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astro-inky · 2 years
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Completely redid my winx ocs! Really diggin the improvement
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Helloooooo! I recently found your blog, and I rly like your writing style. I was hoping, if it’s not uncomfortable or anything, could you do a NSFW headcanons for yelan, jean, and eula?
NSFW Headcanons - Eula, Yelan & Jean
Genre: Smut
Characters: Eula Lawrence // Yelan // Jean Gunnhildr
A/N: Hello! I'm glad you're enjoying my writing :) Here are your requested hcs, hope you like them as well! I switched the order a little to accomodate for best girl Eula. It took an entire day (not sure if it shows 😅), but I had a lot of fun writing these.
Also, the entire Jean's part, which took a lot of time, was DELETED BY TUMBLR BECAUSE I WANTED TO PASTE SOMETHING WHY THE FU-
Contents: Sub!Eula, body worship, Dom!Yelan, femdom, forced orgasms, edging, post orgasm, Sub!Jean, roleplay, public sex, lots of wholesome stuff
NSFW under the cut.
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Eula Lawrence
For her entire life, she has been kept at a distance. First, her family applied their traditional upbringing tactics, mainly consisting of replacing her natural needs like love and affection with artificial norms and behaviors of her clan. When she broke out of the loop and joined the Knights, they completely pushed her away. Eula couldn't expect comfort from the society either, leaving her to fend for herself. To cope, she assumed her strange way of speaking and the bizarre mannerisms, which only made everything worse. It was a complete surprise to her when Amber became her friend, but an even greater one was actually finding someone who loved her.
Eula is quite touch-starved, and that carries over to love-making.
She wants to have you two as close as physically possible at all times. Eula wants to feel your warmth, your breath and heartbeat on her body.
For her, your face is best when it's in full view for her to enjoy. Eula needs to see that it's you who makes her feel good, you who envelops her bare body, you who loves her.
She is a very intimate woman, and as such the bonding element is more important than the pleasure.
Her body is quite sensitive anyway, so it doesn't take much to get her off. 
She is very clingy, always having her hands on you. Her favorite place to hold on to is your neck. Leg locking happens often, making it difficult to pull out of her. She does that instinctively, and hopes you're fine with it.
The woman is well-aware of her assets, and likes to show them off to you. The way she dresses doesn't exactly make it hard, but she likes to couple it with a very suggestive way of walking.
That said, you can not only look, but touch as well. She loves it when you grope her thighs and ass, but only when no one is looking.
She'll gladly let you use her breasts and thighs to get off.
In fact, one of her favorite things is sitting on your lap while you rub  your length between her legs and right on her womanhood. Suck her nipples or make out at the same time and Eula will cum in no time.
Making out makes her go weak in the knees, especially if you push her up against the wall or pin her hands down.
Give Eula lots and lots of kisses not only outside your bedroom. She lives for your lips on hers, and some tongue action as well.
A hard no for her is bondage. She might bear it if you kiss her non stop, but not being able to touch you is not enjoyable for her. She absolutely needs physical contact.
Eula is not really into giving oral for a similar reason, but she does like receiving it. She usually keeps your face on her clit with a hand in your hair, giving in to the immense pleasure.
But do be careful - the Spindrift Knight gets very squirmy when she's close, so being choked by her thighs is a real possibility. But who would complain?
The best orgasms, however, come from vanilla sex for Eula.
She is not very kinky, but you could say that intimacy is her biggest kink.
Eula is defenseless against the pleasure you bring to her, and having a sensitive body means overstimulation is even worse. Hence, one or two times is her limit.
She is so fragile that she can orgasm without nearly any stimulation to her slit. Having your leg between hers and your tongue in her mouth may just get her off hands-free.
Favorite positions for her are any that include being face to face. Missionary is her go-to.
When the pleasure becomes too much, she may just scratch your exposed back a little. She will get VERY bashful when you point it out later.
Sex will only happen inside your bedroom, where she can drop her guard and be the submissive one without anyone judging her.
"I... I lov-hngh-love you, please g-give me everything!"
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Yelan
Yelan's work is bothersome. Running around, moving paperwork, and putting up with people's bullshit makes her very frustrated. She just wants someone who could just listen and obey her orders without all of the unnecessary babbling. And who could fill that role better than you?
This one? Very kinky.
It's all about control for Yelan. Whether it be pulling off a well thought-out scheme or ordering her boytoy around, it gives her the sort of satisfaction that nothing could compare to.
It's just so much fun, seeing you bend to her will, ordering you around. Lie down. Get up. Kneel. Crawl to me. Beg. Lick. Her pussy gets so wet at your submissiveness.
You know that Hydro rope she can summon? Yeah, you'll be on a first name basis with it.
Yelan will tie your wrists and ankles so tight they will be sore. She will show some more mercy to your cock and balls, but they still will be uncomfortable.
She'll make sure to wrap the base of your cock tightly, so she can enjoy you longer. The rope will separate and stretch your nuts, not enough to hurt, but enough to be unpleasant. If she feels like it, she will also attach a leash to them. Nothing beats pulling a man by his most precious part in her eyes.
She will call you all sorts of pet names, her favorite being 'boy'.
If you be a good boy for Yelan, she will reward you. But if you disobey, or just don't meet her expectations, she will not hesitate to punish you.
Or maybe she'll do it just because she feels like it.
Yelan has to dish out pain daily because of her job, so she won't carry it over to the bedroom. No pain, just pleasure. Which is not a good thing in this scenario.
See, she had to learn a lot about anatomy to develop good interrogation techniques, and her books described the male body in great detail. Yelan knows all of her pet's sensitive spots, and she will show no mercy.
Seeing you whine and tremble gets her unbelievably hot. She will push you to the edge and stop, only to do it again. And again. And again, until she gets enough of your pleading for orgasm.
You better not cum until she says so, or you'll suffer an even worse fate.
Yelan will turn you into a crying, moaning mess with just two vibes - one on your frenulum, and one against your prostate. It will feel amazing at first, but will become torture after you orgasm. And Yelan will not stop, no matter how much you beg.
She just thinks your tear stained face is so fucking cute!
If you have enough brain cells (or just get lucky), she'll just use your cock and tongue to get herself off.
Because how else would a woman like her unwind than with her toy's face between her legs?
When your shaft becomes nice and hard from all of that cruel edging, she'll ride you to orgasm. Your precum and her juices will be all the lube you'll need.
If you endure her inhuman pace, or cum at the same time, she'll reward you.
The reward will be her mouth, along with possibly the most agile tongue of Teyvat.
After finally removing the ropes biting down into the sensitive skin of your cock and your sack, she will get to work and give you her all. You deserve it for being an obedient plaything, don't you?
While her tongue swirls around your glans, one hand will massage your balls and the other will tease your backside.
Her touch on your jewels will be gentle, but firm. She will roll them around in her fingers, squeezing the sensitive flesh ever so gently.
Milking your p-spot at the same time will lead to possibly the best orgasm you could ever have.
Yelan will gladly take in all of that thick, hot seed you'll give her. Outside of the bedroom, she'll control your diet and make you eat lots of fruits, to give your cum that sweeter note she loves so much*.
Because of her work, she has to protect her image, so you'll play only within the walls of your home. Don't worry, though - your girlfriend will make every session unforgettable.
Her sex drive is quite high, but she'll adjust it to yours. Yelan wants you to enjoy it as much as she does, and she knows her 'ideas' can get quite intense at times.
"Come to me. Good. Now, eat this pussy like the good boy you are~"
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Jean Gunnhildr
In between working herself to the bone and lying unconscious, Jean enjoys reading books. Historical records and romance novels are her favorite genres. Since the library didn't contain much of the second, Lisa decided to hand pick and order new ones for her. And Lisa, being Lisa, started sneaking more steamy novels along the vanilla and cliche love stories. She enjoyed watching Jean's face go bright red when she reached the most juicy bits. The Grandmaster always dreamt of experiencing the things she read first-hand, and with you around, she can finally fulfill her fantasies. 
Having a wide range of references made her imagination quite rich when it comes to fantasies and ideas.
Being a practical woman, she always bookmarked her favorite scenes for... future reference. Reading about romance made her feel quite lonely, and that bothered her. It's one of the reasons she overworks herself so much, as exhaustion takes her mind off of that problem.
But now, she finally has someone. Someone she feels safe around, likes to hang out with.
She is kinky, yes, but there's a problem. Jean is unbelievably shy about it.
Her poor heart couldn't possibly handle asking you directly, so she turns to dropping hints.
For example, Jean will leave one of her favorites on your dining table, in full view, and with a single bookmark. She hopes you open and read it, and get the idea.
If you don't, she'll keep trying. If you're especially oblivious to her signs, Lisa will help guide you in the right direction. She'll have enough of Jean's dejected looks by that point for sure.
You'll quickly find out that Jean is really into risky, public sex. Public as in in her office, the library or other enclosed space with a quiet corner.
She'll get a lock on her office door for sure. Yet people can still hear her moaning while getting her insides rearranged, so the thrill is still there.
Nothing that a hand over her mouth couldn't fix, and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Jean is a submissive at heart, which stems mostly from her fascination with gender differences.
She loves how different your bodies are. She is tall, yes, but you're still taller. Her build is more fragile, with smaller arms and shoulders, and yours is stronger, with broad shoulders and large, muscular forearms.
When you stand over her, overshadowing Jean's entire frame, she gets hot and bothered.
Loves your strength - both in bed (picking her up, pinning her down) and outside of it (lifting heavy things for her).
She values greatly both what makes her feminine, and what makes you masculine.
Worshiping her body is up to you, but she will definitely worship yours.
Likes giving oral more than receiving. She tends to get lost in the moment, the strong scent of your manhood flipping that hidden switch in her brain.
Worships your shaft with everything she's got, and sloppily at that. She likes it when you make her work for that dicking with her mouth and throat. Add a hand in her hair and she will rub her legs together, too horny and desperate to hold back.
Plays with your balls a lot. It's definitely the most masculine part of you, and Jean loves showing it the proper respect with her tongue.
Her favorite ways to screw emphasize that difference. Jean likes when you hover over her, lift her up or force her down - gently of course. The absolute hottest position in her eyes is when you both are standing, you penetrate her from behind, and support your weight on your hands, placed right before her face. She enjoys seeing just how big yours are compared to hers.
Jean really likes a good amount of foreplay before the deed. Making out, oral or mutual masturbation helps get her wet and ready for you.
She also likes long, slow and passionate sessions. The ones that come after a romantic dinner, a walk under the night sky or a picnic under the Windrise tree.
Also enjoys a gentle, morning fuck on free days, as rare as they are.
Vaginal is for sure more enjoyable for Jean than anal, but that doesn't mean her asshole is off limits. She likes when you insert a plug to heighten the sensations and keep things fresh. She'll let you take her in the ass (slowly) during her time of the month to keep both of you close.
Dirty talk can turn Jean into a whiny, needy mess very quick with the right words spoken at the right time. She automatically clenches when she hears the words 'good girl' fall from your lips.
The same naughty things won't come out of her mouth, sadly. She just isn't very confident, and can't say it in the overwhelmingly hot way you can.
Jean will not hesitate to try new things in the bedroom, but sometimes when she isn't that sure, but wants to keep it secret from you, she will turn to Lisa for help. The two are very close, and so Lisa will gladly lend Jean her experience and knowledge. As for the price, who knows, maybe a threesome would be adequate~
Jean's endurance is not that great, and she's completely fine with it. Just how could she resist your strong arms, thick shaft and low voice?
Sexing her out is fairly hard, but it's possible. Usually two extended sessions and three or four quickies in between will keep her a happy girl.
"My love, what are you do- Ah! N-not here, p-please... someone might see us!"
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Footnote: Yeah, that's a real thing. The taste is mostly impacted by diet and similiar habits - eating salty, processed food, drinking alcohol and coffee or smoking give it an awful character, while staying drug-free and eating sweet, acidic foods like certain vegetables and fruit make it more bearable. Go research it, seriously.
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blorbo-adoption-poll · 4 months
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Welcome to the Blorbo Adoption Tournament!
There are many blorbo’s in need of loving homes and only one tumblr to adopt them. So our goal here is to determine who is the most adoptable, and who will be tumblr’s child.
Maybe they don’t have parents, maybe their parents suck, maybe they just need more positive parental figures or a good found family. Anybody you look at and ask “is anyone going to adopt them?” Is available for submission.
Rules for submissions:
• They must be a fictional character
• not limited by things like age or gender. Sometimes that grown ass man really does need to be adopted.
• please don’t shorten names of media into acronyms
• tournament seeding will be done by number of submissions
• You can submit multiple characters but don’t spam the same character please
From the maker of the Penny poll
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Genshin characters as a type of kisser(In my opinion)
CHARACTERS: Aether, Kazuha, Xiao and Heizou x Reader(Separately)
warnings: Might have grammar mistakes, maybe OOC(Out of character)??? maybe a bit suggestive
Aether⭐
The goodbye/welcome home kisser
He's usually quick with it since he's usually busy, but if it's in a more relaxed situation, he'll linger for a bit longer
Can't stay still for long so need to catch a breath in like, 4-5 seconds and bcs of that, he's sorta messy sometimes
he'll place his hands on your hip if you're taller. If you're shorter then he'll cup your cheek
"I'm back Y/n! I've just finished commisions just now and I'm a bit tired so, wanna rest together for a bit? Huh? You want me to sit on your lap? O-Ok, just tell me if I'm heavy-Mmh! ...hahhh, w-why didn't you just tell me that you want to kiss me? A welcome home kiss? I see, t-thank you darling."
Kazuha🍁
The one who kiss your cheek or forehead first and THEN your lips
He's usually calm with it, although he'll go more feral if you two are alone and not with the Crux fleet or someone else
He's a switch, but sort of leaning towards the dom side for a bit if it makes sense??? If he wants a kiss he'll demand one but softly
If you're taller than him, he'll hold your arms while caressing it with his thumb. If you're shorter, he'll hold your hair and comb it with his hand
"Hey there dove, are you here to enjoy the scenery too? Ohh I see, Beidou can be a pain sometimes and I can confirm that myself. You want to cuddle? Sure, come sit on my lap. Are you comfortable yet? Good. Now let me just *smooch* there, now the lips~"
Xiao🍃
The quick pecker who flees the second he pulled away out of embarrassment
Will linger a bit longer when he starts to warm up with it
He wants your kisses often but won't ask bcs of his pride, but if it's his limit then he'll just comes to you, pecks your lips then just teleports away so that he doesn't have to answer your questions
If you're taller than him, He'll put his hands on your hands. If you're shorter than him, then he'll hold your shoulders
"It's you, What are you doing standing in the balcony here? You're waiting for me so we can eat Almond tofu together??? *Sigh* You mortals are hard to understa-MMPH! ...W-WHAT WAS THAT FOR?! A random kiss for me? Y-You have no respect of the ways of the Adepti"
Heizou🔎
This sassy ass mf is gonna linger for a while, then licks your lips or bite it. You can't convince me otherwise
When your both alone he'll shove his tongue inside your mouth or suck your neck
Will give you flirty comments like "Your lips are soft" or smth
If you're taller than him, he'll hold on your neck or if it's very intimate, your chest. If you're shorter, then he'll hold your cheek on one hand, and your hips with the other
"Hey there my dear Watson! what do you came here for? Oh you bring me some katsu? How thoughtful of you. Let's eat it while we chat away. Ah there's a crumb on your lips, here let me just- Mmmph~, My you never told me your lips are this soft, my dear assistant~"
FINISH
a/n: Still new to tumblr and I'm sorta stuck so, sorry if it's bad qwq if any of you want to request, it's open rn.
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radiosummons · 1 year
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One of the funniest things to me about Trigun Stampede and- subsuquently-Vash getting such a much larger fandom presence (especially here on the Tumblr's and AO3), is that Vash was always sort of already the quintessential Tumblr baby girl.
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It's just that the 90s anime was so batshit insane and nearly incomprehensible (combine that with limited exposure of the show overall in "the west" other than Toonami) that barely anyone knew about it. Save for those who were able to catch episodes of 90s Trigun as well as the manga, I would say it's pretty fair to state that most people's impression of Vash would just be that of a bounty hunter/gunslinger anti-hero that's really good at shooting guns.
(Which is just fucking wild to think about in the first place because he's everything BUT that)
But now you have a massive audience (a good portion of which is queer-hi there!) just frothing at the mouth over any and all possible Vash content. Obviously, his redesign is a big factor in this, but character designs can really only go so far in terms of a feeding a fandom's fixation on a particular character.
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It's been a lot of fun to watch people's reactions go from just going absolutely gaga over Vash's redesign (of which I have also taken part in haha) and his inherent dorky and idiotic cuteness, to being absolutely surprised/shocked that Vash is among one of the saddest characters to ever live.
I'm not gonna go into spoilers here, but I'll simply say this: Vash's life sucks ass. And it only keeps getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse--
--AND YET he still keeps his baby girlness throughout all of Trigun (90s anime and manga).
I genuinely look forward to seeing the reactions of only anime fans the longer Trigun Stampede goes on. Y'all are in for a wild ride HA!
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lanaevyssmoved · 7 months
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do u have any game recommendations that have character creation? besides bg3 ofc
gonna be real i wouldnt recommend bg3 for a character creation game because you can only use preset faces ...... bro but if you mean it in an oc way......
i would recommend.............
heavily modded skyrim, if you don't wanna do it yourself use wabbajack, some of the modlists on there are designed for graphics or high end systems and have very pretty characters. there's also ones not like that with rougher characters or more vanilla characters. lots of choice! do not get into the community though, this is a warning
following on from that, any elder scrolls game - morrowind is the best and one of my all time favourite games
you can follow on from that with fallout if you like the setting. i recommend fallout 1 and 2 the most as i'm not the hugest fan of bethesdas fallout but that is not a common opinion that be a hot take
heavily modded final fantasy xiv, you can fully mod on the free trial version as far as i know - be warned this is an extremely slippery slope because it has a modding community to rival skyrim and many customisation mods are paid for however there are ways around that. anyway you can get mods from here, here and here as well as the nexus
elden ring, dark souls 3 - the other dark souls but those character creations look like dogshit ass but still fun to make ocs in imo.. demon souls if you own a ps5....... i do not
pillars of eternity, tyranny, while visually quite limiting the character creators are still very neat from a roleplay pov - tyrannys has a lil "post character creation" game you get to play where you make "post game" choices and i uh, used to play that all the time for fun without intent to keep playing.....
a good follow up to that would be dragon age, all three of them but specially origins, i used to play the origins and not continue the rest of the game for fun! now be warned all of these games suck terrible dick in terms of modding because it's awkward and annoying and easily broken! i recently replayed dao and dai and so much of that time was spent troubleshooting...... joyous
have to kind of mention mass effect after? but ur kind of always making the same character..... ive always struggled with mass effect personally. maybe its the setting?
you can also look at starfield since that's got actually a pretty decent cc but i did find it quite limiting. but i've not really played it for more than an hour cuz bg3 exists so i can't say much
back to crpgs, the two pathfinder games! again limiting on the character side but roleplay side very very strong. i've not played wotr but i have mutuals who act like it is gods gift to gaming and i believe them. i really liked the first!
the outer worlds could be a good choice, i really like that games aesthetic but it's another space game and i think we're seeing a pattern that i'm just not that into those. hm. it was bethesda style gaming in space before starfield exists with the personality of fallout, kind of ?
this ones going far out there but crusader kings iii has an insane character creation and my favourite ruler ever was this old witch woman cannibal who slowly but surely turned her whole corner of the globe into a witch worshipping cannibal cult. i miss her
age of wonders 4 has a really cool cc, you can even make dragons with the dlc like Actual dragons.... i have made so many characters in there and gave them their funny little lores.. age of wonders has real cool lore and it is Completely ignored by tumblr afaik and that sucks
encased is a really cool rpg it's another sci-fi-y one.. it isn't as polished as you might expect cuz it's a very ambitious game but a small indie studio but i would say if you enjoy fallout 1 + 2 you will enjoy encased
dragons dogma! you get to make two people in this just like in bg3! i made a lil girl and her big brother and i was so fucking emotional over them that i was crying constantly even when nothing was going on. i played dragons dogma to fucking death on the ps3 and i think its interesting and rich enough to sink ur teeth into
i have to mention greedfall as the owner of the greedfall url.... greedfall is very interesting as its a double A title akin to a dragon age game.. it might make one feel a tad uncomfortable because it comes across as colonialism the rpg but it does get very interesting and it has neat as hell characters and magic and big monsters who fuck hard
wasteland 3! kinda again has the fallout type of vibe it is violent and full of dark themes and twisted themes but its also extremely comical its true black humour at times and you get to make two characters again and you can even make TWO MORE CHARACTERS so i had a bunch of custom characters.. u can get really wild in the cc as well and builds are SUPER fun....... v good game
spellforce 3!!!!! i love this game, the cc is again like another crpg one but spellforce 3 has very deep lore spanning many games .. its not typical crpg in that its also like a strategy war game too but i think it does the mixture very well and i LOVEEEEEEEE the lore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
uh i forgot to mention divinity original sin 1/2 because .. bg3 should lead you right there but uh. play them both! the first is so good in coop i feel cuz of the natural banter between the protagonists. if you don't have friend the second is very good single player just. be warned i don't think it has good endings but the ride is worth it!! and divinity lore fucks hard. i also recommend divinity dragon commander because its so much fun
can i say stardew valley? mayhaps sun haven too? if ur crazy like me you can turn these into prime oc generators. also mods
oh, monster hunter world and by extension wild hearts. monster hunter world lets you make a cat and while ur character themselves doesn't get to do much story wise i did get very obsessed with my character and wanting them fight cool monsters. wild hearts is similar though your character does feel a bit more special- be warned this game is known for running like ass on most systems, its pretty good for me but be warned all the same
TEEHEES.... KENSHI!!!!!!!!!!!! i was holding back on mentioning kenshi but i can't. you can make a whole fucked up lil squad if u want. u got weird alien races. u got a billion fucking mods. u can have ur buddies limps removed and give them robot ones. u can make an army of weirdos. bro i got so invested in my kenshi squad i was writing FANFIC. i was dreaming of them. i was unable to sleep about them. i miss them so fucking much dude!! kenshi doesnt really have a story beyond what u make it. that shit is a SANDBOX.. and i love it so much. everyone should play kenshi. its kinda like rimworld if u want a comparison. i think its Perfect. the best game to exist ever (lie) its so wonderful....... man........its also broken as shit cuz its the most ambitious game to exist ever and it was made by 1 dude so
oh if u like anime games i have to mention code vein (souls like) and god eater (monster hunter like ?) they have very good ccs and i know people super into the lore and stuff. i only played code vein and i liked it a lot honestly
uhhh i mentioned 1 mmo so i should probably mention guild wars 2, the cc is very good, the whole games end game is about fashion and looking amazing. the lore is also super duper neat! i haven't played it for a long time now but i did play it on launch and i had a blast for a few years
if you like d&d i would recommend solasta! it has a very good cc i think honestly and it feels the most like this is d&d in a video game out of every game i've ever played, and it translates the system very and faithfully (as opposed to say bg3 who changed things for game reasons). solasta is also best with friends because its so in that vibe of this is a silly lil d&d party. its much fun
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kotor 1 and 2, it might be hard to get into the lore and characters if you're not into star wars but i found it pretty ok to as not a huge star wars fan. i also think they deserve to be played despite that as well because they are fantastic rpgs and some of the best bioware ever made
vampire the masquerade bloodlines!!! i am not a vampire fan really, a small one, but this game captivated me.... very easy to get into making a character i feel and ur given enough to make characters that align different ways easily. the combat did not age well..... but the story and roleplay absolutely did
ok.. im gonna stop here.. but i will say give games like icewind dale and arcanum a chance.. look at old as hell crpgs and try them. this includes bg1+2 which i still need to play myself but will be soon! they are classics because their stories are fantastic, and shouldn't be missed out on!!!!!
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sugar-grigri · 3 months
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oh yeah twitter sucks ass in some ways - I'm sorry to hear it was such a bad experience! As someone who recently fled from there, I think tumblr really shines as a platform where you can format analysis posts nicely and actually share longer form posts and discussions without being so hindered by the character limit.
Hidden QRTs made me so nervous on twitter too like, what are they saying?? There's this mean girl energy on twitter that I feel so free of on tumblr, but it is a shame because there's also a lot of great fans on there that probably feel as overwhelmed/intimidating by tumblr as I do.
Good luck with your finals!!
I've NEVER appreciated QRTs, I've known Twitter without them, not that it was paradise, but this function makes me anxious, it literally lets you point the finger, sometimes positively, but in private it's impossible to know.
So you know that people are talking about you like gossip in high school, without really knowing what's being said.
Tumblr's features suit me a lot better: people here aren't necessarily looking for brief, synthesized things, they also like to sit back and read a longer post.
I never got over the fact that people here told me they liked the length of my posts! It's like Twitter's always cutting off speech: you don't have time to say anything before it's taken up and distorted!
Here you express yourself with more freedom and less pressure!!
Thanks for my exams, I'm lazy to revise but I think this will do the trick !!!
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bitterseadrop · 4 months
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— re: shipping .
first of all: my condolences to you and your muse. why would you want to ship with this woman.
with that out of the way , like mentioned last night , i'm gonna drop everything that comes to mind regarding shipping. originally i just wanted to write a whole thesis on what i generally assume for shipping & my boundaries on it as a mun — but i thought i might as well add a section about what to look out for if you're interested in shipping with a mad woman !
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out of character .
this post will focus on romantic shipping only. even so , i'm still quite flexible with most of the things as long as there's communication between me and my ship partners.
i love shipping !!! so much !!! and i'm not ashamed to admit it. all of my ships are very very dear to me & i think they're an excellent tool for character development on both sides as well. if you hmu & say you want to ship , 9.5/10 times i'll be down. however , i do reserve the right to turn down ships as much as the next person without having to go into detail and explain myself. sometimes it just doesn't fit. and though it may be obvious , i'll just mention it for the sake of transparency: as milou is usually portrayed from her early twenties to mid thirties ( verse dependent ) , i will not be shipping her with any muses below the age of 21.
milou has many verses for various media , and my list of shipping biases for each and every one of them is just as long , if not longer. milou may also talk endearingly with your muse , flirt and / or use pet names a lot. she's got a silver tongue & likes to use her feminity as a weapon sometimes. it's part of who she is & in no way , shape or form me trying to force a ship onto you. your muse is more than welcome to tell her off , reciprocate or just do what your muse would do.
while i really don't mind it if our first interaction as mutuals is literally ' hey do you want to ship ? ' , i still need chemistry and also some sort of commitment to the idea. i actually really appreciate it if you tell me right off the bat if you want to ship and you'll make my day by telling me i promise. but like i've mentioned many times before , milou is not easy to ship with. and i fucking suck ass at plotting sometimes. i am a slow writer , will always be & that extends to discord / tumblr dms as well. i'd like to see our muses interact for some time before jumping into any elaborate ships or plots , so i rely heavily on my inbox & memes to jump start interactions. literally the best thing you can do as a new mutual is go through my meme tag & flood my inbox i am not kidding .... unless i've got it closed to catch up on things or i'm too stressed at the moment , similar to now at the time of writing this lmao
i need to reiterate how important my ships are to me .... this extends to other dynamics as well , but just know that once our muses have any kind of established relationship : you have my eternal love and will never hear the end of it. i will invade your dms and your dash with memes , quotes and aesthetics and scream " THEM. " this is non negotiable. 💜 ( i think pretty much all of my current shipping partners can confirm. )
onto more technical things , i generally practice ship exclusivity with canon characters on my side. i don't expect the same in return , since i wouldn't know how that would work for an oc on the canon's side except ' this is the only character they're romantically involved with ' which is the last thing i want to force on my partners nor expect of them. personally i think every portrayal is unique to each & every writer , which is why the same kind of relationship with the same character may pan out completely differently. but since establishing a ship with me takes a while ( from my perspective ) , i prefer to limit myself to ship with only one iteration of a canon character as to ensure that i can pour in as much love into the ship as i can. note that this does not mean i will only write with one version of character xyz — just that there's only one i will romantically ship with. as far as flexibility on this point goes , i could be convinced to take on a second ship , but only if i feel like our characters have established a foundation where we could jump into a ship & my other shipping partner doesn't mind. i hope even though i kinda rambled here , it made sense lol.
that being said , if you have any questions or would like to stop shipping — please don't be afraid to let me know !! we're all just making things easier for ourselves if we talk about issues and try to resolve them together. this is a collaberative hobby , which is why i highly value communication with every writing and / or shipping partner. as for me , i won't ' discard ' a ship if you go on a hiatus or become inactive. life ( unfortunately ) exists , things happen ; i understand !
last but not least , i swear i'm not scary & i don't bite ......... please ship with me ? 🥺👉👈
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how to ship with milou mingate .
if my wall of text hasn't scared you off yet and you still want to ship with milou , i'll let you in on a few secrets now. ♡
a toxic / unhealthy relationship with her is ... more likely than you think. i'm not above establishing that kind of ship if you're interested in that — but if your muse would like to avoid that like any semi-sane person , there needs to be a proper foundation of trust first. her love is intense & she doesn't do things half-assed , it's either 0 or 100 for her — no in between. it can pan out into either direction though , depending on the kind of relationship you have with her , meaning on which side of ' healthy ' it is. the two ends of that spectrum are unyielding devotion and possesive obsession.
i will mostly focus on the former , where milou would be in a healthy relationship & enriching her partner's life , rather than corrupting it. it doesn't really matter at which point in her life you enter or start courting her. either way , milou is someone who ( for the lack of a better phrase ) mates for life. she's careful & meticulous in choosing who to trust and who to love — especially after the downfall of her father & consequentially her family. to say that she has trust & abandonment issues is an understatement. she needs someone that will love her despite her flaws , which there are a lot of , but not try to fix them. milou is a hedonist at heart & unapologetic about the decisions she makes that align with her interests , nor about the things she does for the people she loves — and trust me , if you make her decide between the demise of the world and her lover , she won't even hesitate for the fraction of a second to choose them.
generally , milou needs someone that stands by her side no matter what. she needs someone where she knows they will support her and choose her in the heat of things. even if there's not much they can do to assist a situation or things grow increasingly dire — milou needs someone she can trust to stay & not abandon her. no matter how charismatic , confident & outgoing she may seem , milou is the definition of feeling alone in a room full of people. she is the leader of something she was forced to inherit , the collateral between two gods & also their pawn — all of that , while no one to trust enough that she can freely confide in them. yes , she has a circle of close confidants that she considers to be friends , but those are also her lieutenants & she can't push past that boundary of some sort of employer / employee relationship — despite ensuring loyalty for eternity. after all , she is essentially still a mafioso & the vessel for grand power , living in a world full of predators & vultures that want nothing but her downfall. to be vulnerable is to die.
due to that , she fundamentally values nothing more than her freedom. the freedom to be who she wants to be & to do what she wants to do. the freedom to not be driven by forces unimaginably bigger than you. the freedom to be in charge of your own life & destiny , instead of being set on a predetermined path. as her lover , please don't take away her freedom & make sure to protect it with you life.
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hexitca · 3 months
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Rant about Puritan fandom culture!
Well I typed it on twitter but then I had more to say so tumblr it is!
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I know I basically said the author of Heartstopper "brought it on themselves" but yea they kinda did.
You can disagree with BL/Yaoi you can hate the shipping discourse or shipping in fandom in general but you cant frame it in a "i hate [that] bc it's sinful/fetishistic and I'M ABOVE THAT BC I'M WHOLESOME AND BETTER THAN THOSE DISGUSTING SHIPPERS"
bc that's gonna bite you in the ass...as it is doing now. The fucking image of their character's google history is so tame and normal, esp in LGBTQ+ spaces! Yet they are being called a pedo? Crazy. In the end, you only hurt yourself!
I never bothered with HS bc i just wasnt interested in it but thats just my preference. It's sad to see ppl, esp young ppl, turn on a series of LGBTQ+ representation just bc of the author's past (or current? idk) stance on the BL/Yaoi or MLM or whatever genre just bc their stance wavered a bit in a simple comic image. Something that is so fucking normal also! but they will grow up and realized how limiting it is to restrict themselves just to appear pure within a group.
Yet the artists/writers/creators are traumatized by the witchhunt. I know I said the author brought it on themselves for supporting anti but damn I don't want them being accused of being a pedo! Or ANYTHING! NO ONE DESERVES THAT. I dont know anything about the author other than surface knowledge but at the end of the day, all this online shit, doesnt matter. It doesnt! Me saying that is ironic bc im typing this post up right now!
but it's something we care about! I care about fandom spaces, I care that creators are getting attack for something as mild as this even if they invited these ppl into their circle. We're human and we change our views a million times a fucking day. I could agree with one thing and disagree with it another. That's why anti discourse pisses me the hell off! It's just a bunch of bullies looking to make themselves feel better by shaming others! I don't respect that type of behavior. And I hate that they just run around saying shit like "kys" over a two characters fucking?!? It amazes me beyond words.
Fandom has never been without its discourse. But the puritan bullshit is not even fandom discourse, it's just straight up bullying and harassment. It doesnt take much to tailor your fandom spaces to your preferences, i should know ive been in fandom spaces since I was fucking 13 years old. I didn't explore nsfw/porn/anything until I wanted to when I was 18. That is MY personal experience. I never put that on anyone else BUT MYSELF. If I saw nsfw and didnt want to see it I blocked the person. Not make a fucking witch hunt out of it. You are in charge of keeping YOURSELF in check not some person who shared nsfw art/fanfic. How fucking hard is it to turn the "don't show me nsfw" toggle on??? Bc it's not about that. Y'all just wanna be mad and be above someone so why not ppl minding their own business.
And guess what? There ARE ppl who are bad and support nsfw art/writing. They fucking suck. They are outliers and deserve to be called out when they get exposed. But many times, ppl always go "see i told you all the ppl in THAT fandom were pedos/freaks/etc" hmmm sounds like when conservatives go "see...that queer person turned out to be bad, SO all queer ppl are bad" DO YOU GET IT?? It never works out with that line of thinking. You are harming innocent ppl minding their own business. You are harming yourselves when you grow the fuck up and realize that "OH actually...I am curious about sex" and have ppl who you thought were your friends eat your face. PLS wake the fuck up.
If you're an anti:
I hope you recover from that
go fuck yourself
if you're offended by me saying "go fuck yourself", pls take that as a sign to log off the internet and go touch grass. As someone who has done that many of times, it's very refreshing.
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utilitycaster · 1 year
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I originally deleted this because frankly I was busy and this is obviously not someone interested in a response, only in being a dickhead, and also because I had limited laptop access at the time and couldn't make this meme, which was the first thing I thought of.
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(idk, maybe this is how all the kids are talking in Ireland or Aotearoa or whatever but I think if I had said this to the kids I tutored in like 2017 they'd tell me to leave.)
But I kept thinking about it today while doing some work on the wiki and wanted to give it a serious answer, because while the anon doesn't really deserve one, it's worth talking about the implications here.
I just spent some time today updating the Felderwin article in (slightly late) preparation for Veth's Mighty Nein Origins. While so much of the articles surrounding many other PC’s pasts were updated regularly, Felderwin had nearly nothing - it briefly mentioned that Veth was there and the history was almost entirely directly plagiarized from the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, despite it being the site of some incredibly important moments in Campaign 2. You can, as of right now (5:50 pm Eastern Time on January 18 2023) take a look at Encyclopedia Exandria's entry and compare it to the Fandom entry, or just check the history of the article before today if you'd rather not go to Fandom.
I think the wiki’s importance in the fandom is complicated, and it would take someone with a better understanding of the fandom and more distance from both wikis than I to know what this means. What I do know is that people go to wikis when they write meta or fanfic, or for descriptions for art. If there’s nothing on the page, I do think it means a hit to what kind of content you might see. It’s not a death knell by any means, because there’s always the transcripts and the EGTW, but it’s more work, and not everyone has the time or inclination to put it in.
Imagine it wasn’t Veth and Fjord. Imagine the ships the admin of the fandom wiki tried to diminish weren’t Fjord/Jester and Caleb/Essek. Imagine it was your favorite - imagine that this site, which serves as the portal for some new fans, an opportunity to do a crash course if you want more detail than the official recaps, didn’t say (for example) that Beau and Yasha were in a relationship, or hedged on the importance of their date. Imagine that every Campaign 3 character’s history was filled out except for Imogen’s, or Ashton's.
Because that’s the problem: bias isn’t, ultimately, about it being unfair to Veth or people who like Veth, even though it is also very much that. It’s a sign of deeper problems. It tells you “this person doesn't value having good or neutral information; they want to try to shape and police people's experience within the fandom, in a space that is specifically intended to be a neutral resource." And they will do it whether or not you happen to agree with them. It's rather chilling when someone thinks that's more acceptable than me having opinions on a personal blog.
And perhaps you're saying "it's not that deep, I just sent this because I think you suck." And, you know, that's your issue, and I can't help you. But I do want you to leave you with this: while it's true we have no way to compete with Fandom's SEO capabilities on the general scale, we actually kick their ass on most new lore - including in Google search. We've actually had a few cases of them taking phrasing off our wiki, often because of posts editors have made on Tumblr. My actual intent in making that post was to uh, sneakily get them to update their Fjord page, not in the least because it's the most searched page on their wiki; sadly, I don't think they have. It's a huge missed opportunity, and the fandom on the whole loses something from it. Fortunately, our Veth (and Fjord) coverage is awesome and I hope you all check it out!
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todestochter · 4 months
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𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 .
first of all: my condolences to you and your muse. why would you want to ship with this woman.
with that out of the way , like mentioned last night , i'm gonna drop everything that comes to mind regarding shipping. originally i just wanted to write a whole thesis on what i generally assume for shipping & my boundaries on it as a mun — but i thought i might as well add a section about what to look out for if you're interested in shipping with a mad woman !
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out of character .
this post will focus on romantic shipping only. even so , i'm still quite flexible with most of the things as long as there's communication between me and my ship partners.
i love shipping !!! so much !!! and i'm not ashamed to admit it. all of my ships are very very dear to me & i think they're an excellent tool for character development on both sides as well. if you hmu & say you want to ship , 9.5/10 times i'll be down. however , i do reserve the right to turn down ships as much as the next person without having to go into detail and explain myself. sometimes it just doesn't fit. and though it may be obvious , i'll just mention it for the sake of transparency: as milou is usually portrayed from her early twenties to mid thirties ( verse dependent ) , i will not be shipping her with any muses below the age of 21.
milou has many verses for various media , and my list of shipping biases for each and every one of them is just as long , if not longer. milou may also talk endearingly with your muse , flirt and / or use pet names a lot. she's got a silver tongue & likes to use her feminity as a weapon sometimes. it's part of who she is & in no way , shape or form me trying to force a ship onto you. your muse is more than welcome to tell her off , reciprocate or just do what your muse would do.
while i really don't mind it if our first interaction as mutuals is literally ' hey do you want to ship ? ' , i still need chemistry and also some sort of commitment to the idea. i actually really appreciate it if you tell me right off the bat if you want to ship and you'll make my day by telling me i promise. but like i've mentioned many times before , milou is not easy to ship with. and i fucking suck ass at plotting sometimes. i am a slow writer , will always be & that extends to discord / tumblr dms as well. i'd like to see our muses interact for some time before jumping into any elaborate ships or plots , so i rely heavily on my inbox & memes to jump start interactions. literally the best thing you can do as a new mutual is go through my meme tag & flood my inbox i am not kidding .... unless i've got it closed to catch up on things or i'm too stressed at the moment , similar to now at the time of writing this lmao
i need to reiterate how important my ships are to me .... this extends to other dynamics as well , but just know that once our muses have any kind of established relationship : you have my eternal love and will never hear the end of it. i will invade your dms and your dash with memes , quotes and aesthetics and scream " THEM. " this is non negotiable. 💜 ( i think pretty much all of my current shipping partners can confirm. )
onto more technical things , i generally practice ship exclusivity with canon characters on my side. i don't expect the same in return , since i wouldn't know how that would work for an oc on the canon's side except ' this is the only character they're romantically involved with ' which is the last thing i want to force on my partners nor expect of them. personally i think every portrayal is unique to each & every writer , which is why the same kind of relationship with the same character may pan out completely differently. but since establishing a ship with me takes a while ( from my perspective ) , i prefer to limit myself to ship with only one iteration of a canon character as to ensure that i can pour in as much love into the ship as i can. note that this does not mean i will only write with one version of character xyz — just that there's only one i will romantically ship with. as far as flexibility on this point goes , i could be convinced to take on a second ship , but only if i feel like our characters have established a foundation where we could jump into a ship & my other shipping partner doesn't mind. i hope even though i kinda rambled here , it made sense lol.
that being said , if you have any questions or would like to stop shipping — please don't be afraid to let me know !! we're all just making things easier for ourselves if we talk about issues and try to resolve them together. this is a collaberative hobby , which is why i highly value communication with every writing and / or shipping partner. as for me , i won't ' discard ' a ship if you go on a hiatus or become inactive. life ( unfortunately ) exists , things happen ; i understand !
last but not least , i swear i'm not scary & i don't bite ......... please ship with me ? 🥺👉👈
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how to ship with milou mingate .
if my wall of text hasn't scared you off yet and you still want to ship with milou , i'll let you in on a few secrets now. ♡
a toxic / unhealthy relationship with her is ... more likely than you think. i'm not above establishing that kind of ship if you're interested in that — but if your muse would like to avoid that like any semi-sane person , there needs to be a proper foundation of trust first. her love is intense & she doesn't do things half-assed , it's either 0 or 100 for her — no in between. it can pan out into either direction though , depending on the kind of relationship you have with her , meaning on which side of ' healthy ' it is. the two ends of that spectrum are unyielding devotion and possesive obsession.
i will mostly focus on the former , where milou would be in a healthy relationship & enriching her partner's life , rather than corrupting it. it doesn't really matter at which point in her life you enter or start courting her. either way , milou is someone who ( for the lack of a better phrase ) mates for life. she's careful & meticulous in choosing who to trust and who to love — especially after the downfall of her father & consequentially her family. to say that she has trust & abandonment issues is an understatement. she needs someone that will love her despite her flaws , which there are a lot of , but not try to fix them. milou is a hedonist at heart & unapologetic about the decisions she makes that align with her interests , nor about the things she does for the people she loves — and trust me , if you make her decide between the demise of the world and her lover , she won't even hesitate for the fraction of a second to choose them.
generally , milou needs someone that stands by her side no matter what. she needs someone where she knows they will support her and choose her in the heat of things. even if there's not much they can do to assist a situation or things grow increasingly dire — milou needs someone she can trust to stay & not abandon her. no matter how charismatic , confident & outgoing she may seem , milou is the definition of feeling alone in a room full of people. she is the leader of something she was forced to inherit , the collateral between two gods & also their pawn — all of that , while no one to trust enough that she can freely confide in them. yes , she has a circle of close confidants that she considers to be friends , but those are also her lieutenants & she can't push past that boundary of some sort of employer / employee relationship — despite ensuring loyalty for eternity. after all , she is essentially still a mafioso & the vessel for grand power , living in a world full of predators & vultures that want nothing but her downfall. to be vulnerable is to die.
due to that , she fundamentally values nothing more than her freedom. the freedom to be who she wants to be & to do what she wants to do. the freedom to not be driven by forces unimaginably bigger than you. the freedom to be in charge of your own life & destiny , instead of being set on a predetermined path. as her lover , please don't take away her freedom & make sure to protect it with you life.
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doomboogie · 3 months
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whining about tabletop shit
i'm almost at the point of giving up. i work so hard and put so much passion and effort into this game and i get nothing, like NOTHING, from my players. i ask about their characters in the chat - nothing. i ask if they can make a certain date - nothing. i request that they upload their character info - however detailed or sparse or unfinished they are - so that i can prep the next session while incorporating their backstories - nothing. and this campaign is 100% centered on these characters, this isn't a module or "go beat this bad guy" thing, it's all about them. i would take any acknowledgement, a goddamn meme response or just an emoji reaction but nope! it's like i'm speaking to a wall or into a void.
they still chat and share memes about unrelated things, so that makes it all the more upsetting. like. if they don't like the game or don't like me GMing i wish they would just tell me so i can stop wasting everyone's time. i host (and clean), i provide snacks, i spend my own limited money to get the rulebook for a game that personally wasn't in my top 3 choices but they voted for, i work my ass off to make an enjoyable game but i don't even get a single 'thanks' or 'that was fun' or even 'i wasn't really into this session' or 'wow that sucked' in response, nothing. i don't know if they even like the game because they don't say anything!!
one of them is an irl friend who i suppose can't be bothered, which hurts. one of them is evidently too busy prepping his own game to give me the info so i can prep mine. one of them is legitimately busy this time of year but still just some sort of acknowledgement! i always felt bad for taking over a day to respond to a GM's question but now i realize that it could be so much worse. and i know that if i cancel the game, that's it for the group. a group that otherwise held on just fine for over a year
the irony of complaining about them not acknowledging me while screaming this all into the tumblr void isn't lost on me right now
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caliboron · 11 months
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man twitter sucks so bad. majority of people who use it don’t even realize how bad they have it. tumblr is just so fundamentally better, and I mean this genuinely. way longer character limit in posts, WAY easier to navigate and neatly organized tagging system, the ability to CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROFILE beyond just pfp and banner, hell you can have a full on decked out customized blog theme and MUSIC playing on your page if you really want to. Just so much more fuckin life and freedom here. the fact that celebrities and the goddamn PRESIDENT aren’t here, which okay, it has always felt so bizarre to me that the president of the US can just HAVE a Twitter and interact with folks, it just confuses me, idk. but we can EDIT POSTS WITHOUT PAYING MONEY… what the hell??? and if you post too many times in a row on Twitter you get fuckin *suspended*?? it’s so much easier to find content on here and yet so many cool people I admire are on Twitter so I have to use it if I wanna see what they’re creating and show them fan creations I’ve done aaaaa I hate it. hell world hell world. Elon Musk you have a fuckin shitty social media site and it runs like crap, also your cars suck ass and you’re a huge ass head shit face. It’s funny your spaceship exploded or whatever boom boom psshhhooo just like your reputation. hell and suffering on planet earth for eternity
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fabfuta1234 · 5 months
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An autistic person's thoughts on Gooseworx calling out picky eaters
So apparently there's been some tweets by Gooseworx about picky eaters that have pissed off a lot of people, people who are now calling her ableist. As someone who is probably a member of the demographic doing the accusing, I thought I'd weigh in on it and explain, thusly, why Gooseworx needs to fucking chill about people who are choosy about what they eat.
(Yes, I'm six months late, but for sanity reasons I refuse to get a Twitter account. Also, Tumblr doesn't have so strict a character limit, so here I can get everything out in one post. Suck it, Elon.)
The first tweet, from April 2023, goes as follows: "I've wanted to make a joke like "picky eaters deserve to die" said like the computer from DHMIS, but I just get this horrible feeling it'll leave my audience, and make its way to people who will take it very, VERY seriously."
Yes, Goose, there are people who DO take it very seriously, especially when you mention using it to justify literally killing people. If you knew that this reaction was possible ahead of time, perhaps it would've been better to not post this in public where said people can find it (and did). Discord exists for a reason, folks.
After that tweet got posted there were presumably a bunch of people calling her an ableist for saying this, as this is her follow-up the following day: "People calling me ableist for making fun of picky eaters completely don't even see or appreciate the power of food. Don't you understand that food is the greatest unifier humanity has ever had? Every culture has something unique to offer, and they're trying to share it with you!"
I can't see the reposts, so I don't know if someone has set her straight. But as an autistic person, I can see what the problem is: Gooseworx needs some perspective on why we take these comments of hers so seriously. So here's mine.
Autism is a neurological disorder that, among other things, results in hypersensitivity to various stimuli. Flavor and texture are included in things that we can be hypersensitive to compared to an allistic person. In such cases it's not really a matter of "ooh this isn't exactly perfect so I will refuse to eat it" (and sidebar, I don't like people like that either, although I still wouldn't say they should die for it), it's actually a matter of "if this is something that triggers my gag reflex I will not be able to swallow it and it is going back out".
And yes, food can be a great unifier, but it can divide people just as easily. People use food to other (that is, designate a person as a scary outsider) all the time; look at Chicago and their stupid-ass war on ketchup. And that othering happens a lot to autistic people because sometimes the thing we don't like is something that most people do like, and we get excluded from things that we really want to be a part of as a result. And autistic people hate missing out on things as a rule.
For example, here's me. I don't like chocolate; never have. The smell and the taste make me literally nauseous, and before you ask, no, I have zero control over that reaction, that's just how my brain got wired. As a result, there have been plenty of class birthday parties where I couldn't have a cupcake because the only ones the parent brought in were chocolate ones, or all the vanilla ones got eaten first, and I got excluded from the fun and enjoyment because my body physically would not let me eat a chocolate cupcake. Things like that are used to mark people as different, and when you're marked like that you get bullied because it's easier for bullies to justify their actions to themselves if you've been othered: "They're not like me, so therefore it's okay to make fun of them."
That's why Goose was accused of being ableist for that tweet: she didn't seem to be aware that not liking the popular food is something that can be used to actively target people for bullying, or that autistic people can even have such sensory issues, and made a cringy joke that a fair number of autistic people took as a discriminatory attack on them. Goose's perspective is decidedly allistic; she clearly didn't (although perhaps she does now if someone on Twitter beat me to it) know that this is Serious Business for autistic people and she may not have bothered asking why it's Serious Business. I hope that she has learned why because autistic people are the world's greatest renewable source of longterm fans and you do NOT want to alienate that demographic if you're a content creator. (Little Runmo was very creative and I liked it a lot! Ditto Elain!)
And with regards to "they're trying share it with you", well, the problem is that sometimes it's not really sharing and more forcing. Another F's Life Anecdote: when my family moved to the housing complex where we currently live, someone gave us brownies as a welcoming gift. My parents both like chocolate; as established earlier, I do not. If it had been me by myself moving in and getting that tin, I would've had to either throw it out or donate it or return it (and all of these things would've left me perfectly ripe for othering because I would've been expected to write a message detailing exactly how much I loved them to the sender) because I wouldn't've been able to eat them. And why did this happen?
Because that person didn't ask what we like and dislike. Because they didn't ask if this was an okay thing to give before giving it. Because most people don't ask questions like this. They just assume that a stranger likes the same things they like and hates the same things they hate too, and then act accordingly without ever asking. And if their assumption turns out to have been the wrong one, they tend to react badly and cruelly to the other person. This is also something that happens to a lot of autistic people, BTW; I've gotten harassed both online and in real life multiple times for saying that I don't like certain popular things (and I had perfectly explainable reasons too, jerks).
It is cognitively easier to assume that someone is the same as you than it is to suck up your pride and ask someone you don't know to bare their soul to you. But asking is always the infinitely better action! Because then I get to share with you, and then you get to share with me, and then we can both work out something together that ultimately strengthens our bond, and in a much bigger way than just assuming identical tastes and expecting a good reaction could do! Trust like that is a very big thing for autistic people, so showing a willingness to keep an open mind like this is a surefire way to befriend one.
"You're autistic," someone says. "You shouldn't know what perspective even is." "I know," I respond. "I was told that I had to learn it if I wanted to be like the neurotypicals. And I did learn it, and I still have to work at it because there is more about it that I still need to learn. But I have also realized that although I have had to learn perspective, the neurotypicals aren't made to learn it in return." If Goose had gotten the kind of training on perspective that I had to get as part of my IEP, perhaps she would've been able to take the perspective of the somewhat-picky eater (not the ones who are being douches about it, mind you, but the casual ones like me who just want advanced notice about the menu).
On that note, perhaps Goose meant her tweets in the context of racists who refuse to eat something from a foreign culture just because it's foreign. That, I admit, is douchey. Not death-worthy douchey, of course, it's nowhere near that level, but maybe it's smack-worthy douchey if you squint. For me, if it's not made from an endangered species, something that is outright physically harmful, or from something that I already know that I hate or have sensory issues regarding (e.g. avocado, mustard, mayonnaise, peanut butter, any leaf vegetable that's been boiled to green mush, salsa, some kinds of beans, or pickles, to name a few), I will try anything at least once, because I do try to keep an open mind.
And that's what I ask of anyone who finds this post: keep an open mind. Nothing is universally popular or unpopular, and some people have good reasons as to why they like or dislike things. And as long as that person doesn't use their opinions to harm themselves or others, or to justify causing harm to themselves or to others, then they're allowed to have their preference and judging them for it makes you the asshole, not them.
And for what it's worth, Gooseworx herself did say that people who dislike The Amazing Digital Circus shouldn't be attacked by the nuts, and I agree with that. That's a good thing for a content creator to say, too many of them don't have that kind of perspective, and I applaud her for saying it. Especially since I myself didn't like TADC, again because I'm autistic; the show was overstimulating for me to watch and it's not an experience that I would like to repeat.
You know what? The analogy writes itself. Food I don't like is like an overstimulating TV show: if it was physically discomforting to experience, then I don't want to experience it again. And I shouldn't be made to repeatedly experience it because someone else said so for reasons that they won't tell me. No one should.
Final reminder to be fucking civil. Refusing to be civil gets you blocked. :) Have a nice day and happy Day of the Dead for any celebrator who finds this post! :D
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for the fic writers ask meme, i’m rather curious about 9 & 10; which of your fics did you find the easiest and hardest to write?
From this ask meme!
Which fic has been the hardest to write?
Each fic has its own challenges, but right now, it's probably a tie between Swansong and the Cold Fusion series. And for similar reasons! Both have complex plots - Swansong's is primarily emotional, with Megamind processing complex grief and a broken (and then new) mental link, and Roxanne processing having a roommate going through emotional turmoil, plus some mental stuff of her own...and then Metro Man's whole thing, and holy shit maybe there's still a chance, and mixing hope into the grief mix is just a fucking nightmare for everyone involved, and djf;aldjfa;ldjadflj;afjdj it's a mess. And because it's written in third person limited, rather than omniscient, there's only so much that I can tell readers directly. Which, in a story with so much happening internally, was...extremely frustrating, at times!
Cold Fusion's complexity is more events-based, but in that one I am having to balance the fact that there ARE external plotlines happening against the fact that...the primary focus of those fics is on the characters and their development. Also, for a LONG LONG TIME, I did not actually KNOW what the plot was, I was just sort of winging it, and now I DO know, and it's a lot bigger than I expected it to be? Which I think some people may not like. And on one hand, fuck 'em, I'm writing for me, but on the other hand, I do write fanfiction with my end goal being to share it with people, so my readers' enjoyment is absolutely a thing I have in mind, I'm not JUST writing for me. So, aaaaaaaaaaaa.
I am now also having to grapple with the fact that when I started writing Cold Fusion, many of my headcanons were different from what they are now. I was originally very set on it being canon-compliant, on ONLY working with things we knew from the source material and not doing my own worldbuilding more than was absolutely necessary. And then I fell into a depression hole for like 3 or 4 years and could barely force myself to write at all, and when I finally came blasting out of that hole on the Wellbutrin-fueled jet pack I titled Dive, the amount I cared about "canon compliant" had plummeted to pretty much zero. Writing Swansong helped with that, I think -- I had basically been writing nothing but Cold Fusion for AGES, and then Ramendobe slapped me in the face with that prompt, and I discovered that writing universe alterations was a lot of fun! And then Dive punted my desire to stay canon-compliant into the sun. So now, rewriting Cold Fusion as I post it to AO3, I am working with characters who are different from the way I now write them in other fics. I'm bringing some of my newer headcanons into that universe for shits and giggles, but still. It's an odd feeling.
Which fic has been the easiest to write?
Another tie! Because I cannot make decision.
By Chance, which I wrote because my buddy ElfKid dropped a prompt into my askbox when I was like, "holy shit the ADHD is BAD tonight and I wanna see if I can write a one-shot in one evening," I think...? aahahaha actually no I just went and looked it up, and I had tagged my 'weh ADHD sucks' post with #hey if anyone is reading this send me a writing prompt and let's see wtf happens when i can't motherfuckin think lmaoooo and...I basically sat down, put the best of black sabbath on loop, and waited to see what fell out of my hands. And it was that. (Here's the original tumblr edition.)
and everything emptying into white was originally just some tags I had put on an ask from another friend of mine about Megamind purring, and I couldn't stop thinking about them and that day at work just SUCKED ASS and so I copied and pasted them into an AO3 draft on my phone at work and churned that out over the course of my lunch break. And then added a bunch to it during the next couple days.
(and I gotta give an honorable mention to Dive. I basically churned that thing out in less than a week of HOLY SHIT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING IN YEARS AND MY BRAIN JUST WOKE UP AND REMEMBERED HOW TO ENJOY THINGS adrenaline, it was great. It wasn't as easy to write as the other two, simply because it wasn't as short & sweet, but it was easy and I owe that fic a lot. So.)
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uselessheretic · 2 years
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this is a post thats just me complaining based on my feelings as a black person on ofmd and the reaction to it. people can do what they want and be critical of whatever. nobody needs to stop complaining abt ofmd. this is just me complaining abt ppl complaining and this is my official disclaimer of please dont be obnoxious to me
tumblr keeps making me insane bc i keep getting mad at purposefully bad faith and ill meaning "critiques" of ofmd that arent actually trying to open a dialogue or anything, but are just. unpleasant. which its ok to be critical of things including the show i just think a lot of people are fucking idiots unwilling to examine media in an actual critical fashion and instead are just 1. negative for the sake of being negative and 2. shuts down any further conversation on the topics to the point of removing agency from other poc in fandom and the poc (and black ppl specifically) making and acting within the show. like its not possible that other people might just have different opinions on how to portray history, no ofc not, we have to be patronizing and assume that the black writers just dont know any better and are too ignorant of their own history to understand their own subjugation.
its just annoying and unproductive in a way that goes beyond discussing analysis of the show and its relationship to race, and instead gets stuck on this black and white viewpoint that doesnt just express "i dont care for this show" which is fine, but makes sweeping generalizations that ppl consuming the media or participating in fandom are all co-conspirators to bigotry and GOD its so stupid bc its a standard that is flat out not applied to other media. like i dont understand how people can say that black sails is flawed but ultimately good, a show that portrays both fictional and irl slaveowners with white characters who participate in the slave trade and assist in the sexual abuse of a black woman, and in the same breath discredit ofmd as a whole.
like! it doesnt matter that much but it is disheartening bc there flat out isnt that much media with this type of representation both in the show and in the writers room. i feel like people are so used to taika being in big marvel things that they forget that its not common for an indigenous man to be able to act/create things. and nobody needs to watch the show or be kind to it, but it does feel kinda fucked up that theres this encouragement for others to also not watch it or that ppl engaging in fandom are doing harm when theres just not much media with a gay indigenous love interest. theres not much media with latinx nonbinary people and esp not any of them dating a black man.
theres not much media with a writers room as diverse as theirs, where theres several black women/nonbinary black ppl in the writers room alongside other poc (THREE nonbinary writers of color!!!) same with having directors of color, makeup artists, and other crew members who are left off of set and have a hard time finding work in an industry that is not kind to them.
and idk! i think its kinda fucked up that this is not a big show, and that hbomax gave it very limited promotion and the vast majority of its promotion has been from the cast openly pleading for a second season, and word of mouth, but that criticism of it goes beyond personal distaste or open conversation, and instead is this stupid ass thing of promoting this stupid ass idea that a fandom existing is proof that theyre bigoted and that the show never shouldve existed in the first place.
it just sucks i guess! as a black person who genuinely likes the black representation in the show, and feels comforted seeing that the black cast are all openly joyful about the show and have talked abt being able to incorporate their culture within it, and the relief of having a writers room full of poc dedicated to not doing harm. like i was trying to find the article where leslie jones talks abt being excited about having her pirate boots and 20 husbands and how fun the character was to play, and the first thing that popped up on google was a handful of articles about the harassment she received for ghostbusters and the lack of support from her cast members. and it makes me sad that there arent many roles for black people in general, but that the black cast has been so positive about this story and have felt so connected to their characters.
and i just dont see the point in trying to take that away i guess? where you can just not watch the show, and you can be openly critical of it too, but it feels like an over expansion of that criticism to the point of discrediting the writers and actors as unknowing victims, actively and explicitly discouraging a fandom to emerge (the only thing sustaining a show that has not received support bc idk how to break it to ppl but networks arent kind to gay shows with casts of color,) and then purposefully shutting down any conversation on the topic including people bringing further context into the convo. (like that the actor loves the name roach, or that there are prominent black writers on the show, or that a lot of criticism has been specifically addressed before the show started and you dont have to agree with their approach, but its weird to erase the fact that thought went into this via a diverse room)
and its just fuuucking insane specifically because its criticism that is not leveraged at other shows!!!! at the very least, people cant sit here and explain how black sails is more woke than ofmd, a show with very few prominent poc where the main ones are a black woman raped on screen and a slave! with characters ALSO based off of real historical figures (the guthrie clan was a real clan!!!!!!) and white main characters who participate in the slave trade. and im p sure doesnt even have a single poc in the writers room? at the very least i desperately need people to be consistent.
be critical all you want, but it fucking suuuucks that its a hypercriticism being leverage against a show that doesnt have network support and only is able to get attention because of fans/word of mouth. and its fucking annoying how 1. its not even taikas show like he produced four episodes of it so idk why critique is mostly directed at only him but okay and 2. this weird thing where it feels like people deracialize him where i know he makes it look easy bc of how massively talented he is as a creator, but its not easy to get representation for māori or indigenous people and it SUCKS that it feels like people are discrediting and ignoring the fact that there isnt really any gay representation for indigenous ppl :(
anyways this was my long winded way of saying im going to try and be off tumblr for a bit bc this site irritates me and i need to stop being annoyed at tv things bc ppl can do and consume what they want just jfc it annoys me
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