#sorry to be a gatekeeper but sometimes people are just wrong! they are talking out their ass and it annoys me!

[chicknparm]

People who watch wrestling exclusively for yaoi reasons make me insane

[gabrielsbubblegumbitch]

I’m sorry but can you write more stuff about Vox being a gaslighter? I’m actually obsessed with your analysis

Thaaanks I'm obsessed about them too~ 🩵❤️

So, Vox is like the ultimate gaslighter. Manipulation and brainwashing? That's his whole freaking business plan. I mean, come on, the Voxtek slogan is "Trust Us," and somehow, people actually do.

Oh, let's talk about Voxtek - he's the worst, most manipulative boss ever. He's always pulling stuff like withholding essential information for a task someone's supposed to do, then publicly blaming them for screwing up. And he's sneaky about it too, acting all concerned and disappointed instead of just yelling. It makes people feel useless and insecure, so they bust their butts trying to please him and win back their colleagues' respect, never daring to stand up for themselves. Plus, he's a pro at keeping relationships between higher-up managers tense and distrustful by spreading rumors and creating a competitive vibe. And don't get me started on how he's a total hypocrite - Voxtek, like every other company, preaches its values and missions to create this fake sense of safety and purpose, but then he goes and acts against them or lets someone else do so. It leaves people feeling confused and helpless because they can't play the game when the rules keep changing. Let me tell you, Satan might work hard, but Voxtek's HR department works even harder.

And manipulating people on a personal level? Way too easy for him. People who don't know him well enough think he's some kind of genius (bless their hearts), so they give him way too much credibility. It's crucial for him to be seen as competent because that's how he stays in control. That's why he loves to question the competence of his business partners (Not to be that guy, but those numbers don't look great. Are you sure you can handle this? I don't want to waste my money.) or Valentino (Babe, I've got this. We both know you're not great with financial planning.). Thought hardly ever works on Velvette because she's got zero bullshit tolerance.

Now, when it comes to Valentino, Vox has zero remorse about gaslighting him. To him, gaslighting isn't even violence; it's just a way of handling things, all neat and effective. Why bother yelling and arguing when he can just manipulate Val into agreeing with him? It's like what we saw in episode 2. And even when Val has every right to be angry because Vox acted like a jerk, Vox tends to devaluate his emotions (I don't have time to deal with another temper tantrum, Val; You're always so pissy, why can't you just chill?) or tries to make him doubt his own reality (Maybe you'd remember it better if you weren't high all the time.). He hates arguing with Val, but also is unable to admit that he's wrong, so in his mind, undermining Val's ability to call him out on his bad behavior is a way of keeping their relationship healthy. But it's risky because sometimes Val sees through his manipulations, especially when they're about his feelings, and then things get even messier.

I like to think they trust each other when it comes to serious stuff, like protecting each other from outside dangers, but at the same time, it's like Mr. Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss is married to Mr. Manipulate Mansplain Manwhore - you never know if he's being genuinely nice or if he's trying to get you to do something.

[dr-spectre]

Hello everyone, I got some announcements to share and some plans for the future of this blog now that the Grand Fest is over and the news drought begins.

(LONG POST AHEAD!!!!)

I think going forward I'm gonna change how I approach myself acting online and be less "OH MY GOD HOLY SHITENWIOEDISIWIEOE GUYYS!!!"

Because to be honest with you all... I've been feeling very self conscious about the way that I've been acting online and I feel like I gotta channel my passion for Splatoon in a much more healthy and less EXTREMEEEEE way.

I am aware that um.... people have blocked me... and you know, that's to be expected of course when you are online and you're slowly building a following. Still really stings, though, and I think it's due to the fact that sometimes I can be sorta- "This is what happened, and if you disagree with me, you're an idiot and you're wrong!!!!!" When I make posts. And I don't wanna do that, and I don't want to come off as a gatekeeping fan that thinks lower of other people who might not know my stances very well. I wanna educate people and present my stuff as more of "Hey guys, this is what I think actually happened in this event. Feel free to take a look! I think this is really cool and I wonder what you guys think of this perspective that i have?"

And sometimes I can be pretty loud mouthed and stuff and I have talked shit towards certain characters. I remember one time I made a post where I said "what the fuck is wrong with Marie?" And said some stuff... I probably rubbed a lot of people the wrong way with that post... and other posts. I'm so sorry if I have made some of you upset in the past or have said some awful things about your favourite characters in the series...

As you guys probably know, I am passionate about Hypno Callie and I have very strong stances and opinions on her. And that leads to me get a bit... out of control. Callie is my biggest comfort character and to see certain people try and push this vile and disgusting event that happened to her... that she was kidnapped by Octavio and the Octarians when she was alone, and that he brainwashed her and forcibly put the shades on her, or he tricked her and he removed her memories too...

and I try to see the same event in a completely different lens... I see it as more of Octavio manipulating her in a more subtle way and due to Callie's poor mental state and desperation, she heard him out. Octavio used the shades as a way to control her more easily but he doesnt have full direct control over her because her influence helped motivate the Octarians. Octavio still wanted Callie to be... well... Callie. Plus, Callie was more than willing to help the Octarians as well, as she thinks they are cute. I do have evidence to back it up as well as articles and definitions explaining how hypnosis actually works and its limitations.

But this perspective gets compromised and put into question in my head when people keep pushing and pushing and PUSHING the other thing. Then it feels like I have to yell and get mad.... I've seen it as recently as when Blushing Tide came out and I looked at the YouTube comment section on one of the uploads and I just kept seeing people say "oh it's like Tidal Rush but without the brainwashing" or some shit like that idk. I dont remember it well but i know I saw the word floating around. (Don't look at YouTube comment sections. You won't get anything of value from them.)

Anyways, I also wanna cut back on swearing too because sometimes I border on being a hazbin hotel character and I DO NOT want myself to get to that level LMAO!

So what shall I be doing now that Splatoon 3 is officially wrapped up? Well... I wanna do more creative projects and fun stuff like that. I got good reception from my haikus for the Grand Fest and I think doing more stuff like that sounds really really fun!!! And it might actually give me a reason to finish stuff as well lol...

Like I have a God damn Splatoon 2 hero mode finale rewrite that's nearly done and it's been sitting on my Google docs since JULY!!!! I have also made plans to do a fan sequel to the Squid Sisters Stories that takes place in between Splatoon 2 and 3 because that time frame for the Squid Sisters has been barely touched upon. I'm also doing a personal project where it's basically what I want to see out of a Splatoon 4 and I've been really enjoying making that. I dont know if I would ever share it but... it's something to do for me at least.

I also wanna involve myself in the community more, I received an ask where someone said (I forgot who asked I'm so sorry) if I could do a thing where I receive Splatoon OCs and critique them. That sounds really fun!!!

Maybe i can do photo mode competitions or showcases!!! Where I choose a theme (Callie, water, Splatsville, etc) and people submit their photos and I critique them and showcase them to everyone!!! Does that sound like something people would be interested in?! I would love to know as virtual photography is a hobby I love to partake in and I wanna encourage more people to try it!

There is also other stuff i can do like going over the Idols outfits and rating them, but I don't have the motivation to do that at the moment and I know it's not gonna be as in-depth as the one I did for Callie.

Anyhow, that's basically what I have so far. I think im gonna slow down on posting and I'm gonna chill out. Or at least I'll try to chill out.

I've just been feeling incredibly guilty and kinda... sad that I've been acting in a certain way for a while. And I really wanna change that. I dont like making people upset and I don't wanna be the kind of Splatoon fan that puts down others who don't even know any better and don't know who I am....

But enough being sad, I wanna focus on the present and make sure that my future on here is bright!!!

[dootznbootz]

I do agree that a lot of people in that OdyDio space do tend to character assassinate them both to have their mlm ship often at the expense of Penelope entirely. It's extremely frustrating to see it happen on such a widespread level and it starting to take root as a pretty popular alternate ship for Odysseus. I feel like there could be a way to do it that simply doesn't water them down into half of what they should be as characters but not many fics that I've read in the past make that effort. Idk where I was going with this really but I appreciate your viewpoint about this ship and other similar points on it very much.

*sighs* Thank you for appreciating my rants :') I don't like doing them and I've done it quite a few times enough already but I need to let it out lol. <3 It's very frustrating as a Penelope lover. I'm happy that I'm not so alone in this feeling tbh.

And literally everything you've said ;~; Especially the first statement of "a lot of people in that OdyDio space do tend to character assassinate them both to have their mlm ship often at the expense of Penelope entirely."

People act like it's canon when it's simply not and never was. Period. And that's okay. Ship and let ship but don't act like it "definitely happened". It's an AU. And Diomedes is definitely not on the same level as Penelope in Odysseus' heart. I love Poly ships but for Odysseus to have clawed his way back into the arms he never wanted to leave in the first place, to be told he can only give one hand for his wife, the one he shares his mind and heart with, SO OFTEN is just... ough.

Like the Odyssey is the Ithacan Royal Family's story...And yet people think the "Real Odysseus" is in the Iliad and/or basically putting aside everything in the Odyssey for fanon version of the Iliad.

Like, my "Water Wife" being a weird cryptid water woman is technically an AU as well. I know this. I very much hope others know this as well. And that's okay.

As like, I wouldn't hate it so much if this weren't the case and if it wasn't shoved down my throat as often as it is ;~; It's literally everywhere. I already can't ramble about Penelope without someone making it about Odysseus. At least that's a bit understandable as that's the love of her life. But the fact that if I ramble about Penelope, people will bring up Diomedes?! Because of a non-canon crackship? (Also, Epic only mentions Diomedes once. Why are Epic fans, who've never even read the Iliad/Odyssey, (sorry to gatekeep but also not. I'm being mean right now) shipping it??? at this point it's just that you like the fan creations. WHICH IS FINE, BUT ADMIT THAT.)

I'm not against crackshipping and/or just shipping because it's hot. My guilty pleasure is MenOdy, a non-canon crackship. I know it's not canon. They definitely care deeply for each other but there is such a thing as deeply platonic friendships. As it even goes against their character to get together, as that would be cheating on their wives if they did have a relationship during the war. (Don't bring up Megapenthes as of right now. that's a separate and more complex topic altogether in the terms of "Cheating" in my opinion) Despite enjoying this ship, I never proclaim that it's canon. Especially not in the Odyssey and the Iliad.

And like, MenOdy comes from them being alike in how they ARE both loving husbands and fathers similar in age. That's the intrigue for me. As in character to a degree! Most OdyDio almost like, takes away Odysseus' love for Penelope in order to make it about Diomedes, which is SO wild and so wrong to canon. That's an AU.

I always try to like, start out headcanon talks with mostly "In my stuff", "In my Writing", etc. as like, to make it apparent that it's technically not canon and so that like, others know that it's just in my stuff and that they don't have to agree. Fanfics aren't essays, despite a lot of my interpretations being incorporated into my stuff.

Honestly like, it's almost hard to write sometimes because I almost feel so much...Pressure??? To make sure my Penelope fics are PERFECT. I want her to have creations and ideas and fanfics for her. I refuse to halfass her. I want her to have love and thought that's just more than just OdyDio's third and/or just a wife or mother. She deserves so much more.

[crusherthedoctor]

As an IDW fan believe it or not, I do know how you feel, because I sometimes can’t even post funny quirky memes about my favorite idw characters without being told I’m a fake Sonic fan, there is nothing wrong with liking anything from Sonic that isn’t necessarily faithful to the games! If your friends are giving you a hard time for liking a movie they are not your friends! I’m sorry you have to deal with that.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I never thought the day would come where an IDW fan approached me with more consideration and basic decency than game fans. :P First time for everything, I guess.

For what it's worth, whenever someone's followed me and they have an IDW character as their avatar, I always feel bad because "yeah, you're probably not going to be following me for long lmao". Despite my endless layers of beef with the comic - which I should note is doubled by the fact that much like Prime, IDW is bizarrely treated as though it's canon to the game universe despite not actually being the case, which is very much not the situation with the movies and their fans, so that's an additional reason for why the changes in the movies bother me less by comparison - I don't go out of my way to take a piss on the fans who simply like it in their own space. It's always been the Flynn cultists (I don't use that word loosely: I held off on it for a long time because I didn't want to sound like a drama clickbait YouTuber, but with all their growing hijinks, I really struggle to think of a more accurate term for them now) that I have an legitimate issue with.

I already believed that the Sonic fandom (and Tumblr in general TBH) had a bad habit of jumping from one extreme to the other, never learning any valuable lessons all the while. Needless to say, this hasn't done much to dissuade that belief. It's actually one of the reasons why I had my 10 minute retirement period not so long ago: I didn't like how the fandom was shaping me, and I didn't like the way it was changing us. It's not a coincidence that during all this time, I've refused to advocate for intense gatekeeping, because while fandom tourists can certainly create undesirable and persistent complications, just look at Ian Flynn and the Encyclospeedia, that so-called solution is just way too disproportionate and overreaching for my personal comfort. I'm not going to say that I handle fandom affairs perfectly, I know I've made a mistake on occasion, but... I feel like nowadays, I'm being backed into a corner a lot more frequently between both sides of the equation. I don't know what I'm expected to do. I can be respectful, I can be sympathetic, but the one thing I can't do is mindlessly change how I feel about something artificially just so my stance is convenient enough for approval. And when you're always being talked down to like an idiot, no matter how many times you explain yourself, no matter how much leeway you give to them... well, maybe people were onto something about the hivemind accusations...

The worst part in the movie's case is that I knew going in that it was going to be a lose-lose scenario. Either I didn't like it, and thus I wouldn't be able to join in on other people's enjoyment, or I did like it, and thus I would become an enemy on sight for SA2 diehards, regardless of any nuance to my thoughts on it. I knew not everyone would like it, which is fine, but it seems the other way around is non-existent.

I don't know where I'm going with all of this, but tl;dr, I appreciate your understanding. :) I stand by my thoughts on influential adaptations that grind my gears, but outside of the aforementioned cultists and the obnoxious influence and behaviour of the Archie leftovers themselves (shout out to the Shadow scat edit), I'm trying to relax more otherwise, and I've been wondering if more folk could benefit from the same. If the guy who has to keep seeing headache-inducing Eggdad fanart everywhere can do it, anyone can.

[leonismylove]

Explanation & Boundaries

I’m sorry to all the people that’ve had to read my mean ass vent posts these last few days

I’ve been getting unreasonably upset every time people say they relate to how I feel about Leo, and I’ve been voicing my discomfort, but it all sounds really stupid and petty.

Leo is more than my favorite character, he is my special interest, and has been an ongoing hyperfixation for me for the last 2 years. He’s more than just a character to me, which probably sounds really stupid, but it upsets me to see others believe they love him as much as I do.

Which is, again, really petty and selfish. But it’s how I feel, even if sometimes how I feel is ultimately really stupid

I unfortunately gatekeep how I feel about Leo and get really upset when someone else thinks they love him as much as I do. Maybe they love him, but not nearly as much, and having someone say they relate to how I feel about Leo just makes me think they misunderstood how deeply I meant my words.

It angers me when people say they relate to me in some way, especially this way, because I’ve always been so conditioned to believe that I was different in a way that couldn’t be understood. So if someone thinks they relate to me, then clearly they’re just misunderstanding me again.

I set my boundaries, I kindly told people that I wasn’t comfortable with them expressing their love for Leo on any of my socials, and to keep how you feel about him away from me. The post of which I had to take down shortly after, because everyone was doing what I said not to do just to get a reaction out of me.

I’ve been conditioned to never voicing how I feel because it’s all really stupid. Getting upset over this Is likely really childish and immature, but it’s how I feel. I can’t control how I feel, what angers me, what makes me uncomfortable. So all I ask is for people to respect my boundaries, and maybe not make me feel like an idiot for letting people know how to avoid making me uncomfortable.

I’m in no way angry at anyone who crossed my boundaries without realizing! We all make mistakes and as long as you had good intentions, all is okay. I’m also not angry at anyone who enjoys Leo. If anything, I’m angry at myself for having such intense emotions over things that aren’t that big of a deal.

Who I am angry at, are the few people that proceeded to spam my messages with “I feel the same way”, “I relate to you”s after they’d already seen the post I made stating my boundaries. They did it just to get a rise out of me, and it was disgusting.

Please don’t mock or belittle how I feel about my favorite characters, or my ability to feel like shit over something so minuscule. I’m really trying to manage it, but it’s difficult. I don’t want to think how I feel isn’t valid. Please be kind.

I’m sorry to anyone I could’ve hurt by the aggressive ways I worded my last posts. I just wanted to be respected. I have pent up aggression and resentment towards a lot of people in the rise fandom because of how they’ve mistreated me. I don’t know if anyone is aware of this, but I’m very hated by a good ton of people in the rottmnt fandom for reasons unknown to me. Which hurts, but they clearly don’t care enough to empathize with me. Being told “you just rub me the wrong way” so many times has infuriated me.

Reasonably, being so hated by people I admire has made me very angry and bitter. And I’m sorry for the way I voiced that. I just wanted to be listened to.

I really hope to start drawing bluemelon again once art block eases up on me. It brings me so much joy, and I haven’t been able to pursue it because of how down I’ve felt which really sucks. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon

If you read all this, and you’re willing to hear me out and respect me, I really appreciate you. That means a lot. <:]

My boundaries

Please don’t tell me you relate to the extent of how much I love my f/o. This is going to sound selfish, but I promise you don’t.

Try to avoid talking about how much you love him when having a conversation with me. It makes me feel very gross.

Don’t joke about his death.

Take. Me. Seriously. For the love of god, don’t belittle me

Try and be understanding and careful with my feelings! Please be respectful. I am tired.

Reminder that I am a shifter! I view my f/o as a real person. When you tell me you love him, you are telling me you love my partner like I do. You can imagine it feels pretty disgusting.

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[bucketspammer4life]

☆ the boxers watching horror movies ☆

sorry for dissapearing (again) i was busy trying to stay sane, also dont think of any specific movie i dont like movies because fuck staying still, this is less like my usual stuff since its more like a "what kind of horror do they like if they even like horror at all"

Glass Joe

- horror movie connoseiur and a bit of a elitist even though he doesnt like to admit to it, will call you a fake horror fan if youre a fan of something popular, unless youve watched a film found at bottom of a basement filmed on a moldy carrot with a dead pigeon decapitating people that is banned in 20 countries and can be only bought if you solve 28 riddles given to you by 5 swedish gnomes at a snowy forest in the depths of serbia, youre a FAKER.

- likes movies that are probably banned from 9282892926288373982829192972626626262783929273928286382872728282 countries due to having excessive violence

- the only thing that will phase him in a movie is the dog dying, only because NOT THE DOG!!!

- psychological horror movies hit the sweet spot for him

Von Kaiser

- no, nuh uh. Hates horror and only appreciates comedy - horror that is ment to be not very scary

- if he were to watch actual horror movies that went to the deep end, he probably wouldnt be able to sleep for days

- cries when the dog dies in horror movies

Disco Kid

- scared but loves it, yes hes traumatized, yes he wants to see more, horror is just captivating to him for some reason, when he watches a horror movie wayy too spooky for him he whips up badly made horror movies and watches them

- gets tense watching the characters fall and run like dumbasses to the point where he just shouts "STOP FALLING!!!" When he sees a chase scene

- slowly building up a immunity to the "THE DOG DIES!!" but it still makes him sad

King Hippo

- oh dear heavens

- HATES HATES HATES chase scenes, it just makes him want to run out from the room and scream

- He just shuts off the movie or leaves when the dog dies, he wont tolerate this no no nuh uh

- the louder the chase music the more he gets visibly stressed

Piston Hondo

- OBSESSED!!! loves watching horror movies and can sleep well after it like he got read a bedtime story

- body horror is his favorite genre, hes just drawn to it

- sometimes watches horror movies with Joe, not a gatekeeper and elitist like him but still likes the kind of horror movie that has been recorded with a half eaten burger thats covered in bugs and can only be accessed if you eat a entire pumpkin pie in 30 minutes while speaking in tongues in front of a cave as you tapdance

Great Tiger

- very meh about horror, he mostly falls asleep to videos explaining lore about horror movies when his insomnia acts up

- Really likes paranormal themes along with found footage, seeing characters act like normal people is a breath of fresh air to him

- yells at the characters in horror movies if they fall like idiots (basically 99% of horror movies)

Bear Hugger

- dear heavens NO. He cant stomach horror, he can only tolerate comedy-horror since he can take a break from having a heart attack

- same reaction with king hippo when the dog dies in a horror movie, bonus points if its a golden retriever

- horror movies that are in forests or snowy places make him feel wayy more scared for some reason

Don Flamenco

- screams of fear from him, even if nothing scary is happening, cant even tolerate comedy-horror

- keeps talking during whatever movie he has to sit through so he can hide his screams

- if he was in a horror movie he would be the dumbass character falling and tripping every 2 seconds that everyone yells at

-will hide behind anything if hes forced to watch a horror movie

Aran Ryan

- hates but loves horror yes hes not gonna be able to sleep for a few hours yes hes still gonna watch it

- gets angry when the dog dies in horror movies, you could kill anyone but you decided to kill the one damn character who hasnt done anything wrong, fuck you

- doesnt watch horror movies either from : getting bored, the dog dying early on, main character going something unreasonably dumb or everyones least favorite... unwanted kissing scenes

Soda Popinski

- varying, if its your classic stuff (serial killers, haunted house, etc etc) hes very fine with that, but once you get into the more unsettling imagery hes shaken up

- movies going on in snowy places scare him wayy more since he grew up somewhere very snowy

- cries when the dog dies in horror movies, poor man

Bald Bull

- pretending to be nonchalant but probably screams from fear halfway through before trying to gaslight you into thinking he didnt go "eek!!" And it was your imagination

- movies going on in hospitals hit extra hard for him

- has to keep the lights on after watching scary movies

Super Macho Man

- pretty similiar to bull, except he tries to gaslight everyone else into thinking theyre sick and twisted for not screaming in terror

- has to run away halfway through because the horror is getting to him

- psychological horror makes him lose his marbles

Mr Sandman

- huge fan of horror, not as extreme as Joe but still a big fan since he finds it captivating, except its for comedy horror because we all need to stop having a heart attack sometimes

- doesnt get scared but shocked instead, he wont outright scream but he'll just blink twice and try to comprehend the fact that someone created THAT

[fountainpenguin]

Added a tag on my blog for #flower exes in case you're a follower who wants to block analyses/commentary like this going forward. I'll try to make a list of other tags that might be useful for other relationships.

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ngl but I think this snippet from Scott's Real Life POV:

Scott: /kills Jimmy Jimmy staring as Scott hands him a flower: You know what happens if you give me this... [Marriage proposal] Scott, almost dismissively: Yeah, it worked last time Jimmy, after Scott hands him a flower: You are not forgiven Scott, having already walked away and not even looking at him: Thank you Jimmy for forgiving me!!

is just such a painfully accurate mirror of how I see their characters' roleplay in general. Like!!!! I just have to talk about it, sorry. I'm obsessed.

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This is about the Jimmy & Scott dynamic. Not using their duo name so it doesn't show up in tags.

This is about characters, not real people; my personal interpretation of their dynamic. I'm very aware IRL Jimmy lets people mock him for silly dynamics and that everyone is friends.

Disclaimer, I haven't watched their 3rd Life POVs start to end since late 2022, I think? I may have some details wrong.

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To me, Character Scott exists in this void where he can do and say whatever he wants to Character Jimmy, including ripping him and his skills apart both in front of people and behind his back (Ex: Dogwarts banner burning / bringing up Jimmy's failure with their allies in front of Jimmy and mocking him).

Scott does this several times in 3rd Life. He calls Jimmy his husband, but doesn't seem to respect him... I really want to comb back through 3rd Life sometimes because I remember him calling Jimmy's house ugly and creating a wall so he doesn't have to look at it.

Anyway, he mocks Jimmy's skills and decision-making in regards to all 3 of his husband's deaths, I'm pretty sure (Stuff like "I told you not to step on it! Why would you step on it? I told you you have to shoot it!" and the lava game and the red desert battle).

Iirc, two of his mockeries happen while he's standing over Jimmy's Minecraft corpse, sdklfj. This is not a man who is in mourning. I saw a post once that said 3rd Life Scott is like a widow who exaggerates her emotional displays so she can wear pretty mourning clothes and honestly. yeah. [Paraphrasing]

Found the post

He can be controlling and demanding (i.e. not letting Jimmy make his own decisions about their cows and very publicly arguing / belittling him / interrupting him when Jimmy comes home, all while several other people watch... Sir. Sir, I want to pick you up and shake you.)

It is not for no reason this man's nickname is Gatekeep. And he wears it proudly. aaah.

And the thing is!!! Character Scott lives in a world where he can just say stuff to Jimmy and Jimmy's not going to do anything about it. Yeah, he'll steal Jimmy's goats. He'll ignore Jimmy's goat horn call for a laugh. He'll capitalize on Jimmy's ranch dreams and try to crush him out of existence, laughing at him for having no goats (because he stole the goats). He apologizes to Tango for not replying to the goat horn, but not to Jimmy. He has no shame in playing the bit. That is his friend and he's going to torment him. lol.

He straight-up gaslights (Hilariously, without lying) when he's accused of killing Jimmy's goats. His word choice is so careful when he says things like "I will say, the entire time I could have seen [Cleo and Martyn], they were standing outside the ranch" and not admitting he dug underground and smuggled the goats out.

Character Scott is so fey-coded to me... He is trying to play. He's like a puppy that hasn't learned to control bite strength because he just keeps biting Jimmy and Jimmy doesn't get upset, so Scott is just playing in his POV but. mm. the outside looking in (me) is just. mm.

I can't stop writing 'fics where Scott is oblivious to how harsh he is. In his mind, it's play and he doesn't realize how far it's going- he just keeps escalating. I could talk forever about how Scott's version of 3rd Life heaven was living with Jimmy, but everything was prettier, and Jimmy came up to greet him because he missed him. Scott........ Scott, I just wanna talk.......

And then he seems puzzled when Jimmy doesn't flock to him. I feel like the Limited Life scene is a well-known one in the community: Scott says "I love you" to Jimmy and tries to get Jimmy to "say it back."

Jimmy chooses not to, standing his ground and seemingly implies that he will not express kindness to Scott in exchange for reward (Life), even though Scott's teasing and trying to coax him to because "uwu, don't you love your adorable husband? You would never hurt me."

smh... Character Scott, did you forget that in Limited Life, you've given Jimmy no reason to fawn over you? Why would he say he loves you? You can't just walk up to him and expect that, you silly man.

Shepscapades drew a gorgeous comic about this exact thing. The oblivious, smiling look Scott gives with his tilted head is just. my everything

Like!!! Scott, I don't know how to tell you this, but your actions have consequences and Jimmy isn't coming back. Scott is a satellite who revolves around him, feeling positive feelings towards Jimmy and expecting that Jimmy returns them..... ah.

In my mind he revolves around Pearl in a similar way (Ex: throwing her out without giving her a chance to explain herself when she came back in Double Life- I'm not judging whether it was the right or wrong choice because live your dreams, block dude, but... he really just made his own decisions about how that roleplay was gonna go down, disregarding their past nice times. One false step and Pearl hit the chopping block with no prior communication <3)

And he will just not let go of them. He is my clingy allay hybrid and I think he's fun. Augh. They are so toxic in my mind /positive; boy, that guy sure has multiple facets and a three-dimensional characterization

It's one of the reasons he vibes so well with Cleo... It's a relationship built on gaslighting and gatekeeping. They do not take each other too seriously. And he's considerably less snippy with her, especially in Double Life where he plays the role of fawning over her, and just. man.

Allay hybrid who finds someone to circle, but also can't let go of anyone. He will swap around with no ill intent or sadness, interchanging, picking up where he left off... (To me)

Anyway, this is why in Dog's Life, Jimmy cut ties with all his romantic relationships and is spending time by himself- He's quietly working through all the things Scott and others have said to him while he's vulnerable in a relationship, but he'd never tell him or anyone else this unless he had to. He puts those feelings aside so he can do co-worker things... but he needs time alone.

Even in his POVs, he doesn't explain that to the reader. It's not the reader's business. He's taking time for himself and he's not going to talk about it. He will not demonize his friends... He struggles to even say anything negative about his friends. He doesn't want to look like he's upset even on accident.

There's an upcoming scene where Scott's very overwhelmed and has basically come crashing down, practically begging Jimmy to explain why he dumped him (in this 'fic universe). Jimmy caves and explains a little about why he didn't feel they work, but doesn't go into detail. Even with the simplified explanation, Scott is just... mind-boggled and offended. He was just playing!!

Scott. You NEED to grow as a person. Aaaaaaaah. I want them to have their arc where Jimmy has handled everything as quietly, privately, and gracefully as he could and meanwhile Scott is unraveling everything he knows about himself and starting to look at himself from outside eyes.

All this to say... I liked that moment in Scott's Real Life POV. Jimmy hesitating. Scott being like "Well, last time you excused/forgave all my behavior.

Jimmy digging in his heels... "You are not forgiven."

Scott, walking off... "Thank you for forgiving me!!!"

Aaaugh. I'm gonna be sick about them. It's such a cycle of Jimmy pulling away and Scott oblivious... It is so important to me... and yes I did spend like 2 hours on this post just thinking about this 3-second exchange in the April Fools episode and now it is so late at night... do u understand, though? Them <3

Closing Disclaimers - This is a personal observation about their characterizations because I draw on these moments a lot in my fanfics.

Please don't reblog this post out of anger- I am aware they are a popular ship and that my view is not a popular interpretation, but I like them this way. I like dropping the characters in situations where they need to face who they are. I get excited when I see crumbs connected to my interpretation show up in the canon and I wanted to talk about how something I saw fit my interpretation.

I have absolutely 0 problem with others liking this ship. Heck, I've read some awesome fics of them! I did my best to tag and warn appropriately (and not use their ship name so it won't be in tags). I don't normally talk about them, but I'll use the #flower exes tag in the future when it comes up.

Please don't leave mean comments in the replies, send Anon hate, etc. You don't have to agree, so just block and move on if you're uncomfortable. It's never my intention to bash- I just want to convey the joy I feel when I see a portrayal I like. Thanks! <3

[vaporsystem]

The other night I felt like i was gonna have a panic attack so i was like "someone please take over idc who" and someone actually did i was like "oh damn i didnt expect that to work." :)

I think it was that one thing that appeared a while ago that didnt like talking. I still dont really know who that is. Also i dont really remember drawing that last post so ermm thats also kinda interesting.

I need to take more time talking to people and figuring out whos whos cause I still dont know who the usual me is. Im a little afraid of finding out the me who i think i am is like 7 people but like it feels wrong to keep just pretending the body is like its own thing, cause like im pretty sure im not who that person is right now even, but theres not a good or easy way to express that if none of us know who we are!!!

I know who """""the girl in my head""""" is even though ironically shes not around that often, i know helix is in here and they like actually talk sometimes. I know that one person is in here that we havnt talked about, we can call them Z i guess, i think theyre like the closest thing we have to a "gatekeeper" or whatever. Theres another girl that showed up, asked for a room, then just kinda never came back out but we like her she can have a place to live. Like i think its pretty obvious Raven is in here at this point right like we dont really need to hide that do we. Fictives seem really common so we dont need to like pretend. Im not sure who i am rn but :). but then theres like that one fucking person who says theyre the me that is me but thats not all of us!!! youre jsut you!!!!

Z thought they were them because when we tried to start building our mind place or whatever they were there and took over and tried to sort all of us out, but it seems like the they that them there was a different person when they werent inside so like ???

i KNOW at the end of the day were all the same person i GUESS but like...bitch you gotta figure out your own shit so we dont have to keep like pretending to be you just cause youre confused! also anyway can we stop using psuedonyms please its getting stupid and hard to keep up with no one is going to like dox your head people like "ohhh their headmate is named steve now ive got them" only three people see this anyway unless this shows up on someones fyp in which case ermm hiii

oh maybe we should liek start doing that thing where like we start signing off with emoji or whatever so we can keep track of whos who when we start talking on here cause like. its obvious to us right but like it probably looks nutty to everyone else, but also we kinda like hate all the cliches and stereotypes and stuff that people do on here like the people with people in their heads on tumblr are so obsessed with emojis we dont really get it, but i guess we dont know all of our names yet so it makes it a little easier. i dont know how to open the emohi menu 🌼🌻💐🌺these all kind of suck...🧁🎀👚🦄🦑we can pick one later i guess i like the cupcake and the horse, we could let outrselves be a pony....we could be pinkie pie if we wanted to be like no one could stop us but then people would think of that one screaming one probably but like.......................pongey.......

anyway i like being happy!!!! its so fun to come to the front because like that they that is them is so fucking like dull and they dont want to believe in us so like fuck it were gonna keep interuppting when they come over here. Helix did it first we can all have a turn!!!! theyre gonna be like "what if im wrong :((((((" when were literally fucking like loling and lmaoing rn. like sorry we dont all have epic backstories about like showing up in times of need im sorry we cant all be the girls you have a thing for 🙄 maybe i can just want to like eat candy for once instead of like saving you from depression or whatever WHICH LIKE ITS GOOD that the others were there for that im not like evil but like we dont ALL have to be that to be real!!!! im gettin very tired noww ppl will read this and be like woahh but itll be cool because theyll be like new bitch?? and youll be like ouuu ermmm nooo dont looook but its too late!!! hiiiii hi hi hiii

[songmingisthighs]

As someone who started watching the anime, then dropped it two episodes later, which I assume is what Mingi did, I honestly find it weird that people are attacking Mingi. I honestly believe that with an anime as critically acclaimed and popular as this, people don't usually look up the mangkas' histories. Mingi watches a lot of anime, so, in this instance, I think he took the same route as most of us who found themselves curious about this heavily awarded and popular anime, and decided to watch an episode or two and just stopped watching because the vibes are weird. And then much later we learnt that oh, the mangaka is basically a criminal.

CP shouldn't be taken lightly, but at the same time, fans shouldn't go around calling idols p*d*s just because they mentioned that they watched xyz piece of media. That's like saying people who watch or listen to true crime series/podcasts support all the disturbing crimes that happen. I mean, have people who love Alice in Wonderland looked into Lewis Carroll's history? Man was creepy as hell. But does that mean people who have engaged with the media support the ideology of the author? Not at all.

This whole scandal is absolutely stupid in my humble opinion (which doesn't count for much), especially if you haven't watched the anime in question.

Also, Mingi was set up. We don't know in what context this anime was talked about, because the op muted themselves and mute Mingi at certain critical points of the fancall. Moreover, the translation was wrong. What I've gathered is that Mingi was sabotaged. Simple as that. ^-^

Sorry for this long ask, smt. I'm just really irritated with people jumping to conclusions without actually looking into the whole story and accusing idols of doing or being things they aren't.

Have a good day!

GREAT A POV FROM SOMEONE WHO WATCHED IT

YES I DO GET YOU like sometimes you see smth and said "i wonder what this is" and you checked it out and i don't think it's wrong to say "oh yeah i watched that" bc you did technically and even if you did only watch 2 episodes, you still watched it and why is that bad ?? it's not like you turned to a cp after watching it

and to say that mingi was set up... i don't want to believe that op actually set mingi up bc what for ?? this "issue" started because one dumbass thinks they're bilingual bc they listen to kpop 24/7 (and yeah i sound so bitchy towards the mistranslating op because to me, that op is solely at fault for making a mountain out of an ant hill)

i guess if people wants to leave the fandom, good riddance, ateez don't need punk ass coward dumbass bitches anyways and honestly i wanna gatekeep them. keep them humble and away from crazier fans (bc we still need to eliminate the current sasaengs)

and don't apologize for having an opinion, i'm just glad you want to speak up with your unique pov and experience

[hoarding-niffler]

Thanks, I really appreciate it. I'll try leaving politics out. I really have nowhere else on the internet to socialize anymore since breaking from tumblr, and rn in my life situation the only chance I have of making friends is online. Sorry this is so long, I hope this much text isn't off-putting. In any case I appreciate seeing bloggers like you who keep on enjoying the game and hp universe despite all of this.

I'm nonbinary, nonwhite, studying to convert to Judaism, and I've been obsessed with hogwarts since I read the books as a child. I can't not interact with this world I love so much, not just as an escape to real life. I'm autistic and had a bad childhood and the books were the only thing that helped me deal, and now I mainly interact via fanfiction that essentially 'fixes' things from the books, and watch the movies. At this point I feel I can't live without the HP universe in my life, it is a core part of me. It bothers me that people in my own communities would essentially cast me out, because I play the game and have wanted something like this since I was a kid, that I'd be considered a bad person and cut off from necessary support. As if being accused of bigotry and hurt feelings is the only consequence I could face.

I already deal with a mild fear that toxic ex friends from on here will find my new blog, because of the way they went about ending our friendship. I'm afraid if they find my blog, which is loosely connected through a few old friends, they'll see it and put me on blast/ screenshot my blog/ talk about me with their friends like they used to. Like I used to (which I regret) because that's behavior that people in my 'community' encouraged when someone 'needed calling out' even if it was a mistake, or a well intentioned attempt at conversing and understanding someone else's pov to learn. I'm afraid to post screenshots on my main, or attach my HL sideblog to my main, in case it gets me hateful interactions which I have no heart to deal with anymore. It seems like hating this game and anyone who plays it is the stance of the majority of online LGBT spaces rn. I don't wanna hide it, but also need support from online spaces. I even feel bad playing and haven't gotten very far because this has all cast a negative feeling on the game for me.

I'm so sorry you're struggling with this and it honestly shouldn't be like that, but I'm well aware that things are nearly never black and white. There's a whole lot of grey in the world and most people do not know how to deal with it. That's how you get bullies, haters, scapegoats, and the list goes on.

I did not grow up with the books but I did grow up with the movies and I rewatch them regularly. I also love to read tons of fix-it fanfics (my favourite character is snape, of course, I need alternate universe fics where he survives lmao). I feel like most people hate so much on others enjoying the world of Harry Potter and therefore now Hogwarts Legacy because they are notoriously online and forgot what life is like in the real world. Things are not as simple as "Oh, you play this? Then you're EVIL". A lot of times, just like in your case, franchises give us support and strength, because life is fucking hard sometimes. Most times. Especially as a minority, I can't even imagine what fears you must face. And instead of realising that NOTHING we consume is pure and that people should look closer whether a person uses a franchise to gain strength from it or to spread hate, people rather point with their fingers and gatekeep their own communities, not realising how much damage they do on a broader scale. It's not only the people they keep out, it's also the people who listen in on this infighting and either get turned off from ever engaging with those communities (in positive ways) or the wrong people use exactly that to fuel their own hateful agendas. It's damaging all around, all because people prefer to take the easy route and accuse rather than discuss and understand.

Honestly, I get why you in your specific situation can't really say "fuck it" and ignore any possible consequences but I also think you shouldn't deprive yourself of what brings you genuine enjoyment. My suggestion would be to create a completely new main Tumblr blog with a second mail address and then a sideblog for your HP needs. And considering how you can look through the Hogwarts Legacy tag and finds SO MANY active players and defenders of the game who are, at the same time, completely against JK Terfling's insane views, shows that you can have your cake and eat it too. So far I experienced this community as very supportive and you just block everyone who gets aggressive. It makes your online experience so much more enjoyable, believe me.

You will not be able to stop people from talking about you. But you can stop it from affecting you as much as it does and seek out people who wouldn't do that to you in the first place.

Man, this got long and rambly and I don't know if anything of what I wrote makes sense BUT

you're always welcome in my asks and I bet the same goes for other Hogwarts Legacy fans on here. We got each other's back.

[adhbabey]

hope its ok im responding to ur post abt paych critical! it is so relatable! there are lots of things i appreciate abt the psych critical/antipsych community & movement but i also like. dont understand why in the world so many ppl are like overwhelmingly against therapy. obv it doesnt work for everyone! ik its not available or accessible for everyone! but its such a vast & varied field and such an adaptable thing that like. i don’t think i’ll ever get why ppl direct their anger towards those of us who *do* benefit from therapy or find it a useful tool for recovery. yknow. what good does infighting do!!! who does that serve!! this has turned into shouting into the void a little bit, sorry about that

Yeah it's fine. Honestly I'm pretty anti psych about a lot of things, like the fact that people are abused or mistreated in medical situations and that people are forced to take medication, have their rights stripped away, etc.

And I, too, hate that people call their partners by words taken from disorders. Like, you shouldn't call people "narcissistic" or "psychotic" as an insult. Pathologicizing abusers is just really fucking harmful and stupid. The whole thing is misunderstanding why those words exist in the first place and just scapegoating mentally ill people.

But this doesn't mean words like dissociation, triggers, panic attack, depression, manipulation, gaslighting, etc. don't have their purpose and it doesn't mean everyone is misusing them. And it is just stupid to assume everyone is, and that's the problem with some people who are anti-psych.

Some people view professional help and medical terms and diagnoses as bad, and it just makes them sound like the people they disagree with. I'm psych critical, not against helpful tools and professional treatment. They should be used with consent and with autonomy. Removing and gatekeeping information and resources is what's bad.

I'm extremely pro-self diagnosis. Partly because I am psych critical and partly because I think we have the intelligence to figure things out for ourselves. That crazy people aren't too crazy to know that they are "crazy". That we have the ability to recognize the fact that something is wrong.

Self diagnosing people aren't stupid for taking medical knowledge and applying it to themselves, they're not pathologicizing all human experiences, and I think that people who argue that are dumb.

So like. There is a middle ground that people aren't noticing, because they lean too heavily to one side. I can't function without medication, but I'm terrified of being institutionalized and my family is somewhat ableist, so I struggle to find an option to get help. I think most people on the internet have found themselves in similar situations.

So like, the whole "stop pathologizing human experience" and that people say "the tiktokification of the internet is bad", like bitch, we all loved Vine. The whole thing is just missing the understanding that people are striving for accessibility and education, not whoever the fuck that takes it too far.

So yeah, thanks for sending an ask to let me talk about this more. Therapy does not solve all your problems, especially if your therapist is not the right one. But it's something people should still try and seek. Maybe it's helpful, maybe it's not.

But the fact of the matter is, is that people are literally just using terms to understand their experiences. Sometimes they'll take it too far, but there is a middle ground. There will always be normal and reasonable opinions within it, we should listen.

[thieveden]

Something that’s been on my (Our? Um.) mind as of late, are thoughts about system labels and how restricting they can be for a lot of alters that don’t perfectly fit into these boxes…. Labels such as EP and ANP specifically, but also terms like protector and persecutor (I have a whole slew of thoughts about persecutor as a designated assigned role BUT That’s. ANOTHER THING!) etc. This is just gonna be a ramble since I don’t Exactly feel like making a whole organized ESSAY about something that mildly bothers me. Anyways!!

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the labels EP and ANP. I recognize that these labels are used to help professionals easily explain these complex trauma/dissociative disorders so for that I’m grateful.. It makes it easier for psychiatrists to understand us, and in turn makes it easier for people to get the help they need. That’s Really cool, obviously!!!! But even so, as a part of a system, I can’t help but feel very. Dehumanized? I guess? By these clinical and oversimplified terms

Because alters are just like everyone else. If an alter can exist solely to do a simple task like folding the laundry or drive, then alters can be fully 3D and complex with their own nuanced opinions and complicated relationships and hobbies that they love, and everything else that everyone else has. Alters can have their own separate lives apart from being part of a system… Like protectors and soothers and caretakers and gatekeepers WHATEVER ELSE can have their emotional moments too? They’re not suddenly Bad at their “Job” for being multifaceted

I feel like a lot of professionals and singlets can’t comprehend it, which is fine.. Because it really is a bizarre thing, for multiple fully fleshed-out individuals to be sharing a brain*. They tend to think of systems as one perfectly defined and distinct host, who is most important out of everyone else in the system, and then a bunch of other quirky parts that come along with them for show I guess.

Aughhh I’m not sure how to word my thoughts I’m sorry.. dfnjgmjhsdbfh I’m just saying, these boxes of either Emotional Part or Apparently Normal Part sometimes don’t fully encapsulate the individuality an alter may have. And they fail to take into account that alters can change over time, just like everyone else! An alter may go from being considered an EP to an ANP through hard work and/or therapy. Like how persecutors can turn into protectors

To wrap up my little ramble on this. Alter labels can serve as helpful guides to understand who you are, or you can even take pride in them, but it’s okay if you feel like you don’t fit into any of these categories or that you flip-flop between them.. Because you are your own person and that’s all that really matters!

Those are my thoughts. Feel free to agree or disagree dhusfdjgh

*I'm aware that alters are dissociated identity states and technically not full separate people, but instead parts of a whole person. Personally and for a lot of other systems though, describing our experience as "multiple people" is accurate to how it feels rather than what it actually is. I also personally as an alter feel weird talking about myself that way!

[aroace-cat-lady]

hi

i have been questioning myself for the past days after a talk with some of my queer friends. and honestly i don’t know what to do about it, i don’t feel comfortable with talking to them until i am sure about my feelings about being in the aromantic spectrum.

i have never thought about it honestly because i didn’t even knew about aromantic until last week. i guess the hardest part for me it’s that even tho i am 22 and have plenty opportunities to date and even have sex, i have never did any of those. i have sexual feelings and feel sexual atrattion, but i have been questioning about having romantic feelings.

i like romance, i like romantic books, movies and songs, but every time romance stand in my way I run away from it… at first I thought “well it’s clearly trauma cause I don’t want to end up like my mom” but honestly it doesn’t makes sense since I do believe that love it’s real and you can find someone who actually respect you.

i had crushes before but now that I think about i think i only truly like one person in my life, and honestly i think he is the only person who i would be actually able to have a relationship with, even if I don’t have a close friendship with him anymore. the lasts two times i became close to actually date people i ran away in the moment it became too real for me, and the funny thing it’s: i honestly thought I was in love with one of them only to literally switch to feel nothing out of nowhere.

it’s just always feels like being in love it’s not something that it’s in my true plans… sometimes I do feel I would like to get married and find someone to spend my life with but it’s just so specific?? I think way more about having someone who’s a friend first by my side, a companion in hard days, the romantic side just comes with the important stuff to me.

I do feel I like the idea of being in love, it’s just hard for me and I feel like if I am going to be in a relationship it’s going to take a lot of effort from the man who wants to be with me… and I don’t see it happening…

Am I wrong to feel I am in the spectrum? Is there someone who feels something close to what I am feeling?

Well, first of all: I know how hard it is to write this kind of stuff into the ask box of Random Tumbler User™ (been there done that, actually) so thank you for trusting me with it.

Second: you don't need to figure it out right away. This is not a mortal illness that will kill you if you don't discovered it in time. It's about your identity, a beautiful part of your person. You can take all the time you need, even if you feel that you need to know right this second. It's okay not to be sure.

And third: I'm literally no one to tell you how you can label yourself. Again, sexually is not a disease: I can't tell you Oh, you have x symptoms and x signs so you are x sexuality. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.

But, against whatever internet culture is saying these days, you can label yourself even if you are not 100% sure. Actually, the aspec communities promote this a Lot™. Labels are just a name we put to a part of us that we feel is important to put a name to. Not everyone does it, and not everyone gets it right the first few times. One of my favorite "philosophies" of the aspec community is that you can use a label as long as you feel comfortable with it. Gatekeeping labels is not something we usually do. Thinking you might be x but turning out you were actually y it's not a bad thing. It means you got to know yourself better and got to see parts of you you wouldn't have seen otherwise.

Do I think you might be aro? Well, it doesn't matter in the end what I think, only you can decide if you want to call yourself an aromantic person. And I'm sorry I can't give you a straight answer, I know how frustrating it's. But if you decide to join our community, we'll be glad to have you.

Aromanticism and asexuality are particularly hard to figure out cuz ppl usually don't know what they are. Or have misconceptions of it. Or have an ideology that tells them that it's wrong not to have these feelings. At least to me, it was hard to accept myself for who I was because of these.

Well anon, again, Im sorry I couldn't give you a better answer. I hope this helps you at least a little bit, and that you don't beat yourself too hard with this.

[chemicalpink]

Hello, sorry for the long question but I wanted to know your opinion about this topic, begin that you are an expert in these things ahah. (and i’m not lol)

I happen to meet here on Tumblr profiles that always talk about Tarot and readings on BTS, and lately I see that some of these profiles speak of betrayals by JK towards his fs, or how he will always be alone (in a romantic way), or how BTS will disband after renewing this contract because “it’s what they really want right now”. Do you think these things should be taken literally? because it made me a little bit disappointed to read these things about BTS, especially when it comes to cheating and etc. Maybe my expectations on them are too high idk ahaha but I don’t see them doing these things. What do you think? maybe there are people that don’t are that good on readings and this can lead to misunderstandings, I don’t really know.

It really is no trouble and I shall answer with an equally as long text so apologies for that, I just feel like I should cover most things you asked, and after that, I'll link you to some other similar topics I've talked about in case you'd like to read them.

First and foremost (and I've talked about this before pretty openly) kudos to you for questioning the content you see out there. The thing with spiritual content on the internet is that it tends to have a 'trendy' tag attached to it, which is why we sometimes see a lot of people creating content on it. It equates to the way that the market functions, especially since the pandemic started, as we all had to undergo certain mental health processes (say, detriment for example) along with isolation, it served as a catalyst to ponder life as we know it, giving way to other narratives out there, like esoterism/Wicca/spiritualism, which is so easy to attach to given the pseudoscientific nature of it along with the psychological principles that help them truly understand people's minds.

The thing with such a boom in the matter is that it blends right with a lot of other social phenomena like consumerism, how exactly? exactly the way that we see a lot of people creating content in a way that the spiritual practices start being more about quantity over quality.

And you'll say hey, but if you limit the number of people that can create that type of content you're gatekeeping! It's not quite exactly the case, there's absolutely nothing wrong with encouraging access to spiritual tools like tarot, astrology and other divination methods, but it has a more philosophical end to it, where it starts being more about personal values, morals and ethics of the person that intends to create such content. All spiritual content should be treated with respect and responsibility. It derives from a belief system that some of us have grown up in, and as fun, as it may seem (or we make it seem) it entangles a lot more than what it is perceived online.

As with most skills, divination is all about practice, practising connecting with energies that are not our own, energies that are complete strangers to us, energies that are surrounded by a thousand other energies, getting rid of our bias, interpreting cards, blocking out presences, and it is not quite something you can master in the span of a few days if you intend to do so responsibly.

But you know, as much as we preach responsible content creating, it's just human nature to defy it, which is why at least *I* am always preaching everywhere about responsible consumption, sure, we can't really tell if people that are putting out there spiritual content are being responsible about it, so what we ought to do as consumers of said content is to shape our own standards, be informed and not be afraid of questioning content creators (evidently without invalidating their work)

But let's bring all of this back to BTS, where you poise two main concerns. 1. The disbandment and 2. Jungkook

We are under the understanding that tarot and any other divination method is not 100% accurate, alright? And that a lot of other stuff comes into play with readings such as experiences, traditions, values, etc.

The thing with the whole 'not renewing their contract' thing and tarot is that as I mentioned above, tarot meddles with energies or 'vibes' (i feel like vibes can make it easier to understand where I'm coming from) and thus it has to have a mediator of sorts (the reader) that is able to interpret said vibes. So the thing goes like this:

You can have a 'separation' vibe in a reading and to most this would mean that they're disbanding because it is the most literal expression of it, but it's such a vague vibe, I would personally do a confirming reading on it, see where it is coming from. Separation goes a lot of ways, could be 'hard times keeping them apart' or perhaps even 'wishing to pause bc it is mentally overwhelming' but do any of this means that they're disbanding? How real is it? Given the economical context BTS finds themselves in, the impact they have, the place in their career, the place that their company occupies in such decisions, I would say not so likely.

But let's give the benefit of the doubt and say that 'disbandment' is the right concept of the reading after being confirmed as such with a rectification reading, then again, us readers would have to look at the real context of it, which is why it is so important to practice and build a strong connection with energies that we read, if the reader isn't too well connected with the person they're reading, and they give out a vague energy for them to read (as BTS always does tbh) it makes it hard to bring its interpretation into words. If I were to get disbandment as a general reading vibe, I would 100% think it in terms of the political environment they live in, as touchy of a topic it is (and it doesn't correspond to me to give any sort of opinion on it from a fan POV) would be to see it from the fact that military service is a thing that will pose some sort of disruptive nature to their activities as a band and that this event could be translating into the cards as disbandment.

Now onto the Jungkook topic, I've also talked about it before, tarot as a form of divination is set in a 6 month in the future timeframe, so unless JK is marrying in the next 6 months, the connection is faulty and inaccurate. Then again, this is because divination methods focus on the self.

I'll try to illustrate this with a made-up scenario: Say I have a s/o now. We've been dating for a while, a love reading tells me that we're getting engaged in the near future, months go by and I start realising that this far fetched opportunity I had regarding my professional life that came up after the reading but before the 6 month period, is now a reality, things change between me and my s/o, we're past the 6-month timeframe, we broke up. It doesn't mean inherently that the reading was wrong. But we aren't defined by what divination may come up with, as things were before in this example, if there hadn't been a major change in myself, the most probable outcome would have been me getting engaged to my s/o, but we are dynamic, we make decisions, we exercise our own free will and all of it is hard to blueprint on divination methods that use archetypes to describe humans, divination methods over-simplify human behaviour in a an effort to work as tools in spiritual journeys of our own. And we can't really say the same thing when we read for other people, especially celebrities.

The thing with JK's image that you present in your question, and it is also applicable to all and any public figure/celebrity is more on the psychosocial analysis side than the spiritual one, there's no denying that the fan-artist relationship is one that is heavily determined by power dynamics, the sole fact that we are fans instantly places us on a disadvantaging place that we have to learn to be okay with so as not to pursue any type of parasocial relationship, we are just fans. The thing with this is that this social status disadvantage is counterattacked by the fans via rhetoric fallacies, we tend to label artists in ways that it is easier for us to feel closer to them somehow, in an effort to balance out the power dynamic. So then Namjoon turns into the academic and responsible of the bunch, Jin into the one that takes care of his babies, etc. And that's not to say that doing so is bad, it's normal fan behaviour, but we can't overlook the fact that it is easy to paint their behaviour black and white instead of greyscale colours that could be closer to the dynamism of a human being because sure, Joon can enjoy academic settings, go out to museums, be responsible, but that doesn't mean that's all of his personality captured, he can also go out and collect his pokemon stickers, let loose and live his non-public life the way we all do. With no presets and solely ours to enjoy.

This takes a rather interesting turn with JK in the way that he's the youngest, the rhetoric has always been 'the cute of the bunch' 'the kinda shy one' 'the dongsaeng' and then most are head over heels surprised that he's flirty af, kind of spontaneous and rebellious in a way.

BTS as a whole are pretty open people, their personal values are proportional to the way that they're grateful for the fans and try to satisfy this psychosocial need for fans to feel closer to them in a rather emotional intelligent take of their own that compiles classic Kmedia ways, neuromarketing but also humanism, it's the bts way. They are close to us fans as we are close to them but the artist-fan structural platform is there and unable to get rid of. We as fans are part of their public life, and they get to keep their private life as a token of sorts that we may never see and shouldn't want to know too much about out of respect for them as people (yet it sometimes comes out on tarot readings and this is where readers are asked to be responsible about the information they handle)

So yeah, the Jungkook we get to see is a great man, and sure he has his attitudes for him to keep from the public, but he's human, he makes mistakes like we all do, questionable and invasive as it is a reading that paints him as a cheater to his fs (with all the due question marks in terms of timeframe that we've talked about) he's just another human being that will continue to live his life and perhaps make questionable choices, there's much more to Jungkook than what we see and what we label him as. It is hard to imagine, given everything that comes into play, but it is really hard to shed a light on the true splendour of people, and life isn't about that. Life and/or fan life isn't about wanting to decipher every single bit of the people you like/follow/know, it's about respecting them, accepting the parts of themselves they share with you and enjoying your co-existence.

All in all, ANY form of divination, when not used as a tool for our personal spiritual journey should be for fun. Entertainment purposes only.

Now that’s not to say don’t consume tarot/astrology content. It would be hypocritical of me to say that, just do so responsibly, inform yourself, question stuff and be respectful about it.

In case all of this raises some more questions, you can also read:

About tarot consumption: VERY important things to keep in mind

About spiritual content consumption

About tarot interpretation

Tarot/Spiritual content for clout

So… I can just get a tarot deck and do readings myself

Confirming what we read Pt2

Why is BTS spiritual content so toxic?

Is tarot even reliable?

My personal unpopular opinions on kpop tarot

JK’s soulmate/spouse being a hot topic (this applies to any member)

An academic take into BTS future spouses topic

So what about: love readings 💌✨💫

Some of them may repeat, I'll check and edit in due time.

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les amis and toxic traits (affectionate and derogatory):

-courfeyrac has a bad habit of being on his phone when he's with friends. he's mostly either just swiping through his dating app or texting someone on his dating app and he isn't aware that it's really rude. he's also really bad about borrowing money and not giving it back. if he asks for a couple euro for the metro, you will never get it back. he comes from a rich background and money is something that he forgets not everybody has. feuilly is the only one who holds him accountable for it because "i bought you a drink at the pub two weeks ago and you still owe me and i need to pay rent this week :/"

-enjolras is a pen clicker. oh. my god. he clicks pens at the speed of light and if someone asks him to stop, he'll apologize but then start again like thirty seconds later. it is so. fucking. annoying. also i love him but he's really self-righteous and won't admit when he's wrong. when someone has an opinion that differs his own, he can only see things in black or white. you're on his side, or you're wrong. this also applies to other's and their choices in what they do. he always donates the extra euro when he's checking out at a store for whatever donation project is going and if you don't he will give you the stink eye and publicly ask why you won't. no recyclable grocery bags? he will call you out and badger you until you buy one. you accidentally left the light on when you exited the room? oh my god. he has such good intentions but he forgets that not everybody might be as financially secure as him and not everybody is thinking about it at all times. he wants what's good for the world but it really gets on other people's nerves sometimes

-joly is really similar to enjolras in the sense that he calls people out for their health choices without thinking about their situation. he's getting better about it, but he has criticized grantaire to hell and back about all of his bad habits and not in a nice way. he's really harsh when someone is self-destructive or literally just picks like a soda at a restaurant over water. he wants his friends to be healthy but jesus fucking christ dude. no one asked for your opinion, now is not the time.

-feuilly only eats frozen meals. he only lives on lean cuisines. JEHBJWEHRWJH but also this dude smokes cigs a lot and forgets that smoke and tobacco makes some people feel sick or nauseated. he smokes in his apartment even when people are over and doesn't really think it's that big of a problem. enter: enjolras, who has asthma, and just walked through a cloud and starts hacking. anyway, he also gets really defensive when people call him out on it. it's his choice to smoke and whenever someone is like "hey maybe you might want to cut back" when he's buying a new pack of smokes after buying one three days before, he'll get super snappy and rude because it feels like an attack on him

-speaking of nicotine! jehan vapes and i have no room to speak on this subject bc let's not talk about my juul but they are in denial that it's also a problem. they're like "it's healthy shut up" but will go through pods so fast that it's genuinely comparable to feuilly's same bad habit. they started juuling bc they thought the flavours were yummy and it was cool and oh my god. jehan is also really blunt with their sense of humour and doesn't realize that not everybody thinks its funny. walking into a room and just being like "lmaoooo grantaire you look like shit today" and everybody is kind of like "...hm". combeferre is actually good about calling them out on that sort of stuff, though. if jehan realizes they're in the wrong, they'll apologize

-combeferre is. such. a fucking. movie talker. he just has so much to say at every minute of the movie and it's the worst (this is also me so self-roast). nobody likes to watch movies with him because "dude we just want to watch the fucking movie oh my god". he's also really pretentious and a gatekeeper. if you like the same band as him "oh really? well name three songs-" in a way that makes whoever he's feeling to feel stupid. combeferre really prides himself on his intellect, but it goes too far most of the time and it just comes across as super condescending and a lot of people get annoyed talking with him because it just feels like he's talking down at them the whole time

-marius is also super blunt but not in a way that's meant to be funny. he has absolutely walked into a room and gone "oh enjolras your haircut looks so bad im so sorry :(". and similarly to courfeyrac, he forgets the value of money. he's definitely asked people to go somewhere and has said like "yeah! the concert tickets are like 250 euro which is actually super cheap :)" and feuilly is just. dying inside. he intends to be nice, he just says so much stupid shit. he isn't purposely being a bad guy.

-bossuet never re-fills a roll of toilet paper if he's the last to use it. you do not know how annoying it is to room with this guy. grantaire has absolutely shouted "HOW HARD IS IT TO GRAB ANOTHER TUBE???" from the shitter and bossuet just denies it because it embarrasses him. he's also bad about cleaning dishes and will leave a cup in the sink for weeks if it isn't cleaned by someone else or threateningly left in front of his bedroom door. i love u bae but please clean up after yourself

-grantaire is the fucking worst. i love him but he is the worst. he is so self-deprecating to the point where a lot of people just won't be around him because you can only take so much self-pity before it becomes annoying as hell. he's never accepted a compliment and is one of those "omg no my art is so fucking ugly i hate it so much" when someone says they like a sketch or a painting he did and it is just. so annoying. he's also just super bad about caring about him self. baby forgets to shower and wash his hair and wear deodorant and it's like babe. baby. listen- we are not 13 year old boys anymore, we are men and we need to shower. take your zoloft and let's clean up your room <3

-bahorel is a babe but he's too rough with people. he'll slap someone on the back so hard that they choke on their drink. he's also bad about jokes going too far and just being kind of an asshole he'll snatch up something courfeyrac is holding and hold it up high and courf is 5'5 and bahorel is 6'3 and it is just unfair and unfunny and courfeyrac is not laughing and it just gets old so fast. he thinks people are having fun with him but baby they r not. everybody here is givin you the stink eye, just let the bit die