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Stolen Jacket // Sylus x fem!reader
author's note: Iâve written quite a few fics while I was away, and Iâll be publishing them before diving into any new requests. Theyâre currently written with an OC thatâs essentially a self-insert, so Iâll need to convert them into reader inserts first. Honestly, I never thought Iâd share them because of the whole plagiarism mess, but Iâve decided to let them see the light of day after all.
Sylus grumbled under his breath as he tightened the final bolt on the engine panel, his red eyes narrowing in concentration. The shipâs maintenance had taken longer than expected, and his nerves were starting to fray. He ran a gloved hand through his messy silver hair, which always seemed to defy gravity no matter how many times he tried to smooth it down. With a sigh, he leaned back on his heels, satisfied that the systems were finally stable.
âDone,â he muttered to no one in particular, shutting the panel with a solid thud.
The ship was unusually quiet. Normally, he could hear you somewhere nearbyâtalking to the AI, humming softly to yourself, or just bustling about. But now, the silence felt strange. It made his instincts prick, though not out of fear. No, this was something else entirelyâcuriosity, maybe. Or anticipation.
Standing up and dusting his hands off, Sylus decided to look for you. It wasnât a big ship; you couldnât have gone far. He stalked through the corridors with easy strides, his boots echoing faintly against the metal floors. He checked the kitchen first, then the cockpit, but you were nowhere to be found.
When he finally reached the crew quarters, Sylus stopped in his tracks, his red eyes narrowing slightly at the sight before him.
You were standing near his bunk, your back turned to him as you fidgeted with the hem of his jacketâthe one he usually wore for missions. It was unmistakably his, the black leather adorned with silver accents and scuffed edges from countless scrapes and close calls. The jacket was too big on you, the sleeves hanging past your hands, the material loose enough to make it look like you were drowning in it.
It wasnât just the jacket, either. Youâd clearly raided his stash, pulling on one of his shirts beneath it. The sight struck him like a punch to the chest, and for a moment, Sylus just stood there, staring.
Something about it felt intimate. His clothes, which had always been a part of his identity, now looked completely different on you. And the fact that you were wearing them so casually, completely unaware of how much it affected him��
Sylus leaned against the doorframe, crossing his arms over his chest with an almost lazy smirk. âWell, well,â he drawled, his deep voice slicing through the quiet like a blade. âIs this what youâve been up to?â
You turned around quickly, startled by his voice, though you tried to recover by flashing him a sheepish smile. âOh. Uh, I didnât think youâd be done so soon.â
âClearly,â he said, his smirk widening as he straightened and walked toward you. His boots thudded softly against the floor, and his crimson eyes glinted with a mischievous light. âAnd here I thought you hated how this jacket smelled like engine grease and sweat.â
âI never said that!â you protested, clutching the front of the jacket as if to defend yourself.
âNo?â He stopped a few feet away from you, tilting his head. His silver hair was as messy as ever, strands falling across his forehead in a way that shouldâve looked unkempt but somehow made him even more infuriatingly attractive.
âI just thoughtâŚâ You hesitated, suddenly self-conscious under his intense gaze. âIt was cold, and your jacket was right there, soâŚâ
âCold, huh?â Sylusâs voice dipped lower, the smirk on his lips softening into something more dangerous. âAnd the shirt? That part of your âcoldâ excuse too?â
You opened your mouth to respond but quickly snapped it shut, unsure how to explain yourself without making it worse.
Sylus chuckled, stepping closer until there was barely any space left between you. His gloved fingers reached out to brush against the sleeve of the jacket, his touch light but deliberate. âYou donât have to explain,â he said, his voice dropping to a near whisper. âI get it.â
You blinked, caught off guard by his sudden shift in tone. âYou⌠do?â
âMm.â His crimson gaze swept over you again, lingering on the way the jacket hung on your frame. âSeeing you like this⌠itâs sexy as hell.â
Your breath hitched, heat rushing to your face at his bluntness. âItâs just a jacket,â you muttered, looking anywhere but at him.
âNot just a jacket,â Sylus countered, his smirk returning as he leaned closer, his voice low and teasing. âItâs my jacket. My clothes. And youâre wearing them like you own the place.â
Your heart pounded in your chest, his proximity making it impossible to think straight. âIf it bothers you, I can take it offââ
âDonât,â Sylus interrupted, his voice firm as his hand moved to the front of the jacket. His fingers brushed against yours, and his touch sent a shiver down your spine. âI like it.â
The admission was quiet but heavy, his crimson eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that made your knees weak. He tugged lightly on the collar of the jacket, his smirk softening into something warmer, almost tender.
âYouâre full of surprises, you know that?â he murmured, his thumb brushing against the fabric. âJust when I think Iâve got you figured out, you go and do something like this.â
âItâs not that big of a deal,â you said, though your voice lacked conviction.
Sylus chuckled, the sound low and warm as he shook his head. âIt is to me.â
For a moment, neither of you spoke, the weight of his words hanging between you. Then, with a smirk that was equal parts playful and possessive, Sylus leaned in closer, his breath ghosting against your ear.
âYou might want to get used to this,â he said, his voice a low rumble that sent a thrill down your spine. âBecause Iâm not letting you give that jacket back anytime soon.â
#love and deepspace#love and deepspace sylus#sylus x reader#l&ds sylus#sylus#lads#sylus x mc#sylus qin x you#sylus love and deepspace#sylus x you#sylus qin x reader#lads sylus#lnds sylus#love and deep space sylus
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TR! Pili/Mocha Masterpost!
All info is from the OOC Lore stream on 21/1/25 [TALKING ABOUT MY CHARACTER The Realm SMP] streamed on DTownGato
Info will be separated into sections via subject! Feel free to repost this to Twitter with credit! (I have Twitter but no idea how to use it.)
Read under the cut! (Sorry if things are unorganized!)
General Info
Mocha, being a feline hybrid, has tendencies to those similar of a cat, primarily being the instinct to kill and toy with his victims
It was also stated that he is able to purr and meow during this, so it can be assumed most instincts of cats apply to him (Except use of a litter box which was outright stated, he uses a normal bathroom guys)
Mocha is completely asexual, and is somewhere on the aromantic spectrum
He doesnât have a clear understanding of romance, and wouldnât do the act of starting a family, cuddling, physical affection
Pili stated that Mochaâs idea of romance differs from the norm but didnât really clarify what it actually was, I assume well see more of this in character (Personal theory is romance to him is being devoted to one another)
It was stated that he does feel some strong emotions for Pangi that arenât explicitly romantic but not exactly full platonic as far as I understood?
Also said Mocha could be in a polycule/polyamorous
Doesnât take flirting or asking people out on dates seriously at all because he doesnât take romance seriously, even if it hurts people (Asking people out is funny to him though because of their reactions)
An observer and over-analyzer at heart
The thing he hates most is people lying/betraying him
Loves the cold and the snow
Doesnât have any particular fears, not even death
âPili is a male calico cat..all calicoâs are female, so take that as you willâ (TRANS CANON!!!)
Does not take most things seriously, pretty much everything is silly to him
Not the type to have a single home or stay in a place for very long, constantly on the move and changing his home
Piliâs boundaries [I feel this is relevant]: Shipping is ok as long as it is his character, and the other person is ok with it. Gore/Horror art is a yes as well! Just no NSFW!
Dislikes having any sort of attachments, to anything. This applies to people, a place, pets and objects and tries to keep everything at a distance (This seems to have failed with Pangi)
Often lacks empathy for most people
Self-centered and does this for his own gain, and a very transaction person (However, Pili did say that Mocha is not narcissistic)
Mocha is all bark and all bite, heâd fight more if not for the fact he doesnât wanna be an asshole to other people on the realm OOC as most of them arenât pvpers
Listens to hardcore rock music!
He had met one immortal previous to being on realms, there is a chance this will come up again as Pili refused to elaborate further
Self-Destructive Tendencies
Highly likely to provoke people into fights for his own pleasure, even and especially if they are stronger than him
Self-loathing, his own biggest enemy and an enjoyer of self-suffering until others get involved (usually this means people he cares about, not so much for people heâs neutral towards)
Mentioned avoidant-attachment style, however I donât feel comfortable going into more depth as Iâm not educated on it. Added on is an uncomfortableness with emotional intimacy as itâs unfamiliar to him
A masochist, does not fear extreme physical pain and often enjoys it (unsure if he believes he deserves it or if he just likes pain in general, could also be both)
Self-destructive with suicidal tendencies and is completely aware of it, does not want to be stopped from doing so
Often drawn to those with high power either to leech off of or fight
Opinions on others
Clownpierce
His obsession started with a challenge from Clown who stated (in a mocking tone) that Pili could try and kill him
From then on he became determined and obsessed with fighting him, uncaring if he won or lost
Due to self-destructive tendencies he doesnât care and sees loosing or winning as a win, he either gets his ass beat (which he loves) or he wins and gains respect
Enjoys the sort of one-sided obsession, as itâs what he thinks he deserves (Rather than Pangiâs love for him)
Ultimately he does want to be able to prove him wrong but due to ooc reasons (See: The alchemy buff) heâs likely unable to win the fight
His character lost a lot of motivation as well when Clown wasnât impressed with him fighting and not bringing an actual axe was an extreme regret for him
Roscumber
Genuinely despises her (Quote. Mocha does not like Ros at all)
Purposefully provokes Ros, in the hopes that it will lure in Clown to a fight
Mocha is very aware Ros is Clownâs weakness, just as Pangi is his
He is not above killing her to get Clownâs attention. The only thing that really stops him is that he knows Ros canât fight very well OOC and it would cause problems behind the scenes
He believes that Rosâ kindness is cute, but extremely naive and that at some point she will bump into someone who is true evil and that her kindness will get her killed
Pangi
Pangi is one of his only weaknesses and his biggest attachment, and he hates him for it in a way
However, Pangi is his ride or die, they have each others backs no matter what kind of atrocities either commit
Although he flirts with everyone for his (and Badâs) entertainment, he feels that Pangi may have some unspoken feelings for him and due to it feeling somewhat real, he tries to push him away
On the AroAce spec, however he does feel something for Pangi (Not explicitly romantic, this remains unclarified for now?)
One of two people Mocha truly cares about
Pangiâs insistence on trying to stop him from dying rubs him off strange, and the divorce was a test to see how heâd react in a way, which he did fail. However Mochaâs weak spot for him ultimately overpowers anything else
He is well aware heâs a bad person and thinks Pangiâs love is too good for him, resulting in Mocha trying to push him away as it feels undeserving and Pangi needs better
Badboyhalo
Mocha somewhat sees BBH as an older brother, however he does not understand family dynamics as he has never had a family
One of two people he actually cares for
Is more likely to inform Bad of secrets than he is Pangi, because he knows Bad would not have any extreme emotional reactions to loosing him and will not form an attachment to him
Would likely fight him for fun and choose to fight him over Foolish out of curiosity to see what would happen if he died
Finds his relationship with Foolish entertaining and analyzes it closely
As far as we know, the only person who has ever made Mocha have a panic reaction (Occured when Bad killed him) due to catching him completely off guard
The main reason Mocha asks people out is for Badâs entertainment (And his own, but he enjoys making Bad laugh)
Foolish
Mocha is drawn to his immortality and strength and is extremely curious about him
His bickering with Bad is a source of entertainment to him
Krowfang
Mocha is somewhat protective of her (This comes both from the in character deal of protection between them, as well as being close friends irl)
Thinks itâs ballsy for stealing the bell and antagonizing Owen, but approves and would consider him an ally
Jonnaay
Thinks he is worth training and protecting after seeing the somewhat attempt on Tubboâs life with the anvil trap
Believes he could have potential
Badlinu
Thinks heâs chill, maybe a bit endearing however he falls into pretty much the same category as Sausage
As in, he likely wonât help with quests and is mainly there to build
Smajor1995
To him, Scott is not even really a red faction member, instead blue
Scott had contributed nothing towards the quest and mainly builds
Others+
AverageHarry dies too much but he at least tries
Tommy/Slimcicle/Baghera donât log on enough for him to have an opinion on them
#trsmp#realms smp#dtowncat#pili dtowncat#tr!pili#pangi#clownpierce#Roscumber#badboyhalo#foolishg#the realms smp
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as someone whos been on army twitter since 2018, it only seems like armys dont support jikook's bond the way jikookers do is because shippers are in a sub-fandom and within that subfandom they are in an echo chamber. its nothing unusual it's in literally every fandom but thats the only reason lol. like taekookers are saying the exact same thing, that the fandom is full of jikookers and everyone dismisses taekooks bond. solos and shippers all have their own "evidence" and "proof" or armys "not defending ___", and 9.9/10 its something 1) armys have never seen or even heard about bc twitter and the internet is a biiiig space or 2) something taken completely out of context. i like to be in this tag bc ive been an ot7 biased army since 2019 with jikook being my fav duo, and while i dont care to know if theyre in a relationship with each other, its not something crazy either because friends to lovers is like the oldest trope ever and also theyd be cute as hell together lmao. i dont follow any solo focused accounts or pairing accounts, literally only armys and when are you sure came out my tl looked like this tag đ. armys are well aware of jikook's bond and are supportive of it, the issue is taekookers. i could make a thread of vmin, namkook, sope are married and get 10k likes, but i couldnt do that bc of taekookers. theyd swarm the quotes and no thats not armys doing it or armys fault, thats the twitter algorithm being 100000000x worst after elon musty took over bc it was not like that at *all* pre-him. with likes being hidden and the algo pushing deplorable disgusting terrible tweets, it makes it infinitely harder to take accts down.
also its like the way straight armys and lgbtq+ armys experience being a fan. you notice subtexts and clues that may or may not actually be there or mean what you think/want it to mean but its still your fandom experience and youre able to talk about it with other like-minded people. perfect example for this: like crazy. the queer coded-ness of it all, the makeup & earing on one side, jimin in my eyes created the bisexual Iliad in song form ! but thats not how most het armys wouldve viewed it at all, and that doesnt even mean my interpretation of it is correct or the only way to view it. im not going to look down on those who viewed it differently. so shippers are experiencing something different; they watch their pairing to see how they look at each other, touch each other, speak to each other, treat each other compared to everyone else. armys simply arent doing all that; and that doesnt mean we dont care or that shippers love them more (lol), it just means that within the shipping culture and sub-fandom, thats what yall do. which is cool, but like i said its not the *only* way an army can love and appreciate their bond. there's also the echo chamber aspect of the subfandom culture i didnt really get into but it also plays a huge part in why jikookers think armys dismiss or dont love jikook in the same way jikookers do. all this isn't necessarily a slight against you but i think conversations like these are necessary bc talking points like "armys dont actually like seeing jikook together" or "majority of the fabdom is taekookers who hate jikook" are extreeeemely slippery slopes that discourage any type of meaningful thought, and only encourages and eggs on solo rhetoric, which as we hopefully all know is directly antithetical to what any of the boys would ever want.
Hi anon,
I completely understand the points youâve made, and I do agree with you to an extent. Itâs true that in every sub-fandom within the main fandom, whether itâs Taekookers, Jikookers, other shippers, or solos, everyone essentially complains about the same issues, each armed with their own âproofâ to justify their arguments. That part, I fully agree with.
However, while I see your point, I do want to emphasize that Jikookâs bond is often undermined by many within the fandom. And itâs not just Taekookers or solos; even some OT7 fans contribute to this. The reasons for this vary. Yes, youâll find other groups complaining about the same things we do, but when you dig deeper to understand their grievances, it often turns out to be something taken out of context or just bitterness over someone highlighting Jikook or saying something positive about their bond.
The truth is that Jikookâs bond stirs mixed feelings in this fandom for many reasons. It has never been the simplest relationship to understandâŚor even to love, if Iâm being honest. Many people join fandoms and sub-fandoms as an escape from real life issues, seeking something that feels lighthearted, comforting, or entertaining in their spare time. Because of this, a lot of people dislike grappling with more complex dynamics like Jikookâs. They either reject it outright because they donât understand it or ignore it altogether. This lack of understanding often leads to their bond being undermined.
Jikookâs dynamic has historically made many people uncomfortable for a variety of reasons that I wonât delve into here. But when we talk about this fandom ignoring or undermining their bond, there is more than enough evidence to support that claim.
In contrast, whatâs complicated or complex about Taekook? Their dynamic is fun, easygoing, and comforting, qualities that are universally appealing. Thereâs no need to overthink their interactions or navigate any layers of complexity when watching them. Everything that has ever appeared complex about those two is largely a result of shippers fabricating explanations to reconcile their behavior with the expectations of a romantic dynamic. These narratives are often crafted to justify why they donât exhibit the typical actions or interactions one might expect from a couple⌠I.e Taekook not seen spending much time with each other = the company separating them or regulating their interactions on camera. Most people in the fandom, except for some Jikookers and solos, have no reason not to enjoy their dynamic. An easy way to see this is by observing the response to their content. A Taekooker can make up lies, edit photos, or take moments out of context, and it will gain over 20k likes, with the fandom eagerly eating it up. Meanwhile, Jikookers can post real, authentic moments of Jikook, only to have their posts reported. So, no, for the most part, Taekookers donât have a strong basis for their claims. (This isnât the bone of contention but just had to mention this)
I also agree with you that many fans donât pay attention to the same things shippers and solos focus on. Sometimes theyâre simply unaware of certain dynamics, which can come across as indifference. I also donât entirely agree with the narrative that ARMYs dislike seeing Jikook together. Iâve seen the fandom be supportive of Jikook as a duo but I still firmly believe Jikook is one of the pairs whose bond is most heavily undermined. A clear example of this is how much of the fandom dismisses Jikookâs interactions as mere fanservice, simply because some of their moments appear too âintimateâ or âgayâ for their liking.
This is definitely a topic that deserves more discussion because thereâs so much to unpack here.
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Howdy, erm, sorry, but I thought since you know Abt mha more than me, you would make this better.
So, the idea is: gaalee, but mha teachers (Lee is teaching orientation on the terrain, and Gaara more like hero activity moderator which mission, who and how should do it, smth like it. Dunno if in bnha verse they have such organ, but I think it would be neat). Like. Gaara and Lee are their adult versions with kids, but Lee is divorced. So, they like meet after loooong time and be like: remember our battle arc, when I almost killed you? Wanna do that again, just to see our progress? - Gaara said.
Since Lee is a teacher he has stadium pass.
So, they end up repeating all the steps like on manga until Lee jump on higher place (tribune or smth), Gaara would think like 'he is abt dropping his weights', but Lee actually just jumps down SUPER CLOSE TO GAARA'S FACE. He could feel warm breath in his forehead, Lee band a lil to his lips, Gaara in shock he just can't move sand at all (Lee still doesn't have quirk, that just pure shock). Then Lee just slide his hand in gourt, grab some sand and pour it on the flore through his fist and then like 'any new tricks from this dawg, cause I learned some'
I am sorry but this stupidity was rooting my brain too damn fast.
Is it gay enough to discuss? :p
Have a good Day!
Taz I do hope you know what you've done here, you have smashed together my two favorite ships of all time and now my brain is broken forever.
I'm obsessed and I will be drawing this fight scene you've written as soon as I have the energy for something complicated. For now, I only offer a lil flashback and Gaara being the New Teacher lol
They are being so polite for introductions lol
Close up and transcriptions under the cut
Sports Festival:
-Lee loses to Gaara and is unable to join the hero program- flunks out of general studies- gets license from different school (Lee is quirkless)
-Rumors that Gaara is definitely going to be a villain- seen as a nepo baby- Father is a business man with ties to hero corruption/working with villains
Years Later @UA
-New Teacher Gaara- Reformed attitude+ therapy- wants to fix hero corruption from inside
-Established Teacher Lee- explaining to his students how his wraps are reinforced to withstand his full punches- thanks support!
G: "Sorry for almost killing you." (thinking: Tall, cute, strong.. Wonder if he hates me now)
L: "Oh! It is all in the past! You are forgiven! Please let me know if you need help with anything! I look forward to working with you!" (Thinking: omg he's so cool now! He's barely even scary! Its been so long! Maybe he'll spar with me! So pretty..)
G: "Likewise."
#autumns disaster art#gaalee#leegaa#fanart#fan art#ask#gaara x rock lee#gaara#rock lee#mhau#tazova#I still have to post some Angel demon sketches and notes too#I am a fumbling fool lol#hero fits may be subject to change#I didn't think too hard I was excited#Lee's is kinda wolverine inspired âşď¸
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I feel like bitchin so I'mma bitch bc I always see people going on rants on their Tumblrs and I'm long overdue for one. Anyways, this is a long one so be aware you are gonna be scrolling for a good bit if you view under the cut.
ANYWAYS, I know that that rude anon from last week is old news but their whole "I'm sad that Glitter and Guilt is a m/f relationship" thing is just a part of a never ending situation I am going to experience til the end of time (or til I stop posting stuff online) just because I focus on primarily m/f relationships in my art.
And they aren't even straight m/f relationships, which is what annoys me the most about comments like this. They're all bisexual. But because people see bisexual characters as better than straight but less than same-sex attracted orientation, I will always have to deal with these passive aggressive ass comments.
I dealt with this typa stuff SO OFTEN in my early days on Instagram, especially when I posted some of my gender nonconforming OCs like Danny (my pink demon man who dresses like a bimbo Barbie doll). It got to the point I stopped sharing him over there for a bit because I would get comments where people were hoping he had a boyfriend in the past, or they were disappointed I "never" drew any Sapphic couples because they mistook Danny as a woman in a pic where he was kissing Karrie.
And I get the whole desire to want more representation. Trust me, I'm bi, black, and nonbinary. I am NEVER going to get any type of representation outside of the indie artists I find in small niche circles online. I completely get the whole "m/f relationships are EVERYWHERE in mainstream media" mentality because I also agree but only to a point.
There's a ton of trashy m/f media, but there's also good shit when you dig because you can find people who don't just shove a guy and girl together and call that a done deal - they actually give them personality and chemistry and a fun dynamic.
I'm a firm believer that the gender of a ship shouldn't dictate if it's good or not. An interesting dynamic is what motivates me to care about a couple of characters dating. That's why it bugs me whenever someone suggests any kind of series to me and simply tells me "It's gay" before telling me the actual plotline. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT A SERIES IS ABOUT! DO NOT WASTE MY TIME!!! (Please do not pop into my inbox after reading this and suggest me stuff btw because I've never been a big suggestions unprompted person - I typically find stuff myself bc I have weird tastes ANYWAYS BACK TO MY RANTING)
When it comes to my art, I draw m/f relationships as a primary focus because it's fun to mess with gender dynamics and flip them on their head, as well as to give younger me the food I wish I had. Growing up, before I realized I was nonbinary, I rarely saw any black girls in loving relationships in animated series I enjoyed. And occasionally I would get flash banged with the long despised trope of "Disposable Black Girlfriend". So I never felt like m/f relationships were oversaturated in my eyes because there were barely any good ones that featured a black girl with a happy ending - which means from DAY MOTHERFUCKIN ONE I was starving for content.
So that obviously means that when I grew up and adopted my "Make your own food" mentality, I started cooking. AND COOK I STILL DO! Because in the end, I make all this food to please myself. OTHERS MAY EAT OF COURSE - I am always happy when people come to my restaurant to dine because they enjoy my meals, but I hate how every blue moon I will get someone who waltzes into my little eatery and tells me that they wish I cooked the meal they get from other restaurants.
Because it would be so much more productive to just go eat AT those restaurants since they already got the food you like.
Having people comment their displeasure about me drawing a guy and a girl together in a healthy (and occasionally insane) relationship is always baffling to me. It's never going to make me stop, it'll only make me draw more Red Beans or more Licorice. It's also so baffling because I know that if the tables where flipped - and I was drawing primarily same-sex bisexual couples (OR JUST SOME GAY OR LESBIAN COUPLES IN GENERAL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT BI FOLKS AT ALL), it would be so fuckin' frowned upon to comment "I wish you drew more m/f! đĽş"
But because I draw m/f bi couples, it's totally free game. IT'S DEF STILL FROWNED UPON but one is way more likely to make you look like an asshole than the other. Because even in cases where people have said they agree it's a dick move to complain about m/f from me, there's still that vibe of it being more acceptable just because of mainstream media having so many m/f couples and that being the standard of offline society.
But I'm not mainstream media. And I disagree with a lot of standards of offline society which is WHY I poke fun at gender norms with my OCs.
That's why getting a ton of new followers is such a "oh boy here we go" thing for me, because with old followers that have been around for awhile, they know what's up. They understand what I draw, what I write, and how my OCs typically behave. They get that my m/f ships have rabies.
But new followers don't know this. And this has led to some real big "OOF" moments. Like people calling Jack and Nana a "het" couple. Yes, I know that that's a term that doesn't JUST mean "heterosexual" and can refer to them being different genders. It still feels hella weird for me - it's why m/f is my preferred descriptor because it lacks that confusion.
New followers are typically the ones that leave the passive aggressive comments about me mostly drawing m/f. OFTEN because they think I am one of those artists who will draw whatever it takes to please my audience. BUT I AM NOT - THERE IS NO AUDIENCE INFLUENCE HERE âđž
I am not a taxi where I pick people up whenever they call me and I drop them off wherever they tell me.
I am a roller-coaster. Specifically those ones where you can see the entire track layout in the distance so you know what you're in for. You may sit in the front or the back or somewhere in the middle but that is the last input you got before I take off at my own speed (that will be stated RIGHT on the warning sign you read as you walked in) and once I am done, you may get off and carry along your merry way through the rest of the park OR you may get on to ride again.
This entire passive aggression towards m/f ships is just so tiring to deal with because there will never be an end to it. Even after I post this, I know days, weeks, months, YEARS down the line - someone will see some Jack and Nana art, or some Bitterbat and Sweetheart comic, or ANY of my other m/f couples, and type up some comment about how they wish the couples were same-sex. Or someone will lament over the fact they thought a couple was same-sex but it turned out the dude was just hella feminine.
Because it just ain't enough to have bisexual characters that are dating the same sex because then people will call them "straight passing" and not count them as being queer. And having all my OCs being bisexuals ain't enough to mark me as a queer artists in some eyes because "making all your OCs bi is just lazy" and not me representing an aspect of myself that I constantly see sidelined online.
Me drawing bisexual m/f couples is viewed as something that can be tinkered and tampered with so I can be more appealing and inclusive to others like I'm some mainstream Hollywood series and not just some random person online who draw the fictional beings in my mind kissing each other whenever I got the crumb of free time. Primarily drawing m/f couples means I gotta just vibe whenever I see a moot or a friend post or reblog some weird sentiment referring to how lame m/f couples are and I just gotta HOPE that they aren't including bisexuals when they engage with stuff like that.
I'm in this weird space where I am wedged between "You're not a straight artist" and "You aren't drawing enough gay stuff" online.
And I'm fine with this since I've been online for over a decade at this point. This isn't a vent post, this is a rant. I don't need cheering up or comfort after posting this. This is just some real talk because I typically post lighthearted stuff since I like to keep my blogs positive.
But I also like to keep my shit honest and I think it's important to just state a piece of my mind. I wouldn't say I'm being vulnerable, this is just some insight to why I draw what I do and why I get so annoyed by certain interactions with people and certain sentiments online that are antagonistic of m/f ships that put them all down without hearing them out.
Blah blah blah I'm tired of typing and I've said most of the main points I've needed uuuummm
If you read this long have some m/f fluff
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Fandom Whataboutism
Well, it's been a fair bit since I've written a rant, but this one has been growing inside of me for a while, so I'm going to get this off my chest. To flag, this is an issue I've mainly been seeing on TikTok, but it is starting to creep into other fandom spaces, and I'm more comfortable posting on Tumblr, so here we go.
For anyone unfamiliar with how the term 'whataboutism' is currently being used on TikTok, it essentially boils down to people in comments bringing up random things in regard to someone making content to either discredit them or to make the original post about themselves (e.g. the infamous bean soup idea where someone has a recipe for bean soup and someone in the comments says that they don't like beans so how can they make it, or someone saying that they like dogs and immediately get hit with a 'so you hate cats?').
From what I've seen, the phrase has essentially expanded to encompass a growing behavioural trend where people seem to think that everything they see should be specifically catered to their personal taste and that, if it isn't, they need to speak up about it instead of using critical thinking or realising that they can move past content that doesn't apply to them.
And that is something that has also been rife in multiple fandom spaces that I've been in.
One general issue I have seen is people commenting on art/vids/fics and demanding that people recreate them with their fave character, or make something of their fave character/ship/fandom. This just seems rude to me. People are not obligated to create content for your favourite things. If they've created something, it is usually because they wanted to put their passion into it and share it with people who also like the same things as them. They don't owe you anything, so if their content isn't of your fave, it's best too move along as you will.likely be able to find similar content that's more to your preference elsewhere or, if you want to see your own fave reflected in it, maybe reach out and ask if you can do a version with credit to the original.
Now on to some specifics.
I'm going to use some examples here to illustrate my point, but I already know that some people may get heated if they see this post so, general disclaimer, I am not bashing anyone for having any of these characters/ships as their favourites.
I just want to highlight a certain type of behaviour, and these are some of the examples I have personally been seeing lately.
First is the TMNT fandom, which will surprise absolutely no one familiar with this account. I may be going over old ground here but, if you see content for a version of the TMNT you don't like, you don't have to engage! And swooping in with a comment about how much better your preferred version is is annoying. Why would you feel the need to say something snide about one version to big up your fave? Rise fans are especially notable for doing this, but they definitely aren't the only culprits.
Last Ronin fans are another large example of this. When someone is comparing the strengths of the turtles in a particular version, jumping in to say that Mikey is the strongest because he is the Last Ronin is irritating as all hell. Last Ronin is an entirely separate thing (and Mikey living longest is more due to luck/coincidence than him being so much better than his brothers anyway, but that's a rant for another day). And making these comments on a post about a specific turtle is a whole spit in the face. There was a cool edit of Donnie in 2012 in some of his angry moments, and so many comments were about how either Mikey or Leo were so much better than him when angry. To be blunt, if you do this, you're an asshole. There is no need to be so incessantly vocal about your personal fave on a post that is entirely unrelated to them, except to be self centred and you come across as an antagonising prick.
And then there is the Bat-fam fans who are notorious for using fanon to try and make everything about their faves. I saw a post the other day that was an animation of Dick Grayson interacting with the JL, particularly Wonder Woman that had in the description that it was about Dick Grayson. The way it was drawn and the behaviour of everyone in the vid clearly pointed to it being Dick. Yet there were a flood of Jason fans saying that it must be him because of how much he loved Wonder Woman, which is fanon? It got to the point where the poster had to update the description to say they supposed it could be Jason because his fans were being so aggressive.
Or the amount of people who try to say that the Teen Titans cartoon Robin or first season Young Justice Robin are Tim rather than Dick, despite ample evidence otherwise? And then they say that they are characterised more like Tim, as if the two don't share traits? As if Dick can't be angry, or snarky, or good with tech, so if he is, then it must be Tim instead? I've also seen people saying Teen Titans Robin is Damian, even though Damian wasn't even properly in the comics then? It doesn't hurt to do a little research, yet I've seen people try and blatantly argue against canon facts, or the words of the people creating the fan content, to try and make everything about their fave.
Last up is Shadow the Hedgehog. This bit will discuss the wider fandom, but will have some spoilers for the third movie, so please skip to the conclusion or turn back here if you don't want to risk spoilers.
It is not hard to see that Shadow is a popular character, and I can understand why he is. He's cool and he has an interesting back story and interesting powers. But some (key word, some, definitely not all) of his fans take it too far. I watched a great edit of Knuckles from the SCU and, when I opened the comment section, one of the first comments I saw was someone typing in all caps asking why no one was talking about Shadow dying. This was an edit entirely of Knuckles, yet someone was still screaming about Shadow, as if A). the majority of the fandom aren't constantly talking about him, B). Shadow wasn't completely irrelevant to this post and C). Shadow wasn't actually dead.
Likewise, there was an edit of SCU Tails, Sonic and Knuckles to Brother by Kodaline, and people in the comments were asking why Shadow wasn't included. As if Shadow hadn't been an antagonist to them for most of the film. As if Shadow had had a genuine conversation with any of them bar Sonic. Honestly, how did they think he was going to be included in a sweet montage around brotherhood when the only current clips of him are of him fighting/scaring/being a dick to them, with the Robotniks and/or Stone, and then one nice scene with Sonic and a fight montage before he sacrifices himself? He's not their brother. Frankly, I don't think it would make much sense for him to be adopted by the Wachowskis as he's always been his own separate thing, and is more likely to end up with Team Dark if they are introduced rather than having another bed crammed into the attic like he would be crammed into the Team Sonic dynamic.
Or whenever someone talks about how strong Knuckles is, and you get the 'erm actually' bros out in force to talk about how Shadow is the most powerful as he is the Ultimate Lifeform and yadda yadda yadda. And it's just, like, give it a rest already. I'm on a Knuckles post to talk about Knuckles. If you want to hype up Shadow, you genuinely have no shortage of spaces to do so.
There's also the whole matter of shipping. I feel I need to reiterate this, but I don't mind people shipping whatever they like. But I also would like to see that same courtesy extended to others.
For example, there was a post talking about canon Sonic love interests, and half the comments were saying 'what about Sonadow?' I was genuinely concerned that these people didn't understand what the term 'canon' means.
It's the same with any Sonknux or Knuxouge posts, there is always an influx of comments under them saying that they prefer Rouge or Sonic with Shadow. And I'm stuck thinking, that's great, but why don't you use some of that love you have for them to interact with posts about them, rather than engaging with content you don't like, which will inevitably end up with you seeing more of this and upset the people who do like it, especially the creator who worked hard to make something that you feel the need to shit on because it's not exactly to your tastes?
Another issue that I've seen, that isn't related to a specific fandom, is the rise of 'oh, that's just like my OC!' (And this is done with canon characters as well tbh). Although OCs aren't usually my cup of tea, I have enjoyed many stories that have OCs, and I am obviously happy for people creating content about their own characters outside of fandom spaces as well. And I have no issue with people saying that songs/memes/character dynamics etc remind them of their OC.
It is when people jump on a post of someone talking about their personal issues, or an issue that is harming people, to associate it with their OC, that it becomes insensitive. I saw a post the other day about a person who had been affected negatively by a very real issue, and one of the comments was about how this reminded someone of their OC because their OC had experienced trauma in their past. Like, do you not see how this maybe isn't the right place to bring up your fictional character?
I get that some people project their own trauma onto characters, but a post where someone is describing something that is still having a massive effect on their life because of how horrible it was for them to live through is a terrible place to bring up a character, and shows a disturbing lack of empathy or understanding of etiquette. If someone posts about something traumatic and your first thought is about a character if any kind, that's fine, but if you then hop into the comments to type about a character, you need to understand that this is how you sound: 'oh, your horrific experience and daily struggles remind me of a very not real person. Sucks to be you, but my character got awesome powers out of this situation, and the thing that scarred you physically/mentally makes for a great tragic bakstory for them. Doesn't my character sound cool guys? Let's speak more about my character and not the very real person whose story I am completely talking over in order to make everything about things I like to talk about.'
There is a time and a place to talk about your OCs, and when people are trying to educate on a topic or find a community of people who understand them, that is not your place to interject. If you are giving your character these issues in order to raise awareness/education, make a separate post.
There is definitely more I could say on this topic, both in general and in fandom terms, but this is already a pretty long post, so I am going to call it here for now.
Thanks to anyone who stuck around until the end!
#fandom#fandom etiquette#fandom things#tmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt the last ronin#rise of the tmnt#batfam#dick grayson#jason todd#tim drake#tmnt donatello#tmnt donnie#tmnt michelangelo#tmnt mikey#tmnt leonardo#tmnt leo#shadow the hedgehog#sonic the hedgehog#sonic movie 3#sonic fandom#knuckles the echidna#sonic movie spoilers#sonic 3#rouge the bat#batfamily
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i write, sometimes
thank you @citrusses for the tag!
how many works do you have on ao3? 17
what's your total ao3 word count? 234k (since WHEN)
your top 5 stories by kudos? â all drarry
you are safe (i know)Â (e, 42.5k)
though your world is changing (e, 16k)
it's you (e, 1.2k)
dinner and diatribes (e, 4.8k)
my hands are of your colour (e, 8k)
do you respond to comments? i... try
what's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending? ebyt is the obvious answer, but i think my other bite-sized mcd is sadder: nothing to declare here (t, 1k)
what's the fic you've written with the happiest ending? in retrospect, most of my endings are kind of fucked up, and i think dinner and diatribes is simplest in its offering of stable love & care.
do you write crossovers? i don't, it doesn't really interest me, but never say never!
have you ever received hate on a fic? though your world is changing often gets me called an infidelity apologist (uh.) + everyone seems to hate harry in that one (fair fucks). ebyt sometimes gets some "but WHY didn't they just TALK, author?" (fair, but also. uh.) nothing egregious, though
do you write smut? copying cits: often, and with great joy
have you ever had a fic stolen? couple uploaded to goodreads to be rated, but not wholesale thieving that i know of
have you ever had a fic translated? not yet, but huge shoutout to translators out there, it's such a labour of love and access!
have you ever co-written a fic before? no, and i don't know if i could? but again, never say never!
what's your all-time favorite ship? stupid wizard boys (pynch comes v close though)
what's a wip that you want to finish but don't think you ever will? i love all my wips! i don't want to relegate any to the "never finish" category. my 50s/60s drarry photography fic is probably the most de-prioritised one right now? there's also a storyboard i once made for a case-fic where chef!draco is framed (or is he?) for poisoning the british minister during a diplomatic visit to romania, but that's really not a wip, i never put a word of that on the page. inspiration is a flighty thing though, who knows when it'll strike for what
what are your writing strengths? uh. uh? don't know how to judge this myself, but i think atmosphere is what i care for most & have sharpened skills to write accordingly
what are your writing weaknesses? many, but i suck at narrative humour especially, which is a travesty because i'd really like to write situational hilarity. also REALLY struggle with dialogue
what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? i haven't done this yet & don't know if i'd feel super comfortable if i didn't have some familiarity with the language (though if a fic calls for it, i'd do my best to approach someone who does know the language to help me out). i might use the indian languages i know (hindi & bangla) if i ever write the india sequence follow-up to my erised, and my werewolf anti-ministry wip might put my very rudimentary german to use at some point. i do love it when a fic uses different languages to serve a narrative/experiential purpose though!
what's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to? trc! i'd love to write a pynch fic someday, once i've done a reread of the original four.
what's your favorite fic you've ever written? the dronarry fest fic i'm currently writing has been quite fun and new, the jeddy fic i'm currently writing also exorcises some nasty demons and is a delight to work on. i don't know if anything in my already published stuff really qualifies as a favourite (they either signal really difficult periods in my life and/or just aren't up to my current standards), but nothing to declare here, again, was short, sad & experimental, and close to four years later, i wouldn't change much about it.
i don't know who's done this, but paging @flightspathfic, @kamaela, @desertforestfic, @sleepstxtic, @phoebe-delia to tell me everything. and if you have already done it, let me know in the comments so i can go peer in your windows.
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So actually, as a fandom old, I can actually inform you about how to express this without causing unnecessary drama (unless you want to cause unnecessary drama, whichâŚblock me I guess bc then youâd be sucking)
But anyway
See how you know the ship name? All you have to do is tag your posts âanti sharpwolfâ and if you want, you can also go the extra mile and tag âanti antinousâ
Because on tumblr, thereâs actually extensive methods of tag blocking! This means (w the extension of tumblr savior) that when people block the âanti sharpwolfâ tag, they wonât see you express your opinion on the ship, negative or otherwise. And the extra great thing about tumblr is that even if you DONT tag it, the block system makes it so that even if you put âIâm anti sharpwolfâ in the post proper, people who like the ship will STILL not see it.
Used to be, that if I disliked a ship or character and wanted to bitch about them, all I had to do was tag âanti character name/ship nameâ and everyone knew that THOSE tags were a legit safe space to talk smack about said thing. You can find like minded haters without looking like a jerk. You could literally say whatever you want about the thing you hate, and no one who likes it can say anything, because you did your due diligence. This is called fandom etiquete and itâs smiled upon in civilized apps.
Of course, for this to work, you also have to NOT tag the actual character name, as a courtesy. Because like you, not everyone knows how the tagging system works and might not have âanti antinous / anti sharpwolfâ blocked yet. As members of fandoms itâs up to individuals to be informed and inform new members, as I am to you.
Now you might be saying âbut if I donât use the character / ship tag / fandom tag - how will I find and reach my target audience?â Well the tricky thing about finding like minded haters is similar to finding like minded shippers, you really have to curate your own audience and agree with them that YOUR hate tags are the only places that you can happily discuss your negative emotions.
And as a fandom old, it IS fun when you have a safe space to hate character! I do highly recommend it. Some of the funniest moments of my youth was when me and my besties could sit and whine about the flawed logic of (in our opinion!) a thing we disliked.
Itâs really as simple as making a post going âIâd like to introduce the Anti Sharpwold tag as a blockable tag for anyone who like the ship, but also as a welcoming tag for people who dislike it, so that way we donât step on each others toesâ
Now you might not get any clout or much notes when you tag appropriately, but itâs my opinion that the healthy thing is being able to express yourself however you like, outside of something as ridiculous and silly as fandom discourse. Cuz there really nothing lamer than hating something not because of the love of the hatred, but for the express purpose of annoying others.
But what do I know, Iâve just been here forever.
Is this a safe space to say I despise sharpwolf (Telemachus x antinous)
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Was excruciatingly bored at work, so made some Ace Attorney tier lists and brackets! I know tumblr formats them weird in dash (but posting them one in a line would be a crime against humanity tbh) but if you click on them, they should show just fine!
They are, in order, my favorite character bracket, my sexy waifus bracket, my favorite cases bracket, my mechanics tier, my breakdown tier, my game tier, my case tier, my ship tier, my favorite character tier, and then my favorite character design tier!
#phoenix wright: ace attorney#apollo justice: ace attorney#ace attorney investigations#the great ace attorney chronicles#tagging every character would be a pain in the ass so i'm not going to#most of the brackets were completely unchanged#however i did add some additional categories in the ship one#i added better as exes#one sided pining#i've never heard of this but am intrigued#and have never heard of this and don't want to#which if you like any of the ships i hate#or the characters i don't like#it is not a personal attack#i'm not here to fight#but it is what it is#also i am fickle as fuck#wishy washy#and easily swayed#so my answers on something like this will change HOURLY#there are a few that never change#like the favorite character one always comes down to susato vs miles and miles always wins#and it also always comes down to bttt and stolen turnabout and bttt always wins#but a lot of the times it's just whatever my vibes are at the moment#like i'm queuing this nearly two months in advance#if i were to do it again the day it posted#i almost guarantee my answers would be WILDLY different#queue takumi defense squad
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Are you an anti?
i'm 32.
#no i'm not an âANTIâ nor a âPROSHIPPERâ or any of that. i think those terms are stupid and i hate shipping discourse#so i'm gonna ask people not to bring that into my blog and don't try to drag me into it either#no matter which side you are i can assure you you're not gonna like it if you poke me with that stick#i have way better things to do with my time and energy
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FUCK YES STEPHANIE IS THE JASON THAT NEVER WAS PANDA YOU ARE THE HERO THIS FANDOM NEEDS BUT DOES NOT DESERVE PREACH THE GOSPEL OF STEPHANIE AMEN
#I FORMALLY FORGIVE YOU FOR ALL YOUR WRONG OPINIONS ABOUT PRE-REBOOT DICK GRAYSON#not everyone can be correct all the time like me ig#thepandaredd#undescribed#can someone please do a transcript#jason stans who hate jason killing are already shopping on the wrong aisle#but the ones who muzzle him for bruce-stanning or ship reasons and sideline steph are the weakest fucking links in fandom#people who love jason but not stephanie are just misogynistic nitwits#I've seriously never met a steph hater that wasn't a bigoted bag of dicks every which way#panda also thinks anyone who doesn't think bruce is a terrible father is nuts. you'd think that was obvious#but the batfandom is powered by people with a rich white Daddy kink#spoiler#robin#girl robin#fandom misogyny#bat meta#robin meta#stephanie brown#jason todd#my golden daughter#my murder baby#jaysteph#<- not my ship but relevant to their interests#batfamily#anti bruce wayne#regular reminder for zionists to not interact with any of my posts and to die in a fire instead#spite waffle
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I alternate between thinking it's hilarious and sad when I see other shippers (not just the neighbors or Taennopes) having to analyze color choices, actual numbers, symbols or codes they think they've cracked. This is nutbar conspiracy theorist territory, and it just looks insane. You've really gone off the deep end if this is how you're keeping your ship alive. There are some Taekookers who do this, but I put them on a list of people to not ever take seriously and ignore them. Most of them are pushed to the fringes in this community anyway. Or Instagram. đ In my Taekooking, I don't have to do this and there's still SO MANY real connections. Way more significant ones than any of the other ships people bring here thinking they're actually doing something. I can't believe people have so little shame that they try to argue with Taekookers over stuff like this. Whatever you have, I promise you Taekookers have something better and in much greater quantity. Also, this is not something to even try to genuinely answer. I see the "he wears red because of the fortune teller" excuse, and sure he worked some red into his wardrobe because of that but more likely he just likes most of these things he's wearing and they have nothing to do with a fortune teller or any ship. Like any other regular human being. He wears red, and he wears lots of other colors that you don't place any significance on. Editing this because I want to point out how this is one of my favorite kind of anons. The anons pretending to be Taekookers who just now noticed another ship thing and are shook, running here to bring other Taekookers the news. It was just now that I learned that Jennie's 2nd name is Ruby and I've also noticed she has been sporting Red since BP's last comeback. It's been her nickname since she was a kid and her Instagram name for years. BP's last comeback was 2022, but she's been wearing red for a lot longer than that. It's a signature color of Chanel which she has been a brand ambassador for a long time. The joke among her fandom that she wears a ton of red despite saying she hates the color is years old now. I think anon may be a dirty little fibber pretending to be a Taekooker because these crazy coincidences ain't coincidenting at all the way they want. None of this lines up unless you're a desperate shipper OR you just woke up from a coma and the first thing you did was check Taennope accounts to try to catch up. Admit it anon. You're a Taennope just bringing your ship's latest talking points here hoping that Taekookers are as gullible and uninformed as you.
I've always wondered why Tae changed his mic color to Red and has been wearing Red colors a lot. I noticed this all started at the same time Taennie rumors came out. It was just now that I learned that Jennie's 2nd name is Ruby and I've also noticed she has been sporting Red since BP's last comeback. It's just too much of a coincidence, isn't it?
https://twitter.com/kchartsmaster/status/1881873703425941988?t=m-dwzbdygELY6ssWO7lMWQ&s=19
Jkkr and maths đ¤ Taennies and red
Meanwhile TkkrsâŚ
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Voyager's obsession with every female character being a mother either literally or metaphorically is so dire like even SESKA got pregnant. Someone put a planned parenthood in the Delta Quadrant PLEASE. Someone start handing out condoms, this is an EMERGENCY.
#Kes barely got out of there alive#Janeway also got out in CANON but in FANDOM she's liiiike everyone's mom <3 like the ship's mommy <3 Hey. C'MON NOW.#I (in general - not in every case) hate when people say 'well X is like a mom/dad to Y' bc more often than not it's just left at that#as if being a parent is just like an uncomplicated and homogenous thing that lets you not have to think about that relationship#in any more depth#ESPECIALLY with mothers and motherhood which I assume is from the notion that motherhood is 'natural' for women.#Like a fish to water!!! Yaaay yippee!!!!#I find it hard to describe my frustration with this both in fandom and in mainstream media but it deeply deeply frustrates me
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This may just be me, but I think if you ship a canonically very abusive, manipulative and toxic relationship, you don't get to judge or call anyone degenerates for their own fucked up ships, actually.
#gravity falls#billford#stancest#yeah it's about those two specifically#but this could apply to shipping in general#i just saw an artist i generally like saying âit's so disappointing seeing artists i liked ship stancest and be proud pls be ashamed!â#saying it's disgusting and gross and the people in their comments were all in consesus that these people are weird and sickos yada yada#and i don't think they realise that it's the exact same logic people use to hate on billford shippers. like down-to-the-letter the same.#it's weird seeing people be like if you ship incest you're gross and disgusting but if it's abuse it's totes ok and doesn't reflect you irl#not only does that reasoning insinuate that incest is not another form of abuse which is YIKES#but it reads as tho abuse is not âsevere enoughâ to stop people from shipping it while incest is even tho both are very bad which is worse#you either believe that what you ship reflects you irl and no one should ship anything immoral or you don't. it's just that simple.#you don't get to pull that ârules for thee but not for meâ bullshit#your rationalisation does more to normalise and water down these crimes than someone shipping them while acknowledging it's wrong ever will#i don't even ship stancest or have any feelings on it whatsoever btw i'm just enough of a loudmouth to call out hypocrisy when i see it#unrelated but i need to stop making my tags longer than the actual freaking post đ#momento rambles
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I guess the ultimate thing that kills CF for me - or at least nudges it away from me saying I definitively like it - is just how much Edelgard is clearly written with the player in mind before she's written with her character in mind.
Because on all of the other routes, there's a power to Edelgard's presence. Even on BE, there's a sense that for as lonely as Edelgard might be, she still ultimately will do whatever it takes for her to get what she wants. Be that be killing her citizens (or otherwise letting them be killed), endangering her friends, assisting in kidnapping people, allowing Byleth to support her only when they have the Sword of the Creator, covering for TWS - no bar is too low for her to limbo under if doing so means she's even a step closer to her goals.
She's manipulative! She's deceitful! She doesn't care for the lives of her people! Even her friends are forfeit if they try to stand in her way! And this happens no matter how close you, the player, get to her, in the case of BE - C+ ain't stoppin' Remire, and going to the coronation ain't stopping the Holy Tomb.
And in the war phase, she is dominating the field. She has the Kingdom completely on the ropes, down to a few houses standing against Imperial rule, and the Alliance is stuck in neutrality - she may not be able to do much to it, but neither can they do anything to her (to say nothing of the Alliance houses who stand with her). She's far from the underdog in this race, and she shows off how threatening she can be.
CF? Her route?
She scweams at scawy rats. She gets embawwassed when you find her dwawings. She's just so wonewy, and she's just so gwad that you chose her. She somehow fails to capture Rhea, or frame Dimitri for regicide, and so now has to deal with that on the Kingdom's side of the war. But that doesn't stop Elly Welly-kins fwom twying to find her pwecious teacher, because you're just so important to her. She cwies and hugs you when you meet her in the Goddess Tower!! Because she missed you so much!!
It's like... Dimitri and Claude certainly show different sides of themselves on their respective routes. It's the whole point! You grow closer to them and thus see how they treat those close to them, as opposed to being the Kinda Neat Teacher they see run along every now and then. But, like... Claude doesn't become a blushing maiden whenever Byleth speaks with him on VW. Dimitri doesn't scream at scary rats and get called cute for it on AM. They don't get Basic Bitch Gap Moe Traits slapped onto them that are only ever shown to the player and only on their routes. Unlike Edelgard.
Dimitri's endearing trait is that he's this big huge dude who can bench-press forests and arm-wrestle god who still wants to learn to sew and who teaches kids to protect themselves and who buys candies for his friends. Claude's endearing trait is that he's this mastermind planner who has contingency and lie and obfuscation as three separate legal government names who still wants everyone to be safe and happy and hold hands and be friends.
Edelgard is strong, confident, and willing to do some of the shittiest things known to man for her goals. Her endearing trait is that her screams are cute. She's shy about her drawings of the player character. She blushes over the player potentially joking about having sex with her per her JPN version of her C support; you know, the one about how Byleth walks in on Edelgard muttering in her sleep from a nightmare about her tortured family? Perfect time to joke about fucking her! Dimitri and Claude's endearments are, well, endearing; Edelgard's are all straight up embarrassing for her.
Hell, even the smaller stuff is affected! Claude's passion for poisons and mushrooms are things he has no qualms about having others know about, despite how weird they are. Dimitri laughing at shitty jokes brings him no personal discomfort or embarrassment, despite just how loudly he laughs at them. They have traits to them that can easily be uwu worthy, and they don't care! Of the lords, only Edelgard does! Because, it feels like, the only way for a strong, resolute female character to come off as approachable is if she's knocked down a few pegs for specifically and only you, the player.
And that sucks ass! I'm sorry, but when I'm playing Edelgard's route I don't want to deal with her hiding herself away in her room for a month IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FUCKING WAR because she's just so embawwassed! It is so fucking insensitive that Edelgard is literally the only lord of the three who can have her trauma openly belittled at any point in the story by Byleth, all to have some cheap cutesy uwu moment about her fear of rats (calling her screaming in fear cute and INSISTING that it's really cute which is just. Fucking ew man)! Why can we fucking mock Edelgard's manner of speech during the MASSACRE OF REMIRE?
This shit doesn't happen to Claude or Dimitri! And saying "oh just don't pick those options then" is bullshit because no equivalent options exist for the male lords! It's piss-boilingly annoying that the second you choose to see things from the strong confident villainous ambitious female lord's perspective you can reduce her down to this bumbling moeblob just for you (sometimes unavoidably!) like!! Dude!
#legit not even sure what to tag this because for once I'm going to bat for Edelgard LMAO her writing treats her BAD when it comes to this#this is also a huge thing that fucks me off from liking Edel/eth because Byleth can be SUCH a huge fucking dick to her for no reason#and can be UNIQUELY mean to her for no reason. off the cuff i can't think of another character you can have Byleth act like this to#and most of this shit is well before Byleth as a character has any real reason to actively dislike her so they're just.#bullying Edelgard for fun?? I guess??#among uh. other reasons the ship doesn't exactly Work Out lmao#but yeah for CF it really REALLY brings down my ability to enjoy it fully despite me REALLY wanting to#because it encapsulates just how like. shallowly Edelgard can be written?#because it's not just that no character can meaningfully react to everything she's done (though that is a huge factor too)#but also as SOON as the writing wants you to REALLY like her it goes out of its way to diminish her powerful presence and UwU her#and not to say that she doesn't have her powerful moments - she does! and they're really great to see!#but that her cutesy moments stand out SO much BECAUSE the other two lords very noticeably have nothing akin to that for them#like. you can't jokingly call Claude a loser for having no friends growing up due to the racism he faced#you can't pretend to be one of voices Dimitri hears to fuck with him#you straight up CANNOT joke about their trauma which like. duh?? why would you??#but Edelgard just woke up from a horrible nightmare and that's just the perfect setup for a sex joke#and it's perfectly fine to joke about forgetting what Edelgard said about her trauma she opened up to them about cuz ''she said to forget''#and it's a-okay for Byleth to brush off her opening up about why she has a rat phobia to embarrass her over drawing them#WHY CAN YOU DO THIS. or better yet WHY *CAN'T* YOU DO THIS TO THE OTHER TWO.#it is just so brazenly sexist and i hate it every time i think about it đ
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Fandoms
1. The Scum Villain's Self Saving System
2. Heaven Official's Blessing
3. Fire Emblem (Awakening and Engage)
4. Sha Po Lang/Stars of Chaos
5. Cult of the Lamb
Which character did you first fall in love with?
1. Shen Jiu
2. Mei Nianqing
3. Henry (FE Awakening)
4. Rafal (FE Engage)
5. Gu Yun
Character you didnt know you would love as much as you do now?
1. Grima
2. Pei Ming
3. Jun Wu
4. Yue Qingyuan
5. Alear (FE Engage)
Character you cant stand?
1. Gullveig and all her fucking alternate personalities. Stop giving her alts ffs
2. Qiu Jianluo (read his introductory paragraph and tell me you like this man. You cannot)
3. Nidhogr is getting up there by ruining about any fun I had in FE Heroes
Otherwise I don't really often hate characters so much that I cannot stand them tbh.
Who do you ship?
Terrible question, the answer is too many. I am a filthy filthy multishipper
1. Qijiu, Mujiu
2. Junmei and other SJ rareships (Tianjiu, Yijiu, Zhujiu, scumrat, scumplane, Weijiu, etc.)
3. Changgu <3
4. Bingmo, Bingfan and the other common SJ ships as well as Quanyin and Hualian/HX or Hualian/Yin Yu or HX/YY
5. That one FE crackship I made which I will let you find in my post history on your own lmfao
Fandom Quiz
Pick 5 Fandoms & Answer Accordingly:
Fandoms:
Black Butler
Ace Attorney
Pet Shop of Horrors
Overlord
Emma: A Victorian Romance
Which character did you first fall in love with?
Sebastian Michaelis
Miles Edgeworth
Count D
Sebas
Hakim
What character that you never thought youâd love as much as you do now?
Bard !!!!!
Dick Gumshoe
Leon
the second prince of Re-Estize
Hans
Character you canât stand?
Charles Grey
Manfred von Karma
Count D (MCâs father, Father D)
canât think of one
William Jones (yeah, I KNOW heâs the love interest but I really dislike him)
Who do you ship?
oh man everyone lol, but especially sebard & sebagni
Edgeworth (Phoenix/Miles)
Count D/Leon
Overlord(Ainz)/Demiurge
Emma/Hans
I tag: @justanothersnakeblog @kawaii-pigeon @apocalypticromantic666 @lilacwriter07 & anyone else who would like to join - participation is completely for fun and only if you feel like it!
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