#thank you for having me

[pedrospatch]

this weekend marks the one year anniversary of me unknowingly joining this fandom. i think?

all i know is around this time i posted my first ever fic for tlou, didn’t think about it, came back to some very positive reactions and now i’m here with you lovely lot. 🤍 coincidentally enough, i hit this milestone yesterday

i genuinely can’t believe it’s been a year. all i have to say is thank you. thank you for being here, thank you for being in my space and thank you for letting me be in yours. 🤍

[regrah]

Received my contributor copy for the Dreams and Destinies: Kingdom Hearts x Pokemon zine @khxpokemonzine

It was a lovely project to work on with so many talented artists! All proceeds have gone to Wildlife Conservation efforts :) I had the opportunity to make this beautiful standee and a button for the zine. I can not wait to read and browse at all the works these creatives have contributed!

[teathattast]

thank God that i was chosen to deserve you

cause i'm the girl that you were chosen to deserve

[vinnbe]

hi there ! you can refer to me as liz (she/her). this muse has been on my mind for quite some time now, and i finally decided to join this lovely place to give cha vinn a home. thank you to all the warm welcomes i have already received, i can't wait to plot & write with everyone. also a quick note: i might be a bit slow at times due to a busy schedule, but i will definitely get back to everyone in time. below the cut i will list some quick information about vinn, but if you want a more in depth biography, you can find it here. if you would like to plot, don't hesitate to reach out or leave a like on this post, and i will come to you instead!

tl;dr:

cha vinn was born on 14/09/2002 in inglewood, california

he grew up in an orphanage there, left behind by his biological parents due to unknown reasons

when he turned nine years old, an american family adopted him. although grateful, vinn still had a hard time warming up to them as he wasn't used to being part of a family

he was a troublesome child at first, getting into all sorts of trouble until meeting a music producer who worked with underground rappers

this was also when he developed an interest in music, learning to create his own beats and write his own lyrics

at the age of 16 vinn reconnected with his ethnicity and stumbled upon k-pop which sparked his interest in the genre and ultimately lead him to attending dance classes as he wished to imitate all the choreographies from all the music videos he saw

after turning 18, vinn decided he wanted to find his biological parents. he managed to contact his aunt, who helped him reunite with his biological mother living in korea

wanting to make an effort to build a relationship with his biological mother, vinn accepted his aunt's offer to move in with her and her husband

he also began working part-time at the convenient store they own, while attending university and giving private guitar lessons

his main goal is still to get scouted as a trainee and eventually debut

trivia:

is rather quiet and a big introvert

he's a perfectionist who criticizes everything about himself

vinn still doesn't know who his biological father is, but he's determined to find him too

his korean isn't perfect, and he still has a strong american accent when talking in korean

most of the time he looks angry even though he isn't actually upset

close / deep relationships and / or friendships scare him, so he tends to avoid them

he's aiming to become a trainee at studio delta

although he is serious most of the time, he can be a big dork too, it just takes him a while to let loose

possible plots:

customers of his aunt's convenient store who have become accustomed to vinn's face as he works there seven days a week

people he is giving guitar lessons to

someone who wants to befriend vinn, but he's being reluctant in giving in, although they spend a lot of time together

other aspiring trainees with the same goal as vinn. they could talk about their dreams and fears, maybe even practice together

past flings or almost lovers. as vinn never commits to relationships, he could have left behind some bitter feelings or mutual understanding. either way, his excuse is usually the same: he's not looking for anything serious (even though he is)

there is so much more potential, i'd be happy to brainstorm anything, especially things related to following his dream of becoming a trainee. don't be shy to throw ideas at me or ask for specific plots, i'm happy to write whatever works <3

[leninille]

that's it with my artworks for @brucewayneweek 2023! thank you all for your great support! see you next year 🦇🦇🦇

[woodsdyke]

having viral posts is all fun and games until you have clowns in your mentions being like "well, op, i bet you also didn't know THIS" [haughtily explains something i absolutely would and do know] like add whatever to my posts that you think is informative just don't direct it at ME! i know! i just didn't include it in the post i made in 20 seconds because i didn't think 30,000 of you would see it!

[filibusterfrog]

types of wizards :)

[i23kazu]

how i feel when someone reblogs my stuff with a really really nice tag

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[cloudyydraws]

UY! PHILIPPINES!!!! PHILIPPINES!!!!

[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

[collaredkittyboy]

[aluminumneedles]

I'm knitting in the corner at a party

and guys my age stop by to tell me I remind them of their aunt, of their grandmother. This is a compliment and I take it as such. They confess to having tried crochet once, and I smile. They get back in line for the bathroom.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and a queer woman sits on the floor next to me, arranges her skirt, and smiles up at me. (I try not to blush.) She asks me all the questions on her mind about my craft and I answer them, hands still moving. We swap yarn sources. She doesn't stay, but she knows where to find me.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and everyone knows where to find me when they need a minute, when socializing is too much and the music is too loud and they need to catch their breath. They pretend to be checking in on me, which is sweet, but I can see the relief in their eyes the moment they stop performing for a house full of people. They sit down and tell me things and all the while they never take their eyes off my hands.

The party has wound down and I'm still knitting and the hosts, two guys in their twenties, thank me for "helping to curate the vibe." I had no idea that's what I was doing. I leave the party having forgotten to drink anything and without that woman's number but with many rows added to my top-down raglan sweater. I call it a night, and a good one.

[noodles-and-tea]

Your phineas & ferb + gravity falls art brings back so many nice memories from my childhood, thank you so much for sharing <33

“You listen to Icelandic pop sensation BABBA? I… I love BABBA…”

[bean-spring]

Hot take and not to be a killjoy or the shipping police but people treating Viktor or Jinx's aroace headcanons as if they were canon is not the revolutionary take people think it is.

Headcanons are always all right but we have to acknowledge that they are somehow damaging when they apply to stereotypes. It might not be the case for everyone but most of the time people unconsciously assume that disability/mental illness=asexuality. These headcanons erase the freedom of attraction from people who are already seen as unable to have sexual/romantic experiences/desires, when it's completely untrue and harmful.

You can headcanon Viktor and Jinx as aroace, but I have seen people changing their minds once Viktor is no longer disabled (s2 with all of his other forms) and Jinx is no longer as mentally ill (alternate universe Powder). And it speaks wonders of how people see these characters.

"I never thought about Jinx being able to feel romantic/sexual attraction until s2!" To believe she's actually only capable of that when she's not "damaged" is incredibly disturbing. Especially since Jinx has always had a bit of a flirty personality too.

"I've always seen Viktor as asexual, I don't know why!" That's fine. You can headcanon him as ace. But I believe there is a reason behind it, most of the time, if for some inexplicable reason the "vibes" of the disabled character are making you think he's ace.

I say all of this being aroaspec myself, by the way. Headcanon all you want but going to people's posts commenting how "it's weird for you that they have romantic/sexual plots when they're clearly aroace" is not a win at all. It's a headcanon, after all, and it should be treated as such, and that's fine. But it also is damaging to spread stereotypes like these.

Of course the disabled character is asexual. Of course the mentally ill character is aromantic. It's not as revolutionary as you might think, tbh.

Fandom is not activism and it's all right to have any headcanons you want BUT some of them are filled with damaging stuff and perhaps we should look into ourselves more before treating these assumptions as something canon.

[kimdokjas]

though the movie might be cancelled, yuri on ice will live forever in our hearts. thank you yoi fandom, it's been real ♡