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#genuinely wonder if they listen to any of their users
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Tumblr staff have started banning multiple transfem accounts for speaking up against the harassment campaigns aimed at transfems and lack of moderation to combat it going on and the ceo trying to hand wave all away.
I'm genuinely scared for where this site is heading
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i’m gonna answer these two at once because… yeah it’s easier.
i think its a shitty abuse of power. i have an ask in my drafts about the copypasta that was going around harassing trans women(whether they were tirfs and hated trans men or not, it’s irrelevant because it was still sexual harassment. it was also often sent to people who had jack shit to do with trans discourse) but at this point things have gotten so much bigger. in the uk an unnamed trans girl at the roller rink was almost stabbed to death, a 16 year old nonbinary student in oklahoma got beat to death in the bathrooms, brianna ghey’s murderers were finally charged with murder and i believe it was legally classified as a hate crime. on top of that with all the legislation passing…. shit is getting scary and it feels like this is only the beginning.
you can also tie it back to how trans women’s existence just… as trans women is seen as inherently sexual and in need of regulation. i’ve seen this enforced socially- women often tell other women “friendly” tips on how to conform to femininity with threat of punishment, and the scale to which trans women are subjected to this is disgusting. whatever you do is sexual because no matter what you do it will be considered inappropriate- so here’s our top ten tips on how to conform! but here it was just straight up censorship on… posts about bugs bunny? fully clothed transition timelines? venting frustration at staff for not dealing with the people harassing her? and for the ceo to threaten to get the fbi involved, if i remember correctly, is just fucking ridiculous.
i’ve also seen posts on other trans women being banned for just… talking about this? which really worries me. banning her was one thing, and that sucked ass enough on its own. but to subtly threaten users by saying “if you call us out, we’ll destroy your blog” is a whole nother level.
it also worries me how many people are, AGAIN, making this a transmasc vs transfem issues. crabs in a bucket; or something like that.
there are some valid points of “where was the solidarity when we were being sexually harassed and threatened?” and like… i get it. a few months ago me and some of my mutuals were getting RIDICULOUS amounts of sexual harassment(on my main blog, not much here) and we were told to get over it and it was just bait and ext ext. but…. why aren’t we extending the sympathy we wanted at the time? it’s so weird that coming from the “be nice and respectful to everyone, regardless of belief, we’re all human” crowd it cant be bothered to be brought up unless our own issues are being talked about. i’m also worried about how a large chunk of people are blaming this on trans men who talk about our oppression, or use this to “prove” we dont have it bad as if we weren’t ignored when similar shit was happening to us a few months back, or even saying we don’t have any problems at all and we should shut up and listen to other trans people.
it also worries me how many people are getting banned for speaking up for her(predesterone? im not good at remembering urls). how the censoring of trans bodies is also being defended and enforced- “she was threatening me!”. threats by cis radfems arent taken seriously- i saw that the other day with that one user comparing trans people to hitler and my reports doing jack shit- but when a trans woman lashes out because the staff didnt defend her, THATS a serious threat?
i left twitter after a month this year because it’s just intolerable, and i’ve never been on tiktok and instagram just lowkey sucks and reddit is… reddit. this has been the chillest and safest place for trans people so far, and seeing that get burnt to the ground just makes me wonder where all of us will go.
@staff, treat your userbase, especially your trans userbase, fairly. it’s not too much to ask.
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vxnuslogy · 1 month
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🍿lights, camera, action .ᐟ
a modern/actor au | alastor x gn! reader
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summary: after the initial success of hazbin hotel’s first season, it was no surprise that season two would already be in production as we speak — now focused on heaven and how a soul is judged in purgatory. and luck you! you’ve landed the role of the main character “libra”.
as an angel, life in heaven was supposed to be fine and dandy — if you ignore your script and the potential angst your character holds. well, that is until, you get paired up with the infamous radio demon for an interview after adam decided to chicken out.
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warnings: swearing (lots of it) and use of foul language, crack, mentions of alcohol consumption, fast-burn-ish (?), the use of a friend's original character, ooc-ness, will be updated as the series continues
status: work in progress
writer's notes:
this will be my first series in this account so please bare with me
apologies in advance for any grammatical errors, english isn't my first language and i haven't written anything in a hot minute (and i find alastor a bit hard to write so please bare with me as i try to write him)
this series will serve as my gateway to writing again and starting anew on this account
im currently busy with school so updates will be irregular
taglist ━ open .ᐟ
if you'd like to be tagged, please don't be afraid to shoot me an ask or comment! if your user is in bold you might want to check your visibility settings.
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chapter 1 — red suit
preview: one can only wonder what alastor did to adam for him to suddenly thrust his responsibility of attending this interview to you. well, you aren't really mad, who were you to decline a chance to meet the ever so charming radio demon.
chapter 2 — hang on for deer life!
preview: “what in the seraphim’s names is radioscales?” you ask genuinely, eyes filled with confusion as azrail just laughed at your side. he’s been telling you how much you’ve been embracing your role as ‘libra’, so much that you’ve adopted their way of speech. rolling your eyes in mild-annoyance, you elbow the man beside you, nearly making him loose his hold on the coffee cup in his hand.
chapter 3 — drinkin’ time
preview: “and the nominees for the best actor and actress awards from hazbin hotel are…” everyone waited with bated breath as sera’s eyes glazed over everyone that’s been on the edge of their seat.
chapter 4 — let the good times roll!
preview: azrail laughed at his theatrics, and kept throwing you glances and elbowing you lightly. and being the ever so mature person that you are, you elbow him back — throwing a kick at his shin from under the table as a bonus before listening to the radio demon that was perched on the stage.
chapter 5 — get me with those brown eyes
preview: he paid no mind when the two overly enthusiastic children asked him to review this new cafe, and he agreed. what a big surprise (not) to see you at one of the seats waving at him with an amused smile on your lips.
chapter 6 — wife stealer
preview: you looked at alastor with wide eyes as he grinned down at you. azrail’s mouth hung open in both shock and excitement as alastor said with a smile, “i hope you don’t mind me stealing your wife.”
tba . . .
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milgram-tournament · 2 months
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MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 2, Match 2 BRING IT ON vs. THIS IS HOW TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU
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Propaganda for both options under the cut!
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Propaganda for BRING IT ON:
"Reasons why Bring it On should win:
- Just by starting the song, the instrumentals are BANGER. Like his more rock style is very cool, even better than After Pain’s more mellow style - Arthur’s voice (Futa’s va) had bills due because have you HEARD his singing?? His raspier voice fits Futa so well - It feels so explosive and like a call to action in a sense, which very much matches Futa’s mentality during trial 1. He also wasn’t playing victim like a CERTAIN girl… (jk, love you mu!) - SAA HAJIMEYOU USOTSUKI KARIDA - UNDEAD HEROOOI YES SLAY KING HIS HIGH NOTE HERE IS HEAVENLY - His scream at the end. Oh my god. HE LITERALLY ATE THIS NOTE. AFTER PAIN COULD NEVER. BRING IT ON FTW 🔥🔥🔥" - His range goes WAAAAAY higher than Mu. She would end up like PHG if she even tried hitting any of his high notes in the last chorus /j
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- The vocals are amazing, those growls are so well done - You’re able to get Fuuta’s crime and motive pretty succinctly, only based on the visuals - But it still leaves a lot up to interpretation, like how he only attacked once in the final fight scene. It lead to some cool theories. - On that note, the game aspects are so cool!! Especially when paired with him going after people online, just good synergy with awesome style! - Fuuta’s scared face after he realizes what he did. The great contrast of other foes simply being knocked out then being met with blood splatter. - The tempo of the song changing with his mood is a really good touch as well. Make the song more chaotic which highlights his character traits well
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"propaganda for bring it on: the music FUCKS it genuinely slaps so hard listening to it. song style is incredible its perfect for fuutas personality and gamer vibes. also the way the mv frames everything as a game? the only time real blood and real gore happens being when killcheroy dies? the little details of all the usernames, the different monster designs, the generally distorted feel of everything being too lighthearted?
okay i could go on about the mv for hours but lets not. aside from that: the FEEL of the song!!! the vocals!!!! it really feels like fuuta putting his whole heart into it, into this point of view that both blows problems out of proportion and minimises them, and DEEPLY fucking up. my darling little hypocrite gamer boy twitter user. he makes his witch hunt genuinely sound like something that could sweep people up into it. also the instruments goddddd. the guitar and synth the bass and the drums the DRUMS. im relistening to it to write this propaganda and it keeps making me headbang when i should be writing. if you arent headbanging to bring it on you are LYING.
the way the lyrics are written is wonderful too!!!! they feel so brash and brave and powerful and like. cocky about it. and it fits PERFECTLY. its gets someone swept up into it and it FUCKS. vote bring it on im serious. lets go!! a victory march!! dan da dan!!"
Propaganda for TIHTBILWY:
okay so like the thing im most in love with: the VOCALS!!!! this song has an absolutely AMAZING singer and AMAZING vocals!!!! the way the conversational talk-singing lines still feel so musical!!!! the cute cute cuteeeee mahiru voice!!!! it brings you so much energy!!!! its a song sung with so much love!!!! mahirus va brings such an amazing feel to the song with such amazing talk-singing!!!! its very skillfully done and it happens in i love you too!! mahiru songs r the QUEENS of musical talk singing
the silly phone call bit. kurururu~!
the little vocal flourish and the way her voice raises up like an excited exclamation in the final prechorus!! daijoubu nante kirai DA!
its such a fast song but everything flows so well!!!! it makes it feel so bright and cheery and peppy!!
the instrumental is so underrated just LISTEN to that catchy bass line thats so pretty in the verses!!!! no for real even if u dont vote this is how to be in love with you go listen to the bass line in the verses it works to move both the song and the listener forward at mahirus sweeping breakneck pace. and the cute keyboard sounding and synth instruments!!!! its SUCH a danceable song!!!! i cant listen to it without bopping along in my seat
the way the ominous bits are subtly hidden? it all sounds so cute but there are just these Things that she sings that are really kind of concerning and unhealthy when she sings them!! and the veiled desperation to be in her relationship- listening to that and the cheery tone and breakneck, quick song pace, it really does represent mahiru SO well. she throws in all these little bits that just go noooo teehee the relationships just fine!! when it REALLY isnt
i would listen to mahiru talk for hours
the MV!!!!!! HER FASHION SENSE THE MAGAZINE STYLE!!!! the magazine style especially works so well with her character!!!! its so cute and stunning and just looking at it you have a blast. also her birdcage!!!! her birdcage and the bright orange and the pink bars!!!! the way everything desaturates and becomes more sickly looking when she wakes up at the end!!!! its such a happy carefully curated and designed dream and then it drains away!!!! also god all her outfits are stunning. mahiru call me
the way she sings "overheat de~!" cutest thing in the WORLD.
the little faces she makes!!!! godddd shes so expressive
actually the whole songs so expressive!!!! shes putting her all into it!!!! her words have so much expression in them!!!! once more praising mahirus va the way her voice can soften and become bright or subtly desperate so quickly is MASTERFUL control of expression when singing and its so underrated. join me in being insane over miho okasaki delivers her lines. shes such a perfect mahiru.
funniest es cover. hands down. funniest es cover.
this is how to be in love with you is FREE serotonin!!!! free energy right there!!!! this is how to be in love with you sweep!!!!!
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-The song is so cheerful!! I always feel like dancing and singing when this one comes up in my playlists!! Absolute banger, mood definer, kicking sadness in the shin with those high-heels and then hitting its face with a cute purse -THE HIGH-HEELS STEPPING TO THE BEAT OF THE MUSIC IN THAT ONE SCENE (0:50). SIMPLY ICONIC. NO ONE DID IT LIKE HER. -👠💅👝👗 -She is slaying. Look at her outfits. She put so much effort there. She gave it her all. Absolutely serving. -SUKITTE KIMOCHI WAKATTA TSUMORI? NARA KONO MAMA FUTARI O-VA-HI-TO- DE -The storyline of the mv MAKES SENSE and you can form a COHESIVE TIMELINE OF EVENTS (unlike other unspecified contestants' mvs you know 🙄) -look at herr 🥺 she beby 🥺 all she did was love too much 🥺 we all love mappi don't we 🥺 she deserved more let her win this pleease 🥺 -No medical malpractice happened in the making of this mv 👍
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I care so much about This is How To Be In Love With You- it's visuals are brilliant in the ways it conveys its themes and narrative. I'm never normal Ever about the "Love as marketing" symbolism that is brought in by the use of magazines. It's a lovely upbeat song but the Horrors are Always Lurking under it, the breakup Ritual line is my Favorite Line cause its so horrifying but its said so casually and its so good oh its so good-
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redriotinggg · 2 months
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I'm giving you some angst because I was thinking about it and made myself sad and needed to share with someone :') and because we all love Usopp and need to hurt him a little bit lmao
(Established Polycule between Zoro x Sanji x Luffy x Usopp) a situation where they face a devil fruit user who can mess up with their minds, and (maybe they separate them?) one of the things he attacks Usopp with is telling him that his boyfriends don't love him as much as they love each other, or they're not as devoted to him as they are to Luffy. And maybe Usopp brushes it off (with a casual: "is that all you got? I tell myself worse things for breakfast every morning!"), but later after defeating the enemy and when they're partying Usopp cant stop thinking about it and wondering if maybe its true but trying really hard not to show it (maybe with sucess, he is a good liar. Or maybe not so successfully, his boyfriends know him too well)
What happens next? I don't know, I made myself sad and didn't know how to fix it lmao. Maybe a deep conversation to show Usopp they do love him as much, and to not listen to random enemies that try to wage psychological warfare on you?
ZoLuSanUso my beloved!! How dare you do this to me, I love it.
They split into pairs to find the Devil Fruit user: Luffy & Sanji and Zoro & Usopp. The user's power clearly has a wide range--it's affecting them no matter where they go on the island. If it's a psychological power picking on insecurities, Sanji struggles slightly. He has plenty of regrets and deep-rooted issues; scars that may never fully heal. But having Luffy (who is almost completely unaffected) with him and singing his praises, he snaps out of it pretty quickly. Luffy showers him with cuddles n kisses and they go off to go find the asshole who's doing this to them.
Meanwhile, Zoro and Usopp aren't together anymore because surprise, surprise! Zoro got himself lost. He's pissed because 1.) he lost Usopp, which means he can't protect him and 2.) he can already hear the damn cook screeching in his ear for not watching over their precious sniper.
He ends up finding Usopp, who has used his Observation Haki to find the Devil Fruit user. The marksman has him cornered and tells the guy that his attempts at attacking them are pathetic! His crew aren't so weak to be affected by his measly powers. He ends up telling a ridiculous story about having so much negativity stored within him that his insecurities cannot be tampered with by outside forces. It is easily Zoro's least favourite story the sniper has told, so he makes his way over and knocks the guy out, releasing them all of the echoing voices in their heads.
Once the man is slumped on the ground, it's like a weight has been released from Usopp's shoulders. Zoro is surprised by the force with which Usopp launches himself at him, wrapping him in a hug and searching for comfort. With the confident way he'd spoken just moments ago, Zoro thought Usopp might've escaped this encounter unscathed. But with the way he's clinging to him now, it's obvious that whatever he was hearing has shaken him up. Not for the first time, Zoro is genuinely scared by how good Usopp is at hiding his true feelings. Zoro has gotten better at sussing out Usopp's real moods, but it's worrying that the sniper could be hiding at any moment.
By the time Luffy and Sanji find them (which is not much time at all), Usopp has pulled himself together and is acting like nothing's wrong. He's blabbering away as he ties up the Devil Fruit user and presents him to his captain to be dealt with. LuSan can instantly tell that something is off, but they trust Usopp to come to them if and when he needs to.
The time comes later on when the Straw Hats are back on the Sunny, partying as they sail toward the next adventure.
Toward the end of the night, Usopp is leaning against the railing, gazing out into the dark sea, a frown on his face as he's lost in his thoughts.
Sanji's the first to approach--coming with a mug of hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, marshmallows, and cinnamon. Usopp's favourite. Zoro's next, standing on his other side so that their arms are pressed together. Luffy's last, jumping onto Usopp's back and wrapping his limbs around him. They stand in silence, waiting.
"I don't know about you guys, but that guy's power was super effective," Usopp says eventually. "My head got super loud and there were voices telling me that everything I'm scared of is true. But the loudest voice kept telling me that you guys don't love me. Or that you don't love me as much as you love each other. Because I'm not strong or useful enough. Or for one of the million other reasons why you're too good for me."
"You defeated him, though," Zoro reminds him. "You're plenty strong. And useful."
"And none of what he said was true," Sanji adds. "None of us are 'too good for you', Usopp. We love you as you are."
"And that's all there is to it," Luffy concludes. "We all love you! The way I love you is different from how I love Zoro or Sanji. Not less or more. Just different. And it's the same for them," he says definitively, the other two nodding. "So don't listen to that guy. He was mean and stupid! He doesn't know about you or us, but we do, so only listen to what we say, okay?"
Usopp nods, but that's not enough for his captain or their other partners. They squeeze and pinch and tickle him until he laughs, promising aloud that he will believe his boyfriends when they say they love him. They shower him with cuddles and kisses and words of reassurance that he responds to in kind, telling them all how much they mean to him.
By the time the sun begins its ascent, the four of them have forgotten all about their doubts and fears. They're ready to share another day of love and laughter by each other's side.
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Sappy happy ending because that is the kind of person I am. Thank you for the angst, anon, this was great and I had so much fun!! Everyone else send me asks and prompts I live for them <3
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natalieironside · 25 days
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hello ms. comrade Ironside, longtime reader, first time caller.
as a fellow writer of queer erotica, I was wondering if you had any thoughts/spoons to share those thoughts on wordpress being swept into the AI debacle under automattic? (I think that’s what you use to host your cool website, forgive me if I am mistaken.) I’m trying to figure out where to set up an author website of my own so I don’t have to host my stuff on tumblr anymore, but I’m a bit gun-shy in the current moment. I know AI trawling is inevitable in today’s internet, but as someone who’s been doing the indie author thing for some time (and admirably!), is there something you would recommend, best practices or otherwise, to someone just trying to get their metaphorical kite off the ground? or anything you wish you knew when you set up your own author-type socials? any thought at all would be genuinely appreciated.
thanks for your time, and I hope you and yours are as well as can be expected 🖤
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but afaik nothing approaching best practices has been figured out yet; it's all already happening and there's precious little as can be done to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Of course I uncheck all the little boxes in settings and deny them my consent or whatever, but I don't think a gaggle of unimaginative piss-bellied technocrats who decided it was a sensible use of vast amounts of water and power to teach a computer how to write very badly are what I'd call trustworthy. I'm still gonna move all my website shit off of Wordpress because they won't let me get rid of the stupid AI assistant thing, but that's more a case of their UI being ugly and dumb than me thinking it'll actually do any good.
Best I can tell you on that front is to try to find yourself a niche and develop yourself as an artist from there; "Write the kinds of books you wish other people were writing" is good general advice, and a human operator is always going to be capable of things a predictive network just isn't. Other ppl are gonna disagree with that, but they're wrong. Their understanding of resource allocation and scarcity is just childishly naive and you shouldn't waste your time listening to people who think we're gonna solve climate change with apps or whatever.
Far as social media goes, this is still the best one for hocking books as far as I can tell. I'm hearing a lot of good things about Cohost and Pillowfort, but their user bases are still quite small, and I haven't found the indie author community on Bluesky yet. If Tumblr goes belly up I'll probably end up migrating to one of those first two primarily b/c I think longform blogging is the secret stuff for ppl like me who are just too crabby and agoraphobic to be Twitter influencers; I may not be any good at videos or regular quick posts or documenting the writing process (which is too bad, b/c a lot of my friends who do that stuff seem to be having fun with it), but I sure can Lay Out Some Thoughts in A Few Paragraphs and I like to think that's something ppl expect from a novelist.
Also, never get in a public argument, don't go posting Your Thoughts On The Issues unless someone asked or you feel like you've got something interesting to say, and be very selective with how much and what personal information you give out to the hoi polloi. Those are my 3 rules for how to do social media good.
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bodhrancomedy · 1 year
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After a year and a half of having my own face on the internet, I am somehow still astonished by the casual cruelty of other users.
A video mourning the loss of a member of my community and extended circle nets comments about my physical appearance, transphobia (they searched up my profile to find my neopronouns) including referring to me as “it” and several children trying to call me out on not crying.
Listen, just because you have no worth in your lives doesn’t mean you should make that other people’s problem. I know it was meant to rile me up and kick me when I’m down, but all I can find is resigned disgust.
I didn’t know the wonderful Deaf Immy personally, I never had that privilege, but I’m watching my friends who did collapse. She was a genuine light and her work blazed the way for my own and I never would have done any of it if it wasn’t for her. I owe her and her partner a lot in celebrating D/deafness and BSL and I’m rocked by her loss.
Good to know those pathetic wastes of skin are coming after me and not Immy’s friends and family.
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opinated-user · 2 months
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genuine question. If yall actually give a fuck about MO or Ginger why haven’t y’all done anything about it? Why don’t y’all try talking to them or anything? I only see y’all talk about them to make a point about Lily but if they are actually victims here why haven’t y’all do anything to try and help them? All y’all have done is talk shit about MO’s art and yell at LILY about them, why not try and actually help the ppl you claim are victims of grooming?
do you honestly believe nobody has tried that? Cypher, the user behind the "why you lying lily" blog, actually was a friend of MO and kept telling her that they could talk whenever she wanted to. in response MO blocked her. ginger has openly mocked and any attempt of anyone to tell her that LO was anything else but the most wonderful person in earth. how do you figure it's going to go if any of us actually went to talk to her? with her patiently and understandingly listening to everyone presenting evidence or her blocking us before going straight to LO to keep mocking us? people tried to do the same thing for Lizzy. people tried to get to her with empathy and understanding, only to be treated with derision or as more harassment. i don't blame her either because she was in an emotionally abusive relationship that was draining the life out of her and she convinced every moment that LO was still good, she still deserved better, and she kept being far too kind about LO even after she had caused a massive wave of harassment that drove her off tumblr. both ginger and MO are both adults. what do you even want us to do? bombard them with messages of how awful LO is? spam their account with messages telling them to block LO? they know that is what we think, they have seen it themselves already. ginger has been combating the grooming allegations since she first dated LO. and even after that, they prefer to keep being around LO. i don't know why that is, but i do know that it's not my place or business to tell either of them what to do. i also emphatically encourage people to not contact either of them precisely because it will result in nothing but more stress for both of them. not to mention in reinforce the narrative that LO has about how she's a victim of smear campaign. if that's what you want to do, then do it on your own and be responsible for LO keep using that to guiltrip both of them to feel bad for her. i won't be.
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almightytuba · 4 months
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I’ve been putting this post off for a while now but it’s becoming increasingly more important as the situation progresses.
I have been a part of the NanoWriMo YWP for four years now. I joined at a generally bad time and found some wonderful companions via the site. In my years there I have made connections, found community, improved and renewed my love for writing. That is not to say that the experience was entirely good, however. I will be forever grateful for the friends I’ve made and the outlet it gave me in rough times but I have been left disgusted overall by the site.
This site is promoted for anyone under 18, the forums available to anyone 13-18. The program is not only readily available with no moderation as to verifying users (allowing for many spam accounts and ‘backups’, as I will address in a moment) but is promoted in schools nation-wide. Without any protection and moderation on a global site, the YWP creates a breeding ground for predatory behavior in a place advertised towards children and teens. It’s my firm belief that yes, the YWP is a fantastic concept- most teens are not able to find supportive communities or allowed to express themselves and the site acts as such, This is a horrifying notion but it’s realistic when children are continuously and purposely overlooked for the purpose of ‘saving face.’ The YWP has done exactly that. It has failed not only me, but my friends, teachers, and schools.
I have been present for a mere fraction of the garbage the site allows to fester within it. I cannot speak from experience in all events but what I can speak for with certainty, I will.
1- Predators and predatory behavior. One of the greatest flaws of the site is that what could have been avoided genuinely avoided if its users taken seriously or given an ounce of respect. Predators being allowed to run rampant is not in the least new to the site and it’s almost entirely up to its users to keep themselves safe. Mods have continued to err on the side of perpetrators. Perhaps if this happened once, it could be excusable by some great reach- but this is repeated behavior from the people entrusted to the site. Time after time I have engaged in “flagging battles”- the only thing users have virtually with no in-site blocking system- against users telling teens to kill themselves, to doxx themselves, to engage in sexual activities. Let me remind you that YWP is a writing site for children- and if accounts can that simply lie about their age, I can assure you there are users younger than the 13 minimum roaming around the site.
2- Harassment and bullying. As I said above, anyone can make an account. This includes troll/spam accounts, and sheer amount of repeat offenders on the site is repulsive. In the rare case mods do anything about what occurs in-site (rather than ban users that are self-moderating and genuinely trying to help), users are just able to make a new account. The sheer amount of times I have seen backup accounts log made for the sake of spamming “KYS” is almost astonishing. I could talk for ages on this; how the same user has come back and perpetuated racism, sexism, homophobia- anything just to ‘piss people off’. The YWP is allegedly a ‘safe space’ for its large queer community and a neurodivergent populous. With this rampant behavior the site only works to perpetuate hate.
3- Moderation. I am aware that this is a subject of controversy, many vocal points screaming out at the YWP- “why don’t you just ignore it if you don’t like it?” And to that I ask you if ignoring a prevalent problem truly makes it dissipate. Although the answer clear, we are still told our anger unjustified or methods fear-mongering. This disgusts me. We are justified. We are allowed to be as vocally angry as we wish because we have been wronged and have virtually no other power to do anything about it.
There are endless ways that the mods have failed us. By refusing to listen to the community they only work to make the space less safe, banning those who speak out and ‘hurt their feelings’ or by kicking dirt over incidents of their own failure. This is non-conducive work and I have no idea how it passed for it for so long.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.
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scolpimpisdiary · 2 years
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How Team Bucciarati would react to an Alien S/O 👾🛸
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(So for context, the type of “aliens” I’ll be referring to are ones like Mikitaka in DIU (pic above), who look visibly human and have powers (like his shape shifting abilities) that don’t come from a stand. So you can’t see stands nor do you first know of them at first)
Mista
Would NOT take you seriously at all. He’d probably think that you were joking, and even when confronted with proof (not being able to see his stand/not knowing what a stand is) he’d still doubt you and assume it’s just your stand anyways.
I headcanon that Mista would still treat you similarly to how he did before, but would probably spend a good deal of time teasing you about it. after some time though he would honestly stop thinking about the possibility of you being an alien, especially if you stop bringing it up. It just seems too outlandish to him (even though they’re STAND USERS but anyways-)
Mista would also joke with the others about it too, thinking it’s funny how his tesoro/tesora calls themselves an “alien”. It wouldn’t be in a hurtful way though, just light jokes here and there.
Narancia
Contrary to Mista, he would probably be the easiest to convince. Narancia is child-like at heart and likes to see the best in people, so he wouldn’t think of it as a lie. He’s also a tiiiny bit gullible as well. It would still take a little convincing, but not much. Physically morphing yourself into various items would probably be enough to amaze/convince him. Although if you have a mischievous personality or have a history of pranking/lying to Narancia, he’d be less inclined to believe you and just assume that you were messing with him.
Once Narancia finds out, he’d think that it was the coolest thing ever! He wouldn’t feel weirded out, and would wanna tell the entire team about your powers. You guys would also spend a great deal of time pranking others with your powers.
Narancia would still treat you as he always did, but probably be more intrigued by your presence than ever. Expect to answer A LOT of questions about your life on your home planet, what you ate for food, what type of music is listened to on your planet, etc. These questions are pretty basic and wouldn’t be out of malice though, it’d be out of genuine curiosity.
Bruno
This will come as a surprise for some, but I think that with time Bruno would believe you. He is quite good at telling if a person is trying to fool him/lie to him, and seeing how you genuinely don’t know what a stand is, him picking up on your peculiar mannerisms, and how you are not lying to him while explaining that you’re an alien, he would believe you.
This would all still be hard to grasp for Bruno, though. He would probably try to process it on his own time, and won’t alert the other members of you being an alien as he feels like it isn’t necessary. It’d definitely take some time for him to get used to, but will still treat you as his wonderful little tesoro/tesora, especially once he gets a better understanding of your existence. He would also think that your abilities like shape shifting would be extremely important and useful to have on missions.
Expect Bruno to ask questions about life at your home planet as well. It’d probably be a little more complex, but he sees it as a way to bond with you, get to know you better and learn more about your previous life and upbringing.
Giorno
This is the one that would “probe” you with the most questions (hahah saw what I did there? ;D), but not for the reasons we’ve previously discussed. They may seem innocent, but Giorno is really trying to (gently) interrogate you. He’s trying to see if you’re telling the truth, or see if there are any inconsistencies in what you’re telling him. The questions will most likely be pretty complex, asking about the galaxies in space, exactly how long it would’ve taken you to arrive to this planet, etc.
Luckily you’re very familiar with this information, as you’ve seen many intergalactic things during your travels throughout space, so you’d be able to answer them correctly. Now at this point, if your shape shifting didn’t convince Giorno, your surprisingly high knowledge of space would.
Eventually Giorno would move on from it. Like, you being an alien definitely surprised him, but he just grows to accept that it’s a natural part of you. And that doesn’t change the way he feels about you. He’d also be quite fascinated about your knowledge of space, and could sit and listen to you talk about it all day.
Fugo
Would probably have the hardest time adjusting to it. Not because he’s bothered by it, but mainly because it’s a huge shock to him. He’d want to spend more time alone to wrap his head around the possibility of his partner being an alien. He will withdraw himself a little, but not on purpose. It’s mainly Fugo just trying to understand.
He would definitely still care for you, but would be thinking about your non-human identity in the back of his mind a lot. Like I said It’d take a while for Fugo to completely get used to. Once he does through, he’d be more along the lines of Bruno and ask you questions about your previous life as a way to connect with you and become more knowledgeable himself.
Once Fugo does become used to your newly-discovered identity, he’ll be very fascinated by you and your accounts of space. He’s very educated and knows a lot about science, but humans only know so much about other galaxies. Having a tesoro/tesora that is so educated on the universe around them is a huge plus for him. Fugo would definitely share his partner’s knowledge on space with other members of the group, but wouldn’t outright tell them that you’re an Alien. He’d find comfort in talking about these complex things with you, which helps you guys grow even closer.
Abbacchio
He’d straight up deny it at first. Kind of like Mista, his first instinct is to believe it’s absolutely impossible for Aliens to exist. You’d have to go out of your way with some solid evidence to prove that you’re an alien to him. If you manage to convince him, like all of the other members Abbacchio would have a huge moment of shock, but his shock would eventually settle down.
Abbacchio wouldn’t really think to tell the rest of the team you’re an alien, but if you happened to share some of your discoveries about space that you’d make he’d be very impressed and even compliment your intelligence in front of other members. He also wouldn’t pry you for questions often, as he’d feel that it was an invasion of privacy.
I could definitely see Abbacchio holding you in higher regard after, and like Bruno he may even think that some of your abilities are impressive to have on missions. But romantically, he’d still love you all the same
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user @taylorswift loves Sarah confirmed 🥲
SARAH!!!!!!! The stress levels I was feeling knowing that we were down to your last surprise song, and then BOOM Debut just for you!!
TTWAS FOR YOUUUUUU OMG
SARAH TTWAS OMG I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER FOR YOU
SARAH TTWAS I AM SOBBING FOR YOU AND ME 😭😭😭
GREEN DRESS AND TTWAS?? SHE SAID TONIGHT IS FOR YOU 🥺🥺🥺
TIED TOGETHER WITH A SMILE IN YELLOW WITH GREEN LIGHTS YES SARAH!!!
TTWAS!!!! DEBUT!! FOR YOU!
TTWAS WE MANIFESTED
SARAHHHHH she knows you’re there she did this for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
SARAH!!!!! TTWAS!!!! 😭😭😭
Oh Sarah! Listening to TTWAS during Seattle N2 and crying happy tears for you! 🥹
SARAH!!!! Soo happy you got TTWAS!!! Blondes in Yellow!! And blondes in green with her folklore dress!!! 💛💚
OH SARAH IM SO HAPPY THAT YOU GOT THE GREEN FOLKLORE DRESS AND TIED TOGETHER WITH A SMILE DEBUT STAN WINS!!!!!
SARAHHHHHHH! I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING 130000 MESSAGES BUT. SHE DID THIS FOR YOU!! I AM CONVINCED!! CONGRATS ON TTWAS 💚
IM CRYING IN MY LIVING ROOM IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU
as soon as i saw that taylor played tied together with a smile my first thought was "i'm so happy for sarah!" debut stans win tonight!
TTWAS!!!!!!!  SARAH I AM SO BEYOND HAPPY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 
Omg Sarah!!! I have never heard this song before. It’s beautiful. So happy for you. 
SHES PLAYİNG TTWAS YEEEESSSSS!! TSSER MANIFESTATION CIRCLE WORKED
I'm genuinely so happy for you Sarah, I hope you're having the best time!
Greeeeeeen folklore, Blonde In Yellow™️, and THE Debut song, TTWAS! I'm so happy for you Sarah, Yay!!!!!
THIS IS WHY SARAH ///CAN/// HAVE NICE THINGS💚💚💚💚💚
SARAH ARE YOU OKAY???? SHE SANG IT FOR YOU SARAH I JUST KNOW IT BUT ARE YOU OKAY????
sarah!!!! debut 😭 so so happy for you babes 
My reaction, all the way from Australia, upon finding out that tied together with a smile was Seattle N2 surprise song- *gasps very dramatically* “YESSSSSS!! YESS!!!” I’ve never been happier about a surprise song and it’s not even my eras tour show. All the manifesting worked 💚
I was there tonight and thought of you as soon as she came out in green and started singing ttwas. Hope you had the best night ever; sad I couldn't pass on  a bracelet to you but overjoyed about the rest of the night >4
hi Sarah 💚 when I saw that Tay played TTWAS last night, I just thought THAT WAS FOR SARAH!!! omg 🥹🤧🥰 you got it!!!! Manifesting works!! 💚 No one is ready for the re-record of debut! And then they will realize.
YES SARAH!!!!!!!! Love that your surprise songs were from Red, Rep, and Debut - so on brand so wonderful so deserved. AND you both wore GREEEEEEEEEEEEEN. Genuinely buzzing for you 
I just woke up to the news that Taylor played TTWAS last night?!?!? and in YELLOW??? So happy for you sarah I hope you had the best time!! ❤️❤️
WE DID IT TTWAS WAS JUST FOR YOU
You got Debut tonight!!!!! I'm so happy for you!!!!!!
Not just any debut soldier, but TTWAS 🥹  so happy for you. I hope you didn’t black out & are able to remember it. 
Hi, Taylor 👋 I know you come on TSS(Q) sometimes & want to say thank you for giving our big sis Sarah a debut bb last night 💚
DEBUT FOR SARAHHHHH
I just woke up and saw that Taylor played TTWAS last night! So happy you got one of your debut songs!!
Congrats sarah on your debut soldier !! Ttwas is so good. And its really cool that she played debut so randomly (or is it random *wink* *wink*)!!
sarah!!! you got the greeeeeeen folklore dress, a blondes in yellow moment for surprise songs, and tied together with a smile for the piano song. WHAT A NIGHT FOR YOU!!! 💚💛
I have no words. Just the “we did it, Joe” meme. 😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹💚💚💚
The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was check if she sang a debut for you and was so happy she did AND it was ttwas!!!! 🥲💚
Hi Sarah, I’ve been following your blog since the beginning. I thought of you immediately last night when Taylor sang TTWAS!! It made me SO happy! I can’t think of anyone more deserving. 😇
I woke up today and saw she sand TTWAS. My first reaction was “omg Sarah must’ve freaked out!!!!!” 🤣🤣🤣 i came here immediately to see if you’ve posted anything  
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Back home from Seattle today to my inbox which was an explosion of green hearts and sobbing emojis which is so on brand I can't even begin to tell you.
We really did it. That really happened.
😭🥹💚
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just popping in your askbox to say hi but also OH MY GOSHHHH all your fics are just so well written and so cute!! so fluffy and warm and just evokes such a deep sense of feeling like the character is actually.... charactering...... do u understand the vision user sixosix (can genuinely hear their voices n the dialogue in my head whenever i read ur fics, and that's so neat aaahhhh the things ur writing does to my day fr) like, your genshin fics UEUEUEUEUSUAJSUDUEB😢😭🥺🫵
ever since i found ur writing my skin has cleared, the grass has never felt greener, stress levels have reduced to a whopping 99.9% and the sun has never shined so brighter /pos
okay okay I'll stop talking for a min to ask just one (1) simple question. do u have any writing tips or like what r ur thoughts whenever you cook up a fic banger ??? just curious, no need to answer this if you don't want to <3
sincerely, i need your writing imprinted in my mind /lh
HIII thank u so much for stopping by and sending an ask !!! AAAHHHH “can hear their voices when i read ur fics” is such a. COMPLIMENT. im on the floor sobbing. Im about to eat my phone with snot running down my nose. Thank you so much…
and to answer your question:
my way of writing is daydreaming the scenarios in my head while i do something like washing the dishes or spacing out 😭😭😭 its not the best way of writing because ive forgotten way more fics than i want to—not recommended, but it can rlly help with how accurate you want your characterization can be :D i dont actyally know if this is a me-thing or this is how people actually write ahahhdhs
my thoughts while writing is “what did i cook up while showering again?” (half of my genshin fics are from showering ijbol) this often has me recording my scenarios on my phone the moment i step out HAHA
my biggest tip is to read other peoples works (especially published books) and think to yourself how they write. sometimes i read stories and find myself skipping over long paragraphs—so i tend to avoid that when i write. other times i find myself rereading stories that are huge on humor, and that’s how i found my writing style LOL
this is also related to finding yourself friends who are writers as well! i have my mutuals who i sometimes ask to proofread my works. and their works are incredible and i always leave their blogs inspired and ready to pull up google docs
another tip that’s not rlly as important is listening to genshin osts LOL i write my thawed series listening to the fontaine ost and it works wonders. 10/10
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You are one of a very few tumblr users that I follow with Taylor-related content, and I genuinely wonder with what you’ve been showing at the moment, where is your stand in the fandom? As an ex bipoc fan of Taylor who cannot listen to her songs anymore, I feel so confused with what you show with all the q&a and you still seem to support her music? I know you can do whatever you want as a fan and I don’t mean to sound like i’m attacking you. I just can’t understand how people preach on the way she goes against what she had showed in years and yet still stream the new songs like nothing happened, it’s quite confusing for me to see
Don’t worry, you’re not attacking me hahah. And I honestly feel quite confused myself most of the time.
For example, yesterday night I was about to go on another rant about Matty because I cannot stand people calling him “a leftist”. They were eating up his “advocacy” for Scottish independence which is honestly laughable because the Scottish self-determination movement is probably the most supported and less controversial one in the entire world, especially after Brexit. Like, call me up when he tells his government to get the fuck away from the Chagos Archipelago, for example. Preaching for Scottish independence is hardly leftist.
But then this morning I woke up and the first thing on my mind was going online and checking the surprise songs. And when I realized that she had sung False God (which is literally my third favorite song from her ever) I proceeded to watch like ten videos of the performance.
It’s difficult to get over her and get over what she means to me, because when I think about my highest and lowest points in my life in the last fourteen years, her music was always there.
And it’s not the first time I’ve felt seriously disappointed in her. A few months ago, when she encouraged people to get up and applaud for Nicki Minaj (a woman who’s doing exactly what Taylor is doing, only her partner is obviously much worse than Matty), I was so disgusted that I didn’t listen to her music for a few days. But I came back because it’s hard to get away from something that constitutes such a big part of my life.
I guess deep down I still hope that this is till a big “mistake” (I mean, it’s clearly worse than a simple mistake, but you get what I mean). I still hope that in a few days/weeks MH will be gone. I’d never look at her the same way ever again, but at least I’d feel less guilty about continuing to support her.
If she stays with him forever, though, I’d stop supporting her. It’s difficult to do that right now because it’s been less than a month since they started dating and I’ve been following her for like 160 times as long. She’s such a huge part of what I like and what I am.
For what it’s worth, I won’t be buying the Speak Now TV album. I don’t like buying albums anymore anyway, but I initially thought about buying this one because of how gorgeous the cover is, but I decided I won’t do that anymore. I also won’t stream any music she makes with MH. If I like it I’ll download it illegally and call it a day.
(And yeah, I don’t need anyone to come and tell me that the money she loses from me is nothing - I know that and that’s not why I’m planning on doing that).
(And I also recognize that the fact that I’m able to act so hypocritically comes from a place of privilege).
The only thing I’m 100% sure about is that if she stays with him in the long term, then I’ll stop supporting her and talking about her and liking her beyond her music.
In the short term, while I don’t justify what she’s doing (and I don’t get how some fans can say “she’s attention-starved, it makes sense that she’d go to MH”), it’s hard to leave it all behind because she’s such a huge part of my life.
Does that make sense?
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An anonymous user asks:
hello, i was wondering if you could pass a message along to vee? if this is inappropriate to ask i am sorry, but I am honestly too embarrassed to ask any of the Jewish people in my life irl and I think you’re of an age you would understand the question. outside of the “possibly killed his girlfriend but also it might have been someone at the party the night before and so many drugs were involved thing” sid vicious wore… well you know the shirt. i grew up listening to the Sex Pistols and romanticizing the statement “knight in rusted armour” but as a risk of sounding terminally online is it problematic? asking from a place of good faith because you’re not going to sugar coat things but also aren’t going to get out the pitch forks unnecessarily
So! This is based on only my vague (like 1 hour research) understanding of him and his contributions to punk rather than as a guy who comes up a lot in pop culture, like in fanfiction and video games. That all in mind!
If you truly feel you deeply relate to his music, then there's no reason to stop listening to the stuff you already own or anythig drastic. But oh boy are some of the claims I'm reading about egregious.
The good news is, the are what's known as "shock jock" behaviour: controversy seeking rather than a genuine support. This is still very bad to do, don't engage in it. It creates safe environments for actual heartfelt nazis to grow their numbers.
But you have to remember, in the 1970s, it was Not Popular to be a nazi. Not like it is today. It was common enough that everyone sort of know a guy, sure. And antisemitism was getting really bad again in europe. But nazism? Specifically? It wasn't Cool. It was controversial.
Not like today. My goodness we live in the worst fucking timeline.
Whatever. Nazi symbolism was a quick way to cause a controversy back then, is the point.
Logically one can assume the same is true of, for example, writing a song about an extermination camp. Egregious yes, but egregious on purpose because the feelings of jews were not considered relevant compared to the controversy that it would cause.
But fucking shit though, some of this is hard to read about.
This is why it's so important as contemporary punk enjoyers to viciously push back against nazis co-opting the space.
So, in private and with regards to your personal emotions to the artworks? Go enjoy what you enjoy! You aren't hurting someone by privately listening to music.
But in public? As my GF put it, if I heard someone was like... hardcore into this man's work, like to the extent of attending cover band concerts for example? I would expect them to be vocally and passionately anti-nazi before I could trust them.
And, I totally see where someone who just knows the man off google search results would think of him as "guy who maybe killed his Jewish GF after writing songs about extermination camps."
To be clear, I agree that the most probable "suspect" was that someone had a really bad trip. Who? No one knows; everyone was high.
But I see why many Jewish people would be uncomfortable with him, based on a cursory understanding of the situation.
Which is why, if you take your appreciation for his work from private to public, you must. MUST! Be 100% ready to do whatever it takes to keep nazis out of punk in today's world, and to combat antisemitism when it arises in your local spaces.
That's the part that matters.
And in my opinion? Based on the way you approached this, you're doing very well informing yourself on the subject. You had some idea of the issue, and you reached out to someone you trust. I appreciate you doing so.
Also, if you like me mostly knew this guy as, "oh, the anarchy in the UK guy, from guitar hero"... don't feel bad, my friend. I literally had no idea either. I recommend as further reading the short book/essay collection "Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk" by Michael Croland.
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MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 1, Match 2 BRING IT ON vs. AFTER PAIN
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Propaganda for both options under the cut!
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Propaganda for BRING IT ON:
"Reasons why Bring it On should win:
- Just by starting the song, the instrumentals are BANGER. Like his more rock style is very cool, even better than After Pain’s more mellow style - Arthur’s voice (Futa’s va) had bills due because have you HEARD his singing?? His raspier voice fits Futa so well - It feels so explosive and like a call to action in a sense, which very much matches Futa’s mentality during trial 1. He also wasn’t playing victim like a CERTAIN girl… (jk, love you mu!) - SAA HAJIMEYOU USOTSUKI KARIDA - UNDEAD HEROOOI YES SLAY KING HIS HIGH NOTE HERE IS HEAVENLY - His scream at the end. Oh my god. HE LITERALLY ATE THIS NOTE. AFTER PAIN COULD NEVER. BRING IT ON FTW 🔥🔥🔥" - His range goes WAAAAAY higher than Mu. She would end up like PHG if she even tried hitting any of his high notes in the last chorus /j
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- The vocals are amazing, those growls are so well done - You’re able to get Fuuta’s crime and motive pretty succinctly, only based on the visuals - But it still leaves a lot up to interpretation, like how he only attacked once in the final fight scene. It lead to some cool theories. - On that note, the game aspects are so cool!! Especially when paired with him going after people online, just good synergy with awesome style! - Fuuta’s scared face after he realizes what he did. The great contrast of other foes simply being knocked out then being met with blood splatter. - The tempo of the song changing with his mood is a really good touch as well. Make the song more chaotic which highlights his character traits well
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"propaganda for bring it on: the music FUCKS it genuinely slaps so hard listening to it. song style is incredible its perfect for fuutas personality and gamer vibes. also the way the mv frames everything as a game? the only time real blood and real gore happens being when killcheroy dies? the little details of all the usernames, the different monster designs, the generally distorted feel of everything being too lighthearted?
okay i could go on about the mv for hours but lets not. aside from that: the FEEL of the song!!! the vocals!!!! it really feels like fuuta putting his whole heart into it, into this point of view that both blows problems out of proportion and minimises them, and DEEPLY fucking up. my darling little hypocrite gamer boy twitter user. he makes his witch hunt genuinely sound like something that could sweep people up into it. also the instruments goddddd. the guitar and synth the bass and the drums the DRUMS. im relistening to it to write this propaganda and it keeps making me headbang when i should be writing. if you arent headbanging to bring it on you are LYING.
the way the lyrics are written is wonderful too!!!! they feel so brash and brave and powerful and like. cocky about it. and it fits PERFECTLY. its gets someone swept up into it and it FUCKS. vote bring it on im serious. lets go!! a victory march!! dan da dan!!"
Propaganda for AFTER PAIN:
"so here is why people should vote for AFTER PAIN !!"
Muu's vocals. Need I say more?
The bridge to it is absolutely wonderfully done, the way she softens her vocals to an almost creepy point is incredible
during the final chorus you can hear the desperation in her voice and it’s very well portrayed
The coloring in this music video were phenomenal
The overlapping vocals at the end of the song just have a really really nice effect
Its just a pure banger
In some parts of the song there’s the sound of a clock ticking in the background used as a sort of beatline… GENIUS??
Its just a banger
even with what we found out about Muu in her second trial, After Pain on its own portrayed bullying in a very realisitc and artistic way (from someone who deals with it regularly)
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"After pain propoganda: She just girlbossed too close to the sun and happened to be holding a knife at the time"
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"Gosh everything about After Pain... How can you NOT like it? It's literally such a good song and is very singable. The instrumentation is absolutely amazing and I've listened to it on loop so much."
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Pretty Tied Up is quite possibly my favourite of all the stands I've made. Entirely sentient and completely seperate from her " user " (though she doesn't like that term) to the point she has thoughts that even Stradlin is unaware of, and insists on being her own person though the two of them are best friends.
Having a violent existential crisis upon realizing you're a stand, and desperately working to have your own autonomy by going by a different name (Paddy), using a different voice, having a different style.. etc etc. Its alot for somebody to handle.
She even forgets that she's a stand sometimes. Because, obviously, she doesn't want to be reduced to just that. She's her own person. She is a person. I think she's wonderful
Some quotes about this from DMs under the cut
fun fact. paddy is sentient enough to have a crisis over not actually being human. she forgets she isn't as well and it spirals her into existential terror because. if she's just stradlin's soul then is she really her own person at all?
everytime stradlin remembers it hurts the both of them.
they try not to ever bring these things up to eachother but. when you're linked you just Know yknow.
paddy has genuinely cried and broken down before because. she must be human. she looks human. everything about her is human. but those without stands can't see her. does she really exist at all in that case ? is she really anything more than a manifestation of stradlin's hurt? it terrifies her
she doesn't resent stradlin obviously, none of it is her fault. instead they just comfort eachother
paddy doesn't like taking her helmet off when she's anywhere near a mirror because seeing how closely she resembles stradlin despite the fact she Has to be a completely real and separate person . it just reinforces to her the fact she's nothing but an embodiment of stradlin's feelings and thoughts yknow. thats it. she's not real or tangible. her body is basically just stradlin's, with only a few minor differences, and it makes her ill sometimes. usually she can forget it but.
it's why paddy styles her hair differently and wears different clothes because otherwise. she doesn't really feel like her own person and she IS her own person. she has to be. she knows she's real and conscious but in looking exactly like stradlin. it pushes she's only a stand yknow
stradlin helps her do her hair for that reason. being unique and separate from stradlin makes her happy even if she does enjoy matching with her friend.
she also tries to alter her voice. stand voices are the exact same as their users, only much more monotone. see spice girl and GER
paddy puts alot more inflection into her voice and changes it in ways so. sure they sound close but you could mistake them for siblings instead yknow? instead of hearing her voice and thinking stradlin is speaking to you if you're not looking
" no matter how sentient a stand is, theyre still a stand. they still listen to commands and. would she feel just. like a puppet? because yeah shes doing it but its commands from stradlin which also acts as "her own thoughts" "
their first fights together. paddy was horrified because she really did feel like nothing but a puppet. it scared her. sure it's not like she didn't want to do any of that, but the fact she was acting as nothing but an extension of stradlin , the same way you'd use a tool or weapon. it made her sick
so the way they fight together now? it's more like teamwork. instead of solely relying on commanding paddy, stradlin works with her. their fights are like watching an incredibly well-coordinated dance
they know what the other intends to do. but they act on their own to work better together instead of controlling the other. it's caused a few slip-ups sure because it's like an actual Normal Fight without a stand but. it makes paddy feel so much better. they reflect eachother's damage but if they have eachothers backs. then they're able to protect eachother near flawlessly. it's actually really sweet
the 2 of them also don't really use the terms ' user ' or 'stand ' for eachother yknow. it makes paddy incredibly uncomfortable for her best friend and herself to be referred to that way because. the word ' user ' just reminds her that she's meant to be some kind of puppet
stradlin's smacked people upside the head for it before. they insist on being referred to by name
playlists too. for the fun of it
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non-exhaustive list of phrases seen today, some on posts complexity unrelated to any of these things, which gets the block button in response (unfortunately, blocking irl for shit like this is harder to do)
'this and [other instagram] are great sources on how awful zionazis are'
'omg your scarf is sooo cute but like isn't it oppressive and you should fight back for your rights, no pressure tho'
'we should spit on all jews we see just in case they're one of the supporters of genocide'
'from the river to the sea is just a phrase'
'everyone should report [user] for obvious reasons [israeli +/ palestinaian flag in bio] [+/ hebrew +/ arabic words]'
'quick question but are you jewish or are you normal'
'fuck off with that chosen people, am yisrael chai bullshit'
'yeah idk i only skimmed it but reblogging for reach i seems important guys'
'mabye im spelling it wrong but [person with vaguely nonwhite name] is a terrorist and [you shouldn't support them]'
'but which side are you really on because either you want to wipe out an entire civilization or you support a two-state solution condemning the world'
'im not there or an expert but i trust this is a valid opinion bc the account is followed by my smart friends'
'unable to link now but check out [this tiktok] of how [somewhat prominent jewish person living in the uk] is acshully a settler who killed palestinians to take their house'
'sorrrrry idk if im explaining this right?? but [wildly unsubstantiated, widespread conspiracy theory] is like super important to be aware of you guys'
'how dare you [read/watch/listen to something] made by [person who has explicitly said they are in support of human rights and acknowledges that there isn't an easy one side or the other answer] who is pro occupation'
'you should commit suicide and then maybe your family will become normal about the conflict and see the truth instead of listening to your trash'
'friendly reminder that [person] said [statement which is very easy to search and find that they said something close to the opposite] so you should hate them but not sure didnt do as much research'
y'all can't even be bothered to check something as basic as someone's name, no wonder you are so content with sharing neat little infographics and being in an echo chamber of slogans that do fuck all for the people who are actively in danger and sometimes, believe it or not, you make things worse.
excuses of 'oh i'm a minor' (<- even if you are, it's kinda irrelevant and internet safety 101 is don't advocate that) or 'i don't actually live there but heard something like this from [random mutual]' (<- continues to talk over people who actually do and/or people who have experienced these things) or 'bestie how am i supposed to know who is a bad source' (<- that's condescending, not cute, and maybe if you asked genuinely people would have patience to walk you through basic literacy and comprehension exercises) or 'well what are you doing to help' (<- gotchas aren't cool, especially when your version of help is actually hate speech) or 'okay even if i was foggy on the details the point is the same' (<- how do you reach the same conclusion when the information shows a drastically different narrative than the first one) etc. are flimsy and frustrating
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