#apologies if I am too aggressive to the ones that actually understand my point

[human-encounters-diary]

Day 8

Doubts regarding whether or not the Terran liked me where certainly and indisputably diminished at the beginning of the next cycle.

Quinn seemed to have predicted my intention of speaking to her as soon as possible, given that she sought me out shortly after the new cycle had begun. She was walking towards me in a rather strange manner, faster than normal walking, practically jumping with small flying phases in between taking the next step. I could not discern the purpose it was supposed to serve, but I was not given time to put too much thought into it.

She bared her teeth at me once again, although this time I did not recoil. One of her hands hit me languidly slightly above the juncture where my first pair of legs joined my upper body. I was uncertain what this gesture was supposed to convey. Was it an attack? Was she trying to notify me of an imminent danger approaching?

"I wanna show you something", she informed me. She waved her hand from my direction towards her body, which, if I inferred correctly out of the previous records, was supposed to signify me to follow her.

I trailed after her, letting her lead me to the emergency in question. As it turned out, there was no immediate emergency. The Terran came to a halt in front of one of the few windows built into the outer layer of the SIIR Noxos. She pointed to it as I joined her side, leaving a (as I aimed) respectful distance between the two of us. I followed her extended arm with my visual organs, ending up staring out of the window. 

I blinked. If there was an immediate threat outside the window in close proximity, I was not able to glimpse it. The human spoke up: "It‘s beautiful, isn‘t it?"

She had sunken to the floor, a rather alarming sight at first, but she seemed unharmed. 

I searched for an appropriate response, but in the end, I simply answered: "I suppose. Although my species does not linger in the beauty of transient things."

The human‘s face morphed into a grimace of displeasure. "Then what‘s the point in life?"

"My species believes that there is more to life than oneself, and that intelligent life is supposed to be dedicated to the exploration of science.", I eludicated.

"Hm. I guess y‘all aren‘t too different from some humans. Y‘know, we humans have the phrase 'Appreciate the little things'. I mean, the universe isn‘t exactly small, but…it‘s definitely nice to look at." "I suppose", I repeated.

I lowered myself onto the floor as well, as it seemed appropriate. I gazed upon the universe outside the window. I suppose there was something quite beautiful about it. 

Eventually, I broke the silence.

"May I ask a question?", I requested, careful not to be impolite. 

"Yeah, sure", she answered.

"I watched the video recording of your work in Sector 3, simply to control your work, and you…seemingly began to sing? While continuing to work? I am merely trying to understand the reasoning behind this. Does it serve a religious or cultural purpose?You were not bored by your task, were you?" My front pliers rattled quietly. Something about the thought of the human being bored made me…rather uneasy. Perhaps it was due to my mind imagining what the human might come up with to pass the time in case of boredom.

The Terran blew air out of her nostrils rather aggressively, but there were no other signs of irritation.

"Oh, no", she answered. "No, it‘s actually just because…well, my dad taught me everything he knows about handling machines, so when I used to help him out in the workshop in the afternoons, and we‘d be like…fixing a car engine or whatever, we always used to turn up the radio and sing along. It was kind of our thing. So nowadays, when I‘m working on something, I might start singing. Not out of boredom, just a habit."

"Your…dad.", I repeated, uncertain what that term was supposed to mean. 

She looked at me in a indiscernible manner. "Yeah, my father, my parent, whatever you wanna call it."

"I apologize. I was unfamiliar with that term.", I stated.

"Oh. Sure."

She opened her mouth once again to say: "Y‘know, um…I mainly just wanted to show you this and also thank you, y‘know, for…giving me something to work on."

"It was my pleasure. I admit I might have given you a rather simple task to begin with, but that was merely because, while the Vitrichl stated you were competent, he and I have…differentiating views on the word 'competent'."

She bared her teeth once again, although shortly, before raising to her full height and, for some inexplicable reason patting down her clothes as if to remove any dust, although her clothing was perfectly clean.

"Well, Cap wants to see me again today, so, I guess I‘ll see ya tomorrow."

"Indeed.", I retorted.

Without another word, she turned and waved one of her hands behind her as if to signal her departure.

#Day 8 #nr.8 #earth is space australia #space australia #humans are weird #humans are space orcs #humans are insane #humans are terrifying #humans in space #humans from an outsider perspective #humans are space oddities #humans are awesome #sci fi #science fiction #less of the science more of the fiction #fantasy #writer #original writing #original story #original work #space orcs #writers on tumblr #earth is a deathworld

[princess-from-another-galaxy]

I watched both parts of Lucas documentary and am so heartbroken. This incident has changed him so much, he's unrecognizable and in not the best way. This incident has killed his spirit and light you can tell he went through major depression and struggles mentally still. His self confidence has disappeared, he can't hold eye contact anymore. He's probably never going to be the same again. It's like night and day.

Can you please elaborate in just the part where Lucas exposed these crazy fans? I've followed the incident since day one but faded off so don't know how he exposed them at some point. Some people are saying that is the apology he is giving rather then admitting the rumours so It'd be great for that elaboration if not quick summary. I missed out on that time frame and would be so proud if he tried to expose the crazy stalkers. They're fkin insane, it's repulsive behavior.

Lucas (even by his own admission) had always been rather rude and aggressive with sasaengs (as he should!). A few days before the scandal broke out, he actually posted a pic on bubble of flymetothemoon (there's a 0 instead of an o there somewhere, but I can never remember where... sorry).

Anyway, after that that's when the rumors started. Originally just that he was a gold digger and cheated. SM did what they always do and made him give a vague apology. The day after, another accuser came out saying he allegedly also gaslight his gf's, I don't believe it was ever clarified how or about what he supposedly gaslight them. (Then a dude also came and accused him of dating and cheating).

After that, the dude's account disappeared (right after he said it wasn't true), and after awhile one of the accounts was sold and another turned out to have been a marketing account all along.

And now we're here.

A few hours/a day before the doc dropped, Lucas opened new official social media accounts (for his work as solo artist supposedly), and flymetothem0on was seen on weibo saying things that very clearly gave off the impression that she was directly involved in the scandal.

She is a known NCT sasaeng. Started stalking Mark when he was like 15 (still an SM rookie), has been known to stalk Yangyang, and just recently has began to stalk a member of NCT Wish, who is also a minor. So yeah....

And about what Lucas looks like, he went through a lot, including depression and suicidal thoughts, it's understandable that the experience has changed him. But it seems like his family and friends have his back and as his fans we should try to as well!

Sasaengs have way too much power in the K-pop industry. It's about time people started standing up to those disgusting excuses for people!!

EDIT!

Someone made an actual time-line that is more accurate than my vague recollections of the past few years! So here you go!!!

Also apparently there were multiple sasaengs that made the accusations, I had forgotten about that cause fttm0 is the worst one

#kpop #nct #wayv #nct wish #sm rookies #lucas wong #wong yukhei #huang xuxi

[hypervoxel]

Jumble of headcanons in no particular order about Vark because I need to write them down somewhere to pretend to be organized

He started off sooo cute and tiny, like the size of a guinea pig. And he made laser noises like a baby Cuban crocodile.

He was so so tiny. He did not stay tiny.

Sharks sense electricity! He's naturally drawn to Vox when Vox is taking in or letting off too much power. He naturally interrupts Vox's overstimulation and warns about seizures, so Vox trained him some actual medical alert tasks.

Service shark Vark 🐕‍🦺

On the topic of electricity, I also headcanon him as having some aspects of an electric eel as well. A fantasy eel. He can take in some of Vox's excess energy, and isn't bothered by the sparks Vox throws off.

I'm chewing on the idea that Val bought Vark for Vox as an apology gift.

Now I'm just quoting myself directly from discord: I keep thinking of how I can include this (Vark being a gift from Val) in my one fanfic where it obviously does not fit bc Val hates Vark in it. Maybe he's jealous that Vox cares way more about Vark himself than the fact that Val gave him a gift. So unappreciative, didn't even have make-up sex over it bc Vox was too busy practically having a breakdown over how adorable Vark is. Val realizes that this was a mistake and he should have picked a very different gift instead

Vark is such a well behaved good boy when he's working, as a service shark. When Vox is in distress, Vark is so focused on trying to help with all the power of his tiny shark brain <3 Outside of that tho? He's a terror. He's so excitable. He canonically (in the old Voxtagram art) jumps on and knocks people over. This ties into him previously being a tiny adorable little thing. It was sooo cute when he jumped on your leg, back when he was the size of a large potato. It stayed cute up until they realized he was going to be so much bigger than they ever expected.

(It's like a bottle raised bull. The cute things they did when they were a little baby calf are no longer cute now that they're so large they are going to hurt you on accident just trying to be friendly and playful. RIP.)

Other service dog tasks for Vark: deep pressure therapy (of course. Interrupting behaviors such as when Vox is getting overwhelmed. Blocking to stop other people from getting too close to/touching Vox when he would shock them. I am forgetting so many things and will continue writing this list later

Vox doesn't do public access with Vark. This ties into my headcanons for Vox that he is deeply ashamed of himself and he cannot let anyone know he has problems ever.

Unfortunately, I am evil. So I also like the idea of Vark as an owner-trained service animal who is hmm not the perfect candidate for the job. In the same way shepherds aren't recommended for anxiety work, he can feed too much off of Vox's own emotions and has issues with guarding aggression that at times cause him to become reactive. (*points at my fanfic where he bites Val*)

I love bad representation.

Alsooo I don't like hammerhead sharks or animals that are too cartoon-y for me to understand as a real creature, so I'm making up a new design for Vark

Based on a Bonnethead Shark! Fun fact about Bonnethead Sharks: they are omnivorous! They eat seagrass :)

So Vark is omnivorous but unfortunately he's also like a tiger shark in that he'll eat anything even if it's not food. Tiger sharks have been found with license plates, tires, and other trash in their stomachs (sad)

Don't ask Vox how many times Vark has needed emergency exploratory surgery after eating something he shouldn't have. He doesn't want to talk about it.

Vark chews on wires like real sharks biting at undersea fiber optic cables. Chomp chomp

When Vark was a tiny baby, Velvette dressed him up in silly little outfits to post online. She doesn't do that anymore because he has mostly outgrown his cuteness stage for her: she only thought he was cute when he was little.

#oh that was NOT supposed to post yet #i am bad at editing my drafts apparently :/ #vark #hazbin hotel vark #hazbin vox #Vox #i do not know if he has a standard tag that we're all using‚ i just wing everything i put on here

[ingravinoveritas]

Firstly i dont think she adjusted since moving to the UK what do u think?

And secondly this post feels that its all about her again like and the character is based on her in real life but the project was longed talk about in 2017 as michael said on the Graham norton show to which michael was with Sarah at that point. It's again trying to be the centre of attention again and stay irrelevant just cos she not getting it from michael

What ur thoughts on this recent of post of Al

So, apologies that it took me all week to answer this--I feel like the entirety of the month of February has just caught up with me, which essentially feels like a lot of tiredness hitting all at once.

I did see this on Monday, however, and I just...am again at something of a loss. I got a bit down on myself over my response to her Insta story from the first preview of Nye and thinking I was overreacting/reading too much into things...and then this happens.

The first thing I would say is that I agree with you that AL is making it all about her again. The post itself comes across as PR, which it likely was because Georgia also shared the same clip that day--albeit with a caption that was actually about Michael/centered on the show. And the contrast becomes even more stark when you look at this post from Caroline Sheen. Caroline is Michael's cousin and she had a small role in The Way, and her post is much more personal and essentially what you would expect from someone who is close to someone in the production. Which subsequently makes AL's post look even more like PR in comparison.

But I think what irritates me the most about Anna's post is that it's yet another instance of her making a dig at Wales. Talking of patterns as I tend to do, she did this previously in September of last year (the #FromManhattantoTonypandy hashtag), and in both of these cases it's her reminding everyone of where she lived before, and likely where she still wishes she lived. In thinking of your initial question, AL may have adjusted to Wales in some ways, but it's clearly not where she belongs or thinks she belongs. I've written previously on my blog about her likely thinking she would be living the celebrity life in New York or London, and Wales was almost certainly a place she didn't even know existed until Michael. So this entire post feels like it's tinged with passive-aggressive resentment as a result.

Let me be clear: In no way do I think that moving to a new country is an easy thing, and it is more than understandable that someone might not love every single thing about the place in which they live, especially if they are an outsider coming from a completely different culture. But the thing is, The Way is literally about Wales. It is entirely focused on Welsh identity and history, and it is a project into which Michael has poured a tremendous amount of his passion and energy and time, which speaks to what you mentioned about him talking about this since 2017.

Why, then, would you make such a snarky comment on a post promoting a show so centered on Wales? That your own partner directed, no less? At best, it comes across as thoughtless and self-centered, and at worst, as deliberately disrespectful.

I can also fully understand why Michael put out a tweet of his own promoting the second episode less than an hour after Anna posted that story. If we are to say that Georgia is a good representative for David on social media--which she arguably is, most of the time--then Anna, by contrast, is the worst possible representative for Michael. And a post like the one above only further highlights how mismatched and wrong for each other they truly are. I also think it's pained him to refrain from tweeting for this long, and now he finally has a reason to start again, for which both we and Michael can be thankful.

So yes, those are my thoughts on AL's story from earlier this week. Glad to hear from my followers as well about your reactions to this. Thank you for writing in! x

#angel19924 #reply post #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #the way #trying to provide a balanced perspective #but what's the old saying: when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time #choices #not all of them good #also does she really expect us to believe there is no coffee anywhere in Wales #and why would you use a PR post to complain about your life #i can't #but i will leave it to my followers to make up their own minds #anna lundberg #discourse

[fand0mh03]

What abt the Evans with a reader who gets like violently aggressive? And I mean like “I will cut you open and set a pack of wolves on you to eat your organs.” And then after their little fit of anger they say the most innocent thing like, “Thanks for listening!” Or, “Too much?” I just think that’ll be funny who quickly reader can change like that from a fucking hell spawn to the most innocent person alive 💀

The Evans with a hot-headed S/O

Hi love! This was a really fun request to write, and I hope I was able to encapture your idea well enough <3  I had way too much fun writing this lol

Tate Langdon:

He’s afraid of you. Point blank, period, terrified

Like yeah your his significant other, but he’s fucking scared to get you mad

“Tate, do that again and I will rip out your organs from your ass and feed them to your mother”

This will make everyone stop in their tracks and just stare at you

Tate will stop doing whatever he’s doing to piss you off or annoy you, and will apologize and take a few steps back

You’d go back to reading your magazine and just look up when it goes quiet and just say “what?”

You’re not aware of how hot-headed you really are. At all

You get really peeved if Tate does something repetitive to you, like copying you, or tickling you

When Tate tickles you, you’ll giggle at first and tell him to stop once. Second time you’ll tell him to stop again. However, the third time is when you get angry

“Tate stop fucking tickling me, I swear to god I will put you in a crawlspace and leave you there for all of eternity”

He pauses and just stares at you

“Too much?”

He thinks its funny when it’s not directed at him

Kit Walker:

He tries to calm you down a lot of the times

Most of the time it’s not in an angry manner, but like an annoyed tone if that makes sense?

“Kit, I swear to god, if you don’t fucking get to bed right now, I will drug you and force you to sleep”

He stares at you before smiling and laughing, in shock from how aggressive you have gotten for no reason at all

He listens to you, because who wouldn’t when they’re being threatened?

Oh god, when Jude comes in the house and hits one of the kids as a punishment for something- you two see red

“Fuck that, get the fuck out of my sight before I pull your eyes out and feed them to you!”

Kit stops and motions to the children, who stare at you in confusion. You nod and let him deal with it, comforting the children who had just gotten hit

He usually has to deal with things because you will get angry and will threaten them, especially if they say or do anything towards kit and your kids

Kyle Spencer:

It’s never directed at him, but always at the other members of kappa gamma

Kyle will complain to you about something the other one is doing, but you will see that as a reason to scare the others into making them stop whatever their doing

“I heard what you said to Kyle. Say that again, and I will tear you apart, limb from limb, and make it look like a bear attack. Do you understand?”

They usually laugh, thinking your joking, until you continue to glare at them, then their laughter dies down and they usually nod and walk away, never doing it again

Kyle has 0 idea. He just thinks they realized how annoying they were being

“Y/N they stopped!” He would say excitedly to you, as you act shocked and congratulate him

Jimmy Darling:

Sometimes it’s directed at him, but mostly when he’s drunk

“Jimmy stop fucking drinking, one of these days I will call the townspeople on you, motherfucker”

He stops throwing up and just stares at you “What”

“Jimmy if you don’t stop drinking, I am going to actually swallow a bunch of Advil and fucking end it all”

“OH MY GOD-WHAT?!”

Afterwards once he’s sobered up, you just look at him, smile and say “thanks for listening”

And leave him there, confused, scared, and slightly concerned

#ahs #american horror story #evan peters #evan peters x reader #ahs asylum #ahs coven #kit walker #ahs murder house #kit walker x reader #kyle spencer #tate langdon x reader #tate langdon #tate langdon smut #tate langdon imagines #tate x reader #kit walker fanfiction #kit walker imagines #kyle spencer headcannons #kyle spencer fluff #kyle spencer imagine #kyle spencer x reader #jimmy darling x reader #jimmy darling headcannons

[nothorses]

same anon coming back to the degendering conversation.

i see your point about degendering as defensible, and misgendering as openly hateful. but i think the bigot can escalate further, switching back to degendering as part of dehumanization. "it", "that thing", and so on. i did make an oversimplification, but it was because your posts made me understand what the difference in feeling between types of transphobia i have experienced was, and i got very eager to share!

i am genderqueer, androgynous, and visibly varsex. i have gotten deliberately misgendered both as my original legal gender and its opposite. i have also been aggressively degendered. and actually the underlying insults were the opposite than in my example. the misgendering tried to cast me as delusional, and the degendering as an abject other, a monster.

but i do think what you described shows traces of these two angles of attack. "slipping", because they haven't actually unlearned as much as they like to think.

but i think it isn't useful to sort this kind of more 'abstract' or high concept transphobia based on target identities. these are frameworks and weapons picked by the wielders, often without consistent logic, and can be used against anyone. the unique experiences are in my opinion more practical and specific, like in most parts of the world nonbinary people having no right legal gender marker to pick. so that's how exorsexism is a thing and imo your discussion doesn't threaten to invalidate it.

thank you for the good conversation. hopefully i managed to express my thoughts somewhat coherently...

That makes sense! Yeah, I def didn't think about "it/its" degendering in that context, and I feel like that specific way of degendering trans folks has different (but overlapping) sort of intention - I don't get the same kind of dehumanization from "they/them", personally.

That said, I totally agree that the usefulness in differentiating these different types of transphobia is more in why people utilize them than it is the group of people they are attempting to target.

To use one example: I think "transphobia targeting transmasculinity" is probably a more accurate definition of "transandrophobia" than "transphobia targeting transmascs", in a lot of ways, because the people weaponizing transphobia against transmasculinity care less about hurting people who are transmasculine, and more about a fight against the concept of transmasculinity itself. They aren't trying to reveal everyone who is transmasculine in order to oppress them, they are trying to force transmasculine people to repress and hide that part of themselves in order to conform.

And I think that's true for transphobia generally, and queerphobia, and a lot of other forms of oppression. Which is also why bigotry itself tends to be fairly undiscerning; the people calling you a "faggot" on the street aren't going to correct themselves and apologize if you tell them you're straight, actually. They don't care whether you are a faggot, they're punishing the presence of faggotry as a concept.

Anyway, I'm kinda rambling here; I think we're on the same page, too, I'm just enjoying seeing & exploring new ideas and connections!

[crazyforbarbatos]

Obey Me x Supernatural : You’re summoned to the Devildom but Winchesters are your brothers

A/N: This was wild but I enjoyed writing this SO much! I have more ideas for Obey Me x Supernatural!

Warning: Swearing

you were on a hunt with Sam & Dean

just investigating some ghost business

and next thing you know, you’re being teleported away

last thing you hear is Dean aggressively yelling for Cas

and Sam tries to grab you but he’s too late

and now you’re standing in some room

surrounded by a bunch of dudes

well alright

this was not how you wanted your Wednesday to go, but you’re not mad

they were all kinda hot

WAIT

is this what heaven looks like?

did you die?

shit, one of your brothers are gonna sacrifice themselves to bring you back

Damn it, Dean/Sam!

It was your turn on the sacrifices

“Welcome to the Devildom!”

Devildom?

So this wasn’t heaven?

Damn it.

Didn’t Sam and Dean both go through hell literally in Hell?

did you touch some bewitched object?

well it’s alright, you’ve got your bag on you filled with everything you may need to protect yourself

“This has been a nice meeting, but I would like to go back.”

yeah from the exchanging of glances, that wasn’t going to happen

fuck

well, you were probably fine

you pretty much talked through the going-ons of the red head

oops

“My name is Diavolo.”

Diavolo? Alright

Kinda sounds like Diablo

that’s suspicious

“I’m the ruler of all demons, and here all know of me.”

???

what was this dude even going on about?

Crowley rules hell

“And someday soon, I’ll be crowned king of the Devildom.”

Where the fuck was Crowley anyways!?

Wait first things first

“Why am I even here?”

“I will explain it to you.”

Well.

Wait until Sam & Dean find out that you’ve met the hottest men in the entire world

“This is Lucifer-”

Excuse you?

Lucifer?

The one who possessed your brother?

“He won’t be when I’m done!”

you’re literally restrained by one single fellow who just kind of picked you up by the scruff of your shirt

you just see red

“LUCIFER YOU MOTHER FUCKER! YOU TORTURED BOTH OF MY BROTHERS! I WILL KILL YOU!”

and you saw Lucifer transform?

What the heck?

this was new

and honestly you don’t understand why the blonde one is laughing hysterically to the point he falls to the floor (you learn later that this is Satan)

it boils your blood

???

You’re so lost

and pissed

“Tell me what is going on, why Lucifer is her and not in his prison or else I will use my holy water.”

It isn’t long before the big buff fellow (who you learn later is Beelzebub) put you down at the behest of Diavolo

and for your safety, you draw a salt circle around yourself

you listen to Diavolo explain the Devildom and that you were summoned to be a transfer student

well, that’s not very hell, is it?

actually this doesn’t sound like your world or your version of hell at all

and this Prince of the Hell, er, the Devildom was…good?

What?

and he wants to reunite the three realms?

honestly you had to commend the guy

“If no one’s going to attempt to kill me, is there any way I can get in touch with my brothers? They’ll find a way to get here and I don’t imagine that’d be pretty.”

“No apology?”

“None, Luci. I don’t trust any of you.”

“How about we do some introductions.” (Diavolo)

#obey me x supernatural #obey me x reader #obey me otome

[cinnabun-faerie]

Obey Me x Supernatural : You're summoned to the Devildom but Winchesters are your brothers

A/N: This was wild but I enjoyed writing this SO much! I have more ideas for Obey Me x Supernatural!

Warning: Swearing

Obey Me taglist: @missnella-nova @thai

If you want to be added to the taglist for whenever I post, you can comment here on the original post !

Frightfest ‘22 Masterlist

you were on a hunt with Sam & Dean

just investigating some ghost business

and next thing you know, you're being teleported away

last thing you hear is Dean aggressively yelling for Cas

and Sam tries to grab you but he's too late

and now you're standing in some room

surrounded by a bunch of dudes

well alright

this was not how you wanted your Wednesday to go, but you're not mad

they were all kinda hot

WAIT

is this what heaven looks like?

did you die?

shit, one of your brothers are gonna sacrifice themselves to bring you back

Damn it, Dean/Sam!

It was your turn on the sacrifices

"Welcome to the Devildom!"

Devildom?

So this wasn't heaven?

Damn it.

Didn't Sam and Dean both go through hell literally in Hell?

did you touch some bewitched object?

well it's alright, you've got your bag on you filled with everything you may need to protect yourself

"This has been a nice meeting, but I would like to go back."

yeah from the exchanging of glances, that wasn't going to happen

fuck

well, you were probably fine

you pretty much talked through the going-ons of the red head

oops

"My name is Diavolo."

Diavolo? Alright

Kinda sounds like Diablo

that's suspicious

"I'm the ruler of all demons, and here all know of me."

???

what was this dude even going on about?

Crowley rules hell

"And someday soon, I'll be crowned king of the Devildom."

Where the fuck was Crowley anyways!?

Wait first things first

"Why am I even here?"

"I will explain it to you."

Well.

Wait until Sam & Dean find out that you've met the hottest men in the entire world

"This is Lucifer-"

Excuse you?

Lucifer?

The one who possessed your brother?

"He won't be when I'm done!"

you're literally restrained by one single fellow who just kind of picked you up by the scruff of your shirt

you just see red

"LUCIFER YOU MOTHER FUCKER! YOU TORTURED BOTH OF MY BROTHERS! I WILL KILL YOU!"

and you saw Lucifer transform?

What the heck?

this was new

and honestly you don't understand why the blonde one is laughing hysterically to the point he falls to the floor (you learn later that this is Satan)

it boils your blood

???

You're so lost

and pissed

"Tell me what is going on, why Lucifer is her and not in his prison or else I will use my holy water."

It isn't long before the big buff fellow (who you learn later is Beelzebub) put you down at the behest of Diavolo

and for your safety, you draw a salt circle around yourself

you listen to Diavolo explain the Devildom and that you were summoned to be a transfer student

well, that's not very hell, is it?

actually this doesn't sound like your world or your version of hell at all

and this Prince of the Hell, er, the Devildom was...good?

What?

and he wants to reunite the three realms?

honestly you had to commend the guy

"If no one's going to attempt to kill me, is there any way I can get in touch with my brothers? They'll find a way to get here and I don't imagine that'd be pretty."

"No apology?"

"None, Luci. I don't trust any of you."

"How about we do some introductions." (Diavolo)

#frightfest 2022 #obey me x supernatural #obey me x reader #obey me otome

[thescienceofapologetics]

Do you understand that the way you come off and present yourself is incredibly self-righteous and smug? All of your answers are only for the in-crowd who already agrees with you, the way you answer questions wouldn't help convert anybody, and it only pushes people further away from Christ, there was a time where I looked up to you, and used this blog as a model, my mistake for making any human something to look up to. 1/3

but I nearly apostatized because of you when I realized how uncompassionate and unkind these things were just under the surface. If God hadn't greatly blessed me with people who were actually humble and compassionate during that time I think I would have walked away, because all my models before then were just like you, and the version of Christianity you preach, and the way you interpret the gospel is so uncompassionate it can't even be called good news, not really. 2/3

Please, I'm begging you, do some self-reflection, stop answering asks in a way that comes off as 'dunking on the haters' you are only pushing people away from the love of Christ. Your self righteous smug 'I will pray for you's come off as passive aggressive at best. If you won't change it would be better for you to stop running an apologetics blog at least, it's only hurting your witness. 3/3

These are heavy accusations and I would ask to know exactly and specifically where I have exhibited any unkindness so I can address it. I apologize greatly if my words were hurtful, that is NEVER my intent and I know sometimes with text tone can be misconstrued. I apologize if there was any miscommunication to that effect.

You are right though, I should never be on a pedestal. I am human, and whether in this instance or another I will fail, I will stumble into sin, I will make mistakes. Lord knows I do daily. My only goal is ever to point people to Christ. He is the one person who is perfect, omniscient, and will never let you down. Read your Bible, search the scriptures, don’t take my word for things. Never put your trust in me, I beg of you to put your trust in God alone.

As far as my defense of the truth of the gospel, if that is what you want me to apologize for I must inform you I cannot. If I have spoke in error about the Bible, tell me immediately, so that I may either refute your claims with scripture or repent of my ignorance. I will not, however, apologize for speaking the truth of the Bible, because that is the most loving and compassionate thing I could possibly do.

And when I say I will pray for you, I mean it sincerely, and when I say I will pray for you, I do. There is no cloaked aggression, no sinister motive, no alternative meaning. I am simply bringing you before God and asking Him to bring you to Himself and show you how to walk in godliness and truth, just as I ask He shows me. So dear anon, I will pray for you. Pray for me too.

#ask #anonymous

[b3achysurfur]

yo hey logang member here

just wanted to lyk i actually dont care if you dislike logan, i have characters i dislike too like thats ok i just feel like this all turned into petty drama that wasnt needed 😭 i disagree with some stuff you said (like that one comment about understanding how logans parents didnt want him) but i guess i just wanted to clarify i myself dont have any true ill intent towards you i just think this whole situation is kinda stupid and wanted to clarify that so have a nice day ig- i blocked immediately because i didnt want to see more drama but here i am lmaoo

i personally like logan because he contributes to the group, keeps a level head in tough situations(like standing up for barons other victim) and can make a decision under alot of pressure (like shooting the phantom) and i think he has alot of potential but feel free to debate

hi , idk what happened but the logang has started interacting with me again. did someone make a post or did y’all js get curious? I genuinely wanna know 😣 but you guys are welcomed here !!

um but yeah I agree. thing is I never started this account to troll or start drama/discourse. the account was so that I could separate my main and sbg content and it’d be more organized. I had been posting Logan hate before hand, and a lot of ppl found my posts funny/agreed so I just continued it here. you guys just got rlly mad for no reason. I get that some of the jokes I made were a little harsh, but at the end of the day it was never that serious. I do apologize if I stressed anyone out, but this whole thing is so silly. I’m use to bigger fandoms being more aggressive, and even the sbg TikTok fandom is pretty blunt, so I didn’t think you guys would take my jokes so personally. but you live and you learn.

also I appreciate you being so kind! I understand that many ppl just blocked me bc they didn’t want to waste their energy on smth silly / js assumed it was bait content. which is totally fair! like I’ve said in other posts, I have no ill will towards anybody I’ve interacted with, regardless of how the conversation we had went down. If I’ve said smth that’s upset you, my dms are always open to chat or js tag me in a post/comment and I’ll talk with you. Sometimes I can be a bit rude, but I promise it’s not personal at all. The only person I hate is Logan fields. Not you guys. Even if your a logang member (funny y’all took a liking to that name btw 😭).

I will continue to post Logan slander, and I can’t promise that I’ll tone my content down all the way, so if that’s not for you then you’re welcomed to block me or the Logan hate tag. I use like the same 4 Logan hate tags so it’s not gonna be a sneak attack. Also even though I post logan hate, I AM ALWAYS OPEN TO DEBATING. I’m very open-minded and will change my opinion if you make a good point that I can’t refute. I just have not run into anyone who could do that yet.

okay now for the fun stuff. You said you like Logan because he contributes to the group, but I disagree. I feel like Logan has contributed least to the group. When you say “he keeps level-headed”, I feel the opposite. Logan is very shy and timid, and he gets scared very easily. Logan is very easy to persuade and intimate, which is why he got bullied in the first place. Although he stood up to Barron, he wasn’t level headed at all. He was clouded with rage (which in part has to do with the phantoms) but shows he cannot control his emotions well. In many offical arts + earlier chapters, Logan is seen crying / hesitating constantly. Yes he has a reason to be terrified, but you cannot say he is level headed. Especially compared to everyone else. I’m not sure how I feel about him being able to make decisions under pressure. I think Logan is good at analyzing situations. Thats why he was able to come up with multiple theories about the phantom world. But I feel like in order to say he makes good decisions under pressure, he’d have to actually put these decisions into action. Logan is still very hesitant though and I don’t want to base his character off of one scene, especially because I’ve talked about why I feel like that scene was a cover up and not genuine. Most of the time Logan follows the instructions and commands of others. He actually buckles under pressure imo. like when they were fighting before getting the car, Logan would’ve never mentioned he was scared if Tyler had not spoken first. He would’ve just followed everyone else due to peer pressure. Logan always acts second. I honestly believe if he had saw Aiden on the roof he would’ve never even considered using his gun because he avoids situations that have a lot of pressure and responsibility. So no, I don’t believe Logan makes good decisions under pressure. Again that’s just my opinion and I’m down to talk about it more! but if you do want to debate pls js reblog this or put another ask in bc the comment word limit is so annoying 😭

#sbg #school bus graveyard webtoon #logan hate #i hate logan fields. #logan slander #school bus graveyard #schoolbus graveyard #sbg (webtoon) #fuck logan #logan fields #pls keep asking me questions guys I love talking 🙏

[camplease]

wrt the twincest post, i think the issue comes not from the possible natures of the relationship itself, but the way people in general can boil complex relationships down to Purely being about one thing? like i don’t think adding a weird psychosexual layer to analysis of a relationship inherently makes it less interesting, but i do think dumbing a relationship down to Just Weird Psychosexual Things does it a disservice, if that makes sense? i wouldn’t say i Ship the tridentarii in like a cute normal way (that does squick me out personally) but like they have some weird shit going on and i think it can be interesting to poke at all the different possible angles, some of which include weird psychosexual energy. anyways sorry for rambling in ur inbox and i hope this didn’t come off as like aggressive in any way

hey anon! sorry this took me a few days. thank you for the thoughtful ask - you’ve nothing at all to apologize for! i actually appreciate being able to participate in this kind of nuanced discussion about the characters i’m insane about and thinking about on my own constantly anyway. their sisterhood is genuinely one of the top 5 things that fucking wreck me about this series and i just have so many feeling about them and. well. prepare yourself this is about to be wayyyy too long and i am so sorry lmao

one thing i wanna start with even though i’m sure it was a minor point is, i get you about not shipping them in a cutesy romantic way or anything. i haven’t personally seen that at all actually (not to say it doesn’t exist, but if it does, it seems to be much more on the fringes), so that’s not my issue at all

but moving on to the broader points you made, i agree with a lot of what you’re saying. i fully agree that complex relationships (honestly just relationships period) are very rarely purely one thing. i appreciate you pointing that out since i realize i didn’t say that in my post

i understand the distinction you’re making between their relationship being viewed as purely a weird psychosexual thing vs that just being an element of it, and i think that’s a valid take. but for me personally, i do find it less interesting, even if it’s just an element of it, bc i feel like fiction media, especially fantasy since the 00s, has leaned Far too heavily on using that as a shortcut to make things Extra weird and creepy and fucked up and i just wanna see a lot more things that aren’t that and to the exclusion of that tbh. like it just feels cliche to me at this point, and i feel like even in cases where it doesn’t exist to the exclusion of other elements of the characters’ dynamic, it can overshadow those other elements

in my observation, that’s what’s been happening within the tlt fandom. so much of their unhealthiness and genuinely really fascinating codependent toxic dynamic doesn’t get talked about or explored in depth and instead it just seems to keep getting boiled down to the spectacle of They’re Twin Sisters And They’re Definitely Fucking. which isn’t shade to anyone who just wants to talk about that! i’m so worried any of my commentary will come across that way bc i genuinely do not feel that way

at the end of the day, i’m honestly not holding anything against the people who view their relationship that way, or those who feel that’s what’s being portrayed in the text, or even those who are most fixated on that, and i honestly feel excited that others are as invested in these 2 freaks as i am. i feel like a lot of the differing perspectives and interpretations about what exactly is going on with them are understandable to some extent. the main thing that bothers me are the posts that are like “oh if you don’t see that this is obviously canonical as of nona you’re delusional” bc it’s very much open to interpretation still, and i know there are others, aside from myself, who didn’t even consider that there was incestuous stuff happening before we saw people saying that in the fandom

and don’t get me wrong, if this turns out to be confirmed as canon in alecto, i will certainly not hate the series or think any less of it or muir’s writing or stop finding the tridentarii compelling!

#tridentarii #ianthe tridentarius #coronabeth tridentarius #tridentarii twincest #cw ianthe #tlt #the locked tomb #alecto the ninth #nona the ninth #ntn spoilers #tlt theories #ask #†

[kpopstanships]

Hello! Back to request here! Tbh, Your amazing ship ideas are too much to try and avoid requesting

How have you been? I hope everything's great for both the admins !

My request is for : Personality MTL

Groups : ATEEZ and BTS .

Personality : My case for Hogwarts house is like Harry Potter's , I'm a hatstall (Slytherin+gryffindor) .

I give off very innocent(it's due to my face) , shy , unique , rebellious and smart vibes in the beginning . I'm actually smart , but i am also very talkative. I've been complimented as cute and pretty and I am also the tomboy of my group. Though my friends tell me i look more pretty when I dress and behave like a girl . I am very supportive , caring and tbh a little bit bossy around my loved ones . Okay so I love cooking but i don't wanna learn it , so this might give you the idea of what kinda person I can be , at my laziest . I might get stressed , but a distraction is all i need to calm myself down! I'm an extroverted introvert , i talk a lot and get along with everyone, but i have great observant skills and need me-time to recharge . I've noticed myself being very kind and helpful. But I'm also unforgiving if the person makes a huge mistake.. I don't like giving people second chances due to my past experiences. I've also noticed myself being very blunt and direct .. to the point where i don't realise that it's hurting them . I hate passive aggressive behaviour , egoistic people and especially people who lie or can lie easily. I have some tantrums when I have ~those~ days .. but otherwise I'm very understanding. I would say I'm childish , but when time calls for it , i know how to be a mature person . I hate spending someone's money for myself (i even hesitate in my parents money) but I'd love to spend mine on my loved ones !

I'm actually the one who has problems in showcasing my abilities and qualities..but being around people who easily show it out helps me and encourages me ! I'm bit of a lazy slack .. and try my best to be active ,but there are some lazy days ..

Thankyou for your efforts! And sorry for being so descriptive ..

Thank you! I hope you have a great week!

Hello again we’re glad you decided to comeback. These requests are long overdue as we had quite a few irl things pop up but we’re finally back. Hopefully the ship was worth the wait. Also never apologize for being descriptive it helps us out a lot actually!

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ATEEZ

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✎ Wooyoung

✎ San

✎ Yeosang

✎ Yunho

✎ Hongjoong

✎ Seonghwa

✎ Jongho

BTS

✎ Jungkook

✎ Suga

✎ J-Hope

✎ Jin

✎ RM

✎ Taehyung

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Thank you again for your patience and we hope you like who you were shipped with!

All of our ships are currently closed so that we can catch up on past requests but feel free to request again once they reopen!

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#ship #kpop ship #kpop ships #ships #mtl ship #MTL #ateez #ateez ships #bts #bts ships #Admin Katt

[ye-local-simp]

Hallo hallo was binging ur acount and saw the twst matchup event and I rarely do this things but the way you did your matchups interested me and wanted to try it out myself, so it's my first time trying this so apologies for any grammatical mistakes you don't have to do it if you're busy wish you a good day congrats on the 400 followers (✿^‿^)

Appearance wise I'm a 5'4 Southeast Asian gal with dark brown hair and eye color. I don't have a significant style since I love to experiment with any aesthetic in a tomboyish kinda way if that makes sense? but one thing's for certain I always wear pants no shorts or skirts.

My zodiac sign is Libra and my MBTI type is Intp I am a very very introverted person so when first meeting me in real life I tend to be rather very quiet, awkward and unexpressive since I don't really like socializing that much irl, but online I tend to be more confident in which I tend to be more flamboyantly cocky, I definitely have trust issues so I tend to keep my distance from acquaintances politely and be more skeptical about interactions even if I seem friendly but get to know the actual me well I'm someone who likes to be laid-back honedt person who keeps their options open and daydream alot or be quite loud and tend to make not very family friendly humour and when I got something in mind I don't back away from it no matter how stupid it seems which makes me a bit stubborn and reckless at times. in my friend group I'm the "Girlboss" they can always rely on as I'm usually the that plans as a group or the one they go for advice as I make sure to keep an open mind, listen and give my honest opinion without making it seem sugarcoated, I'm also very attentive as I'll always remember even the slight details of anything like my friends messages through texts,no matter how insignificant they may think it is like their interests likes dislikes I'd like to hear them talk about it speaking of which I sometimes point out problems they've never realized they had.

I feel like my message is getting rather too lengthy so I'll try to make it shorter, I absolutely love Money (I'm broke ASF) sweet foods,Gacha games, lore and watching game plays or analysis vids varying from style analysis or horror game related stuff

I dislike Spicy food and dealing with people with a closed off mindsets.

My hobbiess consist of drawing, spending uneedless hours grinding on a game that involves gacha since I'm a f2p player and I love earning, oh also lore research.

My love languages is acts of service cuz I'm willing to do ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE I LOVE WHOOOO oh and also words of Affirmation, but in like a passive aggressive kinda manner because I can't handle saying anything cheesy without laughing. then third would be Gift giving, cuz I love the idea of working on something to give it for someone to be happy about and appreciate.

That's it thank chu if u plan in doing it sorry if it's so long and messy (◕દ◕)

I am going to match you up with...

Idia!!

-Idia likes to date people who tends to kind of act like him since he is then 100% certain that you understand his emotions without him actually saying much.Idia is rich so he would definitely help you pay expenses that is stressing you out as long as that isn't the sole reason of your relationship.

-Most of your dates consist of you two playing gacha games in his room whilst eating candy or hanging out with Ortho. He is definitely relived that you two are into the same thing since it makes it fairly easier for him to please you and talk to you with out getting flustered beyond repair.

-If you like sweet compliments in a passive aggressive manner, Idia is your man, even he cringes at cringy pick up lines so he does this anyways to avoid being haunted by what he said for the rest of his life.

#twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland x reader #twisted wonderland fluff #twst scenarios #twst fluff #twst headcanons #twst x reader #twst match up event #twst matchup #twisted wonderland matchup event #twisted wonderland matchup

[studiomkm]

Divine Modernity: Hercules

Hercules, son of Zeus and one of the few Greek legends who had sided with humanity during the God Wars, hesitated in front of the simple wooden door. He had wrestled the Nemean lion, battled the Hydra, confronted the Amazons and survived the wrath of Hera herself. Opening an office door should not have felt like another labor and yet as he turned the knob, he felt his legendary courage and strength bleed away.

“Ah, Mister Heracles. Welcome. I was worried you weren’t going to make this appointment.” said the beautiful woman he had come to see.

She had long, brown hair with sublime natural curl, eyes that sparkled with the color of healthy soil behind a thin pair of spectacles and the lightest bit of red lipstick that was the only makeup on her face. The sight of her made him both nervous and soothed all at the same time, though he’d never tell her that. She sat on a plush armchair as she silently gestured to the chaise longue set up against the wall.

“It’s Hercules actually, doctor.” he gently corrected her as he laid back on the offered furniture, “I had it legally changed almost as soon as legal name changes for gods were invented.”

“I see. Well I apologize if I offended and I’ll make sure that all the paperwork is under your correct name from now on.” the therapist said softly as she scribbled something down on her notepad.

Hercules stared up at the ceiling as his therapist performed whatever paperwork she had to deal with before they began the session. His dreams had been growing worse lately and Morpheus was far too imprisoned these days to be able to help him sleep an entire night through. Mortal medicines didn’t work and he hadn’t been able to get drunk since he turned 300. He was desperate to find a little peace outside of a battlefield after all these years.

“Now you wrote that the reason you sought out therapy with me was because of a lack of sleep. Is there a reason you chose therapy specifically to deal with this issue?” she began.

“My lack of sleep is caused by nightmares. I cannot kill the monsters of my mind doctor, even with my strength. I used to seek the aid of the god Morpheus but he’s been imprisoned indefinitely for his actions during the God Wars. I… cannot overcome this myself so I have come to you.” he explained.

“There is no shame or weakness in seeking help when you need it, even for a god.” she told him sternly, “I can and will do everything in my power to aid you, so that you can overcome those things in your mind which hold so much power over you.”

“You speak as though my mind is a battlefield, doctor.”

“In a way, it is. Like you said, you cannot kill the monsters of your mind but that doesn’t mean that you can’t battle them. These kinds of monsters exist in everybody, though they’re very rarely the same kind of monsters. Does that make sense?” she asked.

“The different monsters part but how do you battle something you cannot kill? How can you defeat something that does not die?” Hercules wondered.

“You don’t need to kill an opponent to defeat them, Hercules. Many opponents can be defeated many different ways. Enemies can become allies, opponents can be rendered unconscious and armies can be starved until they vacate an area, can’t they?” Megara pointed out and Hercules had to admit that she was correct, so he nodded.

“Am I to understand that you wish me to starve the enemies of my mind?” he asked her.

“Maybe but first, we need to identify the enemy. If you don’t mind me saying, I’ve actually used the examples of your mythological battles with other patients to help them understand that knowledge is the first key to victory. If the enemy of your mind is like the Hydra, growing back stronger no matter how many times you cut it down, then yes. You need to starve that enemy instead of feeding it your aggression.” she said as she maintained unbroken eye contact.

“I crushed the Hydra with a lot of very large boulders. I did not starve it to death.” he corrected her.

“Not the point.” she said with a very quiet groan.

Hercules couldn’t help but laugh at her frustration, just as he couldn’t help correcting her. So many people had gotten so many details of his life wrong that he simply couldn’t take it anymore. Speaking up had become a reflex.

“My apologies, Doctor. I do get your point though. First, we identify the enemy, then we form a strategy, and finally we defeat the enemy.” he said with a tired smile.

“Yes, that’s very much it.” she acknowledged, “So why don’t we start with something simple? Tell me a little about yourself.”

“Haven’t you ever read Greek Mythology? I’m pretty famous.” Hercules said cheekily.

“I want to hear it from you. Get your personal experience with it and not just what somebody else wrote after the fact.” Megara explained softly.

“Very well,” he agreed with a heavy sigh, “I am technically the product of a sexual assault. My mother was tricked into laying with Zeus when he shape shifted into her husband using divine power. His wife, Hera, was furious that he had once again cheated on her with another woman and did everything in her power to prevent my birth. Thanks to a clever maid, who got turned into a weasel for her trouble, my birth was successful after a very long and agonizing labor. Hera then spent the rest of my mortal life making me miserable and trying to get me killed.”

“I get the sense you aren’t really comfortable talking about your life with me yet.” Megara said as she jotted a few things down on her notepad.

“Which one?” Hercules replied with a scoff.

“Considering you only spoke to me about your mortal life, I can’t really say but please know that this is a safe place to speak your mind.” she told him gently as she regained eye contact with the reluctant god, “Though if I may ask something?”

“Yes, Doctor?”

“I asked you to tell me about yourself. You could have started with anything. Your hobbies, your recent troubles sleeping, your relationships... yet you told me first about the circumstances of your birth. Could you tell me why?” she asked.

Hercules blinked, unable to really answer her. He hadn’t even thought to talk about himself as he was now. He had gone straight to the beginning of a literal eternity of misery and had thought nothing of it. It had been automatic.

“I… I have no idea.” he admittedly slowly.

“Would it be alright if I offered an educated guess as to why I think you did so?” she asked.

“I did come here for aid and insight.” he said with the cocky grin he had become famous for back in ancient Greece.

“Hercules, I feel that you may define yourself by your pain. That while others remember the tales passed down through myth, your memory of those events focus on the pain that surrounded them. Do you feel that I may be wrong?” Megara offered.

Hercules thought slowly and methodically about her words. He recalled every single one of the major events of his life, up to the end of the God Wars and tried to focus on his feelings in every one of them. Megara was correct, but thankfully not entirely. The pain, whether physical or emotional, always crept to the forefront of his mind but it was rarely the only thing there. His heart still shattered whenever he recalled the fate of his first wife and their children but it didn’t completely destroy the joy he had when he first realized he truly loved her or when he had held each of his children for the first time.

“Mister Hercules, are you alright?” Megara asked him back in the present.

His thoughts snapped back and as the modern world came back into focus, he realized that he felt wetness on his cheeks. He wiped his face and realized that he had begun to cry without even realizing it. He took a moment to try and compose himself as he searched for the words he wanted to say.

“I am as alright as I can be, I suppose. I was mulling over your words and realized you are at least partially correct. My pain… is a large part of me. More so than it probably should be, but it is not the only thing inside of me. I can still recall…” he choked up, unable to continue as memories of happiness that had been cruelly ripped away assaulted him.

“It’s okay.” she assured him softly, “there’s no need to try and rush anything. We may only be scheduled for a half hour at a time, but we can have as many sessions as you need until you finally feel like you don’t need me anymore.”

“And if that never comes, Doctor? Am I to be broken forever?” he asked as he wiped away yet more tears.

“You may live forever, Hercules, but that also gives you infinite time to heal. You will not be broken forever unless you choose to be. Especially since you’ve finally decided to confront your problems.” Megara answered confidently.

“So then what precisely is my problem, Doctor?” he wondered.

“What I’m seeing in your body language and what we’ve talked about so far has led me to believe that you might be under the effects of what we call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Now I can’t guarantee that’s what the issue is but it does fit everything I’ve learned so far. I can help, if you’ll let me.” Megara explained, her voice calm despite the fire in her eyes.

He remembered that fire all too well. He had seen it countless times after all, in each and every single one of her lives. He saw it that first night all those centuries ago where she refused to give herself to him until he treated her with respect. She was a gentle soul with the heart of a warrior, just as she was back when she was his first wife.

He smiled softly as he looked at her, at her determination. He had sought her out and looked after her for every single one of her reincarnations once Shiva had explained the concept to him. He would never again make the mistake of openly loving her but he would never allow her to suffer as she had at his hands again. It warmed his heart that she seemed to regard him much the same way, even if she had no idea who she had once been.

“I think I would like that very much, Doctor.”

#writing #short story #greek mythology #hercules #the god wars

[lunamsubmersi]

sometimes i think of all the people who have hurt me and i write to them. this is one of those posts. i could say to ignore it but i'm not your boss and i dont really care.

to ledah:

i'm sorry i told you i'd stay when i already knew i wanted to leave but you have to understand: you were right. you can't be saved. not because you're worthless or too far gone but because you refused to save yourself. you didn't want help. you wanted someone to burn with you. i wasn't going to be that person. you broke down so much of the work my therapist guided me through. i told you that i felt the only way to keep you happy was to isolate myself from everyone else and that wasn't a joke. you genuinely made me afraid to speak to anyone else because of your fits. all those talks of me being better off without you were sickening because you knew damn well you used to get rid of most forms of contact after talking about dying when they were still with us. and you knew it scared me. but you were right about that too. you were right about a lot of things. i am better off without you. and i did like ace more. because ace never makes me afraid of living outside of them. ace never freaks out at me for talking to other people a little too enthusiastically. ace never tells me im the only thing keeping them alive. no one does that actually. it was only you. so yeah. i am better off. and i hope to every god out there you never manage to drag someone that fucking low again. i hope there's never another charlotte or another me that has to suffer what you did to us.

to marcy:

you never hurt me but i feel like you deserve to know your brother isn't an honest person. i know you love him and i know there's little chance you'll believe me here but you need to know the truth. ledah always painted you as a villain. charlotte didn't do anything to bad mouth you ever. even when he ranted to us about how you were selfish and mean and lazy, charlotte didn't speak out against you. they would apologize for him having to deal with it. you have no idea how many times i heard ledah talk about how he cant wait for you to move out or how angry he would get when you didn't want to do something anymore. he made you a monster to us and then had us play nice with you. but i did like you. you were kind and funny and genuinely very sweet. even when you decided to cut ties with me, you were gentle about it. and i never blamed you. i just hope one day you see how he really is because i would hate to see you hurt.

to hajime and the two nagis:

you three were exhausting and tiring and mean. i cared for you all sincerely. i still do. but you weren't good friends. it was always obvious you three only valued each other and not me or ruby. all the constant talking ill of other people and aggressively strong opinions that you seemed to use to villify those who disagreed with you were tiring to sit through. i left for my own peace of mind. i know one of the nagis, the one closest to you haji, thought it was jealousy that fueled me at one point. and it wasnt. i didnt care if they didn't like me. i cared that they had the audacity to lie to me and then use my characters in a plotline without my consent on the matter. i cared about the broken trust and all the lying they did. i sincerely hope you three have changed in the time since then and learned to treat others better.

and to diana:

i know you'll never see this but you genuinely were like a twin sister to me. i adored you. i dont think you ever felt the same way though, despite that title being one you first started. sometimes i still think about that time in middle school at lunch when everything i was dealing with in silence got too much and i tried to hurt myself. and when you all finally talked me into stopping and i sat down to try and push it all back down, you told one of our other friends i was doing it for attention. you said that knowing you were speaking normally and in earshot of me. i dont know what you thought that would do. but it did make me regret listening to all of you. i havent seen you in years now. and funnily enough, out of all the memories we have together? that's the one i always remember first. that's the clearest. i hope you don't speak to or about your brother like that. i hope you learned to be better. i hope you think of that day and regret that sentence for years.

#vent #dont reblog

[buckyownsmylife]

plagiarism and bullying

I am not sure how much readers of this community know about what’s been happening, but I know pretty much anyone who writes has been going through hell the last couple of months because of authors who have grown too big for their own heads - and have effectively managed to poison the entire community with their behavior, which is precisely what I feared.

And I am sick of it.

I am sick of what can only be described as psychological and emotional harrassment, done privately so people feel isolated and scared to post anything.

I am sick of people thinking they own tropes, alternate universes, clichés, pairings, characters, even GENERAL PLOT POINTS that no one can possibly possess and take ownership of.

I am sick of these same people being the ones who can’t see an idea being thrown in front of them before attaching themselves to it until the original author is forced to pull back on something they’ve been working on because this other person who they considered a friend posted it before (oh yeah. I know all about those of you who are calling out people as plagiarists while stealing WIPs from your friends).

So let me give it to you straight - and this is coming from someone who is actually a victim of plagiarism myself.

Every time one of you points a finger at someone else and shames them privately or even attacks them publicly for writing a story that has the same generic set-up (Steve finds your fanfiction, Bucky loses himself to the Winter Soldier, reader needs to be rescued by one of the supersoldiers) you’re doing all of the people in this community a disfavor, by 1. making everyone scared of publishing anything, because the entitlement for the littlelest things seems vindicated now and 2. you’re taking away from actual instances of plagiarism and authors who are having their entire works stolen.

Think of it this way: can I feel entitled to the concept of sex pollen? only one bed? in vino veritas? why can I feel entitled to this concept that I apparently came up with but that can be rewritten in a thousand different ways?

If someone else can take that generic summary and run with it in a way that’s their own, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TRADEMARK IT. It ISN’T an instance of intellectual property and it most definitely isn’t plagiarism.

You all have common sense. Use it. It’s one thing to copy an entire premise of a series, keep the same AU and character and change the lines of dialogue. It’s an entire different thing to create your own stepfather Bucky series, or mobster Steve series, or Alpha all of Chris’ characters (here, have one of “my own” ideas), with your own premise, your own ideas for each chapter and the other details of their relationship with the reader.

Or are you telling me from now on, there can be no more alpha!Bucky’s heat taking over him suddenly, Steve and Reader have to share a bed on a mission, stories with reader, charles and lee as a pairing or any other unusual one? Is that what we really want? To be the only suppliers of a certain trope, pairing or au? Can you see how your ego is affecting the entire fanfiction community hee on tumblr? Why authors are giving up on providing their fictional universes to welcome us into after a lousy day?

If your work inspired someone else’s, there’s a simple way to resolve it: reach out to the writer, confirm it was actually inspired by yours and ask them to give you credit. Credit is the actual solution for works that have been inspired by other works, but not bullying, not threats, not forcing someone to delete their own versions of a story we’re all actually sharing because bottom-line? We are all stealing Marvel’s characters and placing them on Shakespeare’s plot lines and the only thing we can do about it is add our porn and our own personal interpretations, imagination and developments.

And that means, of course: writers, if your story was inspired by someone else’s, please give them the proper credit. As I’m sure you’re aware, we are very quick to identify when something is similar to our creations, and it’s a fucking awful feeling. It’s what created this whole witch hunt over plagiarism in the first place, but while in 8/10 cases it isn’t actually plagiarism, it fucking sucks and it could have been easily prevented when it was just a matter of recognizing you aren’t the seventh wonder of the universe and actually got the inspiration to write that story from someone else.

In the same way, DON’T STEAL PEOPLE’S IDEAS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THEM. And no, THAT’S NOT PLAGIARISM either, it’s just common decency. They might even be okay with you writing the same idea, but it’s always nice to let them know and give them credit. Especially if it’s someone you consider a friend, but even more so if it’s something you saw as a snippet of a WIP on your timeline (as a general rule, I wouldn’t work on anything I thought intriguing only after I saw someone else was writing it).

And finally, still keeping that other point in mind: you don’t have the right to stop someone from working on something similar to what you’re writing. Can you imagine how many people are writing, at this exact moment, stories with the same premise? Of course, once it’s out, there’s a high chance the projects will be completely different, since each writer made it their own. I am willing to bet most of them didn’t copy from one another, they just happened to be interested in the same things - which is often the case here, prevented you aren’t an asshole that does what I described in the last paragraph.

I don’t know about you guys, but I am excited to read more stories about magical boading schools and I definitely hope J.K. Rowling won’t stop me from getting that.

Similarly, I beg you. You want to write your mafia!andy series? Please, do. The world needs your story. Just make sure it truly is your story that you’re telling.

tl;dr: plagiarism is a real issue, but never an excuse to bully people and traumatize them from writing. Writers, learn the difference between plagiarism and inspiration. If you do think it’s actual plagiarism you’re working with, please follow the following steps:

Before accusing anyone from plagiarism:

1. Actually talk to them without threatening or manipulating them so you can understand what happened and let them know how you feel. 80% of the times they’ll apologize and give you credit for it. 

2. Unless you’re the reincarnation of William Shakespeare (and so being, you have the rights to all of the tropes and plot twists created in modern literature. go you!) - and prevented the “plagiarism” isn’t so obviously truly plagiarism, that it can be proven with two screenshots placed side by side - talk to someone unbiased who will tell you if what you think was stolen was actually stolen. There’s a good chance you’re being delusional and thinking the entire world is aware of your stories and looking forward to take advantage of your hard work on them.

A good rule of thumb? Don’t do to others what you don’t wish would be done to you, and make sure to apply that rule to the way you approach the situation and treat the person you were so quick to consider a villain. I’ve yet to see (in this community, since I got here) a situation where the writer accused of plagiarism when confronted has been anything other than kind and remorseful, ready to remedy the situation once it’s been brought to their attention.

If you’re so certain of being right, there’s literally no reason to be aggressive to someone who’s not treating you rudely.

#eyre rants #i am signing off for the foreseeable future