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fairydares · 10 months ago

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loook i get why the idea of riding the "anti/pro" fandom disk horse makes people gag a little in their mouth and try to opt out entirely, but here's why i went from feeling exactly the same way to taking a firm profiction stance. I've been meaning to make this post for a while.

~10 years ago, I posted a fic for the first time and it got its own harassment campaign. The fic wasn't even sexual, and wasn't going to be (it remains incomplete). It was accurately rated T on fanfiction.net. Anyone in the Fairy Tail fandom will understand this: I literally got harassed for writing a "Lucy leaves the guild" fic💀.

After many nice comments, someone left a pretty nasty one. Hurt, I messaged them back. They acted super attacked that I'd responded (lmao) and after we argued, threatened to "rip my shitty story apart in the comments section" if I responded again. I told them "go ahead lol."

They went ahead.

Now know that it was a relatively small harassment campaign, but at the time, it was devastating. Right around then, I wound up in the hospital. After I got out, I went to excitedly check my fic, and found several reviews saying things I wouldn't repeat to my worst enemy. I was suicide-baited more than once, told "thank fuck you finally abandoned this shitty story, dumb cunt," stuff like that.

There were several accounts involved, and I can't say for sure, but I suspect at least a couple different people were involved, though probably at least half of it was one person.

All the other comments were screeching about how I hadn't updated, mostly. "NO UPDAAATEE WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO MEEEE??!!!" was one that stood out after I'd been miserable in a hospital for an extended period of time.

Idk what people think is going on when FT fic authors write this trope, and frankly I don't give a fuck. Because while I was partly writing the story out of some young, cringe feminist rage, I also did genuinely have a real story I was compelled to tell. I was inspired by another, popular fic I loved which used the trope to talk about how trying to shoulder our burdens alone really just hurts both ourselves and everyone who cares about us.

My own story was ultimately going to have similar themes, with more focus on strength, what it means, and in what contexts earning and having it actually matters. In retrospect, no wonder I wound up in hot water, because at the time "Lucy vs. Strength vs. Misogyny" was the FT fandom's Designated Nonsensically Activist Debate™. But that's partly why i wanted to write about it; engaging with the fandom had gotten me thinking about it 🤷‍♂️

Not too long after that, FFNet oh-so-benevolently granted us the ability to delete comments from our own stories (they never took my reports seriously at all, afaik). I deleted all or most of the harassers' comments (may still be a one or two up, and i'm fairly sure there's a couple comments defending my fic from the harassment) without saving screenshots, which I really regret now. I was just so mortified and full of self-loathing about the whole thing that i wanted to forget it completely. Something that had brought me joy at a very lonely, vulnerable period of my life had turned so negative, and i couldn't even tell the people closest to me about it without being made fun of for writing anime fan fiction.

I didn't understand why this happened at the time, but--after a period of trying to forget/bid out of it all with a slight anti lean (a common approach I see people use, and one which I'm not proud of adopting)--I just had to figure out What the Fuck Even Happened There. And I'm telling you, after years of reflecting, wrestling with both sides, and educating myself, that this "status quo of harassment" culture which pervades fandom goes way deeper than you think and comes out of a way darker well than you probably realize. An astonishing amount of this is, quite literally, TERF shit and evangelical shit.

Trying to be in fandom and take a stance of, "Anti/Pro shit? Ew, I'm Not Touching that," is like swimming in a heavily polluted river and being like, "Poison? Cringe. Not me lol."

You might be lucky enough to be in a less-polluted part of the river (AKA a relatively non-toxic fandom, in which case good for you!)...but tbh this rhetoric and peer-signalling will still seep in.

I can't stress enough that pro-fiction, AKA "proship", is the normal, leftist-about-art-and-sex opinion. Pro-ship is against all the horrible things you're against; in fact, pro-ship isn't trivializing real trauma by equating it with fictional trauma, or trying to apply literal evangelical/radfem solutions--which are proven not to prevent or help. Profiction/proship is literally just saying, "Fiction is fiction, reality is reality, and the two don't have a 1:1 relationship. And historically, trying to censor just things we've decided are bad has done nothing but get LGBTQ+ and POCs censored. Therefore, depictions of illegal things shouldn't be censored." That's it. "Proshippers all ship problematic ships," is a brazen lie. Many of them share other fans' disgust for those ships, they just don't believe in censoring fic authors over it.

It is also taking a stand against harassment because--and I hope my own story has helped drive this home--as with all groups who adopt ingroup/outgroup thinking, antis are defined by their tactics, not actual stances on real, serious issues. What happened to me was absolutely a result of anti, "it's okay to 'bully out' anything I just don't like" mindset pervading fandom. In a way, this was the mindset's final form. They didn't even feel the need to cite a reason the trope was "bad" or "wrong"; it annoyed them, and they viewed their own feelings as a valid enough pathway for policing to go right ahead and do so.

In the interest of offering solutions instead of just bitching about problems, I might make a "how to know if you've bought into these types of views"-type post sometime. Also might come back to this and provide some sources/citation.

#cw harassment #tw suicide-baiting #tw hospitalization #posts i actually wrote #fairy tail #nalu #fandom #fandom meta #proship #pro fiction #anti-censorship #fandom wank #profiction

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little-witchys-garden · 8 months ago

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I couldn't get very much from this creepers post because they blocked me and literally ace/aro person who called out their bad behavior after calling of course calling these ace/aro ppl fucking losers...

So apparently when they were younger like in early middle school their ace friend got mad because divine made them uncomfortable... And divine held onto this all these years... Then decided to make a weird TikTok about it to make the person who they haven't seen in years... They are mocking their ace friend that they had as a child and only as a child.

Weird energy my dude

But of course there was ppl giving their support and just saying nasty stuff about ace/aro people here's some

And these were the comments they were leaving to any ace/aro person who didn't agree with the comments or divines behavior

The attacking people comment was used repeatedly by divine towards anyone that called out people on acephobia or just rapey comments...

Calling ace and aro spec people fucking losers was also constantly used by divine towards any ace/aro people that didn't agree with the gross stuff going on in the comments.

The person that divine is calling a fucking losers was literally politely talking to another ace person about dming to talk about shared asexual experiences because the comments were making them uncomfortable. (ｰ̀дｰ́)

There was one creeper basically trying to say ace people not being okay with sexual things happening around them " think the world revolves around them" and saying things like -

" no isn't a boundary"

" even if people were having sex in front of you, you can't demand they stop just because you tell them no"

" you can't demand people stop being sexually Or romantically attracted to you"

and repeatedly called any ace and aro that disagreed a " child that didn't understand consent"

divine liked these comments, you can you into divines comments and see that yourself...

I wish I could have gotten more screen shots of vile things being said but divine is blocking everyone who disagrees and deleting comments that could incriminate them at such a fast speed, it'll give you whiplash.

They still have the post up I'm pretty sure but not sure how long they will with the backlash that divine is desperately trying to hide.

y'all can try if you guys wanna go see it.

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sapphosremains · 11 days ago

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Not to go on a secularism rant, and this is just anecdotal, but I really think secularism creates massive issues with morals. A lot of atheists argue that you can have morals without religion, and sure, yes you can, but I would suggest that quite a few don't. A lot of this individualistic "you don't owe anybody anything" culture that I saw perpetuated so much on TikTok (part of the reason I ended up deleting it) is part of it. I'm thinking about this because I saw this post on Instagram (in which the creator talks about being pro-life very briefly, and honestly not in a pushy way at all), and these were the comments:

("I hope so" etc here meaning they hope she has an unwanted pregnancy)

But genuinely, and I don't have any better words for this - what the actual fuck? What on earth compels you to write a comment on a post wishing a life threatening and traumatising experience on the creator? Genuinely what the fuck. And 1,208 people agreeing. And this is Instagram! People don't comment and like comments as much as on other platforms, so this is a lot!

Even if you fundamentally disagree with her pro-life opinions, how on earth can you think that commenting wishing her something that awful is remotely appropriate?? I can't even begin to comprehend that passing through my mind.

And like, I'm not the strongest pro-life advocate ever (firstly, I hate the term itself but that's another discussion). I have very complicated feelings around abortion, as a combination of my religious and own personal experiences. On one hand, religiously, I hate the idea that God's hand-formed life is being killed. As @idylls-of-the-divine-romance always says, the total abolition of death as a weapon. I totally agree. On the other hand, I struggle, because I think that access to abortion is really important, and the bans being considered around the world at the moment create really difficult grey areas/possible bans on crucial healthcare such as removal of ectopic pregnancies and removal of deceased foetuses, which is really dangerous for women, and creates really dangerous situations where women are forced to have illegal and dangerous abortions. Anyway, I won't get further into this, but you can see how conflicted I am. I'm not coming at this from 'never say anything against pro life!!!!!!!', I'm coming at this from possibly a similar angle to these commenters. And still, what on earth.

And this is part of a larger thought process in people celebrating the LA fires, or the death of the insurance CEO. Like are these potentially horrible people? Yes. But oml just because you disagree with someone, or even if they are genuinely an abhorrent person, doesn't mean that you can wish death or destruction on them, or rejoice in the destruction of their life... like that's still a nasty thing to do even if they're a nasty person... that's still an immoral thing to say/do...

And I think this acceptance of 'I can say despicable things because I don't agree with them' or 'I can say horrible things because their morals don't align with mine' comes from this 'I don't owe anyone anything' attitude - 'I don't anyone anything, even kindness'. YES YOU DO!!!!! You owe people basic respect at the very least, and that really does include not wishing awful things on people. Yeah, so I think this 'I don't owe anyone anything' attitude is a very secular one, and I've seen a definite rise in this attitude with secularisation.

#religion #christian #christianity #own #musings #secularism

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imaginesbymonika · 1 month ago

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From the dining table |Almost-Finale

Pairing: Damon Albarn × Gallagher! Reader

Plot: Everyone's favorite topic during the '90s and 'OOs; Y/N Gallagher. The mysterious and beautiful younger sister of the two loud brothers rarely spoke during interviews but played the guitar like no one else. And even though she never said a word about her dating-life, the list of her rumored boyfriends kept growing longer with each passing year. Yet, there was one name in particular that just kept on popping up...

Previous part | Masterlist

(2024)

“To be fair my first reaction, when I heard that you agreed to come on here was “there is no way”. Because I personally think it’s a very bold move to have you as the new Oasis’ spokesperson- you know, considering how little you used to talk during interviews.”, Seth Meyers explains, which makes both Y/N and the audience chuckle.

“Yeah, can’t blame ya’.”, the woman in front of him says:” But well, the spotlight has always been on my brothers and their relationship… especially because of their falling out. Which, by the way, was very real. Just wanted to put that out there. Because I have seen those interviews where people assume that behind the scenes everything was sorta alright.” “It wasn’t?”

Y/N shakes her head:” Not at all. They both truly didn’t speak to one another for over a decade. Not a single word. They understand very well, that the second they’re getting interviewed it’s going to the brought up: those nasty comments, the fights… they finally just started to get along again, why risk any of that. It’s so fragile.”

Seth scans her features for a moment before leaning back in his chair:” I guess you’re right. But, you know… you’re fascinating on your own. So I am more than happy to have just you on this show. How come you never spoke during interviews-?” He raises his hand and begins counting his fingers:” Or concerts, award shows, red carpets…”

“One thing about my brothers, in case you haven’t noticed yet-.”, she shortly faces the audience before once again looking at Seth:” They love to talk. A lot. I didn’t. So I figured, that I might as well just don’t. And to be fair, neither one of them cared much about it, did they?”

“The whole thing turned you into quite the enigma.”

“Loved it.”, Y/N exclaims while taking a sip of her water: “And in the beginning I sorta just wanted to see how people would react to this whole “me being silent”- act. But they were obsessed with it.”

“You never spoke and threw some of the best Hollywood parties of the ’90s and 2000s.” The statement makes Y/N merely roll her eyes:” Please. Those celebrities just came around because there was always cocaine at my place.” At that audience members gasp which only makes her laugh in return:” Whoops, I’m sorry. God. I thought that was general knowledge.”

Y/N faces Seth again:” My two brothers did it. I did it; plus everyone’s favorite celebrity did it.” She takes a sip of her water while Seth clears his throat, which makes a few people laugh:” Speaking of your beloved brothers- one in particular. Liam. He really loves being on the internet, doesn’t he?”

”He’s a man of the people.”

Seth once again giggles before reaching under his wooden table:“ And a couple of days ago, he posted something on X that kind of made everyone go crazy. But then he suddenly deleted it again. Only to tweet this a few moments later...“ He flips one of the cards around showing a tweet that goes “Brothers n sisters y/n made me delete me tweet cmon i am a grown man with me own thoughts and im getting supervised like a little boy HER ATTITUDE STINKS”.

The audience laughs while the woman only shrugs: “To be fair I do have his notifications on in case things like that happen.”

“Well.”, Seth says in between giggles and flips a second card around:” This is the tweet he deleted: “Liam’s karma is that Gene looks like a young Damon Albarn”.” Underneath that tweet are two pictures attached: one showing Liam’s son Gene next to a young Damon Albarn. Y/N looks at them both and laughs:” Jesus.”

“And Liam’s reply was…”, he flips yet another card around:” “No me karma is that he’s now sitting with us at the dinner table”. Y/N reaches for her drink while a small smile makes its way on her face.

“Is Liam talking about his own son or is he talking about Damon from Blur?” “Well, guess.”, she answers, now fully grinning at the host. A couple of audience members audibly gasp at her response, to which she simply laughs.

Seth leans forward:” Are you telling me right now that you are dating Damon Albarn?” The woman in front of him stares at him for a few moments before nodding her head. You could hear a needle drop. “Jesus.”, Y/N mutters:” It’s not like we haven’t dated before.”

“I beg your pardon?”, Seth’s eyes widen and his jaw drops. “Yeah, back in the ‘90s.” “During the time your band had this huge feud with Blur?”

“I do admit the timing was unbelievably shite.”

Seth leans back in his chair again and crosses his arms in front of his chest:” I cannot believe this. Truly.” She laughs at his reaction:” Well, it’s true. I don’t know what else to tell you.“

“And your brothers didn’t know about it?”, Seth asks tilting his head slightly:” They had no clue at all? I find that hard to believe.” A soft sigh leaves his guests lips:” I think maybe they had their suspicions, I’m their sister after all. But there just wasn’t enough evidence. I remember that one night-.”

(1996)

“I know for a fact you’re seeing someone.”, Liam unexpectedly says, making Y/N flinch. “What the fuck, Liam.”, she hisses, while looking down at her once white shirt, that’s now covered in red wine stains:” That was fucking expensive.”

Her brother merely rolls his eyes. Noel who’s sitting with his back turned to his two siblings puts his cigarette out. “Who is it?”, Liam asks. “What are you even on about? God, you’re so annoying!”, Y/N stands up and makes her way towards the small bathroom of their tour bus. “I know you’re seeing someone. It’s written all over ya stupid face, I-.”

“Hey!”, Noel cuts him off and turns around, he raises his finger:” Don’t talk to her like that. Be nice, for fucks sake.” Y/N who’s trying her absolute best to remove the big stains softly smiles to herself. “Whatever. I know you’re seeing someone, and I’ll find out who it is.”

“What if it’s Albarn?”, Bonehead asks, while mindlessly flipping through a Playboy magazine. Y/N swallows thickly. “Now don’t be ridiculous. Our sister has too much backbone for that, right?”, Noel says, sounding more than offended.

“Yeah.”, Y/N exclaims while keeping her head low:” Oh absolutely. You’ve never seen anyone with that much backbone…”

(2024)

“They would’ve thrown you out of the band.”

Y/N makes a face:” Liam might still throw me out.” It’s followed by a laughter:”He truly isn’t happy about it. But I’m his baby sister, so he’ll be alright. He has never been able to stay mad at me for long.”

“Y/N from Oasis is dating Damon from Blue.”, Seth mutters and shakes his head before turning to the audience:” If you haven’t been around in the ‘90’s you won’t understand how big of a deal that is.” He turns to face Y/N again:” How serious is it?”

“Oh very.”, she replies:” I’ve met his daughter, a week after we started seeing one another again. She’s lovely. I re-introduced him to my brothers a week after that. We-.“

“How did they react?”

“Guess.”

#angst #blur #damon albarn #oasis #oasis band #blur x reader #damon albarn imagine #britpop

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m-jelly · 2 months ago

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Late night snack - Chapter 3

Vampire Levi x human reader

Levi opens up about his job but also sees some trouble ahead with a small group of your fans, meaning trouble is brewing. Levi introduces you to his vampire friends and a few take an interest in you, while another is a bit judgemental.

Ao3

Part 4

Levi lied to you. He said he could go all night, but he was wrong. He went all night and all day and didn’t stop until three days later. He was impressive, giving, and worshipped you. The man just kept cumming but staying hard. The two of you lost the concept of time and it was only when you were getting exhausted and hungry that he stopped. The aftercare you received was pure perfection. He massaged every inch of you, gave you a warm bath, wrapped you in a comfy blanket and fed you food and drink as he held you.

He cradled you in his arms while kissing your forehead a few times. “Do you need anything else, my love?”

You snuggled up to him. “Mm.”

He chuckled. “You’re really tired, huh? Humans are so cute.”

You caressed Levi’s cheek. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

“Mm, I need to stream for a bit.” You looked at your legs. “I don’t know if I can walk. Levi, could you carry me?”

He stood up with you in his arms and carried you into your office. “Oh, you’ll need a bra.”

You yawned and dragged on your big baggy Batbunny hoodie. “This will do.” You turned everything on and signed in. “I bet everyone is wondering where I’ve been.”

“You’ve been happy and in love with me.”

You giggled. “Yes. Oh, are you hidden enough?”

Levi checked the camera and hummed. “Yeah.”

You started the stream and waved. “Hello, my little bunnies. The warren is open, the lights are on and it’s time to party. I am sorry for the absence but I have been enjoying some romantic time with my boyfriend who you know as Leviathan.”

Levi waved. “Hello.”

You wiggled on his lap making him grunt. Your cheeks heated when you felt him getting hard against your bum. You cleared your throat. “Alright, let’s have a look at the old poll to see what you lot wanted me to play!” You scrolled through the feed and smiled. “Horror. How am I not surprised?” You giggled. “Sure, let’s play a fun horror game.”

Levi squeezed you. “I’ll protect you.”

“Thank you.”

While you entertained the chat and played your game Levi was peering over your shoulder and keeping an eye on your chat. He frowned a little when he saw a few people being nasty about you. He pulled his phone out, logged into his account and messaged the other mods about what was going on. All three of them worked together to remove the comments. What annoyed him was they were seeing Levi as theirs and not yours. These fake fans didn’t like that you had Levi and they wanted him because they thought he was hot. It was pure jealousy.

He set the bot to delete or remove anything that mentioned negative things about you just to help them out. It was becoming clear these people had formed a little hate group against you. He felt helpless. He could deal with issues in person, but when it came to issues online it was a lot harder to deal with. He wanted to put an end to it all, he wanted to protect you, he wanted to make sure your life was filled with love but being an online personality it was a lot harder than he thought possible.

Levi wanted to remove you from any harm. If he could steal you away from the online world, he would but he knew how much you loved your job. He gave you a loving squeeze as he thought things over. He fought against his anxiety and made sure you were focused on playing your game. He noticed the chat was getting a lot better than it was before.

He smiled when someone said you looked like a rabbit. He reached around, squeezed your cheeks with one hand and chuckled. “She’s like a biteable plump bunny.” He turned your head. “Could I get a kiss?”

You pulled your hood a bit to hide your faces and kissed him. “Mm. Love you.”

“Love you so much.”

You nibbled your lip. “I shouldn’t say what I’m thinking 'cause the mic is on.”

He chuckled. “We’ll chat and flirt later.” He helped you turn back around. “She’s all yours again chat.”

You huffed. “I’ll tell you what, chat, you have no idea how much this man behind me gets my heart racing. He went from this shy guy online to this confident beast.” You let out a long sigh. “I love him so much.”

“I love you too.” He leaned a bit so chat could see his face. “Look me in the eyes, little rabbits.”

You gasped. “Levi, they can see you.”

“I know, I want them to.” He pointed at the camera. “You hurt this precious little bunny and I’ll make sure you regret it.”

You whined a bit as you felt aroused and you could see your chat was just as crazy for him. “Leviathan, calm down.”

He gulped hard when he saw them talking about him and revealing what he was. “Tch, you lot are thirsty, huh?”

You leaned and read them. “That’s Levi Ackerman, he is in a vampire mafia group led by Erwin Smith.” You pulled back and looked at Levi. “I didn’t know you were famous, is that why you hid your face?”

Levi stared at you for a while in disbelief. “You…you’re not…you’re not bothered that I’m mafia?”

You cradled his face in your hands. “What matters to me is if you’re safe. Plus, you don’t treat me like trash, you treat me like I’m so precious. I’m not concerned, well, I am a bit about your safety.” You hugged him and whispered. “I suspected something because you sent me so much money and bought me lots of gifts, you have a lot of money.” You pulled back and kissed him. “Remember Levi, I love you for you. I fell in love with the sweet vampire who was shy and flustered around me. I don’t care about how much you earned or that you work for Erwin Smith. What matters to me is you love me just as much as I love you and you’re safe.”

Levi whined a bit. “Well, there’s an issue with that all.”

You frowned a bit. “What’s wrong?”

“I love you a lot more.”

You giggled at how sweet he was. “This isn’t a competition, my grumpy black kitty.”

He smirked a bit. “I’d win.”

“Even if I pout and gaze at you like this.”

He stared at your cute doe-eyed look. “Tch, damn it bunny. You’re too cute when you look at me like that.”

You giggled and kissed him. “You’re adorable.”

He sighed. “Joking aside, I’m glad I don’t scare you. I’ll tell you more after the stream.”

You flinched and turned to the camera. “Helloooo, little bunnies.” You giggled at all the things people were saying. “Yes, yes, we’re very in love. For those concerned about me, thank you so much but Levi is very gentle with me and incredibly loving. He’d never hurt me. The only thing he’s done that you could view as hurting has been drinking my blood, but I agreed to it all.” You wrapped Levi’s arms around you. “He’s wonderful and I love him. I don’t mind if you don’t support us, that’s okay and if you want to leave the warren, that’s okay too. Go where you are happy.” You blew kisses to them and felt so happy when people sent non-stop praise. “I don’t deserve you lot, I really don’t.” You sniffed back tears. “I love you all.”

Levi nipped your ear. “But you love me more.”

You petted his hand. “Always.” You cleared your throat. “Right, now the crying emotional moment is over with, let’s get back to gaming.” You played longer than normal with your fans because you’d been away for a while. It was starting to get late and the sun was starting to rise. “Okay, we have gone on longer than normal today. I hope you enjoyed this extra-long stream! Time to turn down the lights, get all bundled up and snuggle up in your spots in the warren. Rest well, my little bunnies. Love you all.”

Levi peered around you. “Bye-bye.” He waited for you to sign off on everything before grabbing you, tickling you and showering you in kisses making you squeal in delight. “Tasty bunny.”

“Can we talk about your job? You’ve mentioned before you want to let it all out in the open.”

He picked you up and carried you to the sofa. “Okay.” He sat down with you. “I work for Erwin Smith. He is the leader of the vampire mafia group in this city and beyond. We own a lot of things here, such as clubs, bars, restaurants and even shops. We handle vampires and vampire-related issues. Recently, I dealt with a businessman who believed he was the prophet but he was draining vampires of their blood to be stronger. The vampires he had were infected by a very old virus.”

You rubbed Levi’s chest. “Must have been horrible to see.”

“It was.” He shook his head. “I have also stopped a vampire bleeding a lot of humans and using them as…slaves…” He winced a bit. “I’m not giving you the best image of vampires.”

You kissed his face all over. “You’re incredible and you’ve given me a lovely image of vampires. There are ugly sides to any race. I mean, humans are shitty people.”

He caressed your cheek. “I don’t think you’re shitty.”

“Humans.”

“You’re not.”

You covered his mouth with your hand. “I know I’m not to you. I just meant humans in general. Anyway, my heart goes out to you. You’re always busy and you work so hard with Erwin to make this city safe. I’m proud of you.” You cupped his face and kissed him over and over. “My wonderful handsome vampire boyfriend.”

He nuzzled his nose against yours. “Mine.” He hummed. “I have more to say.”

“I’m all ears.”

Levi started talking about all the things he did for Erwin, including beating people and interrogating others. He went into depth about how things happened in the city and vampires. He went on about the vampire hierarchy and how pureblood vampires differed from turned ones. He explained there were key families, including his and Erwin’s, who had power for generations and worked hard to look after others.

You nodded and hummed a bit. “That…that’s a lot…to think your kind hid in the shadows for as long as you did…it must have been so hard.”

“It was.” He massaged your legs. “But, I have you now and I’m happy and deeply in love.”

You hugged him tightly. “You’re incredible. I love you so much and I’m so damn proud of you.”

He hugged you back. “Mm, I love you too. It makes me happy that you still love me and it flusters me that you’re proud of me.” He pulled back a little and began kissing you. “Mm.”

You smiled against his lips. “Levi?”

“Mm.”

“Are you hard?”

He whined. “Yes.” He released a long sigh. “You just make me feel…” He caressed your cheek. “You are so sexy and tasty.”

You licked your lips. “Wanna get naked?”

He growled as he lay you down on the sofa. “Yes.”

You gasped. “Oh, could we take this to the bed? Also, no going for days this time.”

He chuckled. “Yes, my love bunny.”

Levi offered his hand to you and helped you off his motorbike. “Now, remember to stay with me and don’t wander off.”

You let him pull your bunny helmet off as you giggled. “I know, I know. I’m not a kid.”

“I know you’re not, but you’re walking into a restaurant full of vampires.”

You smiled sweetly. “But they’re all your friends and in your gang.”

He sighed. “That’s why it’s dangerous. They’ll just see how cute, curvy, squishy, cuddly and tasty you are and try and take you away.”

You hummed a laugh. “Well, I love you and I won’t leave you.”

He cupped your face and kissed you. “These people are determined like me. If they steal you away from me and you fall for them, I will warn you little bunny.” His eyes darkened but not in a scary way but more like a man deeply and obsessively in love. “I will hunt you both down, kill him and then take you. I’ll make you wear a cute collar, lock you up in a room and never let you leave again.”

You smiled a little. “What if I like the sound of that? What if I wanna put on a cute little collar and be wrapped up in your arms for eternity?”

Levi shivered at your words. “F-Fuck, bunny behave yourself.”

“You brought it up.”

He grabbed your cheeks and squeezed. “I should punish you.”

You smirked. “Want me to count the spanks?”

He snarled as his fangs grew a bit. He looked away and growled. “Tch, damn it.”

You giggled and slipped off his bike. “I’ll stop the teasing.”

He hugged you tightly. “Naughty bunny.”

You kissed his arm. “I am. So, shall we meet your friends?”

“Yes, please.”

He kept an arm around you and squeezed your hip as you both walked into the restaurant. It was filled with chatter and a mixture of different kinds of people, from overly dressed-up people to those who looked chilled and relaxed. Everyone appeared the same age like they just stopped aging when they reached their 30s. There was a clear ranking situation in status with how people were served and the group around them.

As Levi walked you through the room people were gazing at the two of you and whispering, like Levi was important. A few others bowed to him a little and looked rather scared and nervous. Levi had told you the things he did for Erwin, but you didn’t expect him to be this important of a person. It worried you that you weren’t good enough to be at his side, at the same time you were incredibly proud to be his lover.

You snapped out of your world when you saw Erwin. You’d met Erwin before, he knew where you lived and collected Levi from you, but you never knew he was such a powerful man. “Hi, Erwin.”

Erwin hugged you tightly as he said your name. “Lovely to see you. Thank you for coming to this get-together. It’s been so hard to get Levi here. You’re like an angel.”

Levi pulled you close. “Goddess.”

“Sorry, goddess. It’s lovely to have you. You will be part of this family for eternity.”

Levi squeezed you. “Of course.”

You looked around and noticed two men standing together kept staring at you with a look of pure excitement in their eyes. After looking away you locked eyes with a man who almost looked disgusted by you. You flinched a bit when you felt something dark coming from him. “Mm.”

Levi looked down at you. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, it’s just that man over there doesn’t seem to like me.”

The man you were referring to was Ivor, he was head of the most important pureblood family. Ivor was a stickler for the ancient rules and didn’t like humans dating vampires too much, humans were better as mistresses. Levi was the head of the Ackerman family, so the fact that Levi was parading you around, a human, as his lover and potential wife didn’t sit right with him. He was tall, with broad shoulders a chiselled jawline and a mean glare. His hair was messy and tamed black locks that framed his perfect face. Rings covered his fingers, but it wasn’t the only way he showed off. His white shirt was open so low that when it reached his waistcoat, it wasn’t buttoned. He was a man who loved his body and wanted everyone to see it.

Levi kissed the top of your head. “Ignore that asshole, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Focus on meeting my friends.” He gestured to a very tall man. “This is Mike.”

You shook his hand and squeaked when he sniffed you. “A-Ah, hello.”

Mike hummed. “She smells incredible, but I can also smell Levi on her.” He smirked at you. “He’s a hungry beast, huh?”

Your cheeks burned. “Maybe.”

Levi gently rubbed your back. “Ignore him.” He gestured to another man. “This is Henri.”

You gasped when a slender man with delicate rings, a long neck, smooth soft skin and gentle features approached you. He was the type of man who could smoothly talk anyone into doing as he asked. He had such soft and cute features, but you knew very well he’d be in full control. His suit was pressed and perfect, clearly designed and measured for him. His eyes were a greenish blue that sparkled with mischievousness. His hair was a beautiful deep pink as well as his brows. You hummed as he took your hand and kissed the back of it.

Henri lightly ran his lips on the back of your hand. “Bonjour, mademoiselle. It is an honour and pleasure to meet you.”

Levi tugged you back. “Oi, Henri, tone it down.”

“I can’t help myself when there is a beautiful woman before me.”

“You better control yourself or I’ll pull your eyes out over and over again, even when they’re regrowing.”

Henri smirked. “Promis, mon mi?”

You giggled and turned to an average-height gentleman with dark brown hair with a side parting, but it was so neatly cut like a butler or gentleman from years back would wear. He was in a buttoned-up shirt, waistcoat and smart shoes with a pocket watch on a chain. He adjusted his thin square glasses bringing attention to his beautiful and soft reddish brown eyes.

The man flinched when you looked at him. He offered his big slender hand to you. “Theodore.”

Erwin chuckled. “Come now, Theodore, she’s harmless she won’t hurt you, so don’t be so nervous.”

He bowed deeply to you as you shook his hand. “I’m so sorry.”

You hummed a laugh. “It’s alright, I get shy sometimes too. It’s lovely to meet you.”

Theodore’s eyes sparkled. “I’m uh…I’m glad I’m not alone.”

Henri slapped his arm around Theodore and squeezed him. “The more you get to know this fucker, the better. He’s pretty incredible, he’ll design you the most beautiful clothes and shoes.”

Your eyes lit up. “Really?”

Theodore nodded. “Y-Yes. I’d be happy to design things for you.”

Henri referred to himself. “I control a lot of the media. So, if you want to star in a TV show, I can help you.”

You hummed a laugh. “That’s cool, but I’m already known by people.”

Henri stared at you. “What, really?”

Levi kissed the side of your head. “She’s a gamer and has a massive following. Millions follow her. She streams and uploads videos as well. She’s Batbunny.”

Henri’s eyes widened. “Batbunny!? I’ve heard of you! Wow, that’s impressive. I would love to talk more about how you do it all. I want to learn.”

Theodore moved closer and hummed. “I ah, I’ve seen your designs for clothes that your fans can buy, they’re very lovely.”

You patted your cheeks as you felt flustered. “That’s uh…wow…”

Levi pulled you against him. “You lot have flustered her. That’s my job.”

You tugged on Levi’s shirt. “Um.”

He caressed your cheek. “What’s wrong bunny?”

“I’m hungry. Does this place have food for humans?”

He kissed your cheek. “Of course. Erwin and I own this place and we welcome anyone here.” He looked over at his friends. “We’re going to take a seat and get something to eat. You lot are welcome to join us.” He guided you over to a quiet booth. “Sorry, it’s rather noisy here.”

You shuffled in your seat. “It’s okay. It’s rather nice here. I loved meeting everyone.”

“I’m glad.” He held your hand and started kissing the back of it as his friends joined you. “I love you so much.”

“I love you too.”

Henri leaned his cheek on his hand. “Ah, pure love is so sweet. C'est beau.”

Erwin handed you a menu. “We have a lot of options here.”

You looked through it with Erwin. “Mm, you’re right. This is amazing.”

“Levi added a lot more after he started dating you.”

You felt your cheeks burn at the thought. You glanced over at Levi to see he was chatting with Henri and Mike. It warmed your heart to see Levi smiling and laughing so much with them. “He’s amazing.”

“He’s a good man.”

You reached over and poked Levi’s cheek. “You’re cute when you laugh.”

He smiled at you. “Thank you.”

“I like it when you laugh.”

He kissed you. “I laugh and smile a lot with you.”

You nodded. “You do. I just like seeing your fangs.”

He nipped your finger before licking it. “Cute.”

“Are you hungry?”

“I’m peckish.”

You ran your finger over his bottom lip. “You can bite my finger.”

He took your finger into his mouth, piercing it and drank some of your blood. “Mm.” He licked your wound and then healed it with his blood. “Thank you.”

Henri sighed. “Even her blood smells cute.”

“Levi.” Ivor slammed his hands on the table. “Explain to me why five of the top pureblood vampire family members are hanging out with some lower-class human.”

Henri smirked. “Explain to me why you’ve got a rod up your ass. Is that the sort of thing you’re into? I mean, kudos to you.”

Ivor snarled. “Shut your mouth, you perverted Kirby.”

You snorted a laugh. “That’s kind of funny.”

Ivor blushed at your laugh. “Stop that!”

You stared at him. “Stop what?”

“That noise you were making and you can stop that look too.”

Levi caressed your cheek. “He meant your laugh and your face.”

You frowned a bit. “I can’t stop them.” You looked at Ivor. “You’re a strange man, but you’re funny. Also, I’m sorry that you don’t like me being here, but my boyfriend invited me here.”

Ivor snarled. “Which one of you fuckers is dating this…this…this fucking…” His cheeks got redder. “Your face annoys me!”

Levi stood up. “Tch, oi that’s my girlfriend.”

Ivor locked eyes with Levi. “Should have known. Your mother tainted your family line.”

“Keep talking, I dare you. I’ve been desperate to let off some steam.”

Erwin stood up. “Levi, not here and not in front of your girl.”

Theodore smiled at you. “L-Let me help you o-order.”

You leaned on the table. “Thank you.” You giggled as you chatted with Theodore and felt so at ease with him. He had a nice relaxing presence. “You’re more relaxed with me now.”

He laughed nervously. “Y-yes. I just…you’re pretty a-and Levi is a big deal.” He cleared his throat. “S-So the person he dates is like…wow…”

You pinched his cheek and wiggled it making him blush hard. “So cute. I’m not a big deal really.” You leaned back as the food was placed down. It felt weird being the only one eating anything. “Umm.”

Levi stopped talking to Ivor and rubbed your back. “I’ll order some food.”

“Oh, but you don’t need to.”

He kissed your cheek. “I can eat food here. They do food for vampires.” He waved the waiter over and gave his order. “Anyone else?”

You nibbled your lip as everyone ordered food. “Ah��mm. You’re all too nice.”

Ivor folded his arms. “Look at the human with her food. Almost like a farm animal.”

You looked up at him as you welled up. “Are you calling me fat?”

Ivor panicked. “A-Ah! N-no!” He grabbed Levi’s arm and shook him a bit. “Damn it, Levi, make her stop that thing she’s doing! I don’t like it!”

Levi snarled. “Then say sorry! She’s a perfect cute peach!”

Ivor gazed at you to see your doe eyes filled with tears. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t calling you fat. I was just saying…I’m sorry.” He cleared his throat. “I’m leaving!”

You sniffed a bit. “Levi?”

He cuddled you. “You’re my perfect little peach, okay? My squishy bunny.” He covered your face with loving kisses. “Ignore him, okay? Ivor is a stuck-up prick. You are loved and cared about here.” He put some food on your fork and offered it to you. “Eat up, beautiful.”

You saw everyone was staring at you. “Why’s everyone staring at me?”

Mike chuckled. “It’s because we’re rarely around humans. It’s nice to see something normal for once. We don’t mean to stare so much.”

Levi turned your head. “Focus on me and only me. Now, eat.”

You did as Levi instructed and adored the food. “Mm, that’s delicious.”

“Well, that’s good news, right Erwin?”

Erwin nodded as he made notes. “Excellent news. We appreciate your opinion.”

You cuddled up to Levi. “Too much power.”

Levi squeezed you. “Powerful little bunny.”

#levi #levi ackerman #aot levi #snk levi #aot fanfiction #levi x you #levi x y/n #fanfic #levi fanfiction #levi x reader #vampire #levi x yn #levi ackerman x female reader #levi ackerman x reader #levi ackerman x you #levi ackerman x y/n #jelly fanfic #jelly fanfics

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aotopmha · 5 months ago

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The difference between FFXIV's social media community and the in-game community becomes wilder by the day to me.

I did another round of roulettes today and it's a load of 'my bad' and 'gg' and 'let's go again' and 'it's okay'.

I haven't even gotten parties that play badly, either. And if I do, I think we've always been able to talk stuff out and had people who were willing to learn.

Even in Party Finder, about a month into having stepped into EX content, I still think the worst I've gotten is some sarcastic remark about being a WoW player, implication being, that the party was bad in terms of skill (and a lot of fake farm parties, which has actually very little to do how good or bad the people are personally towards you, it's just not being good enough to be in a farm party, the solution to which I think is to join maybe a couple more in-progress parties that are close to clearing.)

Outside of a few instances, none of the criticism I've gotten just hasn't had anything to do with me personally, just my skill at the game, and even then has been either neutral, kind of awkward or very kind.

Maybe I'm good at disarming it (because I generally assume good faith interaction and implications because communication by text doesn't always convey tone properly), whatever it is, I've had an unusually positive experience in terms of the in-game community.

Meanwhile on social media:

Pictures of Wuk Lamat being hung on a noose, her voice actress constantly being misgendered and given death threats, down to even YoshiP speaking up about it.

I guess it isn't as fake of an outrage if *even the director of the game* speaks out about it.

And I see people downplay the in-game positivity/decency as "only being there because of very strict moderation".

And at this point, I say, maybe fucking yes. Maybe that's the point. Maybe a decently moderated community that excludes and moderates the poison is indeed the solution.

Every single non-moderated space on the internet will become disgusting. This isn't some "conditon" that only applies to FF14 and "holds back" the "actually horrible" community. That's just humanity without any laws that need to be followed.

Since I see all of those screenshots on social media, the moderation is clearly imperfect and it sure is on the forums, but maybe, just maybe we need decent, paid human mods.

Maybe the forums, at least could be curated better because that's what SE can control.

Said social media outside of the forums is all run by disgusting human beings that SE or the FF14 team can't control, though.

So it kind of, really frustratingly, does fall towards the creators and voices in the space, but they're often super "centrist", not moderating their comment sections because "they can't control it" and want "nothing to do with politics". But that in turn allows all of the bad apples to fester and be loud.

Larger ones, I get. Of course you can't. But maybe, just maybe, if you truly, deeply care for this community to be good, go through your comment sections even just once in a while and pick out repeat offenders or the most deeply disgusting ones?

That's all there can be done because social media is ran by these indifferent, disgusting people.

Even I have gotten nasty ones, which I deleted, though, nothing on the level of some of those FF14 posts on Twitter.

The internet fully, truly sucks now.

But I can't deny all of the goodness that is still hidden behind the gunk, which is what keeps me on this ruined technological marvel.

I, as an extremely small creator will at least try to keep the fire going in any small way I can (and am equally awaiting Twitter's collapse).

#Final Fantasy XIV #Final Fantasy 14 #FFXIV #FF14 #FF #Final Fantasy #DT #Dawntrail

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awakefor48hours · 1 year ago

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Update: they’re now @dailyanimeships (I'm blocked so no tag there :/) but it's the same person. Update 2: they’re blocked again. Let’s celebrate

Hello everyone, I need your help getting rid of someone that's been harassing people (myself included).

This is the person in question and I need your help to get rid of them and stopping any future harassment.

Even if you're not in the Black Clover fandom, I would appreciate a moment for your time to read this. For a bit of context, if you haven't seen Black Clover, the main ship in the show is Astelle (Asta x Noelle). In the show, Noelle has a massive crush on Asta (think Amity to Luz/Marinette to Adrien/Hinata to Naruto/etc, etc). It's pretty clear that Astelle will be canon but sometimes canon doesn't matter and people ship different things. Now onto this whole shit show.

Harassing in DMs

To start off, they're basically every shade of bigot. My moots and I have gotten really nasty DMs from dailyasnoel and I'm going to censor them because there's pretty bad slurs in them.

The first one was sent to me and the second one was sent to @the-geek-librarian

We're both in a server and everyone in this server (nearly 15 of us) have been blocked. Keep in mind, not a single one of us had ever interacted with them in our lives. We've all tagged our posts properly and haven't said a single negative thing about Astelle or their blog. They went out of their way to send us these DMs with very hateful slurs all because we don't want the same fictional teenagers kissing.

Harassing others

This isn't even the first time that dailyasnoel has gone after people simply for just shipping Noelle with another character. These two, ramiliadoesstuff and kcuf-ad have also posted about been harassed.

Along with that, there is now a ship week for Kahonoelle (a femslash ship involving Noelle) being run by moot @t-f-t (Alex) and this was the response to the original post (a post that was tagged properly and no malice towards anyone) announcing this.

This could've just been the end of it but they felt the need to send an ask to Alex expressing their disgust because there's people who don't want the same fictional teenagers kissing.

Then there's this lovely comment on that post.

Guess who's going to be extremely annoying during Kahonoelle week. (BTW, wouldn't it be really funny if we got them off the internet before their shit ass Astelle week).

Fanfiction

This harassment isn't just on tumblr either, it's on AO3 too.

I scrolled through the Yunoelle (Yuno x Noelle) tag on AO3 and the comments on some of these fanfictions are so vile. There's so many hate comments and I didn't even screenshot all of them because there's so many of them.

I found comments left by people with the username "dailyasnoel" and other guest users with different usernames that make similar comments to dailyasnoel because I assume it's the same person.

Making the Devils Cry

Yuno and Noelle Oneshots

When the Sea Goddess Snaps

Hot Tub Accident

While scrolling the Yunoelle tag, I noticed that there's people who have started limited their comment section, have deleted comments with responses like "dude, calm down," or have made their fanfictions private.

And even as a little side note, I want to make it clear that I was able to look at every single Yunoelle fanfiction on AO3 because it's not even a popular ship. There's only 31 fanfictions for them so a lot of these fanfictions are written by the same authors. On the other hand, Astelle has been consistently the most popular ship in the fandom and even has the most fanfictions. So it's not even like Astelle fans are hurting for fanfictions or that Yunoelle fans are invading their spaces.

The actual blog

The icing on this queerphobic, harassing, racist cake is that they're an art thief. Their blog only has art and all of it is from other people. There's no indication these are reposts, there's no signs that they got permission to repost these, nor any links to the original posters. (original art links > 1/2/3)

If you know nothing about Black Clover or the fandom, I want to make this abundantly clear, this is behavior is unacceptable. This fandom has been very peaceful as of late and this one person does not speak for Astelle fans in the slightest. The Astelle fans I've interacted with are quite lovely, and if Asta or Noelle or Tabata (the creator) saw this, they'd be disgusted.

Whether or not you're in the Black Clover fandom is irrelevant. This is a horrible person and art thief, please report and block this person. Together, we can get rid of this person.

@dailyasnoel I know you have me blocked but if you happen to read this, I want you to know that if this small part of you that you show on the internet is even a modicum similar to how you behave in real life (joking or not), you are going to live a very sad and lonely life.

I hope you enjoy your own company because no one will want to be your friend, no one will support you, and above all else, no one will mourn you. Your absence will be treated with nothing but joy and whimsy because you are a sad and pathetic parasitic monster.

#best part about all this #dailyasnoel couldn't even be right #i don't even ship yunoeIIe #i ship kahonoeIIe #i headcanon yun0 as aroace #AND i do (guess i should say “did” now) like asteIIe #anyway prepare to feel the wrath of someone who barely makes minimum wage

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mariacallous · 9 months ago

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In 2022 I wrote an op-ed for NBC News Think about leg hair, of all things. The piece detailed a monthlong experiment during which I stopped shaving. Aside from one paragraph about bodily autonomy and Roe v. Wade, I thought it was a mild article. Boring, even.

The internet disagreed. Within an hour of publication, I started getting angry, all-caps emails. Then it started on Twitter. I was called everything from stupid and self-absorbed to a Sasquatch. I was accused of hating men and pressuring women.

The deluge lasted nearly two weeks. By the end of it, I had dozens of nasty emails, nearly a thousand social media notifications, and zero idea how to handle what I’d experienced.

Unfortunately, these instances of online harassment are becoming more common. In 2021, the Pew Research Center reported that 41 percent of US adults had experienced online harassment; the Anti-Defamation League reported an increase to 52 percent in 2023. Public and semipublic figures are especially at risk, as noted by recent studies on American journalists, Zimbabwean journalists, and female members of parliament in Sweden.

But the truth is, on social media anyone with an account can experience harassment. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.

Document Everything

Knee-deep in hate mail, I reached out to a former thesis adviser who’d written op-eds. How had he handled the trolls?

His reply: Document everything. If you have to report the harassment to a social platform or to law enforcement, you will need a body of evidence that proves the harassment.

Save the nasty emails in a special folder, either manually or by using keywords to filter and route all of the relevant mail automatically.

On social media, screenshot what people say. Doing this gives you lasting digital proof, which is important if the trolling comments disappear later on, either because the trolls deleted them or because someone reported the comments, which led to them being removed. Save all of these screenshots in a folder that can easily be shared with anyone investigating your harassment.

Documenting harassment is common advice, featured in resources ranging from writing-specific organizations like PEN America to wider organizations like the University of Chicago and the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

Don’t Respond

Another common piece of advice is “don’t feed the trolls.” In theory, if you don’t react to harassment, the trolls get bored and leave. Some have argued that this advice has failed us, as it puts the onus on the victim to stop the cyberbullying; it suggests that it’s not the trolls who need to stop but rather the victim who needs to turn the other cheek.

This is a fair critique; social media platforms should build better moderation systems and restrict users who breach standards on harassment. Ideally, events like the 2024 child safety hearing before US Congress will lead to changes that make the internet safer for everyone. In a perfect world, the onus is on Big Tech.

But internet safety is a work in progress, and in the meantime it’s on us to decide how we want to respond. Many of the accounts spamming me were obvious trolls. They had incendiary usernames and profile pictures. Looking at their comments, which were antagonistic at best, I knew I wouldn’t change their minds by responding. Nothing I could write would make them consider my point of view.

So I followed the American Psychological Association’s advice and let the storm pass. I logged off social media and routed the nasty emails into a special folder, out of sight. I spent my energy on things I enjoyed instead, no trolls involved.

Or Maybe Do Respond

Walking away isn’t the best option for everyone. If you choose to respond, there are both indirect and direct ways to address harassment. The former could include muting threads or blocking accounts. You could also report comments or users for behaviors that breach community standards, such as hate speech, threats, and bullying (which most platforms claim to prohibit). These options may prevent the same trolls from harassing you, or another user, in the future.

If you feel safe and want to respond directly, consider counterspeech, a strategy that addresses and undermines hate by redirecting the conversation in a constructive way. Some choose to reclaim hashtags, such as the K-pop stans who in 2020 flooded the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag with K-pop videos.

Others create larger discussions around hateful posts, typically focusing not on the troll but on the content of their argument (so, not “You’re sexist” but “Saying XYZ is problematic because …”). This is exactly what I did, some six months after my experience, when I wrote about hate mail for HuffPost, focusing on sexism and the importance of dismantling it. Reframing the conversation helped me feel less powerless.

Though organizations like the United Nations recommend counterspeech, some research has suggested that it may be ineffective: While a 2021 study on anti-Asian hate found that counterspeech discouraged hate, another study on racism and homophobia saw mixed results.

Do Something You Enjoy

Whether or not you respond, give yourself time to work through your feelings. Do something you enjoy, like going to the gym, meditating, or playing your favorite video game. Anything goes!

Social support, in particular, is important for processing your experiences. This is because one of the goals of online harassment is to make you feel isolated; intentionally enjoying time with loved ones can combat this. An older 2014 study noted that social support can come from anyone in your life, ranging from your peers to your family. More recently, a 2020 study listed the myriad benefits of social support for those experiencing bullying, including increased confidence and decreased anxiety.

So text your friends and coworkers. Make dinner plans with family. Rant to your partner—or ask for a distraction. Any and all of these can help you feel less alone. You can also seek professional advice via a therapist or a cyberbullying hotline.

If you decide to take an extended break from the internet, ask a friend you trust to keep an eye on your social accounts. They can continue to take screenshots of new harassment and notify you if the frequency of incidents increases.

If the Harassment Escalates

If rude comments turn into stalking, hacking, doxing, or death threats, it’s time to contact the authorities and get legal assistance. Continue to document everything; you’ll want a body of proof to ensure you’re taken seriously. If you’re in immediate danger, call emergency services.

Practicing good cyber hygiene can help you protect your information. To deter hackers, use strong passwords, which are longer than 16 characters and include numbers and special characters. Don’t reuse passwords, and set up multifactor authentication to ensure that you’re notified if someone tries to log in to your account.

To deter doxing, stalking, and further harassment, adjust your privacy settings on social media. If possible, set your accounts to private until the storm passes. Also, depending on the platform, you should be able to limit the ability to reply to your posts so that only people you follow can republish your posts or leave comments. You can also just disallow comments entirely. If you have both professional and personal accounts, keep them separate so that work-related harassment is less likely to follow you home.

You may want to limit who can see your location data on social media, since many platforms tag every post with geolocation data unless you opt out. This is usually something you can turn off in your profiles’ privacy settings. Additionally, browser extensions like Privacy Party can help you keep your privacy settings on social media up to date automatically, so you don't have to think about it.

If things get so bad that you feel it's safest to minimize or erase your digital footprint, paid services like Delete Me can remove identifying information like your address, phone number, and social media activity from hundreds of online databases and data brokers. This makes it much harder for people to uncover this information in web searches. Services like Tweet Delete can automatically delete years worth of social media posts, replies, and likes—either wholesale or within a specific range—from your accounts.

Online harassment can be isolating and terrifying, but with a plan, you’ll be prepared to respond—and to mitigate its impacts on your life.

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laura1633 · 7 months ago

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At one point you can see Max look towards chat, and they were all being very appreciative of his thighs and that’s why he pulls it out of view there at the end.

well from our perspective it’s kinda gives vibes of victorian women showing her ankle, but i just thought that it’s can be really uncomfortable for him seen all this stuff and thats why he did it… and it makes me sad that lots of people don’t understand what you can write in chats like this or tag person who you writing about…

sorry for bringing this kinda sad vibe here😅 hope you have a nice day! absolutely adore your last a/b/o drabbles!!!!

Thats okay anon 🥰 Glad you like the recent a/b/o stuff, there was going to be another one today but I accidentally deleted it so there will be another tomorrow probably.

I don't know what people were saying on that particular chat so I won't comment on that directly but more generally I agree with you, I think some people don't seem to have any filter online at all. That probably sounds so odd for me to say given what I post here but I would never, for example, go on Instagram and link one of my fics for Max to see or make comments about what I think Charles is going to do to him after the race. All that is just for my imagination, Tumblr and ao3, he really does not need to know about it at all! 😂

It goes in the opposite direction too with people making nasty comments. I've never understood going on someone's social media just to throw insults at them. I guess it's sometimes easy to forget that these are real people!

#laura1633 asks

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sunfilledfish · 8 months ago

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Intro, DNI, all you need to know!

Hello there, I’m Kody. This is my agere side blog! I used to have another one that was quite popular but after a nasty comment I deleted it. Can’t even remember the blog name ;P. So here’s my intro for this blog!

-I’m a minor

-Im not looking for a little or a cg, I’m not using this account to make new agere friends I’m just here to ramble, please don’t ask me to babysit, be a cg or anything like that!

-I am agere, agedre, and petdre

-My punctuation on this blog might sound weird, if it feels like I have a negative tone in a post I probably don’t mean it

-I can’t promise they’ll be great but I will do moodboard, headcannons, etc request for most fandoms (Besides aph, hazbin hotel and helluva boss(nothing against the last two they’re just not my thing)

DNI

Fujoshis and all things similar, shota/lolicon, pro/dark/comshippers, Alfred playhouse fans, explicit nsfw accounts, age players, pro-ana/thinspo, shedtwt, basic dni

If you don’t see a group you’re in on here but you’re still worried you might count, feel free to send an ask

#sfw agere #age regression #age regressor #agere blog #agere community #agere caregiver #agere flip #agere little #safe agere #age dreaming

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outcaststars · 10 months ago

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I've been streaming on twitch for over 4 years. I've made a great community and a wonderful group of friends but I've also had to deal with a lot of aweful people. Recently I've been feeling particularly upset about it all so I'm going to air all my grievances here. TW this mentions bullying, grooming, self harm and abuse. If anyone mentioned in this post trys to comment im just gonna delete it, i also dont care if your fav streamers is here, this is my authentic experience. Also dont go attacking anyone i mention here, the whole point of this is to be better then them.

Rat_emoji

The first streamer I ever had an issue with was Rat_emoji. It all started when I tuned into one of their DbD streams only to find him streaming another, younger, streamers live content.

He had just died to this kid playing Myers, he had TTV in his name and Rat was so mad about what had happened he streamed this kids twitch live to his viewers, all the while making fun of his appearance and stream quality.

A day later I would go back and screen record this whole interaction so I can share that if you want to see it. It felt so disgusting to watch this happen live, he has 100 viewers in chat and they were all being nasty. The only person who told him to stop was drag streamer Suttonfister (i think, 90% sure) who was in the same game and discord call at he time. the whole scene was aweful to witness, it felt like such an abuse of power. Rat didnt directly say anything mean but they made a lot of mean girl comments and didnt moderate anything cruel their chat said, it was obviously intentional.

After this I blocked Rat, it would have been easy to avoid him if he didn't found the stream team "Aussie pride", he got a lot of attention for that and a lot of praise and all of it made me sick. Funnily enough I heard that Aussie Pride was an aweful team to be in. The creators didn't care about the smaller members, planned no events and then disbanded the team with the release of Hogwarts legacy because they didn't want to take a stance on JK Rowling. Honestly it seems like the whole thing was a vanity project. That's why I don't like Rat_emoji.

Dcypherpup

DCpup was the first streamer I tried to network with. He hired me to make some art for him. He wanted me to work on merch for his channel, I declined, saying that I wasnt comfortable with the idea of someone else selling my art. I counter offered to just make him a profile icon, this way we could see how my style suited him and i could work out how to tackle the idea of eventually doing merch.

When the icon was done I sent him the high res file, he asked for my signature (my artist tag, a very small "outcaststars" in the corner) to be removed. When I asked why, he told me he needed it gone in order to upload it as merch.

Naturally I was upset. I explained that we had already made a deal not to do merch yet and I also explained that I was uncomfortable with the idea of removing my tag. I went on to explain why visibility was so important for artists. At the time I was a much smaller content creator and DCpup platform was much bigger.

He apologized and said he would give me a cut of the sales. I said don't bother and reluctantly let him do what he wanted. At the time I was too scared to make enemies so I fell into people pleasing.

I took more work from DCpup because I needed the money and I hoped it would be good for my channel growth. He would upload my work to his store and wouldn't credit me. I was frustrated.

The tipping point was after the final comm I took from him. An animated ending screen. During this process DCpup would message me everyday asking for updates which was annoying. When I delivered the final product he once again asked for my tiny, half transparent signature to be removed. I was so upset and defeated, I told myself I'd fight it but I didn't. I removed my sign from every layer, reanimated the whole thing and vowed not to take work from him.

After the piece was done he wanted to commission me again. I left him on read, then I found out what he was saying about me to other people. A good friend of mine showed me a message he had sent in his stream, telling him not to bother commission me, because I would be too busy doing work for him. I was furious.

Another week later I got raided by someone and told the new viewers to check out my work, it broke my heart when someone who looked at my insta, told me he had no idea I made all of DCpups stuff. Why would he? Dcypherpup went to ridiculous lengths to hide my credit. He was telling people not to contact me and not tagging any comm work with my name. One day he came into my live stream and I was so mad I banned him on the spot .

I wish I had done more to be assertive, live and learn. Funnily enough I found out he posted a big rant, telling people off for supporting JK Rowling when Hogwarts legacy released. Only to be called out for buying it and playing it on his steam, which he had forgotten to make private. He deleted the tweet. What a cunt.

Undertheredmoon and Greenypika

Redmoon is furry streamer that I use to really like. They were funny, had great energy and I would even go as far to say that they were a friend.

All this came to a grinding hault the day he invited furry artist and accused child groomer Daveoverlord to join us on Monster hunter rise live on stream.

Dave wasn't in voice chat and I wasn't reading Redmoons twitch chat at the time, so although I was aware of who Dave was, I didn't realize it was them. When someone messaged me about it a few days later I was mortified, I assumed Redmoon didn't know and I messaged them immediately.

I asked Red if he knew who Dave was and what he had done and the kind of artists he was friends with (cub artists). Redmoon ghosted me, left me on read for a week. I messaged again asking why he wasn't talking to me. He said he was too stressed to deal with this "drama" and didn't care to get involved. He mentioned that if Dave was guilty cops probably would have gotten involved and said he just wanted to focus on his own work.

When I asked Redmoon where he stood on cub porn, he stopped replying. We haven't spoken since.

The same person who told me about Dave joining stream also pointed out that Greenypika was inviting Dave onto his stream. They dm'd greeny and asked them if they knew and greeny said he had no idea and that he'd look into it. Greeny hadn't responded for a few months so I dm'd him with the same message and got the same copy paste reply. TLDR greeny knew and was just lying about it so I blocked him too.

Daveoverlord

Dudes a fucking groomer and now he streams. Blocked.

Cidermarten

Cider and I got into an argument once, the topic of which is no one's business.

His bf weyland got mad at me for it and vague tweeted about it so I decided to start a group chat with them to sort it out. And we did.

I apologised for what I did and cider took some time away from interacting with me. Everyone in this situation wanted what was best. And weyland is now one of my best friends.

Cider and I aren't as close as we could be but that's my fault. They're honestly a wonderful person and I appreciate their friendship. There inclusion in this list is to prove a point later but they're also the only person here who I think deserves success.

Stripeydragon and Break trail.

This one is complicated because it involves someone who ment a lot to me.

Back when the exclusive stream team Break Trail formed, my good friend Marsh joined the team. Being an artist he did a lot of the teams promo art of all it's members. Marsh had a lot of anxieties about the team because he was one of its smallest members and often told me he felt underappreciated or out of place. This feeling for worse when artist/streamer and fellow team member Stripeydragon decided he was going to do a redraw of all of marsh's promo work.

I didn't see Marsh much at the time but when this began he spent the better part of a week in my mod chat expressing how upset he was about it. It didn't help he was already anxious but he felt stripydragon was replacing him and even mentioned a time when he tried to give feedback on stripys work only for him to disregard it. Marsh was really fucking upset.

After stripeydragon posted the work my moderator, Ibn, who had been listening and consoling marsh for a week, decided to comment on the art publically. He said he didn't think stripyes version of the art was better and criticized him of slimming down the fater characters.

I wanna pause this to say I don't condone what Ibn did. He ment well but it wasn't his fight and he shouldn't have commented a critique on something no one asked him to judge. Don't do this. Anyway...

Stripeydragon fucking hated this. Not only did he respond to every tweet, he went into the break trail discord and rallied everyone to defend him and attack Ibn, a lot of break trail members also rushed to the comments to defend stripey and attack ibn. He also posted ibns comment in his own discord to encourage others to dog pile on. This shit got out of hand super fucking fast. Ibn was crying and marsh was pissed. It was betray of trust on Ibns part, but the way stripey responded was downright scary.

Shit was at its peak by the time I woke up (Australian timezone) and I immediately went into damage control. I gave Ibn a huge lecture, I was mad af and told him to apologize. I dm'd breaktrails stream team manager Mari, and tried my best to defuse the situation so that both parties could stop. Everyone deleted their tweets. Ibn apologised a dozen times and Marsh told everyone that ibn was just an asshole.

So the story everyone believes now is that marsh actually loves stripydragons work and Ibn is just a weird jerk. There where no consequences for stripydragons weaponizing a stream team and their fan base against someone on twitter. They're still a member of break trail but the team has been dead for a long time. I understand that Ibn was in the wrong and marsh should have just talked about his issues with his team. But this is another case of someone with a big platform and bigger ego not hesitating to use that to attack others.

Starkymorph

this one is fucked up.

Starky mods for a bunch of break trail members, so he had an inside look into the whole stripeydragon thing. Keep that in mind.

About a year after the stripey incident, I woke up to a message from starky. I had recently finished a commission for starky but apart from that we didn't know each other well.

He claimed that ibn had harassed him on stream by bringing up controversial topics and that because he was my mod he wasn't going to support me any more. I was pretty angry, Ibn was causing trouble again. I dm'd ibn and told him I didn't want to hear what he had to say and instead I just wanted the timestamp on Starkeys VOD so I could see what he did myself.

I watched the VOD and what I saw didn't line up with anything starky had said. He made the whole thing up.

What really happened was, starky decided to bring up "cancel culture" and went on a rant about how it was inherently bad and that anyone who participates in it only does it for "self-aggrandizing reasons". A lot of the shit he said was very thinly veiled right wing bullshit dog whistles.

Ibn asked him to elaborate and said something to the likes of "what about people who cancel pedos and rapists" and starky banned ibn and ended the convo.

Ibn didn't start the controversial topic and he didn't harass anyone. But starky was mad and wanted to attack him, he knew Ibn had a history of starting shit so he came to me with a bullshit story thinking I'd believe him and Ibn would lose his friends. And it almost worked.

I tried to talk some sense into starky, I pointed out that his original message was dishonest. Starky doubled down and made up more lies. He continued to claim that things happened during the stream that aren't in the VOD. He even bought up weylandshere and claimed he was harassing him too, out of nowhere! which if you watch the VOD is also completely made up. He said some ablist shit about "high functioning autism" aswell, its all really incoherent. Non of this is true and I downloaded the VOD so he couldn't hide the evidence.

Starky tried to use my argument with cider and Ibns argument with stripy as evidence that we were bad people. I found this really sinister, because my initial reaction to Starkys story, was that i believed him, pretty much everyone reacted this way. It upsets me that i was almost convinced to distance myself from my best friend because of a lie.

A ton of people didn't watch the VOD and took Starkeys word. Starky blocked me and started asking all his followers and mutuals to do the same. A whole bunch of people sub tweeted about ibn being an abuser and me being an enabler. It was fucking aweful. It went on for days.

This only stopped when Kyziethewolf stepped in and defended me. Even tho starky was one of his best friends, he had watched the VOD and told everyone he was lying. Starky doesn't talk to kyzie now and it really broke his heart.

A lot of people still believe starky and I lost a bunch of mutual streamers support because of this. It's one of the worst attacks I've suffered on twitter/twitch to date.

I found out a few months later he's added "outcast is racist" to the narrative he tells people and there's nothing I can do about that

This also basically ended my friendship with Marsh. I've known marsh for 7 years and hes a friend of Starkeys too. During this whole ordeal he never spoke up, it was only kyzie. I was really upset about this because i feel that Marsh could have made a significant change to how this played out if he had of just stepped in.

When he dm'd me a few weeks after asking if I'm make some free art for his project I told him no. I told him I was hurt. He said he just didn't want to get involved in drama. i think its really harmful to reduce harassment to just "drama". We've stopped talking.

Jayedskier

I met jayed though my friend weyland. I needed a 3D artists and he needed work.

Jayed had recently lost a lot of friends because during COVID he tweeted that people not social distancing at a furcon where putting disabled, high risk, people's lives in danger. Totally righteous imo.

He however also tweeted that anyone who doesn't where a mask should kill themselves and deservingly got a lot of hate and backlash. Lost a lot of friends. Since then he was pretty unwilling to comment on any political shit. Publically that is.

The first fight I got into with jayed was when Ibn reposted a Tumblr thread about the YouTuber keffals, and some of the problematic things she'd done. Jayed loves keffals so he dm'd Ibn about it and started a huge fight defending his favourite YouTuber. I stepped in to try and resolve the fight but no one was really happy.

This argument made jayed realise that he didn't have the same values as the friend group he was in. He liked keffals, he thought it was ok to say the R slur and he felt people should be allowed to support JK Rowling.

He left my discord and I contacted him trying to smooth things over. We talked for a long time and I settled on agree to dissagree the hopes to change his mind on some of these issues.

That didn't happen. Jayed kept starting fights about woke shit, even though he's a self proclaimed "leftist" and it slowly drove a wedge between us. He stopped talking to everyone in our friend group, unfollowed us all on socials.

Artists/streamer and friend Ixu had drawn a big group shot of all of us together. Weyland (who is in this friend group) was pretty angry about the whole ordeal so he asked Ixu for a version without jayed edited out. When he posted this jayed got super pissed about it.

Jayed tweeted about how unwelcoming my community was. Screen caped some DM's and changed the context. I was so angry, I had spent months continuing to offer my friend ship and trying to change his mind. One of the last fights we got into he said he was mad that "people" expected him to show support for Palestine and thats kind of the end of it.

This one hurt because it felt like a betrayal. Jayed you can get fucked dude.

Socksthewolf

This one is super recent and is basically why I decided to write this.

I can't remember how I met socks. They work in the games industry and they have a LOT of money/connections. He gives away a lot of stuff, Donates to people a lot. He very affectionate and Everyone loves him. I even accepted a bunch of charity/gifts from him and in return drew a bunch of gift art.

Socks success made a few mutuals of mine uncomfortable. He had a lot of money to put into stream so his channel grew insanely fast. I'm also told he made comments to some mutuals, comparing channel growth that made them feel bad. He ran multiple giveaways and got partner almost a year after starting stream.

There was some drama between socks and one of his mods. I tried my hardest not to get involved. Socks employs a lot of parasocial strategies in order to retain an audience so he flirts a lot and also has a persona of "I'm you dad" on stream. Idk if this counts as love bombing, but it feels similar.

I heard that one of his mods developed a crush on him and when rejected, he drank himself into the hospital. He almost died.

I spoke with this ex mod about it. He doesn't blame socks for what happened even tho he feels the rejection was harsh. I still feel that socks takes advantage of people with his gifts and parasocial friendship. This is a result of that going unchecked.

One of our mutuals found out about this and was really upset. They tweeted about it and tried to hold socks accountable. Nothing came of it.

I grew distant from socks when he started hanging out with Redmoon a lot. Because I felt close to them at the time I messaged him a about Redmoon and what happened between us. He never replied.

This story takes a dark turn when jayedskier, friend of socks, decided to make that tweet mentioned in his section. Socks also went in on someone jayed had mentioned.

This is about my good friend Weyland. Weyland had had someone very close to them pass away recently. Socks complied some tweets and chat screen caps, and made up a story of weyland threatening to kill themselves.

Some of the messages were about weylands dead friend. Socks knowingly changed the context and lied to make weyland look bad.

I honestly think this is the worst thing on this post. To use the death of someone and the personal anguish of someone and ammo for you bullshit story about them is fucking horrifying.

I replied to socks tweet about weyland, I told him what he was doing was wrong. He told me that he feels bad I'm surrounded by toxic people and that he hopes they get better.

After seeing the way socks treats his audience and the way he lied about another streamer, I genuinely believe hes some kind of abuser. Idk the vibe is REALLY off with this one. This feels worse then bullying, there's an ego about it. I've blocked socks on everything. Frankly they scare me.

Final notes

Anyway that's been my aweful experience with aweful twitch streamers. The whole thing has left me bitter and sad and I no longer want to interact with anyone. idk where to go from here.

Twitch TOS doesn't care what people say or do on other platforms. And with other streamers/mutuals so unwilling to get involved or show support I just feel alone.

I do feel compelled to speak up when I see or experience something I think isn't right. I think a lot of neurodivegant people, like myself, feel that way. But I think it's been terrible for my career. I hate the feeling that I'd be so much more successful if I'd shut my mouth and looked away. Maybe even be partner by now. I know a lot of this comes across as just "furry drama" but i think its reductive to label it as that. Content creators who engage in these kind of harmful behaviors need to be held accountable if we want to see any positive change. And im not saying that means "CANCEL" them. some (not all) of these content creators can still learn and grow and be better. Negative attitudes and dismissive statements of "its just drama" create a space for bullies to thrive

Finally, please PLEASE do NOT under any circumstances harass anyone involved in this post. This is not an attempt to rally the masses to lynch some people, im just telling my story so that next time you see someone come forward with claims about a content creator you like you'll see the situation differently.

If you made it this far, wow. Thank you. Dunno if I'll post the vids/screencap evidence. I don't know if I care enough.

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frostfires-blog · 2 months ago

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"Most of the ships in this post are great (love them too)! Sadly OP have to add the gay ships. Really, can't we just have normal ones without gayness".

This is how I found your post (top 30 ships). Sorry, I dislike the one who said the above, but because of them, I found your blog and fall in love with your posts....

Thanks for your posts and your metas (especially the hanakotoba analysis).

See, as multishipper, most that I found are either gay & lesbian ships only or het ships (like the one who said the above) only, but you really saw the dynamics a d chemistries of the characters. That is why I love your top 30 ships post.

Like, at first I thought you'll ship IzuOcha (like most people who love het ship) in BNHA but you ship BakuDeku (amazing) or IchiOri (bland) in Bleach but you ship IchiRuki (great) which both (later) ships have the best dynamics in the series (more than the former ships)..!

Sorry, I'm not really a fan of most m/f ships (it's easier for me to love m/m & f/f compared to m/f) but the ones that you love are all great!

My top 10 favorite ships from your post :

♡ Hua Cheng/ Xie Lian (best love story ever, one of my all time fav danmei ever)

♡ Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian (Wei Wuxian will always be in my top 10 characters ever, love him so much)

♡ Hak/Yona (best shoujo ever for me, will always love this couple)

♡ Bakugou/ Midoriya (will always be in my top 10 otps ever, love them so much, have shipping them since 2019)

♡ Cheng Xiaoshi/ Lu Guang (start shipping them since ep 1 s1, my love for them got deeper after finished s2)

♡ Obi/ Shirayuki (can't believe you have both ships with Shirayuki, but I love Obi more, for me, Zen is kinda bland)

♡ Taichi/Chihaya (yes, they're canon. I'm so happy when I read the end of the manga, Taichi will always be special)

♡ Minato/Kushina (one of the best ship in Naruto, love the build up and the tragedy, this is my 2nd fav ship after NaruSasu)

♡ Ichigo/ Rukia (why Bleach have to end like that, IchiRuki have way more chemistry than the IchiOri)

♡ Itadori/Fushiguro (love their bond so much)

Have you watch these 4 new fav anime of mine (for the story and the ships): Cherry Magic, I'm in love with Villainess, Yakuza Fiancee, and Nina Starry Bride?

Sorry for this long ask, feel free to ignore them, hope you have a wonderful day.

I'm sorry you discovered my blog due to such a distasteful comment, but I'm glad to have encountered someone with such great tastes in ships. I rarely manage to encounter someone who likes so many ships that I do. Oddly enough, I haven't managed to find that specific comment, so it's likely that person blocked or subsequently deleted their comment without giving me the chance to respond... Oh well...It's not the first time I've gotten criticised for my tastes in ships, and unfortunately, it definitely won't be the last...

Moving on, I'm glad you enjoyed the Hanakotoba metas! They're my favourite types of posts to make, even though they're the most time-consuming. Unfortunately, I probably won't be making another one for a while since I haven't encountered any material to work with in the shows I've seen recently. Here's to hoping The Apothecary Diaries S2 gives me something to work with... But if anyone has any suggestions, I'm keen.

Most people are very rigid about their tastes in ships. Admittedly, I used to be, too, but over time, I've become more open-minded and contemplative—though I still have a long way to go. When it comes to shipping, I prioritise development, character dynamics, and aesthetics in that order. Gender and official status (i.e., canon or non-canon) are unimportant to me.

This is honestly the first time I've seen someone else who ships IchiRuki and BakuDeku... Honestly, I'm so happy! IchiOri/IchiHime is literally the bane of my existence. I could write a full-length essay on what I ship IchiRuki and dislike IchiOri/IchiHime. These days it's especially difficult being an IchiRuki shipper, as we receive nasty comments on most Ichigo/Rukia-centric posts and edits. Just because another ship was made canon doesn't mean you're not allowed to ship anything else. The great thing about fandom spaces is that there is a place for everyone—so I don't know why they can't let us be.

As for IzuOcha, it just lacks the development and depth that BakuDeku and a lot of other BNHA ships have, and consequently, it seems bland in comparison. BakuDeku was actually the very first M/M ship I supported—so I have a lot of attachment to them—and it becoming such a beloved ship has made me immensely grateful and happy. Inexorably, the brighter light shines, the more shadows it casts... As its popularity has increased, the ship garnered more detractors, making things more difficult recently. Seeing people condemn and degrade BakuDeku shippers because of recent events is incredibly hurtful.

The double standards I've seen from some of the people who disapprove of non-canon ships like BakuDeku and IchiRuki are insane. These same people who disapprove of the age gap between IchiRuki will happily use Isshin/Masaki's dynamic to bolster IchiOri or will go on to ship other couples with age gaps like Inuyasha/Kagome. These same people who use Bakugo and Deku's or Ichigo and Rukia's friendship as a reason not to ship them then go on and fawn over the friends-to-lovers trope elsewhere. Perhaps I've ranted a little too much... However, I didn't intend to insult anyone; I was merely trying to point out things that didn't add up. If anybody here doesn't ship BakuDeku or IchiRuki but is respectful towards their shippers (i.e., refrains from antagonising them unjustly) and can recognise the basis for both ships, please know that my irritation isn't directed at you.

I probably mentioned this already, but you have great tastes in ships. Just a few things I wanted to note as I went through your list and comments... ❉ You're right Hualian truly has the greatest love story ever!

❉ Wei Wuxian is in my top 10 favourite characters too! Each member of the MXTX protagonist trio is so well written tbh.

❉ Akatsuki no Yona is my favourite shoujo manga. I'd love them to animate the rest of it. I'd ascend if we got a Fruits Basket-like remake!

❉ Coincidentally, I also started shipping BakuDeku in 2019, which is when I started BNHA.

❉ As for the ObiYuki vs. ZenYuki debacle... My heart is torn in two, which is why I haven't read the manga yet. I started the show and shipped ZenYuki, but over time I started drifting towards Obi instead. ZenYuki is a solid ship, but ObiYuki really packs in all of my favourite tropes. So, I ultimately included both ships, knowing that both sides of the fandom might not be pleased with me. I've never been an OT3 person, but I feel like that might be the direction I'm heading towards...

❉ Regarding Taichi/Chihaya I actually have a funny story concerning them... As I was bingeing S3, I saw some spoilers, which led me to believe they weren't canon, which upset me so much that I refused to finish the anime—whereas, before this, I'd been planning to start the manga immediately. After a few months, I realised I'd been misguided, and they were in fact canon! I subsequently finished the anime but haven't gotten around to the manga yet.

❉ I'm never going to get over the ending of Bleach. Before the TYBW arc, all the development and symbolism pointed towards IchiRuki becoming the endgame... The switch-up was insane!

I've been trying out a lot of new anime recently. I actually only started watching new anime seasonally from the first episode a year ago, so keeping up with 12 anime this season has been challenging. ❉ I'm currently watching Nina: The Starry Bride as it airs. Since I heard good things about it from manga readers and had been itching for a fantasy shoujo anime for a while now, I checked it out as soon as the first episode dropped. It's definitely been a journey, and I'm still formulating my thoughts about it... In all honesty, the first episode was lowkey disappointing—but I think that's because my expectations were too high. I feel like it lacked the drama and intrigue that Akatsuki no Yona's first episode had—which was what people had compared it to. However, 8 episodes deep, and I'm really enticed! I really look forward to it every week and am excited to see where the story goes! Are you rooting for Azure or Sett?

❉ I'm also currently watching Yakuza Fiancee. The show really shook me to my core. Like damn, these people are crazy! It's really entertaining though, and for once I have no idea where the story is headed since the show is so unpredictable to me. However, I'm not sure I can commit to shipping Yoshino with Kirishima yet. I kind of want her to stick to her plan of up and leaving in a year... But we'll see...

❉ I watched Cherry Magic as it aired as well. It was pretty funny and sweet—but sadly, for some reason, I didn't really form a solid attachment to any of the characters... It's possibly because at the time other shows gripped me more, but I can't say for certain. I might revisit it again sometime when I'm under less stress. ❉ Lastly, I haven't seen I'm in Love With The Villainess...

I tried to cover everything. Sorry if I rambled too much... Hopefully I didn't miss anything important...

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