#the starting early debate

[artfightdramaconfessions]

because starting early killed my grandma ok

grandma got run over by an early attack

#submission #the starting early debate

[llondonfog]

In your Living Weapon AU, if we went with the AU of an AU where Silver’s family was cursed when he was an infant… is there any possibility he could age as a Fae, now that he’s cursed as a living weapon? Is there any possibility that he’s still young, still just a child when Lilia first meets him? Can you imagine how much more protective Lilia might be when the human form of his sword is so so small in his arms?

first off i just want to say thank you again for all the verse lore interest!!! <33 i've had a fun time taking these questions back to my au partner and thinking these scenarios through, you guys have given us some new fodder to agonize over haha

for context; in the verse as is, silver's age is frozen at seventeen, and he simply exists until the magestone containing his soul is shattered.

additionally, the fae, lilia included, see the living weapons as nothing more than objects, a means to an end. silver, his family, and all those humans that they ruled over were cursed by the fae queen hundreds of years ago as punishment for their kingdom's avarice, and the fae do not treat them with any sort of dignity or respect. the curse forces the humans to obey their handler without question, and it is "trained" into every weapon that they do not speak nor act without explicit direction from their handler. they are not even allowed to shift into their human form without permission.

that context given, if lilia were to meet a young, even baby aged, silver, he'd absolutely be repulsed and keep the boy in weapon form until he "grew" up lmao the entire senate is snickering seeing gen vanrouge smoldering at the war council when they know that they've given him such a useless, tiny weapon so perfectly suited for his lack of pedigree and short stature. lilia's really not so great a guy in this verse to start out with haha he's very much the epitome of his ch7 flashback self who has absolutely no interest in engaging in any pests children thank you very much!! as much as we'd love him to be protective initially, that possessive and parental nature definitely grows with time as he begrudgingly starts to bond and care for the young man cursed to be his sword.

at the same time, there's that added layer of emotional turmoil with silver since he can recall his own past prior to being cursed. not to mention the distress of becoming emotionally connected to the very fae meant to wield him as a weapon and then dealing with those complicated feelings of parental attachment to lilia, all the while believing that the fae would never see him as anything other than a lowly weapon :')

#lettie's asks #living weapon au #LILIA STARTS OFF A GIANT ASS IN THIS AU FJSLADK #i need to provide some drabbles from early on in their partnership #but ohhhhh it is (chefs kiss) when he starts having the foundations of his belief Rocked to the core #and starts viewing silver not as an object; but as a traumatized child exploited by lilia's very species #AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE AWFUL LITTLE THOUGHT <3 #we had a good debate over how lilia would react heh

[swagging-back-to]

finally went and got my GED diploma a year after i graduated :)))))

#the check in woman was like 'come on you cant leave without saying bye first!' and iwas like nonononono please no #she made me go talk to the woman who single handedly delayed my graduated by 6 months. #who is annoying as fuck and super classist and pro college. #when she asked what i do for work i was like 'an educator' and she was like 'oh so you've used the free college credits to get your early #childhood education?' and i was like 'uhhh no. still just as against college as i was last year. i don't plan to be an educator for long.' #and she goes well what do you want to do (not your fucking business lady. at all.) and then when i said 'anything' bc real people don't hav #the choice of their dream job or nothing. real people have to just take whatever is available to them--esp in our dead town. #and she was like 'oh come on in during the summer! I'm here for summer school! can take a bunch of tests to find out what your dream job is #can figure out what colleges youd like!' #i was just like ''yeahhhhhh. anyway have a good day' and fucking left. #i was actually debating going to college just a month ago. for the first time in my life i was seriously debating college bc it was my #choice and n oone had been pushing college to me for years. and then she starts this bullshit and im even more anti college than i was in #highschool #anti college #college is a scam #not to mention 'come in during the summer to take completely unnecessary summer school after youve graduated with almost a perfect score' #???? seriously how entitled do you think you are to my time? #i have work this summer. i have plans this summer. and even if i didnt i sure as fuck wouldnt spend my time being preached at about how #im wasting my life and dooming myself to poverty bc i dont want to go 6 figures in debt #and lost 4+ years of time i could be earning wages.

[the-next-miss-american-trash]

Every now and then I like to read how people are getting ready for Artfight, and a hot topic is that people start drawing early every year, and it only increases. Here's the real reason Artfight discourages starting early, and why they're not enforcing it.

Artfight is a simple Art game. You versus another person draw art for each other. That's the art trading part. Those art pieces then have point values. That's the game part. Things after that point, make the game complex: how to determine the value of art, how to keep score, how to make things fair, etc.

The game part of Artfight includes a time restraint. There's only one (1) month to get as many points possible for your team. To make things fair, it is recommended to only start drawing during that month. Let's look at an improbable example as to why:

Team A make up a majority of people who start only after Day 1 begins. It takes them a few hours, up to a few days depending on the intricacies of their piece, to make an attack and have it scored. Boom! One day in and they start racking up 100 points that day!

Team B makes up a majority of people who all started early. They spend weeks making the nicest art possible because they don't feel any pressure. When Day 1 rolls around, they all immediately upload their art and BAM! Instant 100 points! They now have an immense lead as they get started drawing for other people, who are now behind in points.

To make the game fair, it's recommended to not draw early. So why isn't it a rule?! Well, quite obviously, no one can prove you started early or not 😋. Plus, it would be incredibly insensitive to accuse someone that there's no way they drew a full body fully shaded scene in so little time, when quite a lot of artists are just that fast. Plus the excitement of drawing can contribute to speed, yadda yadda yadda. And it would look even worse to have admins policing a bunch of artists, because then it makes the whole event too serious and unfun, and we lose the spirit of art trading as things get major competitive. And quite honestly, if we start policing each other, no one likes a party pooper. No one will draw for you.

I'm not an early starter, and honestly I won't ever be. I am also a competitive player. I'm quick enough of an artist, with some practice, to be able to draw something worth a good chunk of points. My art motivation is contained within the month, so personally I ruin the consistency for myself if I start sketching ideas beforehand. I do however save and follow a bunch of people beforehand so I can get into the excitement of drawing and don't feel lost on who to attack first. Other people starting early gets me a little sad, but I won't go out of my way to stop people when most have genuine reasons too, like overwhelming fatigue and such. No two artists are alike. And if someone were to accuse me of being an early starter, and start going into a tirade that it's not "morally right" and "you're ruining the game", you're getting blocked because who has time for people that annoying. Art how you want, and game how you want, but don't go forcing your ideas onto others.

#artfight #starting early debate

[yuukimiyas]

GOOD MORNIE WORLD!!! startin my day off v early & v strong bc!!! EEEP!!!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧*｡ i just got the first sketch back for my bleach tattoo!!! it looks SO SO GOOD SO FAR!! he started so quick like bunnies too!! ໒꒰ྀི∩˃ ᵕ ˂∩꒱ྀི১ i can’t wait to see it in color!!!

#ᕱ⑅ᕱ.* journals! #I LITERALLY TALKED TO HIM AB IT YESTERDAY & HE ALREADY HAD THE FIRST SKETCH DONE BY THIS MORNIN!!! HOLY WOAH!!!! ⁽⁽٩(๑˃̶͈̀ ᗨ ˂̶͈́)۶⁾⁾ #IM ABOUT TO HAVE HIM DRAW A FEW OTHER TATTOO IDEAS SOON OMG!!!! #it looks so so SO GOOD!!! i might actually be able to get the full tattoo done before my bday in jan!! (੭ु ›ω‹ )੭ु⁾⁾♡ #but this gal is up bright & early bc i had to drop my mom off at work!! :3 her cars in the shop rn #& im workin at my besties store today & i get to train a new girl!! ૮ ˆﻌˆ ა i met her briefly last wk & she seems so nice!! im excited!! #debating on whether i wanna wear my mini skirt or not today…hmmm…we’ll see after my shower how im feelin #snuggin up for a lil longer before i start my day!! lets make this thurs the best EVER!!! <333

[mechsbrackets]

Learned how to draw the toy soldier today so I am finally prepared to help you with TS propaganda!!!! What the fuck is even going on!!! It goes by it/its pronouns, it has a suit and drawn on mustache, it's voice is Jessica Fucking Law who is BEAUTIFUL (have you fuckign HEARD actaea and lyssa when she's singing lower. ETHERAL) and THEN just the fact that it doesn't even exist. It is everything and nothing at the same time. I genuinely want its gender so bad now you are incredibly correct and smart all the time forever <3

YES!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!! TOY SOLDIER PROPAGANDA!!!!!!! YES IT IS INCREDIBLY GENDER ISN'T IT!!!!!

#the mechanisms #the mechs #propaganda #IT'S INCREDIBLY GENDER AND I LOVE IT <3 #it's a very polite war criminal and that in and of itself is a gender #also it's trans #like its backstory fiction uses he/him for it and it's referred to as a 'wooden man' but it says no to all that and uses it/its <3 #(i mean you could argue it uses it/its bc of the whole toy/not real thing but LET ME DREAM OK) #(IT STILL SWITCHES FROM HE/HIM IN THE EARLY CONTENT TO IT/ITS THAT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING) #...also fun fact! #the toy soldier is actually what finally inspired me to start using it/its in addition to they/them #(i'd been debating doing so for a while but it inspired me to finally take the leap and try it) #getting into the mechanisms as a whole led to me coming out as trans irl actually #(not to everyone only to mayybe 10-15 people at most but that is more than the ABSOLUTELY NO ONE i was out to before) #but specifically the toy soldier is a SIGNIFICANT portion of why I use it/its #woo tag oversharing!

[creative-hanyou-girl]

Guess What I Got!

I love working at a bookstore 📚❤

#InuYasha's been my favorite shounen anime/manga for years now so I felt like it was obligatory to buy the 1st volume at least #and I'm currently in a Spy x Family mood lately so I bought volume 1 for that too #personally I read my manga online but I'm debating starting a manga collection & getting a bookshelf just for manga #seriously tho I love my job even if my feet are killing me at the end of the day #not only am I surrounded by 📚 everyday (which are 1 of my favorite things) #but I also get a employee discount #inuyasha #spy x family #bookstore #my job #I don't normally talk about my life outside of the internet but I just got so excited about buying these! #inuyasha manga #spy x family manga #inuyasha volume 1 #spy x family volume 1 #rumiko takahashi #tatsuya endo #kagome higurashi #inukag #early inukag #loid forger

[quatregats]

Current Situation would actually probably be solved if I stopped looking to Projects for all my satisfaction in life

#i wrote out a list of the things i would need to research to write the *fics* that i want to work on #let alone my actual Official Grad School Projects #of which i have several other ideas in the works besides the ones which i'm actually doing for final papers #and then of course there are several original stories i want to write too but those are who knows how far out #current thing i've been spinning around in my head is writing something about lascars on east india company ships #(specificallly i have set my heart on writing a story about a mutiny on board one of them which ties in with Indian History happenings #in the general outside world and everything sort of being in a process of change (have not decided on an era yet hence Vague) #and also the main characters are a nayar boy and mappila muslim boy who he has a huge crush on and they get a love story) #not really sure how to make this story work at all because the amount of things i'd want to know for it #involve several decades of research probably to do it well #but hey that's never stopped me! #not to mention the fact that i started reading about 18th c. conceptions of sex and now want to work more on hornblower top surgery fic #with more fun and spicy early 1800s medical debates and such #and also i want to work on my stephen getting captured by the french but it's canto jo i la muntanya balla fic #which *also* involves lots and lots of research so ughhhh #i wonder how i got into this situation. i wonder why everything feels like So Much 🤔🤔🤔 could not be my fault at all #perce rambles

[suashii]

hi lovies :3 sua is hoping this sunday has been treating everyone kindly bc you all deserve it ♡ also! i talked to your favs and they wanted me to relay a little message: they love you so so much! better be taking care of yourselves or i’ll tattle and then you’ll have to deal with an overbearing lover hehe~

#☁︎ manon's mind #i have slept almost all day ㅜㅜ #but i woke up to spinach and artichoke dip so yay! #anywhoo i am thinking about rin and den feng today #what’s new #hmmm debating on whether i wanna continue my yuta fic #or start a rin drabble (early for his bday) #i usually don’t like working on two things at once #but i feel like i can work on either! #idk maybe i’ll spin a wheel or somethin :3

[princip1914]

Gavrilo is that you???

#someone got the reference #yeah crowley might have claimed the commendation for ww1 #but we all know who really started it #my user name from when I was a 16 year old idiot strikes again #bit weird to meet a fandom friend for the first time at a crowded brewery #and realize you’re publically answering to the name of an early 20th century terrorist #debatably at least partially responsible for uncountable amounts of death and destruction

[artfightdramaconfessions]

people who go all scorched earth to try to avoid early attackers will never not amuse me. like buddy i'm sure nobody was frothing at the mouth to attack you in particular - but enjoy when nobody bookmarks your characters and you get no attacks because the week before is chaos. lmao. it's more attacks for the rest of us!

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#submission #the starting early debate

[lesbiancarat]

wasn’t pristin 4th gen tho?

nope. generation is determined by debut date. pristin debuted in 2017, and the earliest 4th gen groups started debuting in 2018 (or 2019 depending on who you ask, apparently some ppl see 2018 as a transition year which like, eh). so they were a late 3rd gen group, but a third gen group nonetheless. (other 2017 iirc debuts include weki meki, kard, the rose, wanna one, dreamcatcher, golden child for context. all considered 3rd gen groups. the only 2017 debut i can think of that's considered 4th gen is the boyz, but they debuted right at the end of the year, and i feel like they're the group I've seen the most debate about what gen they're in since they're kind of on the cusp anyway so)

#melia.ask #anon #interestingly ive seen several ppl say fromis's debut was the mark of the beginning of 4th gen #i dont think its super widely agreed upon yet though #but we're still somewhat early into 4th gen and these things are determined in hindsight #i think ppl dont realize that we dont all wake up one day saying ok its 4th gen now #honestly i dont think hardly anyone was thinking about 4th gen in 2018 #3rd gen WAS still at its peak in 2018 theres always overlap in generations #in dont think ppl rly started talking about 4th gen until 2019 #and i dont think i was really aware we were in 4th gen until maybe 2020 #bc again. hindsight #all this to say there IS some ambiguity between generations #but even with that pristin and other 2017 debuts are very largely agreed to be 3rd gen #2018 seems to really be the year of debate for most ppl

[queen-scribbles]

Lmao, Geek Bro switched at the last minute from the Barbarian he'd been planning for BG3 to a Druid. Took him an hour in CC. xD

#queen rambles #he really gets into roleplaying in games like this #and he loved that in early access it made him roll a wis save to keep his cool as a barbarian when some npc was being a dick #but there's something with druids he found a couple weeks ago that made him start debating #and looks like the druid won

[catinfroghat]

The severance video edit that exists in my head is so beautiful

#i actually have 2 major ideas for it but my laptop is all full from red dead redemption 2 so i can't make any rn #I'm debating whether or not to do another play through before uninstalling because it takes 2 days to reinstall #also now I'm employed i have much more limited time so it's whether i want to spend it editing a video #or whether i want to just enjoy the summer whilst it's here and sit outside as much as possible #also i have another couple theoretical projects that are quite creative and I've been thinking about for a while #so i need to kind of choose one thing and stick to it for a while #i still have a half complete tomshiv video edit on my old laptop omg it was from tom's pov from season 3 though so idk if i like it anymore #waawaawaa i hate it maybe I'll do my tarot card project first because i have the notebook ready and waiting to be written in #I'm going to have to check it has enough pages though otherwise i will use it for my flag project instead which might be more useful #I'll start with flags of europe because i could do with learning more geography of eastern europe I'm terrible at it #but it's hard because do i just do sovereign states or do i include dependencies and what about disputed states? #i would have to choose early because if i do it alphabetically you have åland and abkhasia and artsakh... #is anyone still reading i wonder ... look at this: жадина говядина соленый огурец на полу валяется никто его не ест haha pranked

[stainlesssteellocust]

Kind of a shame Stross didn’t like tumblr it was nice to have a popular English genre fiction author around who moved to Scotland and writes about a magical world existing behind modern society who, uh,

actually put some gay people in his books instead of retconning them in later and has his characters state that trans people are real and should be respected

#Charles stross #like I don’t think his style of writing is to tumblrs taste in any way at all #and I have too much self-respect to get into the What Is Good Rep debate #but he did do those things starting from the early 00’s #the laundry files #Trans rights #gay people in fiction

[paleangels13]

...

#so after an ugly debate and fight and some really harmful words... #my mother now wants to help me get my life back together by helping me clean my room and idk but I feel like a stupid little child again & #I hate it... I mean it's nice that she wants to help I guess but also I really don't want her help me clean my room because... Privacy who? #she really doesn't have to see everything that's in my room (I mean yk? doesn't even have to be anything embarrassing or private #it's just like a general thing that I don't want her to see everything in my room...) #and then my parents want to force me to throw away basically everything I kept from my childhood which is also amazing... #oh and they'll force me to study chemistry once I'm done with my room and I hate it here... #and also to get up early even if I'm still on semester break... #which is fun...that probably means I won't get to write anymore at all and I don't want that because I have so many ideas but I won't #be able to write shit once uni starts again soo...only time I have are the two weeks I have left before that happens and now they wanna #take it from me #🥺 #I don't like this... ;-; #personal