#<< keeping it organised

[sarcasticsunshine123]

channing saying that about post production after being the only person to do audio AND camera work like tell me you have no budget without telling me you have no budget (which is super funny because its disney plus so like. he had a budget.... wonder where the money went)

#yeah im starting a channing embezzlement theory #follow me for other cute headcanons 🤪🥰 #hsmtmts #channing #im a channing hater first human second #<< keeping it organised #this is stupid dont take me seriously #or do i wont stop you #unless youre mean

[fence-time]

*Placing this down and scuttling away*

#fence posts #hermitblr #I . I don’t even know if I wanna tag anything else ikm too scared. this was meant to be a safe place AWAY from the cc’s .. #WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE MIGHT SEE THIS. #impulsesv #(<scared but I need to keep these darn tags organised… sigh..) #this is targeted btw #you know who you are.

[imclou]

@head-in-the-icloud's Dawn and Dusk doodles from last week's magma. Drawing them is so satisfying istg, my hand cramped really bad but i held on til the end for that sweet sweet dopamine

|| Ref Sheet ||

Also this little ref sheet i made back in December.

#man what a week #<-i've been saying this for the past 3 weeks #i wanna draw i wanna draw i wanna draw #but i gotta work #also i discovered drafts #i never thought of organising my stuff and sorta plan my posts #i have a lot of silly doodles that i haven't posted yet #a lot of wips too lmao #debating whether to make doodle dumps #or to keep doing what i've been doing and associate them with a big illustration #if you made it this far into the tags #well uh #have a very pleasant day #my art #fanart #dca fandom #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf dca #fnaf security breach #fnaf #fnaf sb #dca au #royal jesters au

[notstarcey]

IVE ALREADY STARTED ITS BUILDING

#i need my organisation systems #i need to keep track theres so so much #tmagp #the magnus protocol

[learnelle]

Interrupting my hiatus to say I am alive and well! Currently working on my last statistics assignment and an essay on Le Spleen de Paris. I can’t wait to finish all my uni bits so that I could peacefully fly off to Florence for a few weeks to do my painting with ancient techniques course 🎨🌷

#The Florence trip is by far the most impulsive thing I’ve ever organised 👁️👁️ When I’ve had a glass of wine keep my card away from me pls #Savings are overrated groceries are overrated I can’t WAIT to properly learn how to paint (after what will be a penniless April 🫠) #studyblr #Cottagecore #Light academia #Study aesthetic #Langblr #Studyspo #Study inspiration #studyblr community #study motivation

[endlesslytired]

#yeah i made more as i keep up with my resources when i get brainrot #im tryna organise by character when I make these #fr i wish i could find a wider range of usable things for more unique stuff but man it's hard #honkai star rail #honkai star rail memes #hsr aventurine #i love him sm i forgive his crimes #hsr firefly #same as i just said #hsr black swan #hsr acheron #another that applies to for me #hsr duke inferno #hsr acheswan #hsr boothill #i am so down for their team up #hsr topaz #girl you just show up places don't you #hsr seele #ive been watching her en va's vods recently and she's so funny #hsr sushang #honkai impact 3rd #honkai impact 3rd memes #hi3 kiana kaslana #hi3 fu hua #hi3 herrscher of thunder #hi3 herrscher of void #hi3 sirin #hi3 elysia

[thyme-in-a-bubble]

it's been a while, let's do a little this or that tag game, but make it with AUs for the lols

bookstore au or fisherman au ♡ bartender au or spy au ♡ neighbour au or farm au ♡ wedding planner au or roommate au ♡ billionaire au or mob au ♡ western au or hospital au ♡ rockstar au or bodyguard au ♡ office/coworker au or firefighter au ♡ lumberjack au or deserted island au ♡ fantasy au or soulmates au ♡ modern au or historical au ♡ sex worker au or a/b/o au ♡ bakery au or academic au ♡ pirate au or babysitter au ♡ camp counselor au or werewolf au ♡ coffee shop au or flower shop au ♡ apocalypse au or treasure hunter au ♡ tattoo artist au or single parent au ♡ royalty au or vampire au

no pressure tags: @chvoswxtch @ghostlyfleur @chxrryhansen @bunmurdock @slvttyfied @venuslore @amorchai @katyswrites @mystcldydrms @bradshawed @bcyhoods @midniteluv @bruisedboys @skullrock @appocalipse @ddejavvu @spideyheart @reidslovely @inklore @cosmal @fettuccin-e @oncasette

#was just scrolling though a side blog of mine and found this list I made to keep a bunch of AUs organised #thought it'd be a fun game #tag game #tag games #this or that

[shibuiking]

#i missed making things glitter so bad #oc: shedija dynasty #necrons #i thought good and hard before putting this in a proper tag. #lets pretend its to keep my own blog organised #40k #drawn w my mouse between taking turns in hearthstone #oc

[where-the-water-flows]

how does di fortress interact with the local economy and what the fuck do their logistics even look like, and other incredibly normal questions to be asking here at 3pm on a work day

#mysterious lotus casebook #di fortress is such a cool (terrible) thing but also. #WHAT is GOING ON with it. #how does it function?! #what is the batshit logistics happening to keep it #1)supplied with orphans to slaughter/train #2) organised to take contracts? sold off as human hunting dogs? other?? #i assume some of this is bc I am based off subs and theres cultural or genre stuff I'm missing #but also. blease. the logistics. the taxes. #how does di fortress pay taxes. are they even part of Xi. #if not: why is di feisheng in xi instead of...not xi.

[straight-to-the-pain]

I didn’t get the maths autism or the science autism or even the fandom autism. I got the ‘reads up on the legal frameworks for prosecuting torture at 3am then resolves to make a letterboxd list of films containing torture according to the UN definition’ autism

#I’m stabby_vale on letterboxd btw #got persuaded to make an account and it has been everything for my autism ngl #i keep very thorough categorised lists of every film I’ve ever seen and want to watch #same with books #s talks #fr tho like torture is defined so loosely people will just make these lists of horror gore films and be like here torture #like no you don’t understand I’m not interested unless it’s a government or an organisation doing it okay

[wolfiiburr]

Ol' Villain Trio - Best Friends.

Despite being on the same side, I can see Robotnik and Koopa clashing over their ideas or plans often whenever it comes to besting the protagonists of their franchises, usually due to their egos getting in the way.

They'd likely have a sort of a friend & rival bond with each other! Though, Dedede is alright.

Just wanted to make a quick comic page of these three whilst I'm working on other illustrations!

#king dedede #king koopa #robotnik #fan art #digital art #game #illustration #nintendo #sega #AOSTH #Ol' Villain Trio #<- using that tag as a placeholder name to keep my art of these three organised )

[ginkashino]

fell asleep on the couch and dreamt one of my aunties gifted me this magazine

#I wish i could tell you what the mag said #but i was in shock at the uncle aaron picture HSWIUDKSAK i laughed so hard i woke myself up #brother do i tag this? HSUWDJ #across the spiderverse #aaron davis #im so sorry if you see this on the tag i gotta keep my blog organised

[hella1975]

just rewatched the cameo dante basco did for taob a few years ago and im going a little crazy about it

#‘I know you’re a little stressed about what uni you’re gonna get into’ I AM ABOUT TO GRADUATE KING. CAN YOU BELIEVE #I actually don’t watch this cameo as much as I should it’s been months since I last saw it and it’s bc I genuinely tear up every time #‘your voice matters’ ‘keep writing. /keep writing/’ well bossman my head is in my fucking hands to be frank #and ofc REDEMPTION IS A HUMAN WORD. IN ZUKO’S VOICE LORDDDDDDD IM GOING CRAZY #taob #atla #everyone who organised that cameo know i am kissing you in a manner that would disgust and confuse the general public

[silenceismychoir]

earlier this month, hemeti (the leader of the RSF) met with south african president cyril ramaphosa. hemeti has had a tour of africa in what many have called a 'bid to legitimacy'.

[id in alt text]

it is a shame yet again that south africa has welcomed a "leader" of sudan while the blood of the sudanese people are on their hands (in 2015, the ICC held a warrant of arrest over omar al bashir. he entered south africa but the south african government refused to arrest him.)

we as citizens of this country, who so proudly celebrated the fact that we took the genocidal state of "israel" to court, need to stand up and hold our government accountable for this despicable meeting and we need to do so much more in our stand with our sudanese brothers and sisters.

let us amplify sudanese voices, donate to organisations, and ensure the sudanese genocide is not forgotten.

accounts to follow on instagram:

bsonblast

yassmin_a

red_maat

nasalsudan

amjadalnour

yousraelbagir

where to donate:

https://www.nasalsudan.com/donate

a list of organisations and individuals that we can donate to are contained in the link above. if you're able to, please donate and share to as many people as possible.

#south africa #sudan #keep eyes on sudan #hoping to see protests for sudan in south africa but as of yet nothing has been organised #also something needs to be said about the fact that very few local media houses reported on this tour/meeting #i for one found out on social media which led me to finding this al jazeera article

[irregularcollapse]

hi i think i saw in the tags of a post that you would like to talk about damen in relation to the romantic hero. please do talk about damen

i love your storiea a lot btw

YES okay yesssss ALRIGHT thank you so much for prompting me. I get nervous about just making analysis posts without someone asking me something, because I feel like people aren't interested in what I have to say. But that doesn't matter, thank you for asking, anon!

So I say some things about Damen as a romantic hero in this post here but I really wanted to elaborate. Just to be clear, I'm not saying Romantic hero (literary archetype), but romantic hero as in, hero in the romance genre; a type of love interest.

The first thing to pick apart is the genre of the trilogy. In terms of genre, they are definitively (despite what some people say) romance books. Specifically, they are what we call open door romances, being that sexual content appears on page (as opposed to closed door romances, in which sexual content is allusive or happens off page). The political/war plot points do not negate them being romances, and they aren't 'better' than other romances because of the external plot. I feel like there's a lot of defensiveness about these books being 'not just romances,' but honestly, backhanded compliments like that reveal nothing but a lack of genre awareness. But that's another rant lmfao ignore that.

The really interesting thing is that the narrative setup has the markers of erotica, as opposed to romance. The distinction is really important in terms of genre function and categorisation. Erotica is concerned with telling a story that focuses on sexual themes; romance centres on the development of a romantic relationship between two people. Book 1 of the trilogy is largely constructed and developed as an exploration/indulgence of slave kink for the gratification of the reader. This recent post beautifully explains a concept which the OP has coined a fantastic term for: when the kink which the story is indulging is not acknowledged by the characters. OP marks the distinction between diegetic (for the characters) and non-diegetic (for the readers) kink and BDSM, borrowing terms typically used for music in film: to reiterate, Book 1 functions largely as slave kink erotica for the gratification of the reader. It isn't an endorsement of actual historical Greek/Roman slavery; it's erotica written for adults who know how to distinguish between fantasy and reality and that kinks aren't a reflection of a person's morals. It's play, and the characters are all dolls putting on a scene for the reader's enjoyment.

But the books don't—can't—stay within those genre confines, and it's because of Damen. He's quite simply too dimensional.

The first way that Damen contravenes the genre is that he introduces the notion of consent (to clarify, consent has little to no function in non-diegetic erotica). He tries to contain his internal horror as he witnesses the staged rape performed by pets for the courtiers; he argues for the Akielon slaves, on the grounds that mistreating them is an abuse of the consent they have given. Damen's personal morals and worldview serve to expose what makes the entertainments and performance of kink in Vere so grotesque: the consent is forced, or coerced. There is no true choice. It is Damen's morality, this deep-rooted concern for the acquiescence and pleasure of both (all) participants in sex, that shift the genre which Damen exists in from erotica to romance. It is Damen's morality which gives the seduction legs to play out across three books (each book clocking in at under 80k, for perspective).

So we are firmly in the (open door) romance genre, and it's because of Damen. Damen is the Main Character, which means the other role that needs to be filled is the Love Interest. Something key to remember about the romance genre and its history is that it is predominantly heterosexual, and it is predominantly female-focused. The genre also, crucially, serves fantasy fulfillment. It is a uniquely escapist genre in a way that no other genre is, because escapism is the primary intention of a romance book. This is also why so many famed or recognisable romance books feature that "I'm just a girl" protagonist: she's plain, she's not exceptional, she doesn't know she's beautiful, she has been waiting for the right guy, she's got hidden potential—she could be the reader, right? She could be any reader within the target demographic. The real reason why, historically, people were reading romance books was for the Love Interest.

The LI is (or perhaps it's more accurate to say 'was') more often than not an archetype of appealing masculinity. He would doubtlessly be physically imposing—other men simply can't compare—but would only use his power to defend or pleasure the MC. He would be focused on her satisfaction, would be willing to sacrifice everything for her, would see her in a way that no one else would or could. He would court her, but make his intent clear, and be overcome with sexual desire for her (but of course, deferential to her pleasure as well). If he uses force, she likes it because she trusts him, and she has likely had traumatic experiences with other men that he is careful of. Prior to him, she was trapped; through loving her, he frees her.

Does it all sound a bit familiar?

I said in the other post that Damen assumes the role of "romancer," making Laurent the "romancee." In a typical romance novel structure, the reader would be putting themselves into Laurent's position, the character who the romancer/Love Interest's attention is directed towards. We see the romancer/romancee dynamic play out in the way that Damen "makes love" to Laurent with words, saying all the romantic things which come to him; in the way he leaps to Laurent's physical defense, particularly when Laurent's physical autonomy is compromised; in the way he always checks for comfort and consent in a way that Laurent is able to respond to. Even though their first sexual encounter is technically initiated by Laurent, it is only due to Damen's ongoing courtship (although that scene almost warrants a whole other long-winded post oh my god).

This is all what makes Damen such a singular and compelling main character: not only does he force the genre of his story to change, but he transforms the role that he should archetypically play as the MC. He also, however, transforms the role of the romantic hero, once again because of how dimensional he is. I pick apart that dimensionality a bit in this post, but his layers and humanity and everything that go into making Damen a sympathetic character are what makes him such a good romantic hero, which in itself is sort of a paradox: he carries self doubt, and is decidedly not the hypermasculine brute which he is perceived to be, and as such is a more nuanced and rounded character than the typical romance book LI has been historically. He functions as a deliberate subversion of those tropes, and it is his roles as both MC and romantic hero that allow the readers to see the ways in which Laurent also deliberately subverts the romance tropes within which his character fits.

It is very interesting to me to think about one thematic angle of the books being "shades of grey," as in, a directive to resist black-and-white thinking and to dig deeper into motivation and reason. I've said elsewhere that this is the lesson that Laurent learns just as much as it is the lesson which Damen learns, and applies just as much on a structural level: the reader is invited to recognise the tropes and archetypes which they may find familiar from other erotica and other romance fiction, but they are then positioned to dig deeper and see what lies underneath those initial impressions.

I think I'll have to leave it there, because my eyes are getting blurry and my brain is getting really foggy, and I've sort of lost my train of thought so I really hope this makes some sort of sense lmao. But if there's anything else you want to ask, or anything you need me to clarify, please reach out again! As you can see, I have a lot to say about Damen's character <3

(But also, please read my current WIP a storm that took everything because it is all about being in Damen's head and what's going on in there I love him to bits)

#asks #anonymous #i was trying to keep these replies out of the tags #by putting the fandom tag at the end of my tag list #but apparently that didn't work #so i guess it's going in the tag then #captive prince #(i want to keep my own blog semi-organised at least)

[shu-box-puns]

Masterlist

All Readers for my works are gender neutral and use They/Them pronouns.

Tags will be included in the one-shot. And I will add characters as I go along if an idea/concept strikes my fancy.

Drabbes:

⭐Sleepy Lo’ak headcannons

⭐Who’s your daddy?: A play date with the enemy

⭐The recoms are giving found family

⭐Orange Juice: Mansk x Reader

Dad!Tsu’tey adopting Spider AU:

⭐Learning to put on an exopack

⭐A grumpy man and his feral son 

⭐Continuation of above in an ask

⭐Dad!Tsu’tey and feral son Spider

⭐Tsu’tey can’t swim

⭐ A soft moment

⭐Spider licks a lizard

⭐Spider trips

⭐ Spider Vs the visiting Olo'eyktans

⭐ Spider eating Tsu'tey's hair bead

⭐ Spider wanting to be like his Dad

⭐ First time being called Dad

⭐ Spider learns his Dad has a name

⭐ Dad!Tsu'tey meets ATWOW!Spider

Tsu’tey:

⭐You wanna be one of them: Tsu’tey loves you, all of you, as a human and as an avatar.

Part 1: here!

Part 2: here!

Part 3: here!

Part 4: here!

Part 5: here!

Part 6: here!

Part 7: here!

Part 8: here!

Part 9: here!

⭐Did you pray to Eywa? When the man you love lay dying on the battlefield? : A bittersweet moment between mates.

⭐ I wouldn’t have given you to them; not for anything: The RDA unknowingly revives a traitor through Project Phoenix.

Part 1 

Part 2   

Part 3 

Part 4

Part 5

Wainfleet:

⭐Participation Medals Of The Heart: Lyle is a terrible flirt and Reader secretly loves his ridiculous pick-up lines. 

Neteyam:

⭐Shell-Shocked: shells appear whenever you’re around Neteyam.

Part 1   Part 2   Part 3 Epilogue

#masterlist #organised chaos #I'll try to keep this thing updated but we'll see how long that lasts #I update my fics on Ao3 first and tumblr when I can be bothered to do formatting