#the joys of having anon enabled

[swervesbar]

You look like the internalized plantonic ideal of a 14 year old from detroit michigan in september 2006

THANK YOU???? I THINK??? 🤣

[xinganhao]

👓 svt with a 'nerd' partner.

anon → "can you do one where their partner is a big nerd?"

⌗ ┆debated for the longest time about the differences between nerd/geek/dork, so this is a bit of everything ( `ω´ )۶! (p.s.: love how the hc's turned out for this one >_<)

‧₊˚✩彡 includes: established relationship, pet names, fluff, cussing, headcanons under the cut.

👓 headcanons .ᐟ

you're rambling again. seungcheol watches, entranced, at the way your eyes light up as you talk about your tabletop games. the way your hands move as you explain things. when you notice him staring, you trail off. he immediately snaps out of his quiet awe to reach for your hand across the dining table. "why'd you stop?" he asks in a soft whine, jutting his lower lip out in a mock pout. "you were getting to the good part about the cleric and the rogue. don't leave me hanging, love." (or: seungcheol always pays attention.)

there's a look of mild exasperation on jeonghan's face as he watches you scroll excitedly through his latest fansign photos. you point out all the characters that are familiar to you, and you get just a little too excited when he's borderline cosplaying. he pretends to be annoyed about it, even though the truth is that he'd play dress up all day long to see you smile like this. "really," he huffs all the same, prying his phone out of your hands. "if i knew this was all it would take for you to fall in love with me…" (or: jeonghan indulges you.)

every time he travels, joshua visits a bookshop. not those chain stores, either. he goes for the obscure ones that sells secondhand, well-loved novels. the types that are a little beaten up and worn around the edges. he'll spend hours looking through the shelves for covers that he thinks are pretty, or descriptions that match the genres you always rave about. it's his little joy, to come home after all these international stops with his arms full of books. "these reminded me of you," he'll say as he holds them out to you. (or: joshua remembers you everywhere he goes.)

a bead of sweat trickles down junhui's temple as he battles with yet another stubborn screw. you've long since given up on trying to help him; he wasn't about to let you lift a finger in this endeavor. he grumbles little complaints as he assembles the overpriced IKEA shelf, but all of it is worth it when you start to stack your things on to it with that sweet smile of yours. he knows he ought to stop putting himself in to these situations. he also knows he'll assemble a hundred pieces of furniture if it meant that you could have what you want. (or: junhui enables you.)

soonyoung really couldn't give a damn about the planetarium. he'd much rather have date night at something more exciting. an amusement park. a concept restaurant. but there's just something so special about getting to walk alongside you at a leisurely pace, to have you whisper to him little fun facts about the projected stars and the styrofoam planets. he knows they're only versions of the real thing. it's just… the way you explain them make it seem like they're just right there. he knows he can't really reach for the stars, so he settles for the next best thing. he goes to hold your hand. (or: you remind soonyoung to take it easy.)

mid-game conversations with wonwoo are punctuated mostly with quick jabs, typed out in between lulls. it's a last resort type of thing. most of the time, the two of you are playing with audio. or, better yet, in the same room as each other. there's something liberating in how he doesn't have to reel anything in when it's you, because you know how these matches go. you speak his language, essentially. and whenever he says "one more game?", he knows you're already not too far behind in rejoining the lobby. (or: wonwoo lives to be your player two.)

sometimes, you're so quiet that jihoon forgets you're there. he'll only remember when he tears his gaze away from his computer screen and his eyes land on the studio couch, where you're sprawled out doing whatever your hobby of the month is. it always makes him melt a bit. the way the two of you are just content to co-exist, happy to be in each other's orbit. when he turns back to produce, he goes at it with a renewed purpose. he's got such good inspiration, after all. (or: loving you never feels like work to jihoon.)

mingyu was never the sulky type— until he met you, that is. it's a bit embarrassing, how much of a fool you have him acting like. because what do you mean kim mingyu is jealous of 2d characters? when you return after abandoning him for the latest chapter or the newest episode, he'll consistently act all off-put even though he's sooner to crack than you are. "your anime boys don't love you like i do," he insists, trying his best not to laugh at how silly he sounds to himself. "i'm the real thing, babe." (or: mingyu is a bit of a glutton for your attention.)

it's difficult to be anything but in love with seokmin, especially when he's so sincere in everything that he does. even after he accidentally knocked over the millenium falcon lego set it took you months to build, he's so endearing in his attempts to make amends. he'll spend hours poring over the instructions booklet, and he'll sort through the seven thousand pieces until his eyes are bleary. even then, he shakes his head when you say he should go to sleep. "i like spending time with you like this," he tells you, and you know he means it. (or: seokmin wants to give you the world.)

any other person might be annoyed as the hours tick by with no response. but minghao is not anything if not patient, and he's gotten quite used to losing you to the media that consumes you. if he's being honest, a part of him is probably in love with you because of that. it doesn't matter to him if you respond minutes or days late. all he cares about is that you always come back to him; that's more than enough. (or: minghao would wait lightyears for you.)

seungkwan sometimes feels like a big chunk of his early years were given up to get to where he is now, and so he didn't really have the time to like the things that other people his age normally might. when you came around with all the things that make you happy, though, he can't help but want the same thing for himself. so maybe he is a little betrayed that you watched the newest one piece episode without him, or that you beat all the gyms in pokémon scarlet & violet while he wasn't looking. can you blame him? (or: you are the youth that seungkwan missed out on.)

prior to meeting you, vernon could count on his two hands the instances wherein he's been extremely passionate about something. nowadays, he's always getting in to one petty debate or another about the best frank ocean album or the most insufferable f.r.i.e.n.d.s character. "you bring out the worst in me," he'll joke to you one evening. both of you know that it's the complete opposite. neither of you have to say it out loud, though. all you have to do is start bickering, again, about something that would have everyone else merely scratching their heads. (or: you keep vernon on his toes.)

chan isn't stupid. he's far from it, even. you're just— so smart. unbelievably so. he's not playing dumb or goading you when he's bombarding you with questions. he's genuinely astonished by the extent of your knowledge, the easiness of which you retain all these things. it's one thing to be proud of someone, and it's another to admire them. to look up to them. he feels all that for you and so much more. (or: of all the facts in the world, the one that chan is most certain about is this— he really, really does love you.)

[bougiebutchbinch]

I’m back to talk about transfemme Wade (who I think would refuse to go by Wanda bc “we already have one of them, don’t wanna confuse the fans!”) but in an embarrassing amount of thought so anon-

I feel like she has so many wigs that sit along the wall of their room, one for every occasion (Logan talked her out of getting a massive Miku length one bc she would never take care of it Well enough-), her favorite is the Barbie of just a cute blonde ponytail that sometimes she’d clip colorful strips into. Sometimes she showers wearing a wig for the Euphoria of her bf being pissed there’s a bunch of plastic in the drain- she goes through so many phases of what style she likes, their living room was full of amazon boxes at some point and Logan was ‘forced’ to sit through a fashion show and give his opinions, and while he doesn’t know the difference between Lolita (THE STYLE THE STYLE!!!!) and Harijuku, all he knows is his girl is beaming and rambling a mile a minute and he can’t make himself veto any outfit she shows off. Unfortunately his real favorite look of hers involves the same t shirts and boxers she wore before coming out, no makeup, no wig, face mushed into his chest and just Content as can be. He doesn’t care about her putting on a big effort to look femme (though will always lovingly praise looks so the RSD doesn’t trigger), as long as she’s happy and safe, he’s so lucky to have her 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 anyways I go ESPLODE NOW thinking of my self ship with her-

WAILS AND RUBS MY FACE ALL OVER THIS LIKE A HAPPY CAT

AWHHHHHHH

she is everything to me. EVERYTHINGGGGG

[UNDER A CUT for discussions of bottom dysphoria - as well as related self-inflicted violence, but in a Poolverine way where violence is consensual and sexy and fun for everyone involved!]

I need her to be happy and to find joy and to have a million wigs and for Logan to love her just as much with them as without them, while bitching something rotten while he pulls the gross wads of plastic faux-hair out the drain

I need her to drape herself over Logan's lap like a happy housecat only Logan's the one who starts (embarrassedly) purring as he strokes her because he's so delighted and comfortable in his life right now~ And Wade is just being VIBRATED by the very loud proof of her boyfriend's love of her.... And she is smiling the GOOFIEST grin while Logan turns bright red!

I need her to turn to Logan after a long day of murder and they start pulling voraciously at each other's clothes - only Logan freezes STARSTRUCK because. Damn. And Wade's kinda confused and a bit self conscious, but tries to hide it under jokes until Logan says in this gruff, choked voice - "You look so fucking good in red" and she looks down to see where she's pulling off her costume and she's just fucking covered in this glossy red satin dress of her own blood ❤️

(And Logan maybe buys her a long red evening dress that she's probably never gonna have occasion to wear, but he's flushing so much when he presents it that he almost matches the colour, and he wants to see her in it so bad, and whenever Wade wears it around the house just casually, she gets picked up and fucked against the nearest wall lmao)

I need Logan dipping her effortlessly in a kiss, and she feels so fucking weightless in his arms ❤️

I need them baking together before Laura comes around and they both keep burning shit but they're laughing and having a good time and there's a smudge of flour on Wade's nose and Logan is imploding internally over how cute she is

I also need her to casually say to Logan one day when the Bottom Dysphoria is particularly bad, 'hey can you chop off my dick while fucking me and then just keep chopping it off whenever it tries to grow back??' and Logan is like 'what the fuck babe' and 'I have a vague sense that I shouldn't enable this' and 'babe are you fucking sure' and Wade is like 'yeah I get off on pain and that would make me very very happy, plus it will do no lasting damage <3' and Logan is like 'OOKAY I GUESS' and then they have fun horrific bloody mutilation sex that would look absolutely awful to anyone else but is actually very tender and affirming and cute

[the-traveling-poet]

hello there!

alright, hc...what do you think about Levi with a partner that has adhd? as in inattentive adhd?

like...very forgetful, can't focus to save their life, careless mistakes that they don't even notice, short attention span, "smart but lazy", impulsive, very emotional and literally just jumping from one topic to another while talking, withdrawing suddenly and this intensely mood swings man, they're the worst (I have adhd, lol).

basically the whole thing...how do you think Levi would handle that?

and thank you, I absolutely love your work🫂❤️

Headcannon no. 11

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ADHD

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A/N: anon I FEEL you. for me it’s disassociation so I’mma add that to the HC list here :)

I hope I did this justice for your preferences!

taglist: @21aurora @deepzombieyouth @braunsbabe

(If you’d like added to the taglist, just DM me :) )

Enjoy~

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At first, he really couldn’t understand what qualified you as a reliable soldier to humanity.

But after working near you; both fresh out of boot camp, and then later outside the walls, he started to understand.

While your attentjon seemed to come and go on matters both huge and small, in the best and the worst of timing, he saw how close of attention you paid to every little detail. Even if it was forgotten for a short time until it became useful to you.

He grew to admire these attributes, slowly but surly growing accustomed to your mannerisms and the charm that came with your accidental inattentiveness. This eventually sparked a friendship, and after some time, feelings.

When he proposed the idea of his growing affections to you after some time to think, he’d have expected your reaction to be simple; either shocked or joyed.

He wasn’t at all expecting your distracted response.

“Well yeah, I knew that. I just figured I’d wait till you said something. But also it’s cause I forgot to tell you that I knew.”

You were refreshing to him, in some way.

He realized he could tell you the same story twice and watch your face light up in amusement if you had forgotten the tale.

Though he might see it as incompetent from others, he appreciated the way you’d sometimes forget to lace a strap on your uniform, or simply became too distracted to finish the job. This always enabled him to fix it for you with the excuse to double check your safety and be nearest to you.

The times your emotions got the better of you, regardless your reaction, helped remind him that it was okay for him to feel things, too. And in this way, he could talk it out with you and vise versa. After some time of this, it drastically reduced his stress.

Whenever you would disassociate or zone out, it gave him the opportunity to really study and admire you; as well as to have a moment’s break from how long you’d been going over the topic at hand. He’d never admit it if you ever zoned back into reality and caught him, but he adored examining your side profile when you’d cut yourself off from a conversation you’d been having. It was endearing, really.

Your occasional mood swings gave him entertainment at times, as well. Not that he would ever laugh at your expense, but watching you go from bouncing off the walls with excitement to kicking your feet through the grass with a scowl always kept him on his toes. Something he really appreciated, as being complacent in any way bothered him.

Your relationship with Levi constantly kept him curious and observant. He was never bored, never forced into a repetitive loop of events. With you, every day had a new adventure.

Whether that adventure was ensuring your saftey and reminding you to maintain your health on a daily basis, or listening to you ramble on over one of your hyper-fixations in the earliest hours of the morning when you decided sleep could wait. And decided for him that he could do the same.

He would always pretend to be disgruntled by it all, but the way he stared into your eyes with such adoration and excitment rimming his irises behind closed doors told you all you needed to know.

You made him worry about things he’s never considered before, opening his mind to new topics and ways of doing things. And he wouldn’t change that for anything.

His fellow veteran associates would catch him with his hand on the small of your back to protectively walk you from one side of the room towards the other, or tying up your hair for you on the field when you’d forgotten a band for yourself.

He was always prepared, but now that he was with you he took many more precautions. And it made him feel useful to you, no matter how big or small his gestures were.

Levi was always an attentive man, but your ADHD now had him conditioned to be even more so.

He saw it as a challenge some days, always watching and guarding your six. But he loved a good challenge, and always rose to the occasion without any prompt.

ADHD and all, Levi’s devotion to you would grow stronger than any attachment he had to anything else. You made his protective side come out, yet softened him all the same with your adorable antics. Through every struggle, he was there to support and help.

You were his favorite challenge; his favorite investment.

[metamorphesque]

You answered that anon so gracefully. I find this attitude of complacency so sickening in its entitlement, this base idea that a group affected by oppression and adversity would feel less pain if they did not expect basic respect from humanity…not only does it lack the application of critical thought or logic, it is on par with the right-wing ideologies of which I’m sure that this person absolves themselves. I’m sorry that you have to receive these types of messages, but I applaud your mental fortitude in responding.

On top of what you've already said, such attitude also shifts the burden of responsibility away from those perpetuating or enabling injustice and onto those already suffering from it. I truly believe that lowering our expectations of basic human decency only normalizes apathy and allows injustice to happen. Expecting respect, compassion and accountability from others isn’t asking for too much. It's quite the contrary; it’s the bare minimum we should demand from humanity, ourselves included, to move toward a better world.

I believe that the true essence of being human is goodness. Why deny yourself the joy of being kind to someone else? A small, simple act of care or kindness toward a stranger can make your whole day. It doesn’t need to be grand or extraordinary to make a difference.

Thank you for your kind words and support!

[saintsenara]

Severus and James have a weird connection with each other.

Lily: Mulciber and Avery are bad people that terrorize the school with their bigotry.

Severus: yes, but Potter is Shit!

Lily ; Mulciber used dark magic on Mary

Severus: yes, but potter is shit

Lily: Potter helped you out on that night !

Severus: yes, BUT HE’S STILL SHIT !

Lily: potter is shit, but I don’t like your friends Severus. They worry me.

Severus : you think he’s shit too 🥺

———————-

James: *finally the love of my life likes me back*

James: where is Snivellus ?

James: *Lily doesn’t want me to be a bully to others anymore*

James : that does not include Snivellus

James: *becomes quidditch captain and headboy*

James: I still need to bully Snivellus

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I think they’re water and oil. Severus receives high grades and works hard to excel academically. But his social standing stands in the way of being respected. He sees the marauders, a tight knit group of friends that are having the time of their lives at Hogwarts. Two out of four rich and considered attractive. Doing so much shit and they don’t get reprimanded. They’re still liked by their peers and professors.

For James, he’s spoilt and probably seldomly hears no (if so, he has his way of getting a yes ). then comes this guy, a slytherin, unattractive, not popular, not from a big family, that actually has the gal to fight back. He tells Lily that he bully’s Severus for ��the fact that he exists”.

The interaction between Severus and the other Marauders is incredibly interesting. He fears Lupin, which Remus knows and acts indifferently (tho I highly suspects that he likes poking Severus). Peter, Severus doesn’t even give him the time of day. As for Sirius, they’re always one step away from a full blown battle.

I have a feeling that James and Severus searched each other up. Rotating in a weird sadistic game of hurting each other. Man I really want to see a scene with adult James and Severus. If watching Sirius and Severus interact feels like the fire sizzling under the firework, James and Severus are the firework. Oh the joy of reading that 😍.

Typing this out, I wonder if Severus was incredibly gullible and naive as a teen. Lily is worried about the war and Mulciber/ Avery, but Severus focuses on Potter. Other than his dislike for Muggle, you don’t see his stances on muggleborns. He enables Mulciber and Avery, but I wonder if that is because of his believes or that’s just his personality. He still thinks kindly of Lily, while many would have dropped their friend if they married their childhood bully. He never tells Lily to stop being friends with people that questions her friendship with him, again many would be weirded out by that. This might read as me thinking too kindly of Snape. I probably am, but I do think forming a friendship is key in understanding a character and for that there needs to be a certain softness.

Severus is considered the perfect henchman by both Dumbledore and Voldemort. Lucious Malfoy keeps a very close relationship with him, and his son (Draco) is close to him and admires/respects him. I think Severus needs/wants a very strong male figure in his life. A competent father he never had, or a protective brother.

In the story he is tight to two mothers, Lily and Narcissa. Both defy Voldemort for their sons. Sirius and Remus protect Harry for James, but Severus solely for Lily.

I don’t know how all of this ties together, but Severus is a character in an interesting place when it comes to his relationships with other men and woman in his live.

I also have no idea where James comes into all of this. But they do have a strange obsession with one another.

controversially, anon, i don't entirely back this.

i've never been a massive fan of jeverus/snames/whatever we're calling it because it never strikes me as having any particularly interesting spark.

whereas sirius and snape have an inherent push and pull by virtue of being narrative mirrors, the tension between snape and james depends to such an extent on them competing over lily that changing that dynamic by making the two of them attracted to each other often flops.

[snape's hatred of james' superior social position and the fact that he's never punished for his troublemaking is because of lily - because he thinks she's being misled into thinking james is lovely and this will allow james to lure her away from him - for example, rather than being directed at james himself. snape's hatred of sirius is entirely focused on sirius himself.]

the toxic triad - on the other hand - slaps.

on the other points, the thing which is really interesting about snape's teenage naivety is that it almost manages to be correct. i've said this before, but he's clearly the death eater who comes closest to understanding that voldemort has no interest in upholding the wizarding world's entrenched class system [whereas regulus black - for example - thinks that the dark lord intends to usher in pureblood oligarchy] and that what he primarily cares about - to paraphrase the man himself - is power and those strong enough to seek it.

[and a lot of his dynamic with narcissa is shaped by this - narcissa clearly cottons on, well before draco and lucius, to the fact that voldemort has no intention of elevating the malfoys to quasi-royal heights...]

snape evidently views voldemort not only as his long-awaited male role model, but as his ticket to breaking through the barriers which his name, blood status, and class background set up for him in a world so obsessed with lineage and networking - and he's not wrong to.

he's also - and this is where his naivety comes into play - clearly convinced that voldemort will offer lily the same opportunities. the implication of canon is very much that he's prepared to look the other way about the fact that voldemort's violence specifically targets muggleborns [and, above all, that voldemort doesn't regard lily as an exception to his usual rule about muggleborns] until he literally can't look the other way any longer...

[cesperanza]

Okay, here's my dilemma: I love writing fanfic. I've been at it for many years and (likely due to all that passionate *practice*), people seem to consider me "talented." This has filled me with immense shame, because now I feel I should probably attempt to write "real" fiction. But I don't wannaaaa.

Are we obligated to develop every skill to its highest potential? Am I wasting my life just writing about superheroes? My brain knows the answers to these questions but my heart doesn't. Please help, Dear Abby, SOS, etc.

Te absolvo, anon! OMG, you are allowed to have fun!

Also--fanfic IS "real fiction." Ask your readers! :D

Also also more people will likely read your fanfiction than will read your "real" fiction, if by "real" fiction you mean anything like "literary" fiction. Look up the publication numbers on literary fiction lol. (Hint: There's a reason that many literary writers teach creative writing at universities.)

Also you will have more artistic control and ability to "develop your skills to the highest potential" writing fanfiction than you will writing commercial fiction because commercial fiction has requirements that aren't, per se, artistic. (Genre constraints, editorial requirements, differentiation from competition, multi-book universe to capitalize on branding, etc.)

Which is why writing for money is work.

All that said, if you 're looking for more work, and you're talented with words, yes, you should absolutely consider writing as a job. But don't kid yourself: you're looking for a job. If you already have a job, consider whether or not you want two jobs / more work in your life. If you don't have a job, ask yourself if this is the sort of job you want (which--imo writing fiction is quite nerve-wracking, because unsteady/unreliable financially unless you're a real machine of a writer. If you have other sources of income/health insurance etc., this becomes a much easier proposition; you don't have to worry about losing the house, not making rent etc.)

I occasionally do write things that people pay me for, but it's a sideline from my job because I have a job that I like that is already quite engaging/exhausting and that pays my health insurance/ contributes to my retirement and so on and so forth etc. This both enables me to occasionally take on other kinds of writing as work (because yay I have health insurance!), but also limits me from doing so, because--it's work and I already have quite a lot of work in my life. *looks around at desk, cough, did I just open tumblr? yes i did*

Writing fanfic, on the other hand, is FUN. :D I have been in fandom for decades, and e.g. I deliberately for years chose to do 4 min win at a time when I HAVE a lot of work because it is NOT WORK, it is something very other than work, something that contributes to my sense of my own humanity and creativity and connects me to my friends and is about joy and making art etc. If I did not write fanfic I would have to find some other kind of hobby/pleasure/etc. Perhaps like Sherlock Holmes I would take up the violin (and not at all become a professional violinist, which I think is--yes, rather a lot of work.)

---Why I am not a violinist, by Ces, age mumblety-mumble

[hinaterror1999]

first post on rotomblr

hi I’m hinata they/them 25 years old

former johto battle trainer, pokemaster, haven’t professionally battled in a good while but I still love to train pokemon. starving artist and enjoyer of fire types. currently living and working in unova. don’t ask me about mt silver

current pokemon:

my partner pokemon, Sparkler the level 80 typhlosion. my pride and joy

Twinkle the level 75 houndoom. she’s a guard dog. loves to battle, has burned me before accidentally while she was still little LOL

Haze the level 60 chandelure. caught him fairly recently. took me a good while to get my hands on a dusk stone. everyone says they take souls and whatnot. mine just helps me sleep

I also have a Volcarona that I got after getting in a fight with some random with a weirdly strong team while taking a trip to relic castle. I think I took a wrong turn

I also have a nidoking and a togekiss that are currently in the care of my family in johto and a gyarados that’s being taken care of by a friend in alola due to my living situation (broke ass apartment in nacrene city) i also caught entei back home but i am just straight up not allowed to bring it to unova anymore after an unfortunate incident where it nearly burned down white forest

here to post art, cute pokemon pics, and complain. more coming soon

pelipper mail, mystery gifts, all these things are enabled, i could use the items as most of my money goes into my pokemon. sapient mon feel free to say hello. musharna mail okay, magic anons not enabled

this blog is run by @paranormeow7 and I am new to rotomblr and roleplay blogs and such so. hope you have fun here and like this blog lol… I’m a pretty casual pokemon fan so apologies if I get anything wrong lol.. I made this as an excuse to make more pokemon art haha.

hina is a washed out former battle trainer who became a pokemon master as a child but got clapped on their journey to mt silver and is now a bitter starving artist with no friends (except their pokemon, and another friend who may get a blog soon) no money, and a dead end job at the cafe warehouse. somehow they tend to end up in the middle of main story events. team plasma wants them dead despite them knowing nothing about team plasma. they are very unlucky and very confused. for ask them anything to find out more!!

(due to hinas terrible luck, pelipper malice is enabled :3 go ham)

[blessedarethebinarybreakers]

I’m trying to come back to Christianity after deconstructing and your blog has been a great help to me, but I still struggle with the phrase “Jesus died for our sins.” I feel like it places undue responsibility on people who had nothing to do with his death. How is it possible that he died for my sins when I didn’t even exist 2,000 years ago?? Or am I taking the phrase too literally?

Hey there, I feel you! I know of so many people who, especially as young children, were made to feel a lot of guilt over the idea that "Jesus died for your sins." And that's a problem, especially seeing as Jesus came to liberate us from our guilt, and to invite us into full and mutual relationship with him.

While the dominant Christianities that exist in our culture/s right now don't like to acknowledge it, there have always been many different ways of understanding what happened on the cross and how salvation "works." So if this phrasing does harm rather than good for you, there are many other ways to understand salvation!

One that resonates most with me is a view of salvation that doesn't focus solely upon what happened on the cross, but instead takes the entire Incarnation into account. In her book Inspired (which is such a fabulous read, especially for folks working to reconnect with Christianity & scripture), Rachel Held Evans sums this idea up well:

Jesus didn’t just “come to die.” Jesus came to live—to teach, to heal, to tell stories, to protest, to turn over tables, to touch people who weren’t supposed to be touched and eat with people who weren’t supposed to be eaten with, to break bread, to pour wine, to wash feet, to face temptation, to tick off the authorities, to fulfill Scripture, to forgive, to announce the start of a brand-new kingdom, to show us what that kingdom is like, to show us what God is like, to love his enemies to the point of death at their hands, and to beat death by rising from the grave. Jesus did not simply die to save us from our sins; Jesus lived to save us from our sins. His life and teachings show us the way to liberation. But you can’t fit all that on a bumper sticker.

For God so loved the world, They took on human flesh. Jesus's whole life was lived in love for us, for you — all the joys and connections that contained, not just the pain and death.

___

Another thing that I always stress, and that you point out in your ask, is that we have to be careful when we discuss who's responsible for Jesus's death. Otherwise we end up with people blaming Jewish people, or scared little kids, or even God for his death.

Ultimately, it was human beings in a very specific context, and imbued with systemic power, who enabled and carried out his execution: Roman soldiers acting on behalf of the Roman Empire. Jesus died because corrupt human powers cannot stand for the Good News of liberation and abundant life for all peoples. He died in ultimate solidarity with all who are similarly oppressed or executed across history.

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It's reeeally long so sorry in advance, but if you're interested in an exploration of theologies of the cross, I've got a YouTube video on the topic! If you don't have the time or inclination to watch it all, the parts I most recommend for you are:

(13:01 - 21:54) Delores Williams & Historical Consequence — paying attention to real-world impact; don't use cross to justify suffering

(1:21:41 - 1:27:00) Theologies that look at Jesus' whole life, not just death, starting with Jesus as Moral Influence/Exemplar

1:42:54 - 2:00:00) The Cross as Solidarity — Christ becomes one with all who suffer unjust / systemic violence — on the cross, God knows godforsakeness — good news for oppressors as well as oppressed

If you check out the PowerPoint linked in the video notes, you'll also find links and resources in that :)

Finally, you might want to wander through my #crucifixion tag or #sin tag for more related to your question.

Wishing you well on your journey, anon! May the Spirit of Love guide you into healing and wholeness <3

[flash-exchange]

In a Flash Creation Challenge

This time we come to you with an invitation to a Challenge unlike any other. Strap in, because this is bound to be fun! >:)

What is the Challenge?

In a Flash CC is an event we host along the Ikemen Flash Exchange. Not all ideas can become gifts, however, they aren't any less worthy!

We aim to enable creativity, open up opportunities for collaborations, make obtaining support easier, and for everybody to simply enjoy themselves. The goal is the joy of creation!

We welcome any seasoned fandom veterans as well as all newly emerged creators! :) Make as many or as few things as you'd like, combine prompts, brainstorm with others -- sky is the limit! There's something for everybody here.

How does the Challenge work?

The In a Flash CC is hosted in IFE discord server. The event lasts from October 6th 2023 until the end of January 2024.

The participants gain access to a channel containing all the relevant event information, a support chat, and a channel for sharing their creations.

Participants are not obliged to post their works to any social media. If you choose to do so, however, please let us know -- we'd like to shine the spotlight on them! :)

What prompts can I expect to see?

[Prompt teaser transcription below the cut.]

And many, many more ;) The prompts will be gradually revealed throughout the duration of the challenge -- expect to see all kinds of themes!

The last prompt drop may or may not give you some idea on what we're brewing for the next edition of the Exchange. >:)

What sort of works can be submitted to the Challenge?

Writing: 450-650 (+/- 50 words)

Art: anything that would count as lower effort than your usual work; colour is okay

We don't exclude the possibility of people creating moodboards, wallpapers, playlists, videos, etc. When in doubt, contact our staff.

Additionally, for legal adults only, we've prepared a space to create NSFW and suggestive works. That being said, we have chosen to blacklist certain themes (more details below the cut). We also reserve the right to refuse submissions.

How do I participate?

Ask for an invite link to our server. :) You must be off anon. Then, follow the steps written in #announcements channel.

We’ll be waiting for you! >:)

Got any questions? Do not hesitate to shoot us an ask!

Boosting would be appreciated! 🙏

Prompt teaser - transcript

October

Fae AU

Magic Apprenticeship

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Inspiration Flash: Make a work inspired by a mythology / demonology of your choice

November

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Mysterious Invitation

Mad(ness) Hats

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All-Flavours-Of-The-World Cookies

December

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January

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Works - Blacklist

Age play,

Consensual Non-consent, including rape play,

Dead Dove Do Not Eat,

Dub-con of any kind,

Gore,

Incest,

Necrophilia,

Non-con of any kind,

Paedophilia,

Somnophilia,

Vore.

[dailychell]

(link to a list of palestinian fundraisers that are low on funds)

(remember your daily click!)

greetings. this account is dedicated to posting chell from the portal series once a day. art is done by me, but i may have guest artists in the future. you can use my art, but i am hesitant to allow complete free use. i humbly request that you ask before using my art as a pfp or things of that nature, and also credit me. it would be much appreciated.

i do not have a DNI, but i do block freely. terfs, shipping discourse, and general nastiness are not tolerated here. be respectful of me, my art, and others. if you have nothing kind to say, say nothing.

i may post ship art occasionally, but for the most part it should be exclusively chell. i am a multishipper, so expect variety. i will tag any ships so that users with the tag blocked are free to browse this blog without seeing something they would rather not.

that said, hi from the guy behind this account. you can call me just about anything, but i am partial to 'blue' and 'chell.' my non-daily posts will be tagged with 'admin chell.' use whatever pronouns spark joy in you. i'm choosing to remain unrevealed for now. i think it makes things more fun for both of us.

send me whatever asks you feel like. just keep it safe for work, but like. a cool workplace where they're not prudes. you get it. requests (outfits, scenarios, color palettes, etc.) very welcome. i'll try to get to everything, but no promises. i reserve the right to refuse any request for any reason. i will likely just delete the ask, to save us both from dragging things out into the public. discussion of portal and its characters more than welcome, but don't treat this like a confession blog. please. we've all seen how that goes before. don't make me regret having anon asks enabled.

i'll sometimes give my opinion on things related to portal and its fanbase, and you are free to do the same under my posts and in my askbox, but i would really like to keep this blog lighthearted and discourse-free. be respectful and kind to your fellow fans. it's always okay to block someone. if things get bad, i will step in to take appropriate action. be advised: if you argue about pointless things under my posts, all participants will be blocked.

posts will begin when i feel i am ready, but hopefully soon. see you all then.

[grail-lifesupport]

thank goodness you have anon enabled as I've learned recently that I'm very very very shy but also absolutely HAVE to tell you how much joy your content brings me. every time I see kay being kay in one of your comic strips my will to live is restored. the others are cherished as well Obviously but I need you to know how perfectly you've encaptured mine favourite liddle grump. may ur september groove as Earth Wind and Fire intended he's perfect and so are u

Awww Thank You! I love Sir Kay so much he's practically my favourite I love putting him in the comics. Anyways Ur awesome here's a drawing of Kay

[gilverrwrites]

DC Matchup for: Anon Cherry Request Info || Prompts || Masterlist || Ko-Fi

I ship you with: Wally West

I know the double redhead might be a bit cliché, but I really think the two of you would work well together. He can keep up with your active and social nature, will have fun with you at the club or on long walks, and can match your fiery personality tenfold. Your stubborn, bossy personality will keep his impatient and impulsive nature in line. He’s also pretty stubborn, stubborn enough to crack into your softer emotional side.

Tropes:

Chaotic/Chaos Enabler 🔄|| Same people, different fonts || Persistent/Guarded

Wally: Hey, do you know what bees make? You: Honey? Wally: Yes dear?

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Wedding officiant: Okay, repeat after me Wally: After me Wedding officiant: ... Dick Grayson whispering to you: Are you sure this is the one you want?

Headcanons:

Wally will happily be your test dummy for swatching or testing out make-up techniques. This does not mean he will sit still for it.

He adores your hair, whatever you do with it. Loves twisting your ringlets around his fingers or using the edges to tickle your skin. Will help you style it, if you’re into that.

Always down to meet your friends and spend the night at the club with you. Booze doesn’t effect him like it does normal people, so he can have you home in second if needed.

Playlist:

Lets Dance To Joy Division The Wombats

Puppy Princess Hot Freaks

Fell In Love With A Girl The White Stripes

[curator-on-ao3]

Some more character options:

Seven of Nine

Tom Paris

La'an Noonien-Singh

Thank you so much for asking, anon! ❤️

For Seven of Nine, my question is borne of the question Seven asked Picard: “After they brought you back from your time in the collective, do you honestly feel that you regained your humanity?” (With both of them indicating they’re “working on it” as their answer.) So my question to Seven is, “What does humanity mean to you?”

For her answer, I would hope Seven would begin with some Trek-style platitudes about humanity as curiosity, exploration, and betterment … and, as she answered, I hope Seven would hear herself, truly hear herself, and recognize that “regaining humanity” doesn’t need to be a goal for her. Instead, humanity is intrinsic to the person Seven is — we saw it in the human girl she was and we see it in the xB woman she has become. The Borg repressed who Seven is for a very long time, a horrifically traumatic experience. Yet Seven’s humanity is clear in her thoughtfulness, in her kindness, in her expansive love and loyalty — and it would be my fervent hope that Seven would see that humanity within and for herself.

So that’s Seven.

For Tom Paris, I would ask him what motivates him to do so much for other people. I mean, this is a guy who created multiple holodeck programs for the entire crew to enjoy (Sandrine’s, the resort, Fair Haven; also, iirc, we only see Tom alone on the holodeck when he’s depressed), he also designed and helped build the Delta Flyer and he risked everything to try to save the Moneans. Plus! Tom rooted out the traitor at significant personal cost to Tom’s reputation and even his ability to stay on the ship, then Tom worked with the Talaxians, the Doctor, and Lon Suder to rescue the crew from Hanon IV.

So this guy has done a lot for other people (not to mention risking his life to fly at transwarp, piloting a ship at warp farther than anyone else, and even fucking a starship not to mention his captain).

And I want to know why.

I think Tom’s answer would make me sad. I think he’s an extrinsically motivated person and words of praise are a love language for him. (From Threshold: “When I was a boy, my father used to tell me that I was special, that one day I’d do something significant. My teachers at school, all the kids, everyone used to say, ‘Tom Paris is going to do something important when he grows up.’ Obviously, that didn't happen.”) So I think Tom would say he likes to make people happy, it brings him joy to know others are benefitting from something he’s done or enabled. (Maybe there’s an effort to atone for Caldik Prime in there? I don’t know.) And I think Tom might even get a little irritated that I asked him why he wants to do nice things for nice people because what’s wrong with trying to be nice? And he would be right. But also wrong in that I would like for Tom to have an intrinsic measure of self-worth, too, because he’s … worth it?

So that’s Tom Paris.

For La’an Noonien-Singh, if I put aside questions canon should eventually answer (e.g., how much Augment DNA does La’an have, anyway, and what does that signify in terms of her abilities?), then I would ask La’an what safety would look like in her life. Because even with her Jim Kirk crush, I wonder how much of that was about seeking safety, in part with (at first) someone who wouldn’t be prejudiced against her.

For La’an’s answer, I would hope she would say things about confidence she was good at her job giving her a sense of safety, and that she had friends and loved ones who help her feel safe. I hope La’an would reflect on what happened in the premiere episode — pretending to be prey to trap people — and how that sort of behavior may work for security, but vulnerability in real life is something La’an is working on … because maybe safety to be vulnerable is the ultimate safety and La’an will get there? She will get there. She will.

Send me a Trek character and I’ll reply with a question I would ask them — and, if you want, my hoped-for answer.

If you want people to send you character(s) to play this ask game, here’s the post to reblog.

[nights-at-crystarium]

i just have to say that i love fragments so much and it's something that truly brings me joy when i read it. i can feel all the love and all the detail and effort put in and even tho i can't support the patreon rn i really hope that your comic gets even more love and support because you really deserve.

i am gonna be spam reblogging it as well so uh.. heads up i'm not a bot if you spy a blog reblogging all of the chapters lol ehe xD but yeah i just really wanted to tell you this. i hope you have a good timezone wherever you are! ik you said your replies are private so i hope this can give you some positivity!!

Thank you C: I've just read all those tags, they're so sweet omg. I can't overstate how much it means to me when you engage with my comic on such a deep level.

My replies are private when they're off anon, I've only learned that you must post public replies to anons when I enabled anon asks recently, but that brought so many lovely interactions that I can't complain. Thanks again and have a nice weekend~

[sugarpenchant]

can you rec some of your favorite bullet train fics??

i sure can! thanks for the ask, and happy reading! other than mine of course i can highly recommend at least the following four fics, there's definitely some incredible talent in this lovely corner of the internet!

five times tangerine fainted (and the one time he didn't) by yourguardianangel aka @indibdraws. i love a 5+1 and the mix of chemistry and comedy and drama here is second to none! i may have had a hand in how some of this turned out as the author and i are friends/enablers

post-canon fix it: When Ladybug stopped on that rural Japanese hillside to fish an all-too-familiar corpse from a cherry blossom tree, the last thing he expected was for it to surge to life and start calling him a twat. Thus began a rather unlikely alliance between a bug and two fruits.

you would hate to be my eurydice also by yourguardianangel @indibdraws, a little darker, definitely heed the tags, but so hauntingly good

It’s been two months since the Shinkansen Incident and the criminal underbelly of the entirety of Japan is in chaos. The White Death’s empire has crumbled in the power vacuum, and splinter factions are cannibalising each other to establish whatever territory and power they can. Ladybug, plagued by guilt and sleepless nights, accepts an extraction job for an unknown captive from one such splinter faction’s holdouts. Low stakes, easy work, with a specific request for stealth over violence. Perfect for him. Of course, things never go quite to plan for Ladybug, and rules are broken when he finds out the identity of the captive in question.

a tangerine in the hand by anonymous, wish i knew who to thank because DAMN. check out all of this anon's work, they're all so bloody gorgeous, just remember to check the tags

Ladybug, doing a job in Chicago. He thought Tangerine was dead. or, A penthouse, a bathtub, and damp copper hair, gripped hard in Ladybug's hand.

the 10 day bet by taliamytalia aka @writeblrfantasy when i tell you this fic bewitched me... excellent dynamics, characterisation, and the tension is off the dang charts. this fic is the start of a series that is an absolute joy to devour

Ladybug can’t resist taunting Tangerine just a little bit. “You know, Lemon’s not entirely wrong. You are incapable of keeping your hands off of me.” Tangerine whirls around. “Me?”

of course it goes without saying that there's loads more than what i've remembered to list here, hopefully the fandom will come through and rec some more in the reblogs :)