my twitter timeline has been looking like this

Zena:" The stalkers who claim to be experts on Poppy's story don't even know shit about sexual health. This is just clowning around. I just can't these people seriously. I told Poppy to get testing to protect herself because after someone violates you, they're is zero reason to trust their history."

1.) Literally no one has claimed expertise on Poppy. This is yet another false claim. See, people paid attention to Poppy's behavior and Poppy's words. People are just observing Poppy's publicly abusive meltdown. People are simply tracking a smear campaign. Poppy provides that data. A LOT of data. Poppy continues to incessantly and obsessively make false claims of sexual assault, as if hundreds of people didn't witness Poppy serve us with a linear timeline of rejection. People aren't experts on anyone, that's silly. Poppy put out a fuck ton of information publicly. It's getting difficult for people to silence their own critical thinking. Luckily, there is public access to entire archives documenting Poppy's willfully malicious campaign to destroy another Trans woman. Because of rejection. It's revenge. Thanks to Poppy's unhinged antics across Tumblr and Twitter, people can analyze the data for themselves on their own time. And there-in lies the rub for this sneaky tyrannical goblin -- your arguments are getting more nonsensical. Zena is throwing up diversions. It's getting a bit pitiful.

Zena: "I guess I'm going to be posting sexual health articles to educate these fucks now. Just how much these people know about sex is both astounding and telling. This is a self report on their part."

Zena: "These are just more signs that Poppy's story is actually true AND that she has love and support to help her after this awful shit.

2.) The only link between public discussions on sexual health and Zena's false expertise claims is Poppy's word-vomit. The UTI was splattered all over her TL after having consensual sex & getting rejected. That's it. Zena, this disjointed, bizarre gotchya connection you made with sexual health is not a sign that Poppy's story is true. This deeply goofy statement is almost as bad as me saying, "Oh wow my cat actually has asthma, not a hairball." Then going on to say, "This is a sign why I know my neighbor married a raccoon." Y'all have lost the plot and if all this wasn't so potentially harmful to folks in an already marginalized community, this shit would be funny.

On to the next point the goblin tyrant attempts to slip in subtlety. Folks may have left out the BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS part during sexual health discussions. Hell, some folks might not even know what BV is. NOT knowing what BV is or forgetting to mention BV aren't indicators of a total lack of knowledge on sexual health. Leaving out BV doesn't mean folks need to be educated by this tyrannical goblin Zena. What she's trying to do is divert attention away from Poppy's very transparent attempts to further humiliate Noeh. Everything Poppy puts on her TL centers on smearing Noeh. She literally HAS NOT stopped tweeting @ Noeh since she publicly disclosed her tweets made Noeh uncomfortable when they were partners. It is deeply unsettling that Poppy continues to try to talk to Noeh behind the scenes while routinely @ing Noeh from the YT account. This is all calculated and this community is not dumb. They're catching on. Trust that there are doubts that even her most fervent defenders are experiencing -- OF COURSE they have doubts, but what would happen if they just got brutally honest and disclosed that Poppy is indeed out of control. Poppy has gone against SO many things she advocates in her streams. Rapejacketing and targeting a trans woman is pretty disgusting. Attempting to cut of a homeless trans man's only source of revenue in the middle of winter in MICHIGAN. Shitting all over asexuals because Noeh slipped up and made a controversial statement.

BPD will NEVER be an excuse for abuse. An abuser is actively being coddled to the point where her supporters are enabling more abuse. I think it's pretty clear this therapist has not gotten treatment like DBT for her BPD. This person is a public figure. She is lending more stigma to this diagnosis. There are so many folks with BPD in my life who put in the work and are determined to be well. It is unbelievable what they face and I have so much respect for these survivors. I also feel incredibly protective over them. That impact of these far extending stigmas ACTIVELY cause HARM to people with BPD.

Listen, it's very obvious how Poppy is shitting on survivors of rape and havers of BPD. She's not an imperfect victim. She's a spiteful, vengeful, scorned woman. Zena is also shitting on folks with BPD by enabling Poppy's behavior Her supporters are enabling Poppy's behavior. You are lending to stigma and shitting on other BPD survivors. Coddling this woman while she loudly and publicly continues on with her harmful actions is not a loving act. Enabling is not an act of love. If you truly supported her, you would not lend momentum to her smear campaigns. You'd see that, at this point, Poppy is actually a liability. She is causing REAL harm to your community. Adding insult to injury, she really is out here publicly shitting on y'all, underestimating y'alls knowledge base and ability to recognize lies, abuse, danger, and malice. Some of y'all are leaning into that and at some point, you'll have to come to terms with your choices.

Anyway...

I just want to acknowledge the work and time y'all archivists have put into this. I really do appreciate being able to have access to the information I've needed to form my own opinions. Okay. That is all.

Have a beautiful night, beautiful people.

"Whoops lotsa typos there" 🥴💩

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What do you think of ppl saying MHA recently 'fell off' and the story's going in a 'less interesting direction'? I seen some say Hori is either rushing the story or reiterating story points that have already been established, when those exact same people want to dehumanize the LOV and relegate the villains to 'psychopaths who can't be saved so they need to be put down'. It's just funny to me that people say the story fell off when this was ALWAYS the direction the manga was going like??

Sigh

Well I'm gonna be very very general here and completely ignore the reality of the fandom and only explain what I've seen myself, and divide the fandom into three broad categories:

People who just read for fun and are just along for the ride, taking whatever comes as it may, and don't particularly care about what happens

People who read the story and analyze the fuck out of it trying to deep dive into the art and dialogue and figure out what's going to happen next and what certain things mean, AND care very deeply about the direction the story is taking

And then people who read the story and follow it closely, AND care very deeply about the direction the story takes, BUT don't bother to think very hard about what they're reading because they expect it to be spoon fed to them

You can probably tell which category I'm about to talk shit about lol

The only people I have seen say that the writing has taken a downturn or "fell off" are people who either are finding out that their takes and predictions are wildly wrong and canon has not upheld their theories, opinions of the characters, and the themes, OR people who focused on certain parts of the story and are upset that those parts aren't getting focus here in the final stretch.

I included that last sentence because I've seen some blogs that I used to typically agree with on many fronts (and some not, but still have decent takes on occasion) be very upset with the story as of late. And to each their own! Everyone is of course entitled to their opinion! But based on the people I'm referring to who are saying these things, I'm honestly not sure what their reasons could be for saying that about the story aside from.....they just aren't getting focus where they want it. Idk.

But the obvious group of readers that I think are saying this shit are the people who were so hellbent on having a basic bitch story (which btw, BNHA is kind of basic as it entails every typical shounen trope in existence almost) that doesn't explore complicated, complex, morally grey areas and just focused on fights, badass moves and action scenes, and having a power fantasy character lead the way to the ending. I don't have a presence on twitter (for a reason) but the people I see say this crap are primarily the people on twitter who say some of the most outlandish things that I wonder if they're actually even looking at the same manga panels that I am lol.

Basically, TL;DR: People who were so sure that the story would take a certain direction are now finding that their takes were wrong and are mad about it, so they have to defend their past opinions by saying that the "writing is bad". When in actuality, many many people called the current state of the story from a million miles away (I literally.....thought ALL of this shit would happen the second I saw the mall scene, literally), and therefore I'd say it's hard to call it bad writing when everything necessary in the story for the current chapters has BEEN THERE the whole time. And many, many people called it.

Yeah that's my salty rant lol

1D Day, Hour Two

The file I’m watching on YouTube is much shorter than an hour (44 minutes!!), but that’s because the poster kindly removed the “VT” (shudder) from random countries (it always boils down to [insert country’s name’s] fans wilding, and there’s only so much of that I can take).

Still, hour 2 is fucking ICONIC for many reasons, the biggest being Harry’s barely constrained rage. Yes, Louis’s “done with it all” demeanor on 1D Day is (justifiably) legendary, but Harry’s right there with him (twin flames, y’all). I can’t tell if he’s coked up, genuinely angry, or just passive-aggressively petty because someone told him he had to speak more quickly, much more loudly, and with some enthusiasm, for chrissakes. Oh, he delivers, all right, so much maniacal shouting. Deets under the cut.

Hour 2 is all Lirry, and I, for one, love Lirry, so it’s 44 minutes well spent. Liam tells us, “We’re kicking it off with VT from  France, give it up for France!” (“FRANCAIS!” Harry yells), and after the missing bit of French VT, we’re back to Lirry, with Harry vacillating between murdering the French language (“Mercy boo coo to France”) and shouting “I ATE SNAILS” as his contribution to what they did in France last time they were there (Liam played football with some guys near the Eiffel Tower, fwiw).

The first guest is Dynamo (or, “DYNAMO, EVERYBODY” if you’re Harry), and he’s here for card tricks and more (“OH, SNAP” is Harry’s response to Dynamo nearly twisting his own finger off, and god, it’s horrifying). Harry’s fairly manic through the entirety of the card tricks, but I love Liam because he’s me in every card trick (“I’m glad mine’s easy to remember because I’d probably forget,” which is true of any card you take, like, ever???):

“WHO LOVES MAGIC!” Harry shouts, and there’s a needlessly complicated special interactive trick that gets introduced here, with Dynamo saying that he wrote a prediction on a piece of paper and sealed it in a box at the beginning of the day, so he needs to Harry to keep the key safe. Points if you correctly assumed that Harry will stuff that key right in next to his dick as a joke.

Because nobody rehearsed or prepared for this epic full-day live event, there are all kinds of problems with the cameras, and if you want a fun drinking game to get you hammered within 45 minutes, take a shot every time you see a variation of this (Liam looking vaguely concerned while Harry aggressively points at the sky or the camera while shouting):

A horrifically bad segment that’s a poorly disguised advert for Google Hangouts (lmaoaoaoaooaoaoa) kicks off questions from all over the world (the audio is bad, none of the visuals syncs), but we get some iconic answers to deeply important questions, like, “If you were in the Hunger Games, who would  survive the longest?” Liam says he’d hide and then kill passersby (yikes), and Harry says he’s more of a lover than a fighter, so he’d hide in a tree until it all blew over. Liam: “Oh, yeah, you’re definitely more of a lover.” Harry: “Easy there, Piers Morgan.”

The next question is from a group of girls wearing Christmas sweaters, which annoys Harry because “it’s a whole month and two days early,” but I think his issues are bigger than jumping the gun on holidays (and honestly, the UK doesn’t have the twin buffers of T’day and H’ween, so you KNOW this is just part of his general rage). Anyway, they want to know what other careers these two would be involved with, sans the D, and because they’re five, Liam says spaceman and Harry says baker.

After a series of horrible glitches, the next question is about which superhero they’d be, and me as Harry, blowing a giant raspberry as he ponders this important question with the level of exhaustion he surely must feel, three years into this band/interview technique. Liam can read the room, so he picks this one up and says he’d be Kung-Fu Panda, which makes it easy for Harry to say Hong Kong Fuey (!!!) or Top Cat.

With that mess done, it’s time to “ROLL THE VT!” (according to Harry) for Switzerland, and because the producers here are nothing if not cliché lovers, that means tiny cowbells for Harry to play with when we come back. He quickly tires of this, throws the cowbells off stage, yells “WE NEED A CAMERA,” and walks straight into the call box with the overwhelmed girls from hour 1. These girls are still weeping, but Harry says, “Thank you for listening to the album, you’re getting kicked out, sorry,” in the flattest voice possible, so good cop Liam hurries over to ask the weeping girls which song they liked and usher in two new people.

“Happily” is debuted, but we don’t get to see it, boo, but we do get ushered over to a theater with some contest winners. Or as Harry says, “We’re here backstage to meet some fans who have won a chance to be here…SHUT UP…in our VIP cinema,” and then, “You’re crying…is that because I told you to shut up? I didn’t mean it.” Liam is there again to save the day, but there are lots of sound problems, so it’s hard to tell what’s happening, tbh.

Anyway, these fans get to ask some iconic questions, such as, “What would we find in your fridge?” which gives us this classic from Harry: “I DON’T LIVE ANYWHERE, SO NO FOOD,” as the audience says, “awwwwww” in the background.

There’s a question from a lady on the screen, saying that she’s in front of the X Factor studios, and she wants to know what they would change their audition song to, if they could go back in time, and because Harry’s well aware of his various stalkers, he says, “I saw her the other day at the X Factor studios, 100 percent” (fwiw, Harry would do “Wrecking Ball” with props, and Liam would do “Mirrors”).

The last question is what they would change if they could go back in time, and Liam says probably his older haircuts, and Harry says that one day in April (and he mentions April again later in the hour, so someone investigate), he had a dodgy breakfast burrito, so he’d probably change that (he also had a dodgy batch of prawns one time, too, but that’s a different story, and god, he’s an underrated comedian). The sound is for shit, but Liam doubts this, prompting Harry to scream, “DON’T JUDGE ME, LIAM, I’M TRYING MY BEST,” and whyyyyyy is he so on fire (and why do I love it so much):

We get back to the studio with an inexplicably breathless Scott Mills (he says he ran…but from where, lmao) and do another spin to figure out who the official 1D account (????) will follow on twitter. Harry starts cheating before people start yelling at him to stop, which is a shame, really, just follow all of these poor bastards, honestly!

We don’t get to see the VT from Germany, but we do get to see Lirry bickering about camera problems and stolen lines, plus an exhaustive rundown of all the thrilling things to come, and I’m so thankful to the person who made this moment a Dua Lipa meme all those months ago:

One of my favorite segments has a really awkward setup, but tl/dr/dw, Harry brags, “I’m a bit of a chef myself, and if I’m honest, Liam, I’m pretty damned good at it,” so we get a “ROLL VT!” and an aggressive finger point, both from Harry, and a silly but charming cook off with the tour chef, who seems like a lovely lady (p.s. look at how glorious his hair was under all those tablecloths…also, he’s chewing gum in a gross way, but this whole bit is worth watching in full):

The cook off is genuinely funny and results in a beautiful pavlova from Sarah and a basic sandwich (with pickle and paprika) from Harry, judged by Mark Jarvis, Gemma Styles, and Lou Teasdale, all of whom Harry bribes. I’m more fascinated with this ring, and my head canon has it either saying ILY or JEN (both of which make me smile):

With that bit over, we move on to more rapping of random tweets, and it’s embarrassing, so I won’t get into that. But the VT of Liam surfing is something special, not only because he looks so obviously happy while he’s doing it, but also because he says some very profound things in the interview around it: “I get followed a lot, so it’s quite nice to get out in the sea where nobody can follow you […] it’s so nice and peaceful […] it doesn’t matter what you look like, you can just have a good time, it’s a bit of an escape,” and ouchhhhhh, that’s some real talk.

We head back to the studio for a fashion segment with Louise someone; a handful of lucky fans in Sweden won a t-shirt design contest, and Lirry are gonna do some modeling. Louise is happy that Harry knows where Sweden is (Harry:  “I got a B in geography…might have been a C, can’t remember”), and some poor shlub working on this trainwreck in the shadow gets dragged out on camera because he’s wearing green jeans, but he’s not there for long (Harry: “GET OUT” *shove*). Louise describes the fashion show to come, and Harry says that he’s quite good at walking in straight lines, but Liam reminds him that he tends to fall over a lot on stage and that the tiny catwalk is actually pretty shiny (god bless Liam for being so responsible).

Luckily for all of us, professional model Cindy Crawford is there to help with some tips (she’s introduced as “IT’S ONLY BLOODY CINDY CRAWFORD” by Harry, and I die with Cindy’s “Hello, boys,” and Harry’s “Hello, Mrs. Crawford”…followed swiftly by Cindy’s, “Please don’t call me Mrs. Crawford”). There’s some sexi modeling, and even though he only wears two shirts to Harry’s three (*and* Harry gets down on the ground to pose), Liam wins, according to the Swedes. He requests a model  off with Cindy as his prize, and he’s surprisingly good?

The last segment is with Dynamo, the magic man, and for some reason, Harry’s weirdly agro about his own shirt mic, like, unnecessarily so, ripping it off to speak with Dynamo before gently putting it back where it belongs. Maybe he’s just frustrated about how they have to use Google+ (lololololol) for a totally convoluted imaginary concert that ultimately doesn’t work (me as him, tbh). 

While Liam does tech support live on air (!!), Harry asks Dynamo to do some card tricks to stall for time after literally nobody says a word when he monotones, “We’re having a technical difficulty…does anybody know any jokes.” Harry pulls a card as directed, but then, for seemingly no reason, he suddenly starts yelling, “THIS ISN’T WORKING, SHALL WE SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS? HIGHLIGHTS!!! ROLL HIGHLIGHTS [aggressive pointing]!!” and the highlights are truly awful, and I hope he’s enjoying his smoke break for hour 3, jfc.

Okay I said in the tags of the recent art piece that I wouldn’t talk about the stupid Youtube drama but I literally can’t sleep if I don’t vent somewhere, so bear with me! Though of course feel free to skip, too.

So, if someone has somehow managed to miss the whole ordeal, it’s about a gaming Youtuber named Jared, his now ex-wife Heidi and many of their friends caught in the crossfire. From irl perspective it is pretty standard stuff: the couple is divorcing, the ex-wife is accusing the ex-husband of cheating, being overall a manipulative asshole and even stuff like asking nudes from his underage fans. So yeah, all sorts of messy and nasty.

These things happen, there’s nothing new to that. But there are two things why all of this really upsets me. First of all, everything is very public. It has been horrible to watch how even the couple’s friends have been hearing about all of this first time in Twitter and, like normal people they are, reacting strongly to all sorts of claims flying around. It’s literally like watching a bad family fight in real time. The second point is why I haven’t been able to just tune it out and not follow the happenings: these people are the closest to “celebrities I admire” I’ve ever had. I’ve never cared about traditional celebrities the slightest, singers and actors ans such, but these people and their work I have followed weekly for so, so many years. Jared was once sharing the place of my favorite Youtuber with his friend Austin, who seems to be also pretty distraught over this. They and their whole gaming community has always been the most wholesome corner of Youtube I’ve ever come across. They’ve been the guys I’ve watched whenever I’ve needed some funny, light hearted feel-good type of stuff in my life.

I of course have no way of knowing what is the final thruth of this all. But as much as it pains me to admit it... I could actually see Jared being guilty of the things he has been accused of. It’s mostly (though it isn’t the only reason) because of the most stupid thing ever, which is why I really god damn hope this is not the one and only post of mine that somehow goes viral. =‘) It’s because of his Undertale playthrough. I KNOW! It’s exactly as idiotic as it sounds like! It is also the reason why he was dropped from my ultimate favorites back in the day.

So, what could’ve been so bad about a one little playthrough among dozens of others he has done? It’s... Hard to explain. He didn’t like the game which is absolutely fine! I’m not the rabid fan who hates people because of their opinions, god no. (I’m not that huge fan of Undertale to begin with!) But his attitude during that playthrough was just... Chilling. I couldn’t watch it all the way through and seeing someone I had looked up to until that point like that was disturbing. It felt like he would’ve wanted to be doing literally anything else than playing the game, and like he was blaiming his watchers for his bad time, too. I remember thinking to myself: “wow, feels exactly like when I’ve been talking about my interests to someone and then I realize they look like they would literally pay me million dollars just to make me shut up RIGHT NOW”.  And the feeling was indeed so strong that I had to drop the series due to getting close to a fucking panic attack.

So yeah, it is stupid, it is just one incident (though there were a couple others later, but they weren’t as bad as this first one) and it has ultimately absolutely nothing to do with anything. I’m not even trying to make any sort of point here; like I said in the beginning, I just needed to vent this out. It’s 4 am here right now. I am really darn sad that this is happening, and I need to sleep.

[EDIT]

It’s been some time since I wrote this now, but I just had to dig it up in order to update my thoughts; I just couldn’t leave it to that note. A lot of evidence has been dug up since the first days of that disaster, and the conclusion seems to be... “It’s complicated”. Thank god it looks like at least the nudes to kids -claims are shaky at best and more than likely complete bogus. The cheating part on the other hand seems to be a question of viewpoint. Tl;dr Jared had told Heidi that he wanted a divorce, but Heidi didn’t agree to that and wanted to continue trying to make things work out. So were they together at that point? Tbh I think there is no one ultimate truth behind that. It’s in such a deeply gray area that I don’t think either party is ultimately right or wrong in their interpretation.

So all that is left of the original claims is Jared’s manipulative behavior. That I’m sure has some credibility behind it. But then again who even would be such a perfect person that they could act perfectly in an emotionally extremely messy situation? Plus Heidi seems to be quite a personality to deal with, too - and that I don’t base even on any 3rd party accusations on, but her own Tweets that did make me go “of wow, yikes” every once in a while. (She clearly enjoy getting her revenge on Jared way too much.)

So all in all this seems to be just your average nasty divorce after all. The only exceptional part was how this was all handled publicly in a very, very bad manner.

Best Blocking Practices

I sometimes randomly block people on social media, people I have zero chance of interacting with, because I stumble across them saying something that shows they are not a person I ever want to encounter. I could reply to them and start an uncomfortable conversation, or I could block them and forget they exist. I always choose the latter, because I’d rather draw cats with my kid than argue with strangers on the internet. My kid is much better company. (Also, I can time him out if he gets obnoxious, and that’s harder to do with strangers on the internet.)

Today, it was someone who said extroverts don’t give a s--- about people who don’t want to spend time with them. The image she commented on was an octopus holding the legs of a diver as the diver tried to climb out of the water; the text joked about how the diver was introverts trying to leave a party and the octopus was their extrovert friends. Not only did this person have to ignore the word “friends,” but she had to assume that the only reason anyone would want to leave a social gathering would be if they hate and/or don’t care about the other people there, making an assumption about introverts that is blatantly not true and deeply offensive.

The difference between introverts and extroverts isn’t about the level of caring, it’s about how we gain and lose energy in social situations. As an introvert, being social drains me. I like being social with my friends and family, but I need solitude to recover afterward. Extroverts are the opposite. They gain energy by interacting with people. This means, logically, that extroverts can stay longer at social gatherings than introverts can, because extroverts are being filled with energy while introverts are drained. It has nothing to do with anyone’s feelings for anyone else and everything to do with physical and mental exhaustion.

That is why the image was funny and resonated.

And that is why I wanted to punch that bitch.

But I blocked her without a word instead, and that will suffice.

Another time I blocked someone, months ago, it was on Twitter. Someone tweeted a joke that other people had previously tweeted; they’d merely thought up the same joke separately, and a woman jokingly said in the comments that “Mediocre minds think alike.” It was rude and unnecessary, and I don’t like stumbling across humor that relies on belittling others. I blocked her.

I’m also likely to block people I see attacking other writers for things like “your character did this, so you must be like that, too.” Even if I don’t have things to be harassed about, myself, I am still afraid of those people because they have proven that they are willing to harass writers rather than ask pertinent questions like civil human beings. Questions like, “Your character is like this, how do you personally feel about their actions?” Or “Why did you make this or that choice in your story?” Or “You write about X quite a bit, out of curiosity can I ask why that is?”

I am doubly likely to block such people if they treat anyone who challenges their assumptions as “the enemy.” There is no point in attempting rational discussion when everything you say makes the other person a martyr.

I have not been harassed in years, likely because I don’t seek out conflict. I block instead of engage with random comments like the examples above because some people just want to stir their rage to life. It’s something to do, and feeling superior is fun. There is no point for me to engage except to make myself equally angry; getting angry might have been appealing a decade ago, but I’m too old for that now. When I’m tempted to engage these days, I shut my laptop and play with my kids to remind myself of my priorities and how little I care about offensive strangers on the internet (beyond wanting to avoid them).

The only thing that will automatically, without fail, get me to block and report someone is if they say something about my kids. This has not happened, but we’re on the internet. It might some day. And I will report the shit out of that. I don’t have to explain why. Y’all are reasonable people. You get it.

But I still don’t think I’d use the nuclear option, which would be to make something like that public. I’m morally opposed to how extreme online bullying can get for people who say something they shouldn’t. What if it’s a young idiot whose life gets ruined for their big stupid mouth? What if they get doxxed? Doxxing scares me. Even the worst people imaginable don’t deserve to have their information spread to the psychos you find online. Authorities, sure. Employers in some cases. But the internet? Stalkers, death threats, rape threats, harassment, verbal violence, hate mail both electronic and physical? No. No, I will always choose not to put anyone in that hell. Proper channels are better and more likely to match the punishment to the crime. Internet justice almost always gets out of hand, and I am not okay with that.

TL;DR - I block offensive people instead of arguing with them. Then I go play with my kids to cheer up.

The Rules Of The Tactician

Introduction

You know I don't wanna do this to everyone, but as someone who doesn't like drama & chaos like everyone else in the world, some rules have to be set in place in order for there to not be any of this. TL;DR:

"Transparency is like disinfectant in a wound. At first it’s going to sting like hell, but you need to purge the bad before your body heals. The same goes for the truth; it might sting at first, but if you actually endure it, your life will change & be better for you in the long run." ~ Merchant

We got that clear? Good? Good.

The Rules

I don't tickle people's fancies; I tell the pure, unadulterated truth. If any examples are needed of this matter, here are some:

If I say something that you don't like, don't argue about it. I'm a very quick-tempered person*, so the last thing you want to do is rub me the wrong way.

Don't get upset when I tell you the truth, because it's better than me telling a lie or what you think to be the truth to appease you & have your life still be fucked up.

I don't have time for childish games. Leave those games at the front door before entering the tactician's domain. These include, but are not limited to: memes (see this video (also locate at 1:24 & 34:49) or this or this video for basically why I dislike** them) & other low-quality content, drama, unblock requests, touching up on a topic I already finished, & trying to find loopholes or stay borderline around what I say, even in these rules. If I don't answer to these things, it's probably because I'm a 19 year old man who dropped out of college because it was a waste of my time, causing me stress, & I'm not looking for more stress in my life.

Don't get salty if I block you. People think I block people because I'm a mini-Verlisify, but I will never & shall never be associated with that cretinous creature. The reason why I block people is because to hold back on saying something very damaging, I have to block people, because I can get very, VERY pissy when you continue to anger me. Alongside me being quick-tempered is having a smoldering anger. Think of it as an anime like Dragon Ball Z; you can get your ass beat several times, but the second someone does something very harmful to your life, such as kill your best friend, the anger explodes.

I'm always open to talk in any of my social media platforms, wheether it be Twitter, Twitch, Discord, YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Vidme, or any other things I have; I'll more than likely be responding to you in a heartbeat. I read everything you send me; whether or not I'm around to receive your stuff. However, since I've set up a submissions thing on this page, feel free to send some stuff here as well.

I do commissions, & most of the time, they're open if I don't feel like an ass getting out of bed every morning. I'm an early bird, but lately, it's hard for me to get out of bed. More than likely, it won't be the case, but yeah. If you want a soundfont remix or quick graphic done, I'll be willing to do it, free of charge, unless you really do want to pay me for it.***

I'm not your technical support. Yes; I get it. I'm tech savvy. However, some of the questions you guys ask can simply be Googled. If you ask me a tech question that Google easily knows the answer to, don't be surprised when I send you a LMGTFY link. Also, this is the last time I'm saying this: I'M NO LONGER A PART OF TWEAKBOX SUPPORT. Send me another question & watch how fast the mute/block button gets hit.

I have an opinion, as well as you do. So, if you don't agree with my opinion, don't be surprised when I direct you to this, because this is exactly how I feel alongside Vincent "Vinny" Vinesauce.

I may not look it, but I'm a rather....lewd person. I definitely do appreciate you all sending "culture" in my DMs anywhere I am, so feel free to do so. I'll just slip this; in case anyone needs help finding me some ideal stuff.

Unless I request it of you; PLEASE. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. DON'T BACKSEAT/BACKSEAT GAME.

Trying to stay borderline on these rules, twist the words of these rules or of what I say, or find any loopholes in my speech, because I'm not the best at speech, & attempting to piss me off is going to give you a piss off back, because I'm straight up going to mute/block you; no exceptions. Stop trying to act like a smartass, & stop trying to play games with me like you're some kind of jester. I'm an adult, & the vast majority of you all are too. Start acting like it. If you can't have an adult conversation with me, then get the fuck out of my face. And don't think when you find a loophole, I won't patch these rules up, because I most wholeheartedly will.

Golden Rule: If you can't say it without it sounding rude, don't say it at all. PERIOD.

Conclusion

I know it seems like I was a bitch, & I know it seems like I'm telling people how to live their lives when you talk to me on social media, but trust me; I'm human, like you guys are. We all go through shit in life. Life is extremely fucked up, & most of the time, the stuff that happens is unavoidable. However, just because you think your life is all peachy-creamy right now doesn't mean that only the unjust will get some terrible stuff happening in their lives. It may happen to you too, because life was designed to be like that. We were all given life, & we had no rules on how to live the ideal life where no chaos would happen, which then turned this into darkness & chaos. So, to avoid having chaos happen in my life & others' lives as well, rules had to be laid down up front so that I don't end up wanting to kill myself again deactivating & deleting my Twitter account for the 12th time. Yes. 12 TIMES. However, I am responding to everyone; nonetheless. It's very rare nowadays when you see someone actually responding to what you type, because everyone can see what you type, but more or less, everyone might not respond. I tend to be the outlier, because I deeply care for everyone, & want to be the change I wanna see in the world. The world is slowly dying, & I want to do everything I can to help those in need. If I have to break an arm & a leg to do so; so be it. Just know you're not alone in your situation, & I'm willing to do the best I can to help.

Sincerely,

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Quick-tempered person: I was diagnosed with ADHD & Aspergers at the age of 4, so I tend to be socially inadept. Think of it like this: people who are normally speaking in a conversation give each other room to talk after that person knows they've completely finished the conversation. This isn't the case for me being a person with Aspergers, because when I say something & finish, there's more behind it than you actually think, because I have trouble completing a thought (you can also look it up online, or watch The Big Bang Theory. You'll find out about it, eventually. For the ADHD, it's just as it entails, I can't focus, & I'm full of energy. So, what does the quick-temperedness do? Simple; be a dick & you get the dick treatment. That's pretty much it.

Disliking memes: Truth be told; I don't dislike memes. Memes are a funny thing to help you out of tough times. However, what people consider funny nowadays is like if you were in a classroom full of high schoolers watching America's Funniest Home Videos, which is baby tier laughter. And believe me; THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE OF MY STUPID ASS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I think Vinny from Vinesauce expresses how I feel about it very well, because believe it or not; I'm actually from New York, just like him, so I know how that New Yorker life is. More or less, I think I'm starting to become a miniature version of him, but I don't wanna do that, because I'm me.

Commissions are free of charge: I get it; getting someone to commission you in this modern day & age is hard as hell, & I know people who ask to do commissions for free & for exposure end up getting a lot of flack (for a better explanation, read this article here. Graphic Designers/people who do commissions who are seeing that will probably be having an aneurysm, but to them; fuck you & what you think.) However, as me being me, I'm an outlier when it comes to this stuff. I don't force feed money down people's throats, because I'm no average god when it comes to making stuff like mixes & graphic works; quick or time-consuming. As someone who tends to have a lot of energy, I can be very lazy, because I don't drive, so I can't just straight up go have fun somewhere at my own free will. I tend to have to ask a family member to drive me; (Rant incoming; look for the matching parentheses if you don't wanna hear my opinions on having an Apple phone, but continue reading if you really want to.) hell, even take an Uber if I really do have to, & I don't even like Uber, because the creator is using it to rob people even after uninstalling the app, track Lyft drivers with their app that got taken off the App Store entitled "Hell", & now, Tim Cook gave Uber the keys to your screen with a simple line of code that's only granted by Apple themselves; meaning they can draw & record on your screen at thheir free will. This is all on iOS, & me desperately trying to switch over to Android after seeing what Tim Cook purposely does to models that aren't things like the 7, 8, & X, such as disabling Touch ID on the iPhone 4 when iOS 9 came out, & a device that couldn't even support it had the option hidden in the OS that wasn't visible to the naked eye. (Hey! The rant's over.) Seriously, though. Don't expect me to be a god, because sometimes, I'm not even proud of the stuff I produce, & that's because I'm human; just like everyone else. I do commissions for free because I care about everyone & am willing to help out anyone in need; not because I want money at all. I don't give a shit about making a profit, & I don't need a profit to survive unless it's a dire situation in which I need to have some cash on hand in case of emergency. So, if you want to pay, that's fine. It's up to you. However, as a human, I highly recommend you don't spend money on me, because it makes me feel guilty. You can buy so many other things other than me, & I'm not one to play favorites with anyone at all, so really don't make me do that. If you're still wiiling to commission me; please don't hesitate to ask me at all. I'll respond; more or less.