#mutuals if you want to still talk with me you can reach out on discord

[nervocat]

Ok um. I think I'm deciding to try and take a break from Tumblr

[fleshwerks]

there's also the issue of how for three games tevinter has been this absolute monster of an empire that is entirely built on magocracy and slavery, active conflict with the qunari, and its conflict with the south based not on just its previous occupation of the now sovereign nations of the Marches, Ferelden and Orlais, but also a schism in Andrastianism.

Even in Inquisition when the Venatori war bands came at you, their melee units were dressed in gladiatorial garb and wearing padlocked collars around their necks, indicating slavery.

Don't tell me that Dorian Pavus and friends not just managed to abolish slavery in scant 10 years, but somehow turned the place around to a point where an elfie can freely traipse around with nary a jab at their big ears, and a qunari skulking about doesn't get as much as a lazily raised eyebrow.

Here on earth at least in America, slavery's been abolished for more than a century, yet racial tensions and grievances still run near the boiling point.

On one hand it is relaxing for I guess new players but also old elven enthusiasts for finally getting to play as an elfie and not having to defend your very existence as an elf at all times. On the other hand, it also entirely robs dedicated elf players and the in-game elves of the catharsis of emerging as an independent faction and set of traditions and beliefs and feeling like the millennium long bloodied and bruised fight for it bore fruit.

A part of introducing such great injustices into the narrative is fighting against it and succeeding. The catharsis lies in being able to courageously look into your oppressor's eye and see them impotently gnashing their teeth, or seeing contriteness and acknowledgment of this past fight against injustice. And for players specifically, especially those who are discriminated against in real life on the basis of their race or class status, a part of what makes elves and freedom fighters as a PC appealing is the shared struggle, and the joy of being able to spit your oppressor in the eyeball.

Having now watched full playthroughs, none of it is there anymore in any significant capacity. The joy and pain of being the ferocious underdog fighting for justice for the oppressed is gone.

There's an argument to be made that this new threat has unified people against it and all old squabbles are put on hold until the threat's been dealt with, but in real life, again and again, times like these would sow even greater chaos and discord among people, because they want to take their fear out on someone, they want to maintain a sense of control and power in the face of the untouchable, insurmountable beast of total war and gods coming to delete the earth, and they reach for the targets they actually can touch: their fellow people, the outgroups.

I get that Veilguard wanted to strictly focus on a smaller scale and chose 'power of personal friendship' as their focus, but it comes at a cost of lore. And it comes at a cost of the catharsis of actually addressing this chaos and fear among different groups of people, and telling convincing them that if for nothing else, then we need mutual respect and equality and united overarching goals right now to show this talking toilet seat, the human centipede and their pet dragons what's what so that we'd even have an earth to oppress each other on.

Intergroup issues don't cease to exist in the face of a greater threat, they actually tend to increase. Where are the massive slave armies of Tevinter? And where is the protagonist's chance to tell the oppressors that 'you know, you'd have a much better chance at fighting this threat effectively if you allowed your slave army to fight for their future, not just yours?

I remember when we were still all speculating about Tevinter, I'd expressed unhappiness about ditching Southern Thedas, but I had ceded that politically, Tevinter is a setting that is absolutely rife with political and social intrigue, given that Tevinter is responsible for so much of what we as players dealt with in Southern Thedas, from the Blight to the anti-mage sentiment, to even the faith schism, and of course Tevinter sourcing slaves from Orlais and Ferelden. Not to mention its occupation of Southern regions. Kirkwall alone was a pitch black crowning jewel and a hotspot of Tevinter's terror and scars coupled with the fact that the location most likely sits on top of a possibly corrupted titan, and something besides human error and greed is driving Kirkwall insane. But now Kirkwall's been destroyed and all the plot hooks and intrigue along with it.

And Tevinter? Tevinter is a kitten compared to the rotten, roaring dragon it was made out to be in the past lore.

Not to mention that Tevinter isn't the destroyer of the Elvhen empire, it's its inheritor, it scavenged all its evils from the ruins of an Elvhen empire that collapsed on itself thanks to Chin Gigachad with shiny new veneers, and his equally deranged buddies. You'd think that this would cause insane strife among elves and the rest of the races, and that the dwarves especially would have some words to say. And you'd think that elves in Thedas could retaliate with 'and you humans especially learned fucking nothing from it so you're no better than our ancestors, and also, I, an elf, wasn't even alive and neither were 99.8% of my fellow elves back then so your issue is not with us, get the hell off our backs, you humans just continued what the worst of our own kind did to us, shut your flat tooth mouths, you wanted Elvhenan's power for yourselves, well, now it's come knocking, it looks ugly, and it looks a lot like YOU'.

But no. All of that depth, the terror, and the player's chance to stand up to that terror, all but gone.

I reiterate, I see the merit in allowing elves and qunari to finally be unapologetically themselves, it must be relaxing. But that's not why people by and large play elves and qunari. They play them because the two races in Thedas struggle against something that they can unfairly and sadly have to struggle with in real life. Except in real life, winning against oppression is damned difficult, but in a video game, like I said, you have the ability to actually do something against the oppression you face, and do it effectively.

And the Venatori don't count. Because they're a cult, but in real life there aren't many convenient cults to rail against, in real life, it's a problem that infests the society as a whole. And it's infinitely more cathartic to be able to take your suffering and address the entire society on your own terms than just delete a few cults and it's all peaches and cream after that.

Fantasy worlds hinge on suspension of disbelief: You can have fantastic elements, but it needs to be relatable. And Tevinter especially being sanitised of its historically absolutely rotten elements for... what? Ain't it.

Contrast the entirety of Veilguard to waltzing into Halamshiral's Winter Palace, being treated with derision and suspicion for who you are, and acing it so well the masked morons can't help but bow in deference because you the player took their prejudice and completely unmasked it (heh), and rubbed their noses in it. That was nice, right? Halamshiral is, after all, one of the best-regarded parts of the Inquisition BECAUSE of the intrigue, the prejudice, and for the underdog to not just confront it, but force feed their own prejudice to them while remaining if not magnanimous and better than them, then at least being given the joyous opportunity to be just as petty and reclaim equality based on shared traits like pettiness, gossip and prejudice. To show them, they can throw what they like at you, but you'll match them step for step, and they can just deal with it.

Where is all of that in stinkin' Tevinter?? The mother of all of Thedas' societal ills. I say 'mother' because the daughters in the south inherited a lot from mother, but went on to be awful in their own independent ways, too.

Disclaimer: I have seen one playthrough, so of course I have missed details and nuances, but that's the problem, you know? Most players only play it once. You need to get out as much info and lore as possible on the first time, because most people will not be returning for seconds. It's on par with the other thing BioWare does, hiding a metric ton of lore in supplementary material, books and comics. No. That shit needs to be in the game, and it needs to be visible.

And Tevinter... You could sell Fenris back to slavery. You could rescure an elven slave and take her in. You had an entire alienage being sold to Tevinter magisters. You had Calpernia. What even happened to Calpernia? Did she ever even matter? You had the rebel mages stumble into Tevinter indentured servitude in Redcliffe. Why is Tevinter suddenly done a 180 in just ten years due to a few upstart magisters' impassioned speeches? We know what happens to real life freedom fighting activists in real life. They get shot. On government's orders. They get shot even more when times are tough and a government is trying to maintain the status quo in the face of an even greater threat.

And if it was all some kind of commentary on Donald Trump and his crazies... and what's going on right now with hybrid warfare waged by Russia against all of the Western world, you would assume that all of the Northern nations of Thedas would be hotspots of even greater oppression, internal strife and division, suspicion and distrust, hostility between various civilian groups and so on.

How satisfying would it have been to be able to witness that, confront it, and had the opportunity to address it all with extreme prejudice instead of bickering at the dinner table about bringing too many books on an expedition with a companion whose race is currently in active, extremely oppressive conflict with damn near all of Northern Thedas, like who Taash or possibly Rook is beyond their gender identity wouldn't get absolutely brutalised by being, you know, not just Qunari by philosophy, but an actual member of the race driving an active war in all of Northern Thedas. We got an one-two punch in reputation for daring to be a secular Qunari mage in Halamshiral ball, but the North's response to a Qunari is 'oh look, a Qunari.'

Where is the established lore and established struggles? What happened to all those hooks?

[youredreamingofroo]

dont mind me i just wanna be a """""little""""" sappy,,,

I love my mutuals. I love my mutuals whom I talk to on discord or through tumblr (msgs/cmts). I love my mutuals who I talk to or reply to through tags on posts. I love my mutuals who I talk to every once in a while. I love my mutuals who I just never talk to. I love my mutuals who I don't talk to. who never interact with me, but still choose to be my mutual. I love my mutuals who aren't restricted to one fandom, one interest. I love my mutuals who are restricted/choose to be restricted to one fandom/interest. I love my mutuals who I can recognize just based on their sims/art style. I love my mutuals who I can recognize based on their rendering and editing style. I love my mutuals who I recognize almost instantly based on their name. I love my mutuals who I recognize almost instantly based on their pfp/theme. I love my mutuals who I recognize almost instantly based on their typing/texting/speech. I love my mutuals who I recognize almost instantly based on how they reblog (no tags/typing out as many tags as possible). I love my mutuals who I share a fandom/interest with. I love my mutuals who I don't share a fandom/interest with. I love seeing my mutuals post about their interests, I love seeing you guys post about anything, I love seeing your posts, I love seeing what your interested in, even if I don't know or aren't interested in the media, I still love your posts about that interest, I love when you post so much about media it makes me piece together the storyline, or makes me want to watch the media. I love seeing your art, sims and/or not sims, I love seeing you express yourselves, I love seeing how you guys post stuff, I love how I can tell who's post is who's based on how they caption their posts. I love seeing you guys in my notifs, I love seeing what posts of mine you reblog, I love seeing what you guys have to say in the tags, or even if you don't put tags, I just love seeing you guys in my notifs. I appreciate you all. I appreciate those who reach out to me so we can talk more. I appreciate those who dont reach out to me. I appreciate those who tag me in tag games or in something that reminds you of me. I appreciate those who don't tag me in tag games or the like. I appreciate those who send me asks, whether for an ask game, a question, or just wanting to say something to me (regardless of if you send that ask on or off anon). I appreciate those who don't send me asks. I appreciate those who ONLY send anon asks. I appreciate those who never send anon asks. I appreciate those who are always online. I appreciate those who are sometimes online. I appreciate those who only check tumblr once a day. I appreciate those who haven't even been active in 3 days. I appreciate those who haven't been active in 3 months. I appreciate all my mutuals. I love you guys, you are all so amazing, strong, creative, talented, inspiring, admirable and humorous people, you all really truly deserve anything and everything wonderful in life, I love being mutuals with you and I truly TRULY from the bottom of my heart appreciate you, it really does make me happy when I see you guys on my dash, or when I see you in my notifs. Thank you and good night :') <3333

[duckciferthecg]

Hello! I’m Lucifer, but you can call me Luci, Lulu, duckcifer, or anything you want Duckling

Welcome to my cozy palace little one

Asks are of course open

DNI if you’re: antiagere, nsfw, ddlg, proshipper, a meanie

All type of regressors for any age are welcome!

Is legit:

Anon list (that I’m aware of):

🐶, 🪽, 📺🦈, 🧁🦝, 🦝🐾, 🧜✨, 🌹💀, 🎀, 🐈‍⬛, 🦌📻, 🎸🪽, ☀️🍬, 🐇, 🤎🩸, 🧸🌷, 🥽, 🔋, 🐅, 🐺, 🎮🔥, 🦌🌹, 🎪🍼, 🍄, 🩹🌱, 🦖, 🦴, ⁉️, 🍼🐇, 🧚, 🖍️, ❤️🖍️, ☀️, 🎧, 🌊, 🤡🐸, 👽🐄, 🍭, 🐩🎀, 🧇, 🥫, 🐈‍⬛🐾, 🧃🐛, 🐶🎀, 👑, 🪲, 🪐, 🍂, 👁️😈, 🦈🩹, 🤍🎀, 🌟🦝, 🌻🧸, ☁️, 🔮, 🕸️🍓, ☀️🍼, ☁️🌙, 🍓🐦‍⬛, 🦕, ♾️🏳️‍⚧️, 🍰, 💙,🥤, 🐦‍⬛🧃, 🦖🐾,☀️🧸, 🧸🦈, 🫧, 🔧💜, ☀️👑, 🐧💙, 🔮🏳️‍⚧️, 🩵✨, ✨🐍, 👻🌻, 🪻📚

Grab a stuffie, chill for a while, and I hope you have fun!

Rules for Tumblr blog and discord (dm me if you want to be added to discord)

They had to be added because of issues the CGs have been having

Here are the rules:

- Absolutely no littles/pets in big chats

- Ask a CG their boundaries and respect it

- if a CG doesn’t do things like diapers, medical, or other then respect it

- Censor vents properly

- When certain fictive alters front, if they have source trauma, then avoid it

- If someone has something triggering at all avoid it

- Do not expect comfort from CG 24/7 [We are human too]

- No physical punishments

- Respect boundaries

- listen to CGS

- When a CG asks you to STOP you STOP

- No biting (playful biting okay is the CG is okay with it)

- no physical harm to yourself or the cgs. Don’t care if it’s “just rp”, it hurts and panics us

- No asking cgs to be big/little

- No asking for specific alters in systems to front

- Some cgs can’t read little talk, if they say no to it, then respect that. They want to understand you

- Be patient

- A lot of us have physical and mental disabilities too, so that may limit us from responding

- We have lives of our own and we can’t always take care of you

- No asking if we got your ask, no “tumblr ate my ask”. It makes us feel bad for not getting it

- Most of us are people pleasers guys. Don’t abuse that

- Only eat stuff that is edible

- LET CGS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES

WE ARE NOT SELFISH FOR TAKING A BREAK

WE ARE NOT SELFISH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING OUT NEEDS

WE ARE HUMANS

- No bullying. We will be kind to one another

- It’s one thing if you have established a relationship with someone and it’s mutual, and it’s another thing to just bully. Knock it off. Just because you are in the mentality of a kid, doesn’t mean you have to be a jerk

- No babying someone unless they want to be

- No NSFW talk in little spaces (like drugs, s-xual content, alcohol etc)

- Don’t flood a blog

- If the person is clearly very overwhelmed, don’t talk to them as much

- If it’s important then direct message them

Thank you for reading!

[pluckyredhead]

I think you might have answered an ask like this before, but do you have any advice for finding a community in DC fandom when you’re not writing fic focused on the Batman characters? I’d love to start writing DC fic, but I feel like between writing fic that’s not about the Batfamily and not being the kind of a person other fans reach out to even if I’m writing their rare fave or ship, the chances of finding anyone to talk to are in the negatives. And the combination of a friendless existence + zero interaction on my fics is just a really discouraging prospect. Is there anything I can do to make it easier on myself? Or should I just accept that the DC fandom probably isn’t for me?

I feel you, friend. It's hard to find those little pockets of non-Bat DC fandom!

First of all: write your fic! If it will make you happy to write it, you should write it. I'm not saying don't care about whether or not anyone reads it, because obviously we all want to be acknowledged, but don't let the fear of fandom's reaction stop you from enjoying the creative process. (And tbh, I get the most passionate and loveliest comments on rarepairs, because people are so excited to see them.)

Second: I find that the best way to make fandom connections, especially over rare characters and pairings, is enthusiasm. Write the fic about the characters you love. Make posts about the characters you love. Share your favorite canon moments. Reblog posts about them and comment on fics. Even when people don't know who you're talking about, they'll respond to your excitement. That's how we all become fans of new things in the first place, right?

Third: You say you're not the kind of person other fans reach out to. I'm not 100% sure what that means or if anyone really is that kind of person, but I would flip it around, and try being the kind of fan who reaches out first. I made fandom friends when I first started commenting on fic, and some of those people are still my closest friends 20 years later.

Fourth: I don't know what your pocket of the DCU is, but I know there are Tumblr communities and Discord servers for subfandoms like Green Lantern, Green Arrow, JSA, Fourth World, and more. I bet there's a place for fans of whatever you are a fan of.

Your ask feels to me like you've already resigned yourself to never finding people to talk to about your blorbos, but you're putting the cart before the horse! I can't guarantee comments or kudoses or mutuals, but what I can guarantee is that no one will know you want to talk about [your thing] until you start talking about [your thing], whether that's fic or comments or just enthusiastic yammering. Please try!

[sainz100]

just emoting under the cut, I gotta get some personal feelings about tumblr off my chest ahh

I am so used to being alone that I've forgotten how to make friends!! which isn't to say I don't love talking, omg I love when you meet someone you can 'yes, and' with, who you can gush about your faves with, to create wild things together, and to listen to one another when things get hard ❤️❤️‍🩹

but as much as I love those things, the initial ice breaking for me in the virtual world is so hard, especially now since so many people I admire followed me back!! 😵‍💫💦 I feel like I'm behind glass but also so scared I'll do something annoying or wrong when I venture out, that people will leave and I'll be alone again

which is not true!! everyone should blog and create what's true to their heart ❤️ and everyone is free to curate their space (not being mutuals doesn't mean you can't be friends! maybe someone just has a certain driver who gives them the ick or maybe they want to follow only aesthetic blogs or maybe they only want close-close pals on the TL, etc etc!) being followed is not a sign of approval or validation that you're good, because you are! (I'm telling myself this!!)

It's more that, I get so nervous. Maybe I'll like and reblog too much or maybe I'll ask something silly. I feel like I am so woefully behind on reading especially, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings that I can't catch up fast enough...or maybe everyone will move on to something new. which is fine, too! and good!! F1 especially with Daniel has been kinda heartbreaking recently. If it's not fun, folks will move on.

but for a few months, it felt so special. To be here for Spa, for Daniel's races, to feel good that I could find things that made people happy, to feel so close to being a part of something, it was so unreal!! ✨

now it's over. and I can keep diving into the past. (I do love to search [especially since it's something I can do at the office on the fly!! or when I'm so absolutely empty after work, mindlessly looking around for something] and I can search for things when the season comes back and I love to gif special events in the off season) but I keep opening this app and feeling so empty, like I'm doing it wrong

and when I do open up, I do it on other blogs, and I get so sad like "ahhh maybe I should've just done it here!!" instead of breaking up pieces of me all over the dang place and getting sad that no one knows who I am

anyways, I think I'm overthinking it! I am! It's not this deep, but it does mean so much to me. And I'm just scared I'll do something wrong, a self-fulfilling prophecy! I used to be so active in a fan discord for a musician (Käärijä, if you're curious!) and I got this same feeling of not knowing how to connect or feeling like I'd make a mistake when everyone there was so lovely 🥺 I kinda can't stand Käärijä anymore, so I didn't go back. I left when I was getting out of a hard living situation irl. I still feel so bad for not going back to properly say goodbye. Life just got so busy

and it is hard irl, I am always at work in an empty office (everyone else is remote!) and then I go home to an empty apartment (just moi!) and see friends on scant weekends (which I treasure!) but all that is to say that I'm sorry!! I'm trying to get life rebalanced, and I keep thinking I can't make friends until I've got life figured out!! also not true!! We're all figuring things out, and we'll be figuring things out forever, there is no "ahh I'm done growing! Now I can enjoy life!"

tl;dr!!!!!!! I'm still figuring things out ❤️ and I will try to connect while I grow 🌱 every kind message and tag and note means so much. I'm wanting to send more out to you too!! I want to reach out, and I'm learning how to do that again, so thank you for being patient with me (especially if you read all this ahh!! I love you!!) ❤️❤️❤️

anyways Autumn out!!!! and I'm not even going to overthink this big old post like I usually do (not every message and tag or post or fic needs to be overwrought like its make or break!!) it's just me. We're all just being ourselves here on tumblr and that's so wonderful, that's the part that matters most!! ❤️✨

[aeniqmata]

Heyo, so clearly I have no focus for anything. I have a steam deck and have been fully eaten by nostalgia gaming using emulators, so that is where I have been.

The point of this post is for me to let people know that if you still want to RP with me, as I am always ready to, I just have the attention span of a goldfish. You can either reach out to me here through whatever means ( as it is still linked to my phone and sends me messages ), or you can reach out to me through discord.

Please do not take this to mean that I am abandoning this blog, I refuse to leave entirely and am so happy to answer memes and things on here. I just know that I am easily distracted.

Please note the following when it comes to reaching out to me on Discord:

We must be mutuals on Tumblr. I'm not just going to answer any messages, I am still a selective blog

Send me your username, if you don't I am not going to reply to messages or accept friend requests

Plotting is a must as memes are not really usable on discord, and I'll be discussing thread details with you there probably a lot

I will probably end up making a server so we can talk ooc without confusing if we got a reply or if there is something stupid I want to send you.

Same basic RP etiquette applies on Discord as does on Tumblr.

If you have a thread on Tumblr you want to continue more frequently, we can move it to Discord or Vice Versa. I do not mind in the slightest.

Failure to comply with these may mean I drop threads, unfriend or even block and unfollow you. I work a full time job dealing with customers acting like children, I will not do so with a hobby.

If all of this is coolio with you, my Discord is flout or Flout#2728 if you are still able to add with the old codes. I look forward to writing with you all again if you will have me.

[alaskan-wallflower]

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That’s pretty much it! If you ever want to DM me, or you need a friend to talk to, please feel free to reach out! Feel free to shoot me an ask too! I’m not scary, I promise! I love interacting with you guys, so please never feel afraid or intimidated by me.

I also have a Discord server! PLEASE feel free to join! (I deleted my old one, I promise I’ll be more active this time!)

Anyway, that’s it! Alaska out! ✌🏻

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[rmd-writes]

Hi!! I always love what you write, so I'm very excited to see whatever this secret project is! But for now I do have a question about beta reading. How did you break into it? For a long time I have thought that I would enjoy doing that for different people, and I like that kind of fine-tooth comb editing work. But I am not a writer myself, just an avid fic enjoyer, so it feels like I can't quite bring as much to the table or meet other authors in a mutual kind of way. And I would never want to imply that an author needed that extra help or anything like that by just cold reaching out to them. Sorry that so much about me haha, I'm not necessarily looking for any advice (though if you had any I would certainly take it) but I am curious about how you got into it and what your experience has been like! Thank you!!

Hi nonnie! Thanks for the ask!

Can I just say to start with, that as an avid fic enjoyer, you absolutely can meet writers and other creators in a mutual way! Everyone has a place in fandom and something to contribute. It would be a very lonely world for creators if people weren't there to enjoy what we make (and hopefully tell us what they're liking those things). Personally, I appreciate readers so much and I especially love seeing regular names pop up in my inbox 💖💖

As for how I got into beta reading, it started back when a pal in Schitt's Creek fandom was writing a fic and worried that she was going to lose motivation to write it so I offered to sit in the doc and cheer her on. Please note that my motivation for doing so was entirely selfish because it meant that I had early access to the fic that I desperately wanted her to keep writing 😅 that eventually turned into me beta reading that fic (and all of her fics after that) for her.

I started beta reading more frequently in RWRB - I'd signed up as a beta reader for an event, but around the same time I also got to know other writers via a discord server. Sometimes people would ask for beta readers and I'd volunteer - I'm still a tiny bit dirty that @three-drink-amy snagged the beta rights to bleedingballroomfloor's baseball boyfriends fic right out from under my nose even though she is far better qualified than I to beta read a baseball fic - so much so that she helped me with the baseball scenes in my rwrb lawyer au lol (please know that I love them both dearly, there is no internet beef here).

You say that you don't want to reach out to writers and imply that they need assistance, but honestly, sliding into people's DMs and letting them know that either I'm very interested in X fic that they're writing and would they like someone to beta read it or that I'm available in general to help if they want it because I love their writing is how I've ended up beta reading for almost all of the writers I do that for!! People are generally just thankful to know that someone is interested in their writing! It can be a lonely hobby sometimes and having someone to live in your docs or send snippets to can help balance the need for wanting to talk about your fics with someone or bounce ideas off someone and wanting to keep what you're working on under wraps.

God, this is getting really long, I'm so sorry. I've been rambling and I'm not even sure that I answered your question.

You asked what my experience has been like and for the most part, it's been very positive! I get early access to fics (I often say that my favourite way to read a fic is in google docs 😂), I get to cheer my friends on and sometimes they even trust me enough to let me throw ideas at them and write them into their stories - sometimes I even get to do this without actually doing any editing and that's just as fun. I love beta reading, I think there's something really special about being trusted with the draft of someone's writing and getting to help make it the best that it can be (what that involves looks different for every writer I work with). 💖

And all of that doesn't even touch on how much I learn from the writers I've worked with - it's definitely helped me improve my own writing!

[genshinconfessions]

I feel really bad about this but it's been weighing on my mind and I'm thankful for blogs like this. I've been playing Genshin since launch. Yeah, I'm old haha, I'm 26 (I know that's not old but in relation to the fandom), but Genshin was my first step into open world type games back during the pandemic and I've been keeping detailed notes on lore with each update

I don't usually interact with fandom spaces a lot. I use this tumblr to lurk mostly, so I've seen the amazing art and fanfictions people have written, and I've even written a few of my own! Over the years I've been working on trying to be more active in fandom spaces, so I reached out to some discord friends to ask how they make mutuals and fandom friends. Recently, I got invited to join a discord server that was about roleplaying as Genshin characters and I thought that would be a really interesting way to delve into the characters!

Let it be clear it's been about two months since this happened

TL;DR at the bottom, I'm very sorry, I never know when to stop talking

The server was smaller, 18+ age group, the layout was nice and pretty, and not just the owner greeted me when I joined but other members too. I won't go into more detail about the layout of the server since they might see this, but I felt nice and welcomed. I made my "sheet" with my basic information, and before I could skim through the other people's basic info, I was tagged and asked which character I wanted to be for general role playing purposes. I went with Alhaitham as he's my favorite sumeru character and it looked like most of the other sumeru roles were taken in the server. All good, right?

I dot all the i's and cross all the t's and the server owner says I'm good and I drop an rp invite in the appropriate chat and wait. And wait. And wait. My request gets buried by other members of the server after about two weeks, and I think maybe that's normal, I'll still chat in the server. There's a discussion happening about Lyney and Lynette's outfits in the main chat and I hop in, adding a little comment that I thought that they were a really cool way to introduce the House of Hearth and other parts of the Fatui, especially since when Fontaine first came out we hadn't had much new news on the Fatui since the Chasm and the Sumeru Archon Quest. One other person agreed but then I got told to be quiet and that I was spoiling the Fontaine quest

Well, more like they said "sshhuuuuusshhh, some of us aren't there yetttt loll", which isn't as harsh but just as strange

I apologized, said that I'd been playing since launch and that I'd be happy to put spoiler tags, if they just told me how far into the game they were even though the Fontaine quest has been fully released for a year. Besides the initial person who agreed with me, they all said that they were in Liyue. No problem! Well.. besides for the roleplaying part where they all were playing Sumeru characters

So I tried asking them about how far they were into Liyue's Archon Quest, one person asked me what an archon quest was and I stopped talking in the general chat. Don't get me wrong, newer players are what keep games relevant and can bring new ideas to fandom spaces! But like it's weird to be rping as characters from part of the game you don't know about, right? Idk, maybe I'm just not what the server is looking for

Last ditch effort I dropped one more rp request in the rp request channel, and the server's Collei responded so I chatted with them for a second before making a thread to rp in. I was so giddy to finally roleplay, especially since Collei and Alhaitham could have some really interesting interactions! In my head they're study buddies but I wanted to explore how the other person saw the situation. I set up a scenario where they would meet, referenced some locations around the Akademiya to help set the scene and some other characters, and waited for their response. The response was: "real quicc whos daena, faruzan, and naphis :3"

...

I checked the ages in everyone's intros and saw that the vast majority ranged from 16-18. In an 18+ server. I might have actually been the only + in that 18+. I left the server and I haven't found the urge to really look for a new server since. Maybe I'm being too sensitive about an anime-style mobile game, but I was genuinely really excited to get to meet people who like genshin and I felt like I was, idk let down? Has this happened to any other people trying to roleplay in the genshin community?

TL;DR, Been playing since launch and wanted to interact with the fandom more. Joined an rp server for the first time, advertised as 18+, and selected a Sumeru character to play as since everyone else was a Sumeru character. Was ignored in the server when reaching out for rp and then told that most of the people in the server hadn't played the game past unlocking Liyue on the map. Then discovered that the server actually had quite a few 16-17 year olds in it, making it not actually an 18+ server, and I left before I could get any more frustrated and confused. It's made me sad and now I just need to tell someone about it. How about even more strangers on the internet?

i will preface this by saying that i do not have any experience with genshin RPs, nor do i interact much with the general fandom.

it's certainly wrong of them to advertise as an 18+ server when many of their members were not 18+

this all comes back to smth we've tried to make clear on our page: the genshin fandom is extremely young and has many characteristics of a young fandom, including young members who have never been in fandomspace before and therefore do not know fandom etiquette

i'd say similar experiences are probably common enough, anon :( a lot of ppl have come onto our page and said that they're annoyed with how a lot of genshin fandomers behave, and that's either turned them off from the game completely, or just turned them away from the fandom

regardless, i'm sorry that you had to go through that :( i've tried similar things with other fandoms i've been in and it's always really disappointing to think that you've found a good space and have it turn out to be... not that.

[vintersang]

🍓

let me compliment you / accepting / @fulltimeforestcryptid

Jess, finally!!!

I've been secretly hoping you would send plant a strawberry in my inbox for so long ever since I reblogged this meme, so you cannot believe how excited I am to have the chance to compliment you.

Anyway, here's a little bit of backstory. On my first muse blog that I've had since 2018, I was in my own little island. I had amazing mutuals and friends, but my muse's RPC was... small. Very small. Even more smaller than the Frozen RPC. It was small yet very, very fun. I was obsessed with the lore of the franchise, always trying to encourage people to get lost in the lore and the characters. Like you, I wanted more people to know about my dear franchise. I don't have the skill or the patience of running a server, so I used my blog to try to reach out to more people. I wanted to see the fandom to be alive with both canon muses and oc muses. Even now, I still want both of my cherished fandoms to grow.

Long before I made my Elsa, I was secretly admiring the Frozen characters. When I created this blog, I was stuck on whether I wanted to invest in using this blog as an aesthetic blog for Homura muse... Or take the plunge by making a new muse. I don't know how all my dear mutuals thought about me making a second muse blog, but the ones that did speak up were very supportive. While I was thinking of url ideas for Elsa, I was quietly lurking on the Frozen RP tag to try to familiarize myself. That's when I noticed your post on how Elsa blogs should join together with their uniqueness, not clash with each other. I truly admired that about you, though I knew very little about you at the time. Whether I made my Elsa or not, I know I will always adore how supportive you are.

Okay, it looks like I'm going to keep rambling...

𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃… ❄️

In the beginning of my blog on here, I was quite afraid of following other Elsa blogs because I was afraid of duplicate anxiety. I was afraid of my lack of confidence in my writing for Elsa. My Homura blog did not suffer from these form of fears and worries because the fandom was that small. Most duplicates of Homura were on multimuse blogs, so there weren't a lot of Homura blogs to be worried over. Not only that, but I felt confident in writing Homura. My version of her was very strong, so no one could shake my love for her. Her muse is currently sleeping, but I will always love her. Elsa, on the other hand, is someone new yet familiar. I have always loved Elsa and the Frozen franchise, so I had a passion to write her.

Alex from @umbravirtus and I exchanged Discords, learning more about each other. Alex turned out to be very supportive, going as far as inviting me to the Frozen RPC server. He also encouraged me to reach out to you, telling me of how wonderful you are. It's his support that made me decide to follow any Elsa blogs, determined to overcome my duplicate anxiety. I already had another Elsa blog, which is @froznspirit with the wonderful Circe, following me on Homura that already threw a follow my way on my Elsa blog. With this in mind, I already knew I had to overcome my worries over other Elsa blogs before it got worse. As someone who desperately craved a community to share my ramblings and talk about fandom topics, I always knew I wanted to be more confident in my Elsa. I hate how duplicate anxiety can damage someone, so I didn't want to be caught in this fear forever.

I've never been part of a roleplay-focused community server, so you can't believe how nervous I was feeling. I do not do well in group settings, so I was going out of my comfort zone on so many levels. Still, I took the plunge by fully submerging myself into both the servers and any follows that I received from fellow Frozen blogs. I have not looked back ever since. I cannot thank Alex enough for his support, but I also cannot thank everyone in the server enough for their support. I know I'm not the most active person on the server, but I love how calm and peaceful things are. With the help of the server, I managed to grow closer with my mutuals. Circe and I, for example, are having loads of fun with our Twin AU verse. We are much closer now, so I'm thankful.

Goodness, I am rambling. But I'm not done yet. Let's go back to you, okay? I feel like I'm throwing stuff at everyone in this post, but I can't help it. Anyway, let's do some more complimenting because I feel like you really need it right now. I want to thank you for being so strong, first off. You have most likely seen a loooot of stuff in your long time with Elsa. In recent events this year, I think things have been a bit rough. I am sorry for your struggles. I won't focus on anything specific, but I want to let you know that I am always here for you if you need someone. Your strength through everything is very nice to see, so I'm happy to see you are still here. Both offline and online struggles aren't easy, just like dealing with any form of anxiety, but you have handled everything so well.

We haven't known each other for very long, I know that, but I have greatly enjoyed your presence on my dash as well as in the server. You have so much dedication to the Frozen community that it really inspires me to try to be like you, so much depth to preserving everything to the Frozen world. Now, I mean it when I say you focus on the Frozen community as a whole. Some people like to focus only on their muses, which is more than fine, but you go the extra mile by being very open with wanting to protect and cherish everything about the Frozen world. Not only do you want to protect the Frozen world in all its details and glory, but you also want to spread that love and information to anyone else. You should always, no matter what the new year brings, be proud of this trait of yours.

Now, we have not been writing for long, but I adore both the humorous and practical sides of your portrayal of Elsa. From what I've noticed, you stay very true to the canon material. I have not been following you for long, so I like to learn more about your writing with Elsa. Can I mention that I also adore your themes? As someone who can only make alright graphics, I love how you know how to tackle themes. It doesn't look easy, so I know I will always cherish seeing your work on my dash.

We have only known each other for only so long, but your kindness and constant support really speaks volumes. It's hard to tell who is genuine sometimes with me when it comes to interacts, so it's really refreshing to see that I am friends with someone who is genuine and mature. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being such a wonderful person, Jess. It means so much to be part of your world, so I cannot wait to see what we will be doing in the new year!

I hope you have an amazing new year!

P.S.

I hope you are having more fun in Stardew Valley! :3

[one0p1nk]

What do you love the most about your current friends group?

//No order, I'm mentioning people from mundo server and some other servers btw

Beth -> I love my wife's gentle, softspoken nature. I hope Bethy can feel confident enough to tell me about almost anything because talking with her in the chat is always a blessing to me and i really want her to know that. It was never awkward when I'm with her even when she doesn't speak or not. I love her fav ships they're always so sweet/ih/not sure if it should be pun intended JDBDBDB🥰

Klai -> My henchwoman is incredible, idk but I feel like she has a lot of patience too when interacting with me--- always so understanding with everyone and would try her best to make everyone feel better despite of her own struggles. She's very generous, yes, and how she likes keeping up silly ramblings with me about worlds is what I mostly adore about her. Even solsticea has a special spot in my heart 🥺

Joe -> I love joey/p. They feed me art, they're my supportive dogboy/ih, and I'm glad they existed or else communion and doomed yaoi wouldn't have been in my dictionary DJHDDHDB in other words, I love their humor and friendliness makes me wanna keep them like a pocket friend/ih

Yami -> I love her vibes, I love her art, I love her art streams, I love when I talk to her, and I love her bc she's my angelfish/p🥰 She helps me walk away from dangers that try to reach me sometimes, is fun when she brings me to McDonalds while at it sniffles;;; thanks to her I'm very absorbed to ToD sometimes and still do that, how long was it since HDDBFBFB

Tae -> some of Shrimpy's humor stuck into me/ih and I love hearing her talk. Her voice is very calming to me that it makes me feel quite safe, it really sounds very friendly....;;; Her voice is also iconic i would wish to watch it in a lot of kinds of anime genres no matter if is piece of life or horror, it's incredible the way she narrates or voice acts dialogues in games on stream dhfbfbffb

Sleepy -> I like her art pieces. I want to draw as fast as her but I'd rather polish quality over time in my case since art styles really vary JDBFFBB- I like the moments when she’s glad to try and help people, and try to stay cheerful sometimes despite of the pressure she has to experience at times. I hope in the future these can flourish well and that she gets to achieve her goals somehow no matter how bumpy the road can be for her.

Lupi -> Lupita is supportive and wouldn't hurt me in any form;; despite that I don't see her as often as the others, I feel safe around her like I've never seeing her judge me before or is probably because I don't remember sobs;;; but yeah, she brings good vibes when we're hanging out heheheheh

Al -> I love Al/p for listening to me about Hana's reversed harem stuff and trying to learn dyanthus lore from me back at the lore wide discord server/ih. I love the times we gush over fnaf together too <3/ih and also freaking like how for some reason I imagine you as a squishy entity idk why/lh

Emma -> I love Emma and Tatya and Bartholomew and Georgie and everytime we interact really I love you/p, she has such great charisma and attitude it boosts my confidence and self-esteem a bit sometimes djnnddn saranghae pookie 🫶🌸

Fifi -> Fifita, my precious rat friend and portable incinerator room/hj, I thank her for letting me love and ship her blorbos and draw them JDDBBD her art makes me smile a lot even when she draws her scrunkles, Dreams of delirium is chef's kiss;;;

Anwyll -> Anwy is a new friend I just met, and I'm already holding hands gently with him/p. I love how we have this mutual agreement about pretty blonde boys BDDBFBFBFB--- I love their blorbos too, especially Nevi(hes so pretty i like making Lau rizz him a bit/ih) and Edvin (I love farmers, I think they're so neat as heck)

Mango -> He has a nice sense of humor, I'll take that---/ih I love his art, the way he drew my goofy son once, and how he named almost everyone in dinosaur parody(I'm still sobbing from that JDBDBDB;;) and he's nice to talk with when he's not sus and... confusing, I don't understand what he says sometimes but its best to not know 🤔😊/lh

Kory -> I nearly lost my friend, Korita. It could have been one of my greatest regrets 😔 but anyway, I love her blorbos, but what I mostly love is her been spoody as usual and just taking every problem like a tough one(she's trying her best okay/lh). A nice spooder. 🥺/pos

Mandika -> I get excited when talking to Mandita, it's either neat or concerning/pos. But nonetheless I like receiving these rare art requests from her, it's my excuse to laugh and cry internally at the same time as I enjoy seeing her giggles and go silly JDDBBFFB

Clown -> I love payasito's craziness, that's a very Clown thing to do- even if I can be skeptical when she’s acting 'normal' around their spouse Law sometimes/ih/j

Orange -> magical girl Naranja save me magical girl Naranja;;; SHES TECHNICALLY AN ORANGE!!! A POG, GOOD VIBES ORANGE;; sobs sobs 😭✨️ I love her ideas and her art feels like a cool fresco snacks, and her blorbos are so well designed and written I can distinguished them well JDBFNFN

Nakki -> My brother Nakki is not often around lately, but I appreciate the times he has the patience to teach me and help me with Minecraft/lh. I love his pink lemonade recipe even tho I feel like the way he makes it will be the one overuling my amateur lemonade skills anyway JDBFNFB

Skye -> turns out Skye is held dead and half alive??? But well I love them anyway, still o' glorious in my heart/p. They're the perfect definition of a laid back, modest pookie/ih

Sam -> I love Samito's writings and drawings they make me giggle and kick my feet hehehehehe.... and I recently discovered his Gepard rp interpretation--- I have mixed feelings but at least leaning positive because I love a good humor Geoard once in a while JFBFBGN they really inspired me to ship Orpehmi more often and ngl, it feels nice to covert into it/ih

I feel like I have more friends I haven't mentioned, but just so you know to all of them. I'm glad I've met you guys, you've helped me learn new things and understand from the lessons I have to take myself better with your support, understanding, and patience despite my occasional autistic awkwardness.🥰/lh

[nevertheless-moving]

Hi! I love your writing snippets - have you thought about posting them on ao3

Thank you!! Yes, I have thought about it, for sure! I'm nevertheless_turtle on ao3.

(I have... six fics, all of them star wars, half of them unfinished, last one updated in January 2022. Unless someone decides to put a million dollars in my kofi jar, this is for Fun, so unfortunately once the hyperfixation fades...it fades*.

:( star wars back and forth tumblr fics with star wars mutuals my beloved... murderbot discord i loved collaborative storytelling with ya'll and i miss you...i don't know how to make friends on the internet i just talk blorbos in situations and my blorbos drift over time... hello stormlight archive fandom)

! anyone want to talk about putting my type of blorbo, which when i check my notes is a pathetic wet person who is very good at killing but somewhat tries to avoid it, if you want to talk putting someone like that in a Situation, Hey! i may or may not be your person. this ask is really getting away from me i might be tired from walking a bunch of miles today...

*i do historically cycle back around to fandoms! i was lurking on tumblr for over a decade before i posted anything and there was definitely a cyclical nature to it! i consistently knit furiously for 3 months and then take a 4 year break! star wars fics wait for me!

aNYWAY writing fic directly into Tumblr adn/or Discord or if i don't have internet connection then a fuckin shitty notes app appears to be the Key for me?? like i tried fic writing before that in Word or Docs and it just didn't go?? idk! I think it's like the comic sans trick.

wait i still haven't answered the question.

you know, the thing is, when i write a snippet at the end of 5 paragraphs of background meta for an au, or a literal bullet point list, i'm not really sure how to post that to ao3. can you post chatfic and bullet points to ao3? it feels weird? idk. real question for the crowd in the midst of an extremely incoherent ask answer. let me know what you think!

me to myself: the question. scroll back up. what was the question. myself to me: that was answering the question! somewhat!

Right now a bunch of fic writing is churning around and out of brain, and circumstances have aligned for better or worse such that i have time and mental energy and ideas to write. we'll see how it goes. Once I get a bit more posted on tumblr i'll probably put things together and either make seperate works for different aus, or a masterwork of different tumblr aus that i don't think i'll develop further. i may turn some of those bulletpoint lists into cleaner fics for posting, making my earlier point moot.

some of my aus i already have a bunch written on my phone over meals or stopped in the middle of a side walk or on bus and train rides (why would an ELEVEN HOUR TRAIN RIDE not have an outlet to charge my laptop??). so. if i clean that stuff up ill probably post it to tumblr, then immediately notice the spelling mistakes, edit, then post to ao3.

a perfect system.

for my most recent snippet, well, that's actually self contained (not an au that requires 6 paragraphs of background to understand the snippet) and not a chat fic, so i WAS thinking i would just post it to ao3 soonish. i asked in the tags if anyone felt like betaing for ao3, i am wildly but unquestioningly assuming that the sorta individual who would want to beta a fic for me are reading the tags on my tumblr fic post. if anyone likes betaing stormlight or is interested in betaing a specific au/fic idea i've mentioned, hit me up.

TLDR above, tumblr is a for fun rough draft looser writing form place for me. ao3 feels like its asking for a bit more polish and structure. i have writing bees in my brain right now so i'm slightly more focused on that then editing, but if anyone feels like doing some form of beta, reach out and we can chat about it. regardless, i will clean up at least some of my recent snippets and post to ao3 eventually.

[crowlixcx]

For the brainrot series - as though you don't have enough requests, but I heard this song again today and the resulting assault on my imagination has irrevocably damaged my sanity, and I had to say something because I will not be suffering alone.

Okay, so, picture this:

Crowley is tired of the way things have been weird in this vague post-S3 world I'm picturing, and he's decided he's gonna Do Something About It (mostly because he's already about 'if I'm not a bush I'm not no one' levels of drunk). Naturally, he decides that what he's gonna do is woo his angel.

Easy enough. Humans do this shit all the time, and without the benefit of 6000 years of mutual pining and some slinky hips. In fact, thanks to his extensive knowledge of romcoms (a must for any demon if they want to learn inventive ways to sow discord among couple, etc, and for no other reason), he's decided that the perfect course of action is to serenade Aziraphale with a song that perfectly encapsulates his squishy, kind of embarrassingly soft feelings that the angel just has to give in and accept his expertly plighted troth (probably not a euphemism).

He is, at this point, at the 'I'm washing me and my clothes' stage of his drinking binge, but he's nervous, so sue him.

It takes him foreeeeever to pick a song (he only knows "bebop" won't do, but unfortunately that covers such a wide and sometimes contradictory swath of all music made since the 1940s, it's pretty impossible), and he keeps second guessing himself, so he makes it to the 'Kiefer Sutherland tackling a Christmas tree' stage of blitzed and hits shuffle on his 'Embarrassing Angelfeels I Can Never Admit To Even Under Pain Of Total Annihilation' Spotify playlist et VOILA! The perfect song! Crowley can't believe his luck, and he sets his plan into motion before he can do something stupid, like sober up.

So, it's about 3 in the morning at this point, and Crowley has set up his speaker system in the middle of the street facing Aziraphale's bookshop, and as you do, he climbs onto a stolen crate (containing an order of dildos the adult entertainment shop three streets over is going to be looking for in about five hours) and shouts for Aziraphale until the angel, and anyone else unfortunate enough to be hanging around at 3am on a Wednesday (mostly Mrs. Sandwich and her girls and poor Nina, who has unwisely chosen to arrive extra early to wait on a delivery of hazelnut syrup), pops their heads out to see what the deuce is going on.

Once he sees his darling angel, Crowley takes another swig of frankly embarrassingly cheap vodka for a demon of his tastes, hefts hus microphone, and starts to sing (for a given value of sing).

It starts off soft, all chimes and romantic piano, full of joy and longing, and Aziraphale's face does that thing where he's definitely embarrassed, but also pleased, so Crowley shuts his eyes, and that's when the disco beat drops.

Oh yes. Crowley is about to fucking boogie down for the love of his life.

He busts out all the moves, wiggling those slinky hips (because he's never been one not to use every weapon at his disposal), belting out mostly the right lyrics in somewhat the right key, generally on time and everything.

Aziraphale's face, if Crowley would open his eyes and look, is now crossing over into horrified, yet hopelessly enamored, with a dash of down bad. His tastes are varied and interesting, okay?

The music fades out before Crowley does, still belting for a good thirty seconds after the track changes to 'The Edge of Glory', which isn't as perfect for his purposes, but Aziraphale hasn't fallen to his knees in besotted supplication (also not a euphemism, probably), so Crowley figures he may as well, and the whole street is both glad and a little disappointed that this is when Aziraphale steps away from the shop door, reaches up for Crowley's hand, and drags him off the box of dildos and towards the shop.

"That's lovely, dear. Why don't we go inside so you can sleep this off before we talk about it."

Crowley, of course, follows along happily, about 80% sure that is a euphemism, and decides send a little blessing to Barbra Streisand in gratitude. He knew 'The Main Event/Fight' had been the right song to choose.

(It was not, in fact, a euphemism, and Crowley thinks the squirming agony of having to listen to Aziraphale somehow turn a love confession into a lecture about proper methods of courtship and being considerate of human sleep cycles while suffering the worst hangover of his entire existence is possibly the best worst thing he's ever experienced. Hell should take notes.)

(They spend the rest of the day getting to know each other, and that is a euphemism.)

Now.

Did I fail to peel this mental image off the surface of my brain for the last 24 hours and decide to share the agony and the ecstasy of it? Oh yes.

Is it the perfect song to confess your love to your ineffable crush with? Debatable, but it has good results of one (1) success and no failures so far, so we can't really say no.

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

The level of detail in this is unmatched. The creativity? Inspired. When I started th brainrot series never did I think I would receive something of this gravitas. Bravo my dear, I'm in the palm of your hand. And the specificity of the playlist turning to Edge Of Glory? Delicious. This is truly, marvellously unhinged. God bless the Babs and to you for the gift you have bestowed upon me. I will treat it with love and care.

[solgrin]

temporary pinned -- SANTORO . 25 . SHE / THEY . CST .

mutually exclusive + private blog for MONKEY D . LUFFY of one piece . crossover + oc friendly . MINORS + PERSONALS DO NOT INTERACT . rules under the cut .

` ONE . . basic roleplay etiquette applies . don't be a bully , tag your posts , etc . ; IF WE NOT MUTUALS PLEASE DO NOT INTERACT . please have your age somewhere visible as i'm not comfortable interacting with minors . if you display any kind of toxic / problematic behaviors you will be blocked . activity is permanently sporadic or low . i'm not fast ; it doesn't mean i don't want to write with you , i' m just busy in my life outside of tumblr . my discord is available to mutuals , i also write there + enjoy chatting . don ' t steal or lift anything from my blog , i make + conceptualize everything .

` TWO . . asks / meme prompts are utilized in getting interactions : YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE AN ASK ! that being said : plotted interactions + interactions with mains / exclusives will be prioritized !! + PLEASE let me know if you lose muse for a thread ! if you don't attempt any interaction after so long i'll softblock ! i don ' t always use icons and won't expect you to .

` ³ . . everything gets tagged but topics and genres that could be upsetting or triggering will be explored here given the source material . tags will be simple to make blacklisting easy ( example : # trigger / . ) this goes for sexual themes as well , though i prefer to write those themes with muns i ' ve talked to .

` ⁴ . . i ' m interested in developing other types of dynamics other than romantic and encourage you to reach out to me with any ideas . currently , shipping status is EXCLUSIVE MULTISHIP , I 'LL WRITE ROMANTICALLY WITH ONE PORTRAYAL OF A MUSE . i prefer to ship with people who i ' ve talked to !! and have a difficult time shipping with somebody i don ' t talk to . chemistry + development between muses is important to me + is required : i prefer writing most of the development within interactions rather than jumping into shipping , it helps with the foundation of a relationship . however discussing the relationship and plot points can be utilized as well . THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU CANT SEND ME SHIP ORIENTED THINGS !! I ‘ ll still answer anything in my ask — but we are not shipping until it ‘ s discussed !!

` ⁵ . . i have no tolerance for drama . if there ' s ever anything i do that makes you feel some type of way please communicate with me . the most important rule is COMMUNICATION ! IM NOT PRO - CALLOUT . this doesnt mean i condone anything. . if i' m interacting with somebody who ' s problematic or dangerous , let me know .

[thehazbins]

Rules Old Rules! Please see Carrd!!

🎀 !! 18+ Only !! Mun is 33, and doesn't have any interest in interacting with minors. Sorry.

🎀 Basic rules of respect, okay? No one liners if the other writes a paragraph, no godmodding, no metagaming, etc. Don't reblog memes and stuff I post without interacting. You know the drill. Respect me, I'll respect you.

🎀There will be NSFW, I will tag it with nsfh (not safe for heaven) but if you don't like that stuff- maybe follow with caution if you want to follow. I won't be hurt if you don't. We can still interact!

🎀I am not mutuals only! I'll probably follow if we start interacting unless there's something about your page I don't want on my dash (what I'm not sure but I guess it's a possibility?) Just feel free to message me!

🎀 Please feel free to message me. I am a ball of anxiety. I'm trying to reach out to people more but it's hard. So please feel free to hit me up first. I'll be so happy that you did!

🎀I am going to try to be playing canon characters, I cannot guarantee 100% canon accuracy as I am not vivzie. Please bear with me and enjoy my way of writing them for who they are.

🎀 I love ships. I will ship with probably anyone that I have chemistry with... so hit me up. Let's talk. ( Polyamory, LGBT, all fine by me. You know the shit that isn't, seriously. P*dophilia, Inc*st, etc are NOT.)

🎀 OC Friendly, obviously. Just like to say it!

🎀 I likely won't be exclusive but if we want to do a little verse for a group or whatever, I'm down for that!

🎀 Trigger Tagging. I don’t personally have any that I know of and I will try to tag everything appropriately. If you need me to tag anything specifically let me know and I’ll do my best!

🎀 Dupes okay! I will happily RP with others who play the same muses I do. I enjoy other takes. I also tag all mine with muse; name for the muse. So for example the tag would look like. muse; lilith so you can follow comfortably and blog the tags if you don't wanna see my take on a charcter!

🎀On the same note, if you want exclusivity- I'm honestly fine with making a sideblog or moving on to private RPs elsewhere if you use discord or some such but still want to interact with me.

🎀I am willing to set up a verse more exclusive to you though- and set up a verse specific tag.

🎀Uncertain about crossovers, I'd prefer you come to hellaverse if that's okay!

🎀If I follow you back I've probably checked your age and that's about it. I will read your rules if we interact though! If I follow first, I've probably at least skimmed them and will go over again should we interact.

🎀On that note, I will try to follow rules but I follow/follow back a lot of people and don't always end up remembering who's rules are who's.

🎀I have a discord I'm willing to share if anyone wants to chat over it or plot!

🎀 I have the freedom to change these when I please.