#most of the writers aren't active anymore but it's still worth it to check out their masterlists some of them rlly wrote a lot

[jinkoh]

hiiii midnight rain anon here again and i think there's been a ̶g̶l̶i̶t̶c̶h̶ ̶l̶m̶a̶o̶ ̶i̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶🙆‍♀️ slight misunderstanding that may have been caused by how i worded my ask?? sooo when i mentioned midnight rain i kinda meant a fic based ONLY on the "he was sunshine, i was midnight rain" lyric and not the mismatch in their levels of ambition….idk if im making sens e dskldsalk

then again as a relatively newer universe (love it here so far btw if not for the dearth in fics dfssfljksj) and if hyunggu isn't sunshine (isn't he???? though???? im confused), im pretty curious as to who better fits the concept?? plus if you'd ever consider writing it for said member id still be v much invested despite being hopelessly and unabashedly whipped for hyunggu haha-

also don't apologize!!!!! i really appreciate ur time and insight, thanks again 💕🧎

hey again! 🥰 i'm sorry i totally misunderstood--i'm usually the type to pick apart the lyrics and take as much from it as i find fitting when i write songfics, so i just automatically interpreted it that way!! also omg!! welcome to the uni family!! ❤️ (ikr the amount of fics is a little depressing. i can think of like 3? 4? or so? writers aside from me that actively write for ptg--it's not much)

obvsly this is just my personal take but the first member that comes to my mind when i read the word "sunshine" is always Changgu. He's just. Pure sunshine. Radiates warmth and positivity. A sweet precious soul hfjdhfkjh though the story i had in mind was actually about shinwon (but now after thinking about it i feel like changgu would work so well too help)

Hyunggu is. I mean he is sunshine. He's sweet and kind and caring and has a very bright and happy smile. But he can also be a little cunning and very flirty and smug--a bit like a wolf in sheep's clothing? i don't know how to explain it better but maybe you know what i mean hdjfhs Either way, absolutely valid to be whipped for him. Let's be real, who isn't at least a little in love with kang hyunggu 🥲🥲🥲

thanks for stopping by again!! I hope you have a lovely day ❤️

[amazingdeadfish]

do you know other shadowpuppet artists or writers? who's your favorite? I know only othersin, green064bear and you

Sighs.

The knowledge I have on other shadowpuppeters is quite... small. This section of the fandom isn't the biggest, as you probably know. But... Well...

That doesn't mean my knowledge is non-existent.

I love othesin on Ao3! Their stories are so diverse for Shadowpuppet and honestly I think they are CARRYING shadowpuppet right now in terms of fanfiction. I can't thank them enough. But if you don't know already, their Tumblr account seems to be @otherxagnela.

I've heard of @green064bear too! But I actually found them on twitter first, haha. They have good art, yes, but their Shadowpuppet content always makes me happy.

In terms of the Shadowpuppet writers, well, all you have to do is check the Mayor/Macaque tag on AO3 (I am too scared of wattpad and fanfiction.net) right? Haha. There are tons of cool fics and writers behind them, but two of my favourite fics are 'Cotton Hearts' by Mizu_Rice, and 'Hey Ex-Mayor, you want a Mango?' by Makisnasdefrist. These are a little 'old' but I just really like the concepts of these fics :))).

Here are the links for your convenience:

Cotton Hearts: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40159902

Hey Ex-Mayor, you want a Mango? https://archiveofourown.org/works/39917097

In terms of artists?

First one I would like to mention is No_06_KiKi on twitter! Most of their art is surrounding just the Mayor in general (istg they are one of the main pillars who are carrying the Mayor fandom, and their art is so good), but they have made Shadowpuppet art before! You just have to find it. Another one I want to mention is NeonRoss on twitter (they have a Tumblr too: @neonross)! As far as I am aware, they are not in the LMK fandom anymore (good for them honestly, being able to leave this place XDDDDD), or aren't nearly as active as they used to be. But they used to do so much Mayor art and they made shadowpuppet fanart too! It was, um, actually them who made me get into the ship! Even to this day I go onto twitter and look through all of the art they did tagged with Shadowpuppet (hahahahaha- melts into the ground).

So please check out both of these creators! But um, don't expect NeonRoss any new Shadowpuppet content (I mean like they MIGHT buuuuuut don't get hopeful, (⁠ ⁠；⁠∀⁠；).) It's a bit of a dead end, but still worth checking out! Check out the rest of the content from these creators too!

I would also like to mention a mutual of mine on Tumblr, @bobus! They like shadowpuppet too and are really cool! They have posted some Shadowpuppet fanart so you could check that out too :DDD

Anyways, that's it. I wish there was more and there IS more but I can't think of anybody else who might have posted Shadowpuppet content consistently (which is really sad but hey it's okay 🫠). Thank you for giving me an excuse to promote other artists and writers!!!

[masked-disciple]

Honestly, since Rouke followed me earlier and that makes us mutuals now I'm gonna just answer, and then I'm gonna point you, nonnie, to the three people I wholly trust to know how to handle a questioning system: @/who-is-page, @/liongoatsnake, and @/dovewithscales.

Although I will clarify: we are an endogenic gateway system if we're going to put labels on, which we typically don't, as we gravitate more and more towards "you want us to be known? fuck you read six thousand words about it". :p

How did you feel at the start?

"I'm just a writer dude and when my characters tell me stuff it's extremely rude to lie about what they're telling me."

How did you learn what was going on?

and then very quickly, "Oh I have to eat fish for the next six days because this character is hungry and has opinions about my life."

All of our friends who are plural: "Lmao look at them figuring it out they're trying so hard."

(Still how we figure that out: if they just tell us stuff, they're a character; if they have input outside of their story and in our actual lives, they're probably a systemmate.)

Is what you're doing worth it?

When we have input on the syscourse, which is rarely, it's not with the expectation that we're joining the brawl personally. We are the assholes on the balcony watching the discoursers in the street, eating popcorn, and occasionally throwing said popcorn at sysmeds. We block them on sight and if they manage to send us anon hate, well, we've got a folder full of supernatual gifs from 2012.

Could you be doing something better for your community, with this time?

We don't really interact with most communities anymore, honestly. We were mostly active in the alterhuman / otherkin communities for years, but not anymore, and we've always been plural-adjacent while wholly unwilling to get involved due to syscourse, because like you said, nonnie, it's very toxic for questioning systems and people who aren't sysmeds.

The way they see it, they're protecting their community. They don't realize they've gone much too far. Yes, I do think all questioning systems should at the very least check if they match with DID / OSDD and should keep in mind that childhood trauma can and will sneak up on you, because it is so common and it is so painful to deal with. But I don't think it needs to be every second word out of your mouth and there is so much more to plurality than that. They're making it impossible for the community to do anything other than eat each other, and I honestly think they're perfectly okay not having a community at all over one where they have to accept that maybe their experience isn't the only one.

It's a mess. I'd like to do something better for the community, but if the community wants my system's input, they'll have to prove they're worth the effort first. From where we're standing, it's all a write-off. And I do feel bad for the questioning folks who won't get that resource, because none of us want to deal with the brawl. But I don't really have a solution, and I'm not the guy you should be asking to come up with one.

Ultimately, not my system's problem, we got other shit to be doing. But go ask those three systems I named, nonnie, they have the resources on hand and they can help. The way they helped us. Least I can do is pay the kindness forward.

Ughhhh syscourse.... Small rant here, I don't think there are any trigger warnings to give

I have thought that I might be a system. I still don't know. I do know that I have childhood trauma, but that I don't remember it. So if I am a system, I guess I'd be traumagenic. That's not really relevant, though.

The point is, it's really hard to find good system related support. And do you know what makes that so much harder? Syscourse. Instead of trying to improve the community, for traumagenics only or otherwise, so many people are just so, so angry.

I felt so confused and scared when I started researching, and it felt like my only choices for resources were very clinical and ignorant psychology reports or syscourse. It kind of feels like when people in the queer community spend their time trying to dictate who can and can't identify with certain things.

Like, there are actual people damaging your community, you know? There are people in your community who need help.

With something like DID, OSDD, or other plurality... I mean, good resources are so hard to find already. My own "professionals" said it didn't exist. Shouldn't the community realize how isolating it is to be so confused, and focus on providing accessible information and resources?

This isn't directed at you of course, I just - idk, I feel like people are just misdirection their anger from actual hateful, ignorant people that are spreading actual misinformation.

I don't know if this makes any sense. If you respond to this, I just want to ask all the anon haters - How did you feel at the start? How did you learn what was going on? Is what you're doing worth it? Could you be doing something better for your community, with this time?

Anyway, I hope this all isn't getting to you... and I'd better hope this is 100% grammatically correct or I'll be in big trouble 😅

Thank you for sharing. I've mentioned before I currently don't have any resources I feel 100% comfortable sharing, because of all this bullshit being so ingrained in the entire discourse surrounding the topic

We can say, as a traumagenic system ourselves, endogenic blogs and resources have been so much more helpful in understanding things and how we work etc