#if i were still actively writing

[booksrockmyface]

Guys, I just got a review on an old fic!!

Nevermind. Someone chose violence.

#fanfiction #review #if i were still actively writing #this would put me in a slump #joke's on them! i haven't completed anything in months...

[splickedylit]

Things I never get tired of writing

weird cultural worldbuilding, especially with strange, intricate social norms and power dynamics

characters playing little made up card games with implied bizarre, convoluted rules where I blatantly rip off the vibe of Pokemon, MTG, Duel Monsters/Yugioh etc

we see one of my favs from an outside POV: they are hot, badass, terrifying, tragic, or any/all of the above

#bullet point two is less represented in my writing over all but it is on my mind because it's what I'm writing at the moment lmao #still very amused by the motorcity fic where Chuck and his nerd buddies were playing ''Enchantment: The Convocation'' #you don't have to make up rules you just have to pepper in there shit like #''(X) lays down two golden spires and activates //Dread Encumbrance of the Pilgrim//.'' #i find it incredibly fun to make that shit up and also it gives people something to do with their hands in between dialogue lines lmao

[swordsonnet]

when talking about topics like maturity and (self-)infantilisation, it's important to remember that there will always be disabled adults for whom the "normal" benchmarks of adulthood are not attainable or even applicable at all. if you want to be an ally to disabled people, you need to support all of us, not just the ones you find palatable - and that includes people who have "childish" interests, who get very emotional about seemingly trivial things, who aren't able to be independent in the way that adults are expected to be. that doesn't mean that we "need to grow up", or that we're reverting to a childlike state to avoid our responsibilities, or whatever op-ed writers think is wrong with gen z these days. it's just the way we are, and liking plushies or struggling with certain tasks doesn't in fact make us children! disabled adults are still adults, and still deserving of dignity, regardless of whether or not we can live up to the rigid societal norms of what it means to be an adult.

#still kinda pissed off at that article thats going around atm #it made a few half-decent points but they were buried under a mountain of bullshit #if youre writing about how young adults deny themselves agency by engaging in childlike activities #and you dont acknowledge the way that disabled people are constantly infantilised by abled society just for existing #and often have limited agency to begin with because it was forcibly taken from us #and you dont even question the value of forcing a normative timeline of development onto the vast diversity of humanity #but instead uncritically use this questionable model to further contribute to the infantilisation of disabled people #by stigmatising ultimately harmless traits/behaviours and calling them childish #then you havent just missed the point - you were aiming in the opposite direction of the point from the start #disability #ableism #actually autistic #(by far not the only disability this applies to but the main one i was thinking of) #also wanna note that children should be allowed to have meaningful agency as well. if your definition of child is 'stupid and powerless' #then that's a problem in itself. but that's a whole other can of worms #even if children were treated better (and they should be!) disabled adults should still be seen as adults #because that's what we are

[ronnyraygun]

Talia and Baby Jay dynamic make my brain giggle.

#talia al ghul fanart #Talia Al Ghul art #talia al ghul #jason todd fanart #jason todd art #jason todd #ron’s art tag #shut in the fuck up ron #that’s his mom 2.0 #he wants to be just like her #also before anyone gets pissy about the scarf #i am Muslim. she is not. she kILLS people. safe to say she doesn’t subscribe to the religion. she more than likely doesn’t wear a full hijab #or khimar #At best what she wears in GK is a shayla #but…she isn’t Muslim…and would probably look at you like you were stupid if you said she was #or Ra’s. #it’s sO fucked when I read fics where they are still assassins…and say “allahuakbar” or other Islamic phrases…because…it implies shit…😐 #like coming fROM a Muslim…don’t do that shit. it’s weird and messy and just…gives the wrong vibes. if you didn’t know it’s chill just…don’t #them in Ramadan post’s because there aren’t enough Arab/Muslim characters is fine but…please don’t write them quoting scripture while… #actively fighting/killing people. it’s…yeah…no…bad vibes all around. super fucked for Sunnis and Shias. we don’t want that shit. I’m sorry. #the scarf is for sneek 100 use ONLY. #😭 #but anyway he loves his mom. :))

[slumbergoblin]

Hi Mei :)

#pmatga #my art #pmatga oc #mei lián #“I have been drawing Mei.” #“What?” #“I have done nothing but draw Mei for 3 days.” #well- it's when she was in her 30s^^;; #also when she and Betrayus were first interacting! Betrayus initially did not like her! #he wasn't used to someone actively trying to seek out and get to know him. so he was just his usual #“grr I don't like talking to new people and I'm always grumpy blah blah blah” <- paraphrasing #I really need to just. write everything I can about her down and then just slap it here because I feel like I haven't conveyed who #she really is and how she acts as a character. I feel like she's still too empty on a surface level in my drawings #but in my head she's /way/ more fleshed out #like she's an engineer. she has 3 younger siblings. she's a hard worker (to the point where even betrayus tells her to take breaks). #she's the person who makes betrayus open up and see the world in a better light! she had such a huge influence on him and helped him grow! #I just don't want her to be 'this is betrayus's wife! and that's it!' you know? I /need/ there to be more #but alas. it is hard for me to write u_u #uuuoohh I forgot I have to draw her motorcycle too..... uwwahhh... #also notes: I didn't draw her shoes on the full-body on the left. and I didn't actually 'color' her clothing on the full-body on the right #I grey-scaled it. but never went through with coloring it

[jamiethebeeart]

Sketches

#shuichi iguchi #shigaraki tomura #spinaraki #these were 2 unrelated sletches but then my brain starting brewing some thoughts #mainly an au where spinner is sent in as a spy (for???? not the heroes lmao) to get into Shigaraki's confidence which of course means #wink wonk bedroom activities ANYWAY spinner catches feelings and doesnt really want to inform on Shigaraki anymore and is feeling conflicted #about what he should do and shigaraki knows something is up with his maybe boyfriend but not what and just :))) angst and split loyalties #amd feeling torn in two directions #(i sya not heroes but the only group with enough prescence is the mla but thats not really their m.o. either so???? idk what group would #have the reach/influence to feel threatened by some upstart kid in the villain world and manipulate a member into taking this espionage job) #anyways ive got so many au ideas and not enough time to write a fic or 12 lmao #like the research + planning + plot points + writing + editing + energy to pull it off.... im tempted to dabble in it all again tbh #im a year behind the manga tho and still havent watched the last season so idk where characters have ended up #and id rather not write anything until i catch up (idk maybe horikoshi has revealed some fun/character specific info?) #here i am talking on + on in the tags. anywho if anyone wants to write a fic based on any of my posts feel free bc i probably never will

[essektheylyss]

This isn't inherently related to last night's episode, but it did feel very present even in absence and I was reminded of it, so:

I talked about this a while ago here, but Caleb and Essek actually communicate astoundingly well, once they are willing to approach each other without imposing their own fears upon them—either because Essek is afraid of being found out or because Caleb is afraid that Essek is too much like himself to be trusted. It's simply that they talk in such a way amongst themselves in particular that those around them (and, frankly, fandom) do not parse it as clear communication, but every time they have any significant engagement after the Nein come back to the outpost, they seem to proceed with the air of having reached an understanding.

And I've talked about that, and you can read the post linked above, but the thought I had about it that I haven't really discussed is that it is a PHENOMENAL choice for playing two assholes at or over 20 Intelligence in a relationship.

They're talking in circles and sounding enigmatic! They're dancing this strange dance about who reaches out when and on what terms! But the thing is, as bewildering as that may seem from the outside, they both give the impression that they understand the other implicitly, because they're operating on very similar wavelengths.

That is their communication. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a level to which that's intentional—what is between them stays between them. Likewise, it felt last night like Caleb did not necessarily want to make whatever their arrangement is known to the rest of the Nein, and that is part of it; they understand each other, and they're comfortable with their relationship at whatever pace and stage they're at, and letting other people know about it or be party to their discussions would allow a level of external scrutiny that they have no interest in.

It's just a really fun choice on a meta level, and it's what makes them insufferable to write, and I absolutely love them for it.

#critical role #cr spoilers #shadowgast #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #cr meta #i was laughing parsing through my meta tag to find the linked post cuz like #man i really only write meta when theres a wizard on screen apparently. #head empty no thoughts unless wizards. #like sorry!!! i just have a lot of feelings about high int characters with former gifted kid complexes! #but anyway i still maintain that the ninth floor scene was on the level of a dtr relationship. #not inherently in the sense that they were then IN a relationship but #they both left that room with a very firm sense of their priorities and how they featured in each other's #they are insufferable to write though this is why if an emotionally charged scene with them isn't working i have to go cut dialogue lol #tbh it's also why imo they get VERY thrown off if the other is hiding something #even down to Caleb having no idea how to parse Essek's loyalties before finding out he was the traitor #like if there's active deception happening they're just [confused white lady surrounded by math.gif]

[koishua]

growing up on diff kpop gens with my younger sister this is wild bc her le sserafim/nwjns/illit/kiof was my snsd/aoa/apink/girls' day/exid/gfriend/rv :( 4th/5th gen vs 2nd/3rd gen have CRAZY different energies it's fascinating

#tp #i used to be a die hard sone and pink panda and taeyeon and chorong were the apples of my eye ughh #still AM but the energy is diff bc they're HARDLY active as a group ;-; #miss having hani in every single variety show ever and being a buddy and reloading soumu's page for navillera's release #SCANDALIZED by aoa's concepts but the music was SOOOO good and girls day too my GOSH #want to say bring back the sexy anthems bc that's where they write the best music BUT!! 😞😞 everyone's barely 17-18 nowadays #(not that im not basically their age too but!! good music was good music) #i miss being 9 and hiding the fact that i religiously watched exid's hot pink mv for green highlights!hani 😞😞 #and!! and!! all of the chorong dolphin scream compilations!! #and we got married!! i didn't care if they were scripted to hell and back i was just SO entertained ahahaha #and there was this program called showtime where they'd follow groups' days and film various activities they did over many episodes #and that was SO fun #i LOVED apink and exid's showtimes and they did a showtime season for mamamoo and gfriend TOGETHER and once they made them swap #mvs and they filmed each others' music videos the same way and vibes it was hilarious!! #i missed seeing them go on immortal songs and perform!! #i missed the excitement of hearing insanely good vocalists perform solo ballads like eunji solji taeyeon minah etc #THE BIG PINK SUBS AHAHHAHAH those were the days

[youraveragecatastrophe]

It kills me how little self-preservation Carmen has, how much she disregards her personal safety. She decides not to see Gray again not because of the reasonable concerns Player mentions, but because she fears putting Gray in danger. Her safety does not come into play in the equation.

And, sure, her "occupation" is always dangerous but she's never trying that hard to stay safe. Whatever is necessary to get the job done.

#carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego 2019 #csweekly #and it's something we see several times throughout the show #off the top of my head theres especially during the new zealand caper in s2 - neals 'youll fry us both' as she did nearly kill both of them #she wouldn't call chief to rescue her in stockholm until it was nearly too late #and when she was with team red (still actively dying from the cold) she could only talk about her mission #she's messed up! she had such a weird upbringing and she can't start unpacking it until pretty late #and not to be all 'i could do better' but damn if i were writing this show i would've explore that more #all the ways carmen is fucked up from the way she was raised. #and how she slowly heals and learns who she is and who she /can/ be and how to form healthy bonds with people and- #you see what i mean #i would've had carmen learn from Zack and Ivy as much as they learn from her. #and open up and let herself be the young20something she's supposed to be

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

nah but like

they're "seiros lapdogs" because they're fighting back against the people who attacked them completely unprovoked??? also because it so happens that thales is at garreg mach so they have to go there to reclaim the area to defeat him???

i just hate this because it's just perpetuating things about faerghus and its people that just aren't true. it frames it like they jumped into the war willingly for the church and that they're only here for the church. like nah buddy, it's not faerghus' fault you're out here fighting to protect thales and ludwig.

it also is batshit to me how he and leopold are fighting to stop faerghus from advancing but like... they know what's happening to the empire and that edelgard isn't even calling the shots anymore, yet they still stupidly fight for the very person who is literally razing their country and burning their villages. they know the empire is in shambles and that the kingdom isn't targeting them and is specifically aiming for gm to get it back from who? thales; who, mind, at this point is in his real form and not posing as arundel anymore. everything is laid out plainly, but they still act like faerghus is the bad guy.

but yeah, okay. faerghus BaD for defending themselves, fighting back, finding out who is behind all the puppeteering and heading to take him out. sure, that makes them seiros lapdogs. like what are you, an agarthan mouthpiece??? may as well be like yeah you go retreat and leave you agarthan lapdog. if they don't realize it's Someone Else in charge of course, then ludwig lapdog works fine too.

and it sucks because other than this shit, i like waldemar just fine as a character. it's just like, it feels like they forced someone to have to stick in that final faerghus BaD insult before the grand finale so they just randomly picked someone to remind us that faerghus is Always Wrong as long as they continue to fight back and prevent being attacked in the future.

waldemar here is just basically ag caspar. fighting and risking his life for thales, who is destroying the empire and basically holding the emperor hostage. if the writing here had any decent plot points, they would've all stopped and have been like hey wait, shouldn't we be fighting to get our emperor back? why are we stopping these guys from killing the people who are destroying this country?

and like, they literally went from siding with ludwig during the insurrection to siding with edelgard in this timeline to... jumping immediately back to ludwig as soon as he was at the top of the food chain (thales notwithstanding). as soon as the person in charge changes, they jump ship immediately; then of course get mad that the people they attacked are coming after them... and fighting them as they defend the very people who are letting adrestia become a literal, physical ruin.

it really just tells me that these people don't care about adrestia itself, but status, power and wealth. they don't care about the country itself as long as they're doing well. that's like, the only thing i can get from still fighting with/for ludwig/thales. the fact that they just fight for ludwig again as soon as edelgard is out of commission is also pretty gross to me. they have no loyalty at all.

and it's like, i want to like waldermar and leopold, but they come across as just selfish, entitled and only there for their own asses to be covered. and i get that - that is a realistic take on politicians, but the fact that the game regularly loops back around to faerghus BaD despite that and despite portraying these people as opportunistically selfish is like... what are they even trying to write??

#DCB Three Hopes Run #ah yes. the hours i wait for to post this stuff. #it's like whenever i finally find an adrestian character i like they have them spew some bs like this #or in ferdie's case i loved him and hopes made him another edelgard simp instead of like #the one person around her who contested her views and BLATANTLY OUTRIGHT told her "you're wrong'' #but ofc yes edelgardwash him bc that's too extreme in a fodlan game #and in this case with waldemar it's not EVEN edelgard. it's just ''faerghus evil for trying to retake gm'' #''we attacked gm and won so it's OURS now the ppl who lived there first don't matter anymore'' #''what do you mean it's being held by a threat to all of us? no such thing only you are a threat'' #literally like they either killed off the adrestians offscreen or made them stupid as fuck just to have you #fight named characters. like if leopold KNOWS all of this then why is he STILL fighting and acting like it's for adrestia #when his actions in that moment were actively HARMING adrestia? #but yet somehow it like I said loops back to faerghus bad... but yet the writing in general #does portray faerghus as doing the right thing... and then has other characters insist they're bad #and so much so like they're purposely shoving it in your face TO believe it #it's like saying someone helped save a village from destruction and protected all the children in a safe shelter #but a bunch of characters say those ppl are evil and it keeps pressing and pushing that statement OVER and over #like rly what are you trying to write with this? i love ag but the last few chapters are just like #wow how dare you try to kill ludwig the one true future of adrestia who is being puppeteered by thales. like. okay.

[hella1975]

im thinkign about him

#'andrew never heals' if i could have taken nora's writing apparatus off her and set it on FIRE i would have #yeah let me just write this tormented character that has been traumatised by every single person in his life #including but not limited to people who were DIRECTLY in official positions designed to help him #and it's left him violent and cruel and possessive and i actively call him a monster and every single character views him badly #either consistently or at least for a little while and regularly dismisses him and his behaviour #and he never heals. he never learns to say i love you. is that not a good story haha?? am i crazy for that? i feel crazyyyy #like the courts there to pursue justice? forced him on mania-inducing drugs that completely altered his personality #the foster system? dont get me started #his family? nice try! #his teammates? getting warmer but we're still not there! #his very readers that supposedly have the benefit of omniscient narrative perspective? nope! #like WHAT FUCKING GIVES #what if i started killing. idc if there are hundresd THOUSANDS of you andrew-antis give me a knife and a vodka shot i will WIN #andrew minyard #aftg

[marblebagcollective]

one day i will have all the words 2 explain why the ctommy "finale" (its not canon in my heart like at all ive never considered it canon) was so horribly harmful

#others have put it very well together many times before but thag ending srsly sucked so so bad from a writing pov and w how harmful it was #id add more in these tags but im sleepy #'it was showing that they really were both not villains or heros and ctommys been weong this entire time and tbeh are alike!' #<-get shaken around #the ending putting what ctommy and cdream have done on the same level as if theres not a whole power dynamic and child abuse like cmon guys #cdream was still actively abusing ctommy in tbag entire scene . putting him down and agh. idk idk people r out of their minds fkr thinking #that endings anywhere near okay #abuse ment #idk what 2 tag this with erm !!! #ive not rewatxhed it since it came out bc it was very upsetting for me so i might be missing details but this post is more abt the general #stuff anywho #theres also. the entire aspect of the damage control with jt of course and ugh. disgusting #this is just me rambling #but yeah

[creationsabyss]

I was going to post more stuff more often but the, in my opinion, unnecessary drama over Aventurine is making me reconsider things. I made a lot of pieces after I finished the 2.1 quest but I worry about posting them.

I'm sure no one really cares since I usually post once in a blue moon anyway but I still find the drama concerning. Perhaps that just me though.

#ink stained letters #And also pretty ridiculous #Like I'm almost certain this didn't need to happen #Not like this #Not only is it ineffective #It actively harms people #On both sides of the argument #aventurine x reader #hsr aventurine #If literal death threats were sent to someone who wrote a fluffy ish piece #I would rather not see what they would send to someone who writes angst #By ineffective I mean #People will still write it anyway #And probably with a lot more darker themes than just having a better route

[caterpillarinacave]

Screaming about my own fanfiction

#At some point it transcends my consciousness #Death of the author but I’m the only one reading it and I’m still actively writing it #It just shows up in my head don’t look at me I didn’t write it #Ugh the way they were doomed from the start the way it was all totally avoidable #The way there was nothing anyone could have done the way they could have down anything the why none of it mattered the way it DID #the way history repeated again and again the way it was all totally new #The parallels ugh the parallels #Sobbing #They were doomed from the start but they d i d n t h a v e t o b e

[milkweedman]

Resisting the urge to carve myself a distaff from one of the evergreen boughs ive dragged home and learn medieval in-hand distaff spinning. Do i need to do any of this ? No. Am i happy with supported spinning ? Yes ! Am i probably gonna do it anyway ? ... also yes

#we talk a lot about the rabbit hole of fiber arts #but i dont think we talk enough about the rabbit hole of different spinning tools and techniques... #so far id say ive gotten proficient in drop spindling wheel spinning and supported spinning with russian style spindles #really want to get into either tahklis or charkah wheels #bc im gonna be visiting my wonderful fiancé in india and hes still gonna have work for most if not all of the time im there #so my plan is to spin a LOT. hoping to get really proficient in cotton spinning bc ive always really sucked at that #and then i really wanna learn medieval style spinning as well #if i was an academic i could easily see myself devoting my life to writing a book about spinning tools through the ages #i am so endlessly fascinated by it #but also really bad at research and have a pretty crippling case of dyslexia #i wanna try. all the tools #it always feels like the way to get closer to the past is to spin like them #since that has been THE constant human activity since quite possibly pre-homo sapiens times #i dont know how much cloth the neanderthals wove or if they were more inclined to use animal skins #but we do know they made yarn and they were good at it #sadly my hands cant do cordage. fucks em up in about a minute flat #but iirc we've found stone spindle whorls which may have been used for spinning #stone whorls can also be used for hand drills and fire starters and things like that so idk #anyway. i just want to know SO badly #spinning

[stupid-sloot-headcanons]

The state of things on anitwt and fandom in general regarding women characters is so pathetic that JJK doing the bare minimum gets praise. Like people praise the scene where Yuuji saves Nobara and she isn't a blubbering mess about being weak and I'm just like "...OK? Gege didn't write her in a sexist manner, I'm not giving him a cookie or props for that when it's such a low bar to pass". You can praise a lot of his talent as a writer but he's quite literally doing the bare minimum in an industry where most male writers can't be bothered. That's nice ig but I'm not going to call him a feminist icon or praise him for it lmao

#sloot bitches about things #maybe its bc im a jaded misandrist harpy but men doing the bare minimum when writing women isnt deserving of praise to me #men as a whole have been praised for doing the bare minimum enough babe? #.jjk #like i praise araki hc he actively got better at writing women in a non-sexist way over time and it shows #and he actively fought popular opinions/cultural norms/his own editors and tbh still is now #dragona regardless of their gender identity is a character that were it any other mainstream mangaka id be worried #but araki and gender nonconforming characters are like bread and butter. im willing to give credit to that