#send me asks you cowards i've got a tag for ask ideas too if you need them

[dyketectivecomics]

{{ So I saw your post about Raven, Azar, and Astrology. And read your tags, and I just had to input that if Tarot divination (via the Madam Xanadu stories from around 2010) can be Real As Frick, then why the heck can't astrology? It might as well already be canon.

Initial thought: astrology in the DCU is Absolutely Real As Frick bc Bruce Wayne being a Pisces explains So Fucking Much about him and I will Fite God and the Devil himself over it. 

(deeper thoughts under the cut, rip mobile users tho sorry)

With the nuances of how more than just the sun sign can come into play when predicting personality traits of a person, and juxtapose that with how sometimes they’re just Qualities one would want to see in themselves… I mean, I see it as being no different than other forms of divination & prophecy. A character can grow & learn to be more than what ‘the Stars’ say they are (and likewise they can defy what a prophecy has in store for them). Which is why on the surface some characters’ canonical sun signs don’t always 100% match up with who they’re presented as in canon (but also bc writers like to Do What They Want with characters too rip)

i just rlly like astrology & canon birthdays in general bc I love comparing what aspects they actually take on in canon & it often helps me when Im trying to figure out an angle to write from. with how many versions of any one DC character that there have been over the years, it can help sometimes to clear the board (within reason) & start building their personalities from a few key points. i don’t put a lot of stock into astrology irl (i rlly like the memes & when it just so happens to Get Too Real), but it being Real Within Reason is something I’m 10000% Down for

That being said, something i’ve been thinking way too much abt recently are characters that share star signs

Like, Cass Cain & Rose Wilson are both Aquarians & that has me Shook. Listen, you get two Aquarians together its a lot to keep up with if they’re on the same wavelength. they’re gonna leave everyone behind as soon as they get even a Single Similar thought. (I Should Know.)

Constantine is def a Taurus & Zatanna might be one if you go with one birthday… OR she has the exact same bday as Bruce- which again makes them BOTH pisces and I Cant with that

Dick Grayson has way too many fuckin birthdays but I usually go with him as a spring-baby esp as an Aries… which he would share with Kate Kane just like… it Makes Sense. they’re both too hot to handle lmao

Steph & Jason are both Leos too and that can Be A Lot to Deal with, but I need more interactions between them dammit. I just know they’d have amazing pseudo-sibling chemistry (plus leos are p rad)

i could go on about this but like… i rlly shouldn’t lmao i’ve taken a rlly long time with this already. but bless thank you so much for bringing this up

[jlf23tumble]

Hey, ur like a friend in my head, I've told u before I get so happy to see ur posts cause I already know I'm gonna luv them esp the tags, anyway I wanted to ask u something however I don't want it to become a thing but I'm just curious; How do u handle the anons that spew hatred cause I'm fairly new to tumblr & I've seen such lovely ppl leave but u never really seem to let them get to u, is there a trick or are u just like fcuk em and keep it moving, soz this got long, feel free to ans in tags💓

I KID, I’ve wanted to use this gif of Dorinda for forever, so I’m forcing it to apply to your ask…but it’s also kind of appropriate, too? Because nobody likes getting anon hate, I mean, most of mine is so asinine as to be farcical, but who wants to see it, even when it’s idiotic? I’m not a masochist! But with that said, I also feel like I’ve had it way easier than the ones I personally know who’ve left because they had to absorb a veritable shit-stream of highly personal, 100% weaponized, garbage attacks on all fronts. (This doesn’t mean you can/should try that out on me, you demons, I’m just saying that, relatively speaking, even the spell of vile horseshit I got a couple of months ago was nothing compared to what I know other people got.) But your (extremely sweet) ask was about how I deal with it, so here goes:

1. I block block block, and that goes not just on the ask but on any blog I can find that’s trying to stir its lil fiefdom of cowards behind computers into action (I don’t spend time looking for haters, but every now and again, someone will tell me privately, I block that blog, and the asks disappear, modern-day wizardry)

2. I stockpile a folder of all-purpose reaction images (like Dorinda!) for those moments when I’m crazy and/or drunk enough to answer something that particularly gets my goat, the idea being that I can at least amuse myself, lol

3. I remember that, ultimately, there are loads of super nice people, and some of them even send me supportive messages that I absolutely keep for rainy days…I have a few in my inbox just below what I’m typing here!

4. I remember, too, that people sending anon hate are the most tragic of the tragique because this is what they choose to spend their precious time on earth doing, namely, crafting toxic bullshit to send to a stranger about some other stranger (usually a celebrity they’ll never meet, ever) and then actually clicking the tab to hide who they are, and that last step, my friend…that’s when they know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they’re cowards (the ultimate irony is when they’re coming for me on “moral superiority grounds,” lmaoooo) 

5. I have actual real-life friends here who counteract any and all rancor just by existing (as I’m typing this, for example, Kim is sending me commentary on an a/b/o “Stranger Things” fic that is killing me dead)

6. I don’t have search turned on for this blog, and I run a SHIT-TON of random posts on the daily, so if anyone wants to send me hate, they’re gonna have to work for it, good luck finding the problematic post, hopefully they’re enjoying the aesthetic slideshow along the way…yer welcome, pals! 

7. Finally, I channel the captain of the S.S. Bad Ass, by which I mean I double down, fuck ‘em, and keep on moving, why should I stop putting my dumbass tags on shit because someone else thinks they deserve my password?

Anyway, welcome to tumblr, friend, and thank you for your kind thoughts (and ask)! Truly, it’s not 100% terrible here, just don’t let trolls win if you can help it (that means get the hell out if it’s hurting you in any fashion, I’m all for self-preservation for anyone dealing with the worst of the worst of this shit, and trust me, there are some terrible, terrible trolls out there hell bent on trollin’). I love any and all asks as long as they aren’t hateful garbage! Send me your random specific kinky fic rec requests, I have tons of ‘em! Send me your opinions on things, I’ve got ‘em, too! Send me our ask-meme whatnottery, I’m a big ole narse! Etc.!