#the people who do interact tend to leave more comments (on tumblr at least) and be very passionate about my work… and I never really see

[rainierest]

Once I write my chrisker rants into a full analysis post it’s over for you all

[antianakin]

Hey! 👋 Just wanted to send in a message and say thanks for reblogging my post to leave some of your thoughts on it. I hope you didn’t mind the tag. 😅 Half the time Tumblr breaks links to other blogs for me, so I just thought tagging would be easier. I also apologize if it felt like I was calling you out or something about giving points on pro jedi to anti jedi fans?? 😭 It’s probably just my anxiety, but I still just wanted to clarify in case my words bothered you. I was more just kinda speaking in general to pro jedi fans as a whole.

I definitely agree with your thoughts looking back on it now that the anon might’ve been genuine in the sense they weren’t trolling, but it was clear they just wanted to be told they were right. They didn’t genuinely want to debate. I kinda sometimes look for the best in people even if it’s not there. 🤦‍♀️😂 But yeah… it IS frustrating to have asks open related to answering SW meta posts or fic questions and then just see a kinda benevolently condescending anti/critical jedi ask in there like that.

Getting all the thoughts out helped me cool off from my rage at that YouTube commenter that called Leia a “brat” though for not forgiving Anakin, at least. It’s the little things in life, I suppose. 😌💖😂

I hope you’re doing good! 👍 I do genuinely love hearing your SW takes, whether on Anakin or Jedi or clone stuff in general. I feel like you’re a lot more objective than others can be about Anakin, if that makes sense?? And also just about the clones in general too and your thoughts they might not want to be seen as mandalorians (at least I think I recall you saying that before in a post?), because they’re clones and brothers in arms first and foremost. I personally like the idea of them having mandoa just because I feel like it’s something that would be taught and passed down from the genetic tree of Jango. But I DEFINITELY appreciate the idea that Jango might’ve not been as deified by clones as people believe. 😭 I’m not saying he was the devil, but at the end of the day he plucked out a kid from the thousands he left behind from being his clones, and called it a day.

I wasn't bothered at all, my firmer more negative opinions aren't going to be for everyone! I'm consistently surprised at how many people DO seem to appreciate anything I have to say on the topic, negative or otherwise. I've said this before, but I made this blog as a space for me to express more negative things and I figured that would be kind-of a turn off for people. I'm glad that it's ended up apparently being at least somewhat enjoyable to other people.

It's incredibly funny to hear myself described as "objective" about Anakin given, well, everything. I'm NOT objective about him, obviously, I'm decidedly biased against him. I HAVE tried to approach his character as objectively as I can sometimes if people have asked me to, but I don't like him much and that does color the way I interact with Star Wars and stories he's involved in. People who love Anakin, even if they're extremely pro Jedi at the same time, will often interpret things VERY differently from how I would specifically because they're more inclined to be sympathetic to him and believe the best of him in a way I just can't most of the time.

For the clones, while I've definitely expressed the opinion that they wouldn't want to be considered Mandos before, that's one of my more bitter opinions, one I tend to feel when I'm more annoyed at the whole Mandoclone concept. If I were trying to be more objective about it, I feel less like they wouldn't WANT to be considered Mandos and simply that they AREN'T Mandos. There's never any real indication that the clones feel a connection to that culture aside from like... two little designs on the helmets that could just as easily be explained away in other ways. They never actually speak Mando'a, they never talk about Jango at all, and they don't seem to show a desire to interact with the Mandos when they have the opportunity (Cody and Rex are both around during the Duchess on Mandalore arc, Rex goes to Mandalore with Ahsoka, and Rex/Gregor/Wolffe meet Sabine). Aside from the two tiniest little designs, there's never a single indication that these people ever felt any connection to being Mandalorian at all.

And I personally just find it really boring to just make the clones MandoLite and base their entire culture around one that already exists rather than recognizing that they've got a radically different kind of upbringing that would have caused some VERY different values and traditions from Mandos. They've got their own canonical slang, they've traveling all the time and could be picking up any number of different traditions from the people on different planets (language, food, maybe art and songs and dances and games). I think Mandoclone headcanons often treat the clones as a monolith instead of recognizing that they're individual people in the process of creating their own extremely unique culture. I think the clones deserve more fun and interesting headcanons than just turning them into MandoLite.

[bigskydreaming]

Last reblog - I’ll never forget one of my first interactions when getting into Batfandom again online around 2018 or 2019 or whenever I started being active in Batfandom on this blog.....I was reading a very popular prompt-response fic on Ao3, where one chapter was the author responding to a prompt to do a more cathartic take on Dick reuniting with his brothers post-Spyral.

For whatever reason, this author’s idea of a better version of this still had Dick getting punched by Jason, just then immediately make up with him afterwards, so I guess a speedrun from punch to ‘glad you’re alive’ is better, as long as the important part is Dick still gets punched? LMAO. Yeah, no. I don’t know about the person who gave the initial prompt, but I sure as hell didn’t find anything cathartic about a writer doubling down on the idea that Dick still ‘deserved’ to be greeted with violence because he’d emotionally hurt his brothers and so physical and emotional payback is necessary to balance the scales.

And I didn’t even leave a comment on the fic where it might start something publicly, I VERY politely just private messaged asking them if they’d CONSIDER posting some kind of headsup on that chapter, that it still contained Dick getting punched out on his return from Spyral by one of his siblings....because that’s not something people interested in the specific prompt of ‘cathartic take on Dick reuniting more happily with his brothers post-Spyral’ are likely expecting y’know? 

And look, for as much as Batfandom - ESPECIALLY Jason stans, which I’m pretty sure this particular writer was, primarily a Jason and Tim fan even if they did write fic for the whole Batfam - likes to go on about the tragedy and trauma of physical abuse, there is VERY little consideration in this fandom for the fact that abuse....and in specific, mentalities ABOUT abuse - can be triggering as well! Its not just stuff like sexual assault that can trigger people who are abuse AND/OR rape survivors. So I very politely and civilly, without making insinuations, accusations, attacks, etc, tried to point out that for some fans who’re abuse survivors who are disturbed by how casual and even outright permissive DC canon tends to be about physical abuse between family members, reinforcing the idea that Dick was OWED physical harm by his family to make up for his perceived crimes against them in the Forever Evil/Spyral stuff could legitimately be triggering.....

b/c it feeds into and even validates a lot of the exact same bullshit we were fed by family members justifying their own acts of harm or violence against us ‘because we deserved it.’

And I fucking AGONIZED over this message before sending it, FYI. It was before any of my overly aggressive or antagonistic tumblr posts on these topics, with a lot of my ire in those posts born FROM how all this (and other similar events) played out, but I pored over it before sending it, making sure I was being as diplomatic as possible, because I don’t know this author other than her work, I don’t know her experiences, who she is as a person, nor did I particularly CARE....I wasn’t trying to say or presume ANYTHING about that person, I was strictly interested in just getting some kind of optimal outcome from messaging them, ie getting them to reconsider their viewpoint there or at least include some kind of tag or message clarifying what the author meant by cathartic with that chapter & that it might not be as different from canon as readers might assume or hope.

Because literally my only endgoal in sending that message was so hopefully other abuse survivors didnt stumble into the exact sort of fic they - like I - might be coming to because they were seeking catharsis to MAKE UP FOR the fucked up view canon expressed about how Dick’s first encounter with his brothers post-Forever Evil should play out. 

Instead of just getting more of the same, with FURTHER validation of how he deserved that.

Of course, no matter how much I tried to ensure my message was received in the spirit it was intended....that’s not the outcome I got.

No, instead this author UNLOADED on me in her response, putting me on blast for daring to call her an abuse apologist and being a toxic stan who would make insinuations and attacks and basically call her a bad person just because I didn’t like how she treated my fave. And she definitely shared this and vented about me to all her friends, despite me making a point to message her in private rather than leave this in the comments for everyone to see, because for WEEKS afterwards I was seeing vagueblogs that were very clearly about my message, even including references to specific phrases I’d included in my message, and I heard from others that there were similar jokes and shit made about me in discord servers, etc.

All because I’d dared ask a writer to give people a headsup that they were doubling down on what some fans felt there was reason to view as validating a potentially abusive instance - ie a character accepting physical violence as penance for how he made his brothers feel.

And this, like that last reblog also said in its own examples - is EXACTLY why don’t like don’t read and curating your own content is BULLSHIT. Because it presumes that people KNOW when they’re endorsing or validating or justifying stuff that other people have ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED REASONS for viewing as harmful or toxic....and that they tag or warn appropriately.

And it further presumes that when informed that they might even UNINTENTIONALLY be perpetuating harm with a specific viewpoint or depiction of something.....that there is ever any kind of guarantee that they will accept this information or perspective gracefully, instead of perceiving it as an attack on their PERSON and innate goodness or whatever.

No matter HOW someone goes about trying to convey this perspective, either aggressively or with the utmost attempt at civility and diplomacy.

And nine out of ten times this escalates. Again, no matter HOW a person went about asking for a specific tag or to consider a specific viewpoint - which, y’know, when politeness only earns you escalation from people who won’t let shit go because they feel PERSONALLY ATTACKED by you saying hey maybe you’re not actually unproblematic in every view you’ve ever had....MAYBE there’s a reason why after YEARS of trying politeness or civility, people stop bothering with it and just say hey fuck you for this shitty viewpoint or depiction.....

But from my experience, nine out of ten times even a completely conciliatory approach only earns you vitriol and escalation from people who will absolutely go on the attack, grab all their friends, and freaking dogpile even on self-acknowledged survivors just asking you to consider adding some freaking TAGS....

Because some of you would rather throw survivors under the bus WHILE exploiting the hell out of knowing one who agrees with you (despite our experiences not being monolithic, sure is funny how the ones you agree with have in YOUR eyes the universally acceptable stance on stuff)....

Rather than just....

Sit with the idea that maybe you at some point in your life have unintentionally perpetuated a toxic or harmful mindset that you inherited or learned from previous generations, the media, or other people in your life, and didn’t think to question it because you personally had never experienced a reason TO question it before now.

LOL its funny, and I say its funny when its really not but lol you laugh so you dont scream am I right? Iykyk. But its funny how years later even just THINKING about this one fucking message I sent and what it got me in return has my hands shaking so bad its taking me three times longer than it should to write this post. I’ve had to get up and walk around at least twice to get my thoughts in order so I could finish it.

And here’s the part so many smug assholes over the years just willfully refuse to understand. I’m not TRIGGERED thinking about this cuz I’m oh so fragile. And frankly, it’d be fine if I WAS, whatever that happens to mean in your eyes, I’m just clarifying, its not the case here. LMAO. I didn’t survive a childhood of physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse, I didn’t survive being gaybashed and assaulted in college, I didn’t survive years of shitty experiences as a sex worker, my fucking jaw collapsing because of longterm physical consequences of being attacked.....

By being nearly as fucking fragile as some people on this site like to convince themselves I am when I get worked up about stuff like this.

My hands aren’t shaking because I can’t handle reminders of what I’ve been through or whatever people convince themselves of while telling each other in their discord server that I really should just stay away from content I can’t deal with.

I’m fucking vibrating like I’m Wally West because years after this stupid, should have been nothing message I tried so hard to make informative and personal instead of aggressive and accusatory......

I’m still PISSED.

At how STUPID all of this is. At how HYPOCRITICAL some of you are. At how I’ve made a point practically my entire time in fandom, to be open and forthcoming about my past and traumas because if I’m going to be in fandoms obsessed with male rape survivor characters and abuse I’d rather at least let my perspective be available as a RESOURCE if anyone wants it than just stew in how I feel every time I come across a post or fic I don’t think has the slightest awareness of how its coming across.....

And the sheer volume of times I’ve had people coo at me and ooh and aww about how sorry they are for what I’ve been through like that’s REMOTELY why I talk about these topics or what I’m looking for.....

Only to see those exact same people turn around and mock me behind my back, spread lies about me, attempt to gaslight me at every possible turn into thinking I’M the problem, if I would just quietly and passively accept that people are going to reinforce and validate the very mindsets that led people to do certain shit to me in the past, that some people are interested in GETTING OFF to these mindsets, well then everyone would just be so much happier....

And meanwhile, I’ve made post after post after post about my experiences or perspectives as a male survivor that I can’t even hit double digits on, note wise, even as the stupidest of my shitposts hit triple digits and more....

When the ONLY reason I post about those topics is not because I’m interested in being any kind of authority on male rape, childhood abuse, incest, etc, or think I ever possibly COULD be just because I’m one person these things happened to, but merely because if the conversations about them are going to CONSTANTLY be happening around me whether I want them to or not, I’d at least rather have my voice be INCLUDED and CONSIDERED in those conversations instead of just having to sit there LISTENING to people offer up uninformed opinions with complete certainty they know everything that’s ever been worth THINKING about in terms of that topic and if there’s anything else, well its obviously not important or else their enlightened asses would have already instinctively known it, wouldn’t they.....

My god. Its infuriating.

And hell, I’m KEENLY aware that even with all that, I’d still loaded to the brim with cis white male privilege, so trust me when I say I TRULY do not understand how some of my friends who have to deal with shithead hypocrisy on axes I don’t have any experience on, on a DAILY basis on this site and others, put up with some of you. And its why I will ALWAYS side with them no matter how ‘aggressive’ they’re being in the face of some faux-civil asshat crying fake tears about how they’ve been accused of being a heinous person which of course justifies anything and everything they say and do in response now.

But yeah. The hypocrisy of people. The fake ‘I care so much about survivors that I’m going to make this one a running joke on my blog because he dared make me THINK about the content I churn out every week to entertain myself and my friends, the GALL.’

That’s the shit that gets me. That keeps me from joining servers myself, that has me wary of even DMing with people I only know from their notifications on my posts, because I’ve got zero interest in having a fun headcanon chat session with someone who will two days later be faux-sympathetically vagueblogging with a friend how its so sad how I can’t move past certain things or let them go even though they’re part of the reason I’m constantly re-exposed to stuff even just in the tags people add TO MY OWN POSTS.

All because some people on here are so fucking TERRIFIED of what they might find if they ever tried a little serious self-examination, they’d rather reduce self-professed survivors to tragic victims while being fully prepared to vilify them the SECOND they say something a little too real or paint a picture someone doesn’t want to see themselves in.

Because god forbid some of you figure out how to just say....

”I’m sorry. What you brought up made me insecure and nervous when I thought about how many people I might have unintentionally hurt over the years while thinking I was just having fun with my friends, so I lashed out.”

Or “I didn’t know how to handle not being as thoughtful or informed as I like to think I am, so I made you the enemy instead.”

Or “I didn’t want you to be right so I made sure I believed you were wrong.”

Or “I was immature and not ready to tackle the work this might mean I needed to do on myself, so I pretended I couldn’t see it.”

I mean, after all, the ONLY thing I ever expected or hoped for - or hell, NEEDED - from that one writer I raised as an example, from years ago - was just a simple:

“I’m sorry, I literally just never thought about it that way before but I’ll add a note so people know that’ll be in the fic.”

That’s it. That’s all that was ever needed. I didn’t need or want their life story, their penance, them to fall over themselves making it about me or my trauma just because I brought it up, I didn’t expect them to shift their whole worldview from a single message.

Just a simple acknowledgment that I and my viewpoint were not unreasonable, and hey, maybe they’re not perfect and there’s still more work to be done on some mindsets or viewpoints they’ve always taken for granted.

The end.

(Or at least, it could’ve been).

[absolutebl]

Hi ABL!! This is more of a data question then anything but it might not actually be answerable.

How does the world of BL define a successful show? Is it money made on ads revenue? Streams? Trending hashtags??

Granted in North American media I also couldn’t answer this question, but I could gage based on…article reviews or critical acclaim. Or something.

I see soooooo many people saying something flopped or was massively successful, but truly. How on earth are we making those benchmarks?

I figure you might have at least a tiny sliver of insight into how this works! Or at least a key word I can take to google LOL. Thanks as always!!!!!

Hum.

Well for GMMTV et al, it's YT views. So that's easy. We can see those eyeballs outright.

The streaming platforms obfuscate data (that is one of the reasons SAG is still on strike) but we can see things like where it's ranked on their internal leader boards (what's "popular on Viki" for example). How many reviews something has. How many collections and lists it's on. How many people on MDL have it listed as "currently watching"

More key is how much chatter a show is getting. How many comments. But also...

Literally when you do a Google search for that IP:

How are the hit returns?

How many top spots does it hold above the fold on Google main (using private or incognito mode).

Are people blogging about it? Think pieces?

Are there reaction vids?

FMVs?

Reddit chatter?

BTS's?

Interviews with actors?

The amount of fan content generated around an IP tells you a lot about the number of viewers - since it is all a numbers game. Commenters (those who visibly/trackably react to content) are more common than (content) creators. Ghosts (passive consumers) are more common than commenters.

There are those in EntDA working on formulas for predictive fan base numbers sourced in the ratios of these.

Lemme try to explain...

In other words, the fans who create content for IPs (fanfic, art, meta analysis, FMVs, etc...) are the rarest. Those who interact with the content, leave star reviews, comment on the above fan-made content, engage in discourse, leave YT comments, are the second rarest. Those who tend to do nothing more than ... well, ghost (maybe have a subscription, maybe save the vid to a playlist or on MDL, maybe read this on Tumblr but don't react to it). They are the largest contingent but hardest to track.

If we could get a good handle on the first 2, there's usually a predictable ratio that can be drawn for the fan base as a whole, the largest number 3 - ghosts.

For example:

For every 1 creator there are 100 commenters and 1000 ghosts. Something like that. However the nature of this ratio is dependent on venue and vocality of the fan base (often a generational thing). So like, most Kpop stans are vocal, but 4th gen stans tend to be more noisy online, even though 3rd gen groups tend to have bigger overall fan bases. (Superstars, like super hits, are non-viable non-predictive outliers. There can never be another KP, or 2g, and we can't use their numbers to predict anything. Just like Taylor Swift or BTS can't be used to predict/estimate the success of a new pop venture).

back to the BL fandom

Here on Tumblr you can tell what's popular by which ones are getting the most gifsets.

That's how we know Only Friends is out performing Dangerous Romance. (I mean I could check the numbers on YT but I don't really have to.)

Also, I bet you good money Kiseki is garnering more eyeballs than You Are Mine. Again, I can say that with confidence just based on the content that's being created for that IP in this one venue.

On a practical level, in the ET industry, if there is chatter about a BL outside of BL circles (as happened with KP) you know it's gotten HUGE (by BL standards).

The moral of this story, incidentally, is if you like a thing, doesn't matter how shy you are, if you want it to continue, get a second season, whatever, you gotta NOT JUST WATCH IT BUT TALK about it. Online, where careers are made and broken. Squeaky wheel and all that.

Entertainment is about attention. More money is always thrown at the thing getting the most attention.

Just like politics.

Okay, I done now.

[olderthannetfic]

Having more fandom friends around my age/mindset (context: late 30s, rare fandoms, reads some nsfw but not the type to post about it a lot in my main account) might be nice. I ignored the fandom part of myself a long time due to my RL friends being shitty about it (I dumped the worst of them) and I'm trying to enjoy it more.

But I keep leaving comments on fic and art and don't get any reply, let alone a conversation or follow. When I do get a response, the person stops posting fic in that fandom shortly afterwards. In an earlier more active fandom, I would send requests to people (clearly open for requests!) and 99% of the time I'd be ignored, or they'd draw the request at a level clearly before their usual stuff then delete it because they didn't like it (their words).

I'm not writing anything inappropriate or critical? I try to make my comments more interesting than 'i love this write more thx', maybe they get too confusing and off-putting to read? It certainly isn't because my ship is too weird because even non-shippers ship my current OTP lmao

I am trying to be realistic about it, maybe they aren't replying because they don't have the energy, or they have a life and they can't reply to the comment immediately and forget to, or they moved on, or they think I'm a tit which is totally fine?

The issue is it keeps happening, it's depressing, and the follows I do get are people in the same fandom who only like the parts I'm not invested in at all, have really tired takes and are significantly younger to the point I'm concerned about looking like a creep if I interact with them at 100% of my full power. It feels very much like I'm wishing on a monkey paw.

I have a very small number of friends I can talk to about fandom stuff I will cling onto with both hands. I just wish there were more. This is mainly me venting but if anyone has any suggestions feel free.

--

Hmm... Well, I share your suspicion that if you're the common factor, you're at least somewhat contributing to this situation. It may not be that you're offputting but that you inherently like things most other fans don't like—not just rare ships but also rarer tropes.

Or it may not be rarity exactly but prompt style: while tons of people love found family and slice of life, a lot of prompts for those are so generic and boring that they inspire exactly zero new plotbunnies. Meanwhile filthy kink is not for everyone but often has the seeds of a specific fic in a prompt, so if you do like it, those prompts are super inspiring.

A lot of people are pretty terrible at responding to comments. I'm extremely hit or miss on AO3 myself. I'll respond to a zillion things on tumblr before I remember to actually answer comments on AO3. Partly, it's that I get said comments in my email inbox, not on AO3 itself, so I read them and appreciate them but am not in the space where I'd respond right at that moment.

Sadly, people making one fanwork and moving on just comes with the territory when you're in rare fandoms. It's much easier to make friends who like to vid Asian dramas or who are learning a language for fandomy reasons or who are doing fandom historical preservation than friends who share your exact current taste in blorbos and who will continue to do so.

In my case, I love rare things, but I also love to move from fandom to fandom rapidly, and I find it really stressful to have friends who end up resenting that.

I tend to befriend fans whose overall vibe I find compatible more than people I share ships with: people who will probably be in fandom for life, people who are loud and proud about it, people who are interested in fandom history and pan-fandom meta. I also tend to be drawn to accounts that are not only horny on main but horny for kinky shit that draws haters. It does a wonderful job of weeding out the whiny children and finding me fans with a spine. Hilariously, one of my closest offline fandom friends with whom I share the most character opinions doesn't even like sex scenes. But that's not somebody I'd have gotten to know online.

It's going to vary for the people you're approaching, but that may be one reason they're not as enticed by the sight of another fan of their current rare fandom: they may have totally different types of criteria for fandom friends.

It's hard to know how much of the problem is you without examining your internet presence more, but I get why going "here's my account, plz critique" is not attractive. This ask seems fine. No particular writing style red flags jump out at me.

I've definitely known people who were dicks about my tumblr popularity and wanted to know why I didn't reblog them... but it turns out they interacted with me only once every six months so I don't remember them or their tumblr is entirely shitposts or their writing style is incoherent or they sound angry all the time.

One problem you may be running into is that findable fans in their 30s and 40s are self-selected for Fandom For Life types who already have a bunch of close fandom friends. They're likely doing a lot of socializing in private with people they've known for ages. I like to think of it as people with very full dance cards. They tend to be the most attractive because they're living happy, fulfilling lives, but that same quality makes them too busy. Meanwhile, people who are sad and alone and desperate for friends are often less visible and less compelling. If someone figured out how to connect with them, they'd be a great friend, but fewer people are trying.

It's not that every compatible late 30s fan is too busy for new friends. It's that the fans who are visible enough that you know they exist and know their approximate age are a very specific slice of overall fandom.

As fans age, some of their fandom friends leave fandom or die, so there can be periods where people are going "Shit, I need new friends!" later on, not just in college and such. But I'd say late 30s is a tough-ish period. A lot of people are busy with young kids and/or haven't lost their inner circles from younger years yet.

In general, a lot of my closer fandom friends aren't actually looking for new friends and haven't been in quite a while. Some don't even post publicly anymore. I'm something of an exception because I'm both extremely friendly and always on the lookout for minions to convince to go to Escapade con or take up the banner of fandom preservation yadda yadda. I have a vested interest in remaining open to new people.

Thoughts, everyone? Have you gone through friend-seeking and full dance card phases?

[rodismancave]

A reminder to new folks because I feel I need to say this. It's a few specific rules and more of a 'this is how i roleplay' thing. It kinda got away from me fast but alas, I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable for any reason so I just said what I feel i need to say to make that happen.

My muse is mean. It's usually nothing personal but he is Mean if provoked. There is a line and it is Thin.

This extends to his friends, mostly as a show of ease around them and as jokes, its just how he is. a little jokey joke. he says things without thinking and sometimes that leads to misunderstanding or an otherwise "cruel" comment. He normally doesnt mean it like that (unless he does)

this account is like 80% crack. i am here to have fun and be silly. if you take me seriously and get offended by it then I'm sorry but frankly, I have stated this many, many times. I do roleplay serious stuff, I do focus on a little bit of storytelling every once in a while, but for the most part I am silly and quirky. My portrayal won't always be 100% ic, sometimes a little ooc is healthy, for the bit. I stay committed to the bit, always.

Of course. if he's mean to your muse and you don't like it then you can let me know and I'll tone it down. I'll never be an asshole to people I dont know are 100% down to it or who aren't familiar with how my muse acts. However, sometimes being mean is in character with my muse and theres no other way around it. But the more intense, "i want to cause psychic damage" convos I will always ask if its okay for my muse to go hard on yours.

Rodimus is aware of the multiverse. This does not mean he's aware of the history of each multiverse. He may be aware of them, briefly, but he is really not going to dwell on it much and if you expect him to know it he just. wont. He doesn't really care all that much. This is also to say that he may confuse your muse for someone in his crew because of looking alike, and will treat you as such unless proven otherwise.

There are no people who are "canon" to Rodimus' crew, not at the moment. The only ones who I can say with confidence who are in his crew are @weavingmemoir and @stealthfeline, who are also my muses. This is for practicality. If your muse is part of the Lost Light crew in general, though (brainstorm, whirl, megatron, etc) you can respond to my lost light posts as if you were a member of his crew, I dont really mind. Like I said: commitment to the bit, always. The bit is always funnier when more people join.

Don't pretend like your muse knows mine and vice versa without talking to me first. This is mostly about muses outside G1 and IDW, or even people in IDW that Rodimus never really met, as well as OCs. It isn't really towards muses who HAVE interacted with Rodimus at least a few times. It is Awkward having to figure that out, and I'm not particularly a fan of having to dig around for people's relationships to understand what's going on between your muse and mine.

I don't really care if your muse is banging another Rodimus, or anyone else from his crew. Like I genuinely do not care, and neither does he.

I'll always make adjustments if you ask me to. I'll create new verses to fit with your muse, but that requires communication first and foremost. This also goes for events, if you want in on an event just talk to me and we'll see about it together. My events are never 100% thought out because I like leaving space for other participants to have a say in what happens. I just think its fun, like a group project (but less stressful)

When interacting with me I ask to lay off on the quirky colors and varying different fonts in one single reply. I have a lot of difficulty reading things like that and it strains my vision and it gives me a headache. Just, always have the same font throughout, and if there are different fonts, please let them be at least readable. The standard tumblr fonts are fine, except 'lucille', and the small font tends to me specially frustrating sometimes.

This is a g1/idw based blog. I take stuff i like from g1 and stuff i like from idw and i slam it together until I have something I like. Rodimus does not like the prime title, he does not miss being a prime, and he absolutely does not appreciate being called one, unless its doing things for his ego or to make himself look greater than he is. He is an Ass.

[lycanr0t]

I think it's really silly and unhelpful to make comparisons between fan artists and fan writers such as trying to determine who gets more interaction and who "has it easier" and who is more appreciated.

Neither has it easier. Btw. It's a useless overly generalized comparison to make that does nothing but put one group down and pit the two groups against each other when we should be uplifting each other.

each have their highs and lows in terms of interaction. This is a fact that will remain true for all of time purely because they are different forms of creation that require viewers to engage with it in different ways.

some artists may get more things such as likes and reblogs/retweets on visual heavy platforms like tumblr and twitter. But there seems to be an attitude among some that artists universally get attention with ease and i promise you thats simply not true. for every artist whose work is popular theres hundreds upon thousands of artists who get absolutely nothing. Just like writers.

writers DO have a hard time on platforms like tumblr. It's hard to convince people to read a whole fic on a website that is designed for and caters to quick casual scrolling. It sucks but that is a reality. You have to understand not every space is catered to every form of creation. Visual art is faster to see, like, and move on from. So naturally in an environment build for that interaction it has a better chance at doing well.

But at least in my experience, writers when they get interaction, are much more likely to get MEANINGFUL interaction.

Artwork I posted just a week ago (or less!) gets next to no notes, maybe some likes. In it's whole lifespan it maybe gets a handful of replies or tags that say one-two word compliments. (I am in no way putting this down. A compliment is a compliment!) meanwhile a fanfic that I wrote literally 10 years ago still will get comments on ao3 describing to me how much they adore it, telling me the specific parts they liked, and taking the time to really TELL me they loved it.

My point being that social media sites like tumblr and twitter are designed for shorter, smaller interaction. Visual art you can easily do that with, but it does tend to lead to less in depth interaction which does leave a lot of artists feeling used and unappreciated. written works DO require people to sit down and take the time to read it, which does mean less people will take that time, but (in my personal experience + what i have observed) the interaction that fics DO get is much more likely to be in depth and thought out.

EDIT:: forgot to add that since fics do often struggle to get interaction started, that also can lead to feeling unappreciated! both groups have instances of feeling this way!!

My experiences are obviously not universal. But that's my point exactly. Each artist, each writer, we all have different experiences with what gets more or less love/interaction. There are so many factors that play into this and no group is to blame here. No group has it better or worse its just different. And it's incredibly silly to point fingers and claim "oh artists have it better" or "oh writers have it better" babes we ALL have it rough.

Creative works across the board are unappreciated and across the board people are busting ass trying to be seen. No site is perfect and not everyone will get huge amounts of interaction. Let's not get so hung up on trying to figure out who is better off and instead put that energy into uplifting everyone.

if you see fanart you like then consider leaving a reply/comment/tags/ask/etc telling the artist exactly what you like about it! try and put effort into making it longer than 1-2 words! sit and really absorb the art!

if you read a fic you like consider sharing it with others! consider rbing or sharing it, leaving a nice comment, like/kudos, send the author an ask telling them you like it!

we ALL can use more appreciation, but understand we are all people also. no one owes anyone interaction, and guilting people into it and playing petty "i have it worse" games is not the way to go.

love others work. do it openly and passionately but do it to your ability. And realize in fandoms NONE of us magically have it easier just because we make a certain type of creation. It's not a competition. Fandoms are communities built on shared passion and mutual sharing, not marketplaces fighting to be the loudest most successful business

[tolltale]

@hawkesfavor tumblr ate your ask so i'm just going to answer like this instead but anyways THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS!!

ask meme

Training: How did they learn to sing? Have they had any formal training? How do they continue to maintain and develop their singing voice?

sam was in a choir for a few months as a little kid but other than that no formal training or singing lessons. all innate talent babyyyyy okay no just kidding she absolutely wouldn't be nearly as good as she is if she didn't put in the work but also. Innate Talent. she takes great care of her voice with vocal warm-ups and daily exercises! I don't know enough about singing to say what else she would do </3

Change: How has their personality changed since Seven left the band? Are those changes related to Seven leaving?

she used to be able to let her guards down more easily and be less self conscious and afraid to be judged. Now she second-guesses herself more/is more indecisive and insecure. Something about the person she thought loved her the most in the world being able to cut her out of his life and move on so easily and so efficiently (at least to her eyes) was quite the blow to her self esteem 🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍 i would also say she loses her temper more easily than she used to and she tends to grow attached to people faster than before (sorry Orion fhdjdk she was ride or die with him after a week 😭)

Fans: How is their relationship with their fans? Do they go out of their way to interact? 

she likes meeting people at a gig who actually follow the band and want to chat a bit and take a photo and she will be friendly and affable with them which is like . Her Standard Attitude with strangers. that's all there is. it's sort of a lukewarm attitude. They're strangers that like their music at the end of the day. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THOUGH it's like . this is how parasocial relationships with fans are born. her instagram should be used as a how-to guide. it's not on purpose 😭 she almost never answers comments or dms but she posts a lot of stories and goes live A Lot A Lot. she drags the others into it whenever she can. meeting maya put some things into perspective because seeing all she does for the band and how much it matters to her was a little bit eye opening. like HEY we actually have an impact??? seeing how much she knows about her was also eye opening in the sense that sam shares waaayyy too much of her life on socmedia and she uses her accounts like a weird vlog to turn to when she's bored or lonely to talk about/do anything and wants company. because the only activity she did completely alone (before Certain Events Transpired) used to be going to the bathroom. She's normal she copes soooo well ✌️

Voice: What does their singing voice sound like? Do you have voiceclaims(s) for them?

she has a voiceclaim actually it's sydney sprague. the genre is a bit different but the voice is how I imagine she sounds like! I'm also super normal about her break-up songs they're totally not in any playlist i've made :)

[if-confessions]

Do you think there are downsides to posting an intro WITH a demo? This might sound like a stupid question, but 99% of Tumblr intros are “demo tba” and they get a lot of hype (obviously hype isn’t the most important thing, but everyone here wants some engagement).

I would want to have a playable demo if/when I post an IF, but I do worry a bit that people will read the intro, read the demo, and then…not really engage. It looks to me that demoless IFs get a lot of engagement BECAUSE they don’t have a demo yet. The mystery leaves people curious, which leads to asks, which leads to more hype, which leads to more asks (and the cycle goes on).

So do you think it’s smart or stupid to have a demo ready?

Honestly, I really don't know, Anon. I've done the dropping the intro with a demo (CRWL, P-Rix, Rye...) or full ass game (MtP, Comp games) without any teasing, and teasing/posing an intro post without a demo (Harcourt). The one who got the most hype was CRWL (and still do).

I think there are more factors outside of the demo/no-demo dichotomy that affect whether a post blows up. Like those effects below (but not limited to):

who posted the intro post (already popular authors will get more traction...)

period of the year posted, even day and time of day posted

whether the intro was promoted on other platforms (discord, itch, forums, twitter, etc...)

whether the post was tagged properly and shows up in the relevant tagged search (a few days old blog before posting apparently helps)

who reblogged the intro in the first few days (and when it was reblogged); if the creator is friend with larger authors, it will help

the design of the post (is it aesthetically pleasing)

the genre of the project (romance tends to be a fan favourite, darker concepts seems to be looked for, slice-of-life is getting some traction...)

the themes of the project/story

the planned gameplay

the types of trigger warnings (or whether there are even some)

the amount and variety of ROs (also, hotness, diversity, tropes used, etc...) and whether there are already visuals

whether there will be customisation and how extreme it is planned (physical, behavioural, background, etc...)

the syntax in the post (structure, grammar, etc...)

whether the blog has already content (I think that one is marginal?)

whether a blog as a custom theme

whether the reader of the post think there will be content...

whether the people engaging with the project creates easily headcanons and prefer the ambiguity of not having a demo to go wild with their OC

the colour of the sky that day and if all the stars are aligned...

....

(that's all I could think of right now...)

And still, no matter how many boxes you check, none of this will matter if the reader doesn't interact with the project. You can have an intro post that blows up, but then crickets in the inbox; and opposite have a project with a few hundred notes and a few active readers that blow up the creator's inbox.

Demo or no demo, it all comes down with the reader's willingness to interact with a project they find interesting.

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It could be an interesting experiment to run, and see which effect matters the most, to understand why a certain post blows up or not. Though many of these aspects would be hard to quantify objectively, many of these would be hard to track (or at least tedious) and I would assume most (all) new creators would not want to divulge what they have done nor would readers admit to how much interactions they have. Anyway... media studies/marketing/psychology/behavioural science peeps, get on this shit, please!

So we can only speculate, and our assumptions might be completely wrong.

But we could have a poll... 🤔

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Anyway, don't feel pressured to go one way or the other. There are way too many things that will affect how popular a project gets.

[old comments in tags: slow but consistent growth might honestly be the best thing to get less pressure from the start and you get to test the waters with how comfortable you are with sharing things /]

[duckmine]

Do you have any tips how to get your account out there for Tumblr? I want to share my art/writing but I don't know how to get popular or yk get a following since I'm new to the app. Sorry- but I also wanted to say i love your art, it's really appealing to look at and your such an inspiration :)

thank you! i’m happy to be an inspiration! and sure i can share some tips based on my experience but i can’t assure you it’s the number one way to go 😅.

first know that gaining attraction can take a good amount of time. so don’t feel threatened if you don’t get a lot at first. hundreds of posts get put up every second so getting yours featured can be a little bit hard but that’s why making connections with the people online first is a good way to branch your work out there. i’m not saying you have to make friends or anything, you can start with reblogs or responding on people’s posts with your own ideas, sending asks, make your presence known! familiarity also brings in attraction, once people notice you more outside of your blog they’ll probably start to get more curious about what YOU do.

second, it’s important to know that certain artwork/writing pieces will get different responses. (i can’t say i know as much about sharing writing or the specific type you’re talking about so i might be a little vague sorry ^^’. ) fandom work often trumps original work in getting highly noticed at first. and certain fandoms may get drawn to your account more than others. but if you start with original work anyway and use the “artists on tumblr” hashtag you can still have a good chance of someone looking at your work and making a nice comment or just leaving a heart or “note” (since it’s tumblr lol).

if you plan to share fandom artwork it’s, in my opinion, recommended to start with one fandom at a time and gradually build people’s attention to that work to gain a following. the reason for this is because of the way algorithms tend to favor consistency, and making fanwork for multiple fandoms at a time (like within the same week or something) will scatter attraction in which people may follow after one post specifically but the others will get less attention. also, followers like accounts that are ‘consistent’ with their fanwork. if they like one of your posts they’re gonna hope to see more of it.

when building an *audience* on your fanwork, follow local blogs within the same fandom that you notice gain a lot of attraction on their posts based on asks or anything interactive. reblogs and likes are not the only way to check their social status but also how much they interact with their followers or people interested in their thoughts. because tumblr is so homely, every tumblr user *obviously* checks the account of the people who are liking their posts LOL. at least i assume so because otherwise i wouldn’t know how they found my work, they probably just saw it in the tags i use as well.

oh yeah also hashtags are important. they don’t only help categorize your posts but the more specific hashtags you use, not just for the fandom but also the characters or the pairing or whatever, that will help spread your work even more in different areas of attraction within the fandom tag!

after you gain a good following from your fanwork, and you feel confident that moving on to different branches of media would benefit you, go ahead! you can make a posts talking about getting asks or you could share some writing you’ve had or you could just draw for a different fandom or your own original pieces. whatever you see fit.

but also remember that aside all these factors, it’s still your blog and you should do whatever makes YOU excited to share your work. if you want to start with original work before you share fanwork, then you should! if you want to share writing and then artwork related to it after, go ahead! it’s also important to know that account attraction can be random, you may not get a lot of FOLLOWERS but you may get a lot of ‘interaction’. personally, i favor interaction WAY MORE than followers because it’s more effective in showing people interested in my thoughts and how deeply they think of my work.

[blueprint-han]

[Image ID: A black picture with the title “HOW TO SUPPORT FANFICTION AUTHORS” written in bold caps lock, colored with a winter forest picture. End ID.]

Well, this post has been made countless times, but I’m making one too because I’ve seen a lot of people say they’re new to tumblr and don’t know the whole “reblogging is better than liking” rule and other stuff. So without any further ado, here are ways YOU can support the fanfiction authors. Now keep in mind this applies to almost every author out there, not just the stayblr fandom, so if you’re a silent reader (or even if you aren’t), I advise you go through this post. Warning, this is a fairly long post going into detail, so yeah. I still expect you, the readers to read this, and if you’re a writer, feel free to lmk if i’ve written smth wrong or if you want me to add something! ^^

In this post I’ll go into thorough analysis of the pros and cons of each of the methods listed here and how YOU as a reader can show the authors whose fics you read more love and motivate them to produce content.

WARNING; LONG POST! GOES INTO A DECENT AMOUNT OF DETAIL. NOT EDITED, EXCUSE ANY TYPOS.

#1 : LIKING !

I think this is basic common knowledge, and a lot of people tend to do this. When you like the post, the author sees it, you see it, and if the author has their liked posts accessible (which majority of the time they don’t), and if someone deliberately goes to check it, then they see it. See why so many authors say just liking does nothing? Only liking says “Hey, I’m gonna tell you your story is not that good by simply liking it and not sharing it with other people. :D”

♯ PROS:

You’re telling the author that you've read their fic, and either you’ve enjoyed it to a certain extent, or you’re just saving it to read for later.

Likes are seen by you, the author and anyone who has access to your likes (which, most people don’t).

♯ CONS:

If you ONLY like, you’re not really helping the author’s work reach a wide audience because this site isn’t Instagram. Reblogging is the only way people can SEE our works. I’ll cover more on that in the next section.

In a nutshell, liking is good! But you should most likely use it in a combination with the other stuff I’ve listed below, because just the like itself doesn’t really do much in giving the author any feedback or interaction on their fics.

To clear shit up; I’m not talking about those people who don’t read the story or appreciate it in the first place. I’m talking about those who appreciate the fic, like it, but don’t leave any sort of feedback to show that.

#2 : REBLOGGING !

This is SO, SO important. I cannot stress on this enough. Let me explain WHY so many writers stress on reblogging content: 

Tumblr’s tag system is inherently fucked up, and has grown more so over the year. I’m not kidding, at first, the fic either used to show up in the tags or it didn’t, but now, sometimes your fic can be REMOVED from the tags because of,,, idk tumblr tag shit. Anyways, as you can see, it’s very demotivating for authors at that point, because the major way for people to find their content and expand their blogs has been blocked.  

Due to this reason, tumblr authors need to RELY on you, their followers to help spread their works to a wider audience. Now again, before you get me wrong, I’m not saying you ae forced to rb our works regardless of whether you like them or not. BUT, that being said, if you DO infact like the story, there’s no harm in reblogging, right? By doing this you’re indirectly telling the author — “hey! :D I liked your fic! Which is why I am gonna share it to my followers so they can read it too :D” Trust me, you’re doing nothing but helping the people who produce content for you to read. Seems like a worthy cause to hit the reblog button, right? It’s only a one, or maximum two step procedure.

Leave tags in your reblogs! Trust me, as an author myself and as much as I know from all my author friends, we oft check the tags of your reblogs to see if you found any part amazing or even if you have anything to say about the writing we put so much hard work into. Even a key smash or a “This was so [insert adjective] 🥺” is enough to leave a smile on your authors face. 

♯ PROS :

You’re !! Sharing !! Your authors !! Works !! This leads to them getting more recognition, so for the content they’re so graciously providing for free, you’re promoting their blog and helping them expand it.

If the tags are being a shit, which majority of the time they are, then you’re literally making an author’s day by reblogging! You’re showing them that you, a follower and appreciator of their works are willingly sharing their content because it deserves to be seen by more people. Again before any dumb people decide to attack me, i am talking about people who like the fic but don't bother reblogging and are silent/ghost readers. I am not forcing anyone to read anybody’s work.

YOU’RE MAKING YOUR AUTHOR SO HAPPY WHAT MORE REASONS COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT !! 🥺

♯ CONS :

Literally none, because as far as I remember no author is against reblogging of their works. It’s quite literally the way this platform functions. Reblogging is IMPORTANT.

#3 : COMMENTING/SENDING FEEDBACK !

This kind of overlaps with the previous section, but THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT STEP !! When you leave feedback, you are directly giving the author something so much more valuable to them than high follower/note counts or money. Your feedback is literally our serotonin. I kid you not the number of times I’ve received a positive comment and smiled and it has made my day. There’s a reason youtubers (though not the best example, bear with me here because it was the only one I could think of) ask people to subscribe, like and COMMENT. The subscription is like a follow, the like is ofc like a heart, and the comment is equivalent to an rb with comments in the tags. 

You might argue and tell me that a comment is basically like an ask so the reblogging step isn’t necessary, but I’m sure 99% of you use YouTube and you know that more comments leads to people’s videos boosted in the stream/trending charts. This is what reblogging does. Reblogging shares the piece with other people like minded, which leads to a boost in reads. You are literally helping your author grow.

It’s quite literally the same thing as youtubers. Youtubers NEED validation to keep their content creation going, so do writers, so do other ccs on this site. This post is however, focused on WRITERS, so keep that in mind.

♯ PROS :

By doing this, you’re giving author valuable feedback! It’s similar to what you do in rbing with tags. Interactivity with their fics boosts their note counts and helps expand their audience, so srsly, now think of it: your one comment is playing such a massive role to help ccs create more content.

Imagine how much of a difference the note counts will be in when every person who simply likes after reading the fic, reblogs, leaves a comment and sends an ask. the note counts would be high on each and every fic, which is validation in itself, but your comments would inspire the writer so much more! Please, don’t skip the commenting part. Even a simple one like: “this is so cute!” is wonderful. 

♯ CONS :

Remember, if you’re gonna give constructive criticism (which I’m sure you all are smart enough to know if different from hate), make sure the author is okay with it. Authors need to be in a specific mindset and must be ready to accept criticism, so if you’re gonna give constructive criticism to them when they’re at a low point, it may demotivate them.

Just commenting, instead of reblogging and commenting in the tags/ reblogging and then leaving an ask in their inbox, while it gives validation in plenty, will not lead to the author’s work being spread. Therefore I suggest either reblogging and commenting in the tags or reblog and then leave an ask, or comment under the fic!

!! reminder; I am not saying that if you don’t rb and just leave feedback, your feedback has no value. We authors truly appreciate every bit of feedback, but this post is aimed to help you learn how to interact with and support authors, and make them feel more motivated, because the current scenario of liking and scrolling is taking a toll on their creative abilities. Take it from a person who’s been writing for a year.

#4 : COMMSIONING VIA THEIR KO-FI/OTHER APPS !

Before any of you attack me, let me tell you that this is not a step that is 100% necessary to do. ONLY donate if you can and if you genuinely want to, and if anyone is forcing you to pay for something against your will, you need to get yourself out of there.

Regardless, if an author has a kofi and you’re able to and you want to donate, you definitely should! It’s also a valid form of support.

#5 : ADDING THEM ON REC LISTS/ RECOMMENDING THEM TO REC BLOGS

This is such an underrated option, to be honest. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve seen my fic was recommended onto some rec list and it’s made me smile so hard. If you like some fics, create a rec list! They’re oft very popular amongst the fans too. Making rec posts is such a great way to share your favorite stories with others. 

Rec blogs! I’ve seen a couple going around, and needless to say they are a great way to get someone else to read your favorite author’s work whilst also giving them your own feedback. These blogs oft accept recs via a form or ask box, and they leave your feedback along with their own, or else they’ll oft tag the author in the feedback post, so look! You’re basically helping your author share their fic to many more people, because you’ve given them feedback and a reblog.

♯ PROS :

Validation! Feedback! Reblogs! More exposure! Helping a blog grow! Spreading love! basically a run down of the stuff I’ve said before!

♯ CONS :

Literally no con of this. Unless, a one in a million case, this author says they don’t like receiving feedback/being tagged, and I’m sure NO person has said this before, at least none that I’ve heard of.

#6 : FINAL COMMENTS; MISC !

When an author points out about how the interactivity is drastically reducing, don’t just give them blind apologies. Yes, you feel sorry for not interacting as much, we understand, but rather show that you’ll become a better content consumer through your actions. We need to see that we’re not just throwing words into a void and that people are actually trying to be better content consumers. 

Understand the fact that authors don’t get paid for this, and 99% of the time, these authors don’t take commissions either. They’re giving you novel worthy writings for free. Take Percy Jackson: You think the author would have felt motivated to write the subsequent parts, let alone two whole series based off of it if literally no one showed that they were interested? Rick Riordan has sales, he is being paid, there are millions of people and big agencies who provide him feedback. Now take that huge amount and simmer it down to an audience of maybe 10000 people This is what fanfic authors want. They don’t want your money, nor are they telling you to risk your lives for them. All they want is, a reblog, some tags, some feedback, some INTERACTIVITY.  A sign that they aren’t throwing fics into the void and that people actually like them, some motivation to continue. Seems fairly easy to throw an rb with some tags, right?

Don’t bother to tell me that we do this for ourselves and we shouldn’t ask for likes and reblogs and feedback, because 1) you are consuming the content that we “write for ourselves” and 2) writers post their content here for interactivity and feedback. We could just not post and write and save our fics in our dungeon drafts for years. But we choose to post to entertain the readers, the consumers. And we aren’t even asking that much in return.

Don’t give me the whole “I’m scared that authors feel that comments are annoying” excuse either because seriously this has been DEBUNKED SO MANY TIMES. Istg, in the nicest way possible, if you still think writers are annoyed by interaction and feedback, after so many posts, long rants have been posted as to how we’re not, then you must truly be living under a rock. There, I said it. Please stop thinking this way, I’ll say it again, AUTHORS ARE NOT ANNOYED OF FEEDBACK, COMMENTS, TAGS, REBLOGS. WE LOVE IT. Saying this is like saying that the audience in a theatre play shouldn’t clap when the play ends because the actors would find it noisy. 🤡

I’ve seen some people saying they have anxiety issues and such, so pls note that I’m not invalidating your condition. If you’re trying to be more interactive, I really appreciate it! If you can’t, that’s fine too. You’re trying.

But for the people who have no reason other than feeling lazy to rb and comment, your lack of interactiveness is not excused. Please. Tumblr is a reblogging site. If you’re gonna consume content like authors are some sort of machines, I encourage you to go get some more perspective.

This site is not Instagram or the satan bird app. Your likes are appreciated but frankly speaking, they do nothing to the author except tell them “Hey i read ur fic but i'm not gonna support u :D” and honestly, that is detrimental to their creative capabilities and mental health. 

DON’T FOLLOW AN ACC JUST TO MINDLESS RB THEIR SIGNAL BOOST POSTS AND THEIR REBLOGS OF GIFS AND NOT INTERACT WITH THEIR WRITING AT ALL ! Trust me, authors prefer a lower amount of interactive followers than a high count that doesn’t even give them any feedback. Again your follows are appreciated, but when you’re following, you know the type of content the author creates, so the author expects that the more followers, the more interactivity. These days, this is just becoming the opposite. So don’t do it! If you’re gonna follow to read, interact with their works. I promise, this will make both you and the author happy. A win-win situation.

In conclusion: SUPPORT YOUR FUCKING AUTHORS! THEY ARE NOT MACHINES THAT HAVE NO FEELINGS TO PRODUCE CONTENT FOR YOU! FICS TAKE DAYS AND DAYS OF PLANNING, PLOTTING, OUTLINING, WRITING, EDITING, MAKING TEASERS. SO JUST SHOW THEM YOU APPRECIATE THEM WITH AN RB. IT’S THE L E A S T YOU CAN DO.

I will be liking this post here written by the lovely @chaninfused​ and @scriptura-delirus​ . Please take time to read it because if you weren’t convinced by my arguments, you will see how much frustration we as writers face on a daily basis. Please, just show support. Here is the post by @stayndays​ about how to get more people to read your work, because it also has a note on reblogging. Please educate yourself, and put an end to this mindless consuming culutre and bring up some interactivity.

If you’ve read this far, I want you to go to two of your favorite authors and leave some feedback in their inbox, and tag me in it (either tag me yourself or ask the author to do so, they won’t mind). Show your writers that our words are taking effect and you are becoming better consumers. I mean it. I’m serious. I want every single one who reads this post to do this. besides valid reasons, if you’re lazy to do this, you’re a part of the problem. PLEASE get more perspective.

Also, feel free to add to this post! I’d love to read your thoughts too, remember to be kind though. And, if I think your rb is somehow contradicting my points and is bringing down the reason I made this post, I will politely ask you to delete your comment, because this post is about being truthful about the harsh reality of tumblr consumers and how we can change it. I’m sure none of you will let it get to that point, though. <3 love you guys. 💓

And, just a reminder, don’t just blindly like this too. Do what I said before, and while I am not forcing you, I’d appreciate your reblog, because seriously, it took me 3 whole days to write this, plus, I’m sure this will help more of your followers understand the fault in consumer culture. haha, that’s it! This post was way too long uff.

also, this is ur cue to not be stupid in my inbox. You have something to say? Think I worded smth wrongly? I’m sure it wasn’t my intention to do so, point it out with manners. 

[thevikingwoman]

Feedback, criticism, reviews and creator distance

Something has been on my mind for awhile on the topic of feedback and creators, especially in the spaces of fanfics and smaller original creative works, especially in interactive fiction. 

I mash these together, because many IFs are hobby or side projects, or at least one person efforts. For both fanfics and IFs, there is also usually an element of interaction with the creator and for IFs, especially on tumblr, it tends to happen in a “fannish” way. 

I have a very long post under the cut, but TL;DR: no creator ever owes you anything and no feedback should be unsolicited.

First however, lets talk about reviews - what are they and who are they for? Reviews are opinions. If you review a book or movie, your audience is other people who might go spend time on this media. The purpose of a review is to inform others. It’s not a way to deliver feedback to the creator - usually by the time you get to reviews, the piece of media is done. It’s not something that’s particularly useful in fandom or for most IFs: most are free or free-ish (for IFs), and it’s simply easy to back out if you don’t like something. Positive based rec lists are more useful: you are drawing attention to something good, not sparing someone from the latest MCU flop. 

Next, there’s criticism  - there’s a couple of different things that can fall under this umbrella. It can be a more academic review (a criticism of classical novel as canonical literature), it can be a criticism on why something is undesirable to spend time on (games with lootboxes). It can also be directed feedback on things that don’t work in a piece of media. For the latter, I will shove it under feedback, because it’s purpose is the same. 

Now, on to feedback. 

 Feedback is first and foremost meant to be actionable. You give feedback on something because you want to change it, because maybe you’re good at something, or perhaps because you’re noticing something the creator missed. 

the thing is though: feedback is usually solicited. A fanfic writer can ask for beta reader feedback. A novelist will get editor feedback. My friend might ask me for feedback on their letter of complaint to the HOA. 

Now, you can also leave feedback unsolicited. This can take the form of leaving feedback in the comment of a fic or sending it to an IF creators ask box. 

the thing is though - after the creator has put something out in the world, they’ve already asked for feedback from the people they want feedback from. They’re not looking for feedback from bypassers. They’re not looking for “criticism”. They might not even be looking to correct spelling mistakes. 

But, viking!! Don’t they want to be better? Anyone should want to be better. 

They probably do. I want to be a better writer. (Or maybe they don’t, and they just want to have fun, and that’s valid). But do you know where they want to improve? do you know know what they’re looking for feedback on? do you know what is deliberate choice, and what is an oversight? Unless the creator has directly told you: “Internet stranger, can you please give me some feedback and my pacing,” you don’t know shit. Maybe the pacing is intentional. Maybe they’re working on nailing character voices and they don’t care about pacing. 

In short - why do you think you’re uniquely qualified to give feedback to this creator? this is not a school assignment, you’re not their teacher. 

but, viking!! I’m a professional editor! 

I suggest you go work with your clients. (I highly doubt a professional would not get this whole rant)

still with me?

Now, lets get to creator distance - as I mentioned at the start, this is mostly relevant for fanfic and IF and how those two ways of fandom interactions overlaps. Many IF creators hang out in fandom related spaces, or close to their own fandom. It’s also something I’ve seen authors do, both here on tumblr for a few and mostly on twitter. It’s clearly fun for authors and writers to engage with their fans! 

but sometimes I see this lack of distance. Asks get too personal. Demanding. Straight up weird. 

I think sometimes, people forget both that the person on the other end is another person, but also that they do, in fact, own their own creation. Just because they interact with the fandom, doesn’t mean they’re part of it. The barrier between fan and creator can become blurry, but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. 

Just this morning I saw an ask to IF (which I don’t play), begging the creator to make some side characters romancable. And I get it, the author gives people access to them by answering asks (you’re not emailing c/o Penguin Publishing), but there’s something audacious about asks like that, which essentially tells the author how to write their story. Here it’s where all of the above fits in - this unsolicited commentary - please do this, is no different than unsolicited feedback or “criticism”. Not wanted, or needed. 

It’s not a collaborative story. 

I’ve seen many asks like this, or asks telling authors they’re doing something wrong and in the end they simply assume the author needs to be told how to write their story. 

Think about this for a bit. 

Maybe a story element doesn’t work for you, maybe you would like to see something different. There’s no one preventing you from closing the book, hitting the back button. 

I sometimes wonder what people hope to achieve with this type of feedback or suggestions. Maybe they think they’re helping? But mostly it comes off as weird and entitled. I hope anyone assumes the author knows what they want and how to achieve it. And if the author doesn’t - see above. They probably have someone they can ask - betas, editors, friends, playtesters. 

Creators and authors don’t owe you their explanations either, they don’t owe defending their creative choices. Do you like their storytelling? Do you trust them? 

I think creators too need to think of their own distance. Stand by your choices. Reserve a little mystery. Because I see this too; authors getting too involved with their own fandom or their own critics. It’s natural to want to defend, especially with good reason ( here is why I choose these story elements), but in the end I do believe creators need to do create a little distance. 

I think it’s so hard, especially with a small medium which relies heavily in many ways on fandom interactions like IFs, and where many people come from fandom. As a fanfic writer, I love talking to other fanfic writers, but here I have no need for mystery, though I still think the solicited feeback clause applies. 

I think all of this is increased by the general access everyone has to everybody. I can @ tweet famous actors and authors and the vice president. it’s a strange world and there’s a balance that few have found. Both as fans and creators. 

(and yes, if you’re a creator - study Neil Gaiman’s responses. He engages lovingly, supporting, funny. And keeps some mystery around his creations when needed) 

[xannerz]

Yeah! ^ While tags are meant for searching and organizing, I think the way the culture around them developed is what made the Tumblr user experience so unique. Like, in my like 10+ years of endless scrolling, I've really enjoyed seeing how the tagging conventions on Tumblr organically branched out and evolved. Tags still serve their actual function for searching and filtering content but are also a nifty way where you can add additional context or commentary. Kinda like footnotes/author's notes.

With that said, I totally get what you mean (and agree) about the lack of direct interactions thru rbs killing tumblr. People are generally more passive these days; it's a bad habit that's atrophying communities on social media, and makes it harder to chat with/meet others. Like -- speaking for myself here -- I do tend to ramble in tags personally, but I think the ability to connect w/ others can still happen through rbs, replies, and tags. Personal preferences/circumstances clearly may vary (ex: I obvs don't mind tag essays as much as you do, but I also think it's reasonable to want/expect people to be chattier in the dedicated channels for it), but I'm just very "both can be true/why not both?" about it. I wouldn't have met my gf if she didn't leave nice tags on my fanart lol; it's nice having pleasant interactions when you least expect it.

And re: what someone up the chain mentioned, that's also definitely a part of it. There's something to be said about people's growing anxieties about upsetting others (stares at growing use of tone indicators) or putting their foot in their mouth without meaning to. Like imo it's fair for an OP to ask people to take a long back-and-forth chain off their post (ex: can you please take this conversation to your own DMs), but it's also not uncommon to see hostility directed towards otherwise harmless one-off comments - and witnessing the latter ends up discouraging other users from wanting to engage at all. It was mentioned already but-- there are plenty of people who don't want to deal with potentially being put on the spot like that, so they (unfortunately) stay quiet. ("if someone's dragging you across the coals, block their ass" <- true and good advice!)

Not trying to be too granular or contrarian either! it's nice to see a push towards people actually talking to each other again LMAO even if i don't want to have a lot of conversations w/ others, I miss seeing more people talk/interact and being in an environment that encourages that.

If you want to reply to a post I've made, PLEASE reblog. Don't write a tag essay; those are difficult to quote. Don't answer in comments, those are only visible to people who've opened the comments section. Reblog. This is the reblog website.

[itsclydebitches]

Thoughts on RWBY and Community Driven Content

Hi, everyone! I wanted to toss in my two cents on the recent conversation sparked by Jakeysfics’ post (easily found in the RWDE tag. Apologies for not linking, but I believe Tumblr is still hiding posts with links?) and I decided to make a post of my own just to avoid adding to a bloated reblog chain. That, and I wanted to focus on an aspect other than the points others have already articulated. (Namely, the acknowledgement that conversation will inevitably grow stale after such a long hiatus and the problem with using offensive language—“circlejerking,” “proper analysis,” etc.—to make an otherwise valid point in a community who is small in part because of harassment.)

Taking a totally wild guess here, but I’m probably one of the “same two guys” people are sick of seeing in the RWDE tag, simply because I do tend to post daily, the majority of my posts are answering asks, and those asks tend to be quite repetitive in regards to their content. I want to be upfront in saying that I’ve been anxious about these things long before they were publicly called out. There was a period of time when I rarely used “RWDE” because I didn’t want to flood the tag with my posts, which led directly to non-RWDE fans leaving comments and asks going, “You need to put ‘RWDE’ on this. We don’t want to see it.” There are times when I tackle asks from the most recently submitted downwards, but there are other times when I’ll deliberately skip asks I want to answer because, “I already talked about this recently. People don’t want to hear about it again.” I’m also very aware of when I still get repetitive in my discussions, belaboring the same main points, using the same examples, offering the same advice to fix things in the future. More than once I’ve deleted asks I’ve spent the afternoon on, or left things to stagnate in the drafts folder, or just worry about reception after I’ve posted because damn, Clyde, don’t you have anything new to say?

I don’t mean for this post to come across as a pity party, or me looking for reassurance. Far from it. Rather, that anxiety and the recent, overt acknowledgement that at least one person is responding negatively in the way I’ve feared they would has made me question why I continue to do this kind of work anyway. Especially when, as established, the harassment can, at times, feel like it outweighs everything else (even though I also think that’s the anxiety talking, often blowing up a few, hostile voices to make them feel larger than they actually are). So if I’m aware of the problems with repetitious content, alongside that other, very large negative, why not just… stop? Or at least slow down and only post the “proper analysis” that might receive less heat from RWDE and non-RWDE alike?

Basically, this discussion made me think about why I write metas—specifically short, prompted metas like answering asks—and the answer I kept coming back to was, “Community.”

Sure, there are lots of other reasons to write out our thoughts (venting, understanding, scratching that itch), but none of those reasons are inherently responsive. If I wanted to write RWBY things solely to get them out of my head, I could scribble them in a personal journal and tuck it away. But I don’t. I post on a public, microblogging website because I hope that other people will interact with my posts and, as a result, help me form social ties that emotionally enrich my life. And it worked! Many of my closest friends on Tumblr are people I met through the RWBY fandom and my online social circle is filled with even more acquaintances whose [Pyrrha voice] “Hello!” in the form of likes, reblogs, comments, or asks absolutely lights up my day. I post because I want to connect.

Arguably, I want to connect more than I want to produce “good” content. I mean, obviously I want to do that too—they theoretically go hand-in-hand, with good work generating a larger audience to interact with—but if I’m ultimately prioritizing connection, asks are the ultimate example of what Tumblr has to offer in that regard. Someone took time out of their day to write me, wanting to spark a conversation. That’s amazing. What do I care if I’ve had this conversation before? Or if others don’t necessarily find watching our conversation to be the most interesting thing out of their day? My goal is to connect with them (however briefly and however “stupidly,” given that we’re talking about a webseries), not necessarily to craft a product that others find sufficiently entertaining. That would be like if someone came up to me irl and went, “Hey, Clyde! I just watched Buffy. Did you like the finale?” and my response was, “Sorry, but I already discussed that with another friend two days ago. And someone else last week. Plus, don’t you realize how old that show is? We’ve moved on! However, I recorded our conversation and you’re welcome to listen to it if you want. But if you want to discuss something with me, it’ll have to be new enough to fulfill the entertainment needs of anyone listening in.” That’s... weird, right? I can’t speak for anyone else, but my irl friendships are built on rehashing the same conversations and debates (especially now that the pandemic has severely limited our experiences. There’s little new in our lives to share). You’ve already heard about the time I got lost in Japan? You’ve already heard my thoughts about how great The Secret of Monkey Island is? You’ve already heard my rants about Moffat’s Doctor Who?

And I’m going to hear all the things I already know about you, presented in a slightly different way, with perhaps a slightly new perspective, with any repetition forgiven because it’s more about spending time with you than being entertained by the content itself. Why would online friendships function any differently?

Actually, I think I have an answer to that. We expect them to function differently because the evolution of the rest of the Internet has warped our idea of what Tumblr is all about. Meaning, I gain nothing from prioritizing “good” content over just interacting with people because I enjoy interacting with them. Producing new content to attract more followers will not land me advertising deals like it might on Instagram. Producing new content will not make me more appealing to a YouTube algorithm, leading to people sponsoring my work. This is not a Twitch stream where viewers are donating provided my vid is interesting enough to entertain them. I don’t even have a $1 Patreon connected to my metas. Basically, online content—even explicitly, copyrighted fandom content—has become so monetized that people approach any work with the mindset of, “What is this doing to entertain me? With the expectation that, if it’s good enough, I’ll give that creator money, or support that will somehow lead to money,” rather than, “There’s a content creator making cool stuff as a hobby. If I like them I’ll stick around, if not I’ll leave.” There’s no benefit to me agonizing over producing content that’s new and super polished (except for some kind of personal pride) because I don’t treat my RWBY-ing as a side job. Yet many people now treat fandom as a professional production that has failed if it’s not crafted with that audience enrichment in mind. I’ve seen this primarily in regards to fanfiction—Why isn’t your work at the standard of the increasing number of profics? Why aren’t you writing for the largest audience possible? How dare you create something that’s niche and primarily for you/your friend group?—but I’m seeing it crop up with metas too. Especially given RWBY critics’ prominent place on YouTube, there’s this pervasive sense that a fan has failed if they’re prioritizing content that they like, rather than catering to Patreons, or the top rated comment on the last vid.

And to be clear, I get it. 100%. There have been plenty of times when I’ve popped into the RWDE tag, hoping for something interesting to pass the time, and am then disappointed that people are still talking about the Thing I’m Not Interested In. Or there are only asks that rehash my exact thoughts on a matter. Or hell, there’s no new posts at all because, as said, this community has become a “circlejerk” largely because other, diverse voices have been scared away. RWDE has become a group made up of people who are a) into RWBY, b) are critical to one extent or another of RWBY, c) are stubborn enough to keep posting despite the harassment, d) choose to post on Tumblr (already a comparatively smaller site), and e) have the time and inclination to post with some frequency. With that number of caveats, is it any wonder that fans are saddled with the same, repetitive content? But even if RWDE were a massive, prolific group with a variety of voices… I’d still be spending a good chunk of my RWBY time answering asks because that’s one of the best and easiest ways to connect with others. I don’t post here because doing so will get me a paycheck, or earn me some sort of Internet clout (can you imagine trying to brag that you’re “famous” on Tumblr? LOL). I do it because I love fan communities, I love RWBY, and I love when those two things slam together for a good time in this hellish, pandemic-ridden world. Creating posts that others would consider appropriately unique works of written art comes secondary because I have no incentive to prioritize that over my own enjoyment. That’s why things like commissions exist. The artist draws what they want to draw up until someone says, “I’ll pay you to draw this specific thing that I’m looking for.” Or the positive response from the community is worth drawing something you’re meh about: “I don’t care for this ship, but these hundreds of people are so happy to see it so sure, it’s a gift!” The Tumblr RWDE community is not paid and a large chunk of the fandom is hostile to any work we produce, so there’s no reason to post anything other than precisely what we want. If others are (understandably) unhappy with the echo chamber this produces, they need to make the change. Start producing the content you want to see and help to make the community more welcoming so that others, in turn, feel like posting “proper analysis” (which, notably, takes far longer and is far more work) will get them something other than an anonymous message saying to kill themselves.

Basically, I answer asks about the same things because clearly, people care enough about those things to keep sending in asks. Sometimes repetition occurs because someone just got into the fandom, or doesn’t realize I have discussed this before… but more often than not, it’s just because people want to connect over shared ideas, even if we’ve already connected over them in the past. You like talking about this thing, I like talking about this thing, who cares if we’ve talked about it together before? Let’s do it again and have some fun.

[verdant-soaring]

Hi! I'm new to tumblr, i moved here from Twitter because the fandom there was toxic.It seems nicer here, Is it ok if i ask how to get started?

Hello!! It’s nice to see someone new around! I’ve never used Twitter so I don’t know if we’re nicer, but I can try and give some advice! :D

. Tagging Systems .

When you go to make a post, you’ll see a spot at the bottom for tags! To connect with other people in the community, I recommend using the sky: children of the light, sky: cotl, and thatskygame tags! This will make your posts visible to people who search for those tags, or follow them!

On Tumblr, you can use spaces in tags! Press the comma (,) button to separate tags!

It’s also generally recommended by the community to tag content that may be triggering or harmful to others. People can block tags, while will prevent them from seeing the post that contains the content in question. Here’s a post with a nice list of things to tag in general! If you’ve made or are reblogging an art piece with gore, for example, some tags to include would be “gore”, “gore tw”, or tw gore”! It’s always better to over-tag that to under-tag! :D

Speaking of tags, people on Tumblr tend to use them... generously. Due to their ability to contain spaces, many people use them to compliment other people’s work, or to go on a ramble. Here’s an example of a post where I rambled quite a bit in the tags, if you’re not sure what I mean! Artists will also be incredibly grateful of any feedback you leave here!

I started this blog by mostly just posting screenshots from in-game, and that’s still the main thing I do! Screenshots, theories, artwork, fanfiction... anything you create can be tagged! We love to see it!

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. To Avoid .

On a less positive note, I would definitely recommend blocking the people listed here, as they’ve had a severe negative community impact, to say the least. A few of the links and / or usernames are old, unfortunately. I can offer a few more recent ones if you want to DM me for it.

Similarly, some things that are generally frowned upon are drawing Skykids with white skin (whitewashing), shipping the two Valley Elders together (they are confirmed to be twins), and leaving sexual and / or intrusive messages at in-game locations (like asking where someone lives-- a lot of minors play Sky)!

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. Artists .

You might see a few ask blogs floating around, or blogs that allow you to ask their Sky characters things in-character! Most have a plot, but some are just for fun! You can interact with these blogs by sending an ask! Remember to be polite and respectful to the creators, though, even if things don’t go your way!

There’s a lot of stunning artists and writers in this community as well! Reblogging people’s art is the best way to support them-- it’s highly encouraged that you leave a nice comment in the tags, too! “Likes” don’t do anything to increase a post’s circulation on Tumblr-- the only way a post will spread is through reblogging!

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. Community Events .

We don’t currently have a large number of community events in Skyblr, but if you enjoy art, writing, or other creative mediums, and want to show support for the LGBTQ+ community, @fly-your-pride is a pretty nice event to participate in! (You can read more about it on that blog!

Additionally, last year was the first ever @secret-manta! Like a secret santa, but for Sky-themed art, writing, heart trades, and more! Last I heard, there were plans for the event to take place this year as well! (I hope it does, I participated and can honestly say it was wonderfully organized and a lot of fun!)

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That’s all I’ve got for you right now, since this post is getting pretty long as is, but if you ever need help with anything, feel free to to reach out to me, or anyone else in the community! We’re more than happy to help! :D

(If anyone else has anything to add on, feel free :0!)

[nastyatticman]

If Slashers had horny Tumblrs...

What it says on the tin! HC post for if Jason, Bubba, Brahms, & Billy (Lenz) had their own tumblrs for horny content. (18+ only)

If you like these, feel free to send a request for other characters if you want :D

Contains : adult content, discussions of kink & brief mention of sexual harassment

Jason Voorhees

Very barebones bio that gives some basic info - his age, his gender/pronouns, and a warning this blog contains adult content. 

Doesn’t get updated often, and it’s usually all at night. Mostly consists of content he reblogs from different creators (artists/sex workers, etc)

Don’t expect a fancy theme or anything - he only uses his phone for horny content since he shares a computer with his sweet old boomer mom.

A good mix - largely pictures people post of themselves or art he likes. Sometimes he’s in a Mood and reblogs a bunch of very specific kinky posts - text posts with affirmations from doms, risqué art, gif sets of people in gear.

He doesn’t have a huge following or anything, just a handful of mutuals and spam bots he doesn’t clear out frequently. But when he posts anything he thinks could be too intense he makes sure to tag it with warnings, just in case.

Sometimes leaves little compliments for people - he’s usually too shy to message people directly but he’ll reblog their posts and say nice things in the tags. Nothing too forward, usually things like “you look so handsome here!” 

Bubba Sawyer

Makes sure not to put any identifying info but he usually puts his age/vague age range (“in my 30s”) because people ask for that.

A collection of stuff he likes, mostly pictures or gifs or the odd video or audio post. 

A lot of mostly vanilla content - again, what turns him on, what he can jerk it to easily. Stuff he can focus on when he’s really trying to get off. I feel like he’s more likely to reblog a gif set of people just going at it or pictures of a hot person in lingerie or cute undies than anything with too much of a kink/fetish focus. But not always.

I’m not sure if our Bubba can read/write very well so I can’t see him reblogging or writing long text posts, but there will be a few short ones here and there. 

He’s a little too nervous to post intimate pics publicly but I can see him on a very very confident day posting pics of just his hands after seeing people talk abt how they like strong hands.

Again, doesn’t write a lot, so he doesn’t add comments to reblogs or anything

He may leave nice things in tags tho! Like Jason he sometimes leaves little compliments for people whose content he reblogs (ur dress is so pretty!). Sometimes he tags things with certain emojis that seem to have some kind of meaning… a mood he’s in… or maybe they remind him of someone he likes?

Brahms Heelshire

VERY detailed very organized pinned post with info about him including a list of his kinks, and what interactions he wants/doesn’t want. Also, places to send him tribute. Not that he needs the money, of course, but he wouldn’t mind if you got him something off his wishlist. (Wink wink nudge nudge.)

I see him as a switch who leans heavily towards submissive with a bratty streak. However people tend to assume he’s more dominant since he reblogs more dom centered text posts (he’s usually imagining he’s the sub in those scenarios).

Has a decent following since he will periodically produce a lot of original content - mostly text posts, or audio, and the occasional picture where his face is obscured and no naughty bits are showing directly. He errs on the side of caution since he doesn’t want to get struck down by the tumblr nipple police, and also because are you kidding me his family has a reputation to uphold, he can’t afford to get caught 

Tumblr is his main horny platform of choice because he finds it easier to organize content he likes into an archive, and there’s more privacy. He tried making an nsfw account on other platforms before, but because of linked accounts and email fuckery he got recommended to follow a family friend and nearly shat himself. (He has a good handle on privacy and he knows that person couldn’t find him - he double checked his privacy settings after that - but it still scared him off that website, at least for that purpose.)

Because he has a decent following he also has a few mutuals he’s messaged periodically. He’s varying degrees of close - some only know him from his posts, some know his main tumblr, some may even be following him on other platforms as “long distance friends”

Every once in a while debates about having his own server for his simps followers, but he’s not sure about using his discord where he keeps in touch with friends/family for it or making a new one. You’re welcome to message him if you’re mutuals or you send him some cash first ❤️

Billy Lenz

What do you mean, “horny on main”? What, like you have an alt?

His blog is like, 98% porn but every once in a while he’ll reblog a non porn post to get into an argument.

“You sure have a lot of opinions on Canadian politics for a hentai blog 🤔”

Mostly an archive of stuff he finds hot at the time, without rhyme or reason - reblogs, links to other websites, etc. mostly chaos, but it seems like every once in a while he tries to have some kind of tagging system.

He sometimes posts original content - sometimes rambling text posts about the kind of sex he wants to have, very rarely pictures of himself. that he deletes immediately after in fear of getting flagged.

When it comes to audio posts… the Moaner lives up to his name. Although he’s not skilled with recording - clearly doing it on his phone - His audios aren’t half bad if you can find them. Usually captioned with something about how he made them or what he was thinking about when he made them.

Let’s be real, canon Billy had like no concept of consent. Or just didn’t care, because he wanted to scare and intimidate people. He’s definitely been blocked by people for sending creepy messages/asks or adding unwanted captions to their posts. When he wants to hit on someone in a way that means they may reciprocate, he’s nicer, but people are still (understandably) put off by him.

At his most polite though, he’d be the type to send an ask to someone saying he hopes they come to Toronto so that he can eat their hot pink cunt and make them cum on his thick tongue and fat, juicy cock. (This is regardless of factors like their actual location, whether or not they have a cunt, or travel guidelines due to the pandemic.)