#and im not saying this in a shippy way btw

[hermesgoestojuvie]

do you have any permes hcs or fic ideas?

oh anon u have no idea what you've unleashed. the permes fic ideas are all i have some days, alas, im not that accomplished at the whole idea to words transition as i wish i was. i'll go into a few more concrete ones under the read more

Quick note: So like. All the things I plan to write happen when he’s 18+. and there's no sibling or parent incest. (bringing that up cause i got an. interesting dm once.) So this is just a quick disclaimer of sorts. And I’m not hating on anyone who wants to write or read something dark! I mean for instance I have a time travel Percy/Hermes brainworm that is considered dark and probably not what a lot of people want to read, so i'll tag it as such.

The One Where There is a War

Explained a little more in detail here but I have no problem talking a little about it again. It was inspired by this one perpollo fic that I'm still looking for so I can link it, bc trust me, it is GOOD. (edit: FOUND IT!!!! HERE it’s by @ghost-bxrd)The premise of that fic was a war between the gods and demigods, and my fic is meant to draw from that as well as some elements from Lore by Alexandra Bracken. It takes place post-second Giant war, but I'm toying with the idea of having the war and all related events, like gaea's rising, happen when percy is maybe 19-20? I'm not sure yet though. I might keep the timeline as is instead. For now, just know that it is post-second giant war.

Anyways, the premise is the new war the demigods have waged on the gods, when Percy, already a conflicted party to the war, comes across an injured Hermes when he is separated from his group of scouts.

2. Warning: Untitled For Now But It Is The Dark!Hermes One

you ever read child surprise by aphroditesfavorite or the breezeblocks series by violetmoreviolent?

Both are perpollo, and while I've not caught up to child surprise (i'm two chapters in, its been in my marked for later for a while, and ive had the tab open for ages, i just keep getting distracted lol) i know that it does deal with a time-travel trope, with percy, post-second giant and titan wars, waking up in the past, the day athena and poseidon compete over athens.

from what i hear, where child surprise is perpollo, there is a dark, forcecful hermes scene, which is absolutely not meant to be shippy btw! i heard from a friend who has gotten farther than me that the aphroditesfavorite has also stated that the shippy comments received about that hermes scene has made them uncomfortable so like, dont go reading it for that guys please.

breezeblocks meanwhile has a take on dark!apollo, a more ancient apollo, in a way. an apollo that you remember IS an olympian and all that may entail. i actually have caught up with the latest updates, and it takes place in the present. i dont want to go spoiling, but I will say that like, the way its all unraveling and unfolding is just so interesting, im high key invested.

@ashilrak and @mrthology have also written an absolutely heartbreaking, gutwrenching, exceptionally glorious banger of a fic, HAUNT ME, THEN- that also really captures the otherness and ancient, almost older, aspect of the olympians.

anyways, the reason i bring these fics up is because i just really love the idea that percy was born from the sea, while also acknowledging that one of my favorite parts of the whole book series in the first place is percy's connection to mortality and to his mother. reading child surprise really was root of a lot of ideas of percy emerging from the saltwater fountain in athens at the time of poseidon and athena's competition, with the idea that the trip to the past coincides with unwanted percy's ascension. it is not the birth of percy jackson the demigod, but in half, percy jackson the deity (the other half near coming to fruition in tartarus before he forced himself to stop.)

all that^ was just a very long way to say, this fic, im not sure WHAT it is yet, or where the direction its going in is, but we have established permes in the modern era, the time slipping happens when percy is struggling with keeping his impending ascension at bay, and then percy deals with a hermes at his like. prime? if thats the word. having to reconcile that with the softer versions they know later.

3. The One I've Been Struggling With

i'm just gonna copy/paste some stuff from my outline, like just the first two pages. this is the most concrete fic wip i have lmao. its all very rambly bc thats how the process goes for me so sorry abt that! anyways, starts below:-

an au that is not modern times, but perhaps in the past? Ancient Greek times? So more “ancient greek minded hermes.” Or if you think there is a better alternative, that would work too, I’m all ears. Trickster god Hermes (which he is) and minor immortal(?) Percy.

i dont know what percy's situation is yet. need to figure that out

i was looking at a comic and thought, trickster god Hermes would definitely pull something like this on Percy. And then I thought, what if, trickster god Hermes, sees this one man (Percy) and falls in love with him. But this man seems to pine for a woman who doesn’t love him back, and so Hermes takes her shape. (I don’t know who this woman would be. Annabeth? It could be her, but I also love the bond Percy and Annabath have in general, she and him are incredible friends. Rachel? I loved her friendship with Percy too.)

Anyways, Hermes taking their shape made me laugh a bit because wow Percy is getting catfished by a god. And then I was like WHAT IF- Percy himself is a minor immortal like. A young nymph-ish type. A prince of Atlantis? A demigod turned prince of Atlantis? I am not sure what he is, but, I am going to use nymph as a placeholder until I figure this out. 

So sure, Percy is immortal, newly or otherwise, but he’s young and still not fully like, aware (I don’t know if that's the right word) about what it means to be immortal because he literally was born 20 years ago, which is normal mortal young man age. And Percy is like, “I’m as old as them and I want to live as them. I was them.”

His father is protective of course, he is aware of the way of the gods and how they chase pretty people. Poseidon warned him about gods, how they come and go, how he should never fall for one because loving one usually ends in tragedy or heartbreak- that to them hearts are easily won by tricks and discarded as easily. (Thinking again: mortal Percy turned immortal by marrying/mating with Hermes? Except, then I thought, Poseidon wants Percy to be immortal–if he thought Hermes showing interest and Percy reciprocating would allow for Percy to choose to be immortal he would probably begrudgingly allow it. So then….immortal Percy? Need to think)

The big Hermes reveal is when Percy is attacked or injured, or some other god shows up, and Hermes saves him but reveals his true form in the process. 

BACK TO THE PLOT!!!

Hermes was like, I will have this nymph, and that is FINAL. And Percy is kind even though he is not necessarily always NICE, (it may be ancient greek but new yorker percy is timeless) he's sweet and cares so much. he’s a hero and so loyal. he's brave and mischievous and genuinely good, and Hermes is just. Blown away, by the way Percy loves, so deep and it consumes you, to be the one Percy cares for, Hermes thinks there is no feeling like it.

Hermes tells himself that Percy can't possibly be deserving of mortal love. So what if golden haired Annabeth (placeholder for now, still dont know if we're going the annabeth route?) is a warrior who can run like the deer and loves the very woods Percy does. No, he needs a god's adoration, a force to be reckoned with at his beck and call to fulfill his every whim the way Percy himself makes others feel. If people would be loved the way Percy loves, everyone would be a god. 

I am laughing at Hermes taking the shape of Annabeth while talking to Percy, but also using the moment to talk up Hermes. Like if Percy is in his starry eyed about Annabeth phase, Annabeth wanting to have a sit down would be so exciting for him, and Hermes as Annabeth would be petty enough to be like lemme proselytize about myself, “have you heard of the great wonderful god Hermes?”

Percy being like, “Yeah my dad tells me every day, stay away from these people and then gives me a list of gods, why?”

Hermes immediately pissy

Percy is still talking, “so yeah Hermes is on the list too- why, Annabeth? Did something happen? you look...not well. Are you sick?”

Hermes, through gritted teeth, “with all due respect to... your father, I think you should hear about the god Hermes because he's not... whatever it is your dad said.”

Percy: Well, apparently the god Hermes fixates on pretty people and tries to get into their pants using trickery.

Hermes as Annabeth: CHOKES

Hermes-Annabeth: THAT IS SUCH SLANDER. I have never.... ahem, i have never heard of that about the god Hermes

^That was the first two pages. there's 11 more of me realizing writing is hard and i have commitment issues. but hopefully i finish at some point bc this is the fic ive poured some serious time in!

anyways, that was the three main fic ideas ive been tackling. i have had more that i immediately forget about, but just know, i can think about them all day!

#hermes #hermes pjo #percy jackson #permes #hermes x percy jackson #percy x hermes #percy jackson pjo #answered asks

[heartslobbf]

thoughts on juri gender + juriori 🎤

so many thoughts. arguably too many. i have cherrypicked the ones i think are most interesting/original for you <3

i guess the thing with juri's gender is that she somehow manages to degender herself in the public eye, unless someone like ruka or shiori comes along and prods at her and makes everyone else realise how queer (in both senses) she is. also whilst i love butch juri truthers with my whole heart and think yall rock, she is a femme to me. bc i am a femme and juri is probably the rgu character i most relate to, which is cringe and lame but you know whatever. if i didnt relate to her i would probably be a butch truther too bc i am a butch lover first human second. i think it is her experiences with gender that most resonate with me, bc of how her gender and lesbianism are just. they are one and the same the venn diagram is a circle and it's just like Yeah. im an aromantic lesbian so whilst i have complicated feelings about Girls and have had a handful of teenage lesbian situationships that fucked me up, i dont Quite relate to juri's angst. that's not a critique of it whatosever, to be clear, because the purpose of art is not relatability, but im talking about how juri is relatable to me as a character so you know. you get it.

i have so much love in my heart for people whose fave is juri i really really do. probably because you are all lesbians and i love lesbians. my fave is anthy but a) you knew that already and b) she is also a lesbian and (imho) an aro-spec one at that. anyway you didnt ask about anthy so i prommy i wont talk about her anymore (lie). i also wont talk anymore about my aromantic readings of rgu (lie).

asking me about juriori is a fun one, because you might want a considered analysis of their relationship within canon, and you will get some of that, but you'll also get my unhinged ramblings about shipping culture. i feel i should disclose that by 'shipping culture' i mean shippy fandom antics and not, like, the presence of romantic relationships in rgu. that's super interesting and i have a lot to say about it, but what isn't super interesting to me is like.. committing a lot of time to intricately imagining the adult lives of rgu characters in monogamous amatonormative domestic relationships with one another, or whatever the hell. not juicy or nuanced or messy or interesting TO ME, an aromantic person who loves conflict, so you know. you (generally, not anon) do you, but it doesnt grip me personally. i DO enjoy fanart of the characters aged up and happy, for two reasons: the fashion, and the way that it's thematically consistent with rgu. it's like a glimpse at their future you know?? it's a glimmer of hope, or whatever.

ANYWAY, my hot juriori take is that i dont know if theyd work out as a romantic relationship, but i also wouldnt categorically say they wouldnt, because the whole point of the rgu ending is like 'fuck knows what'll happen, but you better fucking hope and you better believe in these characters' ability to choose for themselves and escape the trappings of the narrative'. whatever happens happens. this is of course problematic when i, as a writer, have occasionally attempted an rgu fic, bc im always like well fuck idk what juriori would be doing!! that's not for me to decide!! and it's like im literally writing this story it 100% is for me to decide and then i just get annoyed about the 'ethics' of writing rgu fic and get sad about forcing these kids into the narrative over and over and give up. im a normal person btw. i envy people who can write banger rgu fic more than anyone on the earth you guys are wizards to me.

juriori are also kind of funny to me bc all of their conflict stems from the cisheteropatriarchy of it all and how that's shaped their perceptions of themselves, each other and the wider world. like they are just the teenage lesbian situationship girlies and i think that's beautiful. just like me fr. you know for me personally, kiryuu sibling aficionado, it's quite nice to think about juriori and reminisce about my own teenage lesbian situationships as a kind of break from all of the Horrors. they're wonderfully (mostly) disconnected from akio in a way that just makes me skip with joy. that being said, if youve ever seen me talk about azure paler than the sky, you know it's one of my top ten episodes of the show and my favourite duel in the show and also, simply, fucking Agonising. i do think that juri episodes, visually, are some of the strongest in the show.

my other big juriori point that i wanna hit is that shiori is soooooooo noli me tangere for caesars i am coded. if youre unfamiliar with whoso list to hunt i know where is an hynde, what i'm trying to say here is that shiori loves to be hopelessly pursued because it's the only meaningful way she can exert power over others as a 'princess'. but princesses cant exert power over others by definition of being princesses, so she's really a witch. just like the deer in whoso list. but im normal about renaissance poetry, what i really want to say is how compelled i am by shiori's witchification and how oblivious so many people are to it when watching the show even though she's literally ourple. you know, the witch colour. and she's a reddish ourple!!! you know, red. the duplicitous bitch colour!!!!!

ourple is arguably also that colour in rgu, but i feel compelled to point out anthytougaisms at all possible opportunities. the anthy-touga-shiori triad is like. world's most concentrated source of internalised homophobia, machiavellian bull and general malintent towards people who sincerely love you. and i love them. especially shiori because truly why is she like that. like i know why she's like that but it's funny to marvel at how deranged she truly is. no one does it like her fr and i have so much love in my heart for her. i think the only rgu kids i actually actively dislike are ruka (still find him fascinating and compelling tho, he's a brilliant character and there is nuance to him. i also just despise him) and miki which is just a me thing. i am aware that it's funny i dont like miki for being a shit brother when i like touga, but you have to understand that my liking touga is complicated and he's only, like, my fourth favourite character when nanami is my second <3 love and light <3 also idk if ive ever said this anywhere but i genuinely love shiori and touga's relationship in aou, not because i think they're like? good together or whatever?? i think theyre both gay so you know whatever, i just find their interactions compelling and like. mannnn. it says so much about a character. the way that they both are around each other. very very interesting.

my final thing that i must assert as a shiori apologist is that she did nothing wrong <3 like if you didnt know that gay people were real and hated your own guts you too would be a java sparrow hurtling into a glass wall youre unable to see. episode 17 makes me feel like a wild animal. also yes i find juri more relatable and yes i think shiori's the more justified of the two, it's partially bc it's funny and also partially bc juri is mean to shiori!! she is!!!! she closes herself off emotionally and refuses even an ounce of vulnerability, for understandable reasons ofc, but then she gets SO MAD when shiori doesnt understand all her microexpressions and confess undying love to her about it. like be for serious juri. i really do love juriori with my whole heart and i think ive articulated why before in my dyke drama post about them. they just make me happy/agonised because i really do resonate in a way i never have with lesbian characters before. like i think juri's character in particular understands the nuances of being a lesbian in a way that just makes me, a lesbian, :)

#thank you for allowing me to ramble anon i hope this is of interest!! #i didnt wanna just like. talk about juriori in a way that would be rehashing other much better posts about them #so you get a ramble about fan reception and other crap <3 #anon #answered #rgu

[laithraihan]

I'm the anon who sent you the long message that apparently came off "pompous & infantilizing" and more to your followers.

I find it interesting that that message sparked such a flood of defenders, when I did not send it in bad faith at all. From your answer it seems I'm lacking context so sorry if I took some of your statements the wrong way, but nonetheless I just found the parental love addition strange and reacted to that, that was all there was to it. I clearly stated (three times) I'm not taking any issue with your headcanons.

By saying they are far removed from canon I did not mean to say they are "too unrealistic" or something is wrong with that, I literally said the opposite. I meant just that, that factually, this will not be a common interpretation for someone who is familiar with the source material but not your blog. This is not a statement that I made with any judgemental value and I thought I made that very clear but apparently not.

So I'm sorry for the additional ask.

Have a nice day.

Thank you for the response.

I was fully aware you said there was no issue with what I drew, but the way you wrote everything else sort of negated that statement. At least that's how me and many other people saw it.

If someone finds what I drew strange or confusing then they could always just... block me or ask me about it (and btw I expected people to be confused, otherwise I wouldnt have labeled it "non-coupling" as soon I posted it lol)

Someone did ask me about it, and you seem to have already seen that response, yet you still felt the need to send another message basically implying that an explanation wasn't enough (turns out it actually wasnt enough because people said I was lying and in denial) and that my explanation was weird too? Which is whatever I already ended up clarifying that, English is not my first language and I type things with the help of a translator (I wish people could actually keep this in mind. I only type in English because it'll reach a wider audience and it's the language most of my followers know. Often I have to google words people tell me online, or I ask my friends fluent in English to explain things for me)

You can say "that's not what I intended" but that's how it came across... you wrote a lot of nice words while also saying it was understandable that people were ganging up on me over a drawing, it seemed patronizing.

That's why me and others took offense to it, but I think it's difficult to tell tone through text so I don't want to keep nitpicking this any further. If you say you had no ill intent then I believe you.

The following will just be me adding more context and not necessarily aimed at you: Again I understand the lack of context of my account can make people confused about my art, Ive made that clear many times.

The art I made where I said "if your parents didnt love you then it's obvious" was a direct response to people who were mocking me specifically for tagging the art as "non-coupling" because they didnt believe me. They got the context and decided I was trying to hide a fetish because a kiss on the cheek was "obviously shippy". They proceeded to compare this to drawing NSFW of Mob and Reigen by labelling it "non-ship" as if it was comparable to tucking a child into bed, that's what upset me. I did absolutely nothing to these people, I dont know them, if they said this privately I wouldnt care but it was public, and they also targeted another friend of mine for no reason.

All Im gonna say is that my drawing shouldnt have caused this much controversy in the first place. I labeled it "non-coupling" as soon as I posted it, which should've been enough honestly. It's not like I posted porn or anything like that, I got the idea from something Ive experienced in my family as a teenager and I could easily google stock images of the exact same scenario to use as reference, like I really didnt think it was that bad.

Anyways I think I've explained myself many times already. Im not gonna be hostile and say to people "roh t9awed dont ever send me anything else related to this" but just.. check if Ive already answered your question so that it doesnt end up being repetitive. If you have a question about this that I havent answered yet, then feel free to ask.

#asks

[vierandancer]

21, 23, 27, 29, 38

Shipping Questions For Mun || Accepting

what’s something that immediately turns you off from shipping with someone?

LOTS OF THINGS, but mostly it's lack of communication. We talk about a ship and then we never talk about it again. There's no IMs like "hey what do you think about this" it's 'do you wanna try to ship' 'sure!' and then radio silence. I've planned with someone a ship extensively and then outside of IC memes, we never talked about it again, didn't even get a thread off the ground. Like... any relationship, romantic or no, requires discussion as the ic interactions go on and they grow and gain experiences. Even if I'm the one that proposed the ship initially, I will back off if the other Mun isn't as into it as I am. I can be IN THE TRENCHES in a ship, but I won't if the other Mun doesn't match energy and effort.

have you ever been pushed to ship something?

Not really? I'll either say no outright when it's proposed, or I'll gradually tune out the thread and not start a new one. It's not difficult for Muns to get distracted by other ships or threads with other partners.

-- ACTUALLY WAIT. Yes! I have been! My first muse, Edea Lee of Bravely Default, was friends with a muse from Fire Emblem (3? One of the older ones). I don't know the game, but I am 99% sure the actual canon character was not as sex-obsessed as this interpretation was. Either way, they kept trying to make moves on Edea. At first Edea shrugged it off as her friend acting out, but clearly not interested. This Mun NEVER communicated to me if this was OK or not, btw. They just kept. Pushing. The issue IC. And I should have just blocked them then, but it wasn't until the other Muse legit tried to force themselves on Edea (i.e unwanted groping) that Edea told her off IC. And then I blocked them. Mun was so upset with me after that, but like. Dude. No means no.

did you ever play a wedding?

YES. It was wonderful and cute and I made up a pinterest board and invitations to send to submit boxes! It was treated basically like a tumblr event. Didn't really have too many people participate, but they were optional alongside me and my rp partner's main thread.

would you play as a cheater, or with someone cheating on your muse?

Totally! For the Cheater muse, I don't often play people who would, but if it suits the Muse's personality and story, for sure. @celenehart is a perfect example of the muse that would cheat. However I wouldn't do so without letting my RP partner(s) know and/or making it super clear my Muse has that tendency.

As for cheating on my Muse? Again, super open to it as long as their is communication between Muns. It can't just randomly happen!

... Actually. I've had that happen to me AGES ago on poor Edea again. Essentially, I interacted with Mun A and Mun B in the same verse, because they were canon characters from Edea's game, Bravely Default. My ship was with Mun A. Mun A also interacted with Mun B in that same verse.

Then I see Mun B send Mun A a shippy meme, and their characters makeout. And I'm like huh. Weird, but... different verse, I assume. NOPE. Muns A & B kept making references to that moment in threads with my Edea. Like in the meta, so not something out loud that Edea could know. NONE OF THIS WAS DISCUSSED. IT WAS JUST ASSUME IT WAS OK.

Christ almighty. Poor Edea got done so dirty in both canon and roleplay world. I always want to bring her back to give her a better life, but it is hard.

how easily does your muse get crushes?

Okay, something more fun to answer! Meiko can get crushes pretty easily, but she won't say a fucking thing about it and just bury the crush down a la self-doubt. I.e her first canon crush is actually on Yugiri! But she convinces herself Yugiri either isn't into women and/or is interested in Hien. Or some other reason in her bag of self-diminishing nonsense.

#ooc. #// thank you nonnie!

[adirays]

philippa georgiou got handed a new chance to live and immediately asked "can michael come with me?"

im not crying you are

#philippa georgiou #mirror philippa georgiou #michael burnham #star trek discovery #st:dsc #michael & philippa #and im not saying this in a shippy way btw #but if you want to tag it as ship i don't really care #disco spoilers #disco season 3 #terra firma #terra firma part 2

[mechecolomar-archive]

I like how when aloy arrives in meridian she orders erend to do all this stuff and he just gives her the star treatment and lets her do whatever she wants

#im not saying this in a shippy way btw #its just so funny #hes supposed to be drunk so that might be a factor but the actor doesnt really deliver well with that #aloy: im hunting down olin NOW #erend:yea ok makeway for aloy guys #shes an unstoppable force

[hematomes]

I saw your post about ppl losing their shiz about Kaeya fanart being “whitewashed” when it’s literally darker than he is in canon. I agree btw I love like basically all Kaeya art out there I love one eyepatch man.

anyhoo, I have a story. I once saw a tiktok about a kaeya art. it was specifically labeled “IN PROGRESS” or whatever so you knew the artist wasn’t done. it was a gorgeous piece of art btw. So far, the only thing that had been colored was his hair and some of his clothes.

pretty much everyone in the comments started harrasing her about how he was whitewashed and the artist had to be a white supremacist and i think someone said “see I knew everyone who played genshin was racist just delete the game at this point.”

i was just like 😳 wow jeez it’s literally IN PROGRESS the artist legit said so.

the artist eventually posted the final version (after having to delete the first video and deal with several threats) it did turn out beautiful, but on the comments there and on every post of theirs after people are lurkign in the comments bad-mouthing them.

as much as I definitely am for characters not being whitewashed (especially Kaeya bc I love him your honor) I think some people take it way too far when the person they’re yelling at literally just wanted to get people excited about their WIP.

hi! sorry im so late this issue became quite sensitive lol i had to work up the courage to come back to it. it's gonna be a bit long, but i really need to say all this

if there's one thing i noticed about the genshin community on tiktok and twitter, it's that there is a whole, whole lot of social justice warriors and overall it's extremely toxic. it's something that surprised me because the people i interact with on tumblr are all super sweet and not one bit toxic so? idk, tumblr is just a different breed i guess

your story is extremely saddening. everytime there's a kaeya fanart, people forget about the color theory and the artists' style and claim it's whitewashed and i genuinely don't understand why. if someone could explain it to me, am i missing something? im not an artist so perhaps im mistaken, idk, but i've never seen a fanart where kaeya was whitewashed.

the thing that pisses me off the most is that most of the time it's white ppl calling something whitewashed. i'm not saying you shouldn't call out racism if you see it just bc you're white, just that these people aren't even right - and often you see poc coming into the debate and explaining it's not whitewashed/saying it doesn't bother them. moreover, i've literally seen fanart of beidou as a black girl, which isn't representation in my opinion - beidou is already a poc, and asian people need at least as much representation as black people, so it's plain racism. same thing with kaeya, i've seen edits of him with stereotypical african features, and it's really sad that no one is calling this out but yelling about whitewashing as soon as he isn't the exact same color as the official arts. hell, someone even said "so what if it's darker? it's still whitewashing" and i??? am flabbergasted. whitewashing is absolutely disgusting, but ppl keep misunderstanding what it means and just using it to gratuitously harass artists.

now, don't get me wrong. i believe that you can draw whatever you want. but the thing is - if you get mad when someone draws kaeya white (if they really do, i mean), you can't just applaud someone else's that draws another character black. racism goes both ways, and it's bordering on fetishism. i, as a poc (mixed-race, caucasian + african), am extremely uncomfortable everytime i see this double-standard.

but anyway, the fact remains that sjw have plagued the genshin fandom. and it's not just about kaeya's skin color (we don't even know if he's really a poc - we know he's tan according to paimon, and i believe she called him "exotic"? so idk) but also about the ships. everytime i see a shippy tiktok, there's plenty of ppl out here saying it's wrong, claiming their own ship is the most canon. if i'm not mistaken, kaeluc is the one that gets the most hate, and i genuinely, once again, don't understand why.

i talked about them before and explained how it's not incest bc they really aren't brothers, but i swear every now and then i see people throwing death threats and slurs anytime someone hints at them. idk if you are familiar with the eng va's fandom, but sometimes they play among us together, aether's va does some livestreams where he invites different voice actors. but diluc's va is never there, and i was wondering why - recently i learned that it's because he retweet a fanart of kaeya and diluc fighting alongside each other (not even a shippy fanart, apparently) and people harassed him and excluded him from the fandom. and now the same thing is happening to griffin burns, childe's va, bc he retweeted (or liked, idk) a fanart of lumine and childe fighting or something and people called it pedophilia bc lumine would be a minor. i'm not even gonna dive into this bc the travelers are canonically like 30 times childe's age, but what i mean is - people are so full of hate and i can't fathom living like this?

the point is, i totally respect anyone who doesn't ship something i ship. i myself don't like certain ships - like zhongli/xiao, jean/diluc - but im not gonna harass ppl who do just because i can? that's messed up, i just don't get it. i wish the fandom wasn't that bad bc i really enjoy this game

anyway, im really disappointed but still grateful, bc my followers & people i've interacted with here have been nothing but sweet and respectful. i hope none of y'all come across the toxic side of the genshin fandom. stay safe y'all!

#not a quote #answered #genshin impact #kaeya #genshin kaeya #whitewashing #racism #i'm so tired of the genshin fandom on tiktok you have no idea #and i don't even use tiktok that much #and im not even on twitter

[kalofi]

Hey mx lofi I know nothing about sk8 so could u tell me if it’s genuinely worth watching or legit just gaybait?

ok i have a few things to say abt this

i LOVE sk8 i thought it was such a fun and exciting show and one(if not the only?) shounen-y skateboarding animes out there so obv it has moments of skateboard skills that r just not humanly possible but its an anime so. lmfao. but overall it stays p true to the heart of skateboarding!! awesome animation cool characters (except. well. we'll get to him) and just an overall eye catching aesthetic ❤️ v cool v swag v epic

there is ONE character whom i hate so dearly 🥰 i hope to kill him until he dies hes basically the hisoka of sk8 in which he is obsessed with a child due to their "skill" but its played in an almost romantic way and he calls them the EVE to his ADAM (his name is adam btw). so yea hes a freak i hate him sm if shit like that makes u uncomfy just. steer clear of this show i know there were some parts where i had to pause and take a walk around my bedroom bc i was so angry and uncomfortable when he was in a scene

putting THAT to the side, the show is also p focused on the whole bromance narrative so there r limited female characters and the one girlboss we DO get just putters around for a few episodes then gets kicked out like wtf 💀 its not my biggest gripe but it made me a lil salty lol

but id say despite that it is a v worth while watch tbh!!! i had so much fun binging the first couple episodes, then consequently waiting one week for every new one BDJFKNSKDOD i got hooked real fast, the main characters (reki (reki my beloved) and langa) have such good chemistry they r so fun and sweet together and the ensemble cast is amazing too, joe n cherry n miya n shadow deserve the world and more. ALSO. sk8 has made me laugh out loud so many times there r loads of silly moments to giggle at 🙏🏽

now moving onto the topic of queerbaiting...

first things first. there is a post out there somewhere talking abt this in better detail but i couldnt find it so i'll try to put it into my own words. u shouldn't rly look at sk8 thru a western viewpoint of whats queerbaiting or not.

in the western world, while still not as prominent or accepted as cishet relationships, lgbtq relationships r a lot more present, mainly bc they r allowed to b. now this is not to say that its sooooo easy to make queer relationships appear on the big screen, they still face a lot of backlash from ppl even IF the entertainment industry has made good steps in being inclusive. with this im just trying to point out that while still not normalized completely yet, lgbtq representation is easier to produce/consume

in this way, i personally dont believe sk8 was gaybaiting or queerbaiting at ALL. pls feel free to correct me if im wrong, im not the most knowledgeable on the subject, but it is arguably harder to produce or animate queer relationships in Japan, especially if its meant to be a shounen-type anime.

thru claiming sk8 is queerbaiting by not animating their two leads kissing or confessing to each other or whatever, u r discrediting everything else that makes reki and langas relationship so special. no they do not profess their love for each other under the light of the moon, but they are shown time and time again to care very deeply for each other, to push each other to b and do their best, they are shown to b very physically affection, to have have a strong bond built not only on a mutual love of skateboarding, but a mutual respect for one another

if u RLY wanna get shippy tho (not judging) there are a few moments that rly cement how much they like/care abt the other sprinkled throughout the show. i wont get into too much detail to avoid spoilers, but while one of the main characters is talking to his mom, she thinks he is asking her how to confess to a girl when he says he "likes the person." the same main character tells the other he wants to "skate infinitely" with him. which is pretty gay in and of itself if u ask me

so, from all that, i would say the producers, directors, animators, voice actors, and everyone who worked on this show did the best they could in terms of getting the ship as close to canon as they could what with all the restrictions they had to tiptoe around. i was pretty satisfied with the ending (bar the small complaints mentioned previously) and i know a lot of other ppl were too!! again, deffos worth watching in my opinion

this got kind of rambly so sorry for that but i hope this clears some stuff up, and if u end up watching it i hope u enjoy!

p.s. if u truly r desperate for ship content (again, not judging) u can always check the dub and the content that comes with it! the english VAs r very vocal abt their love for the ships in the show so u can get ur share of that from there ❤️

#SORRY I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS #U GAVE ME AN EXCUSE TO RAMBLE AND I TOOK IT #kalofi's asks #sk8 #sk8 the infinity

[messedupessy]

HAPPY 2ND SEASWAP ANNIVERSARY (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ❤ HAVE SOME ANGST!

And also a happy birthday to our favorite Boney boy, since it is also his birthday, yes I made him cry on his birthday because I can xD gods I been stressing with this comic for the last couple of days gejngkejek, been having such a hard time working on it. Like this was originally supposed to be for valentine’s day but since I failed in finishing it, I decided to make it for the anniversary instead

Shit, can’t believe it’s already been 2 years now since I came up with these two and the whole au xD it both feels shorter and longer than that, and just yeah it’s crazy how much I love this au and how happy I am that I came up with it, I never would had thought I would end up so extremely invested in it like I have, and just how much it means to me. And how much joy it brings me that so many of you love it too ❤❤ here’s to many more years to come, where I hopefully will get to tell the story proper!

This all turned out way messier than I had hoped, there is so much anatomy errors and mess everywhere which makes me unhappy, but I am doing my best to ignore it! Because I finished it, I’m still happy with some parts and it’s done in time xD Also, this is something that is not that very uncommon for these two, Boney thanks to been a depressed af boi often drinks to forget his troubles, but when he drinks too much he becomes a sobbing mess on the floor. Luckily Pass is there to take care of him yes. 

Also a special little shout out to @torrikor and @bulle-blackhole, who helped me with the Spanish and French that Boney be saying ❤❤ and a special shout out to @me-and-my-gaster, my sweetest of neighbors, who without her Seaswap would not be anywhere near to what it is today! Thank you bb I love you and appreciate you so much, you’re amazing! ❤❤

THIS IS NOT SHIPPY BTW SO DO NOT TAG AS SUCH THANK YOU!

Translations to what they say under the cut:

Boney says in both Spanish and French the same thing, which is a mix of: "i'm so sorry i'm so sorry it's my fault i'm sorry brother it's all my fault please forgive me i'm sorry please don't leave me again im sorry"

While Pass says this, in order: “Ah, there you are!” “Up we go”, “Shhh don’t worry yourself, I got you brother.”, “Let’s get you out of these...”, “There there, I’m not going anywhere, Boney.” 

#undertale #seaswap #seaswap papyrus #seaswap sans #MessedUpEssy #underswap #Essy's Art #Essy's Undertale Art #seaswap story stuff #alcohol #drinking #drunk #I am so happy this is finally done #especially since stuff decided to mess up for me today #like i was in the groove and my comp decided to lag af #had to turn off everything and update the whole thing #ahhhhhhhhhh #but now its done #it's messy af but it's done and i am happy #now i just gotta finish sirenia's ref before this month is over and i will be done yes #pass is a rly good brother ok #gods i love them so much #my sweet boys #don't worry boney i will make it up to ya #going to draw something nice of him at a later date #and soon it will be pass's birthday too next month #they be summer kids pft #now to rest yes

[torticapicada]

Hello ! I just followed you and really wanted to say that your art is so soft and pretty i love it ! (◕‿◕✿) i was also wondering about which ships you follow ?

Hi Anon! Thank you so much 🥺 im glad you enjoy my art. And i dont mind at all! I guess you mean pokeships? I will go with that since I haven’t drawn for other stuff yet, and my art is basically shippy stuff anyway so here it goes:

either nameless or originalshipping, reguri is endgame

Preciousmetal

originshipping!!! this one is my top ship btw since hoenn was my first and always favorite

Moonlily (in my angsty way to see things)

Ferriswheel

Aquaheart !!!!!1 !!

Those are my highkey, but i also ship glisten, truerival and the rare ships of phaesporia (needs more love please) aria x solana (pokemon ranger) and a lil bit of sun x ilima

#jabber and sugar #anon ask #these ships are all about ingame experience honestly #except the first two #which as i said w reguri i ship both manga and game versions

[wolfwhiteflowers]

fandom wank..stans and forumz..#spoilers

i keep posting of these things. I guess I keep messing it up. We’re human. ok.

im just all fed up with it. im tired of it. but hey it’s hiatus and i think it’s fine for now. Just gotta ignore the fandom wank or those stans/twitter(seriously twitter is the worst place to see the wank). really i don’t need the fandom that much ukno. just do stuff I enjoy. Just be me. Nice shippers are still around. The crappy shippers/stans are a few and loud.

I think there’s something with the two forums going on...with the C0nnie spoilers and shippers. It’s really weird.

first of all, i know people saying they’re stans like it’s a super fan and positive way. But really stans of somethings/someone, those stans are so annoying. I don’t think stans are a good thing. Or people who generalize and single out things of their fave and then trash others..is not cool. Most “shipwars” are about the shippers/grudges on the shippers. I don’t understand why some stans treat their faves like gods when eh their human/fictional. I also feel like I don’t know this fan. It reminds me of the show Bones, when Brennan’s cousin (sis) identity was like all about what and who Benjamin Franklin is. Um yeah I ..gotta stay away from twitter.

Sharing is caring. No one said you have to be a fan of one ship or one character. Generalizing a group of shippers will not make peace; u gonna make more fights. Block the crappy immature ones. It’s a story. Characters grow, writers may fail or have something great in plan. It’s not a game; a character doesn’t win/out-fame the world. It’s an ensemble show/Hollywood business. Anyway I’m tired of people shitting others when they don’t know them really. Sigh ..it just sucks. I like C ship and R ship but I can’t interact/talk anyone cos not a lot of people are fan of both ships or fan/openminded/not shitting of everyone. (but I guess that’s how fandom works.) Funny thing on the forum, if I wanna talk about R ship, the shippers don’t wanna see it.. or something. They’re thinking like stans already. They’re all generalizing or so. Idk.  The haters going wtf and the whole “liking post” thing ..kinda like some popularity drama. It all goes awkward. I mean for me it’s awkward to see it and don’t wanna join along the discussion. There’s the whole hive mind thing going/generalizing. I stg (twitter) drama is so weird and immature. It’s like a gang fight but like it’s story and everyone’s get their focus. (seriously i was talking about R ship on the forum and hoping it goes well and the other R shipper(this person is always rude btw) assumes I was being a fake and sarcastic. That sucks. And some fans have really bad anger issues..like I worry about them as humans ..they need to let it go. You don’t have to argue..be fools. Sometimes my hopes for a story or a ship doesn’t always come out the way I wanted and I just deal with it and move on. )

ok so idk some R stans are like must be d-con shippers or think C shippers are all the bad things when sldkfjlsj it’s just dumb competitive fighting and vs. Just stop. Why are people always wanna a win an argument. (be cocky and play victim). ugh wtf. Seriously I see both sides of those shippers and these people all are similar in their beliefs/politics irl.  Anyway, so I just think don’t get to invested in fandom/friends. Everyone got a list of different ships. 

And I think forums are like easily to get upset at. Everyone’s reading ur comment, people tend to want to argue/debate every little thing, and mods like no that’s off topic go here. Ugh. lol So eh forums.. Anyway ..so I’m just saying if ya wanna vent go to twitter or tumblr. idk. 

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Anyway I noticed T$DF is ukno anti Carol/Caryl most of the time. Most antis go there. And there’s the zone forum which is very pro Caryl forum. It’s like T$DF is missing out the C fans of the fandom and therefore missing some info. It’s weird. So when we’re getting more info that LR isn’t in s10B that much, the fans from the zone or/and, others who are thinking logically,(like they want facts and spoilers and not being shippy/biased), were getting frustrated that T$DF isn’t really saying that C*nnie isn’t in 10B that much. Usually people would put her in the death watch as in 50/50 way. Rosita was already talked about and stuff because of the actress’s show, but not C0nnie? So in a way, it’s like T$DF is being in denial or biased. I guess it is but still nothing really confirmed about C0nnie’s fate, and the spoilery fans already know in their heads that it’s 50/50 with her fate. So when the other fans and Carol fans who are just wanting to bring C0nnie’s fate up (in a logical way I’m assuming) because ep 8 and 9 are coming soon and to warn others I guess, but T$DF and antis don’t wanna hear it and assume the other fans (mostly Carol fans out about) are being petty and bringing it up because of the D ship, etc. When it’s like T$DF are being emotional about it and like being in denial. Yeah I also think the fans discussing in the death thread..it’s gonna be a rough thread to read in no matter what. People are gonna speculate ur fave will die. But *some people who said it, doesn’t mean they think they WANT that character to die. Some people are thinking with facts and spoilers about it and speculating ur fave will die. But whatever, I guess it’s depends on the group on the forum and how everyone treat each other. I think some fans from T$DF, who are C0nnie fans, already got info in mind and so it’s up to them to decide what to do with it. I don’t wanna keep mentioning it or bringing drama. They already know what’s up so, ok.

For me, I want to know the spoilery facts and keep it logically. Rip the bandaid. Being in denial isn’t gonna be good in the long run and for the fans. 

BTW, C0nnie was like 70% dead (with the Zone’s spoiler) but now with that reviewer’s tweet hinting? at Bowl’s filming summary post, and T$DF can’t confirm(doesn’t know it) the spoiler that Zone had. I guess it’s stuck in 50/50. so ok whatever. 

I’m gotta say a character dying in the mid season is the worst, I realized. It’s easy to fall into that trap of hoping and wishing for the fave to make it out. I’m glad Carol isn’t part of this death theory so far. I guess forums tend to be biased because of like what the group is like. 

#*fandomwank #k so i should do fanarts when i feel like it :P #btw my post is not about bowl's recent post today lol

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Wanna know whats funny! I saw fanarts of femc being shipped with bebe (??? Its been so long i forgot their names lol its that french dude) and mr student council guy (hidetoshi??? Hideyoshi??? I hope im close enough)!! I never shipped her w them, I just found it funny that femc is such a pimp in her slinks and everyone falls for her much like how everyone was a hoe for minato and souji. I SAW RLLY GOOD FANART of femc and hidetoshi and MAAAN I was like "heeeeelll yeAah"(1/2)

And I ended up shipping them too HFJSJFKEFKEKEW I wont lie tho, my heart skipped a beat when those two confessed to femc (I esp didnt see Bebe's confession coming!! since I thought he was gay and he didn't confessed when I first played as Minato. But then to be fair, I used the Hasta la Vista option LOOL) ALSO, Im really glad im not the only one who ships her with the protags!! It's just so cute and I love femcxsouji so much!! Femcxyosuke sounds great too tbh!! Femc best bae, all the way!! (2/2)

Haha, yeah I see a lot of fanart with her and other characters. She seems to be a big shipping bicycle for a lot of people, heck I remember all the shippy fanart she got BEFORE the game even came out. XD She’s the only one I think can out “pimp” even P4MC (even if she can’t date like half her links, even the ones that confess to her and then dip out on her at the last second ;w; most loved but shittiest love life I tell you what, one of the reasons I think she and Tatsuya are similar, both genders like them, and they also can’t be with the people they love 8U). 

But, ooooo, I’ve only seen a few of her with Bebe and those were years ago. As for...uhhh...Hidetoshi I think is his name (I always forget too XD) They have a decent following tbh. These are two of my fav fanarts, they’re old but I do like them (same goes for this artist, but they have more than just OdaHamu). There was one other one with them in a student council room but I can’t seem to find it (doooooooh nvm just found it XD I dunno why but I like it a lot). ;w; 

But yeah she has some really good fanart with a lot of people. XD

Same same I was surprised too! XD Then upset cause I couldn’t date them. ;w; I think Bebe only confesses if you say the “I love you” option (which is replaced with Minato’s “Hasta La Vista”), but I gotta check it out again to confirm. ;w; 

But yeah the SoujixHamu (and HamuxTatsuya, and HamuxAdachi, and increased my love for MinatoxHamu, and other Hamu ships) came from a the artist @yuruya (x). And my love for YosukexHamu (as MinatoxHamu, as well as other Hamu ships) came from @adven277 (x) (btw, you guys probably know even tho it’s been awhile, but I wanna remind you I love you both ahhhhh ;w;)

[magical-gull]

keet you did a mamoru less au. tell me, i need

I’m not gonna cheat so. no endymion either. ok.

Still got both kingdoms. There’s a nugget in canon about the Moonfolk not actually being from the moon, so simplify that to ~benevolent traveler~ or whatever. Basically the two kingdoms benefit from each other more obviously in this version or at least have some kind of Mutual Macguffin Arrangement of some kind that keep them interacting. For example, the way the Silver Crystal and Pluto are covered by the Moon vs Elysium is covered by the Earth, even when they seem they should be independent entities. Hence rather than needing Endymion to remember anything, the senshi remember stuff directly and become the main source of what we know about the shittenou and Beryl. We still have the sinking feeling among the Golden Kingdom crew that they are getting the short end of the stick in this Arragement, but that’s a slower buildup.

Because of this, rather than Princess Serenity being this stranger/adulteress (I prefer the myu’s Legit Queen Beryl scenario BTW) Beryl knows her a bit more personally. While Beryl resents the hell out of the Queen, the Princess is out of that loop and sometimes agrees with the things Beryl says, and it occurs to the latter getting P-Serenity on her side could be a good poker chip to have. Make this as shippy as you like, or not, but I think there’s both a genuinely friendly component to it (the Princess feels like she’s under someone’s thumb, which Beryl relates to) and a pragmatic one (Beryl’s gonna use her to her advantage). If you like a Minakocentric narrative, you could probably get into the problems Kunzite and Venus specifically have with this. Enough Strong Opinions to have Words but perhaps not necessarily prevent them from always interacting, because something good might actually come out of it. WHen it obviously doesn’t, you got a lot of blame going around. Maybe it’s something that haunts Minako in the present eventually. Things still inevitably go to shit because of Metallia’s influence on Beryl’s negativity (it was never about A Guy, honestly) and canon continues mostly the same. Serenity still dies with regret, and her wish to be useful.

Usagi in the present gains a bit of Mams backstory to compensate for some plot holes that’d be left over… and I’m going to shameless inject some of my own au stuff so be warned.

At a young age Usagi is Seriously Injured under mysterious circumstances. No one is killed, and Usagi heals up surprisingly well and to temporarily display unusual abilities. Depending on your preferred continuity this catches the attention of a dark-skinned nurse, an alien boy, or whatever. Usagi’s hair also starts growing in white, though she seems otherwise physically okay. Usagi occasionally got teased about her accident ‘explaining’ why she’s so forgetful or dumb or whatever, which is why she *really* doesn’t enjoy talking about it and why the other senshi don’t find out about it till much later.

for my own au flavor (a sub-sub AU?) Setsuna keeps tabs on Usagi until The Inevitable. Usagi has powers, but a combination of past-life shame and agreement among Sets and Minako to keep up the princess ruse means Usagi doesn’t present as a sailor senshi. Serenity’s powers were always kind of weird after all, and Sailor Moon shouldn’t technically exist. Usagi’s actual abilities would be something between her canon ones and Mamoru’s ones (a notable difference, Usagi can use a lot of her powers not ‘transformed’ while the other senshi have to be). Feel free to come up with some way to give Usagi the Tuxedo Mask outfit if you like, but that may be too on the nose. The essential idea is Usagi NOT obviously being Serenity is more plausible in this scenario, while also making it so the Shittenou also don’t mistake her as one of the senshi they vaguely remember. I don’t know how the whole kidnapping subarc would work now without Endymion, but we do have Setsuna as a Unknown Quantity knowing a lot of things so maybe you want her to be the accidental target of that. That’s a lot to work out and im tired.

The question of the Earth Guardian and whether one would exist depends on whether you want a simple scenario or a kick-in-the-pants one. My preference is the second.

Much much later in the Dream Arc, we’d find out Helios is reluctant to trust Usagi’s help, though it seems like an irrational hangup at first. The Golden Crystal is in bad shape and Helios admits that while he’s keeping an eye on it he’s only supposed to be a proxy to the actual owner. When learning about Elysium and it’s connection to the Golden Kingdom, the girls broadly assume Helios might have been protecting the crystal from Queen Beryl until the real guardian presented itself. Turns out Usagi’s fears are confirmed instead: Beryl WAS the legitimate Earth Guardian, and Usagi killed her. Retroactively, this affects a few things: Would Nehelenia might not have gone as far as she did if Usagi hadn’t interfered? How Much Did Setsuna/Venus/etc Suspect About This and Not Tell Anyone To Make Things Easier? Did Setsuna have legitimate worries that Usagi might have killed Saturn under sufficient pressure, knowing it wouldn’t technically be the first time such a thing happened? Does Usagi’s iron belief senshi shouldn’t hurt each other now make her feel like a hypocrite? And so on…

#anon #ask #au stuff #au of au? #ive noticed all DK redos inevitably end up having SuperS redos but thats the nature of canon i guess #they connect pretty hard #or should imho