People who hate on self-inserts are so weird to me. Like, um. Maybe if YOU wrote about all your faves falling in love with you, you'd feel better.

gx has provided me with more idiots that love one another I love idiots and I love yugioh mwahahaha

I dunno who needs to hear this but fiction doesn't make you a bad person

Don't feel bad about writing or drawing murder, That's okay and valid!

Don't feel bad about writing or drawing things that people disagree with, if it makes you happy and feel better (so long as it's tagged correctly) then it's completely valid!

Don't feel bad about posting your ship art in the main tags, Art is art and you should be proud and do so!

Don't feel bad about changing your favorite character in a show to a completely different person, They can be whoever you want them to be!

Don't feel bad for liking things in fiction, It doesn't represent real life!

Art and writing is a good way to get rid of trauma and to get rid of bad feelings in general, Or it can just be fun! Don't let anyone tell you what you can or can't do. I love you no matter what

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Feel free to add on any tags! Rbs are welcome and encouraged! Anyone can interact!

Given some recent discourse I would like to point out that not only am I a prolific author of:

Murderbot/Gurathin

fics on AO3, I am also the author of two of the three fics (the other fic has been made into a podfic in case you check and think I’m exaggerating here!) on AO3 tagged:

Dr. Gurathin/Dr. Thiago (Murderbot Diaries)

Takes a bow:

What can I say except, “You’re welcome!”

Time to do my go-to rare pair for the ship game: Koushiro/Iori post-Kizuna and Beginning

It really is a shame that, at some point in the middle of 02, they just stopped putting emphasis on the relationship between these two, despite the fact that they were STILL continuously mirroring them to some degree. While Koushirou is the brain everybody naturally turns to for help, Iori, despite being very analytical of situations and surroundings, tends to get himself overlooked more easily. And, even as they grow up, this may be something he would need some help and guidance for...

... Especially if you consider their set-ups as "work-a-holics in shirt and tie". The big difference here is: Koushirou is the CEO of his own company, he has LEARNED to stand up for and assert himself through the course of early Adventure already and it's no surprise that this is the reason why he is considered an "expert on all things Digimon" as a public speaker. Iori on the other hand... Is still the youngest Chosen Child in the group and is obviously being exploited as intern at the company he is working at during his law studies. He IS computer-savvy, maybe not to the same degree as his senpai, but definitely just as prone to stressing himself and taking on more work than he can chew. It almost seems like there'd be a lack in balance - and, as mentioned, maybe a lack in guidance too. And remembering their early set-ups, Koushirou may not always be the most tactful person in EVERY situation, but when it comes to very certain people, he IS observant - and very capable of calling them out for their issues especially those he usually also has himself.

Koushirou is among those who never treated Iori as a nuisance and Iori never felt belittled by him - so the confidence boost he'd get from getting praised by Koushirou is something he definitely needs. For his hard work, ambition, wit... He needs to know that he is being taken seriously and considered an intellectual and compassionate equal - which is something Koushirou would definitely provide, even unintentionally, simply by treating him like he always treated him: Respectfully and with kindness (and also in a somewhat protective manner). Iori on the other hand does look up to Koushirou whether he might surpass him in height is still up to debate though and, upon spending time with him, would get more and more comfortable being honest and calling HIM out as well. It's like an automatic mutual trauma response that goes like "I am tired as heck, but I need to finish this task at all costs, but HOLD THE PHONE, YOU WILL GET YOUR BREAK, MISTER". And it might actually work, because they care about each other a lot.

I could imagine them doing research together, with Koushirou teaching Iori how to use his gadgets and sources to his advantage for the sake of his future career - and with the help of the likes of Takeru, they might actually leave their office spaces and spend time outside, doing cultural activities and historical sightseeing. I really think that is something they'd both enjoy and that'd do them good while improving their relationships even further. Frowning over the others constantly jumping into danger and dragging them with them - but they're the voices of reason, so despite their grouchy faces, they'll happily oblige and share knowing, smiley glances about it.

... On a more romantic route, one might argue that everything I've just mentioned might cause Iori to eventually tell Koushirou that he doesn't "want to be seen/treated as you've always seen/treated me anymore", actively taking a step towards confessing. Because even if they're both rational thinkers, they can be very emotional around the right people - and Iori would be the one to initiate, maybe after harboring a crush for quite some time (which I know is a headcanon we can both imagine going down like that!). Koushirou might not be able to respond to something like that immediately, he would take his time for contemplation - and I wouldn't consider it impossible for them to act on it together.

been seeing a lot of negativity and gatekeeping in the atsv fandom as of late, so this is your reminder of a few things:

you don’t owe anyone an explanation as to why you like something, no matter what

nothing is “right” or “wrong” when it comes to a character/ship…it’s all there for us to enjoy and interpret (yes that means character playlists. YES that means hobie brown playlist makers that comment on other people’s posts/videos and say that he wouldn’t listen to [insert song here] or [insert artist’s name here] when, in fact, they could just shut the fuck up)

block liberally!! learn to curate your internet experience!!! it’s not that hard friends. block tags and stay unbothered

last but not least is you belong here, and you deserve to be happy and find comfort in the things you enjoy

psssst! neutralshippers! you are amazing! 💕✨

you aren't a dangerous person. you aren't a "secret proshipper", nor a "proshipper in disguise".

you aren't a bad person if you don't wish to label yourself as proship or anti anti!

it's okay if you don't know where you stand on the matter regarding shipping and discourse.

you are valid, and you are welcome in our spaces.

btw if you write fanfictions you’re really cool and an important part of fandoms

you shouldn’t have to feel bad or cringe for writing fanfics, you do what you want

Ok so I’m gonna preface this by saying I used to casually hate on certain ships and understand the pov of seeing the complex problems with a popular ship or being bothered by it but everything I’m about to say still applies because I understand how to interact positively with fandom spaces better now and I still was never a true anti.

I do not understand ship antis who take personal offense at other ships or people disliking their own ship-specifically the hardcore angry ones who shit on anyone who has a different ship than them even if the person isn’t bashing other ships or being rude in any way.

Like I understand not liking or supporting certain ships, or even expressing that dislike in your posts and stuff, but sometimes people go to far.

For example: I just saw a post where someone reblogged a zukka shipper’s post where they were simply talking about how cool the characters interactions and parallels were in the show and shitting on the person and all the notes were insulting the op.

I myself do not ship zukka, though I don’t have anything against it, I am actually a zutara shipper. These people being awful and rude were also zutara shippers, but they were being super rude and unkind and it just rubbed me the wrong way.

People are allowed to have different opinions than you.

This is also a different issue that having normal conversations and expressing your negative opinions about a character or ship, there’s no need to personally attack people or take such offense to people having a different opinion. Like at the end of the day it’s all just fictional characters and you can like what you like without being a dick.

Idk I just needed to rant I guess. Fandom has become so toxic in recent years and it makes me really sad. I wish it could just function as a wholesome place to engage with other people who like what you like.

I just wanted to share with you all that I’ve been having a super respectful, friendly debate/discussion with a Melvin on discord about who Mike will end up with on the show. We’re both sharing our perspectives and even though we’re not really trying to convince the other necessarily, it’s kind of fun and chill. Like we’re just bouncing back and forth with evidence and referencing interviews and going “Okay, true, but how about this?” 

Anyway, just proof that a Byler and Melvin can “be in the same room” and not be at each other’s throats the whole time lol. 

"oh these two characters cant be shipped together" "i see them as siblings" "the age gap though" "Theyre from completely different series/aplaces" "This character doesnt have enough character development to ship them with anyone" "the pairing is so rushed" "these two characters never interacted they cant be shipped together-"

THEYRE BOND IS AMBIGUOUS ‼️

THEY ARE NOT RELATED ‼️

THE AGE GAP IS 1-2 YEARS ‼️

RISE OF THE BRAVE TANGLED DRAGONS ‼️

SHIPPING DOES NOT NEED CANON‼️

CROSSOVERS‼️

CRACK SHIPPING‼️

YOUR FAVORITE SHOW GOT CANCELED ‼️

YOUR FAVORITE SHOW GOT SHORTENED ‼️

JUST SAY THE SHIP ISNT FOR YOU ‼️

STOP COMMENTING ON POSTS THAT TALK ABOUT LIKING THE SHIP ‼️

OR GET OFF THE INTERNET ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

I found this template on Pinterest and decided to revive myself to share with you guys my favorite yugioh ships from all of em except sevens

not tagging my ships bc that’s waaaay too much work and im lazy LOL

this just in: ship discourse is stupid and i love shipping, i love seeing all ships, your ship is great, please tell me about it and i will think about nothing else for the next 4 days

Happy birthday to my first Murderbot&Gurathin fic on AO3! Two years ago today (7th August 2021) I completed:

The green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on

Back then there were only 9 MB&G fics on AO3 (2.3% of the TMBD fics at that point in time), now there are 98 (5.2% of the TMBD fics to date, 7th August 2023)

To celebrate I made some graphs (I like graphs)

All errors (of which I expect there are many, but hopefully they’re kinda random so the overall picture is okay?) my own

So, again, happy 2nd birthday to my first ever completed fic tagged

Dr. Gurathin & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)

I love fluffy fluff ships and that is so smart and sexy of me.

If you prefer dead dove do not eat that is so smart and sexy of you.

All types of shippy content are awesome.

hey btw there’s nothing wrong with shipping your ocs with canon characters. or shipping yourself with a canon character. even if you have a crush on the character. you are hurting literally no one. you can do whatever you want. cringe culture is dead