#no ship bashing here folks

[dancingwiththefae]

@cookingwiththehanza

The radskier in Toussaint fic is finished :)

Rating: E

Pairing: Radskier, Jaskier/Anna Henrietta

Summary:

Jaskier is happy and settled in Toussaint. That is until a familiar face arrives in Beauclair. Old emotions make themselves known, and Jaskier can't help himself. It only makes things more complicated.

[lullabyes22-blog]

Reminder...

That whatever your reactions, takes and opinions on Arcane's finale, it is NOT OK to go on X/Twitter and bash the creative team responsible for its writing, to get personal with insults, to send threats, to stalk and harass, and to otherwise behave like a crap excuse for a human being.

Ditto for interacting poorly with the VA's and artists, who may have their own opinions, but who are under contract to promote the show, and who are, in the end, just doing their jobs.

Ditto DITTO for fellow fans with different opinions than your own. Fandom's gotten cute with a new buzzword - "media illiteracy!" - for simple takes that don't match their worldview at best, or at worst express liking for a character they don't care for.

Which, um.

That is not media illiteracy, folks. That is the literal experience of being part of a fandom.

Fandom in general will always be a bunch of self-cannibalizing schisms, and some of 'em will just straight up FAIL to pass the litmus test of 'live and let live' when it comes to fellow fans with opinions different than theirs. However it still bears reminding that there is a DIFFERENCE between being passionately engaged with a series - (and hey, critiquing stuff that you don't agree with, which, guess what, is a hallmark of engaging healthily with a piece of fiction, and should be encouraged so you aren't passively spoonfed more subliminal propoganda in both fantasy and real life) - versus seeing red and hurling epithets at someone you don't agree with because they think Oingo-Boingo's arc was sweet or thought DilbyTrillby's storyline could be better handled.

Arcane's ending is gonna be a wild one. Toes will be stepped on, ships will sink, and not everyone will get what they want. But it is still essential to remember this is a work of FICTION, which the writers are entitled to conclude in the manner they see fit, and which fans are entitled to interpret in whatever manner suits them.

All of which can be done without ragefrothing and spewing hate left, right and center.

I'm basically yelling into the Void and will be blocking the Arcane tag post-finale, as the interwebs will be loud and full of piss. However, if you'd like fun debate and want to share your feelings, or just bawl, you are welcome to drop by here, in my little sandbox lovingly curated for myself and my mutuals, and dig up worms/build sandcastles with us 💗

[firelightmlpoc]

Hey, just wanted to say good on you for standing up against the completely batshit accusations that have been thrown around the fandom lately. I cannot fathom how anyone believed those screenshots for even a second. I doubt you’ll get an answer, since the harassers are stuck in an echo chamber of validating their actions and will likely just stick their heads in the sand and pretend they can’t hear you. It sucks ass, but seeing that there are at least some people who will publicly question this bullshit is refreshing.

Of course. There’s a reason ‘innocent until proven guilty’ is something that’s supposed to be a baseline for an accusation of actions that have caused harm. After all, if someone makes a false accusation that then is treated as true, then another innocent person gets harmed, & then the waters get muddied for any other accusations thereafter.

After all, if someone lied about harm done & then makes another accusation, who’s to say that accusation isn’t just another lie? Something-something, ‘boy who cried wolf’. Then it also makes any other accusations in the nearby vicinity seem lest trustworthy because people don’t want to be wrong again.

Some people solely jumped on this hate-train specifically because it was against Pansear Doodles, & wouldn’t have interacted with this accusation at all if it didn’t center around someone they didn’t already dislike.

You want proof? Easy.

Look at the accounts saying ‘I always knew that Pansear was bad! Good to get proven right…’ and then look at their accounts. Almost always, they’ve been bashing Pansear (and other artists who do shipping of Slugcats & other similar art) because they just didn’t like the topic. And, instead of just acknowledging that they don’t like that content & moving on, they internalize that dislike & then try to find a reason to attach said dislike to the author. Then, they look for anything the author did wrong (be it true or not) & suddenly cry out:

‘I was right all along for hating this person!!!’

There’s an account that replied to my earlier post which REALLY clearly shows this in action.

@hourglass-meadow .

This reply is what they said.

An ask they responded to directly about Pansear. (Long-winded, yadayada.)

Their response:

And their first response to seeing Pansear gone.

Now, you know how many posts they made about Pansear potentially being a problem? None, except for the ArtiHunter comic, which has nothing actually ’problematic’ within. What about an ‘I hope the victim can find peace…’? Nonexistent.

These people don’t care if these allegations are true or not.

They don’t care who else gets hurt in this mess, as long as it isn’t someone in their circle.

They just want to see a ‘bad guy’ who is someone they don’t like get punished.

They want to claim their righteousness for all the world to see, as they cast judgement; a lynching in the court of public opinion.

And all of this targeting, IF this is fake, is more-or-less because people didn’t like seeing Pansear & others making /shipping/ art.

Because they saw someone else making something that THEY deemed ‘weird.’

There’s something to be said about the current political climate here, be it the Puritanical aspect of eliminating anything ’other’, ‘weird’, or ‘disgusting’ from sight no matter how innocuous/harmless it is;

the ‘Guilty until Proven Innocent’ mindset going around that makes actual victims more liable to not out their abuser out of concern for what will happen to their abuser (As, statistically speaking, abusers tend to be someone close to the abused, before abuse starts.)

Or even just the fact that people are simply emboldened to be as shitty as possible while they believe they’re anonymous online, because they’re of the mindset that they’re immune to consequences because they aren’t being directly known by these internet people in-person.

Don’t believe me? Look at every account celebrating Pansear’s self-eviction from the Rainworld community. Look at their actions & words from before this accusation. And then check what I said again. Cross reference this shit. See that the majority don’t care if there was a victim, much less if the potential victim is ok now or not; they just wanted someone they didn’t like, for one arbitrary reason or another, gone.

Cruelty was the point of many people’s actions against Pansear here, & by jove did they get what they wanted.

Remember folks! Remember this well:

No matter how much you align with leopards-that-eat-people’s-faces, the leopards won’t think twice about your face being next on their dinner plate.

That’s enough words from me for the time being, however.

[noemilivv]

Hi 👋

I saw your requests were open again! If you're up for it, would you do a fluff oneshot for Husk x reader?

Iike maybe they're hosting a ball and the Hazbin crew has to get all dressed up and the reader dances with Husk.

Kinda got inspo from the ballroom scene from Beauty and the beast.

If not, it's totally cool and I look forward to what you put out next! 😊

the timing is funny considering i’m doing the musical for beauty and the beast rn haha anyway this is so cute, and husk is my boo, so ofc i’ll do this for you!!

this gives off the vibes of one of my hazbin hotel oc’s so bad, so i’m sorry if the reader is a little more, detailed(?) than most of my previous works😭

i had so many inspo pics for each characters fits, so i put links to pics on the side for some of them, hope that it’s not too jarring haha

“I’m not too good at this…”

Husk x Reader

Warnings: Fem!Reader (i’m so sorry to my male or other identifying readers😭), Swearing, S1 Finale Spoilers, Chaggie (Charlie x Vaggie), Pentious x Cherri (idfk their ship name), platonic Rosie and Alastor

You checked your appearance in the mirror attached to your vanity one last time, you fluffed out your hair, which Charlie had been so generous to curl for you, and fixed up the edges of your lip gloss.

Ever since the hotel had been rebuilt, a lot more traction came along with it, and Charlie and Alastor insisted on hosting an ‘opening ball’ sort of thing for the reopening for the new hotel.

You dusted off your glittery, rose gold dress one last time (which for reference, looked like this), admiring the gems placed in your hair one last time, before hurrying out of your room, and down into the lobby, which was redecorated for this special occasion.

You see Charlie and immediately go to hug her, even though you got ready with her, as well as Vaggie, this is the first time you really got to soak in her appearance. Her hair was up in a French braid, it suited her oddly well, as for the dress? Her dress was very, well, her — it was princess-y, had some lace, but was a bright pink (which looked similar to this)

“Hey girl!” you said excitedly, as you pulled her to you, you could feel her smile softly in the crook of your neck, you pull back and grin at her, your hands rest on the sides of her arms briefly as she grins back at you, “You look awesome!” You said, she really did, she was very naturally pretty, there wasn’t an ounce of makeup on her face other than a few subtle coats of mascara, which you only noticed due to the lack of distance between you both. “Me? Pfff, stop. Look at you!” She says, giving a bashful giggle, more people begin to fill in, and music starts blaring, you both turn over to see Cherri over at the DJ booth — the guy Charlie had paid had gotten a bit too…high before the gig, so Cherri was a last minute decision.

“I should go, there’s a lot of, important people here I need to talk to, we need to catch up though!” Charlie said with a small chuckle, “Sure thing!” You reply before you begin walking around to find your next victim who’s going to listen to you talk their ear off until you get bored.

As you walk, you see a lot of folks that you wouldn’t expect to see, Rosie and Alastor are talking, Mimzy’s banging it out on the dance floor, and even Velvette decided to show up (the other two Vee’s weren’t invited for…clear reasons).

You see that Cherri took a break from DJing, as Alastor used some of his magic from his new and improved cane to have it do it on its own, after Adam snapped the last one in half.

Cherri’s chatting with Angel and Pentious, who which you never thought would come down for this after being redeemed, and excitedly you go up to them.

“Pen, Angel, Cherri!” You shout out as you approach them, “Hello, my friend, I haven’t ssseen you ssssince the battle! Quite the time, hehe!” Pentious said, giving you a side hug, which was a lot more awkward than you both would’ve liked.

“Heya, bitch!” Cherri said, nudging ya softly, as Angel gives you a small nod of acknowledgement.

“So, Pentious, how are things up in Heaven?” You asked curiously, a bit louder than you would’ve like, having to yell over the blaring music.

“Sssssplendid! I get back rubs every day!” He exclaimed. Odd. But that’s Sir Pentious for you.

Cherri and Pentious go off to have their own conversation, not wanting to third wheel, you more so turn your attention to Angel, who is looking quite bad ass. “Loving the look, Ange!”

He smirks, “You’re rocking your fit too, toots.” he says back, giving you a toothy grin. He had a baby pink blazer on, with a matching crop top underneath that pronounced his fluff, with matching pants and black heeled boots (like this.)

“You seen Husk anywhere?” He asked, glancing around the darkly-lit lobby for the grumpy cat. “Actually, now that I think about it, no, I don’t think I have. Why?” You said, beginning to go back into your memory to remember if you saw him last.

“Jus’ cuz, I know how you look at eachother, it’d be like a little romantic moment. Swaying on the dance floor, holding eachother, eh?” Angel said with a soft, playful grin, nudging your arm.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” You say, a soft grin playing on your lips, yes, you do know what he’s talking about, a little too well.

“Sureeee…” He says, a knowing smile on his face, his head turns slightly. “There ‘e is.” He points to the far end of the room.

Husk is there, his shooing Niffty off as Vaggie goes to take her, a bottle in his hands.

“Go get ‘em, tiger!” Angel says, pushing you over.

“Hey.” You smile, Husk looks at you, a small smile tugging at his lips. “Hey, whatcha up to?”

“Not much, just trying to make a point to talk to everyone.” You say, chuckling softly.

His smile remains, before looking away, and then back at you, a…discombobulated look on his face. “Ey, I’m not too great this, ain’t done this shit since I was alive.” He starts, chuckling softly, “But, er…” He holds out his paw to you, a loving, affection smile on his face that tugs at your heartstrings, “Will you, have a dance with me?”

You grin widely, before taking his paw, “Yeah.. I will.”

As you both approach the dance floor, the music begins to slow down, as people take their partners in their arms and hold them close, cherishing a romantic moment.

Husk pulls you in by the waist with one paw, the other hand holding your own, as you both begin to sway.

You look around, too flustered to look at Husk, you smile at the sight of all the lovely pairs.

Cherri’s with Pentious, as he’s tripping over her as she chuckles softly in his embrace, Rosie and Al are sharing a lovely moment as friends, talking amongst themselves, and Vaggie and Charlie are holding eachother close, closing the gap to share an intimate kiss.

Your eyes skim over Husk, it was the first real time you’d seen him in, actual clothes…

He wore black trousers, with a fitted white buttoned shirt, with a red tie and suspenders.

Hesitation was written all over Husks face, you’d never seen him in such a state, he sighed before speaking, “Look, I’ve never been into all this,” he said, gesturing to the scenery before you both. “But quite frankly, my heart beats for you, and I’d really like to work something out for us.” He stated, a soft and… nervous(?) smile tugged at the ends of his lips.

“I’d… really like that.”

Before you both know it, the ball ends, and Husk takes you up to your room, you’re both slightly tipsy, giggling at simply the presence of eachother, Husk stops at your door.

He looks at you before pecking your forehead, smiling proudly to both himself, and you, “Sweet dreams, doll, I’ll see you in the morning.”

[ijustreallylikecaptainamericaok]

Hi! If you don't wanna answer this pls feel free to ignore, I am just asking bc I don't really know how else to find what I'm looking for. I'm new to the MCU and fell totally in love with Steve, so I'm trying to find pro-Steve blogs to follow. Particularly blogs that don't bash Steve over his character in Avengers Endgame (or, you know, any movie really). I thought it was a good thing that Steve got a happy ending, so coming on here and finding a bunch of "Steve should have died" or "people who liked his ending aren't real fans" posts was a bit of a bummer. I mean if you think those things that's totally fine, I just scrolled through your posts and got the impression that maybe you don't. Feel free to correct me though. So, to my actual question. Assuming that you are someone who just likes Steve, without a big fat "but..." attached to the end of the sentence, do you have any recommendations for other similar blogs to follow? I have been looking, but a lot of them seem to be inactive or abandoned. And like I said, most of the active ones I found are of the "I like Steve but I hate him in Endgame and anyone who liked it sucks" variety. I just want to avoid shipping wars (I like most of his ships!) and people bashing him, and just enjoy the character. If you have recommendations I would be very grateful. If you don't that's totally fine though, like I said feel free to ignore. Sorry this got so long lol.

Hey there! Welcome! :-D

No need to apologize and trust me, I know exactly how you feel. People who like Steve for Steve and without any kind of caveat do seem to be a rare thing in this fandom, unfortunately.

Rest assured, Nonnie, I do not agree with the statements "Steve should have died" or "people who liked his ending aren't real fans." Full transparency, his ending isn't my ideal. I would've preferred he retire and find a life in the present, but I know that option simply wasn't on the table, for a variety of reasons. And even if it wasn't my ideal, the ending he got fulfilled both a want and a need for him and gave him a happy send-off, so I can live with it. Plus, it wasn't my worst case scenario, which would've been him dying. I think killing Steve off, no matter the context, would've been a horrible and bleak way to end his arc. I felt that prior to Endgame and time's only strengthened my feelings in that area. Hell, just look at what happened to Wanda.

As for active blog recommendations, here are some:

@bulkyphrase

@captainjimothycarter

@meidui

@sersi

@cblgblog

I haven't seen any kind of Steve bashing from these folks and most of them are multishippers as well, so hopefully they can be a good jumping off point for you.

Good luck! :-)

[mattdevil]

Saw this discussion in the jayvik tag and wanted to wade in:

I think the larger problem with the "Viktor is ace!" "Ace people can still like sex/romance!" discourse is that the Viktor-being-ace bit hit a lot of people, myself included, as a kneejerk reaction from CL to try and kibosh any and all mention of there being ~something more~ between the two. It was treated as a "gotcha" in a way that implies CL doesn't have a good understanding of aspec identities, and I think a lot of people had very strong reactions to that; so in an attempt to counter what feels like bad faith stereotyping, the pendulum gets swung too far back the other direction with the unfortunate side effect of making it seem like everyone participating believes that ALL aspec folks can, or even should, also participate in sexual or romantic relationships. I think if he'd said "hey it's cool you see it that way, our intent was to have V be aroace with no interest in sexual or romantic relationships because that is criminally underrepresented in media" (which is true), there would have been a very different reaction. There were two missing elements: an expression or acknowledgement of deeper understanding of aspec identities, and a willingness to accept that creative intent doesn't somehow trump or disenfranchise how your audience receives it. He missed on both, so now we are here.

Yeah you're totally right.

I agree with the valid criticisms of what Linke did. I don't think he actually knows the difference between asexual and aromantic. Based on what he said, he just asked around about which orientation was underrepresented anyways and he seem to have gone into this with minimal research, which made this maybe well intentioned attempt at ace representation turn into a shitshow. Because I agree with him in viewing Jayvik as a platonic ship gives the dynamic a fresh spin. I believe he actually intended to make Viktor aroace, but it was kind of a shitty move to reveal this as a way of bashing all the other interpretations, which made a lot of people perceive it as homophobic as this was done in response to shippers.

People are also upset with the stereotypical implications Viktor being ace implies, such as making disabled characters ace which makes them seem devoid of sexuality.

That being said, I think a lot of people have lost the plot too because Linke is now being accused with being ableist, homophobic and aphobic a lot more than what's proportional. I've seen people say he only made Viktor asexual because he is disabled and "robotic", because he saw Viktor as undesirable and quite inhuman. These are bullshit takes and people are pulling them out of nowhere imo. I have never seen anything suggesting Linke viewing Viktor's disability as something negative. Calling him a robot is outright wrong too because he got merged with the arcane, he didn't robotise himself like in the games. So none of these really contribute to Viktor's "negative" representation. Also, Linke could very well be homophobic but it kinda doesn't seem quite anormal for creators to talk about the intended details in the show after the show is over, so I don't think he did that reveal at a very odd point. Which now got me wondering aside from giving the homophobic fans the excuse to bash Jayvik shippers, whether we jumped the gun on calling him homophobic too.

I also agree with how the reactions would be a lot better if Linke handled the creative intent speech a lot better, but I'm not sure if it still would've made stop everyone from saying "hey even if he is asexual he can still have sex with Jayce" because this is just what shipping culture is like. As I've talked about it on the previous ask, people LOVE shipping, and they make aspec characters a part of this phenomenon regardless of how their sexual or romantic desires are presented in the source material.

Overall I agree with what you're saying though. Thank you for your insight.

[seat-safety-switch]

Not everyone in my family is an an aggressive anti-capitalist. My folks, for instance, really wanted to be circus folks, and there's nothing quite so free-market as an enterprise that collected and entrapped particularly freakish children for the purposes of public display. I digress: this particular story is about my cousin, Ralph Safety-Switch.

He's a bit of a black swan of the family. Rather than basic proficiency in machines, mathematics, or manslaughter, he chose something somewhat more artistic: music. When I was in college, he was touring around the country with some kind of greaseball country band, which would later become famous for having dodged cannibals when their tour bus broke down. What was wrong with that tour bus, you (and I) ask? Dead battery. They could have push started it. I never let him live it down.

Anyway, after his exotic life of live performance, he settled into a somewhat more corporate role. Have you ever wondered where all those little jingles on commercials come from? Guys like him is where. Another thing he did was songs for toys: all the sorts of little plastic gewgaws that toddlers bash into each other with extreme violence play music, and that music has to get made somewhere. It's a very lucrative industry, and they pay their bills on time. Sometimes you get really lucky, though, and it's here that Ralph's ship truly came in.

Because of a unique cut-out in contract law, you have to negotiate the royalties for work up front. For whatever reason, the counterparty lawyer was snoozing and sent Ralph the wrong version of the contract. What this meant was that my cousin made small, but nonetheless real, royalties on each unit of the My Little Shitter® training potty that was sold in North America. He took me out on his yacht to celebrate. The yacht, friends, that a billion children pooping built.

[erisweekofficial]

Eris Week 2024: Rules, Prompts, and FAQ

Welcome to the official Eris Week Blog!

This post is intended to serve as a master post for the entire event. It will include the dates, prompts, rules, and a FAQ! Make sure to click the read more to get ALL the information!

Prompts and Master Lists

2025 Prompts

coming soon

Event Master Lists

2023 Eris Week Master List 2024 Eris Week Master List

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Rules

Eris Week supports all mediums of creativity (art, fics, mood boards, playlists, incorrect quotes, headcanons, drabbles, theories, etc)

You can ship Eris with anyone and everyone. This blog is ship-neutral and will support all works. Eris x OCs and Eris x Reader are welcome too! 

There is no restriction on content. You're welcome to post NSFW or dark content as long as you tag appropriately. If you see someone not tagging their work correctly, reach out to us. There are a lot of new folks who are still learning the ins and outs of tumblr and likely are making an honest mistake!

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Leading up to the event, reblog our posts and/ or let your favorite creators know this event is happening! Visibility is incredibly helpful!  Reblog and comment on Eris Vanserra works leading up to and during the event! Supporting work now will encourage creators for the event week itself!  During Eris Week, be sure to leave a nice comment on AO3 works as well! 

I want to participate, but I am nervous! Do you have any advice? 

Character event Weeks are an excellent way to practice your craft, take risks, and explore art in a low stakes environment. Here are some words of wisdom that have helped folks in the past:  When in doubt, start small! Write a drabble, write some bullet points, make a sketch. All of this is 100% accepted and supported during Eris week.  Don’t feel like you have to do something for every day! Pick one or two days that really resonate with you and make content for those days!  Don’t compare yourself with others! It’s hard, especially when well known folks are also participating. But remember, everyone is happy to get any content, especially Eris fans. We’re hungry for anything folks will give us! And one day, you may be that well-known creator ;)  Don’t aim for perfection! Post something with typos, get a canon detail wrong! People will ignore it and love what you’ve made anyways. I am sure that somewhere in these guidelines, there is a typo! Embrace the chaos!  If you’re looking for some reassurance, share your work with a friend ahead of time. Get their feedback! Sometimes a little encouragement can go a long way. Both of the Eris Week organizers are creators and are more than happy to chat with you about ideas, offer advice, or simply cheer you on. 

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[halfagonyandhope]

Hi I found your work on ao3 and let me tell you that you write beautifully. One question, wouldn't you like to write for another ship? The Obitine ship isn't very good or very realistic and I think you'd be great on the Anidala ship. At the time of her death, he did nothing to help her. In all the fanfics, the poor woman always ends up suffering because of him, and he is never there for her. Anakin did marry Padmé and they had a real relationship and also had the twins. I hope you are encouraged to write for another ship.

i'm going to assume good intent here rather than trolling.

nonners, this is a weird ask for many reasons, but i'll focus on two of them.

you're trying to recruit folks to create content for your ship by bashing the ship that i create content for.

your claim that Obi-Wan "did nothing to help" Satine when she was dying. are you being serious right now?? he literally flew across the galaxy, disobeying the Jedi Council, to try to save her. he has never put her in danger - Maul didn't know that Obi-Wan's feelings for Satine were romantic in nature. all Maul knew was that Obi-Wan had spent time protecting Satine when they were both younger. Maul assumed their friendship could be taken advantage of, and this is an assumption that would work about any compassionate Jedi. it's the main pillar of the Obi-Wan Kenobi tv series. your point is honestly fucking wild because Anakin is literally the cause of his wife's death - he CHOKES her, betrays her, and breaks her heart, all resulting in her no longer having the will to live. if you think that is a real relationship, woooooooo boy do i have news for you.

i'm not sure why folks feel the need to write asks about my fics with backhanded compliments, but i will literally post these inane asks and drag them every time.

[skywalking-through-life]

what ship do you hate most?

LOL, oh my anonymous friend, I wondered if anyone was going to ask me this. I'm going to try to answer without opening a can of worms about my opinions that I don't know if I'm brave enough to crack open, but we'll see where this goes. This answer - even more than usual - is probably going to be long.

Okay.

I don't hate any ships.

I know that some folks may not believe me, but I genuinely, 100%, I do not. And will not!

Are there ships I don't understand, or don't find appealing, or find disturbing? Yes, very much so! I personally am usually squicked out by ships that are incestuous, ships between an adult and a child, ships where there is a clear and dangerous lack of consent, and ships that are shipped because the person doing the shipping wants to 'punish' or bash one of the characters, so they ship them with whoever will give them the worst time. I have very little patience for stories where the people in the ships cheat on or betray one another in some way as a feature of the relationship, and tend to roll my eyes when I see people use them to vent their feelings about other people's ships. I don't like ships that feel one-dimensional, and I don't tend to like ships absent passion.

But while all of that might annoy or baffle me, dislike of certain pairings or tropes isn't hate, and is small potatoes compared to what I see as a MUCH larger issue.

And that - what I DO hate - isn't any particular ship, but the culture of extreme, sometimes violent, often thoughtless and self-centered emotionalism that (unfortunately) has always been a part of shipping. Ship wars, pro vs anti ship discourse, and the idea that our feelings about the fictional characters we love and hate should somehow translate to how we - REAL HUMAN BEINGS - treat each other; all of this worries me deeply because in this I see the REAL evils of the REAL world bleeding into fictional ones. Hate is a powerful emotion, and to see it applied to real people because of fictional interests? I abhor that - and all it has historically led to - in my very soul.

Whenever I hear about people getting death threats in their inbox for liking/not liking/not having the correct opinions about a ship, whether 'problematic' or otherwise, I genuinely feel sick to my stomach. I understand loving something so much you want to defend it against any perceived attack; I understand thinking something is so evil that it needs to be spoken up against. But I do not, and never have, understood how and why so many folks apply that deep seated anger to FICTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Our world is a beautiful and terrible place, and is so wide and complex - wider than the margins of any book, or the frames of any film. Surely we can better spend our passions out there, on the thousands of issues that deserve our attention, our care, and our hearts, rather than in here, on each other, over things that do NOT matter at the end of all things?

And so the end - the ultimate, the core - of this issue for me is this: hating a ship, or participating in ship discourse of some kind, would require me to let fictional worlds have access to my anger, no, to my real, roaring RAGE; to the messy parts of myself and my complicated relationship to the real world that I come into fictional worlds to write myself free of. And I just don't believe there is a place for that kind of vitriol in spaces that are, for me, meant to be joyful and liberative.

[semisolidmind]

if the question bothers you then please ignore it ;; but I wanted to ask what you thought of “shadow peach” cuz it’s a pretty dominant ship in the lmk fandom. Again, if you don’t wanna answer questions like this then please ignore this ask😭

hooh boy, ok. figured id get this eventually.

alright. so. shadowpeach.

here's the thing. if you ship it, cool. i get why you would. it's sorta easy to see that dynamic between them in lego monkie kid. if you ship it , have at it! you should enjoy making or consuming content for whatever you like. personally, i see the mystic monkeys as having a familial or platonic type of bond between them (pre-betrayal). their relationship isn't much more than a short-lived rivalry and a murder in the book, so it's free to interpret as you will.

however.

there's a pervasive issue in the lmk fandom when it comes to tagging this ship. i think that because shadowpeach is such a dominant ship, some people think they dont need to tag it. because everybody likes shadowpeach, right? 🙄 now, ive done my fandom curation. i don't like the ship, i block the tags associated with it, and that's as far as my interactions with that tag and the folks in it goes.

the thing is, ill be scrolling through the general lmk tag, and ill see art for shadowpeach completely untagged. sometimes it's just suggesting the ship, other times it's full-on ship art. again, ship what you want, that freedom is what fandom is for.

but please, please don't assume that just because a ship is ultra popular that you don't have to tag it.

i know this is a problem a lot of fandoms have; one ship gets super popular, and then it's assumed that everyone ships it; any other points of view get steamrolled in favor of the big ship. and then the issue of people bashing anyone who doesn't ship it eventually comes up. in the course of my relatively short time in the lmk fandom, ive received more toxic anons than I have in any other fandom ive been in. ive gotten reblogs that just say "no" on my posts and then i go and see that the blog that reblogged it was full of shadowpeach.

it's just...tagging things correctly is the least you can do on tumblr. it's there for curation. please don't assume that everyone is going to agree with you just because you're on the biggest boat.

and shadowpeach is the only lmk ship ive had this issue with? every other thing that can be shipped is tagged fairly well, though i don't have anything else blocked.

anyways, long story short; please tag your ships.

[rivendellwatch]

Hi there!😊 I was just wondering if you're planning to post the link to the Discord publicly at some point? I’d love to join and connect with everyone, but I wasn’t sure if it’s something you’re sharing openly or keeping invite-only for now. Either way, no rush at all, I’m just curious! Thanks so much!💕

Hi there Anon!!

Thanks so much for your interest in our little Elrondriel corner of Middle-earth! Right now, the server is private invite via DMs only, and here’s why:

1️⃣ Some fans of LOTR and The Rings of Power have been very vocal about their, uh, “dislike” (or outright hate 😬) for this ship. There’s been a fair chunk of bullying and ship bashing, and we’re just trying to avoid any shadowy forces sneaking into our Corner of Rivendell.

2️⃣ Sadly, there are trolls lurking in the fandom showing racist, sexist, and downright toxic behavior. We don’t tolerate any Orcish nonsense like that. We’ve already had to ban one person, so keeping things private helps us keep this place safe and friendly.

3️⃣ I actually asked the group if they’d like to open things up a bit more a bit ago, but most folks said they prefer a cozy, small fellowship for now. It’s like our own secret Elven council—small but full of heart, chatty vibes, and epic stories!!����‍♂️✨

Also, since I’m the only mod, with some exciting server events on the horizon, it’s easier for me to manage without turning into Gollum over too much chaos!! XD

That said, if you’d like to join, you’re absolutely welcome! Just send me a DM, and I’d be happy to invite you. The more Elrondriel fans, the merrier! Let’s keep the ships sailing strong across the seas of Valinor!!

Thanks again for reaching out, and hope you're having an amazing day anon!!

_ Bucky

[plumsaffron]

Yooo, lemme keep cooking! I will not hold back at all for this one time! If anyone’s sensitive to vulgar language here, click away! (not counting the fandom side that doesn’t indulge in bashing!)

Why did they fail the IQ tests? Because they didn't study or do their research!

Are you people conspiracy theorists? Cuz y’all have shit evidence and arguments!

Y'all brought this upon yourselves since you couldn't let go your intense hatred of Lila and even several innocent characters who didn’t do anything wrong!

Hold on, why are some of y'all hating Alya? She's actually a good person/friend with some flaws! Are you secretly racist because you keep on portraying her as an angry black woman in your saltfics?

Y’all are the main reason why fanfic crossovers on Wattpad and AO3 either hardly get attention (non bashing) or indulges in (hyper)attentive unhealthy bloodsports (bashing) these days.

I bet the DC, Marvel and other western fiction media folk were wondering why there’s an influx of crossovers in their tumblr and social media feeds. Until they rightfully gave y’all the side eye for making nonsensical shit! No wonder the dark canon content fandoms are more mature than the wholesome canon content fandoms!

The Mari///bat community deadass makes the DP X DC community look good as a whole. Because at least the latter made sense with their dark edgy plots and toned down (actually light bashing compared to that ship) or didn’t do their bashing of certain controversial characters and just wanted to make a well-written AU. And y’all are also giving crossover ships a bad name/reputation!

Well, I’m glad some artists/writers and online groups don’t like your show and refuse to do your commissions/requests! Because they don’t want to get caught up in your bullshit!

If the show didn’t exist at all or had a different canon creator doing things right: 😊

The song that came up in my head is Pink Guy - STFU. For some reason the link share doesn’t work so just copy paste this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xS3vpBCiL2c

Got some very insulting names here!: miracucunts, miracubitches, miracutards, miracutwats, miracutwits, miracuidiots, miracudumbasses, miracuplague, miracuvirus, miracubozos, miracuhoes, miracuwhores

They probably are when it comes to Alya Cesaire

or mastered the ability of granting their selves, a massive dosage of Miracancer because she didn’t react the way they wanted her to upon their and or Marinette’s behalf or the best drone friend they want her to be. They also forget that Alya hasn’t been Marinette’s friend for that long (it’s been less than a year). They are highly allergic to Alya not feeling like she should remember or care as they or Marinette does. Oh the most offensive thought of all time, which is Alya has a life outside of Marinette. Accept if one doesn’t help or supports Marinette’s cause must be 100% when wanted or they’re awful. Seeing differently of things against Marinette’s interest is abominable (even if Marinette’s obsession is concerning and her health is uh something and she’s making things worse for herself).

It’s probably one of the reasons they battle cry Marinette should have told Alya of the bathroom scene because it would change everything in their mind while ignoring any possibly of it backfiring considering Marinette’s track record and thirst and Alya annoyed earlier of her crap.

Heck episodes in general show how things be backfiring. These Miracuskanks can see all of that all the time but somehow couldn’t bother seeing other routes Alya could also choose that may also work against their favor. I guess they only adore quick fixes (until it backfires).

Those Miracrystal Meth theorists… make me groan usually.

Lila Foamers Logic be like:

Destroy Lila and Everyone That Doesn’t Fulfill our or Marinette’s interests against her. Let's rally up against them.

NOOOOO Lila is not staying in the in the dirt (like other characters we somehow like or ignore seeing in the dirt continously)

NOOOOO She rebounded (despite previous episode existing).

Let me think absolutely the worst of things to become canon because it’s our duty to yearn to put her down what we can’t handle or fathom her by any means, while not accounting for we just doomed basically many characters in a nutshell and made things worse (especially for those that we feel or are aware messed up crap was done to them). I have nothing else better by cause destruction and give miracuwankers free purposeless reasons to rage more than before at characters that just had a different perspectives and innocent characters. If these fools think this is to ensure this idea of she’s worse than Gabriel and Mayura and Tomoe then lol cause they just gave a free add on to make Nathalie and Gabriel and I guess Tomoe worse than before and achieved zilch.

All to ensure a main protagonist is inherently right to not let go of Lila (or anyone like her in the future or Marinette assigns as like such), just like the viewers that absorb and transcend the accursed mantra that, in their face, has been shown causing problems that could have been avoided and kept to their own selves? Whoops they can’t see their own selves being affected but even if they do, they would still destroy themselves and spreading their pollination around. This twisted quench of self righteousness also implies Marinette’s accursed ways against Kagami are inherently justified as Kagami was assigned as Marinette’s 2nd Lila. And whoever else but I rambled too long to go further. Oh when losers hate what happens but some reason seeks even worse.

Miracuroaches surely should https://youtube.com/watch?v=xS3vpBCiL2c

[klm-zoflorr]

Timelias should also be called "stalker". Good ol wordplay ship name

(stoker is tim's last name, and what does Elias do? Stalk.)

Alternatively, " stolker "

You heard it here first, folks!

Also here's another extract for you cause the brains are rotting and i uhhhhhhh i think i wanna go to bed now and i'm only gonna finish the oneshot tomorrow. Sowwy. Art is patience tho and i have plenty more snippets if you care for them ahah

Elias' eyes are dark with... something. Tim's experience would say arousal, but who knows, maybe the man is about to start bashing his head in with the nearest pipe.

He pokes his finger through the hole of the ornament, watching Elias. To his credit, the man barely reacts, although his hands are shaking now. Seeing Tim's gaze on them, he firmly grasps his own hands, fingers tightly woven together. "I believe we're done?" "Are we? It would be such a shaaaame to leave you in an awkward situation. I always finish what I start, you know."

[tulipsenpaiii]

Hello everyone! ~

So, as if all of you follow me and seen my page, you know I obviously love precure and obsessed with it! But here's the thing, I have some takes on it that could've been dealt with differently, some stuff wrong in it, and just bugs me know general,

So this is gonna be my hot takes and unpopular opinions post about precure!

‼️‼️‼️ Just a reminder, please don't harass or doxx me for those (I know how some of y'all are) as these are just my opinions! And I know not everyone is gonna agree with me here and have the same mindset and it's fine! Also the only seasons I've seen are go princess precure, smile precure, (first 3) episodes of wonderful precure etc, so basically I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL of its seasons so don't go bashing and spamming my page for this pls‼️‼️‼️

Other then that, let's get to the post lol

I find any villain x cure & fairy x cure ships to be hella nasty asf either way

I find joker to be interesting villains as he's one of my favorites, I get that he's not a character for everyone and that he can be weird sometimes but other then a few moments, I genuinely love him as a character as he's one of my favorites, and the ones that actually interested me too

(Despise the joker x cure beauty ship tho)

Wonderful precure was mid and disappointing asf

(I'm sorry)

I like the villains more then the cures since I find them to be more interesting

I don't like go5! Precure because of the one cannon fairy x cure ship that makes me hella uncomfortable

I lowkey wish there were more LGBT, body types, disability, mental health and POC rep or just any form of diversity in precure in general

Wish the female villains were well written and not just redeemable cures that become good later on, and actually more female villains, or ones with the same body type or end up being just "ugly"

(Drspear and majornia are the exceptions tho)

I wish there was more actual well written villains (like drspear, joker, shut, close, lock, etc) in general

We need more adult male characters like prince Kanata where every adult male character is just weird as fuck and doesn't end up dating the main protagonist or any other cure in general (coco I'm looking at you, you ugly ass rat *cough*)

I'm actually proud of glitter force being removed from Netflix and I'm celebrating its downfall, idc, stay mad

Candys design was ugly and I found her annoying and whiny

(I'm sorry)

Minami (cure mermaid) should've just cut ties and just never forgive her suppose "fiance" after what he just did and said to Haruka (cure flora) by calling her a groupie because of him being the incel that guy was and whining over minami "changing"

(If I we're her and my partner said that to my friend right in front of me and complained on what I've been doing and blaming it on them, I would've had fucking smacked and snapped on him if my partner said that to my friend idc)

I wish we were given more lore & backstory about the villains and how they are as characters in general and how they came to be (like joker, Pierrot, drspear, etc)

So, theres my takes and that's probably all, I don't have any more to talk about except I wish these were further dealt with, written differently, and more etc, that's all for now lol that's all folks!

[daitranscripts]

Demands of the Qun Pt. 1

Letter From the Ben-Hassrath

Iron Bull Masterpost

Bull and Krem are sparring.

Iron Bull: Ah, come on, Krem! I’m working my ass off trying to get you to see that move!

Krem: You’ve still got plenty of ass left, chief. Uh, Your Worship.

The PC walks up.

Iron Bull: Glad you came by. I got a letter from my contacts in the Ben-Hassrath. Already verified it with Red.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Should this be private? [2]

General: What’s in the letter? [3]

General: You’re supposed to just watch. [4]

General: I’m not happy about this. [5]

2 - Investigate: Should this be private? PC: Do you want to discuss this alone? Iron Bull: Not like I was hiding it from my boys. Besides, right now, I need to hit something. Krem: (Pants.) You know they’ve got training dummies, chief. Iron Bull: The training dummy might actually defend itself against the shield bash. Anyway, the Ben-Hassrath letter… [back to 1]

3 - General: What’s in the letter? PC: What did the letter say? [6]

4 - General: You’re supposed to just watch. PC: I was under the impression that you were just sending reports. Iron Bull: Yeah, so was I. [6]

5 - General: I’m not happy about this. PC: I was willing to let you send reports. If the Qunari are making demands… Iron Bull: Just hear it out, boss. [6]

6 - Scene continues.

Iron Bull: The Ben-Hassrath have been reading my reports. They don’t like Corypheus or his Venatori. And they really don’t like red lyrium. They’re ready to work with us. With you, boss. The Qunari and the Inquisition, joining forces.

Dialogue options:

General: I don’t trust them. [7] +Iron Bull slightly approves

General: I’m interested. [8] +Iron Bull slightly approves

General: This doesn’t interest me. [9] -Iron Bull slightly disapproves

7 - General: I don’t trust them. PC: That would be an unprecedented offer, if I believed it was legitimate. Which I don’t. Iron Bull: Now, ordinarily that would be the way to go. But they’ve identified themselves. They’re not running a game on you. [10]

8 - General: I’m interested. PC: That could be a powerful alliance. Iron Bull: My people have never made a full-blown alliance with a foreign power before. This would be a big step. [10]

9 - General: This doesn’t interest me. PC: I have little interest in dealing with the Qunari. Iron Bull: I can understand that. Might be worth hearing ‘em out, though. [10]

10 - Scene continues.

Iron Bull: They’ve found a massive red lyrium shipping operation out on the coast.

Bull and Krem take up fighting stances again.

Krem: They want us to hit it together. Talked about bringing in one of their dreadnoughts. Always wanted to see one of those big warships in action.

They bash shields.

Iron Bull: Did you see that? Go get some water.

Krem leaves.

Iron Bull: They’re worried about tipping the smugglers, so no army. My Chargers, you, maybe some backup.

11 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What are they offering? [12]

Investigate: Something wrong? [13]

General: I’ll do it. [14] +Iron Bull approves

General: I don’t trust Qunari. [15] -Iron Bull disapproves

12 - Investigate: What are they offering? PC: What does this alliance really get us? Iron Bull: They wouldn’t use the word “alliance” if they didn’t mean it. Naval power. More Ben-Hassrath reports. Qunari soldiers pointed at the Venatori… It could do a lot of good. [back to 11]

13 - Investigate: Something wrong? PC: You don’t seem entirely happy about this. Iron Bull: No, I’m good. It’s, uh… I’m used to them being over there. It’s been awhile.

Dialogue options:

Special: You don’t want them to spread? [16] [Back to 11]

16 - Special: You don’t want them to spread? PC: I thought Qunari wanted to extend their reach to the whole world. Iron Bull: Yeah. Just didn’t think I’d see it. Look, the Qun answers a lot of questions. It’s a good life for a lot of people. But it’s a big change. And a lot of folks here wouldn’t do so well under that kind of life. I guess it’s not like we’re converting. This is just us joining forces against Corypheus. On that front, I think we’re good. [back to 11]

14 - General: I’ll do it. PC: I think the Inquisition could use some help from the Qunari. Iron Bull: Good. I’ll pass on word to Cullen and Red. We can set up the meeting whenever you’re ready.

15 - General: I don’t trust Qunari. PC: There’s too much risk here, and I won’t stick my neck out for the Qunari. Iron Bull: Your call, boss. It feels weird to me, too… but I don’t think they’d lie about this. If you change your mind, I marked the meeting point in the war room.

Next: Qunari Contact