#but also because it’s a great thread

[tmmylovejoy]

One thing I hate so fucking much about people dig up shit to “cancel” people for is that they are never part of the affected demographic. They are not looking for shit someone did wrong 10 years ago because they want to make sure they’re a good person, they’re doing it because they want an excuse to hate them.

The obvious consequence of this, however, is that suddenly an entire demographic is deeply uncomfortable with a creator who once brought them joy.

A thread recently came out about how when Wilbur Soot was 19 he made a lot of very harmful antisemitic jokes. He is now 25 years old. He has talked numerous times about how much he hates the person he was before he was about 22, and how much he’s grown since then. He’s demonstrated this growth too.

The person who published this thread was not jewish and I would assume that the person who gave them the information is not either.

I am jewish. Seeing these screenshots of “jokes” about the genocide of my people fundamentally hurt me. These screenshots do not show his current beliefs or behaviors. It would be impossible to find these jokes if you hadn’t gone actively searching for them. However I still felt betrayed and panicked, no matter how much I knew that Wilbur has changed. I do not know if I can ever watch his content again and find comfort.

This is the problem with digging into peoples past this way. It is never, and never has been, a selfless act nor a form of activism. It is the very opposite. It is the exploitation of marginalized identities to justify your dislike of someone.

#this is ok to rb 👍 (please rb) #obviously I am not trying to minimize marginalized emotions that get brought up by this sort of thing #because I am one of those ppl. idk if i can ever watch wilbur’s content again. #however there’s also no reason I needed to see that thread. it was not indicative of a current problem. #it feels as though a great comfort of mine was forcibly taken away by someone for no reason. like a little game to play. it’s infuriating. #wilbur soot #adora lore #also not adding a link to the thread cause I don’t think the person who posted it deserves that attention lol #i deleted all my old posts about it because they just like. didn’t accurately show how I felt and i didn’t wanna just have that up #sorry to anyone who has had to watch me process all of this #had a category red tornado siren sounding autism moment for a while there

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE GREAT CITIES DUOLOGY by N. K. Jemisin.

#books #books of 2024 #the great cities duology #the city we became #the world we make #nk jemisin #book photography #my photography #i SO MUCH LOVE jemisin and i'm SO EXCITED to read these!! #fifth season was world changing for me (especially on the POV front) #i own everything she's written but unfortunately i started collecting them in paperback #and now i am Trapped In Paperback lol #so i had to wait a while for book 2 to come out in paperback #and i KNOW i annihilate her series so i wanted to have them all in hand when i started the first one #but yeah i preordered the first one and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since XD #the springboard here is kaiju preservation society started and ended in NYC and had eldritch sized monster creachers #this is ALSO NYC and eldritchy monsters lmao #*I've Connected The Dots* #i do like threading my TBR for some flow/continuity #(also as a weird aside: i need to read these soon because they have to fit on This Shelf of ~Read This Year~) #(because they're too tall to fit on the next shelf down of ~Read This Year~) #space is a little tight rn lmaooo

[ifindus]

can I ask for some söta bror angst/drama? (it could be about any historical event)

You know I'm weak for historical shit 😩 How about the Siege of Fredriksten in 1718?

The siege was carried out by Swedish forces at a fortress in the south of Norway, in a city bordering Sweden. It took place during the Great Northern War where Denmark-Norway and Sweden fought against each other and Sweden made many plays at Norwegian territory. Norwegian forces held a stand at Fredriksten fortress and resisted several Swedish attacks and an army of 40.000 men through 24 days when the siege was called off after the Swedish King was killed by a shot to the head while inspecting his troops. This event was also the cause of huge Swedish losses in central Norway where another invading army was forced to turn around after the death of the King, freezing to death in the Norwegian mountains.

#hetalia #historical hetalia #sunor #söta bror #aph norway #aph sweden #hws norway #hws sweden #thank you so much for the historical ask 🥺💖💖💖 #also another excuse to draw uniforms!! #tbh my norwegian military uniform project has been such a great reference for these historical pieces #I could go into length about the symbolism I put into the uniforms as well 😩 #I usually put Norway in low-ranking gear and Sweden and Denmark in more high-ranking outfits #this is because Norway does not really have the same status as them at this point and is def treated differently #and on the same thread I like to give Norway older clothes and uniforms as well as weapons and other gear

[twinsarekeepers]

Reading some of the critiques of pjotv and now I know why y’all are on tumblr and not in the writer’s room 💀💀

#ive said this before but i have to say it again because some of you guys … #calling the BLACK SAILS writers bad 😭😭 do you hear yourselves #all opinions are valid but some are stupid!!! #(i kid but also i think y’all have just aged out of pjo and are expecting something that even the og series was not delivering) #like the source material is middle grade! which is 8-12 year olds #literally the oldest of the target audience is a seventh grader lol #like i was literally six when we got assigned tlt in school #it’s a kids book and a kids show and y’all really got to start treating it like that #otherwise you’re only going to be severely disappointed #(and wrongly so because you’re expectations are skewed from years of fandom) #anyway i think the show is doing a great job of filling in plot holes and fleshing out characters and unraveling plot threads #it’s disappointing that y’all can’t see that because you want a scene by scene copy paste of the books #like some of y’all need a lesson in thematic cohesion and building a multi-season show with a specific overarching theme and message lol #because that’s something the og book series was missing #rick struggled to tie all of his ideas and messages into a cohesive goal so it felt messy at times #i actually have so many thoughts about how the show is doing a lot better than the books #the books would undermine their own goals sometimes because of the focus on action #while the show is reallying building up the characters and exploring the dynamics before the action kicks off #because why would you be invested in any type of action sequence if you don’t care about the characters? #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #sally jackson #gabe ugliano #poseidon #percy jackson and the olympians #pjotv

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

disappears off the face of the earth and reappears just to say hey have you guys seen this show?

#you guys should watch this show #lidia poët on netflix it's so delightful #usually like faux feminist historical shows really grate on my nerves but this one was genuinely a good time #maybe because it's funny #or the relationships are all really delightful between the eponymous lidia poët and everyone around her #or maybe im just gay #i wont deny it plays a role #the OUTFITS #also i think theres this like needle to thread is that the idiom when you make a story about like a real life woman who faced sexism #bc like you need conflict to have a story but sometimes that leads to the woman in question just constantly being beaten down #you know what i mean? #sometimes it feels like that #but i think this one does it well #i think bc like lidia faces all the sexism every time she steps out of the house #and also inside the house from her brother and sister in law #but she also has people - men - who love and support her..........disobedience #i think thats well balanced i think thats why it works #also shes just great #funny and obstinate but also kind #theres one moment i wanted to put in the video but couldnt find the right place for #actually two #one where shes talking abt a client to her brother and shes like 'shes an anarchist and a bit of a bitch but shes also innocent' fghjkgh #another time shes talking to her niece abt her crush lorenzo and shes like 'you can tell me. as a lawyer i offer confidentiality' #and her niece is like 'technically youre not a lawyer anymore' #and lidia is like '......bitch. theres nothing wrong with liking him you know' #it's just really cute hgkghh i love the relationships she has with literally everyone in her life #if you wanna watch it for like the lawyer thing you can skip it theres no lawyering being done really #because shes not allowed in court rip #shes more like a bit of a sherlock holmes #you know like the american one with the female watson whats it called.........elementary

[irregularbillcipher]

watched the musical demon show (don't wanna name it so this post isn't in the tags) at the behest of an IRL friend and i can already tell this is going to be a piece of media where i absolutely cannot stop thinking about it, not because i really love the show as-is, but because it has so many individual components i really like and find incredibly fun or compelling, and i'm so frustrated that it doesn't come together for me

i think the main thing i can say about it as a show, setting aside some of the insensitive choices that were made that i really don't feel qualified to tackle or talk about, is that the entire thing sort of gives off this vibe of someone really excited to show you every single oc they made in high school and college and i very genuinely mean that in both the best and worst ways possible

there are some good hooks for season two though so i will absolutely give them that

#the vibe is just like... they are just soooo excited to get all their ideas out that it becomes... messy and badly paced #like there are so many moments that are cool or fun or emotional in a vaccuum but they don't connect fully y'know #because this arc or character was JUST introduced so there isn't proper build up. everything moves too quick #and it's frustrating because you can TELL that the people making this show love their ideas and characters #and i more than get thta! i am also someone with a lotta ocs i love to blab about #but i think they have been working with them so long that they #a. assume we are already just as attached to them as they are without always doing that work #b. assume we've seen all the supplemental material which. i have not #and i don't think that a professional show is the type of thing where there should be a barrier of entry that involves like #podcasts and comics and twitter threads and IC instagram posts about characters to do that emotional/lore legwork y'know #i love lore and supplemental stuff obviously but this should still be like #a satisfying experience for me a person who saw the pilot however many years ago and then has not interacted with the show or fandom since #idk man stuff felt rushed and messy and i wish i liked it more #it needed more slow moments i think. the two scenes where the group all drinks together (minus one awful joke in the bar scene) are like #the best in the show to me becase i actually believe these guys are FRIENDS. i wanna see them hang out more! #i wanna see them actually really grow to like each other organically!!! i wanna see them build connections and grow better slowly!!! #songs absolutely slap though. soundtrack is probably gonna be in my spotify unwrapped 2024 #i love me a musical and that inspiration is on its sleeve which i love #also imo the humor isn't great usually. it's very juvenile imo and sometime that works but it often doesn't #(for me at least humor is obviously SUPER subjective) #also tonally they have this 'have your cake and eat it too' issue which bugs me. it's exemplified by the v's (one in particular) #actually i could go on a whole rant about the v's if anyone is interested because god i have some Thoughts #and i think my issues with the v's (namely one v) encapsulates many issues i have with the show #despite all this rambling i actually did enjoy a lot of my time with it. i just don't think it was well-written if that makes sense

[draconic-asterism]

Something I drew for my dtday claim on Flight Rising!

#olly's art #flight rising obelisk #flight rising #fr obelisk #dragon #first and last time i claim on the thread #not because anything bad happened mind you #i just struggle sooo bad with getting myself to focus and do task #and im still not great at drawing most of the breeds JDZJDHDBD #i can draw. obelisk. thats my one skill #oh and i can also draw aethers n sort of tundras ig #but still

[strangesoulmates]

PSA: it's a dick move when your only comments in a work are on an old comment thread talking about how terrible the work in question is and you comment saying that the commenter put your thoughts into words

#what a wonderful set of emails to wake up to #vagueposting #🙃 #they also asked a question in the same thread #which I will answer but jfc #gonna take a day or two to get less pissed about it first #because while it wasn't a great move I do think I'm tarring them with the same brush rn #and they aren't being as bad as it feels like they are you know?

[clueless1995]

i hate americans actually

#some idiot on reddit is indignant that i said that i ‘think michael jordan has a shoe brand’ in the context of me listing what I know about #him as a non-american non-basketball fan #on a post discussing who counts as A List in terms of celebrities #like. sorry i don’t know about sneakers or whatever the fuck??? #ALSO i got the most patronising reply of my life #in the form of someone else being like it’s so CUTE that you ‘think he has a shoe brand’ it’s ADORABLE #man shut the fuck up #i know about jordans i just wasn’t sure they were associated w michael jordan #but also. do they know anything about any country’s pop culture outside of the us/uk ???? like genuinely ???? #in the same thread I had mentioned don bradman and of course americans who aren’t into cricket don’t know who he is !! i wouldn’t expect #them to !!! #but he’s like statistically one of the best athletes of all time so #if you’re mad at me for not knowing much about tom brady or michael jordan #because they’re Great Sportspeople or whatever #come ONNNN

[godsfavoritescientist]

How do I explain the ways in which the bill origins fic 'A Romance of Many Dimensions' by haley3 rewired my brain without needing to give paragraphs upon paragraphs of context. The fic is something like 200,000 words long. Almost every single good moment calls back to things that are set up earlier in the fic

#godsrambles #girl help 'the colors in our universe are the same as the ones in his home dimension because our universe is made out of a piece of bill' #makes NO sense without adding way more context #not to speak of 'bill is obsessed with ford because he can Feel the same cosmic thread connecting them as the one that drew him towards- #-meeting his henchmaniacs which makes him convinced against all odds that ford is gonna join him' #and the long beginning is set in flatland. its what finally got me to read the book flatland #and now I will literally think to myself 'its not that i Have to do x or y tasks. i GET to do x or y tasks isnt that great' #'i get to live in a physical form that experiences so many vivid thoughts and sensations while on bills favorite planet in the multiverse' #and i will be like 'why should i drag my feet about learning this or doing that. bill was literally trapped in a 2d world-' #'and KILLED to be able to experience a life as 3d and colorful as the one im in' #'and just like bill was so desperate to learn and see and do Everything that the axolotl gave him a ton of power so he could do that.' #'i Also want to learn and do and see everything i possibly can. and i literally HAVE the chance to do that' #'so i'd better start actually Trying to do and see and learn everything i can' #and then i brush my teeth slightly more often or whatever #fucking unhinged and ridiculous way of getting myself to do tasks #the events of this fic arent even my headcanon for bills powers and backstory. i just think its neat! #and now my brain has been permanently rewired by a got dam fan fic. #anyways sorry for all the spoilers but i mean. i doubt many folks would decide to read a fic that long without being intrigued by spoilers #most frustrating thing is that the hard hitting spoilers SEEM understandable without context. #but i promise there is a lot of context missing that makes it make sense why they are good plot points and not just weird random happenings #edit: its 200000 words not 600000. how did I misread that

[cosmicatta]

Every now and then someone asks me "why do you always point out that English isn't your first language?" and the answer is because it's REALLY hard, okay? :') And I kinda want that extra effort to be known.

I choose to write in English despite knowing I won't be at 100% of my abilities just to be part of the community. And it's hard, and you feel stupid and illiterate about half of the time, and sometimes people are very cruel.

Honestly, writing in a language that isn't your own is a very humbling experience, and I think everyone should try it before sending a nasty message, or making fun of someone's "broken English."

This is not the first time I get this kind of "feedback," and it probably won't be the last. I shouldn't care so much, but it's just unfair. It's unfair that I've also seen many friends and creators I appreciate deal with similar stuff.

Sometimes it feels weird to inhabit spaces that are mostly English-speaking (AND mostly USA-centric), because you're always expected to bend but rarely get any kind of gratitude for doing it (rather the opposite sometimes).

By this I don't mean that everyone should be thanking me personally for speaking English, that's not the point I'm trying to make because this isn't even about me (I'm not that important, please lmao). Just do keep in mind that every time a non-native speaker interacts with you in your language, or creates art in your language for you to enjoy, they're kinda doing you a favor. Because we could just... not do it. It's actually so much easier not to do it. Just be aware of it and show patience and kindness in return, it's the very least you can do.

#text #tweeted this as a thread yesterday but #I wanted to share here too #so yeah if you're a non-native speaker and still choose to write fanworks in English #know that I see you and appreciate your hard work #it's so difficult sometimes #and it doesn't always pay off #but you're doing great trust me #also don't be afraid of creating art in YOUR language too #it can be freeing and very personal and special #don't completely throw away your roots just because they're not *cool* in online spaces 🙏

[rawliverandgoronspice]

Re: Descant and the rest of that series:

Is there a scene or idea you'd really-really love to include in it but can't, for whatever reason?

;__; I cherish this ask in my little hands like a soft bird, thank you so much for asking!!!

I mean, the answer is existentially horrifying, because: I have a full whole another story that goes into the "Child Timeline" version of the events of Descant (so the one that goes to MM's and Twilight Princess). I am unbelievably giddy about some of the ideas that are in there in terms of character development and just, Moments. It is the main daydream I am cursed with right now.

I have written test scenes and like, monologues and stuff that I just reread yesterday and went "shiiiit that goes haaard", so, pretty into it. It is roughly outlined.

The outline is 5k long.

So, beyond not really thinking it is realistic for me to dive into a 100k epic dark fantasy story about the nature of power and survival and responsability when I *already* have a series of science-fiction that I really love and want to finish going on, my ideas for this story are often incredibly visual, which is pretty rare for me; and so I have a lot of trouble imagining it as anything but a comic or a series, because of the external point of view and everything it allows that internal PoV (even multiple PoVs) can only approximate. Both options are literally ridiculous.

So I am indeed cursed to writhe about this story in my heart and be reasonable and *not* commit to it.

:(((((((

#asks #descant of greatness #unhallowed verspers #thank you thank you this made me !!!!! #happi #there's so many things in this story idea I really love #everyone's arc goes much much deeper than in descant #impa's arc is really!!!! I like it so much #same for zelda's #even the hylians get complicated! Maddsen has other modes than just “pathetic wet sack of nothing” wow #Serielle becomes more terrifying than Ganondorf!! #Saeruk and Iftaah also go through A Time #and Ganondorf has the Time of all Times and honestly wow my guy like wow #I have also other issues with this story because given it's a split timeline situation #how do you not rethread some of the ground previously thread #and also #in so many words this is the story of a war that turns into a genocide #and.... like it's not. it's really difficult to handle this correctly #trying to inject too much hope to counterbalance would feel like flinching #but lingering for no good reason or without something raw and personal to add is just disgusting #so this is another reason why I'm hesitant to dive in #I know many things about the ending but how to confront this is still a huge and uncomfortable question mark for me

[variousqueerthings]

I’m reading Persistance: All Ways Butch And Femme and lemme tell you it’s doing wonders for everything -- feelings about gender, politics, language, relationships 

every time I think I’ve come at some unknowable concept about myself that nobody could possibly understand and I’m totally alone (or at the very least I’m something new and fragile), reading about other queers makes me understand that actually it’s existed possibly forever and I can calm tf down and stop being so angsty, it’s not fragile at all, it’s years of others living these things into reality!

anyway, us lonelies under 30 (and over 30 too quite probably) who think we’ve reinvented the wheel and nobody could possibly get it, we need to read this sort of stuff to get out of our own heads and to respect where we came from and maybe all the fucking discourse can chill out and we won’t be so afraid of changes and concepts that already exist and have done for a lot of years!

#persistance: all ways butch and femme #queer stuff #queer theory #queer lit #lesbian lit #me like: im overcomplicating it ive gone too far im a fraud #a dyke who came of-age in the 60s: anyway these fag genderqueers i met in the 90s love em couldnt do without em great stuff #also rae spoon i owe you everything #and this discussion i just read in it i need to get their names #about femme through the eyes of masculinity STOP IVE BEEN FEELING THAT WAY (dont stop ofc) #and the new spectrum bit???? wtfwtfwtf i feel like im being inundated with The Lore and im some starry eyed apprentice #whenever i forget i can be like -- is my icon a claude cahun homage for NOTHING?! #it's about context building! it's about history! it's about thinking those threads were spindly but they're strong as anchors or smthin #fuckit im just amazed i cannot properly articulate how amazed i am #ALSO look im not a lesbian/i never came to transness through lesbianism like a lot of my peers (only briefly and it amounted to one bar) #my point being that if you think you can't relate to that title because you think you didn't get to experience that lens #1. read the lesbians generally because they're good for you #2. trust me this book opens some fucking doors (doors I'd been worried were me going too far/werent allowed) #recommend this to all the queers and non-queers alike boys and girls and people who think they're unfathomable #you will be uh... fathomed... as it were #(or not but it's still vital)

[bluesadansey]

agents of shield s7 really was a shockingly good conclusion to something I like… like on it’s own it’s a good season but I don’t really realize how highly I think of it overall (it’s not agents of shield s4 who’s praises I’ll sing any day of the week) until I think about how many concluding seasons or books of shows or series I love could have been better if they were more like it in a variety of ways…

#s speaks #currently inspired by me venting about my wishes for a raven king where Blue’s mirror powers were treated more like May’s empath powers #(which is funny since apparently Maggie’s og draft gave Blue literal empath powers although mirror is still in that vain to an extent) #and her having feelings and anger and resentment once LMD Coulson comes into the picture but she doesn’t see him as her Coulson #but also the way he can be a neutral space for her while she’s navigating the powers is comforting #I would have Lurved an arc like that for Blue/Bluesey #and the questioning if he’s real or not thread for Coulson himself and everyone around him and their relationships #which is helped by the existence of s6 which wasn’t the best aos season (although even though it had messy parts I liked how focused on May #it was and that Ming got to shine a lot. I could have done with less fs and far less Deke but that’s-) #but if that season didn’t exist at all s7 wouldn’t have landed because we needed to see those chars Without Coulson. If they had just #skipped to Daisy slamming the button and that’s that then he’s off on his road trip and that’s that— #but outside of trcbrainrot magicians could have used that season as a model so could legacies so could a lot of different genre things w #unsatisfying endings #sometimes I will have to do a list of my favorite conclusions to things since there’s definitely less that I wholly am a fan of and more I’ #so so on or dislike. #in terms of tv shows would say community agents of shield and person of interest are the main ones that really hold up to me and are great #endings to shows I cared about #for books: CP2 TKM and others I can’t think of rn

[hehosts]

#hi im here for a bit #im writing an open bc i was playing bsi again last night lol #and there's a great lutece quote for a deng and ji open ill be making #also ive had an upsurged in followers that use LA fcs! ren technically has a LA fc too but i never use it for icons rip #so when interacting with me because i know it can be jarring to have a manga and IRL fc in one thread be cohesive to just go iconless #so if you want to reply to any of my opens please don't be shy!

[hyaciiintho]

🌸｡*ﾟ+. Sorry for the lull in activity this passed week c': the fact that my docs and whatnot aren't done just sorta crept up on me and bothered me more than I'd like it to haha~ So I decided to try and work on my carrd myself and see if I can tie everything together and get bios done on there.

So... I think I'm gonna try and focus my energies on getting that done so I can finally be done with them. Gonna condense my muse list and reorganize, think of a better system and what have you. Gonna be a little Under Construction for a bit!

In the meantime, if my writing partners want me to send them anything via inbox from time to time, let me know ♡ Might be low activity for a little while as I get this itch scratched and clean my hands from... -gestures vaguely- all this LOL

#MUN SPEAKING 🌸 ᴬ ʷᵉᵃᵛᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵗᵃˡᵉˢ; ᴾᵃⁱⁿᵗᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ˢᵗᵃʳˢ #I have once again let things pile on top of myself until I suddenly can't see the ceiling c': fun times and great feeling for my brain LOL #I promise I'm not dropping anything! I'm just-- overwhelmed xD and it's bothering the HELL out of me that I just??? #Don't have anything done? Because I'm struggling to constantly keep up with threads instead. #So I'm gonna... put a small pause on those. If people want to drop things please let me know. Otherwise? #I'm just gonna take... a WHILE to get to them... until I'm done c': if people don't mind! ♡ #I'm gonna kick carrd's ass and make something out of it for my stuff! I paid a whopping... $5 for the year for pro LOL #so I get to have all the freedom in the world with it to make something pretty so... WISH ME LUCK FRIENDS!!!!!! #I'll toss inbox calls here and there or just pop into close friends inboxes with random stuff from time to time #but also feel free to personally request something if you wanted anything when the time comes! ✨