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Blame the Chemicals in the Mind
Summary: Mad scientist!Donnie discovers he has developed twisted, unwanted feelings toward his best experimentation specimen.
A/N: General verses, but I placed something about each version of Donnie, let's see if you can find it! Also, I heavily kept in mind 2012verse and Bayverse for some reason? Anyway, this will have multiple parts but it can be read as a one-chapter thing too :)
Please do not spam like. Reblogs are appreciated! โก
Warnings: NSFW / DARK CONTENT/ smut/fem!Reader/ after the kraang apocalypse/Donatello and reader are both mid to late twenties /dub-con/eventual Yandere topics/experimentation/torture/blood and violence/trauma bonding/Stockholm syndrome/blood extraction/panic attack (reader's)/twisted hurt-comfort/between-the-lines humiliation/ mentions of the use of a feeding probe/sensorial overstimulation and deprivation/ Regarding smut: humping/creampie/DUB-CON/ dead dove do not eat
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His ever-present gaze penetrated the tank's glass, fixating on your orbs. It was a constant company, greeting you upon wakingโ whether immersed in the computer's screen a few paces ahead or absorbed in a stress ball he kept in hand to stimulate his thoughts. He consistently stared, as if that alone could propel him closer to a cure for the three monstrous things that so closely resembled him.ย
Donatello observed them through the fortified cells he constructed, initially intended as a security measure. He sighed deeply. The laboratory never felt as desolate as it did now, as if hopelessness swept through, resonating through his body. Gradually, despair eroded small fragments of his sanity, leaving nothing more than a faint echo of who he used to be.
He needed to find a cure soon. And so he pinched, tugged, injected, and inflicted upon your body a distinct form of torment every day. Each one an inch closer. However, despite your best judgment, you lacked the strength to keep on resenting him.
Exhausted from enduring numerous stings and side effects, your brain, perhaps as a survival mechanism, clung to words of reaffirmation. Praise. Approbation. Plaudits. They seemed to breathe sanity back into your inner self, preventing your poor state of mind from sinking deeper into the dark.
Such an exquisite test subject!
So remarkably compliant and subdued, aren't you?
I'll create an antidote, and they'll be back, and it'll be thanks to you.
You seem unwell today.
His voice was distant from under the water but he sounded somehow concerned. "Let's take the day off. You can't die just yet. Finding others like you is proving increasingly challenging."
You didn't want him to ignore you for the rest of the day. You wished he wouldn't. You could endure a slight pinch if it meant feeling something. Lately, the increasing sensory isolation was becoming more and more nerve-wracking. You must have wished too fervently, for just as he had not entirely turned away, the power abruptly ran out.
Donatello gasped. The blue light of your tank framed his face. A menace, yet fixable. The hitch: replacing the lab's battery required using the one in your tank. Both were designed with separate energies after an incidentโ an unfortunate electrocution during a short-circuit caused by an electric storm. Test subject 83q1q didnโt make it.
The wisest course of action was to empty the tank, replace the battery, and secure you elsewhere until he could find a new one. Your body throbbed with tickles of anxiety and anticipation upon noticing his intent.
As it drained, you descended to the bottom of it. He opened its side, causing all the tubes to tilt down. Donatello pulled them off. You inhaled as soon as he unplugged them from your throat. A coughing fit almost broke your rib cage right after a sharp, reckless gasp for air.
An overwhelming sensation hovered over you. Abruptly, everything was too much. Too much air, too rough floor, too much pressure on your skull, too loudโ You can't breathe. You're choking. Your ears are beeping. Someone's screaming. You can't breathe, you can't breathe, you canโtโ He's touching you. You tensed. Would he return you to the tank? Where's the needle? The last time he touched you, there was a needle, or something sharp, and it hurt. You brace yourself.ย
Donatello began making even circles over your bare back.
"Deep breaths," he said. His voice sounded different. Steadier, warmer. "Follow my own, here," he pressed your hand to his plastron. His inhalations were even, soothing.
"That's right, you're doing wellโmaintain your focus right here."
Your view briefly smeared your palm over his chest before properly adjusting. Your head pulsed as if your skull rejected your brain. Your mind was a jumble of many things barely held together. But youโre breathing, youโre alive, nothing hurts.
"Well done. Now, tell me five things about yourself," he asked.
The piercing cold scraped your bones like long-stirred claws. Nothing hurts, not quite much.
"My name is Donatello,โ he began to set an example. โI am a scientist. I aim to fix the Kraang predicament. I like purple,โ he paused, realizing there was nothing more about him worth mentioning. Then, against logical reasoning, he added: โI miss my brothers.โ
Squatting, embracing your naked, soaked silhouette in a failed attempt to stop shivering, you listened; forcing yourself to clutch onto his voice, scarcely discerning his words but making the effort. On the verge of giving up on obtaining an answer, Donatello motioned back. Your nails dug into his plastron just then. He tensed.
โMy name isโโ your voice quivered, mind spinning, searching. You told him. โChestโฆ hurts. Head, hurts. Iโm cold.โ Your weakling tone disturbed you, hoarse, broken, reduced to a raspy mutter. โIโmโฆ alone.โ
You were unexpectedly a jarring mirror he reflected in. Donatello tilted his head, musing.
"Well done. It wasn't so hard, was it?" he articulated, displacing your hand. "Now come here, you ought to wait inside the cell until the battery is efficiently substituted and operationalโI still need to find another to power the tank, though.โ he added between his teeth, more to himself than to you. โAnyway, be glad, you'll rest," he finished, offering you a towel.
You took it, hesitantly. Soft, cold fingers brushing with rough, calloused ones. Donatello retracted his hand upon the brief contact. For half a second, he seemed misplaced. Something shifted thereafter. As if the labโs loneliness somehow extinguished just by having another breath residing there. As days elapsed, he worked diligently to replace the burnt pieces and connect the battery. This task, which would have taken only a few hours with all the needed resources, was now hindered by the aftermath of the world nearly ending.ย
You braced yourself every time he approached your space, yet, pain never came with him. Instead, there was something, something more, something close to a kindle glimpse of a strange fascination. Donatello couldn't grasp why, but he started bringing you food instead of using the feeding probe.
โI help bring them back,โ you said one fine day, after long contemplating the scattered photographs of four turtles attired in different colors, enjoying life before the apocalypse.
The sound of the welder stopped, as did the sparks that created different patterns of light around. He looked at you, understanding that it was not a reiteration of your role; it was an express wish, a genuine interest, as if you actually had a saying on the matter. It was, in a way, touching.
โYes, you will,โ he paused briefly, contemplating for the first time going slightly out of his way to give you something. But what? Perhaps something to wear? No, keeping you naked meant you wouldn't dare to set foot outside. It had to be something else, something more.
Donatello pondered for half a heartbeat before pulling the protective lenses up.ย โHey, on a scale of one to ten, how cold would you rate your cell?โ
***
The day came when he finished fixing the lights. The sudden brightness forced a hiss out of you, too sharp. He adjusted it, toning it down to a level you could bare. He found an extra battery as well, which meant you would return to the tank. You would hurt again, but itโs fine; he gave you purpose. He fed and warmed you, and listened to you. He gave you gentle head patsโย
Heโs good.ย
He doesnโt care if he hurts you.
Itโs alright. He gave you purpose.ย
He doesnโt care if you cry.
He keeps you warm.
Donatello took some blood samples, followed by platelets, in between a couple more tests. You felt dizzy jumping off the chair, narrowly holding on to the edge of the table so as not to slam against the floor. The tank light loomed over you. Bit by bit, you gestured towards the two-meter cylindrical vessel, your heart rate suddenly plummeting. The dreadful prospect of sensory deprivation gnawed at your insides. Your breaths became erratic, resonating loudly in your ears, and the sensation of blood swirling in the pit of your stomach heightened. You won't feel, you won't eat, you will hurt. You can't breathe. You gasp for air. Itโs alright, itโs alright-
"I was thinking..." Donatello's voice cut through the oppressive atmosphere, and you clung to the sound as if it were a lifeline. "Since you've behavedโ what if I don't send you back in the tank? What if you stay here a bit longer?"
You turned, your eyes widening in astonishment.ย
"Would you like that?" he asked, not facing you, an awkwardness in his demeanor, as if it were the first time in his life he had asked for company.
"Yes," you gasped.
***
You couldn't pinpoint when it happened, but it didn't matter. You lay on his lap, resting as he worked, your body bare, absorbing the warmth of the room he had carefully heated for you. You cherished the rare moments he allowed you this close to him, savoring the seconds of feeling human once again through simple acts like cuddling. It made the aching in your body subside a smidgen.
The embrace elicited subtle signs of contentment, slowly fading into gasps, later morphing into moaning. His breath hitched upon hearing them. Donatello wasn't the best at navigating feelings. But these sensations were not exactly that. They couldnโt be. No, it was more like a palpitation triggering a primal response to your scent, your warmth, and the gentle quiver in your voice.
He scoffed. Deep thought on the matter didnโt change that his cock throbbed with each breath rolling off your mouth. He tried to shake the heat of his head, but why? Why should he resist? There was no purpose for not indulging. In fact, it could be beneficial.
He let his hand travel across your back. His touch made you shudder. He puffed, a nerdy sound he hadnโt heard himself make since the first time he watched a porn video.ย
โCome,โ he said, tugging you to sit upright.
You raised your head from the crook on his neck to face him. โTo the operating room?โ
โNo, just here,โ he muttered.
Donatello adjusted you over the lower half of his plastron before reclining the chair back. Your nude pussy pressed upon its wetness. He groaned. Warm fingertips clung to the upper sides of his shell, seeking balance. He stroked your hair. You waited. Nothing hurt.
Donatello placed both hands over your love handles, moving you back and forth so your cunt rubbed over his needy slit. It throbbed, his hard cock soon to emerge from it. He whimpered, breath hitching when you followed his lead, hypnotized by the exquisite friction over your clit. A few more humps and it came out, pulling a deep growl from him. You looked in astonishment as it rose against your abdomen. tick, long and glistening in a creamy transparent liquid. Your inner thighs soon soaked in it. Nothing hurts, noโฆ, in fact- itโs good. Fuck, so good. You sighed, unable to stop grinding over his newly released member, absolutely thriving in the delicious way it numbed everything into bliss.ย
Donatelloโs head fell backward. His mouth curved slightly at the corners in a somewhat twisted smile of enjoyment. His earnest, soft moaning mingled with yours feverishly.ย
โThatโs so hotโ I want more, I want to be in you, I know youโre so warm inside,โ his voice was desperate, drunken-like.ย
In one motion, Donatello pulled you up. Your back hit the cold desk. You sensed the keyboard under your head. It hurt. You snap back, eyes open wide. He grabbed your waist. Six strong fingers kept you in place as he lined with you. You puff, suddenly tensing.
"You want it too, right? In theory, it should feel good. You're too wet for it not to, don't worry, you've been good. It won't hurt."ย
The question lingered. You don't know. You don't want to hurt. Would he be angry if you forced him to stop? Could you do that? Would he put you back in the tank? You're dizzy.ย
He moved the tip of his cock along your soaked cunt, focusing on your soft nub, making circles over it. Your legs opened wider in response. His voice quivered as he whimpered, yours followed. You clenched around nothing.ย
"You're not saying no, are you?" he panted. "So I assume you must want to, right?"ย
Your hole stretches with his size sliding in. You groan, dragging your nails over the desk.ย
"Ahโ it hurts! It hurts!" you blurt out.ย
"Bear it. The ache isn't supposed to- last too long. It'll feel good once you get used to it. You're good, you can bear it, you ca-nm,"
His body steamed, and his mind burnt with it, slowly melting the last drops of rational thinking. "You're so tight," he thrust once, twice, and thrice.ย
You reached for him, clinging to his quivering voice, his praise, hisโ fuck he's so deep in you. his pace knocks your breath out. It hurts. It fills you so well. It hurts. Feels hot. His moves are steady, building heat in your belly. Pain's giving out. You clench around him, sucking him deeper.ย
Donatello jerked forward, mouth gaping, eyes shutting. Both forearms held him up over the desk. He was now close enough for you to embrace him, so you clamped one hand to his shell and the other to his shoulder. Both legs hugged him near. With each new thrust your clit rubbed to his plastron sending waves of volts through your veins.ย
"Yes," you breathed, barely above your own moaning.
Donatello grinned, "I knew you liked it,โ
โYeahโah, faster, harder,โ you pleaded, head thrown back as he fucked you.
He granted. Making his pace even crueler. His content smile never faded.ย
โYour little cunt loves this so much! I can feel you squeezing me so tight, fuck, such a good testing subject, about to be my favorite cumdump.โย
Your muscles tensed in anticipation, the heat in your core about to burst. The sound of wet skin slapping reached your ears as your toes curled.ย
His breath staggered as he spoke. "Ah- I can't stop. I'm coming, fuck, yes, yes-mnn,"ย
The hot loads filled you all the way to your womb. You embraced him, his ragged breath right in your ear. He enjoyed it, you did good, all feels right, more, moreโ You came with a loud moan, sweet pulsations carried the bliss from your belly through your temples, melting you.
He stayed still for a while, holding you in his arms, absorbing the warmth from your body. You both descended from the high together. Your scent mingled with his own, and for a fleeting moment, something tingled within himโthe creeping onset of a feeling. He scoffed. It meant nothing. What are feelings if not chemicals in the mind, fueling instincts?ย
"Go clean yourself up," he instructed, letting off your legs. "We still have some tests for the day."
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TOW + โจSpecial Announcementโจ
Hey there! I hope everyoneโs week was pleasant and not too stressful. Here are the end-of-the-week announcements with a special announcement at the end!ย
Theme of the week (TOW) and Next Week: Self-Identity with an Eating Disorder
Thank you to those who read and benefitted from this week's theme as well as gave feedback on it! I appreciate you all and I hope to have positively impacted the way you view eating disorders and self-identity.ย
Next week's theme will be a little light: social life and eating disorders. So stay tuned for that!๐งกโจ
โจSPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTโจ
Some other people, including myself, who are a part of the community have decided to start a discord server with future paid positions in mind. For now, it is only volunteer-based but we are working on getting grants. Our purpose is to positively change the stigmas around eating disorders and dismantle the toxic communities that glorify them.ย
We wanted to give the opportunity to people who also want to positively change this by opening positions for: DISCORD MODERATORS
Please know an important statement: You can not force change within a person. That being said, the very least we can do is create a positive environment for change and support.ย
APPLICATIONS:ย
At the bottom of this post is a link to the Google form for the application.ย
Requirements:
Must be 18+
Must have a Tumblr AND Discord account.
Both accounts must be at least 18 months oldย
This is to filter out any spam accounts
It is preferred if you already follow this account but this does not affect chances. We only care about the genuineness of responses.
Whatever background questions are not on there are questions we did not think were relevant.ย
If you have critiques to this form, please DM this account directly.ย
We plan to onboard less than 10 people.
LINK TO APPLICATION:
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๐งกThere are questions about what community means to you and how it relates to having an eating disorder. Take your time and give thoughtful answers. We are looking for people who genuinely want to be a part of and create a positive community.ย
DEADLINE: 10/01/2023
The special code to put at the end of the form: positivity
๐ธGood luck and thank you for reading! Feel free to reblog or share to others who may be interested as well :)๐ธ
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I can never take that drbat clown person seriously. All they do is complain about anonymous confessions while being a hypocrite spamming confession blogs. They sound so bitter at the world honestly.
i think everyone's got issues, and i mean, i can't lie, i've clearly got issues.
don't get me wrong, i get what you mean, some a the shit physician batsy says or even likes while knowing how disingenuous it is does rub the wrong way and deeply concerns me, and i have noticed that (not limited to batsy or even this blog in general) some of the frequenters and responders to confessions have a bit of a problem where the anon's opinion is taken personally despite it not really being negative towards them or saying anything about the "other side" so to speak that they i guess consider themselves a part of. or even and there's a LOT of this, when the confession points out a genuine but general problem in fandom, instead of being open to discussing the problem and acknowledging it, they try to shut down the conversation by being nasty to the confessor or denying the problem happens (ex: pretty privilege)
i've seen a lot of fairly neutral confessions get commenters fighting with the confession and even sometimes trying to disagree with a confession that is agreeing with them. it's a weird and sometimes hilarious phenomena i've noticed (and again not limited here) that i think mostly stems from bad reading comprehension and assumed intent (and assumed identity of confessors/trying to figure out who the confessors are/straight up insulting or bullying the confessors because... idk, i guess people feel better about bullying when they can hide behind a screen and not connect a human being to the otherside)
i have gotten mad a few times and let that get the better of me, and i'll admit that. there are some pretty shitty confessions sometimes that are hurtful or insulting to fans, there's nonsensical trolling shit which is less harmful but can be annoying, and then there's people trying to cause harm (the valkyrie antis remind me a lot of the sharon antis, except they actually have a legitimate point to make about the character's writing, but they take it too far a lot of times over something fictional and are willing to bully and insult the fans themselves for not agreeing, that's the problem)
i try to ignore most confessions that don't address or attack me (or people like me/fans of certain characters) in any way, especially if just a positive confession on a character. even if i die hard disagree with it. (strictly positive peggy confessions that don't attack sharon or insult fans of sharon/non-fans of peggy as an example, i try not to reply to them cause i'm not just aiming to be that random asshole, i'm trying to educate where appropriate, maybe live and laugh a little too), and reblog the stuff i do like (i need to catch up on lots of shit, way behind on that but been distracted and dealing with life...)
but i do know what you're talkin' about. i wanna hope that people will grow out of the behavior, but i also know that some people thrive on conflict and are addicted to it. i don't get how, but i know it happens. i have half a mind to believe mcfuzzshizzjizzshizzizzface is one of them, cause probably one of the biggest confessor bullies i've seen and of the one interaction i had with the dude, it was weird enough to make me think mcfuzzishizz started a whole new account just to argue with the self when i didn't satisfy the need for it (could be totally wrong here, but i don't think the person that responded has used the account since and i'm just sayin' it's a little weird)
anywho, to a degree, i feel you anon, thanks for the ask sorry for the essay lol, and i do wish people would stop resorting to bullying confessors and others in fandom... hot take i guess, fandom is catty as shit over the pettiest fuckin' bullshit i swears.
#hot take#food for thought#thanks for the ask!#fandom fuckery#fans behaving badly#fandom toxicity#bullying#this shit should stop#do i think it's going to?#probably not#but i always think it's worth calling out#we can do better#and more importantly#we should#me included#psa#sharon carter deserved better#fans deserve better
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( 001. ) first of all, please be polite. this blog is a safe space and anything that disturbs my peace will not be entertained! you are however very much welcome to rant, vent, & share random things!
( 002. ) requests: i take reactions, headcanons, and drabble requests. both SFW and NSFW(only hyung line) as for oneshots you may give ideas but ultimately i will go with what inspires me best.
( 003. ) my blog contains both SFW & NSFW works so kindly minor babies pls do not interact with the NSFW posts better yet stay far away from it.
( 004. ) for mutuals only 18+ & for interactions my dni is -15/30+ please do not lie about your age or anything, also i'm friendly i don't bite so don't hesitate to hmu. feel free to call me yeonie, nie, jaz or lyn!
( 005. ) constructive criticism and anons are most welcome. i don't mind being tagged anywhere so go ahead. and i'm all ears if anyone needs a shoulder to weep on. i promise i won't judge and answer to the best of my abilities!
( 006. ) i use a lot of nicknames so if you're uncomfortable with it please do not hesitate to let me know and i'll stop.
( 007. ) SINCE I ALSO WRITE AND FOLLOW NSFW BLOGS AND RB MINORS JUST BLOCK THE TAGS "nsfw" "enhypen smut" "smut" and y'all are good to go!
( 008. ) LASTLY PLEASE! KINDLY! DO NOT SPAM LIKE (GETS ME SHADOW BANNED) YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU ARE FOUND TO DO SO. HOWEVER, YOU MAY SPAM REBLOG IT WILL BE VERY MYCH APPRECIATED! THANK YOU.
( 009. ) important rule announcements !
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( 001. ) do only write smut for enhypen hyung line! and at best suggestive for jungwon and riki(even less for him) so don't ask for anything more for these two.
( 002. ) in general i struggle with writing for sunoo so there will barely be anything for him in this section.
( 003. ) hard hours are pretty much always open, and requests for smut drabbles and reactions are also almost always open. though i will only pick and write those that i want to first.
( 004. ) be nice and polite when you send in your requests, i'm here to share my writing while having fun and not just indulge your fantasies.
( 005. ) thought i will try my best but if i don't write your request/if your request is not posted quick do not come at me for it, i do not owe you anything. this is my blog, i get to decide what i do.
( 006. ) please read through the things i am/am not comfortable with writing before you request anything, it's all listed below. if your request contains anything other than those, most probably i will be okay with it and if i am not, you will be informed.
THINGS I DO/DONT WRITE ABOUT (nsfw) pls keep them in mind when sending requests.
โ. DO(s) age gap but not too big, step-cest (might), ddlg, roleplays (however it's selective), voyeurism, exhibitionism, degradation, yandere, alcohol use, threesomes (might try but don't expect)
โ. DONT(s) incest, chubby reader(i do not have confidence in it sorry), piss kink, noncon/dubcon, anal, face slapping, abuse, blood/knife kink, anything too hardcore, member x member, pedophilia, shit/puke, eating disorders(involving specific body size), age regression, mommy kink, INFIDELITY, feet, gore, kidnapping, self harm, fisting
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Hello, this is an intro post!! Welcome to the White Void!!
I put my about and stuff in a carrd so I can use it for multiple socials. Pretty much everything is on the carrd, but Iโll share some stuff here as well.
The nameโs Devin and Iโm an adult in my 20s. I go by many other names as well, mainly my self inserts or kinsโ names. My pronouns are they/them and he/him. I like alternation of my names if possible.
This is my main blog and also for self ship and kin related stuff. So here youโll find mostly reblogs of my f/os and my kins with my own art sprinkled in there as well. And also other random reblogs that make me happy or that I think are important.
I'm obsessed with having a tag system, so pretty much every post will be tagged in a consistent way if there is ever anything you'd like to filter. Taglist is here. Also, this is not exclusively an NSFW blog, but I will be horny sometimes and it will be tagged #hornytimes. I also put any art under a cut and use the mature community label.
These are my kins: Mario, Frye Onaga, Jack Skellington, and Mango Cookie :D. I have less serious kins as well listed on my carrd, but these 4 are my major IDs (I think Iโm using that word right?)
I donโt have too many rules, the biggest one is simply donโt bring discourse here please. I am queer and inclusionist and I will NOT censor queer. Hatred and bigotry have no place here, including the stigmatization of โuglyโ neurodivergent traits. I donโt care what people ship or what dark tropes theyโre into. There is no such thing as an โillegalโ ship. There are simply things that you like and things that you donโt. And I will just avoid the things I donโt like.
Also, decided to add my โmainโ F/Os here! These are the ones youโll see here the most!! (Might be updated on occasion?)
Romantic:
Bowser (Super Mario)
Pitaya Dragon Cookie (Cookie Run)
Platonic:
King Boo and Princess Daisy (Super Mario/Luigiโs Mansion)
Pearl, Marina, and Big Man (Splatoon)
Roguefort Cookie (Cookie Run)
Marx (Kirby)
Queerplatonic:
Rosalina and Princess Peach (Super Mario)
Moonlight Cookie, Raspberry Mousse Cookie, and Shining Glitter Cookie (Cookie Run)
Callie and Shiver (Splatoon)
The Hollow Knight/Pure Vessel (Hollow Knight)
Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Familial:
Bowser Jr and the Koopalings - kids (Super Mario)
actually all of my kids but thereโs a lot of them djfbjshcdv
also all of Bowserโs minions
Luigi - brother (Super Mario)
Rouge the Bat - big sister (Sonic)
Meta Knight - parental-ish figure (Kirby)
Marie - cousin (Splatoon)
The rest are on my carrd! As well as my extended kinlist!
I canโt share Bowser or any of my kids, but everyone else is okay!!
Anyway, thanks for stopping by โก Oh and saying this here, I donโt mind if you spam my notifs!! If you wanna like/reblog multiple posts in a row, it doesnโt annoy me, in fact it makes me happy that youโre enjoying my blog!!
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Yo, I somewhat lurk your blog because you make very fun and interesting posts!! Your takes are nice to read and your art is very nice; I simply avoid to reblog because I had this...vibe? I guess? That you wanted your posts to remain a little more hidden away.
That doesn't change the fact that I surely can't be the only one who lurks but certainly loves your work!!!
first of all, thank you for the kind words!!
tbh i kind of just rattled the post off and went to do stuff so i forgot about it, i didn't expect a response, so im super flattered!! (and a little embarassed, perhaps bashful)
its quite kind of you to send this...
the issue of reblogs: i dont mind at all!! as you may have noticed there are two or three posts i have locked reblogs for.. those are obviously NG (mostly either "my interpretation changed drastically so im disowning it" or "ill go back and fix it (<-art)") but everything else is A-OK โค๏ธ if i don't want something to be reblogged i will lock it. (usually i will leave in the tags or edit the post with the reason)
i love when my stuff is shared around!! and getting nice nonnies like you is always a lot of fun. to be honest i think because those dried up for a while i got a stir crazy
really i'm like, a very sociable person, i like to bounce ideas off of others even if its indirect and even i get really neurotic about stuff. so i read every tag and interaction with a big goofy smile on my face. i like feeling seen, and most people would not disagree that it's nice. so it's like this... i am... a huge geek
i want to be less sheepish about posting in the main tag too. the initial bad experience i had (and caused myself, i don't wanna deny that) can't really be helped anymore, but eventually i wanna be brave about it. i wanna shake off the weird mindset of "i've already ruined my shot so i should stop posting in the tag, everyone probably already has a big โ๏ธ on me anyway." (if someone doesn't want to see my stuff they probably already have me blocked... so its fine!!! or they can just scroll past. im not taking up any space i shouldn't. i have to learn this!!!)
there are a lot of things i don't tag because either i'm afraid my sense of humor is too esoteric and/or mean spirited or because it is a junk doodle (not in a self deprecating way, its just not something i wanna put in the tag). also cuz i post a lot, it is kind of spam-y. recently i got an ask asking why i hate httr... of course i don't!!! but i love making fun of that baby man so much. so im also wary of maybe, i might upset someone without that context and they think i'm openly posting character hate. that kind of thing, i worry TOO much
(don't worry, that ask was really funny, even if it scrambled my brain a bit)
i think a lot of people who might enjoy the blog also may bounce after reading my pinned and seeing that i don't tag spoilers. that's ok, i hope someone translates the interlude soon because somehow even in its short duration i love it a lot. com is coming out soon too!!! eventually the stock of those characters will rise and they will gain more fans and they will come across my blog and go, woah, this crazy person drew so much art prerelease!!!!. azuma's stock... will also rise!!!
at the end of the day my philosophy is that fan works are things we share out of love and passion, loving the works of others and making are like a symbiotic relationship, one cannot exist without the other. seeing other people's stuff makes me wanna make too. that kind of thing. this applies to both fan work and original work actually.
sorry you got subjected to my mentally ill ramble... im really thankful to have gotten this ask genuinely.. it super made my day
i hope you continue to enjoy the blog ^^
#ask#anonymous#sorry i talked your ear off#i think i really am hormonal right now you know how it is
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โ โ regarding my writing !
โฐโโค i welcome criticism towards my writing. i initially wanted to write this in the interactions section of this post but i figured it'd be best to put it here for importance sake.
โฐโโค the reader in my works is often implied to be gender neutral, but i do my utmost to avoid using a specific pronouns to make everyone's reading experience as comfortable as possible. ( naturally if otherwise is specified; i'll put it in the heads up section of the fic ).
โฐโโค i honestly believe it shouldn't be a surprise to know that a lot of my pieces are self-indulgent and cater to what i really like to explore and write about. basically my little bubble that i stay in. however, i am open to writing more dark content ( mainly psychological horror themes ) and i won't shy away from experimenting with my writing style for each piece i publish be it an x reader or not.
โฐโโค i do write for other characters besides kuni. this blog is me being an unashamed, unapologetic simp for him. though those other characters i write for are for special occasions like if they're for a mutual for instance.
โ โ regarding my requests !
โฐโโค i don't take requests. of course, exceptions are made such as events and mutual or friend requests but i won't take anything outside of them. the reason as to why i don't take requests is due to my pocket already being full of my own ideas that have been rotting in my brain for so long. as well as my general lack of quality time with myself. so trust me, as much as i want to take up your ideas and write for them; i can't at the moment. the best i could do is discuss and add my own two cents.
โ โ regarding my interactions !
โฐโโค inbox interactions: your presence in any way shape or form is already a lovely greeting. while i do consider myself to not be the best conversationist; i am very open to chat whenever i can! be it about something you have in mind, something you have for me, or anything really โ i am all ears ^-^ just please be sure that it's not anything too sensitive or relating to ongoing events irl.
โฐโโค post interactions: similar to my inbox interactions โ i don't mind chatting from comments and reblogs. as for spam liking; five posts maximum, thank you. i don't want to get shadowbanned www
โฐโโค fic interactions: reblogs and / or comments are very and honestly more welcome than likes as you are supporting my pieces more that way. but at the end of the day and for me personally; any form of interaction for what i publish is one i don't mind and am immensely grateful for.
โ โ regarding follow back !
โฐโโค my follow back is incredibly selective .. and generally speaking i am often times non-existent and will take a decent while to even follow back and initiate a conversation. mutual requests are also welcome, but i won't immediately follow back. it takes time for me to trust who i'm chatting with.
โ โ before you follow !
โฐโโค my activity is sporadic, i tend to be a bit foul mouthed at times, occasional spam, once in a blue moon self-ship talk, i talk about kuni extensively, lastly and most importantly โ i share suggestive content every once in a long while. if that's something that makes you uncomfortable then feel free to either ignore those posts or block me. whatever makes you comfortable.
โ โ do not interact !
โฐโโค basic dni criteria ( racist, homophobe, transphobe, ect ect ). if you're a minor ( 17 or younger ) who interacts, shares, or even creates explicit content, someone who engages in petty or unnecessary drama, pro-ship or anti-ship, hate anons.
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NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH THIS: Leitmotif & Sound Palette In โSealed Vesselโ
whats UP hk fandom i am back withโโmore picante takes?โ WOW YES HOW DID YOU KNOW!!!
CONTENT WARNING FOR TONIGHTS PROGRAM: today we are discussing the hollow knight boss fight, and all that entails for all the characters involved. relatedly this post does not have anything nice to say about the pale king, so if youโre very protective of his character, you may want to skip it.
FURTHERMORE, i would like to iterate that this essay is working from a place of compassion for ghost, hollow, radiance, AND hornet, because every single one of them is miserable at this point in the game and doesnโt want the events of this boss fight to be happening at all. this post is not an appropriate place to dunk on ANY of them. if you want to do that, please do it elsewhere.
thanks for your understanding.
ALSO, AS USUAL: if youre from a christian cultural upbringing (whether currently practicing, agnostic/secular, or atheist now), understand that some of what iโm discussing here may challenge you. if thinking thru the implications of radiance and the moth tribeโs backstory is distressing for you, PLEASE only approach this essay when youre in a safe mindset & open to listening, and ask the help of a therapist or anti-racism teacher/mentor to help you process your thoughts & feelings. just like keep in mind that youre listening to an ethnoreligiously marginalized person and please be respectful here or wherever else youre discussing this dang essay, ty
NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH THIS: Leitmotif & Sound Palette In โSealed Vesselโ
A while back @grimmradianceโ made a lovely essay about comparing and contrasting Hollowโs moveset in their Hollow Knight and Pure Vessel boss fights and using what can be gleaned from the differences to speculate about their psychology. (This essay is currently their pinned, but Iโll attach a link in a reblog.) It is extremely good, and it made me want to look at the Hollow Knight boss fight my own self through one of my own areas of expertise, meaning music!
As we are all well aware, Christopher Larkin's soundtrack to Hollow Knight rules ass. There are two specific ways in which it rules ass that are relevant to this essay: Leitmotif, and sound palette.
Quick rundown for folks who arenโt familiar with these terms: A leitmotif is a melody associated with a character or event or mood that's incorporated into songs in different ways based on what's happening in the story. Undertale is an example of a game with an incredibly strong use of leitmotif thatโs really only possible because Toby Fox is both the composer and the game creator, so he can synchronize the subtleties of the writing with music and scene scripting too.
The phrase โsound paletteโ can have a lot of meanings, but in this case Iโm using it to refer to specific instruments or groups of instruments that are associated with certain characters. If youโve watched Steven Universe and seen interviews/production commentary by its composer team Aivi & Surasshu, youโll hear them talking about part of their approach to scoring episodes being how each main character is represented by certain instruments: Steven with the triangle wave, Pearl with jazz piano, and so on.
Hollow Knight is a small team project rather than a one-person show, so Christopher Larkin canโt go quite AS over-the-top with leitmotif integration as Toby Fox can on simple virtue of Team Cherry having to communicate what they want to him. But Larkin is Hollow Knight's sound designer as well as its composer, so he folds leitmotif and character sound palette together with striking use of stems to create a very immersive and cinematic musical experience that enhances HKโs story and gameplay.
This brings us back to the track Sealed Vessel, which has EXTREMELY tight and cinematic sound design and uses leitmotif and sound palette to not just sock players in the feelings during a charged and dramatic boss fight, but also tell us a lot about what Hollow and Radiance are experiencing emotionally, especially with the gameplay in mind.
So, letโs play the soundtrack version of Sealed Vessel (and some other stuff) and talk about whatโs going on in the game during it!
You may want to get out your copy of the OST or visit Christopher Larkinโs Bandcamp page so that you can listen along.
LEITMOTIF & SOUND PALETTE
Before we actually get into analyzing Sealed Vessel, letโs talk about the involved charactersโ leitmotifs/sound palettes so we know what weโre listening for.
Both of these things are easiest to identify when characters have a distinct theme song. Ghost does not. However, the main theme of Hollow Knight (see: the title track, Hollow Knight) is used as a leitmotif for the vessels as a whole. Most pieces involved with a vessel character include this leitmotif somewhere. For instance, you can find this leitmotif and variations on it in Broken Vesselโs boss theme. The Vessel leitmotif is led by a cello solo here, so we can identify that the cello is the central part of Broken Vesselโs personal sound palette.
When the Vessel theme is associated with Ghost in specific, it tends to be performed by viola and/or piano, as it is on the title track and in other places like the opening cinematic.
Moving on to Hollow, their specific sound palette is established not in Sealed Vessel but in Pure Vessel, their pantheon boss theme. (Sealed Vessel was composed first, since the Godmaster DLC didnโt drop until over a year after HKโs initial release, meaning Pure Vessel was reverse-engineered/extrapolated from relevant parts of Sealed Vessel. But weโll get into that later!)
The major instrumental fixtures in Pure Vessel are choir and tubular bells (i.e., those dramatic vertical fellas that sound like church bells or a carillon), with some soft background instrumentation: bass drum, woodwinds (appropriately led by flute in the main melodyโs โfalling motionโ - flute is the centerpiece of TPKโs sound palette), strings, and high/mid brass. Hollowโs overall sound palette has a very Christian choir-esque sound (in the Pure Vessel theme this is very idealized and saintly: soft and slow and tragic) and the beginning of their leitmotif has a very distinctive climbing melody that mirrors their ascent from the Abyss. The Unbearable Vesselness Of Being leitmotif is absent from the Pure Vessel track.
Meanwhile, Radianceโs boss theme is a very fun expression of her character upon which Larkin evidently went ham. Her sound palette is expressed through full orchestra (plus choir and pipe organ) that has a special emphasis on the bass part of the brass section, which does not see much use in the HK soundtrack. Her leitmotif has also got cute and distinctive touches: Itโs full of triplets to match her tiara-looking antennae, and also has a repeated โflutteryโ pattern of background sixteenth notes as countermelody, often spiraling downwards.
The majority of the piece is loud and bombastic and in a minor key to play up the โresplendent and terribleโ wrathful aspect of herself Radi is pushing during this section of gameplay, a very quintessentially moth intimidation tactic: Try to look as scary as possible to keep your enemies from messing with you, since youโre not built for fighting. These blasts of intensity from the brass section match Radianceโs strategy of Overwhelm You With Bullet Hell Spam To Make Up For Lack Of Battle Experience/Poor Aim. But in between said intensity spikes you can hear traces of softer instrumentation and major key, little glimpses of a gentle warmth we can otherwise only infer from her backstory and the implications of Moth Tribe lore.
0:00 - 0:41 - OPENING AMBIANCE
The Sealed Vessel track begins with the ambiance of the Black Egg Templeโs interior: The faint tones of the glowing seals we hear when we pass by them, the only light in a pitch-black world besides the floor lighting up under Ghostโs feet.
Then a slow string tremolo fades in, slowly growing louder. In the track new notes join the tremolo progressively, while in-game a violin joins the anticipatory chord every time you snap one of Hollowโs chains. Which, may I say: A+++++++ sound design!!!!!! Rules ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The tremolo reaches a peak in dynamics - all three characters present are extremely tense - and then cuts off to allow for Hollowโs boss battle opening, i.e. Radiance screaming. Team Cherry kindly demarcates each phase of the battle with a Radi yell.
0:43 - 1:39 - PHASE 1: HOLLOW ON AUTOPILOT
Phase 1 opens immediately with Hollowโs leitmotif in bells, but with brass, piano, and percussion backing them up; grand and tragic. In the background the bass section of the orchestra's strings flutter in a repetitive pattern of 16th notes, i.e. Panicky Radi Noises. The violins harmonize with Hollow's leitmotif as it climbs, but then join the rest of the string section in fluttering 16th notes, transmuting what in Pure Vessel is the flute leading Hollow back down (8th notes) to a slightly louder โaโ from the backseat.
In actual gameplay, the only attacks Hollow uses are their basic nail skills. Building on grimmradianceโs analysis of the window their attacks provide to their psychology, and pairing that with the Pure Vessel leitmotif booming over the metaphorical loudspeakers, we can tell that this is Hollow reacting automatically to a threat the way that their father trained them to. Their conscious mind might still be making dialup noises at Ghostโs sudden reappearance jumpscaring them with murky childhood guilt and trauma, but thatโs only let muscle memory take over. Slash, parry, charge and thrust. Their time spent at bee bootcamp (which we can assume because Hornet was trained at the Hive and Hollowโs form while nail fighting is identical to hers on their shared moves) has served them well.
Radiance, meanwhile, has frozen completely for this combat phase, and contributes nothing here except the anxiety of the string section.
As the strings continue to go โaโ the piano (Ghost) and woodwinds harmonize on something between Hollowโs personal leitmotif and the Vessel leitmotif in the backdrop.
However at around 1:29ish, the key changes, building into an overall color change for the Sealed Vessel piece.
1:39 - 2:15 - PHASE 2: SHEโS AS SCARED OF YOU AS YOU ARE OF HER
In actual gameplay, the part of Sealed Vessel used for phases 1 and 2 of the Hollow Knight fight is the Entirety of 0:43 - 2:15, possibly because thereโs no easy transition spot like there is between phase 2 and phase 3. But the changes to Hollowโs moveset are clearly tied to this specific part of the piece.
Phase 2 is where Radiance pushes herself past her freeze response and starts trying to hit Ghost. Hollow gains two attacks here, which we can tell are Radi because theyโre often accompanied by her crying (a softer and more abbreviated sound than her full scream): These two attacks are the Infection blob blast and the Light/Void pillar attack that hits for a full 2 masks damage (which appear to be Radiโs take on Hollowโs Pure Vessel-exclusive moves, their grabby tentacles & silver knife pillars respectively).
In the Sealed Vessel track, this part of the piece is almost entirely Radianceโs fluttering. The strings start by following the descending motion of Hollowโs leitmotif but in 16th notes, then ratchet up to start spiraling down again while straying further from Hollowโs leitmotif. This section ends in a back and forth between hard blasts in a one-two-(rest)-one-two-three pattern and gasps of fluttering between, with piano and low brass building behind it. Eventually the nervous fluttering of the strings becomes less frequent between the blasts: Radiance is inexperienced with fighting and very very afraid, but sheโs also FUCKING PISSED and prepared to defend herself.
The OST version of the piece punctuates the break between the first half of the piece and the second with Radianceโs scream.
2:16 - 4:04 - PHASE 3: โIโM HELPING! :)โ SAID HOLLOW; โHOLY SHIT PLEASE DONโT,โ SAID LITERALLY EVERYONE
Phase 3 opens with Hollow stabbing themself repeatedly, a movement pattern they repeat throughout the phase. It is shocking the first time you see it, and never stops being horrible and sad no matter how many times you do this part of the fight.
Here, Hollowโs mind has finally come back online after their own freeze response, and they choose to destroy themself and bequeath the duty of sealing Radiance to Ghost. Even if they canโt be the one to make their father proud, they can still make sure their directive gets carried out.
Radiance knows exactly what theyโre up to and why, and she reacts to this by completely losing her head and mashing buttons in a panic. This is something we see out of her at the ends of her boss fights too, where sheโs feeling too threatened and afraid to do anything but spam optic blasts. In the Hollow Knight boss fight this manifests in two horrifying-looking but easy-to-avoid new attacks: The Infection blob sprinkler and the ragdoll.
Ghost does not react visibly because we're in gameplay, but their horror and grief at their siblingโs choice is echoed in the BGM. The Sealed Vessel piece goes soft and sad, with Ghostโs associated viola leading the bass strings in the Unbearable Vesselness of Being leitmotif. At 2:51 the violin comes in with Hollowโs leitmotif, and gradually the choir appears in the backdrop. The ensembleโs overall dynamics build in a slow crescendo, and at the very end of this segment the other instruments begin to join in.
This segment of the piece is also used in phase 4, which occurs if you don't have Hornetโs help or miss your cue to Dream Nail Hollow. Phase 3 ends when Hollow reaches 0 HP; in phase 4 they are for all purposes already dead. But Radiance manifests an extra 250 HP out of terrified, unadulterated FUCK YOU FUCK THIS!!! even though all she can do is get Hollow to fall on their face trying to slash and ragdoll them around. The BGM continues to play as Ghost absorbs Radiance from Hollow and Hollowโs body loses its shape and dissolves into liquid Void.
And thereโs one other place in gameplay Sealed Vessel (Unbearable Vesselness of Being) is used: The Path of Pain, the completely evil kaizo-level obstacle course which presumably featured in Hollowโs childhood training, and behind which the Pale King has hidden his last and most terrible secretโthat he had realized on some level that Hollow was a kid with feelings who loved him and wanted to make him proud, and condemned them to death despite it all by using them to imprison and torture Radiance as heโd always planned.
The OST version of Sealed Vessel includes the music for both normal ending cinematics, so weโll be looking at them too.
4:05 - 4:35: ENDINGS 1/2: NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH THIS
In the BGM for The Hollow Knight and Sealed Siblings endings, the Vessel leitmotif is played by violin, viola, and choir while the cellos and contrabassesโand then the brass bass section tooโplay a slower version of Radianceโs downward spiral. But once Ghost is pierced by the Black Eggโs chains and Radianceโs struggle to free herself ends in failure, the soprano and bass sections harmonize. The animation zooms out of the temple and the seal reforms. They are stuck together now until the end of Ghostโs life. Hooray.
The OST version of the track immediately segues into the BGM for Dream No More.
4:36 - 5:45: ENDING 3: THANKS, I HATE IT
Here, Hornetโs associated instrument, the violin, plays one long sustained note with a few notes of Ghostโs piano alongside as she wakes up.
TPKโs goddamn flute comes in at 5:00 with his leitmotif overpowering the backdrop Vessel leitmotif on piano while Hornet surveys the carnage: The temple has been destroyed, Radiance is dead, and whatโs left of Ghostโs corpse is smeared across the floor. The Void may have taken umbrage with his horseshit and unceremoniously vored him, but the motherfucker still got what he wanted in the end; the Pale King has ended the Infection by completing his genocide of the moths, using the children he abused and abandoned as his proxies, and wasting two of their lives. Can I get a hearty THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in the chat.
Given that Hornet herself is canonically unsure if bringing the fight to Radiance is really a just course of action, one can only imagine how she must feel when she sees the cost of that decision.
Our only real moment of catharsis is in this shit situation comes in at 5:13, where the flute gives way to a solo from Ghostโs associated viola, playing the Vessel leitmotif as the Siblings curl up and sink back into the mountain of their corpses. Goodnight, kiddos. You deserved better, and so did literally everyone involved in this whole stupid boss fight.
This is where the OST version of Sealed Vessel ends. Even without the gameplay and story context it slaps, but now that weโve taken a look at how this 5:45 piece is wall to wall misery and fear on the part of literally every involved character, hopefully it will have even more impact!
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Indefinite hiatus & archiving this account
Iโm going to be taking an indefinite hiatus from this account. Iโm not sure for how long, and I may or may not return in the future. But for now, I need a break from fandom discourse.
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I initially got involved in fandom โdiscourseโ because I wanted to complain about self-named anti-Otayuris spamming the ship tag and generally being annoying and harassing shippers who were minding their own business. So I made a side account on Tumblr to vent about that. There were other accounts talking about these recent developments in fandom too, and I wanted an account to interact with them on. People started reblogging my posts, and others started to share their experiences of being harassed over ships or fanart or fanfic in their fandoms too in my replies and inbox. I made a Twitter account at some point also. I always just wanted a place to vent with others. I never imagined or expected that my accounts would garner this much attention or would blow up to the level that theyโre at now.
As a result, honestly, as my follower numbers have grown and as Iโve gotten more involved in fandom discourse, itโs made me more and more anxious. This account has been making me feel like a nervous wreck the past year or so.
I also just don't have the spoons for much of it anymore. Some days, discourse makes me feel stressed or anxious. Most days, I'm apathetic to it, like it's the same old recycled nonsense. I've done this for a long while now and I feel like I need a nice, long break from it, probably a permanent break.
I believe that the topics involved in fandom discourse, the issue of fantis harassing people and making fandom toxic, etc. are still important to talk about and bring awareness to. But at the same time, I feel like I've done and said all that I can, and I'm feeling burnt out. Iโm also feeling like Iโm repeating myself at this point. There are only so many times that I can say some variation of โdonโt harass people over fanart or fanfic, block artists/writers and leave them alone.โ And I know many others are saying this as well. The harassers in fandom definitely do seem like a majority with how loud they are and how they so often get away with what they do. And while it may not seem like it, I do believe that more and more people in fandom are fed up with the harassment and starting to push back, starting to voice their annoyance with fandom harassers, and starting to stand up against it and support each other.
There are definitely more topics related to fandom discourse too, beyond this, of course. Some very serious and important topics to discuss, such as when there is bigotry in fandom spaces. Genuine criticism of various media (minus the harassment) is always good and healthy to have too. And I hope people will continue to talk about these topics and have these meaningful discussions.
I will no longer be active on Twitter or Tumblr, but I may continue making videos on my Youtube channel. I donโt make videos often but Iโve been enjoying it, and I think itโs a better outlet for me to focus my energy on. Creating videos on these topics at my own pace is definitely less stressful than being an active participant on Twitter.
My Twitter DMs will remain closed to new messages, just so if/when I do return, I wonโt have a ton of new DMs. But I will leave my Tumblr inbox and curiouscat open for anonymous venting if you need it! Anonymous venting is one reason why I initially made my tumblr account after all, so I want to leave it like that.
Iโve kind of been using my second Twitter account (catharsiscourse) as a makeshift personal account, so if you would like to keep in touch with me, you can follow me there! Iโll only be somewhat active there but thatโs where I retweet fanart and such.
You can find links to all of these accounts in my carrd here: https://lizcourserants.carrd.co/#links
Lastly, thank you all so much for the support over the years. I know Iโm not perfect and Iโve made some mistakes. My intentions have always been good but I know I would sometimes get caught up in the discourse and miss the mark. So if Iโve ever hurt you in any way or said or did anything wrong, Iโm sorry. My goal has always been to vent about and bring awareness to the toxicity thatโs been rearing its ugly head in fandom spaces as of late. And even though Iโve messed up at times, I hope I brought more good than bad to the table.
I know fandomโs been a bit hellish to navigate lately and things seem grim at times. But if we keep speaking up like we have been and continue supporting each other and keeping to our groups of trusted fandom friends, I think weโll be okay.
Remember to be kind and support your friends in fandom. Take care, everyone ๐ค
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Also I'm not deactivating. I've worked too hard on my Tumblr blog and Twitter account and such and I couldn't bring myself to delete them lol. So Iโll leave my accounts up as an archive of sorts. But please feel free to bookmark, screenshot, or archive whatever you want or need, just in case my accounts get suspended or something.
Thank you all so much for the support throughout the years! Iโm grateful for all of the lovely people Iโve met because of this. I hope you all continue to look out for yourselves and for each other both inside and outside of fandom. Stay safe and take care.โค๏ธ
I want to end this with something productive and helpful, so here are links to two organizations dedicated to eliminating child sexual abuse: ECPAT and Thorn. Please help however you can, whether thatโs by donating or just sharing these organizationsโ donation pages:
https://www.ecpat.org/donate/
https://www.thorn.org/donate/
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ใ MOBILE FRIENDLY RULES ใ
โ here you will find my rules or can also find them on my gdocs as well once iโm done with it. please like this if you read it, but otherwise donโt interact with this post, thank you. rest assured that i always read my moots rules before following and that i fully expect the same courtesy. i tried not to let them get too long but feel free to ask me anything you wanna know about them if itโs not clear ok?
ย ใ THE MUNใ
NOXTROMUN, THEY/THEM, 21+, BRAZILIAN
shy but friendly ! i don't follow for follow, if i follow you that means i've read your rules and want to write with you. i have no triggers nor squicks of my own except drama in the dash, for that reason i do not engage in callouts/witch hunts and if you do it on a constant basis i might have to hard block you for my own peace of mind. although i may come off too strong/harsh, i am always up to talking things out privately. as long as you are civil, so am i. any form of hate will be deleted and blocked - ย sometimes mocked, if iโm feeling cockyโฆ
ใ THE BLOGใ
HELLROOTS, INDIE ( POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING AND NOT MINOR FRIENDLY ), HIGHLY SELECTIVE & PRIVATE MULTIFANDOM MULTIMUSE
primarily run on a low activity \ effort and with a slow speed.. my muselist changes a lot, depends a lot on what iโm watching lately so bear with me please. this is a drama free zone, therefore do realise that mun โ muses and (obviously) writing โ condoning !! as a quick note, do keep in mind that my blog is my safe space, just as your blog is yours - you are responsible for your own internet experience just as i am responsible for mine. should anything in my blog annoy/trigger/squick you, i strongly encourage you to block me & not write with me - your mental health is far more important ( for me, and hopefully for you as well ) than rp. on that note, please do not softblock me - thatโs annoying, just hardblock please.
ใ THE TRIGGERSใ
TRIGGER HEAVY, PROPERLY TAGGED AND TAKING NO CRAP
i ย usually ย tend to write for trigger heavy fandoms (such as asoiaf, kingdom and others) and may incorporate some of it into my writing, muses' backgrounds and overall characterization. if you're bothered \ squicked \ triggered by that, i kindly encourage you to reconsider and not follow me. no amount of rp fun is worth your mental health. ย i try to tag everything accordingly and i fully expect the same courtesy for our followers' sakes. be aware that there may be mentions of death, gore, violence, consanguinamory \ endogamy (especially when it comes to the lannisters and kekkei genkai clans), rape ( kingdom, though it will only be mentioned on the characterโs backstoryย ) and cannibalism ( hannibal and kingdom ) , as well as unhealthy relationships and dynamics alongside with powerplay, and otherwise bad behaviours. ย for all that is sacred, please, do note that i, the mun, do not approve, support or condone any of these actions or behaviours !! ย i simply am capable of separating fiction from reality. as long as everything is properly tagged, with mutual consent and there are no minors involved (muse and especially not muns), . i support the right of a consenting adult to explore these awful dark topics in a safe fictional environment with other like minded consenting adults, people shouldnโt have to share their traumas to strangers on the internet to explain why they write what they write, be considerate. if that notion bothers you perhaps you might not want to interact with me, for both of ours sakes.ย fair warning, most of my graphics and aesthetics might trigger those who have xylophobia/hylophobia (phobia of trees or wooded areas), and considering it is a main theme here i will not be tagging it, i'm sorry. but its too many. however, if you want me to create a special tag for you, there's no issue! it will be either "[your mun name] don't look!" or "[your url] don't look!", whichever you prefer. QUICK EDIT/ADDITION: i do not believe that aging up fictional characters isย inherently a bad thing - from what i understand, the whole appeal of aging up a character is that while you like their personality but you do not want them to be kids (for whatever reason) but insteasd adults. if you are one of those who think that aging up a character is automatically something bad (without even knowing why it was done in the first place) donโt bother following me because i do think that opinion is quite silly.
ใ THE INTERACTIONSใ
OC, DUPLICATE, MULTIMUSE AND CANON DIVERGENT FRIENDLY
my tagging system is simple, i tag triggers as "tw; x" and . images that may be sensitive or triggering as "cw; x". you can further see how my tags work by taking a look at my tag dump post, just search โtag dumpโ on my blog and you will find the most recent one iโm using. ย ย i shitpost and talk oocly on the dash constantly but you can easily blacklist my tag if it bothers you. ย here's something you should know about me: ย when i'm doing drafts i usually don't feel like chatting much, so please do not spam me because i won't be able to reply, i love to talk with my moots but sometimes it overwhelms me. ย on that note, please don't pester me for replies ic or ooc, i am slow and chances are that if you try to guilt trip me or just nag me about it i'll leave as the ones i'll get to in the later end on purpose, just out of spite. yes, i be like that. ย please be patient - iโll never pressure you and expect the same in return. ย plotting wise: i prefer to just wing it with just a faint idea of where to take the thread but honestly i'm cool with anything. please be considerate when formatting your replies, i have a bad eyesight & if i can't read it, i won't bother with it. ย my own formatting is simple and clean. ย on a smaller note, please bear with me and my muses as my muses ramble a lot but you don't have to match the length, just give me something to work with. if we write together, the chances of me making edits/tagging you in stuff are really big, just lmk if you donโt like that though !
ใ THE FLEETใ
MOSTLY BI/PAN MUSES, MULTISHIP AND MULTIVERSE, SMUT FRIENDLY
i love shipping but i like my ships to be devices to move the plot/dynamics/muses forward, every once in a while though i partake in some much loved self indulgent shipping. just because i ship a certain pairing don't presume that my characters are approaching yours with second intentions, please. ย ย most of the time i like to reblog those relationship memes, so if youโre interested in a ship the best way (other thanย sending me a message ofc) to let me know is by sending ones. there will be some triggering ships here ( like the lannisters, both cersei x jaime and joanna x tywin are my otps, and potential inter clan ships, like with the hyugas - i mean how the hell you think they keep the byakugan in their family?? ) that may either be played with trusted friends or be mentioned/reblogged sometimes, all properly tagged so you can easily blocklist/avoid it. ย most of my muses are either bi or pan, those who are not will be specified. don't be afraid to reach out to me for shipping right off the bat - i'd rather have you to be open and honest with me about the interactions you want than lying to me, just know that there will be needed some plotting and threading first to see if your muses match. as an adult, my blog is smut friendly, i partake in sexual sunday a lot because some of my muses are very lewd in nature, you can blacklist my tag if that bothers you as well.
ใ THE FINAL NOTESใ
GENERAL RP ETIQUETTE APPLIES, CREDITS, THANK YOU FOR READING MY RULES
lastly but not least, general rp etiquette applies on my blog: no godmodding, forced ships, etc. thereโs only ONE thing that truly makes me go apeshit crazy, and itโs when people donโt read my rules. i ALWAYS find out and itโs not pretty; i block it like itโs hot, โช โซ โฌ block it like itโs hot โช โซ โฌ.ย ย i strongly assure you that i always read your rules before both following you and also before sending memes, just in case. on a much smaller note, iโm not so hot on single shipping and i really feel weirded out about people forcing me to pic who iโm going to interact with due to theirs DNIโs. while i get DNIโs when it comes to actual predators, when itโs something seemingly random chances are that iโll softblock you because it weirds me out how volatile some can be when it comes to a hobby. i have some trigger heavy hcs ( for example, the one about jiraiyaโs hypersexuality being rooted in trauma that he suffered at a young age ) that i share with only a few muns that are closer with me, so iโll be mentioning them every once in a while but wonโt share them, please donโt insist.ย i donโt really like most of the main characters of the franchises i write for, and when it comes to certain charactersย i reserve the right to decline an rp for my own comfort. for further info on what i use to make my graphics please check my โCREDITS.โ tag.ย most of my stuff is made by me, iโve got a lowkey rph in case you wanna check it out itโs @brazucahelps, however if you want a custom content i can see if i get a free time to come up with something :D
ย IF YOU READ THIS FAR, THANK YOU SO MUCHย โ JUST ONE LAST THING, COULD YOU PLS LIKE THIS SO I KNOW YOUโVE READ IT? <3 THANKS!
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happy 9 months to this bad bitch!!
it's sappy o'clock look away
yeah yeah another one of these
look, i wonโt drone on about how shit this year has been weโre all well aware and past that. what i want to focus on is the joy and refuge that i have found here thanks to this album. i donโt think i have ever been this surprised and taken aback by an album before? in the best way possible. i was a casual listener at best, a local if you will. i knew the Hits i just never felt the urge to dive in...but that all changed as soon as i heard red desert. genuine and utter shock? no words to describe it really. i went down the youtube rabbit hole and well iโm a wholeass clown now. i donโt really contribute anything as i canโt edit, i donโt write, i never planned on immersing myself in the fandom per se. i thought iโd just come here to reblog pretty moving pictures and talk to myself in the tags, i had no idea iโd meet such kind and wonderful people and actually make friends? iโve been in and out of So Many fandoms and never really found that sense of belonging to a community like i have here.
everyone i have come across has been so caring and kind and friendly. i appreciate the effort and love you put into each gifset and edit, every chapter written, memes and all. moreover, i have watched you all support each other through this difficult year and all the shitty hands weโve been dealt and i couldnโt be more proud of each and every single one of you. simply for being here. know that my inbox is anon friendly and always open. keep on keeping on, i love you!! @karajaynetoday @kindahoping4forever @ashtcnirwin @blackbutterfliescal @cakelftv @mukeaf @mikeycliffords @bandsanitizer @calmfolklore @notinthesameguey @twilightmomentswithyou @ghost-of-you @ashesonthefloor @devilatmydoor @tekweelaย @ashtonsunshineย @afterlowsย @sexgodashtonย and a few more words to those of you who made the effort to talk to me bc god forbid i do something first @clumsyclifford bella!! you were the first one to reach out and welcome me here and i will never forget that. thank you for bringing nothing but positive vibes on the dash, and thank you for creating the club and extending me an invitation that iโm still too much of a wuss to accept. discord and group chats can be overwhelming and iโd just end up lurking but i appreciate it smโฅ @rebelwith0utacause ana, my yugosos partner in crime!! where do i even begin? knowing thereโs someone else from around here has made me feel right at home; thank you for the laughs, your cool older sis vibes, and everything else in between!! i am proud of you for kicking ronaโs ass, working so hard, and being such a good pup mom and carer for mocha โฅะถะธะฒะต ะฑะธะปะต ะฒะตะปะธะบะต ะฟะพัะฐัะปะต, ะฒะต ัะฐะบะฐะผโฅ @compulsiveidiotaย gigi my love. thank you. i enjoy our music talks immensely, not to mention yelling at each other during random michael/luke/muke photos spam sessions. please keep them coming. keep on bowling, barking, biting mean people, and being awesomeโฅ
@wheniminouterspace shal. my fav crying-to-mitski pal. i hope youโre catching some zzzs rn and i canโt wait to see you wake up to new luke content!!!!!! also wayf supremacy!! had to put that out there. thank you for our always chaotic chats i enjoy them endlessly. i love youuuโฅ
@redrattlers em!!! i am still so amazed at how much our music/tv show/movie tastes match i could cry. the shared brain cell is strong in this one. i just know we would be the best of friends if only we knew each other irl too thank you for helping me spread the nbt agenda here. for sharing such good music with me. for listening to my playlists? just for being rad as hell. i love your edits, i love your energy, i love having you as a firend, i love youโฅ
@lifewasradical amanda!! i am so incredibly proud of you and everything that you have accomplished this year!! congrats once again on getting your masters in the middle of this mess. balancing school and work and just life in general and still finding time to come here and be your lovely self, i appreciate it a lot. all my love to you and endiโฅ
@himbocalum hi nat!! i remember we started talking thanks to a music ask thingy and me just calling you nat right away as if weโve known each other forever bc it felt too formal to use your full name shfjlsd. it is always a pleasure to see you on my dash sending plenty of calum content my way. still blows my mind you sat down and listened to a wholeass album bc i wouldnโt stop talking about it. and then checked out the other albums too. and indulged me and let me talk your ear off about them. thank you, i love you and i still chuckle every time i see your url. iconicโฅ
@kaleidoscopemindsย meg. meg meg meg. i remember saying iโd name my firstborn after you/your url and i stand by that. you having a blog with this gorgeous lover of mine line is quite fitting. thank you for the constant supply of quality content be that relatable text posts, stunning gifsets, dead on moodboards.......[i am still not over the one you made for me tyvm] just thank you. for being you. please donโt hog all the talent. i love youโฅ
@calumsthood san. i am so sorry you had to scroll past all of that^ but i wanted to end this with you. CEO of squish content. i canโt tell you how much i enjoy seeing you lose your marbles over chaotic aussies. even the one i only know about thanks to you. please stop calling your crispee hq gifs/edits garbage. i am no longer asking. thank you for blessing us with on the record footage that you got from music dot apple dot com. for letting me drag you back into nbt. bless you. keep sharing photos of your adorable dog!!!!! i love you that is allโฅ
#if anyone is in touch with jbhmalum em please send my love!!!!!!#the way this was supposed to go out way earlier but mr hemmings DERAILED me sorry#pretend this was posted on the 27th ok#yes i'm the plague rat who brought the broke!sos thing on here and somehow stuck around#honestly if we have Ever interacted in any way i love you i have so much love for all of you#you made this year so much better and i have rambled on for far too long now bye#x#it's emo hours#this was so hard i suck at expressing my feelings i will just. yell at you in the tags and send you cursed memes#NOT TUMBLR DOT COM CRASHING AS I WAS ABOUT TO POST THIS WHY DO YOU HATE ME#never doing this again bye
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Spam liking getting people blocked!?!? Pfffttt, not on MY blog! I'm happy to see you're liking what I like too!
(but you will be blocked if you're a minor, don't have your age in your bio, are a porn bot, or an empty blog)
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Hello, I'm Cherry! I'm 22, a sub-leaning-switch & a verse. Polyamorous demisexual, genderfluid. They/she
This is a side blog that I made because I'm tired of losing blogs just because I don't have a place to reblog their posts on my main SFW blog
This is a NSFW blog, so please go away if you're a minor, we can talk on my main blog; no age in bio=blocked
What you'll find here? I'll try to go and explore BDSM more as a dynamic and not necessarily a sex-related thing, but there's gonna still be some horny things, don't worry
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Things I'm into: power exchange and service (not 24/7, just as scenes), royalty kink, light blood play, praise kink, body worship, cnc that involves being coaxed into doing sth I technically wanted but was too "innocent" to do, exophilia, shibari, bondage, dollification, loving degradation ("you are such a perfect whore for me, love", etc), consensual somnophilia, a bit of hypno, just having sb hold my neck (not choking, just as a possessive gesture), breeding (again, as a possessive thing, I like the idea, but the second it goes into mentioning pergnancy of any sort, I'm OUT)
Things I'm indifferent about, but could try if my partner wanted to: pet play, age play (but sth along the lines of college student/their professor, not the one involving roleplay as a kid), yandere roleplay, sensory deprivation, temperature play, pain play that doesn't involve permanent markings/harm
Also, I can't see myself doing any of those things with a stranger/just one time play partner, my demi side is showing, but I need connection with someone in order to even entertain the idea
Things that are my hard NOs: abdl/ddlg, scat, waterports, mean degradation and objectification, cnc that just includes force, choking, gagging so hard you puke, feederism, non consensual body mods, bimbofication, detransitioning, kidnapping, non-con drugging, stockholm syndrome type of play, malicious manipulation, anything revolving around pregnancy
(Also, I am fine with sex as a concept here on Tumblr, but please, don't send me asks or messages trying to sext me, this makes me uncomfortable)โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
Dni if racist, homophobic, transphobic, terf, ableist, pedophile, pro-ed/thinspo blog, feeder/feedee blog, Tr*mp (and the like) supporter, fetishize disabilites, wanna start arguing with me, are into dd/lg, abdl, and such (nothing personal, I'm just an age regressor too (which I keep VERY separate from this blog, thank you very much) and this squicks me out to see this in a kink context), or if you are one of the "looking for a dom/sub on here uwu" blogs; breaking dni=blocked
Also, please let me know if I miss blocking someone who breaks my dni, or if I reblog something from said someone
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Tags I use:
#cherry rambles โ me talking about stuff, short posts
#my writing โ longer pieces I write
#mine โ all my content
#my boy โ yep, I reblog those with a specific person in mind
#not kinky โ posts that don't have shit to do with the main theme of my blog
#ask โ self explanatory (followed by #anon or #*insert blog name*)
#blog recommendation โ blogs I like and think you should check out too
This post will be updated over time
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Hi! I saw your message. I didn't mind if you posted it, but thank you for taking the time to consider my thoughts on that!
I wanted to apologize for spamming your notifications! Incase I'm coming off as weird or anything.
I know what it's like to receive like zero encouragement on writing via the internet on writing and how discouraging it is, so I just wanted to give back some of the joy you've given me as the reader.
I've loved a lot of fics but TTFATTF really hit home for me in a way I didn't go into reading it expecting it. The movie also speaks very much to me. The characters' journey of grieving/mourning a loved one, plus going through a dystopia alien apocolypse (parallel it with the pandemic), and getting into the path of healing spoke to me for various reasons, and I was pleasantly surprised at how you are having the characters deal with it all. TTFATTF quite literally โจhit meโจ in the feels. Thank you for sharing it. (No pressure or anything on the writing. I don't mean to just plant something heavy onto your shoulders. omg.) I've read through comments on TTFATTF and I know I'm not the only one this fic speaks to.
Also: JOHN KRASINSKI ANSWER FOR YOUR CRIMES. I needed like 30 more minutes of AQP2.
I can't wait for when you post the new fic! 90s Evemett here I come!!!
I'm so totally glad that you are doing what you need to take care of yourself. Purge writing and then not taking any breaks is the worst and I've done it one too many times that coming out of it is like overcoming a bad hangover.
Sorry for the long ask! You can post this or answer it privately! Whatever you're comfortable with. Bye! ๐
ok first off - you're absolutely not spammy at all & i love it & also im a crazy person who reads everyone's tags when they reblog things JDKLFJSFL.
Gosh, I really cannot express how happy that makes me to hear like - it's so nice to KNOW that the story resonates with so many people especially in regard to topics like grief/mourning/healing. liKe yes you're not the first person to mention this but gosh it is so VALIDATING to hear as a writer. because you know, i sometimes feel like im stumbling through it. so yEAH. idk. just big thank you all around. <3
JOHN. ANSWER FOR UR CRIMES!!! yeah, i understand WHY he ended it the way he did (he was big on parallels/callbacks to the first movie) and the first movie ended with Evelyn loading the shotgun, so it makes sense that he'd end the 2nd with the children standing over the monsters they defeated. From a cinematic standpoint/creative standpoint, I GET IT, but also yeah, I would've loved just a little bit more.
AHHH 90S EVELYN/EMMETT. I am so thrilled to share it. It's been a comfort to write during this crazy transition period in my life. Because I can be SOFT and SELF-INDULGENT lmao !!!
and yes, I've honestly taken a break from writing TTFATTF and am focusing on the AU for now - at least until I'm at my new house & in my own bed lol. It's all about that comfort ~
Alsooooo pls omg don't worry about sending long asks. I love it. I feel like I'm making friends :,) and it's nice to know that other people, even if it's only a handful of us, connected to the movie/the characters.
#ttfattf#writing#through the flood and the fear#long post#ahhhh thank u again for sending me this#it means so much so im gonna post it so i can see it again LOL#amelia's writing#omg#favorites
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It's been 6 years :)
On March 30th, 2015 I decided I wanted a gaming side blog. (so we're early, but shush, it's the month for me)
I didn't know what I'd use it for exactly, but I had ideas- something I always have even if most of them only get as far as daydreamin' or writing out before closing them :P
For proof on the lack of direction the blog initially had- the March 30th date is the anniversary of my first post, an in-depth and lengthy review of Dragon Warrior Monsters for the GBC.
If you know the blog then you know "Extremely long and in-depth reviews" aren't the norm around here. As a matter of fact, that first post is the ONLY one I've done!
The closest I've come to ever repeating that would be the (word of the day) Directionless video I put out on Hades to get a grip on the concept of making videos, but that wasn't nearly as much of a 'review' as that first post is.
Tangent, definitely planning on trying my hand at videos some more for the foreseeable future. Probably not gonna use the tagline Full Impressions that I tossed as a whim for the Hades video but yeah- I'm excited to try my hand at a few videos :) tangent over.
It didn't take me long to come up with what I'd like to do for the blog though :)
A few months later I liveblogged a challenge run of FFT where I used only Ramza- a solo run. - Which maybe only happened because I tried a nuzlocke run a year prior on my main account-
(Nuzlocke | FFT challenge run)
Thanks to that haphazard liveblog experiment I started to realize a couple things which became the primary motivators behind this blog.
1) I LOVE sharing experiences. No brainer, I'm sure, but being able to share my experiences, and compare them with others' experiences, and just that mutual sharing is uplifting and feels good to do.
2) Liveblogging is an EXCEPTIONAL motivator to buckle down and play all those games I said I'd play (cue everyone laughing because I'm still way behind and have an immeasurable backlog).
But I mean that, on both respects. I have plenty of motivators toward the blog today, but if I were to be concise it's pretty much "It's easier to beat games if I liveblog them- otherwise I get distracted and play other games" and "I love sharing experiences and thoughts with people about my favorite thing- games."
Since 2015 I've tackled around 70 games as full playthroughs, and an untold ton as one offs or just to ramble about for a bit.
I've had a lot of highlights over the years, and I don't talk much about it as an overall experience so I thought for the anniversary I'd try to do just that. Not everything- I can't say I have photographic memory that would bring all of it up without prompting after all :P But whatever comes to mind as I browse some of my old stuff- as well as some thoughts on what I'd like to see in the future.
It's gonna be a bit self-centric I assume as I type this preamble to it, so let me say outright that this blog wouldn't be half of what it is without all the people who've given it the time of day over the years.
From recommending games they love or appreciate, to comparing thoughts, to offering kind words for analysis I've done over the years, to pointing out when I'm dumb and misread a situation :P- to, yes, even the people who decided "Fuck this guy's ramble" and deleted my captions before reblogging my gifs way back during Hamtaro (Of COURSE I remember that! It's amusing lol).
This is better because of others, because of the interactions and the people I've gotten the chance to chat with or befriend. It's just a liveblog more or less, my own little bit of fun I toss out for myself if for anyone- so seeing others enjoy this or that from the work I put into sharing my experiences or thoughts is always a joy in itself :)
Anyway, onto selfishly rambling about some tidbits of the past :)
Also sorry but no, opted to not shove a ton of photos in, it does have a handful of links to old posts though :P
This'll be disorganized as heck as I'll add to it over time before I feel it's worth posting (or the tumblr post editor becomes a hassle and more or less forces me to).
First~
FFT Solo Ramza Challenge: Considering it was roughly the first thing this blog has done, it's also something that's stuck in my head a lot more clearly than most of the other stuff I've done to be honest lol.
In truth, this is partially because FFT is my favorite game, bar none. But it's also because the whole experience was pretty new to me. Prior to it I had really only done one self-imposed-challenge that wasn't requested by the game in some manner and that was a nuzlocke run of Blue version.
So adding a challenge to my favorite game was a fantastic experience!
Notes I just wanted to say today about that run: If anyone enjoys FFT I honestly recommend giving it a shot for the unique story it lends itself to. I do recommend skipping the rules until after the second battle but that's up to YOU to decide.
My first post on the subject is me complaining about spending 4 hours grinding out the second fight and, despite hyperbole being my natural state, that was NOT hyperbole.
It DID take 60~ restarts to beat. It DID take 4 hours. The reason is that that 2nd battle is RNG as HECK, you HAVE to have Delita do some meaningful actions, you HAVE to have the enemies miss and make poor plays, you damn near HAVE to crit a few instances to save yourself from taking too much damage.
It's a numbers game to the extreme, so I wouldn't fault anyone for 'cheating' and skipping the 2nd fight for the ruleset lol.
The memory that stands out the most for that run is actually isolated in a post in which Ramza (Purrick in this run) talks like a total badass as just ONE DUDE running into a room full of enemies. I just think on that as a great encapsulated view of what it was like. The run started off face grindingly difficult, but because FFT is a game that offers so much freedom to the player it was extremely easy to 'break' the game into making Purrick overpowered as hell.
That's something I love about some tactical RPGs, I love having the ability to play smart so that I can play stupid later on, and breaking the game into making him one shot god is certainly a good payoff for playing smart early on :P
RetQuick: I miss RetQuick, it was primarily a short experiment I did in 2015 where I'd play a game for a short span of time (REALLY short, like 10-20 minutes) and record that for the purpose of making gifs and saying a short piece on what I thought.
It's one of those formats where the purpose was pretty shallow- but had a reason. I wanted to try making some gifs with some tools that existed online, so I made an excuse to do just that.
I also wanted to play a TON of games, usually through emulation on my sister's PSP, and this let me do that.
These two minor goals came together and so I spent a while making RetQuicks which were honestly more fun to make than they had any right to be. I mean the gifs were tedious but the playing? The thought sharing? The end product ocassionally having more appeal than just a photoset? It was fun.
I'm thinking whenever I have trouble picking a game for the blog I'll revisit the format... sorta.
I already reused it for a short stint to show clips I had no plan on expanding into a playthrough, but that died as well as it was too similar to Tidbits posts (another tag I no longer really use).
My thought is to rebrand retquick as something of a tryout for what game comes next. Play a handful of my backlog games for an hour or so each and say some thoughts before saying which one I'll continue as the main game for that period of time.
Old Tag Stuff: One of those things that only sticks to me since I made the decisions but it's always funny for me to look back on my old posts because I was apprehensive as hell toward making my posts visible. The reason my early playthroughs on the My-Tags page are variants of Ret instead of just "The name of the game so people can find this post" is because I felt like a liveblog would just spam the tag to hell-
Something I don't remotely feel bad for doing anymore.
So I avoided getting any sort of spotlight for quite a while on the blog for little reason.
Why Retphienix?: This is just a dumb thought I wanted to share and I'm sure I've said before.
It stands for retro!
Yeah!
Ain't that dumb and also not a real shorthand? lol
I think I have some sort of deer in headlights anxiety towards naming things, I mean do you think I think Full Impressions is a good summation for a video? I don't. But perhaps that's overshadowed by the other inexperiences and anxiety driven decisions that had- doesn't matter.
Retphienix is Retphienix because I sat there in 2015 and thought "Well... what do I name an alt account?"
My main is Redphienix, which yes, is ALSO a terrible name AND is misspelled. But it's that because of sentimental reasons. As a kid I misspelled Redphoenix when making my gamertag (I knew how to spell Phoenix back then as well, I was too excited about xbox live and misspelled it) and it's become something of a sentimental misspelling.
So I wanted to make a mix on that for my game blog, but I had no idea what. In the end I thought "RetroPhienix? I don't know. Retphienix is closer to Redphienix. I'll do that" and so it was done.
And just like how Redphienix is both bad and misspelled but exists because of sentimental reasons- Retphienix has acquired the same 'flavor' in my eye lol.
Aspirations for the blog: I have no immediate ramp up plans or road map or whatever, and in truth I'll be happy if the blog stays just as it is forever- up until tumblr ends- I cry over lost posts- and I reopen it on another platform.
But I do have blurry half-considered daydreams that I'd like to see happen for the blog through some hard work or shifts on my part.
One is something I'm already doing kinda, hence my embarrassing means of bringing it up a lot lately. Videos- I want those. I wanna make some looks back on series people don't talk about that I enjoy, I want to make videos sharing my thoughts on games I beat for the blog (like what full impressions kinda was, but I don't think they'll have a unified name from here on out). Maybe retrospectives, but mostly when I think of making a video tied to retphienix or me in general it's me looking at a game that said something to me, and saying it louder with my own interpretations on it.
You know the kind, videos where they talk about a video game but not the whole thing- just a singular message they really heard loud and clear from it intentionally or not. I dig those and I know I end a lot of games having plenty to say that could be directed into such a format.
We'll see.
And I'm along for the ride on that one as well- currently I'm keeping my eyes on whatever is directly next, which happens to be "I plan on playing Omori, if it clicks as something to talk about I would like to take a shot at that in a video too!"
The other is that I'd like to build a small community. Wouldn't know the first thing on doing that in a modern sense, but just a little online friend group to chat with and play games together. Something that could open up multiplayer and coop experiences being better shared on the blog and would just in general expand my gaming to what it used to be back on the 360 when I had a large group to play with.
Since the 360 era ended I've pretty much closed off- stopped playing competitive games due to lack of interest- and slowed down to playing all games either solo, with randoms (and no mic usually), or with my cousin. It's a rare instance when I play with some good people like @gamesception or another friend of mine, John.
When I diverted from playing competitive games nonstop toward other genres I didn't intend to also cut out all my online gaming buds, it just kinda happened, and I never really put any effort into rectifying that.
So more or less I'd like to one day sit down and work on a discord server, and then buck up and put the leg work in to make some gamin' buds again, but that's such a vague concept anymore.
Sounds all sad and what not but it's more ambivalent, I made decisions that
changed how gaming worked for me after the 360 and this is just where it landed for better and worse- I'd just like to see if I can make it a little better :P
General things I think when I think retphienix: Honestly? I think of how much fun I've had over the years and how thankful I am to have had an outlet that encouraged me to explore more of the medium.
I REALLY love games. I went to college for games, I've written LEAGUES about games, I've played countless games, my childhood was games, my adult life is games- games games games yada yada yada.
So when I think of retphienix I think of how without it I probably wouldn't have explored a lot of the corners of gaming that I have.
I genuinely, and I mean this, might not have sat down and beaten FF7 for myself and would have considered the amount I played as a kid to be enough.
I might not have played Chrono Trigger yet, and I KNOW I wouldn't have played Chrono Cross, and I'm happy as hell to have played both of those. CT was a mind blowing moment for me that showed me just how good an RPG can be, and CC gave me miles to think of in terms of innovating an RPG and how beholden to the narrative a sequel should be (I don't feel CC should have been chrono at all lol).
I DEFINITELY wouldn't have given New Vegas another chance. And I know I'm a sourpuss on NV, I've been that way since I maxed my achievements on the 360 for it, but replaying it really did reveal to me how exceedingly negative I was being.
My memories had become "It's brown and a boring location >:(" and "The factions all suck and it doesn't do anything with the idea of bad factions >:(" and became "It's... a little brown guys, not a big fan of the area" and "They didn't do enough with exploring the gray factions" while adding "Wait. This is pretty damn fun. And 90% of the additions are stellar. And I forgot about Dead Money, my favorite dlc in any game ever with a story that tears at my heart every time I think of it, NV good actually?"
Faxanadu would have remained a cool game I saw on SSFF and not a game I played to the end and fell in love with the aesthetic feel it has!
Also that's a game I cheated like crazy on lol, I would do it again! Save state scumming games meant to be rudely difficult is only fair :P
I probably would have never sat down to play through Windwaker which was such a positive and uplifting experience that I now get the most relaxed and warm feeling in my heart when I see those blue waves.
There's so many experiences I would have left on the table in favor of like... putting more hours into a live service title or something.
Maybe, and no offense to my cousin or anyone else playing it, but maybe I'd be no-lifing World of Warcraft nonstop just stagnating my interest toward the skinner box mechanics of an MMO?
Some offense, actually but lightheartedly lol.
But beyond the entire games I've played for the blog, when I think retphienix I picture all the time making gifs, all those games I played on the PSP for short stints, buying a retron 5 to add to what I could explore and being stoked when they shipped a freebie box of old controllers to go with it, getting angry at the retron for being a Piece Of Shit lol, crying at the end of damn near every game with an emotional story because I'm a big emotional mess of a person who finds investing and crying at a story way too easy thanks to empathy pulls, oh!-
Getting excited whenever I found that I had a "*controversial*" opinion that no one would care about lol. Like the one that comes to mind is that I thoroughly believe that Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza!! for the NES is WAY better than the fandom recognized and appreciated sequel/remake Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan!
How many people do you hear talking about either game, let alone saying the NES game that is roughly half of the SNES remake is the better one :P But I stand by that! The SNES one is a remake of DBZ1 and 2 for the NES but it loses all the charm and some of the fun of the NES ones by being a lackluster SNES game!
lol
I admitted wholeheartedly that this post would be a lit-
little directionless (gotta love the new tumblr poster making me break sentences like that), but to sum things up.
It's been 6 years. It's been an untold amount of work to be honest- liveblogging a game, at least for me, hasn't been the easiest thing. It's a lot of thinking out my thoughts (heh), it's a lot of learning tools to make the capturing process possible, it's a lot of experimenting, it's a lot of writing and editing, and, well, sometimes it's just tough.
I mean I went to school for coding, not video editing, not writing, not image processing, not this or that- but this hobby has introduced a lot of things even if only at a VERY base level (I admit fully to using online alternatives to make gifs for instance).
I learned a lot about, well, a lot of things in order to use this blog to learn more about games- and all that work has become part of why I've loved all 6 years of this blog.
6 years of gaming, work, and you all- and it's been worth the investment :) Here's to many more and all of you whether you stumble upon this post or not- literally anyone who's interacted in these 6 years, thank you, and anyone who hasn't I offer you well wishes as well.
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Ahhhh! Iโm so amazed that I got to 500 followers despite the fact that I barely?? Post?? And sometimes I just talk about random shit but even then, I still appreciate all of you guys so much? I have a few options on what I have to celebrate and I am so excited heheh. But before I get started I just,,, Have a few more things Iโd like to talk about (cus I like to talk LOL). Feel free to skip though!!ย
content continued below the cut!! (warning; introduction is long because I just have a lot of thoughts I want to share LOL. seriously, feel free to just skip)ย
I know that I only really started posting Haikyuu!! around my 300 mark, and I feel like the people after my 300 mark are the oneโs who are active because of how much I come onto tumblr and then disappear.ย
If you donโt know this, Iโve actually been writing on Tumblr since 2015/2016. Iโve just changed blogs so many times that itโs like, hey, this is my new blog. Or like, I would write for a few months, disappear, come back but then everyone who followed me was dead so I was like eh Iโll just start again or whatever. And I think this makes me very very soft because out of all the communities Iโve been in, Iโve truly felt more welcome/at home even?? With everyone in Haikyuu? Like yeah thereโs shit that goes down every few days or whatever but itโs always so fun to see people interact with each other and though I was hesitant at first (because before this the only writer Iโve ever interacted with was Scout for marvel oop) Iโm really glad I reached out to a few of yโall and vice versa.ย
But despite that, Marvel will always hold a place in my heart and to everyone who followed me from my Marvel days, thank you for supporting me way back when. And even to my Narnia days (AHAHAHA). I donโt think I wouldโve continued writing on tumblr without your guysโ support. I know that younger me appreciated you all for reading those old works (even if I hate my old writing now).ย
And to everyone now, thank you for sending in asks or commenting on my works. I actually think I wouldโve disappeared by this time from this blog if you guys didnโt interact. Iโm not saying Iโm writing for the follows or the notes, if that makes sense. But itโs more like, I feel less of a robot that people expect to churn out works. Idk, it makes me feel like a person? And it just gives me a lot more serotnin than you might think!!ย
One last thing though, itโs not me saying I expect you guys to always read my work and always comment. Itโs more so, Iโd actually rather have you guys comment or whatever because you wantย to and you want to read it. Like on one hand yes it does make me feel appreciated but I also donโt want you to feel obligated or feel guilty of you donโt read my things. No matter what, I will always be writing. It definitely does feel nice tho LOLย
I promise in the future, if I ever do intros they wonโt be this long lol.ย
Phew. Anyway.ย
For this celebration, this is only for Haikyuu!!
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I love love love self ships SO much. So I want to hear about your guysโ self ships!ย
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this will only be open from 12am september 23 โ 11:59pm september 25 PSTย
any requests received before or after will be deleted (may be extended depending on how many requests I get!)
do keep in mind that iโm starting classes soon so it will take me some time to get through this.
send it in through asks or submissions!ย
send in as many asks as youโd like
if you use an emoji to show who you are, include it on all asks :3c
nothing nsfw for this, thanks!
since this is a follower celebration,,, i do have to ask that you be following me! honestly, i wonโt check if you are, thats too much work on my part but it would mean a lot if youโre following me to participate in this celebration! );ย
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i will be creating two instagram posts with one of them having a comment section (3-4 screenshots)
i might also include a screenshot of your profile and/or your s/oย if I can put in more pictures!
chats with your s/o ( heheh (; ) (1-2 screenshots)
chats with your s/oโs team! (1-2 screenshots) (this will possibly be with the entire team or just a select few)
take a look at the example as thatโs what iโve done for a friend of mine!!
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send in 1-2 headcanons about you and your s/o
send in a little bit about your personality!!
your pronouns! and a name youโd like to go by!
give me your instagram handle! (not your real one, but what it would be within haikyuu) otherwise, iโll make a random one based off your name!
what are your ~aesthetics~ย
what phone nickname would u have for your s/o (or any other people on the team) so it can be more personalized! or if ur like me where everyone is just their name besides a select few
do u have particular texting habits?
whatโs your favorite animal? this is what I will be putting as your profile picture! alternatively if you submit all of this through my submissions and give me a piccrew, I will use that!
you could give me the most BASIC description, you donโt need to do all of these points, and iโd be fine with that. Itโs up to you how much you want this to be personalized <3
(also this oneโs not necessary, itโll just be more ~fun~ but lmk if u wanna be a manager of the team! or if u have ur own little AU so u might have other certain details u want to throw in. otherwise iโm gonna make it a sorta free for all lol)
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐: hi! my nameโs ameris and i ship myself with suga! my pronouns are she/her/hers and i like to think that suga and i have a sort of childhood friends to lovers trope. i also like to think that we go stargazing at least once a month no matter what! my aesthetic is definitely space heh. iโm a little bit like suga where iโm chaos and baby! i curse a lot and i have way too many interests to count but i always like trying new things! my instagram handle would be ameris_stars (dude idk lMAO) and sugaโs name in my phone would be Koushi <3 i make a lot of typos and i like using a mix of emojis and emoticons/occasional kaomojis. my favorite animal is a fox or dog!
this,,, is a lot but iโm okay with that! heheh
to protect you, I wonโt publish your ask! I will make separate posts titled w/ your name + s/o + emoji (if you use your emoji). If you do it off anon, I will tag you!ย
Request List!! If you donโt see your name on here, just submit it again :3c I will notย be tagging for the sake of not spamming you guys lol.ย
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I would love love love to get to know you! So tell me about yourself!ย
whatโs your favorite color?
whoโre your favorite haikyuu characters?
favorite haikyuu teams?
you got any writers you want to give a shout out to?
maybe a little self promo too?
adsfasdfasdflj i will keep bringing this up but like any,,, spice asks,,, about the haikyuu characters cus like,,, lol
horn knee asks will be tagged with:ย โameris needs a drinkโ which honestly sounds like i need an alcoholic drink and at this point, yeahย
please be 18+ if you do send in any spicey asks!!
This can go on for as long as yโall want really, ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏย Iโll just answer these like normal and spread them out too lol
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I have a few ask games Iโve reblogged before, so I have a few linked for you LOLย
intrusive asks ๐๐๐
~space~ asks! (this has a lot more!)
zodiac asks (just about my writing!)
writerโs asks
a little game I got from my friend which I think is absolutely so much fun
this is a version of fuck-marry-kill, but send in THREE characters (this one can be from any mix of my interests!) and Iโll choose which one Iโd rather have a fanfic trope with:ย
โenemies-to-loversโย
โchildhood friends-to-loversโย
andย โfake datingโ
would definitely prefer haikyuu characters
but doing a mix and match from all my interests is a lotta fun
things i used to or am currently into: haikyuu, marvel,ย bnha, demon slayer, rwby, sailor moon, voltron, dc, overwatch, tales of vesperia, legend of zelda, bungo stray dogs, narnia (lmao), one piece, uhm, iโll add more if i can think of more, tbh u can even just say random characters and iโll just google themย
As always though, feel free to ask me any other questions!!
this will also go on for as long as whenever, iโll probably spread out this one!ย
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AH. It was lookin a little long so hereโs the linkย to the post :3c (will edit post later!!! when I come back from my exam!!!)
to those who got to the end, omg iโm sorry. i talk so much. but thank you for your support and just getting through this block of words hakdfhkasf
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