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[scarstarved]

I just want to say that I am LOVING the new look.

it felt so nice to wake up to this! 🥹 listen. he makes me weak during the ring of fire 👌🏼 give me a whole atlantean gladiatorial series, dc. please. i want to see fighters from every kingdom, their armor designs, new weapons, various underwater fighting styles, powers, participants risking it all, the victorious after parties, the drama, everything. and to see orm sitting in his imperial box, enjoying himself until he decides he wants to steal the show and partake too 💜

[lynvaren]

hi!!! i just read A Starladen Stroll, and i loved it! i dont know if im on the aro spectrum, but as someone who's never dated and who doesnt develop romantic feelings very often, it made me feel very Seen! It's hard watching the people you love pair off when you dont really have all that much interest in doing the same. I have a lot of thoughts but i dont wanna dump my brain in your askbox, so ill leave it at that for now! but thank you for writing it - the art is beautiful and so is the story!!!! :D

Hello! Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me this! I'm so happy that it resonated with you 🥺 The 'staying in place while others pair off' thoughts hit me often, and was one of the reasons I wanted to make the comic in the first place. Here's to more ace/aro visibility!!!

[jkvjimin]

You who shines solely by existing Can I stay by your side?

for @cordiallyfuturedwight 💗 | cr. namuspromised

[nottsangel]

i just saw this post by @bloodibambiidoll about copying/taking inspiration from other writers, and i couldn’t help but recognise a lot of the same issues in the harry potter fandom as well lately— not just with me, but with other writers too.

if you take inspiration from another blog in any way, always make sure to give proper credit. as dolly mentioned in her post, the mentality of “this has probably been done before in fanfiction so it’s not copying because they didn’t invent it!” needs to go. if you’re unsure if something is theirs, message them! if you are inspired by their content/blog/AUs/layout, make sure to tag them, always! if you aren’t sure if they’re okay with you taking inspiration, ask for permission first!

it’s incredibly hurtful when you work hard on a certain concept, AU, idea etc., and someone takes it from your blog just like that, after you’ve put hours into the creation of it. if you don’t properly give credit to someone, people won’t be able to find the original creator.

and no, adding “i got inspiration from someone else, but i don’t remember who” in the author’s note is not giving credit. if you’ve taken inspiration from someone else, the least you can do is put in the effort to find and tag the original creator.

another issue i’ve noticed is writers sharing ideas (whether they’re posting short blurbs, teasing AUs, or just tossing out a simple thought), and other writers taking that and writing their own fics based on those ideas. that is not okay. you do not know if the original poster is planning to write their own fic based on their idea/thought, and you cannot just take it.

no writer should feel scared to bounce ideas off of people on their blog out of fear that someone will take those ideas or thoughts from them and write it before they even get the chance to. if you like a certain idea or thought someone has shared on their blog and aren’t sure if they’re planning to write something on it themselves, ask them!!! it’s really that simple!

it’s so discouraging and disheartening to see some people take other writers’ content and ideas so easily and without any shame. it’s rude, inconsiderate and not okay. where is the creativity? where is the originality? where is the respect? i encourage everyone to be mindful of this. thank you for reading and reblogs are appreciated to spread awareness! ♡

[iliothermia]

I'm really struggling with communication right now, so I'm gonna be a bit distant for a bit. I really appreciate the patience n kindness 💗

[modmad]

I found out about TPATJ back in April when you posted about it going on sale and I am so happy you decided to promote it because I grabbed a copy. And I just got done reading it. Phenomenal work. Put a big, genuine smile on my face and made me happy. I love the dynamism of your artstyle and the rythm of the poetry. I could see this being an animated short and if you ever launch that kickstarter campaign I am backing it for sure. I hope you are well and thriving. Thank you for writing this book!

wahhhhh ty!! this means so much to me, and if you still haven't you can read this fairy story over here for free, or get one of the VERY VERY FEW REMAINING COPIES here on my topatoco store!

[jessmalia]

Mal's Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch: The beach 3.05

[patrothestupid]

You should draw whatever you’d like forever

[kidvoodoo]

Jumping on the girlkä train with some Käsh ✨

[3idiotsandarainbow]

How's it like managing to stay more sane than those guys, Color?

They get along great chat (trust) ‼️

Though sometimes he probably wishes he wasn't.

- Mizu

[scarstarved]

Send this to your mutuals to pass on some holiday cheer and let them know that they made your year brighter! ✨🎄⛄

You don't know how much I needed this! Truly made my week 🥰 I'm happy I could help brighten up your dash a little bit 😉 Seeing this makes me wanna get back into gear and start producing gifs again on a regular basis, haha. The little kick I needed 💜

[vigilskeep]

Hi! Just sending a quick ask to say, my own IRL name starts with Sol, and I'm considering going by just Sol as a gender neutral name to keep that aspect because I think it's really cool, and I also named my rook something starting with Sol, so I'm really happy to see it's a name other people like and use. That made me go 'same hat!!' at your little guy (gender neutral) and now I'm going to get to know them by going through your tag 😌 Thanks for making me smile today!

oh this is so cute thank you for telling me!! <3 i rlly like it as a name. sorry i talked about my sol decapitating some guy the other day though

[theboytatu]

sometimes i think about chanyeol. idk he just pops up. rockstar chanyeol is such a thing to me like. he is not a kpop idol he is more. he is an artist, he is a performer so good i would have loved him even without exo. his cover of wind of change by scorpions at music bank in berlin did more for the acceptance of korean music among the old gen eastern europeans (and germans) than beets cpuld ever imagine doing. like he ended generational wars with it. my mother recognises only him and wayvs pets. and i'm kinda drunk rn and i don't make sense but. i had a friend who went because of his gf and he doesn't even like kpop but he cried at that performance and he wasn't the only one. this was our scorpions in moscow after the fall of the iron curtain. in a way. like he did this.

oh my god oomf... you have no idea how much i appreciate this message like no literally... LITERALLYYYY speak your truth i couldn't agree more!! sometimes i think he made a mistake becoming a kpop idol. i think he should be an actual musician cause the idol industry is so constricting and they tried to lock him up in the rapper box because kpop (and specially SM manufactured kpop) is built on boxes and it's like. god. he is really so much more/so different than this. and so few people realize. and this isn't to trash idols cause there are plenty of kpop idols who ARE artists and musicians and visionaires. but chanyeol simply doesn't fit the mold sm has assigned him and it's clear to see.

he should be at the club (the club being his own production house where he writes and creates his own music and plays guitar and tours the world like the rockstar he was meant to be). he should not be pandering to ungrateful kexols who have his career held for ransom and will dictate his success based on how much fanservice he provides. he should be out here taking a page from gdragon's or monsta x changkyun's book and leaving an idol company in favor of a real music label like warner korea or whatever.

ANYWAY..... here's the winds of change cover again cause we all deserve to see it at least once. im so jealous of your friend for having experienced it live.

[bishonenspit]

Honestly so happy to find another person who doesn’t like colleen. Depressing how they’re the face of shojo when they make such mediocre content. Their queer shojo video was so bad it made me depressed…why do so many popular shojo influencers hate bl??

I think the main point of contention that shoujo fans have with colleen's content is that it's definitely more surface level beginner info in many cases, but it's packaged in a way that acts like it's targeted at long time fans (like the history of shoujo vid or the queer subtext vid). I think their videos are solidly FINE if you don't particularly hold any long term interest in shoujo (as in, maybe you're a casual reader or even just know of it) but beyond that they aren't necessarily a source of EXPANDED info. However I can't really look past the pretty easily disprovable misinfo that could have been rectified with....basically a singular google search especially in cases like the queer subtext video lol. Like that stuff can really only slide if the viewer doesn't care THAT much.

Which I think is where the whole influencer persona gets a bit frustrating. You can only really act like a figurehead to a degree with a language barrier and also a relatively pretty limited catalogue of things you've read and limited knowledge within the space you're acting figurehead of.

But honestly i think a lot of big shoujo accounts (on twt but I suppose elsewhere like maybe tiktok and youtube but I'm not really in the space there + don't have tiktok myself) do a disservice to the queer roots of the genre for the sole reason that within English publication spaces it's pretty glaringly left out. The shoujo that gets published in English is in a landslide percentage mostly heterosexual romance or easily digestible drama.

Not that something like that should prevent people from reading the queer stories, obviously there are scanlations of a lot of them and even official publications in a few cases, but it's way easier to make an influencer-esque persona based off series that are easy (and legal lol) to access and promote. That being said I also think the anime and manga community online has a homophobia issue and the online aversion to BL in any form is still going strong so 🤷‍♂️. In an online climate where reading things with unhappy endings or controversial topics gets you labelled as a problem or worse I'm not surprised the people with platforms steer clear from talking about them, as disappointing as it is for people who actually care about the history of shoujo. And also for people who are also you know gay and like to read about gay characters rather than the same straighty drivel.

All that being said tho I don't actually have an issue with Colleen as like, a person mostly because I don't get access to their person, the same way ppl who just follow me on here don't really get access to MY person either. I don't really get to say I dislike THEM but I do as it stands dislike their content and what exists of their online "celebrity" for lack of a better term.

And for the record while I'm on this tangent I think they (and their friends/followers) could probably learn to handle criticism levelled against them a little bit better, because you (in reference to anon specifically, and I'm taking you being on anon as more proof of this) aren't the first person to come to me in private or anonymously to voice their critiques or distaste because they don't feel comfortable publicly posting about it. I think a niche community shouldn't have a person with a platform acting figurehead that people are nervous about disagreeing with on their own personal accounts. I think that just kinda sucks overall for the general community. I haven't had any kickback that I've seen and I'm pretty used to being disliked online atp but others can't handle it and really shouldn't have to if all they're doing is voicing complaints on something posted publicly!

(Also also, I'm kiddinnnnggggg anyone can read the manga I like and talk about it. Obviouslyyyyy. I might just not like what they have to say about it. lol)

[chalkrub]

another attack! more cool critters

[asarigg]

so in your doc you say you don't really get why koujaku would have his sword with him or that its likely just a design choice. which honestly, could 100% be right and i wouldnt be shocked if that was the case. After hearing him talk about how he used the same sword to kill his mom (and injure others) AND attempt suicide, it made me question it too, why would you carry something that has so much emotional weight to it? would that not make you think of the past at all times and make you scared youll use it again? i like to think that once he saw aoba again he tried to come to terms with his past on his own (at least a little bit) and that meant keeping the sword around. maybe to try and test his own control, maybe to remind him that he can kill himself at any moment if he deems necessary? and maybe after carrying it for a while it started to become noticed by others as being this badass thing and ends up being fairly useful in fights so he keeps it around...? maybe a part of him wants to be reminded of that terrible day so he can tell himself that hes alive now and he can do good things and that he will always have aoba and things can be fine (even if he doesnt entirely believe that)

This is such an interesting read.

The sword serving as a reminder to not lose his focus and the reasons why he's still there, and instead of being a threat to other people, keeping it for it to be a threat to himself, a blade that should only be withdrawn for his own death.

Maybe he couldn't get rid of it even though he wanted to forget his vengeance, because deep inside he still wanted it. Deep inside, just like his tattoo, his hatred could never been forgotten. He knew Ryuuhou was still somewhere, so he couldn't put closure to his pain as much as he wanted it.