You said in one post that the author of Solar Lunacy is ableist. Could you explain how they're being problematic? I know almost nothing about them or the story itself, so I wouldn't know if they've said or done anything sus. Also, thank you for actually criticizing the Daycare Attendant stans, almost nobody in this site does that.

thank you for asking! it's rare to see, you're right, but it's also rare that people are willing to actually engage with that critical posting, so -- again, thank you! as for your question: oh boy, can i!

first: the basics. dissociation is a psychological response to overwhelming stress wherein the brain... disassociates from itself, placing a barrier between itself and the harsh reality. the most famous dissociative disorder is dissociative identity disorder (DID), known formerly as multiple personality disorder (MPD) or split personality. did occurs when someone without a fully-formed identity (read: a child) undergoes such severe stress that the 'brain' dissociates from its identity itself, creating alternate identities (personalities) to deal with the things they can't. these alternate identities work together to form a system. it's way more complicated than that and you can read more on it here and here but that's the bare minimum for the ignorant in the audience. we all caught up? good! moving on.

now, the question of whether or not the daycare attendant is a system is a touchy one. i've seen multiple different stances on the matter, seen a lot of arguments, and typed (and deleted) several hundreds of words about it, and the answer that i've come to is that, for the sake of this argument, whether the dca is a system in canon doesn't matter. what matters is how bamsara treats them. how do they handle the characters, how do they frame the switches in personality, the confusion, all the parallels to real-world symptoms -- how do they expect the viewer to feel, what do they pull from the cultural lexicon, yadda yadda. does bamsara -- regardless of their intentions -- depict the dca as a system, and if so, how do they handle it?

the answer is that they depict the dca as experiencing altered identity states, switching (and even blurring) between identities, and even repeatedly acknowledges them as a plural entity.

and it is these behaviours, specifically, that are used to make the dca scary. bamsara's daycare attendant is scary because they experience altered identity states. because they blur identities. because they are a plural entity. because they display the textbook symptoms and behaviours of a disorder most commonly caused by childhood sexual abuse. and it is the fear that this is inspires that makes them (but especially moon & eclipse) sexy.

now, one can argue that this is simply in line with existing horror media, and they would be correct: most pop culture depictions of dissociative disorders are extremely ableist, and have real-world consequences! but what makes it really, really shitty is that... i don't want to think about this stuff. i don't come to fandom to be reminded that people are terrified of what they don't understand, and that that very very often includes the mentally ill. i don't want to be reminded that there are people who don't believe dissociative disorders exist at all. i don't want to reminded that they -- the sick, the survivors, the unlucky 140 million -- are spoken of in the same way as monsters. i don't come here for harsh realities. but solar lunacy is the most kudos'd fnaf fic on ao3, and we all have to live with that.

if you liked solar lunacy or bamsara's content or... whatever, i don't particularly care. i'm not mad about people thinking evil alters are sexy, or engaging with horror content that says shitty things about systems -- it's your life, live it how you please (and i've got a vanny icon so who am i to judge lmao). sometimes the things that make us happy are kinda shitty, and that's okay! our views are shaped by the society we live in, and there is no society on earth that is kind to the mentally ill -- there's no way to undo that, to stop that from influencing you in some capacity. but... all i ask is for you to think about this stuff, and try to educate yourself on the topic. there's nothing wrong with making a mistake, or having flaws -- but there's something wrong with making a space that feels unsafe, that reflects some of the more uncomfortable aspects of our society, that unintentionally hurts people. it's just up to you if that something is something you care about.

i hope that answers your question, anon (and anyone else who's curious). take care, mate!

(edit 13/01/2023: due to some technical difficulties on tumblr's end, the notes aren't quite showing up properly, so here's the link to bamsara's reblog chain if you can't find it.)

Foiled again! Man-Bat chitters angrily as he backs away from the window, accepting defeat for now before flapping off into the night. The threat of the broom can only keep him at bay for so long however - he'll be back for another go to find the thing he knows is in there!

if i had a dime for every time an animated series started with the mc's kid-self getting their extremely battle savvy parent killed because they literally can't listen to directions just fcking once and stay out of grown folk business......

twilight should have ended with eclipse not bc i think its a satifying ending to the series but bc having the ending of knowing bella will some day be a vampire but never see it is somehow better than having to sit through vampire bella be the most uninspired glittery mannequin the world will ever see like how tf does a character get more boring by becoming a vampire

GUYS MY SISTER DREW ASKELADD FOR ME THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS PRESENT HE LOOKS SO GOOD

Au where leah beats the shitnout of emily for getting with her man

Gods, just did some research into how much the tonsillectomy is gonna cost and I'm fucked.

$3,000+ for it. Thats without my first consult where I'll be asking for his price but just general price for my area.

Out of pocket $3,000 is over 18% I make in a year.

syrup is still syrup in a sippy cup

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Nothing will not convince me the only reason why Fate is going the Rivusa route is to distract everyone from the fact they whitewashed Musa and turned Riven into a homophobic, fatphobic, sexist asshole teethering on incel-dom.

there are still a couple asks on the bs situation that I've had sitting in my inbox for... god several months now. intending to respond to them eventually and finally put it behind me? and then turn replies and anons back on once the extra wave of scrutiny following that died down. but I'm gonna be real with you guys I'm so fucking tired of this shit that I am heavily considering saying fuck it and pulling the trigger on that anyway. so uh

It's giving absolute merge

Its easier to find a 3 reais bill than finding a decent internship in my field.

✨Woe, War Be Upon Ye✨

The Battle Continues Halfagone <3

You shall rue the day! You shall! Eventually. Maybe after a good night's rest.

But it will Come!

It Will!

So let me get this straight

Tumblr makes fun of twitter and uses its downfall as a way to boost it's own advertising

Staff then comes out with a post of proposed changes that would inherently change the way the site functions

Everyone on Tumblr freaks out over this and misinformation spreads like wildfire

The Tumblr CEO then does a QnA Livestream (that only 800 people watched) where he mentions how Tumblr loses $30 million dollars a year

In response to this Tumblr users try to organize an event called crab day in which everyone will buy crabs as a way to get Tumblr out of debt and stop them from making stupid ass changes to the site

Tumblr implements a new ui that looks almost identical to Twitter's

All users collectively turn on Tumblr

And this all went down in under 2 weeks???

winx girls + s/os game night on a saturday night. what would they play? who would be more competitive against their own s/o? who would win? sore losers?

i can immagine saul coming to tell them to keep it down only to get pulled into the game and then farah would have to come get him- wait no maybe the other way around!

Sky, Stella, Aisha, Bloom, Grey, Beatrix would all be HORRIBLY competitive. Riven, Musa, Terra, Kat, Flora would not, but Riven and Kat both want to watch world burn, so they'd nag the others nonstop, while Musa, Terra and Flora would get turned off by the insane competitiveness after a degree. Terra and Flora would check out of the game the minute yelling started happening, but Musa would stick around because yelling is not the same as anger, not yet.

Aisha, Beatrix and Stella would be the type to actually fight over the game rules and not stop even hours after the thing is done. Bloom would stop the minute she realized she was getting considerably pissed off and nearly set fire to the cards. Also Bloom, Riven and Bea would cheat. Beatrix would catch people cheating and never ever let go.

Aisha would catch people cheating and end the entire game, go to bed, i'm done with your shit.

Sky would sulk when inevitably lost, especially if he lost to Beatrix, who would never stop gloating. "this game is stupid" kinda guy.