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How does one ask their new friend if they also feel like a science experiment gone right?
In today’s rapidly advancing world of reproductive technology, the concept of children conceived through sperm donation is no longer rare. Yet, despite the growing number of kids who share this unique origin story, the conversation surrounding it remains sensitive and often awkward. One particularly tricky scenario is asking a new friend, who might also be a sperm donor child, if they too feel…
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#being vulnerable#bonding over origins#building trust#casual conversations#celebrating uniqueness#children of sperm donors#deepening friendships#donor-conceived kids#emotional sensitivity#family tree projects#gauging comfort levels#humor in friendships#icebreaker jokes#navigating friendship#navigating identity#open-ended questions#opening up#personal anecdotes#personal discovery#personal identity#positive outcomes#respecting boundaries#science experiment metaphor#sensitive conversations#shared experiences#shared understanding#sperm donor children#supportive friendships#unique origin stories#unusual family stories
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mmmm high lord katsuki and new attendant reader…
he’s a cold man, with an icy stare and a fiery temper that is set off at the drop of a hat. the high lord katsuki has a reputation for being harsh on his peers and servants alike, though he has enough political sense to keep the peace.
he’s from an important family, born and bred with a silver spoon in his mouth and taught all of the niceties of good society. katsuki has read all of the classics and, in addition to an impressive family home (which he manages along with familial business), he has an extensive library, which he visits frequently.
you are low-born, only granted to opportunity of reading because your father taught you before he passed away. you’d been forced to find work when he passed and, by some stroke of luck, someone in the kitchens was willing to take you in and have you keep inventory for a small monthly salary. reading and writing comes in handy for that.
you consider yourself unlucky, however, at being noticed by katsuki’s first officer and personal attendant, kirishima, who happens to be of common birth with a position that should belong to a noble and thus, outranks you. well, just about everyone our ranks you. it’s him who recommends you for the “promotion” and lands you in katsuki’s personal office in the main house.
“my lord,” he says, stepping into the room with the comfort only a noble could have. “i’ve brought them.”
“who?” katsuki doesn’t raise his head. his voice is low and gravelly.
“the new serving staff, my lord,” he states. “the one from the kitchen inventory.”
katsuki looks up at this, his gaze unimpressed and unyielding. he looks you over for a moment, staring as if to size you up.
oh, he’s beautiful. it’s shameful thing to think of such a harsh man, but it’s the truth. he almost looks like a painting, with hard set eyes and round lips. you’d expected someone frightening, with harsh features and sharp, cutting proportions befitting of a man with rumors like the ones surrounding him. instead, the man who sits before you seems a prince with a slightly colder gaze. you suppose that his beauty is drowned out by the other rumors surrounding him.
“you said they could read?” katsuki snaps.
“yes, my lord,” he responds.
katsuki doesn’t comment on this, instead, he shifts his gaze to you and harshly barks a question.
“you’re willing to work?”
what does that matter? you don’t have much of a choice.
“yes, my lord.”
“very good,” katsuki says. “kirishima, see her to her quarters.”
kirishima excuses himself and you bow deeply and do the same. katsuki’s gaze lingers on you for a moment as you bow. it is so intense that you can almost feel the moment he tears it from you and returns to pouring over the papers in front of him. he does not look up again as you shut the door.
katsuki gives the impression that he is made of stone, stubborn and immovable. you imagine that his peers have trouble convincing him of anything and you briefly wonder, judging by the hard look he’d given you, if you’ll run into the same trouble.
#bakugou x reader#bakugou katsuki x reader#cal.writing#char.katsuki#MANNNNNN the apothecary diaries got me…#IT GOT ME#anyway i am thinking about katsuki beginning to notice trader whenever she brings him meals#and soon they have smal (tense conversations) that blossom into katsuki inviting reader to sit#and and and and it’s so tense at first but things quickly become somewhat comfortable#and katsuki is surprisingly sensitive and incredibly intellectual#and you surprise him by knowing the basics of strategy games#or by having some knowledge of the classics#and your general intellect and passion (which you concealed from him at first) and and and and romance blossoms#OKAY#tw.power dynamics
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edwin is a better, stronger man than i, because i would be infinitely more dramatic and petty in his position when crystal enters the scene and charles starts paying attention to her. i would have comic!edwin’s reaction at least (accusing charles of choosing girls over him, storming off to solve cases on his own and deciding to do shit that will get him into trouble so that charles has to come rescue him, etc) but i’d probably take it a step further. i’d be like “i guess you want me to go back to hell then since i’m basically nothing to you 😒” and then i’d legitimately go back to hell JUST to see if he came after me. if he didn’t come after me then an eternity of torture in hell is nothing compared to the pain of rejection and being replaced. but i’m also incredibly mentally ill, so.
(james acaster once told a story about a christmas where he asked his parents for a spice girls cd. he found out whilst at the pool with his family that his sister was getting the cd instead of him. naturally, he tried to drown himself in the pool to make his parents feel guilty. that’s my vibe if i were ever in edwin’s position.)
#even charles is more pissy jealous than edwin is#like when monty enters the scene charles is SO MAD and incapable of being normal#like instead of participating in conversations motherfucker is just pouring and glaring at them whenever monty is present#it’s because charles never had reason to be jealous before until other males started being able to see and interacting with edwin#he’s like nooo i didn’t realise his autism rizz was irresistible to literally every man that lays eyes on him i thought it was just me :(#anyway watching crystal’s early scenes with them actually makes me feel ill because of my rejection sensitivity#i’m like oh this is my nightmare#dw i love crystal with all my fucking part it’s not her fault she’s in this position#crystal palace surname von hoverkraft#edwin payne#charles rowland#james acaster#dead boy detectives#dbdshow#save dead boy detectives#renew dead boy detectives#revive dead boy detectives#yeet my deet#yeet my deebd#payneland#paineland#edwin paine#dbda#dead boy detective agency#chedwin#the sandman universe#dead boy detectives comics#charles x edwin
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Sam, about to word vomit at his workplace about government secrets that'll get him literally killed: "oh good, no computers in sight. They are the sole enemy we need to worry about and we're free to talk in secret here!"
The nosy-ass CCTV camera that see all and craves the hot goss: *whirring camera laughter* *popcorn making sounds*
#the magnus protocol#tmagp#samama khalid#sam khalid#tmagp 20#they are so STUPID#listen even if i thought the computers were the primary listening party to worry about#i still wouldnt have red-sniper-dot-on-the-forehead discussions WHILE AT WORK#sometimes its not the grand incomprehensible horrors thatll get ya!!! sometimes its your human boss with HUMAN EARS AND A BODY COUNT#have ur sensitive conversations at home or in a noisy environment ffs#we'll still hear it of course but...at least think it through a lil?#good luck u fuckjng idiots#juno expounds
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Wild and revolutionary concept: maybe don't treat converts like trash just because they're converts? And also don't ask someone if they're a convert in a public setting?
#having lunch before shabbat and had to remind my friend not to do this to people#like i get it might be a hard concept for some born jews to understand but one thing jumblr has taught me#is that its a sensitive and private topic#you dont just.bring it up. especially not in front of people?#because i have seen other born jews get all Different when they find out someone is a convert#and its crazy disrespectful#side note you can disagree w a convert about their opinions on certain things#and still not go after them for being a convert#thats a dif topic though#anyway unless the convert is openly inviting that convo#dont fucking bring it up????#jumblr#judaism#jewish#jewish conversion#like it prob feels like how i do when someone treats me dif for being baal teshuva#its just a shitty thing to do in general#dont bring it up?#if you have to ask they prob havent told you for a reason#yes even if its from a movement you don't think is vaid#like what do you expect them to go back to their rabbi and be like 'is like to return this conversion and exchange it for orthodoxy'#thats not how it works they already converted to that movement what is the point of you trying to make them feel bad about it#like what do you change or affect by doing that#same w being baal teshuva#you want me to get in a time machine and tell my parents to move to a jewish community?#whats the point of saying anything just shut up
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i gotta talk about my low empathy james fitzjames headcanon actually. i prommy i don't use it to excuse any of the acts of violence he committed against his fellow man (not just the colonialism either, but things like the petty rivalry with crozier that borders on bullying prior to the death of franklin) because as a low empathy person i know that's not how it works. but i do think that viewing his actions through a lens of understanding that both circumstances such as his birth and being a part of the british empire as well several choices he's made in life (particularly his sycophantic attitude towards those in positions of greater authority whose favour can work in his and his participation in active combat) have led him to become broadly alienated from other people and both their and his own emotions makes them more interesting.
#🐉#because like. he fucks up in social interactions in a way that screams low empathy to me.#particularly in conversations with franklin where he sucks up to him too hard and fails to recognise franklins growing displeasure#until hes shoved his foot in his mouth. and the way he defaults to clumsily rehearsed social cues ('hear hear') and statements#which betray an incredible lack of sensitivity to the tone of the conversation being had.#theres a strong sense of a man trying to fumble his way through a darkened room to his social interactions#the moment that the framework he relies on to successfully navigate them is stripped from him#fitzjames
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generalizing statements like 'all men are evil' are for sure wrong but also i think its important not to cut discussions of gender out of the picture esp bc they are extremely relevant in this case as misogyny is a big part of wilbur's abusive actions and the wider discussion of the. social environment of cc spaces that enables things like this. so.
#also i think its important 2 watch how we talk abt this wrt rhetoric abt gender thats veering in2 radfem territory and ableism#but wrt to the gender stuff it feels like some of the stuff on my dash is also touching on being an overcorrection? like. yeah cis men are#not singularly capable of doing abuse but also this is a conversation abt a space wherein cis men are particularly#empowered and protected 2 abuse their power#so.#and also its worth having grace for ppl who may feel particularly sensitive abt this topic and not aggressively police every part of#how theyre responding to this. .um#yens
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Glitches and bugs. Doodle page.
Getting used to drawing his cheeks specifically and stretching the boundries of his shape. Somewhat.
#I gave in and let him have his horrifying canon cheek shape. Maybe not as extreme but surprisingly its easier to draw.#type of mf to just log out mid conversation#I like drawing his canon design when i doodle on paper because its easier to imagine in poses/scenarios#but he's cute either way#I LOVE THE PLUSH AARRGHRHRGH MAULS HIM AND SHAKES HIM AROUND IN MY TEETH#deltarune#deltarune spamton#spamton#spamton g spamton#deltarune chapter 2#spamton fanart#thinking of figuring out how to get a pressure sensitive brush so i can get some line weight#that would be nice#BuwheArt
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#p4#p4g#persona 4#persona 4 golden#hanamura yosuke#yosuke hanamura#souyo#soooooooooo we gonna talk about how yosuke enthusiastically jumps in to tell yu that hes the same#so ive already talked a million times about how yu and yosuke's types are basically each other and that how their r/s is so defined by their#attraction to each others kindness and reliability and all that but im just#kanji's expression is sending me here LFMAO especially because kanji is low key the one that kind of points out their closeness the most#tatsumi “hey let me in on this conversation” kanji#tatsumi “whos your partner now!” kanji#1000% kanji knows they're into each other he knows they're flirting without realising they're flirting#like never ever forget kanji's own sensitivity to the people around him and HE KNOWS. WHATS. UP.#but also the way no one else except kanji intervenes lmao#lmao i think chie yukiko and their class president are just really used to what souyo are like together (embarrassing not-pda pda)#so theyre just ah business as usual theyre doing that thing again. this is minor. trivial in the grand scheme of everything else they do#its got nothing on them passing notes or the way yu turns around to smile at yosuke and yosuke smiles back and they just sit there smiling#at each other in absolute silence. their classmates know to just walk around them and leave them alone.#class prez knows if he has to tell one of them its their turn on duty its a lost cause. they'll make up for it later as they always do#but for now he knows he'll have to get the broom and sweep the classroom floor himself#ok i jest none of that is canon (is it) but thanks to the sample bias i have from this scene#i am on the floor laughcrying at how everyone at the tables just#watching souyo flirt shamelessly like ah theyre at it again. why did hanamura-kun even suggest a group date hes clearly already dating-#he's good with his queue
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We made it. Found our happy ending. Who would have think?
#tw3edit#mygifs#gamingedit#the witcher 3#blood and wine#the witcher 3 wild hunt#the witcher#geralt of rivia#geralt z rivii#yennefer of vengerberg#geralt x yennefer#cd projekt red#dailygaming#gamingnetwork#this conversation between them is much fun to listen#maybe my favorite from that options in this part#and somehow I always think that the game yen is more sensitive and cute than the book yen#also sometimes when people were talking about the books i have this feeling like I've read the wrong books or missed some parts in it#they mentioned it absurdly different than I remembered and that made me think that maybe I should read them again#and tv show is also messed it up and confused me too#my gaming#mygaming#videogamemen#videogamewomen#vgedit
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I rest easy knowing that the planted milkvan roof pap photos will be referenced on the straight-baiting Wikipedia page soon enough.
#byler#stranger things#no but ppl know that was intentionally filmed#and sent off to daily mail right?#it’s important to me that you know that#you think with all the security they have#they’re capable of getting 1+ minute of a conversation? on a rooftop?#related to highly sensitive content…#of two of the shows main leads?#they wouldn’t have that shit on lockdown?#not to mention ppl knew what happened in other areas of that set#but didn’t share that?#why do you think that is#THEY ARE COMPROMISED!#it’s always a taste but never the whole meal#they have control over what fans see and what fans don’t#and anyone without permission doing it is called out only…#it’s pretty simple#straight-baiting of the highest degree#milkvan hopes after those photos dropped 📈📈📈#enjoy it while it lasts folks#tbh idek if there is a straight-baiting Wikipedia page#probably not enough content to make it worthy of one#…but there will be 😂
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One of my hotter takes is that putting media criticism on one side and fan creation on the other as completely different activities, where one is intellectual and nourishing and engaged even if a little dry and joyless and mean and soul-killing at times, and the other is indulgent and vapid and meaningless but also joyful and emotionally fulfilling, is kind of weird and sells both disciplines completely short of what they are, which is a pretty obvious extension of each other.
No, I can't just "remove copyrighted stuff" from my stuff so I can sell it and it suddenly has worthwhile value. I am talking about copyrighted stuff through creation! It is critique! It is conversation! It is celebration! To remove this essential context would be making the entire endeavor meaningless then! aa
#thoughts#fan creation#to me it's very very left brain/right brain nonsense stuff#it's the Rational Masculine VS the Sensitive Feminine#and only one is considered to have value and golly gee I wonder which one it is#conversely we then get the “let just people enjoy things!!” which is also denying the potential for actual art within fan creation#anyway it's my impossible and losing battle
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Thank you for this last post. The discourse on this fandom can often be so annoying. I hate it when people are like "this is a Gothic horror, let them be toxic and problematic!!!!11!!!1" because it's not take they think it is? At the end of the day, they still want us to root for these characters and relationships, right? So how can we do that if they're stereotyped vampires, who is dark, cold, just hurt each other and don't have an ounce of growth, development, empathy and humanity? And this is such a dismissive opinion of the show and even the books, because their conflict with humanity and vampirism is a central aspect of the plot. That said, if you reduce them to the abuse alone, you're also missing the point of the story? I mean, you can totally have your opinion, you can see them as unforgivable even on this fictional universe, you can hate and root against them... But this show isn't about punitivism, it is about them navigating immortality. There are consequences for their actions, as there should be, but the goal is for them to find a way to make this work. You don't need to agree (idgaf about the British monarchy and still watched a few episodes of The Crown for the acting, for example), but if you expect otherwise, you're just playing yourself? But this fandom seems to have a problem with finding a good balance. Not to mention the hypocrisy of never forgiving certain characters and reducing them to their problematic actions, but treating their faves very different lol. And I'm like, okay, you don't need to love everyone, it's okay to have a favorite, but at least don't be contradictory? Your fave does the exact same thing or worse? Anyways. Thanks again for putting it so well. It's refreshing to see posts like that here.
Thank you! I'm glad that other people get anything out of my ranting and raving, as I am a chronic yapper and really only talk for my own health LOL.
But yeah, there is a lot of selective hearing in any fandom, really; but it pisses me off a lot here because of all the "Gothic Horror" handwaving going on. Interacting with the fandom, reading the books and seeing clips & bits of personal writings from Anne Rice, the image it paints for me is a profound unwillingness to engage with contents of the story if they're not fun and sexy. Shit, even my own odyssey into the books is spurred on in one part, to be able to form my own opinion and critique on the writing and secondly, realizing that book readers were straight up lying at times about how things went down.
And there is this persistent idea I've seen on here and twitter of "If you have issue with XYZ then this series isn't for you" and like, okay if you don't wanna see gay people who have everything-but-the-bagel of mental illnesses then, yeah, sure. But when someone goes "Hey there is like,,, a ton of casual pedophilia and CSA in these stories that is framed as cute n' casual and/or deeply romantic, I wonder what that's all about" and then people crawl out the woodwork trying to convince you its not weird or that you're weird or weak for think its kinda fucked up- then at that point, I think maybe there is actually a different issue occurring here, you know?
Anyway, I think where I'm going with this is- TVC is a cultural phenomenon and has a tangible impact on Vampire and Gothic Horror canon and that's good and fun. But if we can recognize something like H.P Lovecraft's racism/classism/general fear of change having a profound effect on his writing and the spark of the entire Cosmic Horror Genre, then I think we can interrogate how AR as a Rich White Woman who grew up in mid-21st century New Orleans has an effect on the kind of stories she writes and how she does it.
#interview with the vampire#the vampire chronicles#char.txt#answered#truly thank you tho! i love hearing from people and having conversations on here#don't let my generally hostile tone fool you: I actually love talking about race and bigotry in media#what im actually angry about is people acting like it doesnt exist or isnt worth talking about which is LAAAAME#its a purity culture thing and also perserving white comfort and upholding ideas that poc are delusional and sensitive thing but i digress
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A time traveler we do not explore enough is Satine Kryze. She's a pacifist brimming with rage. We should toss her back a decade and set her loose on the senate.
#satine kryze#heck let's send her back a couple decades.#satine gets yoinked into her 14 year old body and is immediately like 'hm. i will cause problems.'#and i'm pretty sure her family was NOT new mandalorian so THAT makes for some awkward dinner conversations#she accidentally says enough about the future to make her family think she's force-sensitive and?? having VISIONS??#they're so worried they do the unthinkable: call the jedi for advice#and the jedi nearest kalevala#is qui gon. and his new padawan.#shenanigans ensue
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how do people even find partners. i dont want a bullshit answer, like really
#maybe im intimidating but no one has been interested in me#its just. rough#and i cant force myself to like anyone romantically if i dont feel compatability#i just want to be cared about in an exclusive way that friendship alone cant fix#i dont post abt this often but i got no sleep so yall gotta deal#its um. crushing sometimes#i dont even know if im aro as cope. once i did THC im more emotionallt aware and its. haha#the people around me tell me things that make me feel like im a catch and i feel it myself but NO ONE has advanced#and ive only felt attracted to one person in my life. who was taken ofc#im not sure it wouldve worked out good though anyway since im more emotionally mature#but it was because he expressed genuine care towards me and made me feel good about myself in honest ways i havent heard from anyone#and made me feel important to him#so im really at a loss#and also our conversations flow really smooth and we agree on many things that we find important#are there any extroverts that confidently wear their hearts on the sleeves and try to bring joy that want me#someone sensitive to my needs#my needs of which are actually very very basic#hi
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i've been thinking a lot about the word "representation" and what it means and how it's changed over the last few years, particularly when it comes to the writing/publishing landscape but also in movies and tv shows… and i really don't like it anymore. to be clear, of course i think it's important to have diversity in your work, i'm not saying i hate the concept of representation. but i do really dislike the way it's used now, and i really just hate the word itself
in a broader sense it's just become a marketing tool. i'm not impressed by any publisher or author who just describes their book by listing all of the minorities/identities the characters represent as if that should be enough. it feels very gross, very exploitative and disingenuous. it also really bothers me because it's always marginalized identities- which i understand Why, but it feels very othering to me (and again. Very exploitative as an advertisement). you would never list out "cishet able-bodied white man" as a character description to pat yourself on the back over. so why do it to everyone else? why insinuate that one is the "default" and the other one is "special"? (and when i say this i'm mainly talking about advertisements/marketing. i understand why people would specify about characters in descriptions with the plot, but i don't like to see an ad that's just "this book has gay people!" with nothing else)
which then leads me to my other point, which is that a lot of people treat "representation" as if it's "too hard." like "oh i don't know enough to write about that, i don't have that experience, etc" which is a fair way to feel! however… it's weird that people only say this about writing trans characters or characters of color. i'm writing a story right now with a character who is really into motorcycles. i personally do not know that much about motorcycles, so i researched what parts are what & what different kinds of models there are & what basic bike care looks like. i guarantee Most people will have to google something at some point in their writing process. so what's the problem? it also, again, feels very othering when authors treat certain groups of people as "impossible" to write, "too hard" to understand. they are just.. people. you write them as a person. and then you figure out the rest later.
and i think part of the refusal or fear to write something outside of your experience is because of the way representation is treated as So Special. these characters are So Special that they aren't allowed to be anything other than "representation." they're Not allowed to be characters with complex emotions and interesting motivations, they have to just be Trans or Gay or Disabled or whatever. they're not allowed to be people. which means, at the end of the day, we loop right back around to where we were at the start….
there is bad representation. there are depictions of certain marginalized people that are harmful and that are damaging, i'm not trying to minimize that or argue against it at all, in fact we should all be mindful of that while writing and reading. but i also think it's possible to swing too far in the opposite direction as well and put certain groups of people on a pedestal and not allow them to do anything at all but be Perfect Representation, if that makes sense.
#anyways. is this anything#sorry i dont have anything insightful to say at the end here i just wanted to ramble#especially abt the way ppl market books now it like. genuinely disgusts me#cannot imagine marketing tnp in that way. my characters are many things AND they are trans. and their transness#is not just a flashy feature for attracting attention#also i do understand the fear of 'getting it wrong' but that's why you have beta readers or even actual sensitivity readers#that's why you ask for feedback. especially in this space like... people will give it#that's what makes sharing your process and early draft in this community so rewarding#and there's also just the reality that no matter what you do some people will Not like it 🤷#and ime a lot of ppl look at representation very individualistically#as in it's only good representation if it represents Me#which sucks. and you're never going to please those people#ANYWAYS also to be clear this is not a vague or meant to be targeted at any one person please don't be fucking weird#this is just some thots i've had recently esp since ive seen the representation conversation pop up quite a few times#and since i've been doing research for characters in my other project#personal
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