#not that the former is Bad ofc. just that i'm more interested in the latter and would like to see more of it

[koinotame]

tbh something i'd like to see more of wrt to sub characters x dom readers is like. explorations of different dynamics? like you'll see this occasionally w the doms but rarely with subs that enjoy the intimacy and being close to you much more than the physical pleasure. or subs that remain composed (not unaffected per se, but composed) throughout the entire session. or a confident/unaffected sub x shy/very flustered/blissed out dom dynamic that sticks even in bed. or experienced sub x inexperienced dom. or very extreme subs x fairly vanilla doms. or quiet/inexpressive subs and/or loud/very expressive doms, especially where the former isn't treated as something that should be fixed (even if lovingly). or subs that don't enjoy receiving or giving penetration. or etc etc just stuff that plays with dynamics a bit more than just shy flustered and whiny sub x confident and commanding dom

[barblaz-arts]

Last Hazbin character ask, thoughts on Emily, Sera, Lute, and Pentious (you forgot him when talking about main characters)?

Emily

You mean the love of my life???? I am very normal about her.

Lol but fr tho she's in my top favorite characters right after Vaggie and Charlie. She's just so sweet and kind. I love characters who remain that way even after their world view is challenged, just with less naivety. Characters who are so morally good are just so especially interesting to me in a show like Hazbin Hotel that's just filled with assholes of every flavor(with some more redeemable than the others ofc).

Seeing her get mad at Sera was so satisfying btw. Righteous/protective anger looks so good on sweet characters like Charlie and Emily.

Her singing voice is also one of my favorites, along with Charlie, Lucifer and Carmilla. Recently found out that she was one of the talented ladies who sang in the First Burn mv for Hamilton too. She's the third girl that appears, coming in for the harmony. Seeing her sing in a song with Rachel Ann Go feels like a crazy crossover for a Filipino like me because Rachel Ann is a famous singer over here.

Sera

I think she's a neat character! The type of self-righteous, classist christian I'd avoid like the plague irl, but so fascinating as a character. I'm really curious as to what direction the story will take her to. I can more or less guess the case for other characters, but I can't quite pinpoint the goal for Sera, because I'm not quite sure yet if she's gonna be truly a bad person like Adam and Lute. She could either double down on refusing to let sinners into heaven or see the error of her ways. The former is probably more likely, but I'm not opposed to idea of the latter happening.

Lute

Logical brain: she deserves to suffer so much more for what she did to Vaggie and calling her love for Charlie "vile and blasphemous"

Sapphic brain: ... Scary angel lady hot tho...

Jokes aside, I'd love to see what kinda antagonist she'd be as the one calling the shots instead of just being Adam's sidekick this time. I wanna see her spiral and just become worse and worse. I also need a rematch between her and Vaggie that's a little more fair, where Vaggie is now more used to fighting again. With the whole one-eye VS one-arm thing making it even more even.

Sir Pentious

My boy!!!!! I really didn't expect to like him as much as I do. I liked him fine in the pilot, but they made him so dang cute in the show. You can tell Alex Brightman loved voicing him too. I really hope we get to see what he's up to in heaven. I'm proud of him for being first to ascend, but im scared some angels might be wary or even threatened by his presence in heaven. They do have a pretty bad track record with snakes after all.

[nebulouscoffee]

💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Thank you for the ask! <3

💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?

Answered here :)

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

'Pretenders' hasn't been hard to write exactly, but it's definitely been very, very nerve-wracking to share- I started posting it last year just before my brand-new-to-sharing-fic adrenaline wore off and suddenly made posting any of my writing unimaginably scary lol, so I've been dragging it out for my poor readers ever since. But what happened as a result was, I was so surprised and reassured and deeply touched by the enthusiasm and generosity with which people ended up engaging with this story and their willingness to follow me into thorny and complicated places that it actually changed the fic's trajectory a little! When I started posting it, it was pretty much fully complete on my laptop- I was always more happy with the first half than the second, which felt slightly less interesting and unique to these characters to me. I thought the concepts of self-aware narratives and performance and "pretending" as an analytical lens through which to view Garak and the Garak/Bashir relationship was far more interesting than what I'd done with it, and I was right! I was already feeling the urge to rework the latter half- and midway through sharing the fic (somewhere around chapter 6 or so) I had the thought, wow these people are really engaging with my story so thoughtfully and intelligently, I want to give them something more intelligent to engage with! So while this fic's ending has remained unchanged from my original idea, the how-we-get-there of it all has gone through quite a few rewrites. I'm much happier with how this version is turning out- I truly treasure the fascinating conversations people have been starting in the comment sections too, they have inspired me to make this fic so much better <3

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

I turned off stats a long time ago, so I don't actually know what my least kudos'd fic is- if I were to guess, it's probably either 'The Trill with the Golden Gun' (which is an Ezri-centric jezri fic) or 'Under Your Skin' (which is very, very gen). Hmm... I like the former because I think it's conceptually interesting, there aren't many fics to my knowledge that focus on Julian/Ezri's breakup that aren't ultimately about Getting Them Together With The Actual Love Of Their Life (they do break up here, but only because Ezri joins Section 31 in a misguided attempt to take it down from the inside lol). I think some of the darker moments do actually work and I haven't personally come across any Section 31 fics that centre Ezri (though ofc I'm not assuming there aren't any!) so it's got uniqueness going for it at least. As for 'Under Your Skin'.... uhhhh it has a scene where Jake and Nog stink bomb a Changeling I guess? (I'm bad at this😂)

[notadsmpblog]

Shubble and Wilbur being mutually toxic/abusive is fair game honestly. I don't really know if it's possible for it to just be a shitty situation where nobody's at fault. If she's lying about it all, then I have no doubt she'd be willing to do worse to Wilbur in that relationship.

I feel like you're making a lot of assumptions for Wilbur to give him more credit than he has, first with the thing about him being aromantic (which afaik has never been confirmed) and now with him being used to scrapping friends and shit. Not to say that I blame you or anything, much of this situation is basically just speculation bouncing off what is at best testimonies from unreliable narrators.

I also feel like you're being very unfair in how you assume Tommy and Quackity handled this. I'm not sure if he's said anything anywhere and if he did, excuse me for I haven't seen that and would like some links. While it's fair to assume Quackity dropped him without talking about it (We all saw the QSMP v USMP debate), I don't think it's fair to say Tommy didn't at least try.

Tommy quite literally has said he views Wilbur as an older brother figure like multiple times. Ofc he could be lying or exaggerating for views/money, but he (IIRC??) stuck with Dream through the allegations before slowly pulling back. I doubt that Tommy wouldn't have at least tried to get Wilbur's side before dropping him.

Also this is kind of an unrelated tangent, but even if all the shit against Wilbur is false, we have to question the fact this man relied on a teenager to help him live and voiced as such to said teenager. This isn't really as bad as everything else though.

Quackity and Tommy both had excuses to not respond immediately. The latter is probably inclined to ask Wilbur if it's true. The former is a coinflip on whether or not he did, I'm a (past) Quackity stan and even I can admit that. They had the time. People were pressing them for a response, sure, but many more (not even including their friends) were telling them to relax.

Also yeah, ableism leads to abuse so I wouldn't be surprised if she ever did do shit to him too. It is mutually shitty. I can see why both she (and Wilbur) do want to deny that they did real damage to each other though.

Niki not voicing that they're exes is normal as well. With how parasocial people were in the DSMP fandom, I can see why they didn't want to even slightly admit they had history with each other as lovers. Didn't know about her history of ableism though.

Alice said that she passed out after Wilbur undressed her non-consensually. Then the following morning he said she must be a lesbian for not being interested in him. She said this happened in 2021 so, again, he could have changed. However, even if he did change, I think him not addressing this (and presumably never apologising to Alice) is still weird.

If I may ask, have you seen Alice's post? If not, you can either read the link or I can summarise it, either works.

I hate having to say this but every time he comes up, people always fuck up on this part so:

You have no right to forgive Wilbur unless you're one of his victims.

I'll say it again in plain text too. You have no right to forgive Wilbur unless you're one of his victims!

And if you need an explanation as to why you can't forgive him: it's because a. you aren't one of his victims, literally the most he could have done to you was make you waste time and money and also b. his actual victims haven't forgiven him. Hope this helps!

[mikiruma]

hi! i just had a small system related question and it's okay if you don't answer ofc! - how did you come to realize you're a system? i'm beginning to question myself as i notice more and more how i feel myself interacting with.. myself in my brain, and how wildly different i feel as if i'm a new person depending on the context of the moment. it's all very confusing and scary for me tbh but you've been pretty open about system stuff and figured you'd be a good person to ask advice :) thank you!

honestly this is such a big question.. which we wouldn't mind answering, of course. we'll do our best to condense everything into something readable.

disclaimer: we are not professionally diagnosed with DID/OSDD and do not currently see any professionals for it. all of our information comes from other systems via anecdotal evidence, relaying medical journals/their own psychiatrists, etc. please take anything we say with a grain of salt.

we don't want to be the ones to say we 'always knew,' because that would be wrong. what was true was we knew we had more than just what we were officially diagnosed with, which has always been just depression, generalized anxiety and ADHD. we received treatment for those for a while, and during, learned useful language to combat negative thoughts.

turns out it's hard to combat them effectively when you're using methods for singlets. we mentioned on @anothersystemcomic we used to write to each other- we think this might have stemmed from advice where we write ourselves affirmations. needless to say, seeing responses and having the conversation diverge from there was... interesting. for the longest time it was just me, mako and nebby. we had full intent of speaking with our therapist about it, but after our second (sudden) hospitalization, everything went quiet, so we didn't really feel the need..

cut to fictionkin amino. this is when the story gets a little.... cringey, for lack of a better word. yes, we learned what plurality was... yes, we also learned lots of conflicting misinformation and bore witness to lots and lots of drama that made no sense outside of that specific community. there was just enough halfway decent information thrown out haphazardly (ie correct diagnostic names, standard list of alter stereotypes, "fictives" and "littles" being system terms, but that's about it) for us to do our own research.. which is when it finally clicked. headmates started returning, albeit shaped by what they THOUGHT they should be based on the bad information we saw- some concealing their identities, others were outright fabricated as insurance for the former in case the concealing fell through & caused any rifts. (eventually the latter were all shed away & nobody in the former group feels the need to hide themselves from the rest of the system. turns out internal trust is built, not inherent.)

for reference, the amino stuff happened in the span of roughly a year and a half if we remember correctly. we quit the site & started focusing on stories from systems who dedicate their presence to battling stigma and misinformation, as well as sharing experiences with the systems we're in regular contact with. it's not an easy thing to come to terms with, but it's been a freeing self(s?) discovery that we wouldn't trade for the world.

this ended up maybe being a little more scattered. hopefully this helps? the way we "found out" feels pretty unconventional, but we're honored to be thought of for advice. the most we can really say is: keep an open mind with yourself, don't feel pressured to change to gain acceptance (even from other systems), and if you find later you aren't a system, that's fine too. it never hurts to be more educated & use the same healing tools if they help you in the moment. -🕸

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

Henlo! I'm curious what your fave Sonic character(s) is ^^ and do you have any headcanons for them?

oh boy! okay i'm going to do my best to answer this but i have been in this fandom forever and could write a dissertation on just like,,, one character. so instead i'll sparknote some cute things about my top 4 and if you want to hear a more elaborate response i can do separate posts for each of them! it was hard enough to pick a couple characters since i love them all 😊

1) espio the chameleon

i love this little purple man so much oh my god. for starters, i'd like to think he isn't as serious as a lot of people make him out to be. yeah he seems chill but let's be real, he's arrogant and i love every second of it! he definitely radiates hot topic vibes but we're talking ronnie radke, hollywood undead vibes. definitely an e-boy but not in the fake alt way, he just radiates soft-grunge vibes? he's bisexual with a male lean and definitely dated mighty at some point, but i personally ship him with wave (more on that in a second!) his best friend is silver (i ship them too tbh) but his friends are rouge and shadow for the most part. he's the character closest to shadow (personality wise, not emotional proximity) and i adore their interactions in shadow's game so i sorta ship them too...? ahhh this is supposed to be about headcanons! anyways, i think he's fun to be around and has a thing for people with good stories to tell: wave about the past, silver about the future, and rouge/shadow with the present as agents. i think the cooperation between the chaotix detective agency and GUN is something people should write more often! oh, and he likes green tea boba ✨

2) wave the swallow

god, she made me realize i like girls and i still absolutely adore her. it was taken down but at one point years ago, her birthday was listed as november 11th which makes her a scorpio, and as a fellow scorpio i stand by it! she's also definitely bi but with a female lean, and her best friend/occasional partner is rouge. they remind me of maddy and cassie from euphoria, but wave isn't as bitter as maddy ofc. i feel like people forget that storm and jet are pretty damn incompetent without her, she literally does everything for them and that's a big nod to her people pleasing. yeah she's arrogant, but she's not wrong in being self absorbed because she keeps things running! she radiates hayley kiyoko, p!nk, 100gecs, and paramore vibes. she's a baddie but a softie! i think her and espio would be amazing together (even platonically) because he loves learning and debates, and she has a lot to say and needs someone to respond, as opposed to zoning out. i feel like she could be a famous rollerskater on tiktok or something, and would have her own line of custom gear! she might be cold and competitive, but she's really sweet and just has no way of expressing it... poor girl. i think her and sonic could be amazing friends, and i'd love to see more art of them being pals and going on adventures together!

3. shadow the hedgehog

hehehehehe oh boy, as the current love interest of my fixation character, shadow is getting more attention than usual these days! i always liked him but my fave boy and girl were espio and wave for the longest time, so finally getting to fixate on shadow is great for me! shadow is neurodivergent, basically in canon. his memory issues are both trauma related and just a part of his programming. something that i admire about espio and shadow being friends is that the former loves authority and doesn't need it, but the latter despises it but needs it. shadow was created to obey, and so even if GUN wrongs him a thousand times, he needs them. it's why he keeps going back to eggman, and helps sonic when asked. shadow might not admit it, but he has a saviour complex! although i agree that with modern music he'd listen to like mcr and pierce the veil etc, i think he'd also resonate with sex pistols and other music from the decades he missed while in stasis (footloose is probably one of his fave movies just because of the killer soundtrack!) he loves flowers and does his best to take care of plants, has nervous tics, and the reason his quills turn upwards is because of all the chaos energy he has! super sonic's quills turn up when transformed, and shadow is constantly tapped into that energy: even with inhibitors it's a lot to manage. shadow also loves reading, and i think his favourite book would be The Wars by Timothy Findley (amazing read, please check it out because it reminds me so much of Shadow oh my god)

4. INFINITE!!!

okay i have to keep this one short but he is currently my favourite character, and i could talk about him forever. i know SEGA claims his real name is Infinite, but i headcanon that in the village he came from he wasn't given a name because he was considered a burden and a curse (due to his heterochromia and other reasons). for me he was called araperi or ara (nothing/no in Georgian) because they only referred to him via negative reinforcement. the scar on his eye is because either he or another jackal tried to claw it out when he was little because it made him an outcast and he wanted to belong. he only started school when he was in highschool and never really learned how to read english (i base a lot of his village lore around Georgia and my experiences with Georgian culture- even though my culture was erased when i got adopted lol). he only learned english through musical theatre, and is fluent but not very literate in english (can't read or write very well). he radiates younger sibling vibes so i headcanon that he has 4 older sisters who all treated him pretty bad on varying levels. after a year or two of highschool he ran away with some friends and after meeting more nomads, squad jackal was eventually formed! infinite (or finn as i sometimes call him) was definitely into theatre (his favourite musical being sweeney todd) and he's an AMAZING singer, acting too (which is sorta canon because he adopted shadow's personality and fighting style after their first encounter and rehearsed a whole monologue lmao). his singing voice sounds like clem turner's but with a bit more rasp, probably because i feel like he'd listen to bring me the horizon and kim dracula! infinite is actually a big puppy once he likes you, he's just secretly awkward and insecure as hell (maybe the last part isn't a secret, haha)

wow, this was longer than expected and i feel like i hardly said anything, but this is sorta where i'm at with these four! i could talk about them forever though, so feel free to ask follow ups or request a full post for them, any ships i mentioned (or didn't) or if you want a post about anyone else!

[kedreeva]

so... many people lately are unhappy w amanda palmer (which, idk, i don't know anything about her or her work). and bc of that, there's been posts like "i dunno why gaiman is with her when she's Like That", and ofc THEN there's been posts like "they deserve each other :///". and... i just dunno. i didn't know much abt gaiman before gomens, and since then he's seemed like an alright dude to me. did he really do anything Real Bad? i'm so afraid to like /anyone/ these days, bc callout culture...

I’ll be honest I don’t know anything about Amanda Palmer (to the point where I had no clue who you were even talking about until you kept going), nor do I particularly care to. I also don’t know much about Gaiman’s personal life nor do I care to. I certainly don’t care what she or Gaiman get up to in their personal lives together, and I’m in no way interested in judging them wrt how they feel about each other or whether or not they deserve each other. I cannot imagine anything more entitled and nosy than outsiders involving themselves in the love lives (or even just the personal lives) of people they don’t even know to the point where they think their opinion of such matters more than a cow’s stale patty.

The sum total of what I know about Gaiman is this: Gaiman has written some books, and I like the books he’s written that I’ve read. I like the way he puts words together to tell stories. I like the way he tangles up characters. When I see him answer asks on tumblr, which I only occasionally see and mostly pertain to Good Omens and are usually laid in my lap by friends because I don’t follow him, I like how much chaotic energy he seems to have. I like the few personal stories he’s shared that have crossed my awareness. I feel sad for him having lost someone who was clearly a very good friend, and I respect his desire to keep his word to that friend and bring us a fairly true-to-the-story screen play of the book they wrote together. I have been told he’s tried to be a good ally in the past, and from what little I have seen, he seems to be trying to be a good ally now, too. I know he brought me my favorite piece of media of all time. That’s it.

I also know human beings are never perfect, not a single one. I know that there are people out there that want to point fingers and cancel people when they aren’t perfect. But I know that there’s a huge difference (and one that I can and do judge for myself) between “This person is more bad than good and should be canceled” and “This person is more good than bad and should be encouraged to keep trying.” And everything I’ve ever seen - which again, is limited by my deep and abiding sense of apathy toward the personal lives of famous strangers, I cannot stress that enough - says that Gaiman falls into the latter. As far as I know, he’s never done anything that, for me, would tip him into the former. He’s not even close. Even if I did care to get snoopy, I only have so many fucks to give, and I do not have enough to expend worrying about someone so far away from that line, when there are people like Trump on this rock.

You can, and should, think for yourself about whether or not to like a person you don’t even know. If someone points a finger you don’t think they should be pointing, you can look into the matter yourself. You can do research and make up your own mind. And you should. If what you’ve seen says “he seems like an alright dude” then there you go. Don’t worry about anyone else’s opinions.