#re: creator’s boundaries

[sleepingdeath-light]

Hi hi. i hope you're doing well! can i please request some wally darling smut alphabets please? BTW: i'm 18 yrs old

Hi anon, thank you for the request. Unfortunately I am not accepting any nsfw requests for Welcome Home because the creator has stated that he’s currently not okay with that kind of content being created.

I’m happy to write a Fluff alphabet instead, but please don’t send in any smut requests for this fandom unless Clown updates their boundaries regarding that kind of content.

[untitledgoosegay]

re last reblog I do see fanfic culture pushing/replicating a certain model of "what trauma looks like," "how trauma works"

this is a problem across all areas of society obviously, but transformative works are, well, transformative. they're about crafting and modifying narratives where the fan-creator sees a flaw or a lack -- often for the better! don't get me wrong, I've done my fair share of "I take a hammer and I fix the canon," it's the main thing that gets my creative gears spinning -- but what happens when that "flaw" is simply a narrative not conforming to popular expectations?

some people just don't get PTSD from events that sound obviously traumatic. they're not masking, and they're not coping; they just straight-up didn't get the permanently-locked stress-response that defines PTSD. they walk away from a horrible experience going "well, that sucked, but it's over now." some people do get PTSD from events most people wouldn't find traumatic. we don't really know why some people get PTSD and others don't. but fandom has an idea of events that must be traumatizing, of a "correct" way to portray trauma. you see the problems with this lack of understanding in e.g. fans pressuring the devs of Baldur's Gate 3 to add dialogue where the player character badgers Halsin about his own feelings on his abuse -- because he must be traumatized, and his trauma must fit a certain mold and presentation of sexual trauma, under the mistaken impression that anything outside that narrow window is somehow "wrong" and disrespectful or even harmful to survivors.

take, for another example, the very common trope of a traumatized character who hates touch or sex "learning" to like touch or sex as a part of their healing process. certainly that can be healing for some people; other people will never like, or want, touch or sex, because of trauma or because they just don't. the assumption that someone who doesn't want sex or doesn't like to be touched must be traumatized, must be suffering from this perceived lack, is seriously harmful -- to asexual people, to people with sensory issues around touch, and to people for whom healing from trauma means freedom to refuse sex or touch.

and there's a secondary trope, one that's slightly more thoughtful but ultimately repeats the problem -- that once someone has learned that their boundaries will be respected, they'll feel it's safe to soften those boundaries. once they feel safe refusing touch or sex, they'll feel comfortable allowing it on their own terms. but many people don't, and many people won't! many people will simply never want to be touched, and never want sex, and they are not suffering or broken or lacking because of it. the idea that proving you'll respect someone's boundaries entitles you to test those boundaries -- the paradox is obvious, and yet this is something i've seen hurt (re-traumatize) people i care for.

people are imperfect victims. people don't heal in the ways you expect. many people have positive memories of their abuse, of their abusers. many people hurt others in the course of their trauma, in ways that can't easily be unpacked in a 5k oneshot. very few narratives of trauma and recovery actually fit the ones put forward by popular children's media and romance novels -- which are the ones I most see replicated in fandom spaces, because they provide the clearest narrative and easiest catharsis, and so they're easy and soothing to reach for.

that's not necessarily a bad thing! i am not immune to goopy romance tropes. i am not immune to teary catharsis. not every fic has to grapple with ugly realities. but there's a problem when these narratives become predominant, when people think they're accurate and realistic depictions of trauma, when the truth of trauma is unpleasant and uncomfortable, and doesn't fit any single narrative, let alone one of comforting catharsis

[bluewoolf]

I'm sure this may have been answered before (and you don't have to re answer of you dont want), but are you ok with minors directly interacting with you? I know a lot of fans (myself included) are minors and I was wondering how you feel about that

Only if you're above 16. I cannot possibly vet every account, but I try to avoid if someone looks or sounds younger. My content is recommended 16+, and is rather mature in its explorations, and I admit it does make me nervous if a kid tries to circumvent that to me directly.

That said, I will never be getting buddy-buddy acting like an equal with any minors. There is a difference between talking in private messages to take advantage of someone's naivety, and answering public asks. I will never cross that clear boundary, nor talk inappropriately in private conversation, and if you're a kid and someone older who you look up to tries to talk to you in DMs, block them. There is never a good reason for a creator to do that. You should always, as a default, be wary of everyone, including me.

[mare--noctis]

Series Concept

Old rivalries ignite new friendships as the boundaries between past and present blur. Love and loyalty are tested when the stakes soar higher than ever before. Who will navigate the turbulence of duty and desire, forging unbreakable bonds that transcend time? The end of one journey is just the beginning of another. Legends will rise. Hearts will soar. A legacy will live on.

Top Gun: Legacy is an anthology following the lives of 16 naval aviators over 40 years.

Top Gun: Danger Zone follows the friendship of LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw and LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

Top Gun: Horizon follows the rise of the VFA-313 "Daggers" Squadron

Top Gun: Crosswind follows the uncharted waters between VADM Beau "Cyclone" Simpson and RADM Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

Top Gun: Hard Deck follows the history of LT Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw and LT Jake "Hangman" Seresin

Top Gun: Afterburn follows the rise and fall of the relationship between ADM Tom "Iceman" Kazansky and CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

Creator Notes: I will get around to writing these one day. I hope.

Yes, I had to re-create the Top Gun logo from scratch to get it to work like this.

I took inspiration from the layouts of the 1986 movie posters.

This is one of my absolute favourite pieces of work I've ever done

Until next time,

Mare Noctis Studios

(K. E. Birch)

[thetevinterspy]

Thoughts: Re BioWare

Dragon Age wasn’t my first video game RPG. I was born in 1981 and have been gaming all my life, both on computers and consoles. But for me, Thedas is the greatest fantasy universe. It’s a place I’ve returned to countless times, where I’ve felt the safest and happiest. As a fan of all four games and the additional content, I feel deeply saddened by BioWare’s current situation. At the end of the day, this world and these characters belong to more than just the fans—they belong to everyone who worked on those projects.

Over the course of twenty years, countless creatives across various departments have contributed to the franchise. I’ve been fortunate enough to become friends with a few of them and to interact with many others. Most have been gracious, kind, and open to questions and feedback.

Today, as a fan, I’m uncertain whether we’ll ever see more official content for Dragon Age. While I’ve held onto hope in the past, I’m not sure that future seems as likely now. And so, I’m left feeling sad. When I think back on my experiences in Thedas, I can only imagine that the people who worked on these games must feel even more deeply and more conflicted than I do, especially because of the way the fandom has treated this IP through the years, and the developers with it.

This team, these developers, in gaming in general but especially within this fandom, have been horribly mistreated by both their corporate executives and the very fans who claim to love this IP. Instead of celebrating the wins—the incredible fifteen-year interactive story we all enjoyed—there’s been a constant stream of negative, misleading headlines, and attacks on anyone even remotely connected to the last game. It’s deplorable, and honestly, I’m not sure we deserve any more Dragon Age content. I don’t think I would be able to stomach putting these people through another Dragon Age development cycle to be abused and berated online.

I believe there is important work to be done by fans and content creators in fandom spaces to build safe, diverse, and welcoming environments where developers, writers, artists, and others can interact with fans. It’s crucial that content creators and influencers in these spaces foster critical thinking when discussing the games they cover. We need more committed in this space to hold positive boundaries between fans, creators, journalists and developers.

To the developers of Dragon Age, at any point and in any capacity: thank you. It speaks volumes that your game, your characters, your art, voices, and stories and things you poured years of effort into are so deeply loved. I don’t know what the future holds for Dragon Age, but I do know that many moments of personal happiness in my life are thanks to you all. I am so sorry that there is so much uncertainty today. I am truly grateful for the world you created and I promise to do my part in promoting a safer, more respectful fandom space for developers to engage with in the future and to continue to push, as a fan with a voice, for inclusive and diverse gaming experiences.

[winnipegart]

Hiroshi Hamade at Aceart's April First Friday show, as part of Flash Photographic Festival.

Hiro J Hamade is an emerging artist based in Winnipeg MB (Treaty 1), whose projects are influenced by queer identity, human movement, semiotics, and post-internet temporality. This series of photographs examines the inherent connection between queer identity and the furry fandom through in-camera collages captured directly onto black-and-white photo paper.

"In the summer of 2024, I created my first fursuit and attended the Fur-Eh convention in Edmonton, AB. This experience embodied the fursuit as a symbol of queer exploration, offering an opportunity to cultivate an identity of my own in a new city. A significant percentage of furries identify as queer, making the community a vital space for exploring sexuality and identity beyond traditional constructs, providing the structure of a safe space for my own queer exploration. Through this anonymity, I wore outfits I normally wouldn't feel comfortable in and explored existence in a more gender-ambiguous form, a curious puppy using the act of baring skin within the fursuit to navigate expressions of identity outside the normative boxes of pressured masculine expression."

Central to this exploration is the concept of poodling, a term within furry spaces that refers to the intentional exposure of skin while wearing a fursuit. If the fursuit serves as an extension of identity, then poodling becomes the intimate act of unveiling that confronts the boundaries between human and the hybridized self.

"In the summer of 2024, I created my first fursuit and attended the Fur-Eh convention in Edmonton, AB. This experience embodied the fursuit as a symbol of queer exploration, offering an opportunity to cultivate an identity of my own in a new city. A significant percentage of furries identify as queer, making the community a vital space for

exploring sexuality and identity beyond traditional constructs, providing the structure of a safe space for my own queer exploration. Through this anonymity, I wore outfits I normally wouldn't feel comfortable in and explored existence in a more gender-ambiguous form, a curious puppy using the act of baring skin within the fursuit to navigate expressions of identity outside the normative boxes of pressured masculine expression."

"Poetics of Light: Experiments in Photography" examines non-traditional photography methods in order to confront themes of romanticism and exotification of marginalized communities by giving agency of the camera towards the creator themselves. In titled poodling, 2024, techniques of in-camera photo collage were used to showcase the fracturing and exploration of queer identity through the human/animal hybridization of the furry phenomena. In the furry fandom spaces, "poodling" as a concept refers to the intentional exposure of skin while wearing a fursuit - often met with adverse regards by those critical of poodling "ruining the magic" of a convention experience. However, if the fursuit serves as an extension of identity, then poodling becomes the intimate act of unveiling that confronts the boundaries between human and the hybridized self, as well as presumptions about innate social performances in both gender and fursuit.

To re-photograph is to remix and reimagine. In this series, skin is intentionally exposed within hybridized imagery to evoke a sense of eroticism, using the playful interaction of concealment and revelation to examine themes of identity, transformation, gender exploration, and self-expression.

[kanmom51]

JK live 23 September 2023 (NYC)

20:11 or 8:11 pm EST

cr./to the creators of the media used in this post.

or

24 September 2023 9:11 am KST.

Coincidence? Starting the live at 8:11? I think not.

And not the first time he goes live at that time either.

So yeah, JK came live at 8:11 and ended the live at 13:23 minutes.

13 again? Coincidence again? Given that he said his goodbyes at around the 12 minute mark and then waited (?) for it to reach 13? Maybe. Fact is it did.

OMG, he opens up the live like this:

He's so damn adorable.

And it's a Bratz lip gloss, lol.

How can you not love him?

Anyway, JK starts the live saying long time no see and with talk about 3D coming out on the 29th. He tells us how it was his idea to add the clip at the end of the GCF performance, but someone ruined the surprise by running it during the rehearsals, which they obviously weren't supposed to. Oopsy. Spoiler king was spoilered. Lol.

He is a little fidgety, feels like he's doing the live cause he needs to, rather than really wants to... just a feeling I had.

JK says that as much as he was busy he actually did have time to come to us live, but, and this is where JK has decided to place the boundaries that he himself kind of tore down just a little while ago - he talks about there having to be a push and pull, but I guess he realised, perhaps with some help from others, that tearing down those walls between himself and us has also created an expectation from some fans for more, too much. Also, there needs to be some mystery (he was probably told) and leave the fans with a want for more...

I don't think this is the end of the JK we came to know and love the past few months, but I do think that he is trying to re-assess and set some boundaries between the artist that he is and us as fans.

And truthfully, let's be real here for a sec. Us, the fans, we were kind of a filler in. When the real thing is there, and the time to enlistment is getting shorter and shorter, and there is a choice between the two, who do you think he will choose? A 3 hour live with us or a sleepover with JM? I really don't think the choice is such a difficult one. Do you?

JK asks how the performance was. Hasn't monitored it yet (oh, and believe me when he does he's going to be hard on himself). And yet, even though he heard from fans they liked it, he feels he did better at rehearsal. Says it's a jynx. On the day of the performance his throat got dried up. It's called anxiety or nerves JK. If only there was someone there with him to calm those nerves...

And before you come at me, yes. I do feel he was anxious. He was a little closed up and distant as well. The enormity of it. The having to speak English. The being there ALONE. There were these little moments of disconnect during the performance. Maybe if he would have started his set with the more lively songs it would have helped, but if only there was someone there to support him and calm him, that dryness in the throat he talks about... yeah, non existent. My opinion. Fight me.

Then Jin shows up in the comment.

I mentioned that it felt like he did the live because he had to (after the performance and the 3D teasers dropping). Jin showing up in the comments, his reaction, felt like relief in a sense. He was really happy.

He saw one of the members commented, went in to see who it was and was really happy to see him.

The whole interaction between them was so older and younger brother, lol.

Jin with the "stop touching your hair", the whole call me convo (JK saying the times aren't lining up him being overseas and Jin answering with him texting Jhope 300 messages a day, as in "you ass, you can always send me a message instead", lol).

Watch the interaction here:

What did I take from the interaction with Jin?

First of all, that JK was really happy to see him. Not JM level happy, of course, but really happy. Do I say what I'm thinking? About members showing up in his comments and his reaction to them? Nah. In this instance I will take the fifth.

Second, we get it straight out of the horses mouth: JK is enlisting soon. Not like we didn't know it already. Like seriously. But there are those, solos mainly, that seem to still think that JK won't be enlisting with the others. Well, JK made it abundantly clear in that conversation that he's definitely enlisting and it's happening soon. It's the "I'll be joining that party soon" (as in the Jin and Jhope army party) and it's in the "you'll be out while we're still in so take care of Army until we're done" whole convo as well.

Anyway, you gotta love Jin.

Moving on.

JK tells us that 3D is different from Seven - and to look forward to it.

Wanted to thank army that came to the concert, thank K army for taking the time and supporting him.

29th September is Choseok. JK says the reason the song is released that day is he thinks we will like it more. Ok, yeah. Not the tight schedule and looming enlistment. Well, he does hint about it. Starting up about the reason it's hurried, and why he's been in a hurry, but leaves it up to our imagination. I guess we know, right? If they want to be back by mid 2025 enlistment needs to happen by at the latest start of 2024. And in the little time left he has the single and an album to release. And my guess is there is more too. Some set for before enlistment, some set to land while they are away. JM and him.

He asks "what's after this? what is it?" laughingly answering "your curious, right?"

"What is it? I am really looking forward to it." he says cheekily.

Then he says he's working hard in preparing something for us.

And then he looks down and finds the exact comment he wants to answer:

The Weverse translation is a little different.

The gist is the same.

We have JK recognizing a JM comment and answering it specifically. And I say specifically because there were PLENTY of Tae comments in his live. Layover, Tae, Slow dance, screaming at him to just say a god damn thing about Tae's album or releases. But our man, he stood fast, lol.

And don't get me wrong, I don't think he doesn't support Tae or want him to succeed. He's his bandmate and friend. But you know what he ain't, is his boyfriend. That is the one and only Mr. Park Jimin. So, it's not that JK doesn't care, it's that Tae just ain't on his mind. Wasn't it Tae that used to say, repeatedly, that JK just ignores him? Lol. But even if Tae isn't on his mind, the comments, they can definitley serve as a fucking annoying reminder. Which JK chooses very loudly to ignore. And making a statement of sorts while doing so, by reacting, out of all of those comments, to the one relating to JM.

That's what I call a big ass JK FUCK YOU to the cult.

Anyway, we were talking about JK's reaction. And when you talk about reactions you look not only at the verbal but also the body language.

The way he leans in to read the comment once he recognizes it's about JM.

The way he does that head tilt when talking about JM's dancing.

The neck crack.

The hand gesture.

Let's talk about the hand gesture for a second here.

Man knows the choreography. That hand gesture was him doing part of the choreo. Muscle memory. And his eyes and facial expression.

Also, have a look at this:

Ok, so it is funny how JK knew JM posted to IG and watched it as well... You know, considering the man told us he not only deleted his own IG account but deleted the app from his phone all together...

Thing is man monitors SM. We know that!! You think he wouldn't have seen it on Twitter? Or TikTok? JM's dance is all over the place. So yeah, my initial thought was: hey, how did he see it without an IG account? But then, you know, when common sense took over, I realised he could have seen it ANYWHERE. We know he monitors. We assume he monitors JM and Jikook accounts. He would have seen it either way.

But in any case, as I mentioned, this wouldn't have been the first and only time he has seen this choreo or dance.

JK continues to tell us he's going out for diner with staff. A good reason indeed to end the live (that like I said, he wasn't in the feels for).

And continues telling us to be curious.

Didn't someone tell him curiosity killed the cat?

At the end of the live JK makes us know he's monitoring SM (like I said before, something we already knew). He knows what fans are saying. He talks about the good. And he is thankful for those kind words.

But he also sees the bad. We know it!!

Ooh, btw, do we talk about that ring JK was wearing?

This is the second time around we have him wearing this kind of ring.

Interesting.

So to sum it up:

In those 13 minutes and a bit of his live, he mostly spoke about the performance, 3D coming out, talked to Jin in the comments and answered the comment that happened to be about JM.

I guess that wraps it up.

[mcytblraufest]

Holiday Exchange: General Rules and FAQ

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[dropoutconfessions]

Hey dropconfessions? Right back at you. Are you making assumptions about black women in order to vilify her? We only have what we see on the surface and taking Plaido’s word here to work off of because yeah Aabria hasn’t spoken on it. Don’t assume Plaidos is guilty but also stop assuming Aabria is guilty.

Plaidos has a pattern of racism prior to this re homestuck. She doubled down when asked to check her white privilege and still appears to refuse to accept that she can be racist, and really talks about it like calling white women out on racism is inherently a dog whistle. (I’m not saying if can’t be, or even that it wasn’t for some of the people going after her.) Does that mean she should be called slurs by white trans mascs or run off the internet? No. Does that mean I wouldn’t be shocked if popular BIPOC creators have more boundaries around her? Yeah.

Plaidos kinda sucking doesn’t mean that more trans women aren’t needed on dropout or that the dozens of other trans fem voices speaking on this should be ignored. This is about a lot more than just her. It has to be.

I never said Aabria was guilty of shit, and neither did plaidos. Please actually cite your sources, y'all keep making fools of yourselves and I find a source from the blog you're criticizing within 5 minutes of looking, it's not hard, I will just start deleting asks that do not cite sources and just say shit about real life people.

If you want to talk about prior instances of alleged racism, cite your sources. I'm not going back for years through a person's blog to prove your point. You can do that yourself.

I'm not going to face value believe anything negative about a trans woman because of people's insistence to just, make shit up about them. If you want to be taken seriously by me, cite your sources. If I'm wrong I'm wrong, but once again, we do not do witch hunts here.

Also, speaking as someone in a relatively conservative POC family (as in if the Republican party wasn't racist against us, my relatives would join up immediately), accusations of racism are an extremely common dog-whistle used against all discussions of oppression. Every thanksgiving I get to hear it used to defend transphobia, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, classism, etc etc. It's not just racism either, it is very common for people to respond to accusations of bigotry with "I'm oppressed in X way so I can't be a bigot"

And no, Aabria is not doing this, once again, she hasn't commented on this discussion. But people are definitely jumping towards the "white transfems hate POCs" way fast ignoring the fact that transfems of color are arguing for it too.

If you send me an actual source where she said smth racist and never addressed it for its racism, my opinions will change, but in the meantime, i need something more than "she's racist cause i said so"

[haggishlyhagging]

The concept of technological neutrality is outdated and must be re-examined. The idea that technology can exist in a vacuum, free from the bias and intent of its creator, is becoming irrelevant as the boundaries between technology and society disappear. The more technology blends with our personal lives, the less the distinction matters; artificial intelligence and streaming pornography are not the equivalent of technology that is, say, a spoon, or a book. We continue to lump many human creations under this term while technology becomes more interactive and enables profound human rights abuses. Moreover, abusive behavior that takes place online is intertwined with notions of "free speech," meaning that the existence of the medium placed between the perpetrator and victim transforms abuse into the self-expression of the abuser. Digital sexual abuse and projected rape then become classified as "free speech" simply because they are published online, and the theft of women's images to profit from their dehumanization becomes a protected right in the eyes of the law.

It is important to consider how many of our modern technologies we take for granted were advanced by men seeking to sexually exploit women, including streaming video, deepfake technology, and certain aspects of the internet. Therefore, it should not be surprising that men eagerly use these tools to further their subjugation of women and children and profit from their rape, both physical and mental. As Andrea Dworkin explained:

When your rape is entertainment, your worthlessness is absolute. You have reached the nadir of social worthlessness. The civil impact of pornography on women is staggering. One lives inside a nightmare of sexual abuse that is both actual and potential, and you have the great joy of knowing that your nightmare is someone else's freedom and someone else's fun.

It will not be enough to continue to challenge emerging technologies as each human rights violation against women emerges. If we assume that approach, we will always be on the defensive, and we can't possibly keep up. We must 1) challenge the long-held idea of the neutrality of technology and 2) continue to work within our circles to change minds about the nature of women's reality and resist the commodification of women wherever we see it. We have truth on our side, whereas the images in pornography and shared elsewhere online are based in lies.

The men who are spreading these lies, profiting from digital sexual abuse, encouraging and participating in rape as a form of entertainment, are not separate from the technology they wield to do so: men are wielding emerging media to terrorize women. That such technology is considered to have a fundamental right to exist, whereas women do not have a fundamental right to safety, dignity, or bodily integrity is a violation and a hypocrisy that must be confronted.

-Genevieve Gluck, “Creative Control: Woman as Intellectual Property” in Spinning And Weaving: Radical Feminism for the 21st Century

[o-uncle-newt]

ONE: it creates traditions

Despite not being a Christmas-celebrator myself, I'm really glad that the final episode of this show aired as a Christmas special, because it's equally timely to talk about Molokai.

I wrote extensively about Molokai last year, and my main takeaway is that it celebrates ritual in a way that's really important. And I was thinking about it, and so many of the themes that I elevated in previous posts I've done this year are related to this as well. It's important to how funny the show is, how heartwarming the show is, how good the show is for mental health... so many different things.

I recommend reading the above post for a full breakdown, but what I raised about Molokai was that it's basically about the importance of creating and/or participating in rituals and traditions, things that mark your life and add pizzazz to it. Martin, living a depressing life on his own in an attic, has no reason to like Christmas when it's just another dull day, but enjoys it when he's exposed to and participates in ritual. Arthur, it turns out, creates ritual all the time, whether invoking existing traditions re Christmas or creating rituals around things like Birling Day.

I argue, pushing that further, that CABIN PRESSURE is about creating a kind of comforting ritual, tradition, what have you. Don't get me wrong- the comedy is often sharp and creative, there's story and character development over time... but it's not so much that the shape of the show is familiar as that the expectations are. This is going to be funny, this is going to have interesting people, this is going to let those interesting people be comically nasty to each other but also let them have real relatable emotions, and at the end of the episode GERTI will fly again.

There's also the repetitive element of features like games, particular character mannerisms, etc. One of my favorite sitcoms, the 60s spy spoof Get Smart, was written with the main character, Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) given many catchphrases, and the actor who played him actively encouraged the writers to create more because having those kinds of repetitive and funny elements is a good hook and a comforting element to viewers. They ended up being some of the most iconic parts of the show, not just because the lines are funny but because of the way they're said by Max/Adams and the way the character who says them is written. Plenty of Get Smart fans can be caught saying "missed it by that much" or "sorry about that Chief" or, my favorite that I say all the time, "he should have used his powers for niceness instead of evil."

The characters of Cabin Pressure don't have catchphrases in the same way- or rather, it's limited to things like "brilliant" and "yellow car"- but it contains so many different elements that listeners can count on in an episode. If the whiskey is stolen, obviously Douglas did it and the question (which will be answered creatively) is how. If this is a situation where Douglas can save the day, he will- and if he doesn't, then there will be a satisfying reason why. People won't recognize Martin as captain- and if they do then that's a sign that something is off kilter. JF creates the boundaries of the world that we step into and then plays within and around them in incredibly innovative ways. It's such a good formula for keeping things interesting and comforting.

And here's where I go to praise JF as the creator- because he ended up taking on an interesting form of commitment to create ritual in our own lives, maybe because he saw how much we'd already done it ourselves. Thanks to the show, already as of S4 people were taking traveling lemons to different locations, playing Yellow Car by Arthurian rules... and then, he started posting a variation on Get Dressed Ye Merry Gentlemen every year, and as a decidedly non-Christmas person it's basically the only thing about the holiday that I look forward to. (Incidentally- one of the things that made me want to post about this is my curiosity what he'll do this year when he's no longer on Twitter...)

But the biggest ritual-creating thing he did, of course, is do 26 episodes of Cabin Fever. He posted the episodes on a regular schedule (and warned us in advance when he started spacing them out), he gave us games to try and puzzles to solve, and he gave us something to look forward to that would add some fun and shape to our lives in a time that could be both shapeless and stressful. I myself was still recovering from my very early bout of COVID, isolated in my room, bored and miserable and not at full breathing capacity and still only getting over the feeling that I could have potentially died, when Cabin Fever arrived and gave me something to look forward to. It created ritual, which created meaning, which was one of the most thoughtful things someone could have done for me around then.

So, a tribute to Cabin Pressure, a tribute to the wonderful John Finnemore, a tribute to the idea that we can take our own action and join with others to create ritual that gives us meaning and comfort... and a tribute to all of you who have been doing/following along with Cabin Pressure advent in various forms. This too is a form of ritual, community, and tradition that I look forward to continuing to participate in- as part of a really cool fandom.

In the meanwhile, happy tenth freaking anniversary, Merry Christmas to all the Christmas people, almost-Happy Chanukah to all the (fellow) Chanukah people, and just generally wishing a beautiful year full of things that give your life shape and meaning.

[eclipsecrowned]

talking about an issue re: dupes and how some people handle them (not with boundaries but this superior air of 'um you can't play with my barbie' when the barbie is a canon character op didn't even make) and just remembering that time sb got mad when a game dropped and obliterated their hcs from orbit. turns out their muse (blorbu) is uh. for lack of a better term wearing what we thought was an unrelated character (blorbar) as a skinsuit. turns out their muse is basically a humanoid abomination who has been possessing humans for generations. millennia, even. and how unglued they became. every blorbar mun who started integrating this into their canon was ripping off all their work on blorbu. even people who had hcs totally at odds with their blorbu were doing out of 'spite' and still ripping them off -- the example i remember is sb said 'blorbu got bored of academia ages ago, blorbar is not an educated man to modern standards' and this person went INSENSATE about 'THAT'S JUST BECAUSE MY BLORBU IS SUCH AN INTELLECTUAL.'

there's having a boundary about dupes. and there's deciding you are the actual creator and head writer of the franchise that literally owns the canon --

[tmnt-doomsday-au]

MASTER POST!

Will add cover art here later

Hi my name is Rodrick, but feel free to call me Ronnie or Skrill. I'm the main creator of the TMNT Dooms Day au, my brother @xxandyleedoomsdayxx is my co-writer! He helped me with the character designs and ofc he is helping me with writing as well since I'm not the best at it.

I'm a guy so refer to me with He/Him. I'm 19, and I've been a part of the TMNT12 fandom since I was about 11(I think) but obviously, I have been watching the tmnt series since I was like 6.

All my other socials and commission info can be found on My Carrd!

Here are just some things about my au and the links to all the refsheets!

The Dooms Day au was originally supposed to be another 2012 re-write, but I decided against that since I really just wanted to do my own thing with the au. So the designs and the story layout is now just really inspired by the 2012 series since that's unfortunately the one I'm most familiar with😅

The au will contain ocs and Oc X Canon stuff, along with a whole lot of other stuff.

Character Refsheets

Leonardo

Donatello

Raphael

Michelangelo

April O'Neil

Karai

Casey Jones

Mona Lisa

Mondo Gecko

Venus De Milo

Irma & Vernon

Splinter

The foot clan

TURTLES HUMAN DESIGNS

AU FanFic & Comic Links

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

TMNT OCS!

LUCIUS (AU DESIGN)

LUCIUS(NON-AU DESIGNS)

KAT(TOTTMNT DESIGN)

KAT(2007,2012,& Rise)

BROTHER'S OC/ANDY

Dni list, my boundaries, and commission info down below-

DNI LIST!

TCEST ENJOYERS GTFO

Proshippers,Toxic shippers, Zoophiles,

Homophobes, Transphobes, Ableists,

Dreamsmp & Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss fans,

Racists, Really any kind of bigotry,

Fujoshis or if you fetishize any form of LGBT+,

Fetish artists, 2012 Leo X Karai shippers and lastly Ai Supporters.

If I notice that you have any of this shit on your blog I'll block you

MY BOUNDARIES-

Do not repost my art without my permission or without credit(reblogs are fine obviously)

Do not spam like my posts, seriously it's annoying and I'll probably block you

No random criticism please it's rude and if I want criticism I'll ask for it(this goes for my art and my writing)

Please don't randomly make sexual comments towards me or my art, just because I'm over 18 does not mean I'm comfortable with it. I'm aroace and it genuinely weirds me out especially if I don't know you

And don't randomly vent in my comments or on my posts

Please don't kin or RP as my versions of the characters it seriously makes me uncomfortable(Same goes for my ocs)

ALSO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK TO DRAW MY DESIGNS GO AHEAD! But be sure to tag me so that I can see if you posted it!

There are certain ships that are "canon" in my au but overall I don't want to see ocxcanon or ships I don't like with my au designs, sorry

Art requests and questions are always open as long as they are related to my au(unless I specify otherwise) so go wild! Just don't be weird

Also feel free to message me! I don't bite XD

Here are my commissions sheets!

But yeah that's it XD

[mystic-rubysunflower]

Grimoire Page: Capricorn Correspondences

🌊 Capricorn 🐐

Crystals:

Onyx (discipline 🎯, strength 💪, protection 🛡️)

Garnet (ambition 🌟, grounding 🌍, vitality 🔥)

Smoky Quartz (patience 🕰️, grounding 🌑, emotional balance ⚖️)

Fluorite (mental clarity 💡, focus 🎯, organization 📂)

Pyrite (abundance 💰, confidence 👑, perseverance 🏔️)

Herbs:

Cypress (resilience 🌲, grounding 🌍, strength 💪)

Thyme (courage 🦁, cleansing ✨, clarity 💡)

Pine (renewal 🌱, strength 🪵, protection 🛡️)

Comfrey (stability ⚖️, healing 🩹, grounding 🌳)

Patchouli (grounding 🌍, focus 🎯, material success 💵)

Symbols:

Mountain goat 🐐

Mountains 🏔️, timepieces ⏳, hard work 🛠️

Earth element 🌍, stability 🏛️, patience 🌲

Colors:

dark green 🌲, gray ⚪, brown 🟤

Magical Workings:

Goal setting 🎯 and long-term planning 📈

Success spells 🏆 and career manifestation 💼

Rituals for stability ⚖️ and structure building 🏛️

Perseverance in difficult times 🏔️

Boundary setting 🚧 and protection 🛡️

Deities:

Saturn (Cronus) 🪐🕰️ (Roman/Greek God of Time and Discipline)

Hestia 🏠🔥 (Greek Goddess of Home and Hearth)

Anansi 🕸️📖 (African Trickster and Keeper of Stories, associated with wisdom and patience)

💼10th House🗻

Crystals:

Citrine (success 🌟, confidence 👑, manifestation 💰)

Amber (stability 🌳, protection 🛡️, vitality 🌞)

Hematite (focus 🎯, grounding 🌍, strength 💪)

Tiger’s Eye (courage 🦁, clarity 💡, willpower 🛠️)

Black Tourmaline (protection 🛡️, stability 🌑, focus 🎯)

Herbs :

Bay Laurel (victory 🏆, success 💼, protection 🛡️)

Rosemary (memory 💭, focus 🎯, cleansing ✨)

Oregano (resilience 🌱, strength 💪, protection 🛡️)

Mint (clarity 💡, abundance 💰, perseverance 🏔️)

Cedar (protection 🛡️, grounding 🌳, purification 🔥)

Symbols:

Public status 👑, recognition 🏆, career paths 💼

Authority 🛡️, responsibility 🕰️, ambition 🌟

The pinnacle or peak 🏔️, achievement 📈

Magical Workings

Manifesting public recognition 🌟

Career rituals 💼 and success spells 🏆

Structure-building 🏛️ and long-term stability spells ⚖️

Perseverance rituals 🏔️

Cleansing and re-aligning focus ✨

Deities:

Janus 🏛️🕰️ (Roman God of Beginnings and Transitions)

Athena ⚔️🕊️ (Greek Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy)

Brigid 🔥🌾 (Celtic Goddess of Craftsmanship, Healing, and Creativity)

🪐Saturn♄

Crystals:

Black Tourmaline (protection 🛡️, grounding 🌑, resilience 🌲)

Shungite (detoxification 🌿, grounding 🌍, discipline 🎯)

Fluorite (mental clarity 💡, focus 🎯, organization 📂)

Obsidian (shadow work 🌑, strength 💪, emotional balance ⚖️)

Hematite (focus 🎯, grounding 🌍, willpower 🛠️)

Herbs:

Rue (protection 🛡️, banishing 🚫, resilience 🌿)

Yew (longevity 🌲, wisdom 📜, patience 🕰️)

Elderberry (protection 🛡️, renewal 🌱, stability ⚖️)

Knotweed (resilience 🪵, boundaries 🚧, grounding 🌍)

Thyme (courage 🦁, clarity 💡, focus 🎯)

Symbols:

Hourglass ⏳, cycles of time 🕰️, boundaries 🚧

Rings 💍 (representing Saturn's rings)

Earthly authority 🌍, responsibility ⚖️, restrictions 🚫

Colors:

black ⚫, gray ⚪, dark blue 🔵

Magical Workings:

Boundary setting 🚧 and protection spells 🛡️

Shadow work 🌑 and karma release ✨

Discipline rituals 🎯 and focus alignment 📈

Cleansing and grounding spells 🌍

Working with time and cycles 🕰️

Deities:

Saturn (Cronus) 🪐🕰️ (Roman/Greek God of Time and Discipline)

Norns 🕸️📜 (Norse Goddesses of Fate and Time)

Makemake 🌴🌊 (Polynesian Creator Deity, associated with order and cycles)

This Correspondences page focuses on Capricorn, the 10th House, and Saturn, each embodying the principles of structure, discipline, ambition, and perseverance. 🏔️✨

✨Add to your digital grimoire or print for reference✨

[lambilegs]

You’ve made me wanna write again but I’ve never really published any of my writings anywhere and especially not tumblr so I was just wondering if you have any tips? Or borders you recommend and all that kinda stuff (p.s I love your writing)

AWEEEE you're such a sweetheart, thank you so much!! and thank you for trusting me to give this advice <33 I wasn't totally sure if you meant advice on writing or posting on tumblr, but I went with the second option. if you wanted advice on writing, though, lmk!! <33

definitely tag your works. I've run a few different tumblr accounts by this point, and on all of them, my earliest published works only circulated because I tagged the shit out of those babies LMAOOO

definitely don't put pressure on yourself about, like, the "aesthetic" of your posts. if you enjoy that aspect of it, then totally go ahead, but if it's something that just feels like a drag and makes you not want to post, then it's totally valid to choose not to. you know, writing and posting here should be fun, so if adding stuff to your posts like colours and photos takes away from that fun, it's totally valid to just drop it. plus, I've seen all different kinds of formatting on tumblr, and really, it doesn't affect how many people will read or interact with your work, you know?

if you come across other writers/creators who you admire, it never hurts to pop them an ask!! one of the best parts of posting your writing online is that you get to foster community with other people and writers in that fandom. it helps pump inspiration for you and them to to write, since you all get to gush about certain characters with each other, and become a sort of support system for one another. and that's very comforting and motivating to have when you post your writing online. so, never hesitate to try to forge those bonds with people, because from my experience, most creators in the same fandom as you will be happy to interact.

to add onto this, if you like someone's writing, tell them!! again, this is not only a kind thing to do for other writers, but it's another way to interact with other people in the fandom and feel a sense of community. you get to boost their confidence in their writing, you two get to bond over something you both have a connection to (aka the piece of writing in question), and it's just a lovely moment to share with other creators.

if you ever get overwhelmed with asks/requests, remember: you are under no obligation to respond to them. this is your account, and it's your space to cultivate. so, if there is a high amount of asks and/or requests, and you just can't get to all of them, or don't feel like getting to them, there's nothing wrong with simply deleting them and starting fresh in your inbox. wanting requests, wanting asks, does not mean you have to respond to every single one if you feel overwhelmed. because it very much can be overwhelming if you have an intense influx of messages in your inbox and you don't have the social energy to respond to them all. so, either take your time getting through them, or if you ever want to, deleting them is totally valid too. you're human, and this is your blog -- you can do whatever you want.

don't be afraid to rb your own writing if you wanna bring it back on people's dashes when they're more active! nothing wrong with that, plus the people deserve to know that you posted <33

making a masterlist helps a TONNN when it comes to keeping track of your posts and writings, as well as tagging everything. but, also, I'm very intense on organization so take this with a grain of salt HAHA

it helps to have a pinned post that states basic info about you, as well as what your boundaries are in terms of writing, interactions, requests, etc. therefore, people will know what you're okay with, which will help in ensuring you don't wind up dealing with a request or interaction that makes you uncomfortable. in my opinion, I think it also helps if your pinned post does also have your 3-5 most recent fics, just so anyone who hasn't been on your account for a few days can get to them easily through that.

never hesitate to ask for your followers or moots' help!! whether it be about advice for something technical like when to post, or wanting their opinions on certain ideas or concepts you have, it never hurts to just post that you're down to hear people's ideas, or post a poll where your followers can help with a decision. so long as you make it clear from the get-go the context of any ideas your followers may share with you (whether it be just to explore that idea together, or for you to eventually use them in a fic), you're good.

and always be open if someone politely tells you something they'd prefer to see on your blog, whether it be more sensitivity towards a certain topic, or a text style. ultimately, it's your decision how to interpret and take in these asks, but so long as they're civil, it's always fair to give them that back.

but, if someone comes into your inbox clearly hating or trying to stir drama, I think either ignore it, or respond after taking a few moments to cool off. just so you can respond to it while still managing to rise above them and whatever they spew towards you.

mwah!! lmk if any of this is confusing or you want some expanding from me on it, because I'm currently kinda brain-hazy from doing work so idk how well I spoke on all of this HAHA also I cannot wait to see you post your writing, I'm sure you'll do amazing!! <33

[magdalene-spirit]

Will & the symbols of the esoteric feminine

We can also say that in the beginning was Will, but Will, is an extremely elusive concept to circumscribe with language. We know that everything we do in the world is preceded by our Will, our intention or desire— even if we are not always conscious of our Will- & within the layers of ourselves there may be conflicting wishes.

A good way to describe the innocence of Will, is to say- 1 make a wish that something will be so, that something ! deeply want will become an actualised experience for me.

This kind of Willing, is the delight we have as children for the magical nature of reality. This magical Willing, is really also the nature of the divine creator emanating this world out of delight, joy & love.

This original Will, to just be- then descends to become all the different ways we experience Will, through the mind as willpower, through emotions & the body as Eros, but really it is the same— when mind, emotion & body is purified & alchemised- purged of shadows & bindings of misidentification— then all Will & all Desire is only holy Will & holy Desire, one with the divine pulse.

Within the one, there is the outward & inward movements, the desire for creation & the desire for return & union— perpetually co, going out & coming in.

The great serpent-being guards the void-abyss, where the divine pulse is birthed, where everything originates & returns to, & who regulates what crosses over the boundary of what is, & what is not (sat & asat).

Between death & re-birth is the great mystery, the void— between winter & spring is the crossing between death & new life— the eternal eye from which the fountain of renewal springs forth, or the egg that cracks open to birth with the Will of creation, symbolised by the Orphic egg & serpent & moon-

These are the symbols of the esoteric feminine principle of Consciousness.

(Roberto Assagioli, as many others, was deeply influenced by esoteric philosophies informing their theories).