#maybe it is

[fushic0re]

“What makes the blow even worse is getting a new follower, and checking their blog (mainly to verify they're not a bot or minor) and see that they DO in fact, reblog other fics from other writers, just not the numerous ones they've gone through of yours.”

THIS ESPECIALLY HURTS. i thought i was the only person who felt that way and often times found myself feeling guilty for even feeling those things, but why show appreciation for one writer’s fics through reblogs while hiding another writer’s brilliant works like they’re your dirty secret when you CLEARLY enjoy their work—you spam liked their works.

as i have said for literal years now and will continue to say, feed your writers.

It continues to break my heart that people continue to go through masterlists and "read" fic upon fic and not say a word. Not even consider a reblog of it, just pass by with a simple like.

What makes the blow even worse is getting a new follower, and checking their blog (mainly to verify they're not a bot or minor) and see that they DO in fact, reblog other fics from other writers, just not the numerous ones they've gone through of yours.

And then what really rubs salt in the wound is when they're fics from the most niche fandom, for a character hardly anyone knows/cares about, and they still have nothing to say about it. I just know if it were me finding an author who dedicated hours to creating a whole life for my beloved character outside of the one small piece of media we were given, I'd be singing their praises from the rooftops and thanking them, and most definitely doing my best to strike up a conversation because how amazing is it to find someone else who loves that one unpopular thing as much as you?

More and more incredibly talented writers and artists are leaving this platform because of issues like this and it's honestly no longer surprising. Engagement and interaction are so tragically low and only getting worse, and it's discouraging people from wanting to continue sharing the things they love because fandom was, and should be, about the community that surrounds it.

Please, for the love of fandom and all the things you love, engage in some way other than likes.

[moodyseal]

"The last one left."

Consider: all the Olympians except Apollo fade somewhere far in the future and he's left alone without his family <3 realistically he would be one of the first ones to go because of his domains but let's overlook such futile details for the sake of this scenario

[local-gun-witch]

[ezziefae]

I'm re-reading the lost sisters, and it's crazy to me that Taryn and Locke had their first one night stand together on their THIRD date in Madoc's household.

[cledubs]

i really don’t understand how some fantasy high enjoyers don’t see the very obvious metaphor for aromantic denial within baron from the baronies in sophomore year. baron is a nightmare creature that came into existence because riz lied about having a partner so his friends wouldn’t bother him about it? he made up baron when his friends were all talking about the people they wanted to kiss? how is that not aromantic to some people. maybe it’s more obvious to me because i HAVE been in denial about being aro and made up crushes for myself and tried to pretend i had them. just because i felt it was a thing i needed to do, that it was a thing that EVERYONE had to have a crush and that it was normal. how do you see the confrontation between baron and riz as anything other than accepting aromanticism. this thing, his nightmares personified, says to him “the years will go by, and everyone will find someone that matters more to them than you.” as an aro person yeah that’s gotta be up there with the top ten nightmares.

how do you look at this interaction and NOT see an aromantic boy.

(for further elaboration, yes i am aware that aromantic people CAN want to kiss others and hell yeah power to you, i’m just saying that it’s a common thing to not care about kissing/not want to do it)

and another thing with with the fhigh fandom is that like, some people will go through every loophole they can to try and pair up riz anyways. aromantic people CAN be in relationship, of course, but why would people take this specific boy, who has repeatedly expressed distaste in being in a relationship, and ship him with other people. especially since fabian and riz is a common ship. is it because they’re best friends? is it because people value romance over friendship? oh they’re such close friends they must have a thing! it’s so stupid. why is it, that when a character is asexual (riz, being confirmed asexual), people respect that. they don’t often go “oh yeah i know they’re asexual but asexual people can have sex! or want to have sex! it’s a spectrum!”. (that is true, btw, ace people can have sex and all that. but it’s different when allosexual people do it to try and just make up excuses to not treat asexual characters like they’re asexual.) why do i mostly see it done with aromantic people? one of this boy’s biggest fear is people pairing up and leaving him behind. how do you see that as a boy who WANTS to be in a relationship? do you think he WANTS to pair up as well?

just because it’s not been outwardly confirmed and directly said “riz gukgak is aromantic” doesn’t mean that it’s not true, y’know? there’s subtext, there’s symbolism, there’s metaphors, there’s DIRECT REFERENCES TO RIZ NOT LIKING ROMANCE! i don’t really know how people can see him as alloromantic

anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk, this is sam (confirmed aroace) signing off or something

(also some of my non-aro, romance enjoying friends have confirmed that the aro implications are very obvious so clearly it’s not just an aro brain thing to understand)

[st4rstudent]

toons first sour gummy

[yyunko]

is this canon 🗿

WHAT

HELP???????

[lazynickname]

I was blessed with a vision

[cath-lic]

bottle of empty “angel’s envy” bourbon found on a grave last week. rest in peace

[1driedpersimmon]

I hope this isnt too weird, but i adore the way you play with sesames gender expression and how soft and gently he is, especially as a male au ra. i made myself a pink catgirl, but shes (in her out of game design) tall and buff and extremely butch in a way that i havent seen many other female miqotes styled, so i just really like seeing the way youve characterized sesame :3 hes very pretty and unique! and in general i think youve done a wonderful job of creating the characters of sesame, kaiien and your other ocs!

Oh thank you!!! He’s def very gender envy for me… heh and I’m happy you like how I explore it through him!

But also hello 👁️👁️ butch cat girl… u speak my language…

[nuggets4fools]

“the present and the gifter”

[chefbeepo]

Megatron said 'fuck the police' and minimus said 'fuck megatron' and they both took it too literally

[giulliadella]

"Voodoo love" by MDMC is so RadioStatic coded that I made a comic about it:

(because I don't know how to make animatics)

The lyrics of the song are what I believe Vox thought about Alastor for a long time. I mean, he totally was in love with the deer, so... Also the song is a total bop, I didn't put all the lyrics in the comic and they aren't in order, I basically just dropped what I liked, but the song rocks, here, take a listen:

[worstloki]

HERO gets so injured and shows up at VILLAIN'S door bleeding out and barely able to stand

[rusted-fairy-wings]

sometimes I think about how most people looking at my blog probably wouldn't be able to tell which ninjago character I actually connect to or relate to the most