#( who am I to stop you )

[deerspherestudios]

CHEEA. GRABS U AND SHAKES U WITH AFFECTION. DOES MYCHAEL PURR ?!?!

Since I'm honestly a sucker for the purring trope I'll say hell yeah tbh hahaha! His would be a really low rumble I'd imagine. Like a vehicle engine or something.

Edit: He can also occasionally let out a low trill or those 'mrrp' sounds when he's caught off guard or surprised but it's rare since he's real embarrassed when he does it. I've since retconned this since it doesn't really fit Mychael anymore.😔

#mushroom oasis vn #mychael ask #edit: i just realized ur rox omg HELLO!! #edit edit: hes MY mushroom son and ill give and take his quirks as i please #but feel free to headcanon him otherwise /gen #who am i to stop you

[rpvlix]

"So here's the deal-" he points over his shoulder to a surly-looking brunette. She keeps glancing at them, trying and failing to look disinterested in whatever conversation is happening here, out of her earshot.

"My sister's too stubborn to admit she thinks you're hot. I like pissing her off, though, so I told her I was coming over here to 'make a move'." He laughs, probably. It's very hoarse and sounds more like a quick cough, but it's probably a chuckle. "Anyway, she gets real jealous. If you pretend I said somethin' funny she'll probably stomp over here to 'interrupt'."

It isn't exactly the classic wingman maneuver, but he can kill two birds with one stone; having a laugh and potentially getting his sister some action. Regardless of the results, who could say no to that kind of efficiency?

#h:ekentros #h:kymatix #r:open starter #i mean feel free to try and pull and uno reverse card and flirt with kenny instead. by all means. #who am i to stop you #as always these are open to absolutely anyone just have a quick glance at some of my rules 👍 #and 2 my regulars: sorry i havent had a lot of ideas or energy recently ;-; #i am working on it 👍 #human au btw if you couldn't tell #open starter #open starters #open rp #open to all

[vetusmemoriae]

I hope you all get the revenge you deserve <3

#I was thinking on ways to off someone #And realised that those who wronged me have left or apologised #So I was thinking on sharing those ways with you in case you could need them #But it's not very smart because Internet footprint #And because that's not good ofc #Don't off people #Or do #Who am I to stop you

[nerves-nebula]

also im ok with you guys like, commanding ur followers & mutuals to vote a certain way in the shit gf design polls. thats funny to me.

#nnstuff #shitgfpoll #rambling #idk if anyone has a really intense desire for one of the answers to win against the others like.. #who am i to stop you

[separatist-apologist]

how do you want people to ask about updates? No one is trying to be rude, they love what you wrote and are curious about the next chapter. I don't think it's fair to say they aren't allowed to ask. Who would even read your fics if they weren't allowed to talk about them?

There is a lot happening here, but I think it's worth answering this (maybe once and for all?).

With the exception of THREE WEEKS (that I can think of), I have updated at least once a week from January-this very week. I wish we were having a face to face conversation so I could let that hang in the air. I have updated nearly EVERY WEEK of the year. Most of the time I update multiple times a week.

And do you know how often that's good enough? Almost never. Most mornings I wake up to a "when will x be updated?" Like, I'm sorry that everything else I've written wasn't personally good enough for you, let me drop everything I'm doing and get around to that. It's gotten to the point where I have been considering just deleting Last Young Renegade. I'm so fucking tired of the asks, I resent that fic to the point even opening the document pisses me off.

If your goal is to convey love, it's not working. And what frustrating is that this is not the first time I have said this. Not the first time someone like MM has said it, or a million other fic writers. And I get it- it is not the answer you wanted to hear, so you just ignore it because in your mind, you genuinely believe this is the best way to show appreciation.

By acting like my boss who breathes over my shoulder wondering when I'm gonna finish a project that has no due date.

I am tired of explaining why this doesn't feel good. It is abundantly clear some collection of you all don't care how fandom writers feel as long as you can keep showing up, face off, and sending things like this. I don't even know how to address the last part. Don't read it, then???? Like. I wrote it for ME. I wrote it because I re-read my fics when I'm finished. These are the stories I want told.

People come in my askbox all the time to talk about my fics, which is wonderful engagement. I love that. Every ask I get about dragon!cassian or right where you left me Lucien makes me want to keep writing. I like knowing that my feelings resonate, that we're going through the same things, we feel the same things.

I don't like being asked to update. It's not working. Other writers don't like it. We don't get paid enough (at all) to do this, and like...either you accept that as an answer or you don't.

But your favorite fic doesn't get written when you send that shit.

#but hey do you #who am i to stop you #one day youll wake up and your favorite fic wont even be orpahned itll just be deleted #wonder why #this burns people out

[stnaf-vn]

My brother is letting me borrow his laptop till mine gets fixed, so I can finally play the demo 🙌

I hope you have fun! Make good choices!!

#or bad ones #who am i to stop you #stnafdemo

[asexplainedbyttoi]

Not The Thick of It related, but it would’ve been interesting to see Jeremy Hunt stabbed 17 times in the back in the middle of Parliament while delivering his sham of a Budget.

#british politics #uk politics #Jeremy hunt #stephen colbert #the late show with stephen colbert #ides of march #I’m not advocating the death of Jeremy Hunt #just referencing Julius Caesar’s end #which is apt given the date #especially since March 15th was the Roman date for settling debts #and the UK Budget was delivered today #but if you want to take it that way go ahead #who am I to stop you #let’s stab Caesar

[goldensunset]

This was all a ploy to spread mari makinami illustrious propaganda

yeah why not

#who am i to stop you #asks #kingicyhotii

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

#ramble #if you say unalive in front of me i will personally kill you with my hands #you just can't muffle and censor and hold someone's hand through some things #some things are horrible. and they should be spoken aloud and they should upset you. because they are horrible #the second we started kidzbopifying the world was the end of taking anything seriously i think #i'm not even joking i've spoken to people older than me who won't even say the world sex #this isn't the playground you're not going to get in trouble just let us say the word!!!!!! #how am i supposed to listen to you when you won't even say the thing you're supposed to be talking about #yes this is the fault of the platforms with their censorship rules but the fact that we all just go along with it like it's not dystopian #you do know it doesn't stop with cursing right. people are already having to censor queer terms because they get flagged as inappropriate

[skoofie]

Friendly reminder that you should

Write that fic

Draw your OC

Redesign that blorbo

Plan that comic how you want

Create the content you want to see

Be cringe

Be free

The only thing that matters is you having fun! Not what others think!

#ski thoughts #i am cringe but i am free #this isnt directed at anyone btw #just been seeing a lot of people feeling too scared to share their thoughts (me too bestie) and sometimes we (also me) need a reminder that #we can do what we want forever #whos gonna stop you? #haters? #they want u so bad it makes them look silly

[indigo6f00ff]

need to share an experience i had 30 minutes ago

(edit: thanks to @walks-the-ages for providing and reminding me to put alt text, sorry it slips my mind alot lol)

#my hands are still shaking to be quite honest i could not put a lot of effort into this. #but like. brain. why did you do that #literally i have been like hopelessly obsessed with de nonstop thinking abt it for the past couple of days it is Scaring me #it is terminal its soooo fucking chronic #disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #for anyone who wants to know i bumped into some guys car that was stopped for a school bus. i think my brain errored and thought #my foot was fully pressing down on the brake pedal but it wasnt. #i am like 99.99 percent sure neither of us had any major damage to our cars but we still filed a police report just in case #because insurance do be a bitch. dudes back bumper was scratched lightly and my front license plate has a dent now #also literally my first ever car accident that ive had ever yippee yay

[giantkillerjack]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need. #the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist. #the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28! #a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents. #they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong. #and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives. #you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead? #or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of. #no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow. #i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong. #just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

[anneapocalypse]

So, just curious how many writers and creators will have to be forcibly outed by relentless harassment before we acknowledge that "This queer characters was written by a cishet person and that's why they're bad" is not good criticism.

#yes i'm just going to come out and say it i'm talking about sera #not exclusively but i am talking about her #'but her writer actually iS A--' you don't know that! it doesn't matter! and i don't care! #just say that you do not like the character. #people will reblog posts about the latest actor or YA author or whatever getting forced out of the closet and be like #'wow. :( that's terrible.' #and then GO RIGHT BACK TO DOING IT #when are we going to learn #when are we going to stop doing this BEFORE somebody is forcibly outed #because in practical terms #that means you have to be okay with queer characters being written by straight people. #you have to stop weaponizing that against writers you don't like. #you have to be willing to critique the writing on its own merits #without using the writer's (assumed) identity to prop up your arguments #that's how it works #but who wants to actually change the way they talk about media #when tearing apart people's identities for clout is far more entertaining. #gwaren exports #fandom problems #fandom critical

[inkskinned]

i got my isbn today for the book. 8 months to go. my mom and i were talking about what the next steps are. i was eating trail mix, standing on one foot, phone tucked into my ear.

"yeah," i said. "the problem is that tumblr as a market is like, not something that can be studied." there's this weird wave of nostalgia and affection for this place that came up over me: how lovely we avoid consumerism. okay, it sucks as a creator. but also? keep stickin' it to 'em.

my mother made the sound at the back of her throat that i also make, the one that means i've got an idea. "you should figure out some kind of reward for presale amounts. maybe you give out poems or a mug or a signed book or something. would your followers like that?" my mother is sweet, and kind, and i have no idea how to explain on this website you can buy someone crabs.

i put more m&ms down the hatch. i had to speak through peanuts and almonds. "if it passes 25 thousand i will print the book out in its entirety and eat it live on camera."

"oh god. no, you don't have to do that." she was anguished. "just tell them that you'd love them to read it, and that they've inspired you to write. you got started on that site, and they helped you keep going. raquel, you love these people. the community? you talk all the time about the other writers and artists and whatever else. tell them that you're hoping for their support, they'll come through."

"no," i assured her. i discovered i had dropped an m&m, but an ant had already found it, so it belonged to him now. i will let his little life have a surprise blue treasure in it, too. "i'm gonna fuckin' eat the book."

#writeblr #:) #the small secret love i have for y'all. the way i am filled with gratitude. #for the nosebleed club. for stephen particularly. #for every artist i've ever been in contact with and collaborated with. #for every person who has commented on my work and passed it along or fallen in love with it #for every silent 'just hitting like' follower and for every person who sends me dms and for each of you #i know i suck at replying bc i have anxiety. but like. you keep being here. so i keep writing. #i legit wouldn't be here without you. #thank you sophie thank you katie thank you carolyn thank you stephanie thank you jess #thank you if you're reading this #i got too overwhelmed with love and have to stop writing this FAR too early into the thank yous bc im about to cry with love

[stnaf-vn]

Honestly just saw this tumblr blog recommended for me and my lil gay brain went "oh! yandere men, yes please!"

Anywho! I legit know nothing here! But I'm getting ready to download the game and I am very enthusiastic about it

very excited gay man

Hello there!! I hope you enjoy the game!! Thanks for checking it out! :D Make good choices!!

#or bad ones #who am i to stop you #stnafdemo

[egophiliac]

starting off with an amuse-bouche of some of my initial favorite bits! y'all, this update was WILD.

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #we really got it all in this update huh #we got flashbacks! backstory! shocking twists! cgs?! #we got the silver breakdown to end all silver breakdowns #the boy does not emote for 6 episodes straight and now it's POURING out and i am shoving my face directly into it #not to mention my favorite: action scenes represented by intensely wiggling the sprites around #and OF COURSE meleanor my beloved. your highness. ma'am. holy shit. #i guess it's mel instead of mal? hey she can spell her name however she wants #meleanor can do whatever she wants about anything. who is going to stop her. #meleanor: hold on baby. mommy wants to make a point. (yeets malleus' egg across the room into liia's face) #man though i am so afraid that crowley really might turn out to have been revaan this whole time #because this means we live in a world where dire fucking crowley managed to pull BOTH meleanor and lilia and i cannot accept that #briar valley are you okay. is it something in the water. #mrs. zigvolt took all the good taste and left none for anyone else