#who am i to claim that anything i make deserves to be called “art”?

[piratesexmachine420]

Been playing around with the "smudge" tool in GIMP, trying to improve this magazine cover I made a while back w/ Inkscape.

Obviously, it's a riff on Time magazine. I liked the idea of a publication of record with a "handprint" motif, since some of the oldest records of human civilization we have are handprint cave paintings, and there's kind of a poetic symmetry in the idea that the first and last records of our existence on Earth might be sort of the same.

The specifics are all part of one of my ongoing worldbuilding projects that I've been kicking around for a long time--some small bits I've posted before. The lore is in constant flux, but the gist is this:

On December 5th, 2012 an alien spacecraft crashes into Inner Mongolia at an appreciable speed of light. The collision is so violent it knocks the Earth partially off its axis and destroys most of East Asia. In addition, the collision produces some kind of global EMP that sets a lot of the world's electrical infrastructure on fire.

Everyone panics, things are very bad.

It's discovered that something the spacecraft did shortly before impact has eaten a hole into the Earth's magnetic field.

Two years later, another, similar spacecraft is detected. The United States manages to damage it with nuclear weapons before it crashes into the North Pole. There's no EMP pulse, 'cause of the damage inflicted, but the North Pole is melted and Earth's axis is further disrupted.

A lot of international politicking occurs. The UN forms an international military alliance (UNIMETS) to protect against further a potential Third Contact and any further Contacts. The United States and some other nations leave the UN and sort of mangle NATO into a second, competing international military alliance (GDTO).

A third spacecraft does indeed appear in early 2021, and the GDTO and UNIMETS are unable to coordinate sufficiently to destroy or damage it. It crashes into Fennoscandia, and the EMP from First Contact repeats itself. Much of Europe is destroyed.

UNIMETS and the GDTO merge into a single world military government for the purpose of planetary protection. This alliance is named SEGh, for the proto-indo-european word meaning "to hold" or "to overpower".

More spacecraft continue to appear, with a period of roughly five or so years. Not all of them target Earth--Fourth contact hits Mars, for example--and the world's nuclear weapons stocks are quickly depleted. North America is destroyed, SEGh headquarters retreat to Antarctica (now free of ice and much warmer, as the Earth tumbles in all three axes). The Bureau for Experimental Warfare (BXW)--SEGh's primary weapons R&D team, operating under the Department for Preservation of Life (DPoL)-- develop an interesting new technology allowing them to alter the relative rate of time within a small radius.

It is determined that very, very few people can withstand extremely high or low relative rates of time. Something about souls? IDK, I haven't worked it out yet. DPoL officials decide to kidnap conscript the three potential candidates they identify.

The rate of time altering technology (now called Time Optimizers) are put to use building special space combat suits (Strategic Time-Optimizing Powered Suits, also STOP Suits or occasionally STOPSes), and our three heroes are put to work trying to destroy the alien ships. Much drama, much tragedy. If this sounds a lot like I'm just ripping off Evangelion...yeah. Pretty much.

Eventually the last (Thirteenth) Contact is prevented, and then a lot of the lore starts to be very in-flux. There's a civil war between DPoL plus some other government organizations against the rest of SEGh when they refuse to stand down. Our heroes are made to pick a side. Eventually, the "rest of SEGh" side win, and our favorite global military dictatorship immediately dissolves itself in 2062.

Things are bad for a while. None of the newly-independent SEGh member states were prepared for autonomy or sovereignty, and things are even more bad for a couple of years. Lots of infrastructure failure.

Subsequently, the now-independent SEGh member states form a council to create a new--hopefully benevolent this time--world government. (Worth noting that the global population is way, way smaller now. Less than a billion. And a lot of land area is uninhabitable, either because it's just gone or because there's no magnetic field there anymore.) This is the first Working Group on Government.

More murky lore stuff I haven't decided yet. WGoG reforms once or twice, a space program begins (using an offshoot of Time Optimizers than alter distances instead of durations; these are called Space Optimizers) under the auspices of the Space Tele-Transport Board (STTB), Proxima Centauri b is terraformed, and most of humanity leaves Earth for it. Our heroes do... something.

The colony on the surface of Proxima Centauri b is named "Monument to the Living" and the orbiting space station supporting it is named "Monument to the Dead", thus the above magazine title.

Then it gets even murkier. I think I might have some kind of space war between the aerospace companies and the Space Board? 'Cause only the STTB is allowed to operate spacecraft with Space Optimizers and they want to start their own private colonization efforts? IDK. Our heroes are involved somewhere. Maybe they'll still have their STOP suits, maybe not. IDK.

[thereweredragonshere]

Intro post :D

Info About commissions further down in post!!!

Hi hi hello hi I’m thereweredragonshere and I have had a hyperfixation on how to train your dragon since like early 2021. I’m a girl and use she/they pronouns (don’t care which) and I’m from the UK (specifically Wales :3). I have been through several fandoms and still maintained this hyperfix so it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Almost everything I post is httyd related; mainly art and stupid crap I do when I’m bored. But there will be the occasional rant about whatever the fuck I’m unhappy about (expect a lot of httyd3 dissing)

I’ve also apparently gained the nickname Twdh (an abbreviation of my username, how clever /lh) so feel free to call me that 🙏😭

If I’d have to guess what my blog has become most known for it’d be Buff Astrid. Girl I have a problem with this woman. I took it upon myself to correct the mistakes of dreamworks and gave Astrid her 6’2 raging muscle machine body that she deserves. And made Hiccup 5’7 because get out of here with that 6’1 Hiccup crap. No🤗

Requests (ama) - Open

I take any requests! :D (within reason) to do with how to train your dragons :) I’ll draw the characters, the dragons, action shots, whump, romantic/intimate, ships, platonic. Literally whatever, it just makes me happy to draw them weird disproportionate creatures. I won’t draw anything explicitly sexual, but hey who am I to refuse a bit of spice. I also have an ao3! (Linked below) so feel free to request a fic :)

Because requests are not paid for, I reserve the right to creative freedom and complete ownership of any art I produce from a request. Do not claim it as yours. :)

Commissions - Open!

See this post for details

Mini art portfolio thing:

Obligatory please do not reupload or claim my art as your own anywhere!

Ao3 - Where I upload pretty much exclusively Hiccup whump.

Tiktok - Where I upload stupid httyd related art skits

Thank you for stopping by my blog :)

[leontalksalot]

I was wrong about the votv drama

I'll be honest that when the drama first started, I thought it was all just out of bullshit pettiness to get MrDrNose cancelled. So many people in the server have so many bad things to say about Kaiden, the guy who made the document, all those stories and claims about him, I believe them. I thought Kaiden was this unhinge weirdo that came from 4chan because so many other people in the community had so said so many things that make him seem like that. But as times goes on and the drama escalate even more, I just became tired and mad. I became part of the 'campaign' to get Kaiden gone from the internet for good. I was repeating the same baseless accusation that I heard from the server, taking it as facts without question. But now I just realized how much of an IDIOT I was. All those things that people were saying about Kaiden that make him look like a complete disgusting asshole are all complete bullshit to try and discredited and villainize him to make other people to bully and harass him into silence without knowing what said in the doc are true. The whole fanbase is a fucking echo chamber, everybody there are unhinge morons with the same fucked up belief that anybody who speak out on the bad things surrounding Drnose and his acquaintances are bad and deserve to be bullied. Seriously, here on tumblr or even in the official discord server there are people bullying and harassing other people for having a negative view on drnose, and the most crazy thing about that is that the mods are completely aware of this in the server, but they all choose to not do anything to stop it as if they don't care because the people that are getting bullied in the server believe nose is a scumbag, so they let the bullies get away with it. The eternitydev fanbase is actually completely corrupted and became a echo-chamber of insane people. These people have no care and humility, and that goes to the same with drnose. One of my friend's whose a patron told me about how he try to invalidate people criticizing him as nothing but insane and mentally ill people.

And than they told me about a drama in the librarian's discord between Drnose and kaiden and my god it just hurts to read.

(I had to take a screenshot from the document itself since I am too lazy to scroll through dm to find it) If I'm correct drnose is a 22 Y.O. adult and yet this is how he behaves. And It's ironic how drnose tries shame kai as "being negative" when he went and call people mentally ill, just literally being ableist. As well as letting people in his damn discord server to continuedly trash talk, harass and make harmful bullshit accusation to get kai more harassed. Seriously, some of the people made claims that he was a pedo or that he sent rape art to people. I feel sick to my stomach from the guilt and the embarrassment. That I take these people's bullshit at face value without giving it much thought and simply repeating what they said makes me feel so ashamed. Do not believe a single thing these people say. Their either morons believing other morons lies and is just repeating it or they're an asshole purposely trying to misinform people into turning against a kid. These people will manipulate and gaslight you to try and make you take their side and help them harass a kid and anybody speaking about it into silence. To the people I bullied, I am sorry, I am an idiot for even taking nose's side. I was an idiot to believe everything they said without question.

[damnfandomproblems]

Posting a compilation of responses to Fandom Problem #6020.

Anon:

If you want representation, create your own story Fandom is not activism

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Anon:

Except you people almost never racebend white characters. You racebend other minorities. You racebend anime characters with Japanese names who live in Japan and speak Japanese and have their whole family live in Japan with Japanese names and speak Japanese and claim that the original character was "white." You take characters who are half-black, half-white and say they "aren't black enough" and make them completely black, racebending the white parent ONLY for the sake of racebending their kid. You racebend half-black, half-Asian characters for the same reason, they "aren't black enough." The overwhelming majority of people who complain about racebending don't care about a character's race, they're pointing out YOU'RE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY DOING THIS TO CHARACTERS WHO ARE OTHER MINORITIES, WHO DESERVE REPRESENTATION TOO, WHILE SLAPPING IRL PEOPLE WHO MATCH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER IN THE FACE!!!!!!!!!

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Anon:

I am pretty sure that modern fandom was not created specifically by POC. It was created by majorly women who were really into Star Track, completely unrelated to any skin colour any of them might have had

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Anon:

“BLACKWASHING IS DONE WITH RESPECT AND LOVE FOR A CHARACTER AND THEIR FANDOM.” No, it’s done out of hatred of white people. If you really loved this character, you’d love him or her as a white person. If you can’t love a white character, you are racist.

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Anon:

Re: every single moronic anon screaming "BlAcKwAsHiNg IsN't ReAl YoU'rE jUsT rAcIsT, aNyOnE wHo SaYs AnYtHiNg BaD aBoUt RaCeSwApS oF bLaCk ChArAcTeRs Is RaCiSt! RaCiSt!! RaCiSt!!!": On twitter right now people are throwing a fit over official splatoon art of Marina having a slightly lighter shade of brown than normal. Again. AGAIN. AGAIN!! Miss me with this fucking bullshit! You clowns have said this for a decade now and EVERYONE can see right through you! Every time some artist draws a brown character one hexcode lighter because GOD FORBID ANY OF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LIGHTING EXISTS OR THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT SHADES, there's a goddamn TIDAL WAVE of THE STUPIDEST, MOST HATEFUL PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET screaming MUH RACISM at the top of their lungs. Harassing artists minding their own goddamn business (ESPECIALLY if they're from Japan!). Smugly taking the art and darkening with that utterly insufferable "Heh, I fixed it :)))" passive-aggressive attitude. Don't you sit there and fucking lie to me, you little shit. I've been on this hellsite since 2012. I've seen every single one of these """whitewashing""" controversies you neanderthals start and every single one of them has accomplished nothing except drive people away, piss them off, or inspired them to make ACTUAL Whitewashed art to show you what Whitewashing actually looks like and also to MOCK YOU. This is not pissing on my leg and telling me it's rain, this is grabbing ten of your buddies, telling them chug a gallon of water, circle around me, whip out your cocks, shower me in gold and then casually mock me for not taking an umbrella because "oh man it's so stormy out :)" Also Japanese twitter has had enough of your shit and they're criticizing you for acting this way and then shamelessly redrawing their characters as being black and acting like that's how they're """supposed""" to be because Asians just aren't """POC""" enough for you. Don't ever call anyone a "Colonizer" again, because that kind of shit is GENUINE Colonizer mindset because you self-righteous shitheads disrespect other cultures and can't leave people the fuck alone. THAT is why people get mad at you. It's not racism. It's NEVER been racism; it's because you're all insufferable twits who harass everyone around you over NOTHING and then have the GALL to be FLAGRANT HYPOCRITES ABOUT IT with an obvious double standard! Build a bridge and get the FUCK over yourselves!

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(Mod note: I'm unsure if this was intended as an independent submission or a response to the same problem, I'm assuming it's a response due to the timing and am posting as such.)

Anon:

One thing I find EXTREMELY odd about a fandom I am in surrounding an anime I like is the racewashing/blackwashing art, now I'm not gonna get into my opinions on racewashing because wether you support it or not you have to admit what I'm about to say seems really dodgy In this anime there are multiple main characters of mixed race, majority of them being half european half japanese, I'm not sure how much representation of mixed people there are in anime but I can only really think of 3 anime where there are main mixed race characters, most of them only having 1 or 2 mixed race characters, but the anime I am talking about has about 4 mixed race main characters For some reason this fandom absolutely loves to racewash these mixed race characters and barely does it to any other characters. They always make them fully black (not even blasian) and they say they do it to add "more black representation" to the anime Now there are many reasons I find this dodgy, 1 being that of course they only ever do this with the mixed race characters, (or at the very least these are the most popular characters to do this to) not the fully asian characters, not the fully white characters, not to any character of any other race/ethnicity, not even the non human characters who don't have a canonical race/ethnicity, only the mixed race characters Apparently a lot of other fanbases with half white half japanese main characters have these problems too, and a lot of real life mixed people say that the people who only ever racewash mixed characters imply that these characters are "too white for them", which is of course a very racist thing to say about mixed race people who are half white Another reason I find this odd is that, A. A lot of the anime is set in Japan, so of course a lot of the characters will be Japanese or half Japanese, and I'm not saying that there aren't black people in Japan, but obviously majority of the people who live in Japan are Japanese B. There are black characters in the anime! Main characters too, now I can't speak on how good the representation is as I'm not black, but from what I can tell a lot of black people love this anime and the black characters (not to mention a lot of the people I see who racewash the mixed characters are not black, most I see are white people) so I don't see the need to add more representation to the anime by racewashing non black characters, let alone racewashing the mixed race characters who also seem to have a small amount of representation in anime. Like at the very least if someone wanted to race swap a character they'd do it with one of the many white characters and not the mixed race characters, or at the very very least they'd make the mixed race characters blasian and not fully black, or draw the non human characters who don't have canonical races as humans and make them black or any race they want, like I don't get why they're so obsessed with making mixed half white half asian people fully black In conclusion: this whole thing just confuses me and gives off extremely dodgy and racist vibes

[ourladyofmaplemurder]

Riverdale is Bad and I’m So Smart

So, I was going to make a response video to Friendly Space Ninja's video on the finale...but honestly, there are just other things I'd rather do with my time...

I did, however, write a script for the video. You can read that here if you wish.

The short version is that people who talk about art the way he does are fucking idiots and I'm tired of being nice about it. If you don't know what you're talking about, either figure it out or shut the fuck up. **And let me clarify: There is a big difference from expressing a personal opinion to friends and standing on authority with a huge platform to provide "critique". Huge difference. Not understanding or not liking the finale is totally valid, (It wasn't necessarily what I would have done with the final season) but what makes me angry about this guy in particular is that he positions himself as an authority on media criticism and analysis. He then provides the shittiest fucking examples of both. I can't stand it.

Hi. So. Our dear friend Friendly Space Ninja put out another video about Riverdale. This time, he took it upon himself to discuss the finale. Anything for a click, right, buddy?

Well, he made all sorts of claims about the finale and the final season. He gave his thoughts on the show as a whole. And all of it, dear viewer is entirely worthless. Strong statement, I know, but hear me out.

He didn’t watch the latter half of season 5, nor season 6 at all. He didn’t even watch all of season 7. He watched the first few episodes with specific expectations and when those were not met, he skipped to the end only to be baffled by its conclusion, claiming that it was all meaningless and even going as far as to “explain” quote unquote that Angel Tabitha’s rework of the timelines erases the other shows that Roberto Agurrie Sacasa has made. This, by the way, demonstrates such a lack of understanding of the surface level plot, that I can’t even respond to it.

For these reasons, I will not be refuting his assertions as I did in my last video response to him. It’s simply not worth it. His video is so deeply stupid that picking it apart would be giving it more credit than it deserves.

I was very diplomatic in my last response video, but I really don’t wish to be this time. I really don’t think it’s worth it.

However, I would like to say a few things, just to give you a sense of why I am so fucking angry.

Firstly, I’d like to talk about the work of Barnett Newman. In particular, I’d like to talk about Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III. The first time I saw this painting, or even just paintings like it, I scoffed and said, “Why is something like this in a museum? It’s stupid. It’s just red, yellow, and blue. Is this even art?” Years later, however, I learned an interesting story about this painting.

In 1986 the painting was vandalized in an anti-Semitic attack. Daniel Goldreyer attempted to restore the painting in 1991. Should be easy, right? I mean, it’s just three colors.

However, the effort proved utterly unsuccessful as the depth of the color was incredibly difficult to replicate. The skill required to create this painting was far more than the untrained eye could perceive.

The first time I saw this painting, I did not understand it and condemned it as stupid because I was an arrogant prick.

And I’m sure hundreds of thousands of people who also don’t understand painting would agree with such a dismissive sentiment.

But just because I have millions of people agreeing with me doesn’t mean I know anything. It just means a lot of people don’t understand painting. That’s it.

Friendly Space Ninja’s video on Riverdale is the equivalent of someone looking at this painting and calling it stupid without understanding anything about abstract expressionism, painting techniques, and the works of Neoplasticism that this series was responding to.

It is watching Sunset Boulevard and complaining there is no color.  

It is the equivalent of an incel giving you dating advice.

But let me address Mr. Space Ninja directly and I won’t use any metaphors because I want this to be understood.

More than making a stupid response to Riverdale, your crime, Mr. Space Ninja, is arrogance. You look at a piece of art, you are utterly baffled by it, as you yourself say in the video, and you assume that the art must be the stupid one. It couldn’t be that it’s going over your head. No. It must be meaningless because you can’t grasp its meaning.

This is very troubling and also quite sad.

Though, I suspect you have no interest in providing useful insight into the works you discuss. It’s far more lucrative to provide inflammatory confirmation bias and, at the end of the day, that’s all you’re really doing. And to be clear, that is an insult. Wouldn’t want you to miss that. <3

Now, I also watched Alex Meyer’s video on the finale as well out of curiosity, as he also has a large platform. I haven’t watched his other videos because they seemed overtly negative about the show and I figured they wouldn’t be even remotely enjoyable. Curiosity won out though and honestly, though the sacred cow he is mocking is mine and thus, I disagree…I can’t fault him for this. There was a lot of care and thought that went into this. Even if he thinks the show is silly (and it certainly is) there’s a clear affection for it.

Not only that, but towards the end of the video he says this: “Time will be kind to your show. And all the chucklefucks like me with our kneejerk reactions? That's all going to fade away."

He also acknowledges the fact that there might be more to it than just the silliness. He doesn’t talk about it because he prefers to joke about the show rather than analyze it. He’s a jester, not a scholar. I could never fault him for that.

But I also don’t think anyone in their right mind would consider this critique. This is a comedy bit. And I’m not saying that comedy is less important or valuable than analysis. Not at all. It’s just different.

Anyway. Friendly Space Ninja. Fuck you.

[koy0uu]

“Off with their heads”

Summary: In which Executor Rosehearts thinks about the future Queen…

Ship: Executor!Riddle Rosehearts X [future] Queen of Hearts!Reader

Fandom: Twisted Wonderland

Warnings: Mentions of beheading, public executions and blood. Riddle is an executor in this after all! Also some yandere-ish behaviour from Riddle

Author’s Note: Hello my dear costumers~ I am sincerely sorry for having been gone for 4 months. Writer’s block and school had me GOOD, sadly. I’ve been to “Shanti” by wotaku ft KAITO and it actually inspired me to write this haha. I also have multiple drafts going on, let’s see if I manage to upload them and finish them any time soon. Aside from that, I will use this as an announcement for my art sideblog @sirins-void on which I actually upload. Until then, this must suffice.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: My one and only Queen @l0laaa-ita for supporting me and being such an inspiration! Ilysm 💕

Word Count: 438

It is a soldier’s duty to serve his Queen. Anything she wants, she shall get. That is a soldier’s duty. That is what Riddle Rosehearts swore his life to. To protect you and listen to your every beck and call; his Queen’s happiness above all. And yet, how come he was jealous of every single one of your suitors? None of them were worthy! That was why he felt such joy and relief when you dismissed every single one your parents brought in, right? He merely wanted the best for the future Queen of Hearts, is all. That was precisely why he was always around you. To fulfil his duty of course. Not because of ridiculous reasons like him wanting to be the suitor you chose - Trey and Cater really did have radiant fantasies, spewing atrocities on his precious Queen’s name by claiming that “she’ll never find a suitor if she keeps rejecting everyone.” You were merely a lady of high status, beauty and Grace - it’s only natural you’d want to find someone just like that for yourself.

You only deserve the best. Anything below that is merely an insult to your excellency. That was why he accepted becoming an executor anyways - sure, his position as a soldier was just as good, however getting to serve you so closely, and ridding all those worthless bastards of their life at your command was just what he wanted. Sometimes, even he had such ridiculous thoughts, that told him that only he was worthy of you. He’s already killed so much for you, he’s serving you every day, and he is the servant you’re the closest with. You laughed and cried in front of him - he’s seen all your sides, and Riddle’s accepted them all, growing indeed fond of them all. A beautiful Queen with a beautiful heart; someone who all the blood on his hands was the bare minimum. He’d do anything for you. As a soldier, as a friend, aspiring to be more than that… So, what difference would it make if there were two matching rings on your fingers?

Unlike those swines your parents sought for you to marry, he did not care about the throne at all, but merely about you as a person. Your beauty may have intrigued him at first, but in the end it was the beauty of your personality, your kindness, your forgiving smile, your slight guilt of him having to behead the judged criminals for your sake. Slowly but surely, Riddle had understood just how precious your pure soul was. And he had no intentions letting anybody taint it, no matter what.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed :D

All credits belong to @koy0uu on tumblr. Please do not steal my works! Reblogs are appreciated though :D

[problematicfactive]

New intro Post

New intro post! How exciting! This is my celebration for reaching 25 followers so fast! Thank you all for your overwhelming support in this journey, it really has been a lot.

If you're new here, my boyfriend and I are both introjected from extremely problematic medias revolving around a very bad person that lived in real life. We are both from fictional medias, bit the person of which we introjected is very much real, and We've gotten a LOT of shit for it.

Spaces that claim to be safe spaces for systems-- or God forbid, safe spaces for *problematic* introjects and alters, tend to be rude or spiteful towards individuals who are factives from problematic sources.

I firmly believe this hateful stance comes from a place of not understanding, so I've created this blog to give people who don't understand a chance to talk and speak to us without losing their cool as we also stay anonymous on this blog. They're always nice until they find out who you are /hj . Since it's creation, the blog has since turned into a big place for problematic factives to just feel safe and seen. I'm beyond happy about this, and glad my blog can serve both purposes. More under the cut!

We post a lot of everything!

We answer asks from people who have questions about us or about being problematic factives, we make positivity posts for problematic factives, problematic factive culture is... posts, and lots of other things you could think of. Feel free to vent in our askbox or message us for a chat! We'd love to have a friend.

Some things off the top of my head that I can't do on this blog (but if you end up making a blog for these things and need a mod, totally hmu!)

Stimboards/Moodboards etc. - I would literally love to do these but the problem is I know like nothing about anyone. Of you were to ask me for a Donald Trump moodboard I honestly do not know what I would do my mind would just blank. That being said, in decently good at making them so if there were a person I knew well enough to do a stimboard on, I definitely could

Icon edits - This is somthing I'm capable of doing, but it isn't something where I would want this entire blog to just turn into requests. If you're making a blog specifically for these creative requests things totally hmu

Art - I cannot draw but my hope is that that changes in the future.

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Meet us!

My last intro post didn't really have any information on us as people let's try and fix that.

I can't tell you my name, but you can call me Anxiety. I'm the main mod and significantly less source connected/more source ashamed. I go by he/Anxiety with Anxiety being able to work in place of either a name or a pronoun. Unless the host is helping out with something, anything that isn't labeled comes from me. I'm the only one out of the two of us with the physical ability to type so when he posts something, it's a little special occasion and deserves a label.

My boyfriend doesn't have a name option other than a source one. On the blog he has only been referred to as my boyfriend, but if you need a name for him, call him NPC. He uses he/him pronouns and will sign off any post that he thinks up all on his own with -NPC and tagged with # npc posts

Tagging

Here is some of the tagging we use on this blog

# problematic factive culture = Problematic factive culture is.. posts

# kindness and positivity = Kind and Positive asks we've received

# good thoughtful questions = Good questions we received as asks

# positivity post = Positivity posts

# problematicfactive blog things = things that ate moreso related to one of the mods or running the blog than they are about problematic factives

# rainy day drafts = drafts that could be super old because I made them and them left them in the drafts so I could post when I don't have anything else to post

# queued because I am asleep 😊 / queued because hopefully I'm sleeping = posts that I queue to be 5-ish hours away from the last post. I often post somthing at 12 am Eastern Time regardless of the last something was posted, so those early morning positivity posts tend to also be queued with the tag

If you come across us and like what we do, consider boosting or realigning this post! I'd love for as many people to find out we exist as possible

# askers experience = Asks sent in where an asker tells me about their life

# npc posts = posts my npc wrote as a mod on this blog (does not apply to posts where "my boyfriend's answer" is me paraphrasing or trying to speak for him)

[satellite-slickers]

okay thats it time to clear house there are fucking too many of you now. survival of the fittest those of you who are strong enough will die off and my notifications wont be filling with hundreds of them every day

the internet left is straight up canibalistic and impotent. you talk about a revolution and killing billionaires but the thought of giving up chick fillet or something else equally trivial is completely beyond you. how am i supposed to take you seriously anout wanting to go through the painful and potentially devastating concequences of forcibly changing society if you don't have the conviction to even give up your creature comforts. until you so called leftists grow a spine and actualy do the basics like get q long term strategy in place i am not going to believe that you have what it takes.

on the same note. yall are so fucking dramatic and love drama to the point that you will gladly tear into each other and try to paint other leftists as villains for not being ideologically pure as you think you are. you cant build a colelition or a movement if you arent willing to join with people you dont agree 100% with. and you cant do shit if youre more concerned with looking like the wokest person in the room than you are actually affecting systemic change

the harry potter game thing is a microcosm. i do not care qbout the harry potter game. as a trans person. i dont care. you're shadow boxing in platos cave trying to win a symbolic victory against a single terf. meanwhile our rights are being stripped away from us while you are focused on bullying people into not playing a videp game like thats actually going to fix anything. someone streaming that fucking terrible game and raising money to donate to a trans charity is doing infinitely more good for me and the rest of the trans community than the rest of you fuckers combined

ai art is fine actually. and while there needs to ne regulation about how datasets qre compiled. it is not plageriam and is not art theft and is not copying your art style the devil and is actualy good and cool you just have a fundumental misunderstanding of how the technology works. the exploitation and undervaluation of artists in our society is not new and is not because of ai art. you want to help artists? stop shadow boxing in platos cave and actually support artists and create networks with the aim of making sure that artists actually get paid and get credit for the work they do

people can ship or write or he off too whatever the hell they like its none of my business

i am not proship, not because i dont share their views about fiction. but because i dont believe that they go far enough. the anti anti movement had it right but the proship comunity is very much "fuck you i got mine" they want to play with their fanfic and read their stories and dont want to actually explore thought or principles beyond that. things dont matter and arent bad if they arent hurting real people? okay then. in that case pedophiles and zoophiles dont deserve harasment if they arent actually hurting anykne. incest is fine as long as its consentual and using mental health problems (hes insane, theyre psychotic, theyre a narcasist, they lack empathy conservatism appeals to the mentaly ill, trying to say that mass murderers or child molesters or corrupt politicians are that way because there is something mentally wrong with them) as a way to condem their character means that YOU are the terrible person. claiming that only people who aren't neurotypical can be monsters is abelist. theres no other way about it

some of you straight up dont have principles, you call yourself progressive but you are still working on that gut level "it makes me feel weird pr gross to think about and upsets me and therefor it must be evil" like a five year old, you never actually examined your beliefs and your feelings and developed a moral code that you stick to even when it is hard and it shows

[scentedchildnacho]

I don't know what happened to the woman who left with the EMTs....i at shelter get a lot of tinnitus and I got really collapsing nauseous once but it turned out to just be food poisoning because once a day of it was over I wasn't sick anymore

So I think they get seizures and cardiac symptoms....

Its been kind of worrisome....that my heart rate be able to clear street pollution a bit unfairly.....but i did achieve homeostasis a blockage did not reach my heart and cause collapse

The pastor told me to not worry about the extensive gifts to women that will date men or appear with men I should notice something about the stuffs coloring that it's a satanic pursuit to call oneself a winning criminal case that can quickly readjust after jail so just dont pay attention to any of that

Its playboys or church of satans stuff so just dont get involved in that

Its people who claim they were in jail several years but they are quick up and getting back into things....it's jail for several years it causes severe macular degeneration it's character would act more blind then they do

Their neo Nazis...they light radiate peoples eyes till they have thick white tumors over their irises and pupils just to get to operate on them and use the tissue as a koch art form it's jail it's really horrifying

Honey and taffy...taffy is kind of a bully man...I would not find the stuff worth much if I had to have taff butt slap me

The staff just said don't touch other people's stuff or you will get bullied around so I think honey does have to many repetitions of the same stuff because taff does bully her

Its other people's stuff...we were suppose to be like a team and each get a positive supportive gift package

He wanted to know about housing programs so I told him I don't know anything about any housing programs this is a really unfair place people maybe have records about infrastructure digging in Africa or Muslim sweat sew shops in India this place is very unfair

Their Christians and Christians cannot be kind or forgive the Muslim world

Barcelona told me I have seen apparitions and to these people my reports of revolutionary and miraculous healing are satanic and I deserve pharmacology for life for being called a heretic

That's these people they want to live their settlement richer and dump me in institutions for life their too materialistically vain for disbelief in my visions

Christians are influenced by Germans you have to ask Germans if the regular 64 million stolen off the public budget can do something other then research severe emergence and send all aid to troops

Its really unfair they told me if I won't apply for state ��� then I have to live in toxic dirty conditions without a sanitary toilet always

Their gross vain prostitute wages keep increasing off my absence in quick unreasonable ways so their disbelief in my visions of miraculous healing is too sinful to be true

He asked me about unemployment so I told him........I don't know anything about unemployment this is a very unfair place.....they told me to collect unemployment that I had to keep applying for jobs that I don't care about don't know people in and am not really personally motivated to believe in

I was a Lutheran and it's just to steal our childlike faith and belief in social connection best displays the will of God

Its childhood it's barn jumping and river jumping it's like believing in flight

This is a really unfair place if the criminals are telling the truth they did serve several years in jail and they were still coming up to them about work....very unforgiving they serve their time and they want even more punitive activity

This is an unfair place like eco terrorists tried to make the surrounding building project reek of animal feces sometimes

Baudelaire children tried to leave to uncle monty but he came back for them

He wanted to know about ads to just be given like 10.000 so I told him theoretically it's a neat stick like people could be given their sex harassment and personal injury settlement in gimmicky ways but as far as I've tried it doesn't work they will make you go through the whole formality of court and intense scrutiny and victim blame of courts before it's wrong to make women feel they have to be an ass or boob to have the things people do in life

You have to cook you have to play the role of boob at people

I went to the law library and Riverside does have a womens liberation revolution culture here there are a lot of men that do really dislike people who hit or batter or neglect or injure women

There are men around who do find their strength feminine it appears and the law library is surprising that way they do really dislike women treated violently though

I don't know i have known enough women poorly to find second wave feminism good for them sometimes I think women do have a masculine impulse to be pretty good at argumentation and fighting and people should not put that candle out excessive passivity is a sad horrible hell to see

People should not make unjust punitive demands of anyone I do really dislike doesn't deserve that though

That's me about women I meet I think their kind of mental because they don't really do anything too awful to people but they inspire in people these horrible aggressive symptoms

I don't like men hitting women who have been abusive to me that I find truly grotesque and repugnantly disgusting but if a different group of women not so intimidated by them knows to do gay things to them that I don't find unjust

People like her are very incriminating in speech and without obligation and if a gay group told her to re enlist with them that I don't find unjust

This is a very unfair place they put up pedophile signs like computers may only be used for educational purposes like maximum sicko beater dad told you you can't have a day of fun

Uhm bunk ladies does pimp daddy try to beat and sterilize here much

After maximum penalties did gross daddy keep trying to peek at ya in the shower and fuck ya up real bad on street drugs

Does your street daddy rape much

The things cause forced emotion rules instead of correct psychotherapeutic action then stalk around with intoxicative fuck ya up street drugs

Cause PTSD much

[breaking-binary-system]

I try to not have anything to do with drama, that's not my cup of tea. However, on behalf of a guy who I call a brother, this is something I feel the need to bring up and call attention to (here and on other platforms) due to harassment, victim blaming, attempted sexual advances on someone under the influence, and just nothing truly good at all.

On Tiktok there is a creator named Hitoshi-Laundry, or Hayden per his own Tiktok page. He currently is sitting at 24.4K followers. That sounds impressive however. Hayden and someone he knows were/are working on a web series and enlisted my friend, Eden's, help to know more about DID for the series. Eden asked who they were asking and were informed it was a friend of theirs. Lo and behold, he found out from said friend that they were claiming to be asking him. Eden decided to back out of the project and it started spiraling into what it has become. Hayden has also been keeping Eden's work up on his page and is, in fact, planning on making a profit without giving any of it. While yes that is not technically illegal, it is still a bullshit thing to do. Eden had made the characters art himself and is not going to get any of the profit that Hayden could potentially make. Hayden never even planned on telling Eden this, however for Eden's safety I am not going to talk about where he found it out for him and his source's privacy and safety. Eden ended up confronting Hayden a few days ago at the time of writing this about Hayden's partner claiming that Eden was bullying them over this situation. Here's something to note: anyone who knows Eden can testify that the LAST thing he or his system would EVER do is bully someone. I will not go into details why because he deserves that privacy and to not have that all over the internet unless he wishes for it. Unfortunately for Eden, Hayden did not take it well. At all.

Through screenshots that will be provided in a reblog (just because I am wanting this to be just the text of what happened, since I will be providing ID's for every picture), you can see that the conversation started off polietly with asking about what happened and for proof. The only proof that Hayden ever went off of was his partners (name will be covered for her privacy). It then started to derail from there. Eden pointed out that no alters had spoken to Hayden's partner. The next response from Hayden was to say he was about to have a nervous breakdown. The very very next thing in the screenshot is that Hayden immediately throws it back onto Eden with Eden's partner. I have been told some of how Eden and his partner (name also blurred for privacy) got together. The two didn't do it to spite anyone or out of anger, rather just because the two were happy together and loved one another. Hayden can be seen in the screenshot angry about it, for no real evidence. To quote. "Why do you have to be dating my FUCKING BEST FRIEND! HUH?!! WHY?! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR PROOF." From the screenshots that have been provided, there is quite literally nothing else about why he has such a problem with Eden and his boyfriend. After Eden points out that nothing is going to change between him and his boyfriend, Hayden says he'll show this conversation to Eden's boyfriend to "see what he thinks about him". Mind you I don't see Eden and his boyfriends personal messages but honestly, nothing seems to have changed between the two. That's not all Hayden has done despite how much I wish it was. This next part will have no names other than Hayden's said for privacy because this is something someone deserves complete and utter privacy about. Hayden and a mutual acquaintance had consumed Marijuana and had gotten stoned off of it. That's not the problem here in the slightest. The problem comes from what Hayden tried to do. He had attempted to have sex with the victim, however I have not been told if he kept pushing for it as that is not something I am going to ever ask of a victim. That is their privacy and is not something anyone should ever have to relive. With the same victim from above, they ended up having to go to the hospital for a severe medical emergency which was partly brought on by Hayden. Hayden was able to cause a partial medical emergency that left people concerned for the victims safety. This is all that I know of, let alone anything that could have happened that hasn't been made aware.

Normally I don't concern myself with drama but this isn't just some petty argument. It's how someone and their partner have managed to harass someone, have lied multiple times, have attempted to make sexual advances on someone who was under the influence, planned on making a profit off of someone else's art without giving any profit to said person, and just generally has not been good in the slightest.

[majoringinsarcasm]

I am ranting again ignore this xo

I will never understand the mindset of “Yeah I started this altercation because I publicly talked shit about you on my public account BUT bc you have a lot of followers and are a legal adult (19) the way you talk to me has to reflect that power imbalance. Yes I made up rumors about you or at the very least didn’t look deeper into the accusations but uhhhh all your followers are quoting my public tweet and I’m 17 so you’re literally harassing a minor and should feel bad about not coming to me privately the way I did not do to you.”

Like. Sure. Older people in fandom bullying teenagers is not something I’m about especially the older I get. But 17 and 19 is Not 17 and 25 I feel like you can’t pull the minor card on someone just bc they’re a popular artist which you Knew when you reposted their art to shit on them.

Like I’d say this rant on Twitter but I’m not close to the artist and this is just me hating so much the way fandom has become this evil competition and how you can say awful shit about people as long as you have less followers or you’re younger. In this case No the “gap” in ages is not enough to justify feeling entitled. Like if you’re gonna shit on someone two years older than you who you Know has a lot of followers…. Like I wonder why they have you blocked if this is how you behave. No one deserves harassment regardless of how popular they are or how many ppl are in their corner. But if I openly talked shit and spread rumors about a popular artists and then people were calling me out in the quotes I wouldn’t turn around and say “

I’m in my twenties and you’re 33 why are you acting like this”

2024 stop bullying and seeing it as justified bc you dislike something that’s not hurting anyone. Stop being mean and rude and thinking it’s fun. Stop using age when you’re only two years apart to claim that there’s some big power imbalance when you are the one who starts the shit. Bc and I cannot state this enough. Being a Legal adult by one year is not the same as being thirty and willingly bullying teenagers. Someone who is 19 is not somehow more powerful than someone who is 17 online. Like ppl have different maturity levels but a bully is a bully and it’s very clear who did something they didn’t need to. In public without censoring the name on the art they reposted.

Like the disconnect between “why did you send your followers who are able to see my public tweet after me you are bullying me”. Like no. People can step out of line and That is not okay. Bc again that’s not cool. But. A public tweet. With art. That has their name in it. They didn’t need to send anyone after you they know who you’re talking about.

Like I’m saying all this as someone who’s been in fandom spaces for a good chunk. Not super long but long enough to see this shift where being openly rude is super normal and when the person who is being shit on claps back it’s always Um I’m younger or Um you have more followers. And sometimes it’s a valid point. Sometimes it’s two teenagers who use Being 18 as some kind of weapon as if the actual age means anything when it comes to Literally and Publicly Bullying a person. I hen I turned 18 I didn’t think or feel any different. Being able to vote or look at porn has no bearing on who it’s ok to harass especially when you’re still in the same age range. Like.

I’m just so tired and it makes me sad to see young people have this kind of mindset in fandom. There are times when things need to be taken seriously and discussed with maturity. But pulling out trump cards AS the bully has been one so normal and it’s like they don’t even care. Being Weird is bad enough to warrant bullying and if you try to combat it you better be the same age and have the same follower count I guess.

[nangbaby]

Okay, I know I did not give a detailed link to every single instance of abuse. I was in a severe time crunch when I wrote that last post.

That said, given your response, it wouldn't have made a difference if I had dropped every single instance of hate for you to read.

I find it incredulous that named people sent me death threats with impunity and claimed succumbing to bullying on the Internet for decades is pathetic, and that you, a person ostensibly against sending people death threats, are ignoring this actual fact because in your mind, I deserve it. I've been told to "eat an embolism and choke purple" called a "retard" and other slurs and your answer is you don't see hate. Because I'm not a perfect victim.

I mean, people can be transphobic when making fun of me and get a pass.

That's not even getting into the flat out lies people are spreading about me and claiming that I stole their art. People claiming I'm nads6969 and an art thief and making up trolls when you can clearly see those are real people with post histories sending this stuff, as though nads6969 and prismatic-bell both followed me, befriended me, then blocked me, too. How is lying about me then blocking me to hide the evidence not abusive?

I made that claim when Maggie was alive, because she made more posts than those. Do you know what happened? The cumulative effects her, other fans, and an exclusionist bisexual who tried to get "allo" banned led to me deleting thousands of posts on my blog. I was not trying to "erase" anything. I believe in archival and my blog has been archived for years on the Wayback Machine. I was in a low point due to all the people saying I was worthless and deserved to die. And even after I quit people still laughed, and again suicide baited with impunity.

For instance, Saint Maggie of Lubbock blocked me then wrote those tirades. The only reason why I could reblog is because her block was under the old style -- WHICH I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH AND IF TUMBLR BROUGHT THAT STYLE OF BLOCKING BACK AND REPLACED THE CURRENT ONE WITH IT I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT BLOCKING - where blocking would just mute the target's blog and the target could reblog all day long while the blocker did not receive notification.

Yes, I deleted my own work. because of her and others.

But it seems no matter how much I link to the actual images or even put them in front of you, you don't acknowledge that telling me to kill myself is harassment, unless, of course, I were to do a bad thing, and thus it's a very bad thing I deserve to kill myself for doing a bad thing and should be seen as irredeemable trash that should be disposed of.

As for why I don't change my screen name and start over, that should be obvious...

As I wrote, I generally don't change my screen name because I am not trying to lie about who I am, or do any of the stalkery things that these people claim I do. Going under a new screen name would be block-evading, ban-evading, and stalking. It would get me booted for making another account. It's the whole "cross a boundary to prove the boundary is worthless" deal. Furthermore, why should I let the bullies and liars win? If they win and they get rid of Nangbaby, then I've lost the fight. Once Nangbaby is no more, there is no more me. And as I've said, plenty of these people did truly "infiltrate" and got my personal information; I am literally over six figures in debt in no small part due to their badmouthing, all while they received accolades and made money off bullying me.

I keep my same screen name to keep myself accountable for the things I did in the past. I also hope that one day, people will see these words written against me and say "That is no way to treat anyone you dislike, even if you find what they write objectionable." They can still say I'm a worthless person, but if someone would admit that people lied about me and bullied me and confront them on it, then at least it would shine a light on how to treat people in the future. Disappearing would mean there was no hope that anyone would one day hold people accountable, and no hope that things would change, because it would mean people could drag other's reputations through the mud with impunity.

Apparently, you don't think I've suffered enough to be considered abused. I've seen too many negative posts in comparison to positive ones, and no one thinks I am of any value. That constant reminder of your worthlessness wears on you. One or two positive comments isn't going to cut it compared to the mountains of hate. There needs to be action taken against the attitude that bullying isn't bullying when the victim is someone you dislike, even if I don't benefit from it. Because this has happened to other people and I'm the only one of the people who were bullied left standing.

I'm not saying I want you to be in lock-step agreement with me, but your constantly challenging my of sanity is hurtful and confusing. Why am I unhinged or hysterical to link to and show you abusive words lobbed in my direction? This is not a rhetorical question. I sincerely don't understand how people actually lying about me, ganging up on me, wishing death on me, and insulting me is not abuse to you when it matches the examples of such near-verbatim. If even one person posted to another user the same things that are posted about me, you would be reporting every single instance to Tumblr and raising awareness of the harm these people have caused.

I mean the only answer I can come up with is that I'm not human in your eyes, because I honestly can't understand how you can look at what I've pointed out, see where other people have slurred me and lied about me, and then say "that's not abuse."

wow that nangbaby person is a piece of work I'm glad I missed out by being in class.

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. it's just wild to me how LO fans (and even LO itself) claim to be about feminism and empowerment and calling out misogyny when it also loves to be misogynistic towards Minthe, Thetis, Leto, Aphrodite, etc like?? Even if you don't like the woman personally, calling her a bitch/slut/whore and saying she should be abused/assaulted/killed/tortured in very female-specific ways is also misogynistic?? Like do they think it only counts as if it's towards Persephone and Hera and them alone??

2. That anon mentioned wanting Hera to actually like someone in the story and I am once again pissed at what Rachel did the Thetis because Hera and Thetis have a genuinely good relationship in the myths when it’s brought up. (Also Thetis literally raised Hephaestus but I know that won’t be mentioned here because that would paint her in a good light and Rachel hates mothers). I just… I’ll never understand why Rachel chose the one character from Greek myth who is notable for not sleeping with Zeus and choosing to make her Zeus’ mistress as though Zeus doesn’t have like a hundred other lovers she could’ve chosen. I pray she doesn’t touch of the myth of Achilles conception because I know it gonna be done badly with terrible implications and the last thing we need is the message that Thetis “deserved” to be forced into a marriage (and all that comes with it) because she’s a bitch 

3. I think the reason Eris is sometimes considered Zeus and Hera’s kid is because she seems to get conflated with Enyo a lot (even in like Ancient Greek texts she’s sometimes conflated with her so it isn’t necessarily a new thing) who was a daughter of Zeus and Hera (and sometime Ares’ wife). Still, Eris being Nyx’s daughter seems to be the much more agreed upon version and would’ve just been better overall. Also like I get how Sleeping Beauty kind of has a connection to the Apple of Discord myth but just making Eris basically Maleficent was really dumb

4. I love LO fans because they'd rather die than take an L on anything. They wiil twist bad character design and art as "well it's supposed to be ugly! That's her style!" and say it was always supposed to be badly written and even nonsensical and that's the appeal. I'd find it commendable if it wasn't so removed from reality. Like is it a win if it's "supposed" to be bad??

5. I legit just saw a LO stan claim HADES (the video game) stole from LO because their Ares also has a streak of color across his face and red eyes like LO Ares does .... that game was in development for well over a year before LO was even on Canvas. Do they think Encanto stole from LO too because Isabela can create flowers or The Simpsons stole LO Hera's coloring?

6. Ok so I'm a huge Wonder woman fan, and after reading her latest origin comic that goes into the creation of her Homeland, they show the goddesses being tired of men and my goodness! The designs for the goddesses are all so diverse and beautiful and different! Like a baffoon I looked over lore Olympus designs and I felt so robbed! Their designs are so boring and it sucks that Eris is the latest fashion criminal. If I could re-design her, I'd still have her wear black (even though she's Zeus and Hera child in this?) But I would singe her dress a bit. Maybe random blood spatter... something that **looks** chaotic. 

7. ok this has been bugging me. so its basically confirmed in LO pomegranates kill your fertility, right? but we also see in the underworld pom soda is like, a thing they just drink, so is hades just casually drinking soda that kills his little hades swimmers? wouldnt just off that shouldnt persephone also have no fertility powers either bc she also drank it? someone make it makes sense (I know it's more her making stuff up as she goes again but omg the world-building in this make no sense)

8. I think my fav part about that old ask of rachel's asking about persephone's "hobbies" is not only are they super generic and not even seen in comic, but also none of them relate to her being a death or spring goddess? like really, she doesn't like gardening at the very least? what if she was really into horror or murder mystery media? why does it seem rachel is willing to make everyone else more fleshed out, but the lead character has to be as flat as possible? easier to self insert on perhaps?

9. There are literally millions of colors to pick from on a color wheel and Rachel is like better idea, I only use like 7 for all my settings and especially my ever expanding cast of characters. No I will not make any of them look different, you just have to guess which doe-eyed woman with an hourglass figure it is, who care if they're all the same shade of yellow and pink, not my problem! Like girl really, how lazy are you?

10. why are you guys saying the actual punishment will happen and years will pass. rachel is literally allergic to any sort of time progression. it'll be a month separated at most but itll more likely be a week, dare i say even two. persephone will easily be a mom of two hades clones by 21 at this rate., be realistic here guys.

[cinnamonest]

I am loving all these "Bitter Albedo getting revenge and doing as he wants with the reader"— but also, equally as bitter Creator! Reader growing resentful towards Albedo and wanting to do to him what he's done to her, or even _worse_. Anything to take him out of her life, so she half bakes a plan to "finetune" later, first starting off by building up some trust to get on Albedo's good side, she "gives in", plays nice and gets to work on alchemy with him.

She follows this routine, playing the loving glorified "housepet". But all the while, she's been fine-tuning her escape plan. It would either put him in an equal disadvantage to him, or it might kill her. At this point, either outcome would be mercy. She tells him there's still things from the Art of Khemia she hadn't taught him.

Things she'd learned in her travels while experimenting, not long after they'd gone their separate ways.

It starts out with gathering ingredients for tamer recipes, and just like she'd promised

New techniques, new creations and new knowledge was gained.

She makes him believe that she's adapting to his existence, maybe even tolerating him, but he didn't expect for her to only grow more and more bitter as time went on. The only thing growing in her heart was the resentment she harbored for him, any sort of admiration or genuine adoration she held for her creation all but crushed. She wanted nothing of him ever again, he had gone too far, miscalculated even, in his theory that reluctant "love" would follow his treatment.

Over the course of a few weeks, she has him carefully wrapped around his finger, unknown to him that she would show him just how much mercy she showed him when she sent him his own separate way. He was suspicious at first, of course, but in his moment of weakness, in his need for the approval she had been "showering" him in, he pushes the thoughts aside when he sees that her claims seem to be "valid enough".

He follows her instructions, and each time he gains new information on old, or even lost, techniques. Raging from little things she'd kept to herself so that he wouldn't have to interact with him when they worked together, To combinations only a mad woman who's challenged nature would dare think up.

and one day, she's telling him that she thinks he's ready to try the last thing she had managed to research on her own. He mixes the ingredients according to her instructions, everything seems to be going fine until he adds the last thing— and it's immediately reacted in a messy blast.

Albedo finds himself blinded by the fallout, as well as finding a surprising lack of digits on where his hands should be. His ears are ringing, obviously, such a blast would deafen anyone.

It's the creator's way of getting her own vengeance for the position he's put her in, at least this way, maybe, _maybe_, she can have a chance to finally put her failed created behind her. After all, he was always her most _disappointing_ creation.

AHHHHHH anon that took me aback at the last bit I was not expecting that. Poor little thing, how could master be so cruel...?

After the obvious resulting chaos (and agony), he'd be quiet for a long time. He ties you to the bed with what's left of his hands, having to use his mouth to tie the knot, and... leaves. Usually he's good about leaving you food when he goes out for the day, but not this time. He doesn't say a word as he leaves, even if you call out to him.

And he's gone for several days. You're starving, but even when he comes back, he doesn't say a word at first. Doesn't acknowledge your presence, no matter how many times you call out to him. It goes on like that for hours until eventually, without prompting, after you've given up calling for him, he just simply states a few thoughts.

He was... too kind. He understands that now. You didn't deserve it. You didn't appreciate it properly. So now, you will earn your way back to the way things were.

For starters, he takes the legs off at the scar. No real reason other than to hurt you. To see your horror when you fully wake up, pain, having to adjust. He pulls the same shit where he makes you beg for anesthetic and painkiller, but it's infinitely more painful this time. He keeps you just a little bit awake for the whole thing, even if you beg enough to be given some anesthetic during the procedure.

And after that, he stops talking to you. For good.

He himself is learning to adjust, having been given a prosthetics for fingers (literally Fullmetal Alchemist lmao) that he can make do with. You can learn how to adjust, too. Having *no* legs is actually different than just having numb ones, and learning to live without them is harder than you thought it would be -- your center of gravity and sense of balance changes, you have to avoid certain positions or risk a sharp shooting pain, etc. But even when you stumble and fall, and call out for help... nothing happens. You have to fix it on your own, or, if stuck too far to move, wait until he comes by up to hours later and silently sets you upright. If you call out in what sounds like high distress, he might come running over to make sure you're not in immediate danger, but after looking you up and down and ascertaining you're just uncomfortable and/or stuck, he slowly turns back, deciding he'll help you when he feels like it later.

You don't eat together anymore. He feeds you in a bowl on the ground. The first time, you turn your nose up and fold your arms in disgust... even though you haven't eaten the entire time he was gone. You're just that stubborn. No matter. Eventually, you cave, maybe the second day, maybe the third or fourth. He doesn't say anything the whole time, just takes the food when you make it clear you won't eat it, and puts it out each night, until you give in.

You sleep on the floor. Chained by the neck to the bedpost. You understand the message without needing to be asked out loud. You hated him so much, didn't you? You'd much rather be on the cold, hard floor than in bed, since he's in it, wouldn't you? Since you hate him so much?

And still, he doesn't talk. Somehow, that hurts the most. He was never very talkative, but he'd comment every now and then, ask you for your thoughts on something, but he now acts like you're not even there. No matter how many times you call out to him, he acts like he doesn't hear it.

It goes on like that for a month or so until you finally break down. Latch onto his leg and sob and plead. You feel like you're going insane, you say. You just want him to acknowledge you exist again.

...But why should he, he asks? It's the first thing he's said to you since the leg removal. He won't turn his head or eyes to look at you. What does he get from talking to you? You were so mean. For the few months leading up to the incident, you were so, so, so mean. He tried to be nice and get you adjusted, and you fought him every step (well... not that you were taking many literal steps) of the way. Remember? You were mean from the moment you woke up then. And then, when you were finally nice -- when he trusted you -- you went and did what you did. What reason does he have to acknowledge you? You'll either be mean to him or plot against him again. And that's all he's willing to say.

A few more weeks. A few more breakdowns. You know the intention -- he wants to truly, completely break you in a way that he never could when he was showing you any kindness. And, you hate it, but it's working. You find yourself begging. Sobbing. Rocking back and forth and clinging to his legs. Utterly pathetic, pitiful, humiliating displays of neediness and weakness. It breaks you down until he finally deems you complete, and one day finally makes eye contact with you for the first time in months.

There's not much left of "you" per se, though. The nasty attitude you had back before is almost completely gone. You're finally happy when he talks to you -- something that, after so many months of going insane from silence, you consider a privilege. After so many breakdowns and humiliation, you don't have much pride left to get in the way of begging, no shame about anything you do. It's perfect.

Not that it doesn't come back, sometimes. Sometimes, when you're having good days, you get a bit too comfortable, you forget what a privilege it is to be like this together, and you almost get mean again. But it's fairly easy to shut down with a very specific look that shuts you up immediately.

Oh, and he finds a way to fix himself, in the end. Being an artificial creation, he has a different compositional makeup than a person, so there are... ways to adjust and repair the body he has. In fact, he might even find one that would work on even an organic human, a miracle regenerative formula.

Not that he'd give it to you. But he makes sure to tell you all about it, showing off just how perfectly it regenerated his hands... just to see the look on your face.

[huldrarp]

Hello, my name is Rose. I am a Rogue Warlock, faithful to The Raven Queen.

Image edited from LINK

Name: Rose

Alignment: Neutral

Race: Human

Faith: Raven Queen

Gender: Female (she)

Age: 24 (depends on rp)

Class: Rouge / Warlock (Raven Queen)

I am working diligently to form a temple for The Queen. She is so lovely and strong, her name must be known throughout the lands.

For information on Her Temple please don't hesitate to ask! I will be more then happy to share the word of the Raven Queen!

... More about me?

But I don't want to talk about me ...

I'm a monster.

ok.

I lied in the beginning ...

------

... Hello... my name is... is ... Vix... or at least that's what I was called when I was a kid.

Art by me

I really don't like talking about myself... but I do need to face my fears as my Queen would teach.

Name: Vix

Alignment: Neutral

Race: Changeling

Faith: Raven Queen

Gender: Male (he)

Age: 24 (depends on rp)

Class: Rouge / Warlock (Raven Queen)

I was raised by humans in a human village. There were some changelings like me, but not many. Even though I was accepted, I never felt like I belonged. That is until I met ... Rose.

She... was... so beautiful and charming. She was my best friend. She taught me about our Queen. I wanted to be just like her. I didn't mean to I swear. It was an accident. Why. Why did this have to happen.

... I'm sorry... this is hard to talk about...

Rose... she... she died because of me. Such a gift to this world. Taken away because of me. It's not fair. Why did I... I don't know. It just... happened.

So I took on her persona. She deserved to live on, not me. Undeath is against the Queen's wishes. But If I become Rose then it's ok...right? A soul for a soul. Vix is dead and no more. Now and forever I AM Rose!

------

Personality Traits

> I live for the thrill of the hunt.

> I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.

> I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.

> I put no trust in divine beings.

> I trust my queen.

> I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse.

Ideals

> I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic)

> I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)

> Greed. I will do whatever it takes to become wealthy. (Evil)

> I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons.

> I’m loyal to only my very close friends (if any), everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care. (Neutral)

>> Stamp out cults of Orcus/Nerull. (O Seeks to claim the throne; N previous ruler)

Bonds

> I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.

> A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.

> Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again.

Binding Mark: Raven Feathers at the base of her neck. More is added the higher her level

Flaws

> I assume the worst in people.

> I feel no compassion for the dead.

> Hold no pity for those who suffer and die, for death is the natural end of life.

[writingwithcolor]

Jurassic period alien interacting with key cultures and historical figures in Middle East & Asia throughout history

@ketchupmaster400​ said:

Hello, so my question is for a character I’ve been working on for quite a while but wasn’t sure about a few things. So basically at the beginning of the universe there was this for less being made up of dark matter and dark energy. Long story short it ends up on earth during the Jurassic Period. It has the ability to adapt and assimilate into other life animals except it’s hair is always black and it’s skin is always white and it’s eyes are always red. It lives like this going from animal to animal until it finally becomes human and gains true sentience and self awareness. As a human it lives within the Middle East and Asia wondering around trying to figure out its purpose and meaning. So what I initially wanted to do with it was have small interactions with the dark matter human and other native humans that kinda helped push humanity into the direction it is now. For example, Mehndhi came about when the dark matter human was drawing on their skin because it felt insecure about having such white skin compared to other people. And ancient Indians saw it and thought it was cool so they adopted it and developed it into Mehndi. Minor and small interactions though early history leading to grander events. Like they would be protecting Jerusalem and it’s people agains the Crusaders later on. I also had the idea of the the dark matter human later on interacting with the prophets Jesus Christ and Muhammad. With Jesus they couldn’t understand why he would sacrifice himself even though the people weren’t deserving. And then Jesus taught them that you have to put other before yourself and protecting people is life’s greatest reward. And then with the prophet Muhammad, I had the idea that their interaction was a simple conversation that mirrors the one he had with the angel Jibril, that lead to the principles of Islam. Now with these ideas I understand the great importance of how not to convey Islam and I’ve been doing reasearch, but I am white and I can understand how that may look trying to write about a different religion than my own. So I guess ultimate my question is, is this ok to do? Is it ok to have an alien creature interact with religious people and historical events as important as they were? Like I said I would try to be as accurate and as respectable as possible but I know that Islam can be a touchy subject and the last thing I would want is to disrespect anyone. The main reason I wanted the dark matter being in the Middle East was because I wanted to do something different because so much has been done with European and American stuff I wanted to explore the eastern side of the world because it’s very beau and very rich with so many cultures that I want to try and represent. I’m sorry for the long post but I wanted you guys to fully understand what my idea was. Thank you for your time and hope you stay safe.

Disclaimer:

The consensus from the moderators was that the proposed character and story is disrespectful from multiple cultural perspectives. However, we can’t ignore the reality that this is a commonly deployed trope in many popular science fiction/ thriller narratives. Stories that seek to take religious descriptions of events at face value from an areligious perspective particularly favor this approach. Thus, we have two responses:

Where we explain why we don’t believe this should be attempted.

Where we accept the possibility of our advice being ignored.

1) No - Why You Shouldn’t Do This:

Hi! I’ll give you the short answer first, and then the extended one.

Short answer: no, this is not okay.

Extended answer. I’ll divide it into three parts.

1) Prophet Muhammad as a character:

Almost every aspect of Islam, particularly Allah (and the Qur’an), the Prophet(s) and the companions at the time of Muhammad ﷺ, are strictly kept within the boundaries of real life/reality. I’ll assume this comes from a good place, and I can understand that from one side, but seriously, just avoid it. It is extremely disrespectful and something that is not even up to debate for Muslims to do, let alone for non-Muslims. Using Prophet Muhammad as a character will only bring you problems. There is no issue with mentioning the Prophet during his lifetime when talking about his attributes, personality, sayings or teachings, but in no way, we introduce fictional aspects in a domain that Muslims worked, and still work, hard to keep free from any doubtful event or incident. Let’s call it a closed period: we don’t add anything that was not actually there.

Reiterating then, don’t do this. There is a good reason why Muslims don’t have any pictures of Prophet Muhammad. We know nothing besides what history conveyed from him. 

After this being said, there is another factor you missed – Jesus is also an important figure in Islam and his story from the Islamic perspective differs (a lot) from that of the Christian perspective. And given what you said in your ask, you would be taking the Christian narrative of Jesus. If it was okay to use Prophet Muhammad as a character (reminder: it’s not) and you have had your dark matter human interacting with the biblical Jesus, it will result in a complete mess; you would be conflating two religions.

2) Crusaders and Jerusalem:

You said this dark matter human will be defending Jerusalem against the Crusaders. At first, there is really no problem with this. However, ask yourself: is this interaction a result of your character meeting with both Jesus and Prophet Muhammed? If yes, please refer to the previous point. If not, or even if you just want to maintain this part of the story, your dark matter human can interact with the important historical figures of the time. For example, if you want a Muslim in your story, you can use Salah-Ad-Din Al-Ayoubi (Saladin in the latinized version) that took back Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. Particularly, this crusade has plenty of potential characters. 

Also, featuring Muslim characters post Prophet Muhammad and his companions’ time, is completely fine, just do a thorough research.

 3) Middle Eastern/South Asian settings and Orientalism:

The last point I want to remark is with the setting you chose for your story. Many times, when we explore the SWANA or South Asian regions it’s done through an orientalist lens. Nobody is really safe from falling into orientalism, not even the people from those regions. My suggestion is educating yourself in what orientalism is and how it’s still prevalent in today’s narrative. Research orientalism in entertainment, history... and every other area you can think of. Edward Said coined this term for the first time in history, so he is a good start. There are multiple articles online that touch this subject too. For further information, I defer to middle eastern mods. 

- Asmaa

Racism and Pseudo-Archaeology:

A gigantic, unequivocal and absolute no to all of it, lmao. 

I will stick to the bit about the proposed origin of mehendi in your WIP, it’s the arc I feel I’m qualified to speak on, Asmaa has pretty much touched upon the religious and orientalism complications. 

Let me throw out one more word: pseudoarchaeology. That is, taking the cultural/spiritual/historical legacies of ancient civilizations, primarily when it involves people of colour, and crediting said legacies to be the handiwork of not just your average Outsider/White Saviour but aliens. I’ll need you to think carefully about this: why is it that in so much of media and literature pertaining to the so-called “conspiracy theories” dealing with any kind of extraterrestrial life, it’s always Non-Western civilizations like the Aztec, the ancient Egyptians, the Harappans etc who are targeted? Why is it that the achievements of the non West are so unbelievable that it’s more feasible to construct an idea of non-human, magical beings from another planet who just conveniently swooped in to build our monuments and teach us how to dress and what to believe in? If the answer makes you uncomfortable, it’s because it should: denying the Non-West agency of their own feats is not an innocent exercise in sci-fi worldbuilding, it comes loaded with implications of racial superiority and condescension towards the intellect and prowess of Non-European cultures. 

Now, turning to specifics:

Contrary to what Sarah J. Maas might believe- mehendi designs are neither mundane, purely aesthetic tattoos nor can they be co-opted by random Western fantasy characters. While henna has existed as an art form in various cultures, I’m limiting my answer to the Indian context, (specifying since you mention ancient India). Mehendi is considered one of the tenets of the Solah Shringar- sixteen ceremonial adornments for Hindu brides, one for each phase of the moon, as sanctioned by the Vedic texts. The shade of the mehendi is a signifier for the strength of the matrimonial bond: the darker the former, the stronger the latter. Each of the adornments carries significant cosmological/religious symbolism for Hindus. To put it bluntly, when you claim this to be an invention of the aliens, you are basically taking a very sacred cultural and artistic motif of our religion and going “Well actually….extraterrestrials taught them all this.”

In terms of Ayurveda (Traditional holistic South Asian medicine)  , mehendi was used for its medicinal properties. It works as a cooling agent on the skin and helps to alleviate stress, particularly for the bride-to-be. Not really nice to think that aliens lent us the secrets of Ayurvedic science (pseudoarchaeology all over again). 

I’m just not feeling this arc at all. The closest possible alternative I could see to this is the ancient Indian characters incorporating some specific stylistic motifs in their mehendi in acknowledgement to this entity, in the same vein of characters incorporating motifs of tribute into their armour or house insignia, but even so, I’m not sure how well that would play out. If you do go ahead with this idea, I cannot affirm that it will not receive backlash.

-Mimi

These articles might help:

 Pseudoarchaeology and the Racism Behind Ancient Aliens

A History of Indian Henna (this studies mehendi origins mostly with reference to Mughal history)

Solah Shringar

2) Not Yes, But If Ignoring the Above:

I will be the dissenting voice of “Not No, But Here Are The Big Caveats.” Given that there is no way to make the story you want to tell palatable to certain interpretations of Islam and Christianity, here is my advice if the above arguments did not sufficiently deter you.

1. Admiration ≠ Research: It is not enough to just admire cultures for their richness and beauty. You need to actually do the research and learn about them to determine if the story you want to tell is a good fit for the values and principles these cultures prioritize. You need to understand the significance of historical figures and events to understand the issues with attributing the genesis of certain cultural accomplishments to an otherworldly influence. 1.

2. Give Less Offense When Possible and Think Empathetically: You should try to imagine the mindsets of those you will offend and think about to what degree you can soften or ameliorate certain aspects of your plot, the creature’s characteristics, and the creature’s interactions with historical figures to make your narrative more compatible. There is no point pretending that much of areligious science fiction is incompatible with monotheist, particularly non-henotheistic, religious interpretations as well as the cultural items and rituals derived from those religious interpretations. One can’t take “There is no god, just a lonely alien” and make that compatible with “There is god, and only in this particular circumstance.” Thus:

As stated above by Asmaa and Mimi, there is no escaping the reality the story you propose is offensive to some. Expect their outcry to be directed towards you. Can you tolerate that?

Think about how you would feel if someone made a story where key components of your interpretation of reality are singled out as false. How does this make you feel? Are you comfortable doing that to others?

3. Is Pseudoarchaeology Appropriate Here?: Mimi makes a good point about the racial biases of pseudoarchaeology. Pseudoarchaeology is a particular weakness of Western-centric atheist sci-fi. Your proposed story is the equivalent of a vaguely non-descript Maya/Aztec/Egyptian pyramid or Hindu/ Buddhist-esque statue being the source for a Resident Evil bio weapon/ Predator nest/ Assassin’s Creed Isu relic.

Is this how you wish to draw attention to these cultures you admire? While there is no denying their ubiquity in pop-culture, such plots trivialize broad swathes of non-white history and diminish the accomplishments of associated ethnic groups. The series listed above all lean heavily into these tropes either because the authors couldn’t bother to figure out something more creative or because they are intentionally telling a story the audience isn’t supposed to take seriously.*

More importantly, I detect a lot of sincerity in your ask, so I imagine such trivialization runs counter to your expressed desire to depict Eastern cultures in a positive and accurate manner.

4. Freedom to Write ≠ Freedom from Consequence: Once again, as a reminder, it’s not our job to reassure you as to whether or not what you are proposing is ok. Asmaa and Mimi have put a lot of effort into explaining who you will offend and why.  We are here to provide context, but the person who bears the ultimate responsibility for how you choose to shape this narrative, particularly if you share this story with a wide audience, is you. Speaking as one writer to another, I personally do not have a strong opinion one way or the other, but I think it is important to be face reality head-on.

- Marika.

* This is likely why the AC series always includes that disclaimer stating the games are a product of a multicultural, inter-religious team and why they undermine Western cultures and Western religious interpretations as often (if not moreso) than those for their non-Western counterparts.

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