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grimoire-of-geekery · 6 days

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What is your advice for someone who can read tarot relatively okay for other people but is trash when it comes to reading for themself? (Cards dont make sense and literally every card is reversed despite careful shuffling to get a healthy mix of both upright and reversed cards)

*hugs* I know that frustration all too well.

Ok, so here are some things I say to everyone where tarot reading is concerned:

It's not just what the cards say, it's what they don't say. A tarot deck works by representing the whole world and all of the various turns and twists of fate people can experience. When Death shows up, but not the Ten of Swords, that's because you're dealing with Death, but not in the form of an ending. Likewise, if the Three of Coins appears and not the Eight, then your experience will reflect financial growth and demonstration of your mastery, rather than the learning of that skillset.

For this reason, I encourage diviners to adopt a different method for reading inversions than "the bad version of this card" or "the opposite." For the latter, there's already a card in the deck for any "opposite" meaning you could come up with. For the former... every card can be bad or good in the right circumstance. For myself, I use a method where the inverted cards are signs that the querent will have difficulty understanding that card, and I should take pains to carefully explain that one, pointing out nuances that might be missed. Generally it means the card is "shadowed," or their own beliefs and views obstruct the truth. Another really good one I read recently is the idea of an upright card being "invoked" and an inverted card being "banished," which is a very interesting perspective. I like the idea of "this card is departing from you, or taking its blessing/curse/experience away."

Those two things I say to everyone, just to clear space. The first really specific piece of advice I'd give to you if you're having trouble reading for yourself is do not add cards. Read what's already there. Take a picture of it, note everything in a journal, and look at it periodically. Focus not on what your feeling is, but what the card means. Do research, look it up in books, especially your own writings on the card if you have them. Seriously, adding too many cards makes the reading even harder to read. "Clarification" cards are a joke.

In addition, check your spread. The spreads we use are how we talk to the world and ask for information. Make sure that when you lay those cards in that pattern, you actually want the information the spread can offer. If you're looking for advice, don't ask a spread that's solely about prediction, that sort of thing.

I'd also suggest you take a look at the deck and see if it really expresses how you experience the world, and then I'd do divination that has nothing to do with your wishes for a while, to see if it can accurately relate the world to you. I wanna be specific here- what I'm talking about here is not how you wish the world was, but rather how you experience the world as it is. The deck is meant to reflect the world as it is, and reveal its secrets to you, and if the deck isn't doing that for you in your readings, you may need to use a different deck, or maybe even a different divination method at all.

If all your cards are coming up inverted all the time, that's a sign. The deck is specifically speaking to you and saying something to you. If it were my own deck, that would be a message that "you ain't gonna get it, so you may as well stop asking." I can't say what that omen means for you, but I would consider it a big one, maybe a step or two above "stalker" cards, and just below the significance of a reading that's more than 80% one suit. If that's the case, I'd ask your cards what they're trying to tell you that you're not getting, and record the answers. For myself, I use three-card combinations for those kinds of specific questions.

If you wanna reach out and talk to me more in depth, I'm definitely available if you wanna come off anon and have a conversation, or you can just send a few more anon asks if that's your comfort level. I hope I helped, one way or another. *hugs*

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not-poignant · 8 months

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Hi Pia

Just to be clear, will the old version of Fae Tales remain available on ao3 or will it be replaced with the newer edited versions?

I'd appreciate knowing so I'll know whether to download the older versions before their replaced.

Thanks x

Hi anon,

I've talked about this a lot over the years. But basically I have actually edited and tweaked all of my stories many times over the years firstly, so that's a thing that does happen and it's worth backing up versions (if you want to keep the typos and some of the continuity errors x.x)

Secondly, I will save the 'references to SAL' version of Game Theory, so that this version is always available. I'm still on the fence about whether I'll make the AO3 version fully original, I always said that I would, but that was before I made the decision to actually try publishing, and now I think I could probably keep both.

However, even if I do that, I get a lot of people saying they find Game Theory confusing - why was Augus defeated? What did he do wrong? What's the difference between Seelie and Unseelie fae? Etc. etc. Questions that got answered in SAL for some, and certainly get addressed in COFT and TIP, never get addressed in GT, and that's kind of an issue for a free serial that is meant to help people get interested in my writing.

Some people overcome that (or have no issue with it), but it really is the biggest barrier to folks picking up the series.

In that sense, I have considered adding extra scenes, and also removing the scenes that have been completely OOC for over 8+ years, like Gwyn masturbating early on in GT, or the spanking scene later on. Neither one fits Gwyn's character, and it's very quickly established after that - and then maintained for almost a decade afterwards - that they really don't fit his character.

Those inconsistencies might be charming for some, but they're actually really frustrating for me! I haven't been able to reread Game Theory for enjoyment for like 4+ years because of it.

So, will I fix those things to make GT have decent continuity of character and add new scenes to GT on AO3? Maybe. Will I keep the references to SAL? Maybe! This one's more likely, especially for the folks - the many of us - who love fanfiction and love AO3 and came to GT (including me) from fanfiction. There's always a transitional story for people who need it.

My biggest stumbling blocks are the character continuity issues.

Also for those who probably don't know, I've made some actually pretty big edits to SAL for character continuity re: Gwyn and Augus. Augus, in particular, has had some major reworking in that story (like 4-5 years ago).

Every single one of my stories gets edited over time, especially if I do rereads. Most don't get new scenes, but like... oof I'd say there's about 2000 extra words on Gwyn and Augus in SAL, and I remember I did an edit about 6 years ago which easily removed about 12,000 words.

No one's ever brought it up, so ideally the edits felt smooth and just made the reading process more enjoyable.

But yeah if you want old versions of anything I write, anon, save/download them.

But if I make big structural changes (removing scenes / removing chapters), I will make a back-up copy myself and host it on Dropbox or something for folks to download going forwards. But hopefully they try the edited version too :)

#asks and answers #game theory #game theory edits #fae tales verse #fae tales #the fact is that game theory is the most inconsistent thing i've ever written #because it started out as hate fucking #became 'i can't let them die'#became 'oh shit is this a story'#and because i was trying to depart from fanfiction references #and couldn't do it entirely #and that frustrates me because now i *can* change that #and i *want to*#SAL ends just fine without game theory and it doesn't *need it* to be a complete story #Game Theory *does not start just fine without SAL*#which is not great #asklfasdjfas #that worked out fine a decade ago when everyone came over from SAL #but the *majority* of readers don't find GT that way anymore #and it's been like that for like 6+ years #and nostalgia is not a good enough reason to make things really hard #for new readers #when that series is already pretty challenging to newcomers y'know?

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thoughtfullyrainynightmare · 4 months

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Hi there, Laura! Hope you are doing well and enjoying the holiday season. You don't have answer this ask, but after reading your thoughts on the new chapter, I just wanted to share that you're not alone in feeling frustrated with the BC manga right now. I have certainly been feeling the same way myself. I actually took a break from it for a while earlier this year (still kept up with the spoilers & such but didn't read week to week) partially due to my poor health and mostly because I was feeling frustrated & hoping it would keep my attention better if/when the pacing evened out. Unfortunately, the pacing issues seem to be persisting. Being a bit of a hobbyist writer myself I recognize that it can be very difficult to keep a consistent pace throughout a story especially a very long one so I try to be forgiving of that in works, especially when they are ongoing & published serially (like a manga). I think in this particular case there is just a big contrast between the pacing of previous arcs (i.e. Elf Reincarnation) and this one, and the added pressure of it being the final arc which draws more attention to the pacing here.

I liked what you said in an answer to another ask about how not every series can have "ups" all the time. I absolutely agree and would even go so far as to say that one of the things that was so special about BC and what I loved about it so much was how Tabata filled those downtimes and slower paced moments with really compelling characters & their dynamics with one another. And that's really what I feel I have been missing from the series lately. It sometimes feels like it's moving so quickly that all of these wonderful characters and storylines I came to love as the story unfolded have had to be pushed aside in favor of these epic battle sequences. They're great, of course, but it's not really why I've connected with this story and stuck with it for so long. But I realize that the target audience (at least) is probably connecting with this series for the epic adventure story and battle sequences. My cousin (who recommended BC to me in the first place), for instance, is 100% there for the epic battle sequences and doesn't care all that much about the character development and the little side people (i.e. he's been into BC far longer than I have and I've had to remind him multiple times who Langris even is lol. Needless to say, he'd be shocked to know I've written thousands upon thousands of words just about him and very few words about any battles). I love my cousin & will forever be grateful that he introduced me to such an incredible story that we both adore, but there is no denying that we love it for completely different reasons. And after reading what you shared about your frustrations, I wondered if perhaps you are a little more like me and missing those smaller character interactions and worrying that all these wonderful characters (whether with big roles or small roles in the story) that made BC so special will get their arcs wrapped up in a satisfying way.

When a story starts to move this quickly from one fight sequence to the next in the final battle, it can start to feel like all the characters' intrapersonal conflicts are just getting swept up into the fray, and for a story like BC that always did such an incredible job of giving *every* character their own arc, motivations, and really their own "moment"--it can feel a bit worrying, disappointing, and, yes, frustrating to feel like they aren't getting their moments when they really matter and when it's their last chance to get them. Yes, this is the end of the story of Black Clover but what's so special about the story of Black Clover is that it's not only Asta's story or Yuno's story...it's *everyone's* story. There are B-plots, C-plots, D-plots, all the way to Z-plots. Each and every one of these subplots--these stories and the characters they affect--deserves an ending, and I think there is frustration that sets in in knowing that unless the pacing of the story as it is now drastically changes there will not be room for closure for all (and possibly even most) of these subplots and supporting characters that we've come to know, love, & appreciate.

All of that said, it's still a work in progress. I don't pretend to know what Tabata has planned & I'll reserve judgment until the end. Truthfully, no matter how it ends I will be forever grateful for a wonderful story & amazing characters that I really connected with. I personally don't feel that what has been written is bad, but I will admit constructively that I do feel a little disappointed and am finding it harder to keep my interest with it as time goes on. To me, with these rushed battle sequences, it's almost like it's losing some of that magic (no pun intended) that made it special and different from every other battle epic shounen. I believe that in what it set out to do as a battle epic, it has succeeded and continues to succeed even now as it nears its conclusion, but it went above & beyond that in what it did with its characters and that's where it feels to be falling a little short recently. But again, I'll admit, I think that has more to do with the fact I'm the oddball that was never really there for the battles in the first place, so I'm not sure I can really speak to the "good" or "bad" of the writing, since in a way I feel like it's not being written for *me* because I'm not the target audience, if that makes sense?

I was curious of your thoughts on this (and hope my ramblings weren't too incoherent) so I thought I'd send an ask in case you wanted to weigh in. But please don't feel obligated. Thank you & Cheers, dear!! 💖

Hiya Acacia! I hope that you're well too!!

Tbh, I hadn't thought about BC being a "battle anime" per se, because though there were a lot of battles in the beginning, it was well balanced with the prose, and the battles advanced the plot. (Granted that the battles do advance the plot as well, but they feel relatively meaningless if there's no connection from the reader to the story itself on an emotional level. In my opinion) But we have very similar thoughts about the issue with pacing indeed. To me, it almost feels like Tabs deemed all the necessary characterization to be done, and now he'll just cut to the chase and "hack & slash". Or then, like any writer, he has scenes where he just really wants to get to. And the pacing suffers because of it.

If it was just a few chapters of battles, like... let's say 5 in a row in between some proper character interactions and story arcs where we can learn about the world and the lore, then I wouldn't mind. But because it feels like we've gotten a year of nothing but battle battle battle, it got to me. Luckily there's fanfic and other lil' projects in the meantime to keep one entertained.

I also didn't think about what exactly is the target audience here, because the story started as more character and story centric with some battle here and there, I probably thought the story to be targeted to people who enjoy action and adventure, which would include more than just fights.

But also, maybe this is like the Royal Knights arc (which I forget half the time). That was also very battle centric, but it was building up to something more.

Now, I was lucky enough to be able to fast forward the Royal Knights arc, by going as far as to skip some episodes because it didn't appeal to me and seemed to have minimal contribution to the plot as a whole in my opinion, but now I'm experiencing it in real time so to say.

This doesn't mean that I would dislike BC. I'm not going to say that "because of this BC is bad", because it's not. It's going through a slow season.

I certainly can't blame you for taking a break. I'm on a semi-break myself due to ... well, school. I might have a little more time next semester, but I can't say for sure, because the courses of next semester are supposed to be the toughest ones during the first 4 years. So, I'll be around, but probably not as vocal. And I suppose I'll feel less like I'd need to stay on top of the plot on a weekly basis, because Tabs has moved to the once every 6 months type of an arrangement.

And there has to be more than 2 chapters still to come

Source

These don't even include chapter 369's MagLuck VS. Lucius clone

This short text gives hope of at least 5 chapters still to come, all probably long ones. However, I want to believe that since they're "major fights" in which the MagLuck team up wasn't counted (meaning that chapter 369's battle isn't considered as "major"), these 4 battles will probably take more than 1 battle/chapter.

Also.... when you look at the colour page, you see at least five things:

Licita, William, Ichika, Nacht and Adrammelech

Nacht is probably going to tie in on the Yami VS. Morgen battle, and Ichika will meet up with her brother (dare I speculate a team up as well), with a high potential for some sibling reconciliation, because the ground work for it has been set.

Adra is the big question mark, because what exactly are they up to, is up for a debate. But because they are there, and Tabs hasn't placed people on coloured pages without a reason until now, there's potential for something more.

However, the thing that draws attention most, to me, as someone who wants more lore and plot, are Lichita and William.

The image of Lichita looks like it's from a memory, and considering how Asta's grimoire, with Liebe inside, somehow wound up to the grimoire tower, behind a brick on the outer wall, after Lichita died, gives good reason to wish for a flash back, maybe even a small story that takes place in the past. Not just in memories, because I doubt that Liebe can actually remember events of the grimoire in that manner.

And William's picture looks like it's a memory, to me, as well. For now, we're under the impression that William is... gathering himself after, maybe, losing a limb (we've been wrong about these before with Mereo, so I'm not saying that he actually has lost one), but he might feel like he needs to still atone himself somehow. Maybe he's reminiscing to something in his past, after meeting with Julius. That would be plot relevant in more ways than one, and could explain why Will is there, looking so solemn.

So, to me, after some contemplation, I think that we're going to mimic the elf arc, and the Final Arc is only now starting with chapter 370. Things up until now have just been the "Royal Knights Arc" of the Final Arc.

Idk, that's just what I think atm

#black clover #black clover manga #acacia #space brothers afficianado #lovely mutuals #Oh! and I will answer your ask game asks!#I've just been caught up with holiday season stuff ^^'

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hopelesslyromanticshark · 4 days

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hey cove! as a poc moot I feel like maybe I should pitch in also?

first of all anyone who's been accusing you of being intentionally uninclusive needs to understand that trying to guilt someone who has expressed a real interest in changing things instead of advising them will not solve the issue, just exacerbate it. they aren't offering any meaningful criticism, they're just yelling at you without offering any suggestions, which serves 0 purpose

I also get why you're hesitant about not wanting to go too far in the other direction and end up stereotyping in the name of inclusion! you value your work and don't want to give it the hallmark treatment, which is very fair of you and a much better way of writing than just resorting to tired tropes for the sake of points

I also understand why the original anon was frustrated, and I'm happy you came to an agreement with them, because you made it clear that you can see what they were talking about and didn't dismiss anyone out of hand. secondary poc ask that mentioned preferring a nonspecific reader over tropey writing hit the nail on the head in my opinion actually!

what people need to understand is that trying to be inclusive by pulling out tropes is still alienating, just in a different way? alienation by omission is what happens when you're constantly left out, which is why people like og anon feel like they're not presented equally.... but on the other hand, stereotypical writing also frustrates us because it feels almost careless, that you're treated as an afterthought who can settle for anything.

and you're aware of this, which the hissing gollum anon needed to understand! you know how disrespectful that would be so you hesitated, and the phrasing was enough to set them off, which is ridiculous because they weren't civil with you themselves.

all told I feel like your need for a break is valid, and you need the rest from tumblr for a bit to gather your thoughts. I also feel like most of your poc audience agrees that more nonspecific descriptions are the way to go, especially because you don't feel like you can suddenly switch up your writing, and you acknowledging that and wanting to try is good, whether bridge troll anon thinks so or not

i know this is very long and a bit rambly, but I feel like you deserve a more mature response than what some people have been plying you with lately (also, some of the characters you are writing for literally are poc themselves....? they're acting you've done nothing and it's so strange.)

anyway, I hope your break treats you well! and remember, it is an option to turn off anon asks if you feel like it. stay safe out there and good luck with the sem!

— aru

firstly, i appreciate you voicing your opinion!! there is nothing more comforting than to hear from those who are actually in the community!!

something that i LOVE that you pointed out that i didn't even realize is the fact that they added NOTHING TO THE CONVERSATION!! all they did was criticize me without backing up your claims or even voicing your opinions in a constructive way. i learned nothing, except that youre a dickwad.

i do regret the way i phrased it, but i was legit trying to keep the mood light because that ask had been stressing me out for a few days...like, dry heaving shaking and just completely frazzled. so, i acknowledge that there were better ways i could have phrased it, but i was like two days deep into the most stressed i'd ever been in my entire life, so im cutting myself a little slack lmao.

everything you said in this is perfect, perfect, perfect. so eloquently put while also tearing those shitty ass anons down.

ive def thought about turning anons off but i feel it would be unfair to those who use it in a respectful manner for their own peace of mind. but its def something i've been considering bc ALL the trouble i have is with anons, from illegal requests to all this junk now. but idk idk

#return to sender ౨ৎ #all my love ౨ৎ

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all-that-tmnt-jazz · 1 month

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Hi, I apologize if I make any mistakes, English is not my language. Thanks for reading.

Could I request a TMNT matchup? Any universe. ❤️

I'm 1.67 cm tall, with honey eyes, long brown curly hair and dark skin.

A little about my personality, I'm an INFJ person, I'm ambiverted and I have little social battery, but I like talking to people I feel comfortable with, I love helping people and making them smile, I love animals, especially cats. I'm a fan of horror films, science fiction, anime and dramas. I like sleeping, playing bass and reading. I'm very good at starting conversations and making them flow in a really fun way, and I get excited when I start talking about things I like and hate injustices. I study Information Technology and I really enjoy reading about aliens and history.

Sometimes. I'm a difficult person to explain my feelings but I try, sometimes I'm confused but I'm the type who loves everyone, even those who hurt me. And I find beauty in everything, I fall in love with personalities. I like to talk about the things I like, I love rock and metal, listening to music is my way of escaping problems and making myself happy.

I am a person who defends who I love with all my strength, even if they hurt me. I'm a great listener and I do my best to listen to everything you have to say. If you need me, I'll always be here! have a great day.❤️

You've got nothing to be sorry for, my friend. I do match-ups for the Michael Bay universe and already have two in mind. Let's get this match-up started.

Mikey

Will definitely try to make sure you're comfortable

He doesn't want to be the one to wear down your social battery too much

He likes to make you smile, too. He tries to do that often.

He's always wanted a pet, so if you have any cats he will want to meet them immediately.

He isn't the biggest fan of horror films (bc of Raph) but will still try to watch them with you.

Will 1,000% watch sci-fi movies with you

(His favorites are the two "Alien" movies with Sigourney Weaver)

He hates injustices, especially how people don't take the time to understand what they don't know...

He will ask you to talk about your studies, but will only truly understand about 20% at most.

(He truly does try, but IT/general tech is more Donnie's thing)

He listens to a lot of music to escape problems, too.

It also helps calm the anxiety his ADHD causes

He also defends everyone he loves, especially his brothers

He talks a lot, so he does appreciate it when you listen

As much as he loves his brothers, they aren't always up to listening to him

He does feel like he talks too much sometimes and feels bad for it

However, he does make it up to you by letting you talk about your likes

He will definitely nap with you- he does not miss an opportunity to sleep.

Donnie

Has multiple folders on his computer with IT-related things and loves showing them to you.

He loves listening to you talk about your studies- he admits there are a few things you're learning that he doesn't know about.

He also has a small social battery but is okay with a comfortable silence, if you are.

He listens to more lo-fi music than rock or metal, but there are quite a few songs that he does like

(He has added a few of the songs you've shown him to his playlist)

He loves to watch horror films, especially ones with twist endings

His brothers can't stand him when they're all watching sci-fi movies together

He picks apart every little detail and inaccuracy, and he eventually has to walk back to his lab with how frustrated he gets

(He does have an exception- he loves the "Planet of the Apes" trilogy with Andy Serkis)

He finds it interesting how you see the beauty in everything, how you see a personality before a person

He wishes more people were like that, but he knows most people aren't and that hurts him

He has heard Casey play the acoustic guitar before, but he's never heard a bass before, at least in person

He actually loved looking at the differences between a guitar and a bass, even the most "minute "unimportant" ones

He does tease you often, though, for how short you are compared to him.

He means it all in good fun, though

You need to remind him to sleep.

Often.

#tmnt 2014 #tmnt 2016 #tmnt #tmnt bayverse #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt donatello #teenage mutant ninja turtles #fanfic writing

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olderthannetfic · 1 year

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Oh, I meant to send an ask about the tagging things with each chapter matter but looks like the discussion is already going on. I'm one of those people who tag based on what's already up as the story goes along.

My reason to do that, especially for characters and ships, is that I've been there and had the frustrations of finding a fic with a good premise and my rare faves tagged only for them to barely appear in it. If I were to tag the characters and ships preemptively, unless they're the ship the work will be centred around and it's misleading not to tag them, I know that some people will read the WIP hoping to find what they are looking for and be disappointed when it's not there. They may consider it a mistag for more views and blacklist the fic or remember it as "ah, the tag's wrong, blorbo isn't in it at all" and never click on it again even when blorbo finally enters the scene and becomes the deuteragonist. It feels deceptive of me to tag for things that aren't even in the work yet and I will shoot myself in the foot doing so.

Same for certain specific tropes, especially in smut. I add them when the new chapter introduces them to avoid cockteasing people looking for specifically that act or kink to read. However, for thematic tropes and overarching themes and such, I tend to tag them from the start to give readers an idea of what will happen. You need at least some ingredients and hints of what's gonna happen to get people to decide on reading.

I'm aware there are enough people who can reason the character or ship simply hasn't appeared yet, but for every fic for which that's true, there are a dozen more where they were just tagged for a single background appearance.

The initial question I wanted to send was, do you (otnf and other readers) reread the tags every time a new chapter goes up in case something new was added, or do you just read them once and go in if you decide you like them?

I never reread tags if it's a fic I'm going back to from an update email or bookmark and I actually remember which fic it is.

I use tags to find fics in the first place, largely via filtering and not via reading the headers carefully. Once I have my selection, I download things onto my kindle and read them later. I skim past the tags there and mostly look at the title and summary to remind myself which fic this is.

Best tagging practice is going to depend a lot on how long your fic is, how long it's taking you to update, what the fandom is like, what kind of content is included, etc.

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bread-squid-uwu · 10 months

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are you the one who keeps adding "love interest" into the dante/travis wiki pages and changing characters skin complexion description pages to say they're darker than they canonically are?

if so, i've reviewed these edits, and some text added contains misinformation, poor wording, and strong bias against katelyn/travlyn and that's the reason why some edits have been reverted and/or adjusted. i apologize if that caused any personal harm to you (/calm /trying not to sound aggressive here)

I'm not, however I have fixed Aphmaus from saying she was "lightly tanned" because that is blatantly not true. She is a darker tone.

I don't put my opinions into the wiki, thats not the place for writing with a bias. Which is something that happens there a lot, for example unwarranted character negativity and ship negativity such as Travlyn and also Travis or Aaron. though I don't edit Aarons wiki, only Dante and Travis.

I don't agree with putting personal thought into places for direct canon. Its unhelpful, and annoying that people take the wikis and use them for that. Although I dislike Travlyn myself, its beyond dumb to force that into places for strict canon.

However I do think its important to write in her mistreatment of him and their scene in season two, and how it was connected to Travis no longer flirting - and Katelyn going forward to control her anger. Which was a section I added a long time ago, though not using any harsh language or opinionated language. I believe that section has been changed from my original wording, which isn't ideal at all.

I rewrote the WAF area to fix it into saying possession instead of "split personality" which was absolutely necessary, and added the mobility aid parts. The entire reason that I started editing it was because the wiki had referred to Michael taking control over him as some "split personality disorder" which was disgustingly wrong.

I also added the smaller parts about Travis not actually being as innocent during high school, and Dante knowing him since middle school. All canon information and things shown on screen. I don't know if these parts are still there.

My last edits were absolute months ago, before this blog was created. I made posts back before my original blog was terminated explaining these changes and such, and my apologies for no longer having access to those posts.

I also added to his appearance description, because it had completely left out the color of his pants and shoes, which was honestly just a personal bother because I have some visual struggles and believe that any and all descriptions should include the most basic information they can.

Again, my last edits were at the very very beginning of this year, and this is genuinely on me for not keeping up with the wikis. They're an odd place that receives many weird or unwanted changes, such as Zanes name being changed or people putting two characters as love interests who weren't.

I'm simply upset at losing so much work because I'm not able to fix it until I get a new laptop or my pain flare up ends and I can use my hands for longer than half an hour. MyStreet is very important to me, it's my primary special interest. Travis and Dante are also very important to me, I'm not very sure why. I was only expressing this sort of frustration because it was overwhelming to me finding my work gone, I'm autistic and struggle greatly with being mentally well off after finding out things I do are ultimately going to disappear in the end.

EDIT: My original wording is gone, the wiki now says the word "abuse" when talking about Travlyn and Season 2, this was not my work. So I was right when saying it's been changed from what was originally written. However the part during the "Personality" section talking about the same thing, has not been changed from my original edits. For some weird reason, his shoe color was also removed?

#im very glad nobody changed dantes from how i fixed it. thats basically been my reason for like. not crying lmao #mystreet #aphmau mystreet #aphmau #travis valkrum #mys travis #mystreet travis #asks #ask #mystreet wiki #mystreet wikis #aphmau wiki #aphmau wikis

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positivityforlesbians · 2 years

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Hey so I’m not sure if there’s a central point to this ask but what do you do when you feel more or less “outnumbered”? I stupidly searched some tags that I knew would upset me and it seems like so many people have an inherent bias against “white cis lesbians” and it seems like they throw the word white in front of it just to get away with being misogynistic and homophobic because their arguments are never about race. They’re about if someone is in the wrong for having sexual boundaries. Also, I’m not even white and those posts make me feel like a bigot for being a lesbian. Which is how I know that adding “white” is so superficial. I keep reading that my aversion to male genitalia (even the male genitalia that has been surgically restructured) makes me transphobic and that i need to unlearn that aversion but it just doesn’t make sense to me?? I look to the comments and see one or two others like myself who are genuinely confused and the most common response is “I’m not google” or “examine the root of your preferences”. But my examining is so brief because I was literally BORN THIS WAY. I think about it and it’s so clear to me that my body and brain love female bodies and are repulsed by male bodies. It all feels like mass brain washing and conversion therapy.

To make matters worse, there’s no safe way to even vent this frustration without being called a “terf”. I feel like being born a same sex attracted woman has doomed me to inevitably being labeled a terf when idek much about terfs other than being called one is a really bad thing. People are supposed to pick ideology/schools of thought. From what I’ve seen, lesbians who are vocal about their sexuality are forced into that box by other people. If that makes sense? Its almost comically absurd. I’d laugh if it weren’t so horrific and homophobic. I feel like I can’t loudly and proudly be a lesbian and it SUCKS because I spent all of high school in the closet and I just feel robbed and I feel betrayed by supposed members of my… “community” who, quite frankly, hate actual homosexuals whether they want to admit it or not. I guess I wanted to know if you think there’s hope for lesbians? Or if the game is rigged for us to be hated by both the left and right? Do you think there are many other lesbians like me who are silently fed up with being the scapegoat of so many people’s anger and insecurity? Is there anything you do to feel better about being unable want male bodies when it feels like literally every other “queer” woman online does/is willing to? I get republicans thinking I’m a freak for loving women. It truly baffles me when democrats, liberals, and fellow gay/bi people also think I’m a bad person for how I was born. It’s so horribly lonely.

Firstly, I once again apologize for being so long to answer. All your concerns are valid and I want you to know that there are absolutely many other lesbians like you who are silently fed up with this hatred against us. Make no mistake it is indeed lesbophobia, this time it's more effective because it hides in plain sight, it goes from mouth to mouth so often unchallenged because people are so afraid to be seen as ostracising and exclusionary.

No matter what these new homophobes say though, we are still unable to change who we are, and why would we want that anyway ? The atmosphere is so toxic, so intoxicating, that lesbians just existing in western supposedly progressive countries are called "terfs" and "transphobes". The ones who are not called that are lucky for now because they're either careful and lying about their real opinion on the matter (which isn't even an opinion but a fact, we are not attracted to the opposite sex) - which worsen it all for the rest of us (no "thank you" to any of you reading this, you're simply hypocritical if you are out there calling us transphobes when you damn well know you wouldn't actually like sex involving pe**s either, duh) or not involved on social media or lgbt spaces irl so they don't know what's going on (which ... I'm kind of jealous of that). The best thing you can do to put distance between this new type of lesbophobia and you is to find the actual self-loving lesbians who are not afraid to be called names if this means being true to our sexual orientation. It's okay to be solely attracted to the same-sex, it's okay to be a lesbian, lesbophobes can die mad about it. ✨

#anonymous #my answers #lesbian safe #lesbophobia #lesbian positivity #lesbian pride

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leam1983 · 10 months

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On Autonomy in the IT Industry

What's kinda frustrating for a disabled hardware geek like me is that a lot of my peers don't really see how common maintenance tasks are day-long planning and execution rigamaroles for me. Those tiny M.2 screws? They're a bitch to wrangle if your hind brain is so convinced you'll drop it in the frame that your limbs are overtaken by tremors so strong that the entire case shakes.

At the Old Place, my former boss used to give me an amused look. "Relax, Grem! It's just a single screw; you can't mess this up!" she'd say.

The fact is, I could - and I knew it. I've scratched material off of PCBs, shorted boards, lost screws, broke posts and scrapped hardware all because my motor controls never got the message that I know how to handle a PC case in multiple formats. The old boss never understood why I needed to force myself into borderline monastic levels of focus to switch M.2 drives out of a system, or why I demanded near-absolute quiet when my colleagues could shoot the shit while handling a laptop's stumpy little external screws.

Walt and Sarah, however, understand this all too well. I updated my Steam Deck's SSD last night, and both of them treated this like I were a heart surgeon performing a triple bypass. Others might've laughed, but I was actually given the space I needed, for a change. The same went for the Palpatine server - the more crucial operations always came with a ramping-down of Walt's phone calls.

What they also understand is that pushing past my disability and succeeding feels insanely good. I walked out of mine and Walt's room with a big-ass grin and a functional 1 TB Steam Deck in hand with no stripped screws or broken screw posts, and I was proud of myself. Sarah gave me a wolf whistle and Walt added a golf clap in equal parts supportive and teasing measures.

I doubt many able-bodied techs get that feeling; this "I did something! Me, on my own, without ever asking for help! Yes!" type of euphoria that I've only ever seen out of cripples like me when we both manage to pull ourselves by our bootstraps and materially succeed in what we'd envisioned. Able-bodied people tend to downplay most of what they do, but even switching RAM sticks without missing the slots at least four or five times still feels like a big thing for me - and I've been building PCs for about twenty years, now. Plus, the older I get, the more demanding some operations become. It makes successes all the more precious - and increasingly less banal.

#disability #IT post #self-reliance #autonomy #adulting #pride #an actual sense of accomplishment #yay i screwed in this tiny screw and didn't strip everything i'm the best #something able-bodied techs always look a little flummoxed by #it's not that I feel like I'm five it's that it's hard

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aureumdraconeus · 1 year

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2. What are your unpopular opinion(s) of the fandom you’re rping in? 3. What rp trends are you so over and can’t wait for it to die? 5. A ship everyone in the fandom you’re in loves, but you can’t stand? (any fandom for 5 and 2) 10. Any fandom(s) you don’t want to rp in or crossover to? 20. If you’re feeling salty right now, this ask gives you a free reign to pour out your frustration.

Late Munday Salt Asks - Featuring AD

2. What are your unpopular opinion(s) of the fandom you’re rping in?

Alright well, ya'll about to get some fun takes from the man who is known for having the best takes in the universe (this is true I made the rules):

RWBY: The fanbase can either be absolutely fucking toxic to hell and back with little to no media comprehension that makes a goddamn preschooler look like Socrates, or overanalyze everything to the point where they then get pissed that their hyper-specific headcanon isn't canon and there is BARELY any in between.

Sonic: Folks really needs to stop treating the classic games like they're some godly piece of media that cannot be considered bad and that the modern games have ruined them. Ya'll just never played Rush.

Panty and Stocking: Stocking is absolutely more of a sex-freak than Panty is and you will never change this.

Exes: Cringe culture may be dead, but by god ya'll need to come up with better ideas. Stop tryin' to be Lord X 2.0

Hazbin / Helluva: The excuse that Hazbin is for women and Helluva is for dudes is bullshit, let Millie DO something for once.

Studio Trigger: They should honestly make a sequel series to Klk and just go even more nutso than they did the first time around.

Undertale / Deltarune: People overhype Spamton and Jevil a bit too much considering they may not even be relevant in the final release. They're pretty cool though.

Persona: A lot of these games are unfortunately pretty fuckin' dated when it comes to the shit happening in them - I'm sorry folks but Atlas are kinda shitty when it comes to how they portray anyone that isn't straight.

Super Mario Bros: Dimentio is the best Mario villain and you cannot convince me otherwise.

Dragon Ball: When was the last time any of us actually had fun with this series? Like be honest.

3. What rp trends are you so over and can’t wait for it to die?

Honestly it's the fact that there's really little to no accessibility for finding icons these days. A lot of folks seem to say "Do it yourself" which like, fair dues, but at the same time...Maybe some folks kinda want to be able to do other things outside of slaving away in a photo editing program for hours on end?

5. A ship everyone in the fandom you’re in loves, but you can’t stand? (any fandom for 5 and 2)

This one I'll be more concise with, cuz there's a lot of fandoms I listed: I honestly think that a lot of ships are fine? The only ones that I can think of are those made out of spite or just seem spiteful in nature. Like erasing characters' sexualities or shit like that.

's weird yo.

10. Any fandom(s) you don’t want to rp in or crossover to?

USUALLY I'm pretty open but like...I guess the best example is fandoms for shows that are v e r y kid oriented. Like, I understand some of ya'll are enjoying shows like Bluey and that one with the sentient numbers and...stuff like that?

I DON'T THINK you wanna have some of my muses just sorta showing up and causing shit.

That being said if any of ya'll wanna ask if I'm OK with your fandom and such then just hmu in DMs.

20. If you’re feeling salty right now, this ask gives you a free reign to pour out your frustration.

Honestly the only salt I be feeling is when I go to make myself something that takes about 30 seconds and then being told to leave the kitchen by your older siblings. Like, it takes 30 second to cook this shit gimme some room damn you.

#staticmonitor #{ ;; Words of Wisdom...? | AD Speaks }#{ ;; THE STAGE OF HISTORY | Asks }

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kylewalker-peters · 1 year

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I know you're tags about 'are all these men irreplaceable blobs to you' and that post in general is a little tongue in cheek but I genuinely think that's how far far too many football fans actuality see players. I'll spare the anti-capitalism rant but like basically they're treated as commodities by the clubs and fifa etc. and that translates to the fans (and media) as well. just look at the language we use for transfers, it's incredibly dehumanising. If we all picked a 'flop' to unapologetically root for it probably would make fan culture an awful lot better because at least they'd be far more people seeing players as human beings or even just praising them for the shit they do right

lemme do a read more cause i think I'm just rambling to be cathartic and it's a Friday afternoon and i don't wanna do any damn work.

god, the way that football organisations treat players is insane like i'd like to see anyone making decisions about the football calendar and adding more and more matches into a season try and do that themselves let alone pushing a bunch of athletes to do it year in year out. fuck me the fact we have 2 instances of UEFA going "i know the incident that just happened to you (bus bombing/ teammate resuscitated on the pitch) was traumatic but like could you please just get on with playing the silly little football game now anyway? thanks xx"

i think "treat players as humans" is literally the easiest thing in the world to do and the fact there are many fans that fail to clear that bar is just.... holy shit. idk if it's because of the wealth they earn or because their job is essentially "kick about with my mates every week" that makes people feel as though they can go and abuse them on social media or whatever but it's such an insane mindset to have.

i think because so much comes down to player performance our approach to players obviously enters more nuanced and complex territory than just treat people with respect/don't harrass people to the point they have to limit their insta comments (which is what spurs fans did to royal and i wish those people a very get hit over the head with a brick). this comes into like you said the language used for players where you know... they're there to be bought and sold. and obviously no team can afford to carry players or should keep players that aren't good enough that would be bad. i've said multiple times i'd dropkick players to the antarctic 5th division when the team is playing like crap.

but idk if it's just because i could get emotionally attached to a piece of dust but the way some fans approach players is just so distant to me???? sometimes it feels as though the aim is more to just criticise and nitpick rather than support and cheer on (eg royal or ryan). and it's frustrating as hell to have a player go out there that isn't very good, I'm not saying fans have to be super positive and like every player all the time, I don't myself. but even players like hugo who have genuinely earned a shit ton of good will and love from being here for over a decade are seeing none of it. not that we shouldn't say he's past his prime or should be dropped but fans are rewriting his legacy at the club or just slagging him off in ways that are genuinely so mean you'd think he played for arsenal. like there's just no sadness about him coming to the end.

and especially when your team is shite it's more fun to root for an outside player's success. i get that when your team is bad you feel less connected to the team and its players but i think if you then choose to root for someone, literally anyone, in that squad you're going to have a better time. shit I've been saying ryan redemption season since 2019, i had the Sissoko Goal Campaign, my URL is bloody KWP. like as a fan you don't need to be as clinical and cutthroat as the board of a football club you can actually inject some love and passion and emotional connection into your football watching experience

wait no the better example is tripps having his dogshite season and i was obviously critical of his performances and shit but it was always coming from a place of love and shit and i was so upset when he left you wouldn't believe. like you can literally have the best of both worlds i wish people would embrace that

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rahleeyah · 2 years

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So this a weird ask, I'm sorry. I started writing a bit here and there and I realized the less I think about what I'm going to write, the less I plan, the more I like it in the end. It's like when I actually allow myself to let go, the more I enjoy finding out things I didn't even know were inside me to begin with. And since you said you were just trying to have fun with instinct, I wondered if that happens to you as well...

That is 100% my preferred method. I don't do big outlines; if I know too much of the story in advance I get bored/frustrated/overwhelmed and I start looking for other things to do. I usually know where we're going, that is the story usually has a clear point/ending, but I don't stress too much about how to get there. The getting there is the fun part, for me. I take little detours, I write chapters I never knew were coming, I realize I raised an issue or created a motif and decide to play around with that instead of being locked in to one particular structure. I throw out plot lines, I add them, I discover the story. When I'm not trapped in very rigid expectations, really fun, surprising, exciting things can happen.

Like instinct had zero plan. None. It was "ok they're alone for five days and Liv is in heat go." Most of these chapters I only thought of the day I sat down to write them. We're in the home stretch, so I have a clearer vision for the last few chapters, but everything that we've done so far? By the seat of my pants, fam.

Hof was sort of in between; I wrote a timeline of events, mostly major things from canon with the dates so I could track what happened where, and I added in the boys birthdays - but their actual birthdays (and their names) changed as the story happened and I decided to add them in where I wanted them. There were canon events on the timeline I just never wrote. I had done a bare bones write up of some the story in advance, but most of what I had written is what we're doing now, the post Lewis stuff. The 60+ chapters before that? Yeah I made that up as I went.

There is something alluring about the idea of extensive planning. The color coded notes, having everything all laid out, shifting all the pieces of the story, getting it all out of your head. And it works for some people! But for me, if I do that, my brain says "ok you figured out this story, we're done with this, what's next?" The planning feels like writing, and then I don't want to do the writing. But even if I push thru that (I have had some stories with stricter outlines in the past) I still feel that the story I put out under those conditions isn't as compelling, to me, bc I sat down and put the outline together in a relatively short span of time, and so couldn't possibly think of everything, whereas if I spend six months putting the story together I've had more time to really twist and spin everything around and consider it from every angle, and I get a better result.

Every writer is gonna have a different approach. One is not objectively better than another, but one approach will work better for you than another. If you find that you're working better without extensive planning, throw the planning out!! There's no rules, do what makes you happy.

#anonymous

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scramble-crossing · 6 months

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Yo. Passing on a message from your Secret Santa. "Hey! Very cool prompts. I noticed that two of them include Sho being grumpy/unhappy. Are those important parts of the prompt? I'll write him that way if you want. I usually write him as being fairly chipper since he spends most of his screentime smirking or grinning. But if part of your desire is to see him unhappy or grumpy, I'll write with that image! PS. for the third prompt, would you be cool with a Composer Sho AU? 39, my friend!"

Hi!! I'm glad you like my prompts :] sorry if they're weirdly specific I didn't wanna risk being TOO vague and not giving whoever received them enough to work with. Take em in whatever direction you want! I'm really excited to see it!

Okay okay so first of all ALOOF was really the word I was looking for when describing Sho's demeanour. It was 11:30 the night sign-ups closed and I was rushing :'] I meant that he's acting like he's above spending time with the people mentioned in the different prompts, yknow in his whole "I've got bigger numbers to crunch than you yoctograms" or whatever shtick. He's too prideful to admit that he's actually enjoying the company. He'd be annoyed if someone pointed this out to him (Like how he hmphs and lashes out with the "I don't care about anyone but myself the zeptograms mean nothing to me they are DIRT beneath my FEET" and skitters off in W3 when Kariya makes a minor jab at him for helping the Wicked Twisters. Things normal people do) but other than that. Yeah. I was just tired.

Given how he acts in the first twewy, smiling even when he's clearly angry at Joshua or Hanekoma (plus getting VERY upset in AD when Ken Doi tells him that his cool epic homemade beyblade actually sucks ass) I do think Sho's a little more...not sensitive necessarily, but emotionally volatile, quick to anger even if he doesn't look it on the surface. NEO's only a slight tampering-down of his earlier frustration, mostly he's just dropped the bravado enough to quit screaming and laughing every second of the day (it only took three deaths to gain even the tiniest itty-bittiest little smidgen of emotional maturity. I'm so proud of him <3)

But that's neither here or there, really. I love seeing a wide variety of Sho interpretations and god knows I will eat up every little crumb of gen Minaman content I can get so I know I'll be thrilled with however you write him <3

Also Composer Sho AU sounds super cool!!! I would absolutely LOVE to see how Kariya and Uzuki would react to their annoying shithead menace of a coworker becoming their new boss that's so funny

#feel free to reach out again if you've got any other questions! gonna be busy for the next few weeks but I'll do my best to answer asap #asks

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the-firebird69 · 7 months

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Right now there's a lot of people to go to that steakhouse in other places because here in Florida they're coming over here to pull you out and to get rid of you there's a lot of it I think there's much there are 14 rings to adding two tonight to 16 and they're each 10 miles wide this is to stop traffic doesn't have to be that many people coming in here

Thor Freya

-we've had enough of you idiots building up to driving here to harass us you're a bunch of s*** your cowards it's so easy to take you down and send it to I'm taking them down by looking at them it's ridiculous I've seen people die after looking at it wrong it's true answer you idiots how wonderful I don't want to talk the whole thing out I will say that you've been a horrible horrible group our whole time on Earth you never get along with anyone and you always have to mess things up in a couple of jerks including your kids. It's really most of you have down syndrome and when you're out there in the battlefield you poop out you go home I'm trying to turn on us and hit you we don't trust you at all and you say you do cuz he puts it on his machine I am sick and tired of looking at your dumb f****** face you retards and these two are completely absolute morons. This f****** b**** has her head is way off he said give me the money you stupid f****** c*** and she saying no you're with me last night and his shoes in some sex party he doesn't go anywhere and does not dream about her I'll tell you what they're delusional as hell he says it's dangerous and it is he's not soupy is that sick in the head he's not on drugs why doesn't fall for that weak s*** it looks like it cuz it's riding a bike you have to concentrate this helmet mb huh? They're both laughing and they probably think it's true and it's not you're so f****** dumb garth I should get a shotgun and kill your ass myself. No it says that because it's frustrating you're so annoying you're going to send hits out on you now garth you're such a prick you're such a moron. So many people of value got hurt because you're such an idiot you didn't know who your old family members are keep bringing Jason home your a slob he takes your stuff. Stan is taking his stuff and wiping them out the other way around you moron and he's smarter than stan about most things we can't stand you anymore

Mac Daddy

We have a statement too you idiots are out not to do you ever in you're not even our culture you're so dumb and the math you have is horrible it's not right he says you used to be within some lines and decided to rebuild and you did against her whole system now I want you out of here if there's an eviction means an eviction if you're still in the house you're going to get arrested

Stan

I'm actually going to go to court and found the papers nothing's going to happen by us hissing you come back as a different character you're going to get evicted again

Sherry

I cut it off of these idiots for several lifetimes they don't understand no they don't have to take over those stupid White House in a world that does not tolerate that you're supposed to learn from what happens overseas and just encourage you and at least to wipe out all of your people when you're trying it I thought you got it with Gene Simmons they put one right in the head and said don't do that and you forgot and that has a huge a****** and his name is Trump she became president anyway around harming people who thought harmed him and her friend here says it's probably really easy shot him because most people are far too tolerant of people who make catastrophic errors. Gene Simmons says he found out it was him and sees him shooting at her son and it's a problem but those are s***'s rancid and it is all of the warlock s*** is rancid. You're losing the whole game

Biden

Olympus

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pyrrhicvictoryhq · 1 year

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what sort of characters would you like to see?

hello ! the quick and easy answer — anyone you want to bring us. we do also have a few of our most wanted canons listed here ! but for a "little" more detail, here's a list of the sort of characters ana and i would love to see !! this got pretty long winded, but i couldn't help myself ! still, if this isn't exactly what you were looking for please shoot us another message and we'll try to get closer !!

victors — i don't know about ana, but i for one would love to see some of our older victors. the ones that have been at this for years, who have had to find a way to cope not just with what they did to survive but also the losses the districts have felt every year since. did it make them kind or bitter? do they continue to play the capitol's games without question, have they started to question and turn towards rebellion, or maybe they've been a part of they rebellion since it began (*cough* mags *cough*)? career victors, the ones that were trained from the time they could barely stand. who were taught how to fight and survive and kill, who were told that volunteering was an honor and they would be a hero if they were the one to come home. the ones that learned that honor and glory are as worthless as dirt and sand once you're in the arena. trainers — capitolites, victors, hand selected people plucked out of one of the career districts. its your job to give the tributes at least some sort of chance to make it past the first day, because a game isn't entertaining if it's over too soon. do they care that most of the tributes they train won't make it back? are they oblivious to the horror that the games actually are, or do they wish there was some other way? prep teams — each tribute/victor has their own trio of capitolites ready to beautify them at a moment's notice. we would love to see both affectionate and antagonistic relationships. maybe someone who has been gunning for a stylist spot for a while and they keep turning a blind eye to the pit in their stomach every time they work the games because their ambitions are so strong? escorts — every district has one, someone from the capitol that is both the closest to the district and still somehow so removed from their struggles. someone who is still clinging very tightly to their love of the capitol and is frustrated their victors seem to not be relishing in their glory? someone who means well but is so removed from the true reality of the games that they don't understand. maybe they're starting to feel the urge to search for answers, maybe they're simply annoyed at this point. stylists — any and all stylists. each district has two, and of course they dress the tributes, but they also continue to provide for the victors during key moments (victory tours, the mentors during the games). are they still entirely dedicated to the capitol? do they have doubts that only seem to grow each time a new name is added to their roster? do they wish they could do more? do they simply bask in the attention they get when one of their designs are a hit? capitolites — someone (prep/stylist/escort) who has been a big capitol proponent but has slowly found that they aren't able to look at the games the same, and is now in a sort of limbo of feeling conflicted and not knowing where to turn. sponsors — those capitolites that come from old money and are willing to throw it at the games to keep things entertaining. those that hate the violence but don't dare to speak out, so instead they do all they can to help someone make it out.

#appless rp #oc rp #canon rp #the hunger games rp #hunger games rp #answered #answered : bellamy

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