#to be fair. i dont go to peoples houses often here

[andy-wm]

i'm wondering how your thesis of "idols will come out when they want" fits into your insane shadow analysis attempting to prove jimin and jungkook fucked in the middle of their travel show (amongst other things)? like do you get joy out or trying to drag someone out of a closet they might not be in? or is it something else? just curious! 😀

Hey wdcmaxy

Since you have the guts to use your name I'll respond :)

So, you read my thesis?

*Sips whisky*

Cool. And you read my insane shadow analysis too?

Hmmm... do you come here often?

Let me answer your question then.

I think we both know the shadows analysis isn't really insane - it's based on very basic earth science. Shadows grow longer as the day progresses because of the rotation of the earth on its axis. You sound reasonably literate so i assume you know this already.

I guess your description of my shadow analysis ( I think I'll name my next racehorse 'Shadow Analysis') as insane is an attempt to discredit the idea that a fair bit of time passed while Tae was out of the house? But that was kinda silly on your part. Even children know that shadows change as the day passes.

Nothing insane about it.

He was gone for hours, no debate.

Now let's move on to the fucking part, and when and how idols choose to come out.

This is actually worth discussing.

As flattered as i am that you think my tiny insignificant blog could be a game changer for anyone, let's be real.

How many people, besides yourself, do you think read my blog?

Serious question.

I'm estimating maybe 100. Double that on a good day. Maybe 300 if i write something REALLY profound which doesn't happen often.

I am way less excited about my impact on the world than you are, because I'm a realist.

BUT if by some strange twist of fate my blog came to the attention of someone whose opinion mattered (I'm not counting you, don't worry) do you think they would take it seriously? Do you REALLY imagine a random tumblr post about shadows could make someone believe that an idol was gay if they didn't already believe it?

Here's a great example of how that wouldn't happen:

You, dear reader.

You're my example.

You came here to tell me I'm speaking shit and that I should pull my head in, correct? My insane shadow analysis hasn't changed your beliefs at all. You're here, throwing a tantrum on my page, because you don't agree with what I'm saying, not because you suddenly believe it.

Or ...

Perhaps you suspect it's true and that scares you. Maybe you can't be absolutely sure I'm wrong and that's why you need to yell at me? Could that be it? Time for a bit of self reflection?

Either way, it's not going to make an iota of difference in the grand scheme of things.

We are all just dust motes floating through time and space, my friend. You dont need to worry so much. The universe is unfolding exactly as intended.

However... There are a couple of things we should agree on:

The fact is that the shadows grew long and therefore, time passed. And Tae was out for several hours. Maybe he went out for a bit of afternoon delight himself? Maybe Jimin and Jungkook played Pokemon Go all afternoon, or prayed, or practiced their English, or braided each other's hair.

Regardless of whether they did or didn't fuck, or how many times, or on what surfaces, the time still passed.

And whether I write my blog or not, people will believe what they believe. And they will be gay or they won't be gay.

And even though I never mentioned anything about them fucking in that post, whether you like it or not Jimin and Jungkook might be fucking right now, as you read this.

One last thing...

Please bear in mind, through all of this, that fucking is not the be all and end all of life. Sure its a lot of fun if you do it right but the notion that it's more meaningful than sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings, or giving someone your time and energy, is bullshit.

You can have a roots-deep love for someone and never even think of fucking them. Or you can meet someone in a public toilet and have at it, and leave without even knowing their name.

Sex does not equal love. Fucking is not that big of a big deal.

Unless...

Unless you're fucking someone the patriarchy doesn't want you to fuck. Then its a major issue.

Hear me out.

The need to control who we fuck is based a patriarchal need to control material wealth.

To control material wealth, the patriarchy needs to control reproduction (so they can be sure their wealth stays with their bloodline, because wealth is built over many generations) and to do THAT they need to control womens' bodies.... and to do that, of course they need to control who women fuck. And who men fuck too!

Do you know what the ACTUAL issue is with men who like dick? They don't automatically buy into the patriarchal way of life. (where's the solidarity, lads?)

Why don't they?

Because lifelong monogamy and marriage and nuclear families don't matter as much when you're not equating love with sex, and sex with reproduction. When your goal isn't to accumulate wealth and pass it down to your children.

Same thing applies to women who love women. They aren't focused on being demure and pleasing the men in power. They aren't focused on making themselves wife material. They will challenge the status quo and maybe even (shock! horror!) decide not to have children. How the heck do you make sure your money and power stays in the family, how do you build an empire, when the women are perfectly happy having sex with each other and don't want to love, honour and obey??

And whose fault is all this?

Its got to be the damned queers, right? They're making people think there might be other ways to share your life with those you care about! That's why its important to squash down gayness whenever you can, right, wdcmaxy?

Look at them destroying the fabric of society!

If Jimin and Jungkook ARE fucking every chance they get, good for them. I hope they're balls deep and breathless, hitting all those sweet spots for each other having a really good time.

And if they're not fucking, it actually doesn't matter to me because the way they support each other and share their hearts is beautiful. (I do think they are fucking though)

Truthfully, whatever they're doing, as long as they're happy I'm happy.

Can you say the same, wdcmaxy?

Peace.

[cdroloisms]

read your post about how the atmosphere in dreblr feels a little tense nowadays. honestly when i first joined this fandom i was excited to share takes/meta but i dont do it much anymore cause of how intense ppl get when they disagree… wasnt prepared for that level of intensity

i have to say that my experience with this fandom and your experience with this fandom are ... probably pretty different 😅 (not that i know for sure, of course, so sorry abt any inherent assumptions to when you joined the fandom, i've just been here for damn near forever) and that that'll color my perspective on this, so. fair warning in advance.

to be honest, disagreement in dreblr is not a new thing. when dreblr was created there were two main "camps" of c!dream apologism that disagreed on pretty much everything to do with c!dream after novermber 16th and would write essays debunking each other's takes pretty goddamn often. here's an old post by red responding to a lot of opinions on both sides of the line which i think illustrates this well -- note the difference established between "c!dream apologists" and "c!dream enthusiasts," perhaps better known now as the "trauma interpretation" and "strategist interpretation" of c!dream back before the confirmation of staged finale during the prison break, which shows how different people's opinions of c!dream ranged at dreblr's very conception. and this disagreement ran pretty damn deep, too, lmao--some of it was reserved to debating each other in semiprivate discord servers, but plenty of it was made of vagueing each other's takes or directly debating them on each other's blogs.

i think that a source of friction, to be honest, is that dreblr started as a much more analysis- and meta-focused community than it is now. the entire dsmp fandom was very analysis-heavy in 2021-2022, and dreblr definitely reflected that culture; since the dsmp ended, the amount of active discussion about it in a meta sense has also waned, and as such dreblr and many other areas of dsmp fandom have been more focused on other kinds of fanwork. this isn't a bad thing, of course! but it has led to a shift in etiquette, and while i think meta etiquette and fanwork etiquette are very. very different things, obviously the amount of fanwork and the amount of meta that's around in dreblr spaces influences how people interact with all parts of dreblr etc etc that's just how people and communities work

but back to my point. disagreement has always been a part of this fandom, especially in meta spaces (which used to be pretty much all of dreblr, but has kind of become more of a small part of it in more recent times) and intensity with those disagreements also is kind of ... on par for the course? i mean, personally, i think disagreements ran more intense in dreblr in 2021 on average--it's not like dreblr has been as sharply divided with different "versions" of c!dream apologism since--and when it comes to the general fandom, well, any look at the inbox of anyone posting c!dream positive analysis and the formation of dreblr as a whole speak for themselves. also IFUADA and the whole attempt to like, lmanburg us out of our own house. which was hilarious btw that shit was awesome

like, at the end of the day, meta is made to be a place where people are gonna disagree. and a lot of people in meta spaces find it fun to disagree, even; there are more than a few people who will devil's advocate an argument they don't even agree with just for the sake of disagreement and debate. fandom analysis is just ... like, fandom academia lite, and it's also far less beholden to the rules of professionalism in real academia (not that real academia is free of conflict, obviously. including extremely petty conflict, as anyone who has read enough passive-aggressive as shit academic papers will tell you). this isn't to say that things don't go too far, because again, the history of this fandom proves it LOL. but while we all want people to feel comfortable in meta spaces, we also want meta spaces to be a place for people to be passionate about their opinions and to disagree about them fervently and to debate to their heart's content, bc that's kind of the point of fandom meta, yk?

in my post, i mentioned that i think more open disagreement will be good for dreblr, and i do stand by this point; i think that there's no real point in trying to stamp out disagreement in a space meant to be a free place for people to disagree and express their disagreements, not that that's what you're saying or anything just as a general thought. i also think that more disagreement will help with there feeling like there's less of a "correct" way to think about c!dream and the server, which i think raises the barrier of entry for people who want to post meta but don't want to be eviscerated bc they said something "wrong." of course, i can't force anyone to post meta nor do i want to--hell, i want to post more meta but am limited in time, and i know we all live busy lives 😭 (which is part of why this ask is being answered so late, sorry!) -- my point is i dont think, idk, one person being passionate abt a take or disagreement or whatever is necessarily the problem as far as upping the tension in dreblr as much as like. there's a lot of general discomfort and a lack of willingness to rock the boat in a place which should be a safe waters for everyone to take shots at any ship (er, ship to follow up with the rock-the-boat metaphor, but the secondary meaning does apply here as well) they want. we're shooting with water guns, not real bullets, and there's no fun in a splash fight if everyone's too scared of getting someone else wet, i guess.

that being said, anon, i understand that not everyone wants to participate in the free-for-all take pvp that is inherent to meta spaces...to which i say that, honestly, there's no requirement to participate in analysis spaces specifically to just, share your thoughts on the server. i think that in general, if anyone posts their thoughts on the dsmp and adds a disclaimer to the top like "not really analysis, just miscellaneous thoughts that i would prefer not to be vagued/argued against," i really just don't think that most people are gonna go out of their way to argue with that? you have every right to just yap while opting out of the possibility of being vagued or debated with, but you might have to make it clear beforehand bc vagueposting and debating is just the culture that exists in meta/analysis spaces, especially dsmp meta/analysis spaces that have been a part of dreblr since dreblr was made. and if there's anything else that can be done to make everyone feel more comfortable, i think that's worth discussing!

[drdemonprince]

Re: an anon from November 15th: do you have advice on how become more comfortable with negativity? Because the White Woman Socialization Brain is strong with this one and I've had a couple of friends say it gives me a tone-policing problem

I'm going to depart from my usual gradual tolerance-building exercise approach here (though all that stuff still applies) and give you a more targeted recommendation:

I think you need to find a friend who can be a bit of a shitty little outrageous bitch in how they speak and emote, but who is at their core a wonderful, reliable, and morally stand-up person, and make a special place for them in your life.

The type of person who is not afraid to be disagreeable, who says "terrible!" and launches into a whole long rant about why when you ask them how their day is going and who will show up to your house with groceries when you are sick and start cooking and cleaning all around even when you've (lyingly) said you do not need the help. The type of person who will teach your nervous system that negativity is not bad, that ruining the vibe is sometimes needed, and that we can be good people even while not worrying about making other people feel good.

You can often locate such people in hard-core activist spaces, as the people steadily Doing the Work for years on end are unlikely to be motivated by soft, tender feelings, because those emotions sure don't keep in that line of work. You can also find them in places like AA programs (or SMART Recovery meetings, etc), support groups, queer discussion groups, book clubs, marxist reading groups, church groups, food kitchens, and any other gathering of people that is motivated by a strong ideological commitment or interest in intellectual pursuits but which can be rather dry or unpleasant in its execution of their ideals. you can also just like, throw a stone in places like New York or Boston or Philly and hit three to five people like these. Even as far out as Pittsburgh or Cleveland there is a lot of them.

Now, if you have chronic white woman everybody must be happy all the time syndrome (which really just means i will *make* everybody pretend to be happy or else im going to lose my shit), it can be tempting to fall in with someone who *seems* like a person like this, but who in actuality is a manipulative undermining abuser taking advantage of your tendency to excuse and downplay their many slights and offenses.

You do not want that. You want someone who can accept criticism just as readily as they dish it out. The kind of person who will fire off at the mouth but then go "oh dammit, youre right, i hate it but youre right" the moment you point out a valid flaw in their logic. Someone brash, but with a heart. Someone who can teach you that conflict is inevitable, and needed, and that saying something weird or off-putting is not the end of the world, and that arguing and complaining can actually bring you closer to someone when it is done authentically and from a place of good faith.

to find this person, keep putting yourself in places that align with the type of person you'd like to be, filled with people who are doing things with their lives that you admire. notice your initial reactions to people. who is off putting? is that a fair judgement? who are you afraid of upsetting? who expresses themselves in a way you'd never, ever dare to? most kind of unpleasant people wont be the special Prickly Friend for You, they'll just be kind of annoying people you dont want to be around. but at some point you will notice, hey actually, this person is a little off and irascible, but i notice they always come through for people. they might not be the most elegant in how they express their views, but when i think about it, i think they tend to be right. over time a person like that will prove themselves through their behavior and track record, and as you get more acclimated to their way of communicating, you'll find your voice of disagreement too.

good luck!

[naughtynoodle056]

oh wtf did they mean by that like .. your characters are obviously Black - you could post just the lineart and it'd be obvious??

okay first of all I LAUGHED when I read this ask because I literally feel the exact same way, but allow me to take you and the rest of my followers on this journey that has made me decide I'm a villain now. Buckle up, this post will be lengthy xD.

Person (not artist) confused my OC Shay (the girl right next to Leo) for my OC Xander (the boy on the far left). I got really frustrated because I chose Shay to sit next to Leo in this piece SPECIFICALLY to drive home the contrast in weight and that even though Shay is in a baggyish hoodie, you can still tell she's slim compared to Leo.

I asked if I was just going crazy or if these people mixing them up werre either 1) visually impaired somehow or looked at this for 0.2 seconds because these are obviously not the same person?? an IRL said that Xander and Shay looked too similarly because of their hair and body type and SKIN TONE and I was like. First of all, 2000s emo kids often had similar hair, that's kind of the fucking point here. Second of all, Shay is obviously shorter and skinny and Xander is CLEARLY on the chubbier sie, so what the fuck are you yapping about? and FInally. SKIN COLOR??? SKIN COLOR??????

Here is this same exact piece but with the lighting effects turned off. Just loud and wrong as fuck

So aforementioned artist offers their constructive criticism that was this

and like no offense but the longer I thought about it the more pissed off I got because first of all,

I LITERALLY DO????? and second of all and the reason I'm evil now is that they don't. RECENTLY they actually drew a black person, but it was still a frustratingly ambiguously black person.

Like what does this even mean bro my art style is like ALL SHAPES?? Like I'm really glad you said what you said in this ask because you're so right, you CAN tell my characters are black or otherwise POC just by the lineart. You cannot do that with the artist that gave that criticism. and then they doubled down when people called them out on how wack of a criticism it was and that they were wrong. I won't be naming them by name publicly because like I said before, I will look like the smaller bitter artist that can't take criticism from this BIG POPULAR WELL MEANING artist, but it felt like they were throwing stones from a glass house at a BRICK ONE.

I was also told my art "has a lot of potential" which is the polite way of saying "your art is mid", generally speaking lmaO.

At the end of the day, it felt like they were making huge sweeping judgements of my art and offering criticsm that was like?? unwarranted and felt more like them outting themselves as never giving my art more than just a passing glance because I dont draw 800+lb fatties constantly. Which is fine, you don't have to look at my art. But don't fucking give me criticism that not only doesn't apply to me, but you don't even follow yourself. Its kind of like if an abled bodied artist who NEVER draws anyone with visible disabilities told a visibly disabled artist that DOES draw a myriad of disabled folks in a loving way that they aren't doing enough and then doubling down with "All criticism is fair critism".

I don't think I'm the best artist in the world or in this kink community, but I know one thing for sure. I'm one of the most consistent at drawing black people in a way that's obvious and with lots of love, so don't you EVER fucking imply I don't do enough while your black people just look like color pallete swaps. Don't come for me on that regard if you have never drawn afro textured hair. And no, I WON'T just roll over and accept that "most feedists favor white or pale eastern asain people". I'd rather die a niche artist who actually gives a shit about representation than to just grovel to people that would not respect me because of my race.

[thesweetestdevotion]

Hello, can you do sunoo as boyfriend. Thanks!!🙏🙏

hi!! here we go!!

Enhypen Sunoo as a Boyfriend:

Dice: Taurus, 4th House, Mercury

Tarot: Ten of Wands Reversed, Three of Wands, Nine of Coins, Five of Swords Reversed, Knight of Coins, Queen of Coins, Seven of Cups, The Sun, Temperance, The World

As a boyfriend, he's very slow moving and calculating. He likes to find a partner that is on the same level as him. He's kinda stubborn in the sense that he's not the type to go with people who dont match his list of preferences in a relationship, especially on physical beauty, persoanlty, and goals. I see here with taurus and mercury, he likes to be mentally compatible with his partner, espacially around building and maintaining physical wealth. He's kind of in the process of building his future dream life, like setting down roots so that in later years he's living the life that he's wished for. So he wants his partner to sort of match his expectations head on, he's not the type to stumble around trying to figure out incompatabilities or reconcile any differences, you either come prepared or dont come at all. I think he's actually a bit cold when it comes to picking a partner, but when he finds the right one he's all about sharing his stability and wealth with his partner. He seems very pragmatic and sort of wants to go down the beaten path, as much as he can, in his relationships. I do think he's very nururing towards his partner, he's the type to want to show them off especially to his family. I also do feel he's not the type to look for a partner that is too far from home, or what he calls familiar. Again, pragmatic, he wants his life to be as easy as it can be, and he'd enjoy relating well to his partner. I don't see him dating outside his culture as im in his current energy. He's agreeable and has a sweet and sunny disposition, wouldnt start fights or arguments unless necessary. Even if him and is partner get into fight he'd try to be as fair and objective as possible. He likes to the root of the problem and not let bad energies fester in his relationships. He's romantic and often dreams of that happily ever after, his energy honestly feels a lot older than what he is. He's ready to settle down honestly, just waiting to find the right person with which to do it with. I do feel physical beauty is important to him as well, he might be into grounded and earthy types that also match his serious and dedicated vibes. I think as of right now he's weighing many options, whether it's career related or romantic, he feels very busy. And optimistic as well, maybe he feels like he's close to getting the things he wants. He's also the type to get overwhelmed pretty frequently, which is why i think he prefers that serious, grounded type. could be into older partners. Honestly thats all i get for him at this time!! hes very straightforward in his energy, and also very secure in himself and what he wants, so sorry if it was a bit short!

Hope you like this one!! he seems sweet hehe xxx

[thedeafprophet]

4 for the trio 👀

4. Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know?

Okay. So. A lot of this is witnessing death lmao.

oh boy

Content warnings for discussion of: death, fire, past child abuse, period typical illness, and period typical child death

Josephine

I mean. Nemesis character, i think this one is probably a given 😅 She did not directly witness Gabriels death, but it was the finding him that was enough of the witnessing. To this day, Gabriel's murder is an event Josephine can't understand; a level of cruelty so uneeded and so severe.

It affected Josephine, who was only 10 years old at the time, significantly. She was never really able to move past it, not even now. To a certain extent, Josephine was stuck in that moment, pushed forward only by her need to find answers, her want, desperatly, to find out why. This same motive would push her through much of her life

Josephine's inabaility to move on from her brothers death very much inspired the reason she made the choice she did. Even now, with other things, it haunts her choice. Josie will never back down, never stop in her goals. Even if there are times that maybe she should.

Alex

Alex's start was rocky from the beginning. After his mother passed away following his birth, the family fractured under the weight of her loss. Witnessing all of this was the beginning of his problems, his older sister having to take over a parental role despite only being 5 years older, his father turn to alchol and anger in the face of the loss of wife. Alex and his sister often dealt with the inability of their father to process his emotions.

The main incident that Alex witnessed was the night his father died. No one really knows what caused the house fire, all they knew is that one moment the building was in flames. Alex and Adelaide made it out. Their father didnt.

It is a question that remains, where the pyromania started and when this event occured, which involved the other.

It was an accident after all....wasn't it?

Jamie

As many people know, the start of Jamie's life was as a foundling at an orphanage. There general issues there, and their experiences later, with bullying and neglect obviously lead to who they are today.

Jamie didnt have many friends even when they were little, but when they were rather young, about the 6 or 7 age, they were friends with one other little girl, named Molly. Matched with Jamie in energy, and more michievous then they were back then, the two of them were very close.

At one point, an illness spread among the residents of the orphange, causing many people to become ill, including Molly. One night, Molly asked Jamie if they could help her go out to see the nearby forest they played in one last time. They didnt make it there, but made it close, and Jamie held Molly's hand for the last time.

To this day, Jamie struggles signficantly having witnessed the loss at such a young age, and a signficant amount of survivors guilt. They dont understand why they survived when she didnt.

It wasn't fair.

Ask game from here

[yonaioana]

The Harbingers with a Gn!reader teapot god

Childe

Childe .. *cough* cough* .. Ajax would toss his entire family in the tea pot to keep them safe and close to him at all times. He will also use it as a hiding spot when Pantalone confronts him about the money he spends on Zhongli. Other than that he started flirtin with you the moment he first entered the tea pot. This cocky bastard chose the realm to be the beach so he can just float and see the panic in you when you realise how far away from land he got, giving you a cheeky coment after you bring him back to shore. "Missed me that much?". No matter how much of an ass Chile can be his family is a delight, his mom often inviting you to drink some hot chocolate with them. Similar to the healing abilities of the statues of the seven Chile will have a pool of water made by you for him to heal from his battles before going back to his family. While his family lives in the main house the two of uou also have a house of your own, where you and him have your private time.

Il Dottore

While Childe will treat you mostly as what you are, a god, Dottore will mostly treat you like a pet. Asking you to show him the most impresive strenghts and powers, testing your limits only for a kiss or a few headpats in return.His main house basically turns into a bunch of different laboratories, hes like" a surgery room here, my chemical cabinets there, the equipment for my next project will be upstairs ok darling, thank you". He will inform you where every piece of equipment is . . . and you have to remember it, cause he will ask you for it during procedures, and he needs it fast. He may seem cold but the moment he sees one of his assistants talking to you or trying to take notes on you or your abilities that poor soul is going of the edge, that is when you realise why he chose to keep the floating islands realm. He usually eats outside so he can see you while doing so, its kinda like a break for him, also he doesnt want to get his lab dirty, so when you dont see him outside for a while that means he didnt get his break so you will have to drag him out from time to time while he rants about his scientifical process being intrerupted.

Pantalone

I already know one of them rooms is top to bottom filled with all the paperwork and contract that he has, the rest being filled with the most luxurious and expensive items in Teyvat, like one room can cover the costs for one or two jade chambers. He also gets himself an outdoor library up on a small floating island surounded by those gigant sakura trees and the elevator that gets him up there, cause of course he's not gonna climb, after all he is no peasant. If he craves your affection he will demand to sit either on your chest or on the shoulder with your hand covering his lower half like a blanket while he reads his books or paperwork. Unlike Dottore, Pantalone does often take breaks from his work and regular self-care routines. His realm is the inazuma style one simply because it is harder to obtain than the others.

Il Capitano

Behaviour wise Capitano is similar to Childe acknowledging you as a god but still not treating you as a superior, more like an equal. He will try to court you by showing you the benefits both for you and him. Benifits for you will include a loyal loving partner who will always be honest and fair to you. Benifits for him include an imortal lover who cannot be killed by enemies or taken away by another due to you not being able to leave the tea pot. The only people allowed to enter it are the other harbingers except for Childe. While Pantalone or Piero might throw you a compliment or two out of politeness Childe went all out trying to woo you just to get on his superior's nerves. Childe got the fight that he wanted, less of a fight more like a beating, yes Childe got the beating of a lifetime. While Capitano respects most of the harbingers he cannot stand Childe his loud mouth and flirty atitude especially around his lover.

Arlechino

She would 100% try to somehow connect you to her machinery so she would have control over you. She feels that since it's her tea pot everything in it also belongs to her and it should bend at her will, you included. She will bring the unfinished peojects in, mountains upon mountains of scraps. She doesnt even bother to decorate or change the realm, one island that looks relatively clean but every other island is covered in matal. Your relationship wouldnt be very lovey dovey since she rarely shows affection to anything other than her creations. A kiss here and there but only when you do something for her like if you give her food or clean the house but her lab since she forbid everyone to enter it. You get a lot more kisses if you stop other harbingers from entering, lets say one of them got very curious about he project she spoke of so eagerly and sneaked to the door trying to enter only to be picked up by a giant hand and dragged out through a window to face a very displeased Arlechino. She motioned you to lean down so she can give you lots of kisses for protecting her belongings.

Pierro

Lets be honest Pierro loves the fact that you are so much bigger than him. Not because he feels soft but because he gets so excited at the ideea that he is so powerful that he can make gods submit to him. He is another harbinger that spoils you, mostly by making his realm fit you, like the beach realm, where you can lay down your top on the island and you bottom submerged in water. He belives its a much better alternative than the mountains that would poke you if you would ever try to sit or lay down or continuously float in the sumeru or floating island realms. He also makes Pantalone buy a lot of different materials to craft you a giant pillow. I belive he will be the one to care the most about you comfort, Capitano following close on the ideea of making you happy no matter what. He will force all of the fatui under his command to bring him every blueprint from every remarkable chest that they find. His serenita teapot would look extremily clean and spotless: he builds bridges in between the islands and surrounding the main house with tall beautiful flowers from Sumeru, since it never rains or snows in his tea pot he will make so that the rooftop can be opened up for you to look inside and spend time with him even when he's working.

[aemiron-main]

Some ST3 Opinions & Thoughts On ST3’s Use of Foreshadowing

Something that I really liked about S3 was the absence of Brenner & how the lab overall is less present, but those lab-created horrors are even more grotesque and in-your-face and present, alongside the lab foreshadowing/parallels (such as what I talked about here regarding the S3 hospital vs 1979 lab parallels).

Like, I don’t mean this in a “Brenner is BAD and i HATE HIM so im GLAD he wasnt in S3 way,” i mean it in a “even when Brenner is nowhere to be found, even when the lab is ‘shut down’ and dormant, the impacts of what the lab has done continue to ramp up,” way.

IMO, the absence of the lab and of Brenner (and therefore the absence of a single person/entity to easily pin the blame onto) does a great job at demonstrating the way that unethical science becomes a monster of its own & how even shutting down the lab & keeping Brenner at bay wasn’t enough to stop everything that’s happening.

I think it’s a great way to emphasize the way that the consequences of the lab’s experiments continue to echo and continue to impact people.

And jumping back to what I talked about in the beginning regarding the ST3 vs ST4 parallels and foreshadowing, I actually think that it’s partially that use of foreshadowing that makes it feel different/“”””out of place”””” compared to other seasons (although i do think that ST3 often being a contrast to prior seasons is exactly why it fits in place because S1 and S2’s vibes wouldnt be as noticeable/memorable if Every Season Was Like That & ST3 gives something to contrast ST1 and ST2 with), and the reason why I think that use of foreshadowing makes it feel different is because while EVERY season of ST has tons of foreshadowing, ST2 also has tons of direct connections to ST1 (even connections as subtle as spending a lot of shots in the Byers house, specifically in that hallway which was key to Will’s vanishing in S1), whereas while ST3 ABSOLUTELY has connections to previous seasons, we’re now moving into new locations etc etc, so those connections arent as constant as they were in S2. And so, as a result, the season becomes more future and foreshadowing-focused, but we dont recognize that when we watch S3 initially/for the first tike because we havent seen S4 yet.

Like, it’s very easy now to go back and see the absolutely insane number of highly specific parallels to S4 that exist in S3, but without the context of S4, a lot of those S3 scenes almost feel “useless”/emptier than they should.

And ST3 has so much time imagery and specifically “future” references that really just hammer home ST3’s use of foreshadowing/its focus on foreshadowing.

So, my main point here is that I think that while its totally fair to have a favourite season/prefer diff vibes/this isnt a criticism of that, I also think that approaching every single season of ST as if they’re entirely self-contained is where criticism of ST (and specifically S3) tends to be less effective- because S3 really is much, much better with the context of S4, like with the context of S4, S3 is absolutely rich with intricate foreshadowing (you can even foreshadow very specific things and names things from the S4 newspapers back in S3, such as what I talked about in this post), but that context and those intricacies are lost when you isolate every season and try to look at each season as a standalone story.

The Creel foreshadowing alone in S3 is absolutely constant- Heather Holloway is literally IN the Creel tub when she’s in the void!! But you’d have no way of knowing that on your first S3 watch through/without the context of S4.

I actually think it’s really neat that ST3, on the surface, is a very flashy and “obvious” and seemingly “surface level,” season, but then, when you dig deeper with the context of S4, it’s actually a season with an absolute ton of depth and foreshadowing and intricate connections.

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FAIR WARNING: I DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IM DOING IN TERMS OF MY UNFINISHED FICS/IDEAS/AUS AND ALSO ALL THE DRAMA............JUST LET ME HOVER FOR A LITTLE BIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

my turn !!

(nqviiez -> brick-a-doodle-do)

[ my ao3 // taglist request ]

/// i am brick. a very sentient brick. perhaps an ickadodo even. she/her pronouns with no label on my sexuality (prolly greyromantic) !! i also write. a lot. but despite this it is very hard for me to be able to finish a full fic. i have a creative mind and a piss-poor attention span and the two do not mix ,,,,,

g/t and vore (sometimes; sfw) are my bitches. sprinkle it with angst? my cup of tea! if you don't like any of that, you're still welcome here but just be mindful of my interests!

pretty fluid with the people that interact with me, but if you are a nsfw-specific account dni as i am a minor :) also basic criteria such as people supporting racism, homophobia, etc., please dni!

also fyi please tag me in things you want me to see! my tumblr notifications are off and usually i only go blog-surfing every once in a while and rely on my dash so i don't get notified for a lot of stuff until quite a bit later! :)

NOW, into the funner stuff! (lots under cut)

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big aus !!

something's brewing ;; tagged #something's brewing au, #curiosity killed the cat

what is it?: an au where an over-curious tommy stumbles into the house of a giant wilbur, who immediately captures him into a jar. who's in it?: crimeboys centric. that will change. have i written for this?: yes! i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vore) + voreshot

wilbur chocolate ;; tagged #wilbur chocolate au

what is it?: an au where tommy, a human, is living in new york for the month on vacation and buys a bag of wilbur chocolates. to his surprise, when he opens it, he finds a tiny wilbur! who's in it?: the au focuses on crimeboys but will eventually introduce emduo! have i written for this?: yes! part 1, part 2, and part 3 any worldbuilding?: masterpost!

tiny workers ;; tagged #tiny workers au

what is it?: an au set in a size-difference themed theme park, where it explores the interactions between the borrower staff members and the surrounding humans who's in it?: the au focuses around sbi and dtqk most often, but the entirety of the dream smp + other ccs and people are featured! have i written for this?: yes! chapter one, x, x any worldbuilding?: yes! so much! the masterpost is here

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random ideas !!

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other fics !! (unmentioned ones)

oneshots !

dream smp

company and repairs i ;; t!tallerduo, g!bedrockbros company and repairs ii ;; t!tallerduo, g!bedrockbros

ghosts are better than humans ;; t!tommy, g!ghostbur ;; a gift

2022 summer exchange ;; t!george, t!karlnapity, g!dream ;; a gift

spy au: unofficial prologue ;; t!george, g!dream ;; ⚠️ vore

i'll run away and hide with you ;; t!tommy, g!phil

never fucking again ;; t!tommy, g!sapnap

oh george~ ;; t!george, g!dream ;; ⚠️ vore

meeting boo ;; t!tubbo, g!ranboo

don't fall ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; not my au/fanfiction of fanfiction

the act of making noise (i) ;; t!tommy, t!techno, g!ranboo, g!wilbur

heavy is the head that gets no sleep ;; t!tommy, g!dream ;; ⚠️ vore

2022 secret santa ;; t!sam, g/mg!dream ;; a gift

hush ;; sizeshifter!tommy, g!wilbur, implied g!phil

still the wild winds blow ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; ⚠️ vore

we will abide ;; t!karlity, g!sapnap ;; ⚠️ vore

feeble disguise ;; t!clingyduo, g!ranboo ;; ⚠️ vore

would you be so kind? ;; t!tommy, g!ghostbur

joy ride ;; t!wilbur, g!quackity, g!schlatt

off switch ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; not my au!

april prompt ;; t!tommy, no defined g!

shroud, you...savior? ;; t!wilbur, g!tommy ;; rewritten/updated fic

close the windows, lock the doors ;; t!ghostboo, g!tubbo

you live life above me ;; t!sapnap, g!dream ;; short prompt series!

blinded by imperfect form ;; t!tommy, g!techno ;; short prompts series!

i'll be unclean, i'll be obscene ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; short prompt series!

don't talk so much ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; short prompt series! ;; tiny workers au

days of which you can't make me hate ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; tiny workers au

but the smoke clears when you're around ;; t!techno, g!dream

the feeling comes so quickly ;; t!ranboo, g!techno, (brief) g!wilbur

my fingers pressed until they're sore ;; t!dream, g!sapnap ;; short prompt series!

and though it's no improvement ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; ⚠️ vore

agony drips from me ;; t!micheal, t!tubbo, g!ranboo ;; ⚠️ vore

digestion ;; t!george, g!dream ;; short prompt series

every day's a test ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; short prompt series/april prompts

you're stuck in the web ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; ⚠️ vore

watcher

mere monstrosity ;; t!shane, g!ryan

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submitted through other blogs !

shroud, you...savior? ;; t!wilbur, g!tommy

the little things: written ;; t!tommy, g!wilbur ;; not my au

unnamed ;; t!karl, g!sapnap ;; ⚠️ vore

unnamed ;; t!tubbo, g!ranboo ;; ⚠️ vore

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other stuff !!

my art !

tightrope ;; t!wilbur, no defined g!

hamster wheel ;; t!wilbur, implied g!tommy

au hint ;; implied t!george, implied g!dream ;; barely art

paperclips from 1970 doodle ;; t!george, implied g!dream

more pf1970 doodles ;; t!george, implied g!dream

tw!tommy doodle ;; t!tommy

tinies & fruit ;; t!tommy, t!quackity, t!wilbur, implied g!tommy

fic scene ;; t!tommy, implied g!wilbur ;; fic link

broodles ;; implied t!ranboo, unmentioned t!tommy and g!wilbur, personal lore implied g!quackity and t!wilbur

irza attempt ;; not my au!

hittin' a jig ;; t!tommy, implied g!wilbur

sleeping (they hate each other) ;; t!tommy, g!techno

unwilling prey + nomf ;; t!techno, g!dream ;; ⚠️ implied/eventual vore

grabbing ;; t!dream, implied g!wilbur

homemade sweaters ;; t!quackity, t!niki, t!sapnap, t!george, t!ponk, t!tommy, t!sam, t!wilbur, g!dream

logsted painting

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fanart ! (if i am missing any PLEASE tell me pspspsps)

company and repairs scene ;; t!tallerduo, g!bedrockbros ;; (@.oh-i-need-a-name)

curiositybur ;; t!wilbur, implied g!tommy ;; (@.local-squishmallow)

fic-turned-comic ;; t!karl, g!sapnap ;; ⚠️ vore ;; (@.local-squishmallow)

close the windows fanart ;; t!ghostboo, g!tubbo ;; (@.justarandomsloth)

more ctwltd fanart ;; t!ghostboo, g!tubbo ;; (@.justarandomsloth)

tiny workers fanart ;; t!tommy, no defined g! (@.justarandomsloth)

c!brick fanart ;; (@.da3dm) ;; + additional accessory

more c!brick fanart ;; (@.beckyu)

pixie dust and mischief fanart ;; t!tommy (@.smiles-for-anon)

my secret santa 2023! ;; g!wilbur, t!tommy (x-monochrome-x)

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have a brick for making it to the bottom 🧱

[pompadourpink]

hello mom! i was wondering if you had any advice about overcoming serious (permanent) illness while young. i know my goals really havent changed, but the way i feel about myself and the way i look at the world definitely has, and i dont really have a support system to navigate this. its just me trying to figure out how to make a life out of this on my own.

Hello darling,

I am going to guess that it is not sometimes that will greatly impact your life expectancy. I will say that I feel for you, having health issues is an exhausting experience, especially when productivity is expected from you on a daily basis to survive.

I would first recommend that you allow yourself to feel your feelings. It is not fair that we get thrown in this system without having a way out, that not being able to work will get you starving, not knowing how to stand up for yourself will lead to medical negligence, that we even have to pay for necessities. It is frustrating, especially when just a few decades ago, a family of five used to live comfortably on one salary made by a high school dropout. Accept that it is not your fault and that it makes sense that you are struggling, because things are objectively much harder these days.

Being somehow dysfunctional can lead to disappointment when you realise that you have to give up on certain dreams, and, again, feeling dejected by it is normal. Needing more TLC than others is typically seen as a weakness when it should not be, and above everything else, I really hope you understand, especially in your position, being the only one in your own team at the moment, the power of taking care of yourself in the way you need. Treat yourself like you would treat younger you if you had their custody, not like an enemy, or a source of shame, or a victim. You wouldn't despise seven year old you if life was too hard to go outside today.

Now, what to do:

I talked about it here: make your life as simple as you can. No need to talk yourself out of self-hatred for letting your flat turn into a dumpster if you physically cannot do that because you don't own enough things for it to happen. No need to remove the knots in your matted hair if it is too short to mat or if it is long enough that you can braid it tight and forget about it for a few days whenever that is what you need.

Make conscious choices when you give away time, energy, or money. Don't mess with whatever will lead to irritation or endanger your self-esteem and happiness. Be good at saying no.

Make joy a priority, whether it means listening to the Gipsy kings when you clean, getting pink sheets, baking and smiling to yourself because the house smells good, watching Mamma Mia weekly, trying watercolour, etc. If it makes you feel lighter, do it as often as you can and with your head high.

Make a short list of long-time goals, divide them into small bites and get cracking; if you are a visual, print a few pictures and make a dream board you can look at every day, remembering that all of that is on the other side of effort.

Find your people. There are billions of us and you need a handful. Go where you feel good, in real live or online, and be the friendly new neighbour. While you need to be comfortable with solitude, being loved will do amazing things for you, short and long term; it can be added to your list of goals and divided: make small talk at the supermarket, go to a workshop, give a compliment to a stranger. Trust requires vulnerability, and you might have to make the first move. The worst they can say is no. They might not.

Illustration:

Reddit comments, January 2020, about resolutions:

Reddit DM, a few hours later:

Signal DM, August 2024:

And she's been the light of my life ever since.

Love,

Mum

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[violet-moonstone]

Help me choose an opening

I'm trying to decide how I want to begin a httyd fic

i posted one version of the opening here

and the other version (rough draft) will be below the cut. the version on this post will lead into a scene pretty similar to how the other one starts. I couldn't tell if I wanted it to begin with an action scene like the movies or a more domestic scene

I feel like the one i posted before is more fun and dynamic and sets up the kids as characters well, but this one establishes hiccup and astrids relationship more - and again i am planning to connect the nuffink and zephyr scene to hiccup and astrid's...i just dont know if it's as engaging that way.

This is Berk, a cold, rocky island surrounded by sea stacks and crashing waves, full of cliffs and towering evergreens through which the wind howls eerily at night and sings in the early hours of the dawn. Our island is dotted with wooden houses and mead halls, earthen huts and stone arenas, farms with turnips and cabbage, yak and sheep. Among these structures live our people: proud, strong Vikings in wool and leather, armed with iron and steel and of course…dragons.

On an average day in Berk, you can see Terrible Terrors delivering mail, Gronckles and Hotburples in forges, Changewings playing hide and seek with local children, Timberjacks ferrying people and goods to and from nearby islands. Our isle is home to all sorts.

Here, You will find an image of Vikings and dragons living in harmony, living and growing in a connection that has lasted for 20 years and will last many more. We defend each other, loyal to the end, integral part of each others’ lives. But the peace between the Vikings of Berk and dragons is not universal. Every so often, we face a new foe, whether it be dragon hunters, poachers, or even those who want to train dragons for nefarious means. They claw at the edges of Berk’s influence of our allies and the settlements we’ve built to house the many who flock to Berk, who see it as a beacon of light in the darkness.

These conflicts leave many in need of a place to go, and so our borders extend past Berk, to the islands around us, to new ones we’ve had to find. It has not been easy to keep everyone safe, to ensure fair treatment of humans and dragons alike in a community extending so far, but we must, for the alternative to extending our light is allowing the darkness to devour us all.

And what bearer of light is more formidable than a dragon?

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III rubbed his eyes, surprised by the pale light shining through the slats of his study’s window. He hadn’t even noticed when his candle had burnt out.

When did the sun rise?

“Really, This is Berk? Again?”

The chieftain jumped at the sound of a voice over his shoulder, then relaxed when he heard his wife’s laugh. He’d been so wrapped up in writing that he hadn’t heard her come into his study. He sat at his table, hunched over a large tome, his shoulders covered by a blanket and his hands dusted with charcoal.

It took a moment for him to realize that she had been teasing him. At last, he gave a lopsided grin. “What, too much?”

Astrid shrugged. “Eh, it’s a bit self-indulgent.”

“Self-indulgent?”

His wife held up her hands in surrender. “I’m just saying!”

“Where-where exactly are these critiques coming from, anyhow?” Hiccup asked. His lips twisted as he tried to maintain an impression of offense. “You’ve never had a discerning eye for my writing style before.”

Astrid sighed and shook her head. “Hiccup—”

“And you wound me like this now?” He threw his head back dramatically only to be met with kisses to his forehead.

His wife’s upside-down face met him with a begrudgingly affectionate expression. “Muttonhead,” she muttered.

“Anyway,” Hiccup continued, returning to his latest entry, “I’m sure the readers will love it.”

Astrid scoffed. “What readers? The only people who read those things are you and Fishlegs—and only as references for writing more journals.”

“Well, no one’s in a rush to read them just yet,” Hiccup admitted, “but there’s value in recording the events of our lives in writing. It’ll make it easier for future generations to look back on what we’ve done and aspire to continue Berk’s accomplishments.”

“Okay, okay,” Astrid said. “I can’t argue with that starry-eyed look so early in the morning.” She kissed him again, this time on the cheek. “Alright, let’s get going. We have a lot to do today.”

Hiccup pushed himself to his feet and felt nearly every joint in his body pop and crack in protest.

“Agghhh,” He groaned, making the distinctive noise of a father rising from a sitting position. His legs cramped. Hiccup wobbled and then lurched, nearly knocking over one of Toothless’ many prosthetic tail prototypes that rested on a nearby table. He reached out for Astrid’s support and was met with the sturdy aid of thick, strong arms.

With age, Astrid had gained more muscle and fat, while Hiccup grew thinner, even gaunt. Though his beard somewhat hid the hollowness of his cheeks. The one thing both the Haddocks had in common was an abundance of freckles and scars. Hiccup felt that Astrid grew more and more beautiful with each day. He loved her smile lines and the newly-arrived wisps of gray hair interspersed with the blonde. He smiled, heart warmed as he reflected on his wife’s beauty. And so naturally, he was nonplussed to hear her next words.

“Gods, you look awful.”

“Ah, just what every man wants to hear from his wife.”

“I mean you look tired. How late did you stay up? And how early did you get up to write?”

“Uhh...” Hiccup scratched the back of his head. He mumbled something about meaning to go to bed eventually and how he only meant to write half a page more, but how half a page always turned into a full page and then another, and how the words kept coming, and how by the time he’d looked up, the sun had risen. All in all, he’d probably gotten an hour or two of rest when he’d dozed off partway through the night.

Astrid’s eyes widened. Their startling blue colour almost looked like lightning. “Hiccup...”

Hiccup winced. “I know, I know!”

“How are you supposed to get anything done running on no sleep?”

“I mean...It’s not no sleep...”

Astrid crossed her arms. “Hiccup, I’m serious! You have to stop doing this. Especially with The Thing coming up.”

Hiccup sighed. “Oh, right. The Thing. Can’t wait.” In a way, he really couldn’t wait. He wanted to see all his friends and allies from different islands, of course—but the honour of hosting the gathering of chieftains also came along with a great deal of pressure and tedium—even more so than he’d grown to expect as chief of Berk.

“Come on, muttonhead,” Astrid said. She patted his face gently. “Let’s get going.”

Hiccup nodded glumly and went through the motions of preparing for the day. He combed his hair, changed his clothes, and put on a woolen cloak, as the autumn wind had been picking up recently. Astrid was already dressed in a tunic, short apron dress, leggings, and cloak. She wore her axe by her side along with a knife at her belt. The brooches and beads of her apron dress weren’t quite as ornate as a woman of her position was expected to wear, and her attire was shorter and more modestly embroidered than was considered fitting a chieftainess of an increasingly powerful tribe. Though what she lacked in theatrics, she more than made up for in presence. No one they met ever questioned that she as Astrid, Warrior of Berk.

Hiccup on the other hand, never felt quite as grand as his reputation. Not only did he prefer to dress simply whenever possible, but he knew he didn’t physically looklike the great dragon trainer people often imagined him to be. As a child, he’d alway supposed that one day he’d grow, tall, burly, and broad-shouldered like his father Stoick had been. The gods may have given Hiccup height, but after five and thirty years, it seemed like the rest was not to be.

In the kitchen, Hiccup make some mint tea and porridge while Astrid went upstairs to wake the children. From below, Hiccup heard Astrid’s quickened steps followed by cursing. When she returned down the stairs, she wore an expression of confusion with anger just beneath the surface.

Oh no, Hiccup thought, already anticipating trouble. Please, not today. Oh, Odin at least let it be on a day when I’ve gotten some sleep.

“The Twins didn’t start training early this morning, did they?”

Hiccup sighed. “Not that I know of.”

“And Eret and Gobber didn’t call Nuffink to the forge before the usual time?”

“No? Are they...?” Hiccup winced, afraid to ask.

“Not in their rooms? Nope.” Astrid checked the fastenings of her clothes. She looked ready to head out.

“Well, hey honey, you don’t know if it’s cause for worry yet. They might just have gotten up early for some fresh air.”

Astrid gave him a look. “You know what our kids are like. Unsupervised fresh air means chaos.”

Hiccup cast a mournful look at the nearly-cooked porridge as his stomach let out a vicious growl.

“It’s fine,” Astrid said. “You finish breakfast, I’ll just go make sure nothing’s broken or on fire or exploded, or—”

Hiccup and Astrid froze as a wild shriek pierced the air, followed by the sound crashing and a dragon’s roar.

“Or all of the above,” Astrid finished, before heading for the door.

Hiccup took a hasty sip of porridge that burned his tongue before shoving a chunk of leftover bread into his satchel and throwing the bag over his shoulder. That would have to do for breakfast for now.

[queerspacepunk]

set your sights a little higher - #02

ofmd | ed/stede | heist!au

> #01 (inconvenient timing)

i did another one!

#02 (a cask of utter bullshit)

Ed stares at the reinforced glass door set into the kitchen floor, and the staircase spiralling down beneath it and thinks – not for the first time – that one of the worst parts of this job is how often he has to bear witness to the evidence of people having way too much money.

Fucking thing's not even locked.

To be fair, the mansion itself had had pretty decent security. Beefy enough that they'd ended up going in while it was occupied (not Ed's favourite and the reason Izzy's on perimeter for this one) just for the slight relaxation of the measures that brings.

He's even had to tie a black bandana over his face just as a reminder not to mutter away to himself and risk setting off the billionaire-owned smart home software.

The stairs down to the wine cellar are alarmed, or they would be if the owner had remembered to reset it after heading down for a bottle earlier that day, but Ed still skips the step that would trip it off.

Below, he finds more wine than any one household can be expected to drink, and a lot it looks like isn't even intended for drinking, given the way it's displayed.

Gaudy, ostentatious, and wanky. Helpful though, because it means Ed doesn't have to do much looking to find the bottle he's after, set up as it is as the centrepiece of the back wall.

This is, perhaps, the only actually tricky part of the whole thing. The case is locked, which is no real issue. The keypad takes four digits where the others in the house take six, and it doesn't take the fucking kraken to figure out what those'll be. But it's also alarmed, and given the owners dont seem to plan on drinking it, there wasn't a way to get them to leave it unlocked.

Finally, a fucking challenge.

Ed pulls out the thoroughly coded index card he's got dangling from a lanyard around his neck. Makes him look like a fucking nerd, but it's better than dropping the damn thing and leaving evidence behind.

If he unlocks the case without opening it, and disconnects the cable at the right moment while holding down the keys to reset the code, opens the door and reconnects it within 2.7 seconds then theoretically the main security system it's linked to won't register the disconnection.

He puts in the code and waits for the indicator light to flash green, but it just gives him an angry beep. Ed tries again, slowly, making sure he's putting the right number in.

Two angry beeps.

He checks the keypad over. It doesn't get enough use for wear, but when he shines the bluelight torch over it there's a faint pattern of oil on the keys matching the wear pattern of all the other keypads in the house.

"Try '1234'."

Ed nearly bangs his head on the case as he jolts at the voice, spinning on his heel to find the Gentleman-fucking-Robber perched on what must be an entirely decorative barrel in the corner, sipping delicately from a wine glass.

"Even these fuckers aren't stupid enough to pick 1234 as the lock code for an $80,000 bottle of wine."

"Oh, they didn't," Stede says brightly, "but you have to actually reset the code after you've tricked the alarm or it'll go off when you shut the case and I couldn't be bothered to think of anything clever."

Given Ed hadn't been planning on closing the door after himself, that part of things hadn't been much of a concern.

Ed rolls his eyes, "so you got in here, tricked the alarm, got the case open and closed it again without taking anything, just for the drama."

"Heavens no," Stede says, and holds out a bottle, "swapped it for a fake first."

Ed turns back to the display case. It's a fairly good fake. Not good enough that it'll pass muster when it's taken out and inspected - it's hard to replicate aging like that, but it's good enough.

Stede drains his glass and then hooks it into what is apparently a fucking custom-made wineglass holster and hops off the barrel.

"Shall we?"

Ed just stares at him.

"Honestly, you can have it," Stede assures him, "it's not a trap. I wasn't lying in wait down here to brick you in or anything. I just happened to get here first and thought I'd save you the trouble."

Growling under his breath, Ed turns back the the case and punches 1234 into the keypad. At least he knows the alarm trick will work.

The indicator light finally goes green and Ed gets the alarm connection arranged in one hand so he disconnect it while the other is plugging in the reset sequence.

The keypad gives a trill and Ed pulls the cable, flicks the door open and uses two hands to click the cables back together, and waits.

He has no idea how long ago Stede got here, and two code resets that close together might trip the main system anyway, but he hears nothing, and there's no warning message in his earpiece from Fang, so Ed lets out a breath and grabs the fake out of the case.

"Here," he says shoving the fake at Stede so he has both hands free to pull his glove off before grabbing the real bottle with his greasepaint coated palm.

"They might notice that," Stede says with a wince.

"Yeah," Ed says, pulling out his corkscrew, "they're supposed to."

"Ed-"

"That's Kraken to you, Bonnet."

Stede sighs. "What exactly are you doing?'

"What I got hired to do." Ed snaps as the cork pops out, "Client doesn't want the wine. Hates the stuff. Just doesn't want this guy to have it."

He upends the bottle and starts pouring it onto the flagstones.

"If you want a taste, now's your chance," he mutters, and Stede seems to be arguing with himself for all of a second before he's drawing his glass and holding it under the stream.

The wine trickles to a stop and Ed leans over the puddle carefully to place the smeared, empty bottle back in the open case.

"My," Stede says beside him, "that really is quite good. Want a taste?"

"Fuck off."

–-

The wine does actually taste really fucking good.

Ed's furious.

[most-mistreated-characters]

We can confirm Papyrus for most mistreated just by the sheer fact that you, poll runner, put him up against Hunter in the first round (pensive emoji) To be fair to him (and us, the Papyrus enjoyers) he put up a hell of a fight. The difference in Hunter and Papyrus' fandom experience is night and day. Hunter is beloved. Hunter is celebrated. People HC he is neurodivergent and it is used to elevate him.

Papyrus, intentionally or not, is written like he's neurodivergent and the fandom took one look at him and for the last nearly 8 years has decided he need to be murdered to further his brother's angst-overfilled storylines, or that he's too stupid to live and is taken advantage of, or that people aren't allowed to swear around him or telling him his poorly cooked spaghetti is bad because otherwise Sans Will Kill You. Like as someone who reads Papyrus/reader inserts, it drives me fucking nuts, it's ALL reverse harems focused on Sans. The ones that don't are shit like. Fucking. Sans threatens to kill you if you even date Papyrus. Sans threatens you with his eyes from across the room if you dare even THINK to suggest Papyrus' spaghetti could be improved.

A trope I have seen on more than one occasion is these shitty reverse harem fics tagging it for Papyrus/reader romance and then they have Papyrus say he's ace and he just fucking ceases to exist. Horrortale Papyrus is meant to be the same as UT Papyrus but he gets a different ending that goes wrong. On at least one occasion in these terrible fics where Papyrus says "I'm Ace" and then ne does the peace sign and fades away, horror Papyrus is also there and even though the FIC ACKNOWLEDGED THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME, THEY SAID HORROR PAPYRUS WASN'T ACE "ANYMORE" which just proves people put often make classic Papyrus ace to kick him out of the big kids romance room, which as an ace person pisses me off.

One of my favorite fics ever involves the world being reset after the reader develops a relationship with him and suddenly it's a murder run and reader remembers Papyrus exists so they go into the mountain and are helping SANS FIGHT FRISK???? And there's like one fucking chapter left and we don't even get to see the reader rebuild their relationship with Papyrus after the reset, it's just "That was fun NOW TIME FOR SANS GLOWY MURDER EYE WEEEEE"

And that's one of my favorites. One of the most popular fics in the fandom is literally Papyrus being tortured by Flowey to make him "less innocent" so he can get into the royal guard.

I did a count of all the major endings in UT and out of roughly 18 major endings 9 of them involve Papyrus being dead or very sad (two sad, 7 dead)

Papyrus deserves to return.

no need to blame me. i do not hate papyrus so much that i put him against a character in the first round i knew he would lose to. dont know what you're getting at here but see what i did was put some unpopular fandom characters against popular fandom characters and some popular fandom characters against other popular fandom characters. so undertale, popular, against the owl house, also popular. im not an undertale fan so i knew nothing about papyrus, i also new nothing about hunter. i knew "popular fandoms" and put em against each other. sorry bud. root for papyrus in the redemptions.

[fictivesprite]

wish i worked more than one day a week at our new job. 🌻 doesnt think we can handle it and maybe he's right but getting out of the house regularly for once has been so good for my mental health and i need more. i hate being stuck doing nothing all day and i hate feeling like a financial burden to my boyfriend. i want independance so bad. i want to be equals.

and its just like, i hate it when people say we're just freeloading or are lazy and taking advantage of him. thats so fucking mean. we love him. we want to help and support him. we are doing literally everything we can to try and help even to our detriment. every year we use our birthday and christmas money to get him presents and food he wants and send him money for rent and utilities instead of getting ourselves things, and thats our only income (outside this new job, which is giving us one short shift a week that cant even pay for the ubers there and back). and we do it because we want to and love him so if he sees this, babe please dont take that in a bad way, and i only want to do more. i want to learn to drive so i can take him places and pick up his friends so he can see them more often. but to get a car i need to be able to make steady payments and make car insurance. 🌻 is trying to get us in disability, which might let me do that at least, but i dont even want to be on disability i just want to be fucking normal and have a full time job and be able to function like a normal person in society. i want to pay rent and utilities i want to pay for the storage unit he wants and get us a better place to live. i want to get my ged and go to college or trades school so maybe i can even land something that pays well and get us both the surgeries we want and need. i want to make enough to be able to treat him to a date night every now and then. god. fuck. and then people just assume im being a burden for fun? assuming i dont have any dreams or aspirations just because im disabled? assuming im just pretending to be as disabled as i am to get out of doing real work, because im just livin the high life over here in a dirty apartment i cant manage to clean often enough, stuck in bed until even laying down hurts, eating barely one meal a day if we eat at all because it takes too much energy to cook and we cant afford takeout, no hobbies because it takes too much brainpower i dont have to spend. the american fucking dream. why would anyone want to work when you could have this life right?

fuck. i work one day a week and the day after i sleep all day because im so tired and in so much pain and i just need to recover. sometimes it takes multiple days. and then i still have like, household responsibilities to take care of through the week. and if we want us or our boyfriend to eat, we have to be the one to cook (no shame to him though, he works harder than us and deserves the break), and doing household tasks plus making dinner takes like all our energy for the day. if we worked more than one day a week, i doubt we could do anything for the house and it would be even worse than it is now. and we couldnt work more than one day in a row, itd have to be like every other day and that still might be too much for us. 🌻 is probably right. but i still want it. i want to be useful. i want to have a fulfilling life worth living that ive worked for myself. its not fair. its not fair.

[unstablereader]

Right, so I was just going to leave this but i feel that it needs to be addressed. And i mean no attack on @tiredofthehumanlife because they have so very very valid points.

NO ONE should be out there saying who and what people are allowed to ship or what that character MUST look like. Because thats none of your business and has zero impact on you so if you dont like it, dont read or interact with it.

On the other hand, this leans more the opposite way. If a characters race or skin tone isnt specified, then there is no reason someone cant veiw them all as white without it being white washing. Just as you could imagine them all as people of colour. I personally dont veiw James as Hindi (??) And i love Aaron Taylor Johnson as James but I also have my own image of James that IS tanner than ATJ. Euphemia is a name of Greek origin and i absolutely LOVE the idea of James being Greek. Just as Sirius is often seen as French desendant and Remus is Welsh (who often have a pale darker tonned skin).

The fact of the matter is that Hogwart is European, and just calling them 'white' doesnt fit, because each country has different skin tonnes. In summer, Italians olive skin becomes very dark, very much the same as the Greeks. Those in the Middle East are also varying shades of tanned. It is almost the same as saying Asians are white. In Africa a lot of African born people are white but that doesnt make them any less African. And there are more than a few polynesian communities that have darker skin than those of African heritage.

Summarised, people are free to veiw/imagine characters as they like but just as it isnt fair for them to push that "theyre all white" it isnt fair for anyone to say "they ARE poc." People imagine things based on what surrounds them.

Also, the only wrong ships are starcest and pedophilia. (My opinion but if you enjoy these i reccomend therapy).

Its the same with the gender identity of characters. If someone wants to write Regulus as trans thats their porogitive, however MY Reggie is a boy because thats how ive always imagined him. That doesnt make either identity wrong. A lot of people love genderfluid Sirius, but MY Sirius is a male who challenges gender norms. Again, neither is wrong.

Now, seperating us all into people who play with 'monster high dolls' and ' barbie dolls' isnt fair. Why cant we play with both?? Why arent we allowed to intermingle?? Why cant we build a city with the doll houses?? The only real difference is that ones cardboard while the others plastic. Theyre both loved by their users the same. It doesnt potray a welcoming community. And in my experience most people are?? I havent come across many people who are forceful in what they think the fandom should be and when i do there are 5 other people explaining why thats not cool to say.

If you are finding that there are alot of these in peoples comments, say something to them. And if its there posts?? Just ignore them and move on because the less its interacted with, the less its out there.

Of course no one has to agree with me and im sure i'll upset a few people on either side but at the end of the day, the community that I found on here are lovely and we have fun dicussing our differences in opinions.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk ✌️

Not to be a bitch or anything but I feel like the marauders fandom is losing their flavor and sense of whimsy

Like maybe it's bc it was a new sparkling thing for me to enjoy but I feel like before I had stumbled into a room with everyone sitting in a circle with their monster high dolls out and like sharing clothes and they were like "hey have you seen these two guys in the Harry Potter movies? Yeah well they kiss now wanna play with us?" And then I went and sat down with them and it was all gravy and there were so many new characters to relate to and put in different scenarios and it was so fun bc like everyone was just like little bottom dwelling queers with raccoons as their role models like "actually so I think Sirius is genderfluid what do we think?" And the crowd went wild

and now its like all white characters with no flavor and people are like "guys James Potter is a swiftie" and "Taylor Swift wrote all the young dudes" and "Sirius black is manly and I hate the way you twinked him it's so unrealistic" and "Jily is the only acceptable ship bc jegulus nor regulily wouldn't have happened" and it's just like when the annoying kid in your class goes "no I'm tired of you guys they're my friend now" and then sits next to you and pretends to be asking you genuine questions all while glancing over at their friends and its like we spent all this time playing with our monster high dolls and diy-ing their outfits and made our doll houses out of shoeboxes and these guys come in here and start stomping on all our toys and bringing in their two story barbie house

Basically it used to feel like playing with monster high dolls with all my cool monster high doll friends and now I feel like everyone is playing with Barbies and I miss our MOTHER FREAKING CARDBOARD DOLL HOUSE

Anyways going to get back to writing rosekiller smut

[sleeplessinpnw]

Hiring Event

I have decided that I am going to a Moda Center hiring event. I'm so nervous LOL

That area is HELL! Parking, getting there from my house. I already am having annoyed feelings about getting there soooo.... Fuck. However, I'm gonna drive out there early and check it out. It sounds like I would get hired pretty instantly. I really dont wanna do a cashier job though. I would rather be behind the scenes so I am going to go and cross my fingers that behind the scenes is what I will get. I know someone working the fair event thingy so I'm just going to look for them.

If I work here, I will see everyone. So..... IDK!!! Waiting for my mom to call me back from work. Again, it wont hurt to go out and scope it down. And maybe when I meet some of the other people there, it will ease some of my feelings. Also, if it's Moda it would mean that I work nights. And realistically how often.... would..... I run into people.... I know..... yikes lol a dangerous game to play.

I think a job would be healthy and this seems pretty temporary. Because it would be like basketball games and stuff. I want the behind the scenes job that Isa is talking about. I'm worried Im going to get a cashier job lol

I can just see me dreading walking in the rain to work. LOL I hope I find parking areas. Maybe I should get a bus pass. I think I can do this. I wont like getting there ever anyway. Just like any job..... maybe this is where I should stop myself and assess what I'm doing..... It would look good on a resume and I can do it. I need stuff to do and I can face the challenges.

I wish someone with good advice would come into my life.