#this is just a vent rlly not a criticism

[seventh-district]

not even gonna tag this properly bc i don't wanna get Involved but i do have some Thoughts i need to get out into the void so here we go

(aaa quick edit: CW for mention/discussion of Boothill leaks)

[homunculusalphonse]

for a fandom that accuses you of supporting incest if you ship luz and hunter, it's VERY weird seeing ppl having no issue with amity seeing lilith as her mother figure... who's literally eda's sister.

[the-king-of-lemons]

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[3xc3lsior]

For context I asked what she thought about submitting a memoir / creative nonfiction for the application and she said the committee “wouldn’t even consider it” like. Okay I won’t then

[voidzphere]

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my special interest is undertale + utmv ! (if that waznt obv enough..)

i love love LOVE horror gamez .. some of my favz rn are kinitopet, imscared, house, ddlc, rental, and bonnie's bakery :]

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istz + phobez

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irl doublez (unless i knew u beforehand!!) (im irlz of killer, reaper, & epic.)

minorz who post nsfw cuz ion wanna see that shit man go do ur homework

slander of my interestz/special interestz + hyperfixationz like stfu

mockery of me and/or my traitz (i.e my typing quirkz)

unwanted criticism, especially if i didnt ask for it. stfu part 2

anyone i've had drama with + my exez (fuck you)

HOMESTUCK. and hazbin hotel + helluva boss (tbh i dont rlly care if you like these mediaz and interact with me, just dont talk abt it in front of me yknow)

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im not a roleplay account btw /srs

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i might accidentally spam-like (i get too excited).

just because i make suggestive jokez and im hypersexual doez not mean i'm not sex-replused from time to time.

im a DID system and use i/me pronounz. i don't talk about my DID often becauze i see it as unimportant to other ppl.

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i love drama + gossip, i will argue with strangerz on the internet just to spite them bc i find it funny ^_^ (only if theyre in the wrong and deserve it.)

i have strong opinionz and will shit-talk you if you're a weirdo who deservez it.

my blog, my rulez <3

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[redditreceipts]

Hey, so i am a teenage radfem (dont wanna specify age but over 14) or not rlly radfem but heavily rad-aligned, i guess, i dont like labelling myself . Sorry if i bother you with this, i know this ask is probs going to be long but . How to deal with my female peers bullying me without being misogynyistic abt them when i tell my mum or writing it down in my diary ? Because they often ask me really inappropriate questions (stuff like "are you a virgin" "do you touch yourself" "are you a lesbian), talk behind my back or just laugh at me . They often target me for my autism too, and because i don't perform femininity like them (they wear really revealing clothes and fake lashes and fake nails) . At first i tried to be nice to them but bcuz then they started asking me these type of questions and bullying me for other stuff, i became uncomfortable and told them to stop that, i told the teacher and suddenly im the bad guy . It really bothers me, i even got so stressed out i cried . I often catch myself saying misogynyistic stuff abt them when telling my mum like "theyre wh0r3s" or calling them other degrading names based on the fact that they already are really sexually promiscous at THIS YOUNG, because that is one of the other things they bully me for, that theyve had boyfriends and did the thing and i didn't (its because i am a lesbian but its nun of their business) . And i know it's wrong to say such stuff about other girls/women, and i know their behavior is probably a result of grooming/hypersexualization and internalized misogyny, but their bullying is so bad i feel like there is no excuse for that . They even tried to spread the rumour that the reason i am so quiet and shy (which is not true i am not even shy) is because i got m0l3st3d by my father . Its just offends me because ive done nothing wrong for them to behave like this, and that i need to "put them in their places" for the bullying to stop . And i wish i could stop writing all kinds of sexist stuff and calling them names when venting abt it in my diary and try to deal with it without being so rude and degrading about them because i realize its unfeminist but sometimes their treatment of me i so rude and disgusting i cant critically write about it only after just writing angry and depressed rants .

Hey :) So first of all, I'm sorry to hear this. I personally think that there is nothing wrong with you writing whatever you want into your diary. You are not responsible for female oppression by calling them names in a diary that no one else reads. But I mean it's still important that you think about how this kind of thinking can impact yourself as well, in the long run. How you are going to condition yourself into thinking that a certain type of female presentation or sexuality is inferior and that can backfire on yourself as well.

In your bio, you say that you are Hungarian, and I assume that you write your diary in Hungarian, so I searched for creative insults in Hungarian and this is what I found:

Segítene, ha egy óvszergyártó cég plakátja lennél. (You could be a poster child for a condom company.)

Puncinak foglak hívni. De hiányzik belőled a melegség és a mélység. (I would call you a pussy. But you lack warmth and depth)

Vigyél magaddal egy növényt, hogy pótold az elpazarolt oxigént. (You should carry a plant with you, so it can replace the oxygen you just wasted)

Ha szemetet ennél, az kannibalizmus lenne. (If you ate garbage, it would be cannibalism)

Fogadok, hogy a szüleid témát váltanak, amikor a barátaik rólad kérdeznek. (I bet your parents change the subject when their friends ask about you)

Úgy nézel ki, mintha valaki épp most nyomta volna meg a “Random” gombot a testreszabási képernyőn. (You look like someone just hit the “Random” button on the customization screen.)

But I know what you are referring to, and I myself have been heavily ostracised for being autistic as a teen in school. And it's impossible to not notice that the biggest bullies sometimes have a specific presentation, like wearing expensive clothes, getting their nails done every week, wearing a lot of make-up etc. I got into some kind of "zoo visitor mode", in which I looked at the people in my class as if they were monkeys fighting on a hill and pushing each other down, trying to be the boss monkey of the horde. I felt like a visitor of a zoo who accidentally fell into the enclosure and now had to survive with 30 monkeys until the zookeeper let me out (graduation).

But, let's be honest: The main reason for misogyny is not an autistic teenage girl who is being bullied and uses misogynistic terms in response. The main reason for that is men and boys who uphold the patriarchy. You thinking so much about your own influence on patriarchal and misogynistic structures shows that you are quite mature and reflected, as well as very considerate, but as long as you write it into your diary and talk just with your mom about it, I don't think that you're a bad person. If you find better insults, you should obviously use them, but please please PLEASE don't feel worse about yourself than you already do.

Just keep in mind that most people who were bullied in high school turn out to be the coolest people afterwards. There are people who understand you out there, and you got this. I believe in you ❤️

[powerpolyculeshowdown]

A vent about the poll runner that got doxxed:

I was originally going to reblog the post, as many people have - and I don't blame anyone for doing so, it's something people will want to spread awareness about, especially among other poll runners, because the stakes just got a lot higher. It's not just worrying about mean and hateful people in your inbox or your notes - which can be extremely harmful on its own and has led some mods to abandon their polls - but it adds a new layer of concern.

doxxing is very serious, it comes with it's own mess of fears to the victim: there's the same psychological harm you might get from the hate, but also a physical danger, because letting someone know you have their address is a threat. It's a very clear and serious threat, even if you don't say you'll do anything. It can be traumatizing, a lot of us are already neurodivergent and/or mentally ill in ways something like that can cause more harm than it would to a mentally healthy/neurotypical person, and those would probably be heavily affected by it as well. If you struggle with paranoia as a symptom of anything, or just very high anxiety, this could change your life drastically. If you don't struggle with those, you might start to. I don't know what kind of sick fuck would doxx someone without knowing how awful their action is, but on the off chance there's people out there that would do it and somehow don't realize the gravity, please have some compassion. You don't even need empathy, you just need common sense. Think critically about how you're going to hurt that person. Hurt people around them. Why do you want to do that?

In the end I decided against reblogging the original post. I don't know OP, i don't know how they're feeling right now, I can only hope they're as okay as they can be, and they're safe. But I know that in their place I wouldn't want notifications reminding me of the whole thing. I know you can turn those off, but I felt more comfortable not reblogging it. I also won't say who the victim is, I don't feel comfortable exposing them like that, but there's lots of other poll runners reblogging it* and you might find out through them.

*to clarify, i'm not trying to claim me not reblogging it is somehow the "morally correct choice". its not a matter of what's correct, it's just a personal choice. In fact, i'm thankful that people are reblogging it because I was made aware of the danger, as I didn't follow op. There's pros and cons to either decision, mine was to not reblog.

And not to make this about myself, that's really not my intention, but i'm fucking terrified after reading that. I haven't given up on the poll, but I might need some time to recover because i'm not exactly the most stable person and shit like this rlly messes me up. I hope you can all understand if the round one polls don't come out on sunday. I won't apologize if they don't, cause i think this is a pretty good reason to need a break.

Once again, I hope the mod for that poll is safe, and i hope they can recover from this soon.

[codes]

I’m just venting a bit bc I’ve been seeing so much stuff about natlan recently but it’s rlly… tiring to see ppl pretend to care about cultural appropriation and colorism. there were so many complaints about the designs that just gradually died down and completely stopped after Fontaine came out and it’s even more frustrating to see one of the most successful games be criticized so heavily and nothing changes. and I don’t even rlly care about someone playing the game and having fun or whatever but it’s so goddamn frustrating to see random ppl on twt say “genshin sucks but (character) is my own creation” like you’re sooooo damn performative!!!! It’s like you don’t even rlly care about what’s being talked about, and bonus points if they’re referencing a white character

[my-castles-crumbling]

hi. i just need to vent and i dont rlly want to vent to someone i know bc idk i struggle with that kinda thing... also ive seen you giving advice and stuff? so it seemed like a safe space. anyway lately I've just been really overthinking/worrying about losing my job, (for context im 17 so this job isnt my living). i work as a barista at an independent cafe and have done for abt a year now but lately I've been making what feels like a lot of mistakes and a couple of times now ive seen my managers talking but stopping once they see me, and like stuff like that. i know it seems trivial like ohh ur overthinking a job you dont even need except im starting uni soon so i feel stressed abt paying for that, and i know im lucky to have a job especially as a teenager when rhe market is so competitive but like this week i wasnt given any shifts even tho i know theyre slightly short staffed without any warning or discussion. anyway im just worried that theyre gonna stop giving me shifts and i wont be able to get another job and then ill barely be able to feed/clothe myself and yeah... like i said im aware that its kinda trivial but its just stressing me out a lot and i needed to get it off my chest. anyway ur awesome

Hi!

I think this is one of those moments where you can do the really scary adult thing, you know? Go to your managers and say something like "hey I'm so sorry if I've seemed distracted lately, I've been worried about uni and I think that's affected my work. I'm willing to accept constructive criticism if you have any." and then...be willing to accept constructive criticism. Either they'll tell you you're doing great, and then you'll be reassured, they'll tell you what to work on, and the air will be cleared, or they'll tell you they're considering letting you go, and at least you'll know. But most good managers appreciate someone willing to take direction.

Also this isn't trivial. No worry is trivial if it's bothering you <3

Keep me updated! Naming you blueberry anon!

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

Okay, Ari, I NEED TO VENT.

I am just OBSESSED with the vision of Suguru growing old, and maybe, if he wants to, having kids, like UGH how cute is that?

And he would look SO GOOD TOO.

Definitely one to grey late (not that it matters that much, but still, that's my vision).

AND JUST UGH he'd be so loving towards everyone – his partner, his friends, his children (the girls and any other if he has any), dogs, cats, birds, whatever

Now I'm just going to go into a little corner and cry.

REAL ASF OF U ANON ‼️‼️‼️‼️ i think abt this all the time too……. sugu w gray hair is just 😵‍💫😵‍💫 JUST……. sooooooo attractive it hurts. ohhh he would be such a silver fox…… i’m obsessed

AND OFCCC HE WOULD BE SO LOVING AND CARING <3333 i think he mellows out and matures so much with age …. his devotion turns into something so soft and grounding. 🥺🥺 i need him so bad he would be the BEST husband i won’t take any criticism….. personally i don’t rlly see him having any biological kids BUTTT HE WOULD TOTALLY ADOPT NANAMIMI and a bunch of kitties :333 maybe a dog too …… and ofc he would just be the sweetest papa ever!!! T—T he rlly is just. so full of love. i think he becomes so much more open with it as he ages and it flows out so naturally. he’s a lover he’s a father he’s the only man ever <33

[ace-was-already-taken]

INTRO POST!!

ABOUT ME!!! (strawpage for more info(?))

Names: Ace, Obsequious, Oliver/Oli (Oli being a nickname that I like for that name :3) + any nicknames idrc (as long as they're not weird)

Pronouns: he/they/it

Art blog: @ace-draws-stuff

interests:

.> Vocaloid

.> GHOST And Pals

.> Project Sekai

.> COMMUNICATIONS (GHOST And Pals)

.> The Post Traumatic Manifesto (WeevilDoing)

.> Slime Rancher

.> Kandi!!!!!!!! :D

blue = current main hyperfixation

red = current hyperfixation that will NOT leave my brain and I will reblog/post lots of probably XD

Project Sekai Player ID (feel free to friend req lol): 443164046783647750

I have a youtube channel btw :3

and a soundcloud acct :3

Art Requests: OPEN!!!! X3

Just put a request into my ask box and I'll get to it eventually. But rn I'm only accepting requests from mutuals/followers (sorry other ppl) and it has to be a character from a fandom I know OR an OC (bcuz yeah I don't trust myself to draw characters I don't know 99% of the time- sorry :/)

FEEL FREE TO DRAW MY OCS AND SONAS!!!!! ^^ Just credit/tag me in the art pls!!!! :]

Tags (or whatever they're called idfk): #COOL ART ALERT‼️‼️ <- Art reblogs, #my art <- self-explanatory but it's my art :3, #Ace makes pfps and icons!!!! <- self-explanatory AGAIN but its pfps and icons I make :]

I RLLY RLLY LIKE MOTHS BTW PLS TAG ME IN ANY MOTH CONTENT I AND WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!!! /platonic /nf

If I go offline for more than, like, three days or smthng, just assume that I'm either hella busy, or my mom took away all my technology because she found out I'm on this site lol

DNI list:

• Nsfw/kink blogs

Anti-selfship (idk what it's actually called)

Anti-LGBTQ+

• TERF/RadFem/Gender Critical

• Pedo/Map (SUPPORTERS INCLUDED)

• Racist

• Proship/Anti-Anti

• Any Exclusionist

• Ableist

• Anti-Neopronouns / Xenogenders

• Anti-Kin

• BASIC DNI

Other stuff:

This blog is MAINLY Ghost and Pals and vocaloid stuff (maybe occasional pjsk stuff idk)! :)

My ask box IS open... Pls ask me stuff I'm lonely /hj--

I POST RANDOM SHIT IDFK (Also I talk in all caps 85% of the time >:3)

IF U SEND IN AN ASK OR SMTHNG AND I DONT RESPOND FOR A WHILE ITS BCUZ IM OVERTHINKING HOW TO RESPOND IM SORRY ;-;

IM HORRIBLE AT REMEMBERING THINGS 😭

Oh yea I swear/cuss (idk which one is the right word) sometimes btw

If I start typing/talking differently (ex: more/less emoticons, more/less all caps, ect.) it either means I'm just feeling REALLY SILLY (probably a kinshift)!!!!!! or I'm just really eepy/just woke up lmao

I tend to make humor out of my own problems- sooo when I make the occasional vent post (I usually don't tho) and I put 'lmao' and stuff in there, I'm NOT making fun of anything, I'm just brushing off my own problems :3

I apologize. A lot. If I THINK I did something wrong I WILL apologize profusely-

If I say something like "Sorry I'm so stupid XD" or smthng like that, it's not in a pick-me way- Idk how else to explain it?? Idk I make fun of myself all the time tho lol

I HATE DRAMA SO FUCKING MUCH OMG- The amount of times I've actually genuinely cried because of drama not even including me is insaneee- anyway yeah I don't like drama <3

ANYWAY fun fact: My birthday is May 14th :3

yea I think that's all you need to know! :]

Side note: If we're mutuals, expect a LOT of interaction from me :3 /silly

[toyhou-se-drama]

thx 2 the anon who mentioned another blog. normalize venting abt blog mods. they still wont face the same heat as regular users since their anon but criticism of them rlly needs 2 have a place 2 breathe since they just delete it on there own blogs. not all vent blogs r created equal and the scummy ones should have 2 face accountability like every1 else.

🦫

[starheirxero]

I just came back from watching Earth's venting session with Sun, and boy, this sent my mind on overdrive-

First of all, the majority is pretty much a character analysis, and I am all here for it!

There's something so intriguing, hearing about Lunar through other people's eyes, y'know?

There's something so painfully human in the way they are talked about, and the way Sun and Earth talk about it. It feels like I'm listening in to a conversation not meant for me.

Earth is the therapist of the group, and prefers dealing with her issues on her own, something Sun does similarly, though his coping mechanism aren't usually this healthy. He generally tends to stay in the background. Seeing both of them talk like that feels a little awkward, Sun not being used to being the voice of reason when it comes to a specific topic like this, and Earth ranting about something she'd usually try to work out herself.

Though Lunar isn't physically present, they still are the topic of discussion, and I'm not even sure where to start, or how to properly express my emotions about it!

Lunar is so human, it's honestly messing with me! Someone who doesn't want help, whether it's because they don't want to admit they have problems, or because they are scared. Someone who isn't easily understood. Someone who has an "Eye for an eye" mentality. Someone who is so incredibly flawed, it's breathtaking, in a good way!

A lot of it I knew deep down, but having it spoken aloud feels different!

There's also the similarities between them and Eclipse still, the tragic, yet fascinating point of "you can take a person out of a place, but you can't take a place out of a person." Because you can choose your family. You can reject those you share your origins with. But they will always be a part of you, because their time with them shaped you, and you can't run from that, no matter how hard you try.

Both Lunar and Eclipse asked for help, yet neither of them actually wanted it, neither of them tried. One actively rejects what they are offered, while the other doesn't process it, simply nodding along.

Both of them, together with Bloodmoon, share the "eye for an eye" mentality. Eclipse felt left behind by old Moon, and bitter towards Sun and later Monty, and wanted them to suffer for it. Lunar actively wishes those that do them wrong death, specifically, interestingly enough, Bloodmoon and Eclipse. Saying they hope Bloodmoon dies and rots for what they did to their sister, and trying to bring Eclipse to hell personally.

Neither of them can take criticism, lashing out when it's given to them.

It is so fascinating!

-Stardust

YES!!!!! YES YES YES OH MY GOSH ALL OF THIS YOU ARE SO CORRECT!!!!!

Seeing Earth and Sun interact one-on-one was already super interesting 2 me bc rlly, we don't see em together often unless Moon or Lunar is present, yk? So taking out both of the lunar bots leaves them almost, like, a new sort of vulnerable with each other, if that makes sense?? They can finally have conversations like the one they had!! They can talk about other people and they don't have to filter any words or thoughts, they can just speak. And even if they're a lil stilted without any barriers, it's still something!!

AND LIKE U SAID YEA IT'S ESPECIALLY FASCINATING TO SEE HOW THEY TALK ABOUT LUNAR!!!

Seeing them sort of dissect Lunar some more for the audience was super good and YES MAKES THEM A VERY HUMAN CHARACTER !! It gives them even more layers!!! More depth!!! More painstakingly human traits!!!!!

AND MORE SIMILARITIES TO ECLIPSE AND EVEN BLOODMOON YESYES!!!!!!

I truly TRULY love how much Lunar has tried to set themselves apart from the people they hate only to share so many similarities w/ them!!! And especially with Earth confessing she's a little scared of Lunar?! oh my stars their whole "me(good) vs them(bad)" approach is already crumbling and that would NOT HELP !!!!

The situations are situation'ing <3

[hellfireconfessions]

tbh I can't take much of anything from the group perpetuating hate too seriously. guri's doc is weird as fuck but after seeing the comments ( not just vulgar, like some are trying to play it off, but truly disgusting ) from that pack that went as far as to fake images of players saying things like hf staff should be k*lled ( among other things ) or that guri should assault an animal IRL and write about it while they complain abt these docs and someone else who said the r-slur ( who's country doesn't have the historical context of hate / oppression with that word like the USA does ) is just laughable to me at this point. if they had ONLY submitted the report that would b one thing. but the slew of gross, hateful and toxic comments against several people ( even if most were focused on guri ) just prove how it was never rlly abt those docs themselves. at least not entirely. i believe the screenies of what was said was submitted much earlier on the blog by rot ?? but i habe copies i can submit too if needed. its a lot of shit -- like 30+ pieces of evidence. they were taken by other members from that pack sick of all the shit talking, gross comments / jokes and drama. and it is some gnarly shit, way more graphic than anything I read on that doc, as fucking weird as it is. and that is why most of those ppl got banned -- not bc they submitted any report, despite the story they r trying to peddle for sympathy or whatever. but bc of their own gross ass behavior that they don't wanna admit ( at least not fully bc they keep trying to severely down play their part of it ) or own up to. if they were rlly concerned they just should have submitted those report(s) and left it at that. no shit talking, no vile comments, no forging images of people saying gross or fucked up things they never said for laughs. bunniache, ashe/vaun, ej, snail, sketchy, mush, kaikyu, grell and anyone else who we don't see in those screenshots all went so far beyond what was called for; even past venting or regular shit talking. having genuine concerns and even not liking people or how they do something isn't a crime, and u can express those things maturely w/o being gross and toxic. but that isn't what happened at all. and esp knowing some of those ppl involved had been staff at one point -- while criticizing other staff members too for how they handle things after doing all that? wild.

feel free to resubmit screens or add any missing as well since its been a hot minute! i dont forgive one party's actions cause the other's were also bad

ill post em again or ppl can check archives for previous ones we can judge both sides for their actions at the same time

[alectology-archive]

you are so right to be a ntn defender! personally, i think that it's the best book in the series: it peels back the empire and john in ways that are impossible to ignore. and i honestly think that's why people don't like it; we've spent two books with the empire being utterly glorified and revered. but the third book proves just how much of a tool of destruction it really is behind the facade (srry for the ramble, i just rlly love nona)

I don’t really think the first two books ‘glorified’ the empire either (in the same sense that tlt is an explicit criticism of christianity even if harrow is very religious). we just had very biased povs and the characters were grounded in settings that were still encompassed by the imperial framework so they never really had the space to question it until they started to become aware of - and wound up on the receiving end of - the abuses that it facilitates. so nona is excellent in the sense that it allows us to witness the lives of the people who live outside john’s empire and how they’re affected by it. do I think the first two books make excellent plays on interpersonal dynamics and the use of metaphors to critique empire? absolutely! but you can also tell that tamsyn muir got more comfortable with not pandering to or being necessarily very palatable to her audiences - I’m thinking more along the lines of how she explicitly leaned into the genderqueerness of a lot of her characters, discusses sexual violence, and critiques war, capitalism’s failures and empire’s violence on indigenity more explicitly - and I love when authors write stories without any fear of alienating their readership to tell the most faithful version of the story that they can. she’s a clever writer, and I trust her to do justice to the themes of the story and sometimes that means you won’t necessarily write a book that’s just a fun romp through space (like a lot of people seem to think the first two books are. and I don’t think it’s wrong to enjoy them just for the ‘lesbian necromancers in space’ tagline and the fight scenes or whatever other reason people got into tlt for, but I won’t take criticisms of her being a bad writer seriously because they’re 1. patently wrong 2. indicative of a reader whose criticisms don’t stem from a place of understanding about what the books are doing and venting their annoyance at her for prioritising thematic signficance over the fun space opera vibes).

[furcoveredinblood]

( I promise This is my last ask💀) but I’ll post the little ( 5000 word hahaha kill me) story tomorrow, I’m rlly excited!

Anyways, you’re wonderful and just incredible, thank you so much for all the motivation you give me and whatnot, thank you 😊

just seeing this now and i want you to know just how much this means to me. i know you're probably thinking "oh it's just a fanfic it's not THAT important" but a couple hours ago i got news that my parents' house was robbed while my mother was home and she ended up being shot near the neck. she is in the hospital currently undergoing emergency surgery since the bleeding is pretty bad and i'm back in new york with my partner so we can see my mom once she's out of surgery. my mom is not very old and has a long life ahead of her, so seeing her this close to death so abruptly was something i definitely wasn't prepared for. but i don't want this post to just be me venting all this.

i wanna show how a little really does go a long way. my life has been extremely hectic these past few months and with my mother now in critical condition, i'm utterly overwhelmed and drained. when i saw your ask earlier today, anon, i was smiling like an idiot for a good hour. fast forward 2 more hours and i'm on my way to new york crying my eyes out and praying to allah that my mother will be okay. and now, after things have started to settle down, i see this: someone whose writing never fails to make my day surprising me with a fanfiction they wrote for me that's over 5k words long when the only real interactions we've had are through comments on ao3. something that doesn't affect the real world at all, so small and subtle, right now has me in tears because something small like this was something i really needed after the amount of turbulence i've been through for some time.

i know people probably won't care that i'm making something like this such a big deal but i just wanna show how small, random acts of kindness like this really do leaves an impact. it might not leave an impact on everyone in the world, but it'll leave an impact on at least one person, and that i think is enough to make that act of kindness worth it.