My intrusive thoughts are not who I am. They are the manifestation of my greatest anxieties and fears. I don’t derive happiness or pleasure from awful thoughts. They are a manifestation of my mental illness. I am able to overcome my intrusive thoughts. I can acknowledge them and let them go. They are not who I am.

Since @andhumanslovedstories and @vaspider reblogged this post just recently I've gotten an influx of new followers. Just to be crystal clear, here is what I believe and here is where I stand. Terfs and other exclusionists are not welcome here.

Using the bathroom in general is a human right and should be enshrined as such and I'm not joking. Too many groups of people are denied bathroom breaks or the use of bathrooms entirely--disabled people, blue-collar workers, children, homeless people, prisoners, students, the elderly. I'm surely missing other groups. Not using the bathroom when needed can cause serious, long-term damage, not to mention death. Free, clean, accessible bathrooms should be available everywhere. It's fucking cruel to deny someone the use of the bathroom, regardless of the reasoning. I'd rather every student in the world goof off and every homeless person make a mess and every worker "steal company time" than let one person suffer because they're denied the right to fucking pee in peace.

Perfectly matching and replicating colors just by seeing them is an art, and, while it's also a very useful task, people who can do this are primarily artists.

Massimo / X

it's feminism and gay rights to have an m/m/f pairing because women deserve to have two boyfriends and guys should have gay sex with each other

@luckierbutjinxedmore wrote a cute fic about these burger kids and friends playing a trpg,. As a D&D/trpg lover myself, I had to draw something up for it.

I still have invites left if anyone needs one!

About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

Long Way Home cover art. (Commissioned by @theangrypomeranian )

Thank you for your support in purchasing my new 🍏 Pencil, Pom. I had a lot of fun working on this commission for you in return and damn it feels good to have a properly working Pencil again. Can’t wait for more chapters of LWH (😭) and more collabs with you in the future!

Remember when I made a Wharfy/Louisica Werewolf AU?

They're like 15 or 16 here🙂

(Still on break)

Saw a sibling poll and needed to expand it because I fit, like. Mid youngest, youngest in theory only child in practice, and adopted. And I think they all have their own unique parts in the sibling ecosystem.

Last night I dreamt that Linda rescued Logan from a vaguely horrible situation. I think that Cynthia did something but I don't exactly remember. Logan was so grateful that he demanded that the rest of the family help him give Linda an amazing Mother's Day. Louise was going to sabotage his efforts 1. out of jealousy and 2. to get Linda to throw Logan out. However, Logan's sincere efforts won Louise over and she secretly helped Logan out without anyone knowing. It was a really sweet little dream. :3

I want uncle Frond to be real.

don't look too hard at this one. except his tattoos u can look at those .

I kept peer pressuring @babsvibes into giving me a Logan/Louigan commission so she did and I immediately stopped being annoying and made this and now everyone has to go look at this amazing comm idea of hers

Because one. Louigan banters. Two. Fricking unhinged Linda 🥳♥️