idk if anyone else is feeling this or if I'm just being overly senstive but I feel like being online, especially on tumblr, is such a hostile minefield lately??

like there isn't a day that goes by I don't see a post that's like 'if you're into this you're disgusting' or 'if you ship this couple block me' and I feel like it's just constant. I think to myself like okay so what are we actually allowed to do online anymore 😭😭 I'm always gonna write and draw what I want and what makes me happy but it's always at the back of my mind like damn everyone is so mean lately can we not just be nice and supportive and if you don't like something you don't have to interact or engage... you don't need to post 'this character would never do this' or 'this character doesn't suit this trope' it just comes across so rude and makes being online in a community so uncomfortable.

This isn't at anyone in particular btw I'm just seeing it a lot. This isn't a new take by all means I know fandom is different and everyone wishes it was how it used to be when people were supportive and engaging I just am so tired of seeing it everyday. I missing having the freedom to just post stories and art without thinking. It's impossible to make everyone happy but it's so jarring to think of how many stories are going untold and works of art aren't being made out of fear of being told you're wrong or gross and blah blah blah.

I just want us all to have fun online again 🥹

And to those moots and followers who do motivate me and support me and other creators ilysm thank u for being a flicker of hope and kindness in the community

some of the astarion HCs that cross my gaze are trying to make him sexier + classic romance novel lead than he is Im afraid…… before he will be your sexy protector dominate boyfriend he’ll probably be like “babe do you think you can help me with this” “but that sounds like soooooooo much woooork… fine 🙄🙄🙄🙄” love him at his whiny twink self come on now

al haitham does not come home frm work 2 surprises of mi scantily dressed in prettie pink lace n ribbons bound about my wrists but instead his living room full of different instruments i hv brought back after deciding to learn to play them on a whim n sheet music scattered all over d floor . tehe :]

sometimes i see people talking about not wanting Editing Notes or criticism... like Published Authors (from tiktok)... and i just wonder like. how the fuck did you get this far without ever having someone tell you what needs fixing in your writing. i took several creative writing classes and getting feedback took my first draft and made it SO MUCH BETTER by the third or fourth take. people told me to take out entire scenes, rewrite from a different pov, and then cut apart that third version and rewrite it AGAIN in the original pov. and it was WAY BETTER. you simply HAVE to accept criticism if you want to get better at what you're doing. otherwise how will you learn what critiques are valid and which aren't and how to actually get better at writing???

also while I'm on the topic of being off topic. this is my beloved durge tav moon. her wizard boyfriend sprays her with water when she tries to bite people

okay this part is actually the one that does not let me sleep at night. where does the flash flood part of this sentence come from. like i genuinely want a source for this. does anyone knows where that came from.

RTD is so in love with David Tennant that it makes him look stupid, huh.

The Loyalty Mocktail! For when you’ve been loyal to someone! Since the day you’ve MET!!!!!

Love in the Air: Sky’s Friendship with Rain

Sky is proving himself to be the best bestie throughout episode 4. He doesn’t involve himself too much - just gently comforts and nudges if needed, but ultimately allows Rain to come to his own conclusions and take action himself. Even though I’m dying to see Sky’s relationship with Prapai, I do really appreciate the attention they’re taking to flesh out Sky’s character via his friendship with Rain.

I’m interested to see how the tables will turn when Sky’s storyline with Prapai unfolds, and how Rain will support him in return. Prapai does initially ask Rain for Sky’s number, so I wonder if Rain intentionally encourages this ship to sail or not. As much as Rain can be a bit slow on the uptake, he must have questions and will almost definitely catch Prapai showing up everywhere all of a sudden.

I do lowkey love the thought of Rain and Payu playing cupid/wingmen behind the scenes to get their respective best friends to couple up though. Even more amusing if we get them being protective and bickering over their BFFs like ‘if your best friend hurts my best friend, there will be hell to pay’.

I’m also really curious how much Sky has shared about his ex with Rain? So far, Sky seems like the type to brush off his own problems and put others first. When he admits to Rain in ep2 that the source of information was his ex, he quickly changes topic. After the one night stand with Prapai (which currently takes place off-screen around ep3), Sky doesn’t even mention what happened to him at the race after Rain left, and nonchalantly shrugs the focus of the conversation back to Rain, “I’m fine but you’re not.” Rain also later says to Sky, “Don’t you like Prapai? He’s a kind person” - so we get the sense that Rain supports the idea and doesn’t see any obvious reasons why Sky wouldn’t be. (Which only further suggests to me that Rain doesn’t know too much about what Sky potentially went through and therefore why Prapai’s eagerness concerns him).

Sky has been an absolute sweetheart, and I’m sure Rain will be heartbroken when he gets a better understanding of what Sky’s been dealing with on his own.

Fun fact: according to Me Mind Y’s relationship chart, they’ve also cast a young Sky, which suggests we’ll be getting some form of flashback into Sky’s backstory.

you know I think one problem with like. trying to write a critique for inscryption that most people probably only experienced it through markiplier. much like with pony island.

I feel like most people already knew like half of what was going on and were already invested in the lore and ARG and whatnot, rather than actually experiencing the game itself like a normal person. I think it's also prominent with Inscryption because the game itself is written under the assumption that the average player is already a fan of Daniel Mullins' shtick and is used to it.

And I guess when you're coming at it from there, you're primed not to look into the game from any other angle and miss a lot of the cool things it had going on that it never followed up with. The Scrybes representing the creative process. Their blue and orange morality. A critique of the game industry literally kiling one of its employees for business reasons.

like. you know what happened to luke carder. That literally happened 2 years after the game released:

and it would've been such a biting critique if Inscryption had genuinely leaned into that theme as a cautionary tale! Like holy shit, that'd be one of the most important fucking contributions to the medium of video games as an artform you could make!

But as it stands, Luke's plotline is only really there because the developer wanted to join this game to the Hex, and because there's an ARG. It's obviously not the fault of the dev that this happened. But it feels almost insulting that he came up with a theme this relevant and real and then just. Did not give it the gravity it deserved.

I've heard a similar thing happened with Ace Attorney twitter where half the fandom apparently hasn't played the fucking game. I mean with AA it's more forgivable because it's a visual novel, but it comes from the same desire to just join in the latest fandom without actually engaging with the art it comes from.

idk I just think. maybe people should experience things for themselves instead of getting their opinions from a third party standing over their shoulder. It'd make for more interesting art.

:) goodnight! 🩷♥️

i used to be a minlace bitch that was sooooo enraged by the whole "ummmm minkowski would never cheat on her husband 🙄" backlash because in my head there were like 90323408 ways around that.

but now i'm like youo know what what if she cheated. what then. she deserves a little cheating as a treat.

i have no idea if there are moments it would be in character for who she is at the time in terms of... would it be realistic for her to have lapses that severe, etc. i have not listened to this podcast since the day it ended.

but it's less about that and more about wanting to see what it would do to her character if she DID stoop to that.

ack ow uh oh oh no

the good thing about asperger's no longer being a diagnosis is that it's just called level 1 autism spectrum disorder now. i know i probably shouldn't be poking around in the mental health of strangers online, but as an autistic person myself, your struggles resonated with me. ever since i've been able to accept, understand, and begin to provide myself accommodations for my autism, my mental health has improved tremendously. autism is also co-morbid with oodles of other conditions, so it is definitely possible to have autism and other conditions that may have overlapping symptoms

It's funny, I was diagnosed, accepted it, over analyzed and rejected it, subsequently forgot about it entirely, then when the only helpful counselor I ever had brought up the idea I was like: Oh yeah! That makes sense. And went through the same process over again. I will say, having someone point out that something might be inhibiting my ability to interact with people was extremely helpful. Because I just thought I was really bad at it and processed it as a point of failure (which was intolerable). At one point she said "You don't have to do things you don't want to just because you feel like you should" and I think about that a lot. That should have been obvious but it was like she slapped me with a fish

Just dropping you a message to say that you are a lovely person and while I don't know you very well I really appreciate seeing you on my dash and your posts brighten my day. Sending you lots of love in these weird days and hoping the negative emotions pass soon 💜💜💜💜

Anon you'll make me cry 🤧 seriously, thank you. I have a tendency to get into my head too much, and I crave validation so thank you <3 Ig it's kind of a slip-and-slide btwn being very insecure but not wanting to be the reverse(both feel icky) if that makes sense? So more often that not, it just ends up being: "how could anyone possibly like *me*!?" and then it always feels weirdly self-serving trying to tell myself "no you idiot, people do like you." So getting outside appreciation, I really really appreciate it 💕 I'm sure I'll recover soon, and look back at this and feel silly, as I always do. But thank you for making me feel soft :)

Sometimes I wonder how Dazai would react if Ango died. Like died in front of him, I mean. Either pushed Dazai out of the way and took the hit, got caught up in an explosion, or even just an accident or assassination attempt...

Tell, me, you depressed human roll of bandages. How would you react if Ango died in front of you?

Thoughts?