While I try not to repost art (simple enough) or reblog reposted art (somewhat slightly trickier sometimes), eventually I may begin reaching out to ask people if they mind me sharing their works. I've been shy about it, for various reasons, but it's under consideration.

Anyway!!! Always happy to have new ppl discovering the ship! Enjoy the lovely art 🥰❤️