#nooo don't say that

[townofcadence]

The grin doesn't seem to bother Artair in the slightest. He can read between the lines, and feel it's meant to be---at the very least not a display of danger. He offers his own back, albeit weak. It stays on even at the description of what could've happened. "Haha....yeah." It's all he says on the matter. "Guess the current got me to shore before it got worse. Grateful for that." Honestly getting dragged further out to sea.... he didn't know what he would've done. How many times would he have drowned then, before he made it to safety? Would he ever have done so out in the ocean?

No, he was very, very lucky to be where he was right now. But he didn't want to think about that. "Oh... you don't have to worry about that." He waves a hand. "I.... I just need a little time. I'll be okay." Not wanting them to stay stuck on the subject, his other eye opened. "What-- if you don't mind me asking, what's got the day so exciting for you?"

Cecil laughs again, clawed hand waving up and down in two small motions. "Okay okay, I believe you. Now that you're really up you're a bit too cognizant for most of the undead I've run into, anyway. I mean you certainly had enough motor control to grab your bag. That kinda thing can be hard for the newly reanimated."

When Artair finally opens and eye and looks up at him Cecil gives him a grin-- a big, sharp, toothy grin. Still, the gesture feels friendly. He glances up on instinct when the other says he took a fall though, up towards the cliff. "Guess you're right about the lucky part, lucky you didn't crack your head open or drown. Or both." He shrugs. "Tch-- don't you worry about that, I'm usually better with that kinda thing. Just had an exciting day though, so I guess after all that I'd let my guard down." His body shifts and his more humanoid half lowers, until he's got himself propped by the elbows on the rock. "You feeling okay though? Figure the least I can do is make sure you're alright on your own, since I did kinda try to steal your stuff to sell."

[kuromi-hoemie]

ngl it does really annoy me when everyone accepts “ace people don't have sex” as the baseline assumption instead of ace people just not experiencing sexual attraction.

you can still have sex but be driven by different reasons, like to me it is a kind of affection and way to hang out with people that is influenced by the relationship we have with each other. i can think people are pretty to look at with or without their clothes without sexual attraction in the mix.

when i see something full of ppl assuming ace people don't have sex i always want to jump on it and be annoying like MEEEE I'M ACE PEOPLE WHO HAS SEX, WE EXIST WE EXIST STOP ASSUMING WE DON'T THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STRAIGHT UP WILL NOT DATE OR BE INTERESTED IN ACE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THIS MISCONCEPTION AND WE E X I S T.

stop!!!! assuming ace people do not have sex!!!!!!!! if you don't know then ask if it's appropriate!!!!!!!!!!! stop thinking about it in a binary you either do or don't have sex kind of way!!!!!! this is fundamentally off!!!!!!!!!!!! if you are ace you do not have sexual ATTRACTION!!!!!!!!!!!

as to how we feel about and handle sex, that varies person to person but sex favorable aces are a lot more common than you'd think. hell, figuring out I'm ace was the hardest thing to figure out about myself because all i ever saw people talk about was whether you have sex or not. I'm sure there's a lot more people who haven't figured it out for this same reason, and let me tell you it's hard to know you're missing a whole ass type of attraction when you've never experienced it before and didn't know it was missing to begin with!!

ace is not synonymous with sexless. aces who don't have sex don't speak for me, and y'all gotta stop letting them be the only face of the community. there are More Of Us, it is All Of Us.

accepting that baseline at face value leaves you uninformed and it's frustrating to see this over and over again. challenge yourself to do better and try understanding ace people more.

[edonee]

apparently cowboyjen (butch woman in her 50s who kinda blew up on tiktok. look her up!) is getting attacked for stating that a lesbian is a female attracted to other females. eye roll. jen join radblr i promise you'll be welcome here 🙏

[worstloki]

thank you bruce banner for acknowledging that thanos was the one who sent loki. much to think about.

[svtskneecaps]

dude i fucking love how this server has communication as its premise and built into its fucking core. i fucking love that. bc it's one thing to be like 'this server is about multilingual communication and cultural exchange!!' bc that could present in any NUMBER of ways but like. with the federation and the eggs and a common shared goal they all decided WE ARE A TEAM. and like, ok,

when baghera was sus of jaiden because of the thing when pomme died and jaiden had been the reason baghera left her side for the only time that day, i wasn't even worried. i wasn't worried bc i was like "we just wait. because i know they will TALK TO EACH OTHER." and I WAS RIGHT. TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS ALL CLEARED UP AND BAGHERA WAS HELPING HER OUT WITH CUCURUCHO

and the ordo theoritas is functionally a secret organization. it would be SO EASY to gatekeep the lore, on grounds of "the federation is always watching and anyone could be a spy" and yet the ordo theoritas says that, like bad SAYS THAT, says OUT LOUD, "anyone could be a traitor" and then turns around and goes "hey person i've had a few days' worth of conversations with, here's a detailed rundown of everything we've learned about the island's mysteries, and the secret location of the ordo base". SOFIA was supposed to be secret from everyone, and for a little bit she was. but now like, the ordo theoritas is showing her to everyone. it would be SO EASY to hide things and to gatekeep things but they just. don't do it. here's the supercomputer!!!! don't forget to grab her waystone so you can come back anytime!!!

bad learns something. "i need to tell forever/cellbit/baghera". forever figures out a new way to protect the eggs, and he gets it to everyone within days. cucurucho tries to have a secret conversation and the entire server knows about it almost instantly and there are three people buried in the walls reading the subtitles and giving each other meaningful glances

i love it. i love it. miscommunication plotlines drive me up the fucking wall and the fact that i wasn't even SCARED when jaiden and baghera could easily have angled into an angsty tangled web of that and instead just MET WITH EACH OTHER AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING AND CLEARED THE AIR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY was so fucking breathtaking. and this is a multilingual server. this is a MULTILINGUAL SERVER. i love it. i love it so much i want to cry. it's a server for communication and people Communicate, it would have been SO EASY to slip into monolingual factions and stick to the familiar but they DIDN'T. they DIDN'T. WE GET TO HAVE A THEORY TABLE WITH SO MANY LANGUAGES SITTING AROUND IT. we get to have conspiracy walls in every language!!!! idk sometimes i forget how fucking CRAZY all this is, like the scale of what they've accomplished

so yea thank you to quackity and the qsmp admins for this, and thank you to the streamers for hearing 'this is about connections' and taking it ENTIRELY to heart, and also thank you to whoever the fuck decided to give quackity's school class the job to look after a fucking egg to learn about parenting. bc holy shit. holy shit.

[bixels]

idk how off tangent this is but ngl. me as a transfem asian dyke seeing everyone mistake u for butch gives me more self assuredness and hope i can pass. thank you mr bixels for ur lgbtq swag

That makes me feel better.

[onlinehorseproblems]

trying to figure out how to put "carol and the end of the world isn't about the ending of the world but it is but it ISNT but-" into words

[distort-opia]

This... is the most quintessentially Bruce as well as Superbat fucking interaction ever and it's just SO FUNNY.

"There will be secrets actually, we're just gonna be better at pretending we don't have any. But do not fear, Clark. It shall all be under control because you see... I have a plan."

[eriscary]

I have only known about Tear for less than 7 minutes and already I would do anything he asked of me and more

I would love to say me too. As their creator I want the world for them, but I would be the first person in line to push them off the building

[varpusvaras]

Fix-it version of the Dragonrider AU where Palpatine dies because Fox's dragon is the biggest hater and one day just simply crashes through Palpatine's office window and throws him off the building

Fox: but this is just a paper that says "I can do what I want"

Ardor: exactly! *yeets the Chancellor*

[babblingfishes]

Another bit, from another wip:

"I don't remember a word they said in the dream, but I do remember the way they looked. Um...if you'll hear me out?" The Driver leaned into the microphone. "Francis, I don't know if I told you this, but the car's started turning on the radio every time I hit the gas, and I'll listen to anything if it drowns out another four minutes of 'Swansea'." "Oh, do you want me to broadcast some of my cassettes?" "No," the Driver said flatly, pulling over beside a salamander grotto. "Tell me about your freaky ghost dream."

[songsofwaterandnight]

I think the most extreme example of me taking advice from the Internet that actually helped was when I stopped joking about being ugly. Like it wasn't quick nor linear and I still have times where I don't feel the most attractive but years later and I don't feel ugly anymore. I look in the mirror and think good things about my appearance. I don't avoid it anymore. I couldn't do that at 15 and 18 and even 23. At 27 I still have a lot of internal struggles that cause me a lot of grief but feeling ugly just isn't one of them anymore and it's kind of magical.

And I haven't physically changed much since I committed to this but the way I think of my appearance has and, as shallow as this sounds, it's definitely been a stopgap on more than one occasion between me and darker places. Sometimes you just need one thing noticeablely going well for you.

If you haven't already then try it. And try it for a long time. Go about 2 years at least without calling yourself ugly, even as a joke. Don't let other people call you ugly either. Ignore and cut off people who do. For at least 2 years and see if it doesn't have an effect on how you think of yourself.

[vellichorom]

ok this is the year we retire the old template & start using new ones hello

( & SO, this template credit to @ necromosss on twt! (( date edited slightly by me, in case you're confused )) )

WHAT a year, am I right?

2023 opened the door to a lot more experiences, events, fandoms, people, & all KINDS of hectic craziness for me, but it was REALLY fun, & while I don't think I really made HEFTY leaps & bounds in terms of doing something different with my art, every day - with every small change & improvement, I come to love my art all the more.

& that, I will contribute some to YOU! yes, YOU - reading this right now! to casual viewers, to those who have been with me since the premiere of this blog, to those who've come around in 2023 for one thing or another; to those of you of whom I've never spoken with, to those who have made me something or complemented my work, to those who've become my friends, my gratitude is IMMEASURABLE.

this last year, while its had its bumpier moments - I will confess, it's been truly incredible, & I thank you, every single one of you, who's had even the slightest hand to make it so. you are all TOO KIND, & I appreciate you sticking by & enjoying what I do.

hopefully, I can continue to make things that grab your attention, AWE & AMAZE YOU, & beyond anything, make you smile, if only to repay you some for all the joy you provide me.

HERE'S TO 2024! with hopes & prayers & wishes aplenty that we'll be better people in better situations before it's over!

2023: JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OCT / NOV / DEC + BONUS PIECE.

[magnetic-dogz]

Just for the record, now is not the time to be saying "You shouldn't give him money, but Neil Gaiman's works are good!!!! You should pirate them instead!!!!"

Y'all are gonna hate hearing this, but pirating someone's works so you can enjoy them without any guilt is still bad and still equates to supporting them and giving them a platform. I thought we all went over this before with JKR and Harry Potter.

If you're so spineless and incapable of handling any inconviences that you can't bear to give up your precious little medias after the author is revealed as a CP supporter, racist, zionist, and a RAPIST, then... I'm sorry, but there's actually something deeply wrong with you.

[mushroomjar]

Can it be Lesbian Friday this Monday. I have a lot going on and I'd really like an extra Lesbian Friday this week.

Of course! Remember what the original post said: it's always lesbian Friday if you believe

[warmshotamilk]

"Fiction can't harm you" Well why do they said the pen is mightier than the sword?? Check mate atheists /jkjkjk

FUCKING HELP