#sorry but i am forgetful and dumb

[aiqingdemeimiao]

Do you know if there’s a Ben Whishaw fan group here on Tumblr or somewhere else? xo

there's not really a fan group on here, more of a shambolic collection of blogs that occasionally overlap around ben and/or the characters he plays lol. i'll list some of them (they're all nice people, i promise 💕)

@iceforcutie @vvomentalking @deciulla @byrdcalls @thestalwartheart @beb-whishaw @rannamn-blog (check the likes) @amongthejumbledheap @sweetbabyangels @amatesura (check their ben tag) @foxsoulcourt @cicerfics @bishybarnaby @moonwest @stilettochat @boffin1710 @indigoperegrine and tbh if you check out the @mi6-cafe (a bond fandom community) you'll find loads of other people who reblog/post ben stuff (usually in a Q setting tbh).

[incorrect-riordanverse]

It's really disheartening that Rick Riordan stance on the war I understand that he wants to be neutral on this stance but in my opinion by becoming neutral he only worsening the issue as many Palestines are dying that are mostly children, how the majority of Israeli are supporting the Genocide of Palestine, and how the government is trying so hard (but miserably failing) to justified the genocide. I will hold him accountable for what he said on this issue as during this period the choice is basically "you are with us or against us."

Part of me wishes he will realize what he said was wrong and understand the bigger issue that plays at hand. I will criticism for his actions as how can a man who promotes LGBTQIA and representation of minorities and disabilities in his books turn a blind eyes to Genocide of people. However we can only wait and see on his next move.

One last thing about your previous you said you don't group Riordan with other authors where do you would group him with? Also this is more on an opinion base answer but many people are boycotting companies that support Israel there as been another post on Twitter on boycotting authors. Rick Riordan happens to be one of them. Do you believed that he should be boycotted with other authors or he should be properly educated and apologized for his previous statement? If you believed he should be boycotted what do tou have to say to those who might have the mentality of "separate the art from the artist"

thank you for this ask, and i completely agree with you! it is extremely hypocritical of him considering what he preaches for in his books. i think he’s convinced he has properly addressed the apartheid by using very vague language that can be applied to anything, and in doing so, he’s addressed nothing really.

your first question on who i would group him with— probably other authors who are doing the exact same as him in their virtue signalling. i always like to link my other blogs to each other, so i don’t think it’s a secret that i have a red queen account and i’m pretty passionate about that. unfortunately, victoria aveyard is another fantasy author who has literally wrote a whole four-book series on the uprising against oppression but is now playing neutral in her address of the apartheid. rebecca yarros is in the same boat, although i haven’t read ‘fourth wing,’ fans have said there are large themes of oppression within the book. so if i had to group riordan it would probably be in the ‘i-like-to-write-about-it-for-profit-and-praise-only’ group.

in terms of boycotting, i think that’s a great idea! i would also like to remind everyone that the percy jackson tv show is coming out in a little over a month, but disney is a huge industry financially supporting israel as well ($2 million in funding), which is obviously far more damning than a poorly written address by one person. there is a boycott happening for disney as well— and the pjo show will be released on disney + . i implore everyone to not watch it on that platform!! personally i will be pirating it online (idk if i’ll get into trouble saying that here but lol oh well), because im pretty sure the boycott is only for withdrawing financial support, not simply consuming media.

i feel like separating art from the artist only works if that artist is… like, dead, and you’re using that art and its values as a historical insight to how the world was during its time. you can still like a piece of work that has a problematic artist, you can engage with the work (to an extent). but separating art from the artist barely works because either:

to engage with the art is to support the artist in some way, so that artist is making money based on your interaction with that (particularly in the case for singers and streaming of songs)

that artists’ views and values are so rancid that it’s literally embedded within the text itself. to ignore it is harmful.

harry potter is my all-time favourite example to use, because jkr is the scum of the earth, and her views are entrenched in her work. a lesser known example is sarah j maas and her books (she’s also not as dogshit as jkr, but then again, its not hard to be a better person than her). i’m not going to bag on these people for liking things by problematic people (would be hypocritical of me), i just think it’s cowardly not to address it when you come across it, or at least admit to it. to simply write things off as ‘separate to the artist’ is like purposefully turning off your critical thinking skills.

on whether boycotting or an apology is enough— if riordan did apologise and used specific language and not the nonsense he had in that blog, expressed his remorse for his ignorance and then actually did or said something to support the people of palestine then, yeah. that’s fine and that’s how we learn ig. but he should educate himself, too many activists, people from the arab community and especially palestinians are expected to be all-knowing and to educate everyone else on an already draining and personal tragedy. it’s been exhausting for me, i can’t imagine what they’re going through. if riordan (or anyone) needs to be educated, he should do it himself, and (at least in my opinion) i don’t think the info is very hard to find now. it’s just about weeding out the misinformation.

i think boycotting is a good idea as of now. it can serve to be a catalyst for self reflection for many people. also, as much as i hate most online discourses, talking about it online needs to happen. i don’t want these authors to forget, for a moment, about the ignorance they posted online during a time of international crisis.

[doodlingwren]

☝🤓 What if 🤨🤔! I was back 😨🤯 after some months 😞😤😲... ahahah jokes 🧐🤣😂... unless 😳👉👈

[oceanwithouthermoon]

https://x.com/d3kutism/status/1741579841764475157?s=46

it should be illegal to be this fucking stupid so loudly and confidently omg..

mfs on the internet preach about "media literacy" yet they completely gloss over the fact that the only damn things that kusuo "canonically" is are a tsundere, an unreliable narrator, and a fucking liar LMFAOOO.. babe thats like basic reading comprehension, im sorry..

EDIT: it should go without saying not to send a person hate just because of a silly post like this one(+i dont have any reach anyway so im sure it wouldnt happen, but i wanna say this nonetheless lol) but i would just like to say that i just checked and realized that this person is 15 years old, so like... yeah, too young to be arguing with grown people on the internet. dont take this too serious or send this person hate pls lol..

[chamiryokuroi]

TODAY IS AC DAY AND I FORGOT!!!!

[that-was-anticlimactic]

questioning as a love language,,, asking what the song is called, what they love about something, what the rules of a sport are,,, asking self-explanatory questions because you want to show you care, asking (maybe excessive) questions because you care so much and don’t want to do it wrong or mess it up,,,

[oh-cramity-its-amity]

dont do this past me. dont do this. i know you wanted to make some angsty parallel of powder telling vi to wake up. this is NOT the time to be completely infatuated with thinking about caitvi as teens crossing paths. IM YELLING AT YOU FOR THIS. these notes are so gross.

yeah and what? do you ever think about caitlyn knowing how to deal with wounds like i do. do you ever think about caitlyn being around tobias all the time like i do. her picking up how to treat patients and little bits of medicine on the side of enforcer weapenery because he treats them.

no. you dont understand. they just robbed jayce but she doesnt know that. its canon adjacent!!

or should i say... canon ad-jacye-nt... no?

powder having to relive a similar experience as her mother but with vi. nono i shouldnt. anyway haha.. what if, you know? what if i was evil like that.

[the-pea-and-the-sun]

light and L r t4t and L has pcos an terrible awful cramps and light is transfem but she gets sympathy cramps and their cycles r lined up but luckily no one on the team is a good enough detective to notice tht both L and light seem to fall ill together every 2-6 months. none of this means anything btw these r just things i say to comfort myself

[katyahina]

(Sorry I needed this meme to be posted separated from an ask)

[angrybatart]

Continuation to my previous post.

And to answer a tag I saw in a mutual's reblog, I was fine! Lol I had fun. These three were basically how I felt afterwards.

I'm sorry. This addition is so silly and stupid. 😣 Please forgive me. Also no idea what my sudden obsession with roller coasters is about. Maybe I need to ride one again.

[elkkiel]

*taps your shoulder*

*pecks your lips with a kiss when you turn around*

*flee and run into a pole*

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[todayisafridaynight]

I’m fairly new to the fandom, but I do have a question if you can answer it! Why do people ship Daigo with Aoki / Masato? I tried looking to see if they’ve interacted before, but couldn’t find anything! Sorry for asking I’m just </3 dumb AND I LOVE YOUR ART OF THEM!!! Nerd looking ahhhhhh

hi ! welcome to the community i hope you're having a lovely time so far and ty for enjoyin my stuff :) no need for apologies it's a very fair question to have :]

i cant speak for everyone (all. ten people into masadai anyway) but Personally To Me i just think the idea of them together is very funny. thats quite literally it im afraid..

[cryingyetcourageous]

Lat: I saw this thing on the TikkyToks! Eesti: No. No, you know what TikTok is. I know you know what TikTok is. Please don't start with this. Lat: Or maybe it was the YouTubes- Liet: I thought you got over needlessly adding "s" to proper nouns decades ago. Lat: -it was someplace on the interwebs... Maybe the Instantgrams? Liet: [sQUINTS] Are you purposely talking like a grandpa to assert your age again? Eesti: Again?! Lat: I am older than Berwald! I am allowed to talk like an out-of-touch old man! I... I have earned this. Liet: I promise you, there are better ways to get people to look past your physical age, and if you would just t- Lat: FACEYBOOKS!!

[ryuseitai]

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[tomato-fendo-writes]

Hi, hope you're doing well ✨.

So first off, I love, LOVE chapter 15 and it's always the highlight of my day when I get a notification that Fendo posted, my Tumblr feed and email inbox are blessed when that happens. Secondly, it is genuinely amazing that you had the strength to write and post chapter 15 after the passing of your sensei, and find the strength and inspiration from that important moment in your life and implement it in your work. I pray you are granted patience during this time.

Soooo as for the fic, I firmly believe in sibling bonding supremacy and I know the fic's main focus is the relationship between Kazuya and Jin, but I am weak for soft brotherly bonds and it will give me an indescribable amount of happiness to see such a bond between the brothers develop eventually and for Kazuya to grow into the role of a big brother, to act as such and see Lee become all flustered as a result when Kazuya genuinely cares for him and shows him affection in that capacity.

Also, do you think Kazuya lets his emotions lead him? I'm not saying he's impulsive but rather it's the Devil inside him that aggravates and enhances his emotions, makes him feel much more of each emotion, especially negative ones. And its become a buzz in the back of his head that he's become used to in all these years, that its just become his default. His bond growing with both Jin and Lee actually quietens the buzz in his head, grounds him, provides him clarity and one day the difference is so apparent that he himself notices it.

It's ok if you can't answer any one of these, or both 😭. I understand that you need to keep your cards close.

I genuinely can't wait for the next chapter. Please take care ✨.

Byee.

bruh the way this made me blush 😭 so sweet to hear i can be the light in someone’s day with my work, that’s genuinely so heartwarming ♥️ and thank you for your words about sensei, i still miss him and i always will, but i will say that things are a lot better now

as for kaz and lee - while yes, not the MAIN focus of the fic, they are still a very very important part of it in relation to each other (and everything else), and there will be a lot of development between them for the better :D i will kinda miss when i don’t get to write them in their screaming matches anymore lol, but there’s a really good trade off that i can’t spoil >:)

and yes, absolutely kazuya is a lot more emotionally driven than he would like to think! he does everything in his power to be logical, but like jin, he’s a firey, volatile thing that feels very deeply when he does feel, and he can be led around by his emotions if he doesn’t catch himself (and it’s VERY hard to catch himself). he just likes to deny it a lot because he’s stupid. but devil absolutely amplifies his negative and stronger emotions, always buzzing in the back of his head like you said. it’s almost hard to imagine how he would be without devil in his head, since it’s been like that for practically forever for him. (there’s a song on my fic playlist that embodies this part of him very well for me and it always leaves me wanting to lay in the floor lol)

the buzz is being lessened, or at least he doesn’t notice it as much anymore. funny how things can dampen it if he lets them… let’s see how that goes for him