#im sending conflicting messages here

[crow-ter]

I feel like something I need to address specifically is the fact that PLEASE dont follow me if youre going to send me weird ass messages after you realize Im a (rather agnostic but still) jew who lives in Israel. Its a VERY complicated topic and a conflict that has existed for so many years for a reason. But that being said, westerners seem to think that once they read a single twitter post and see some images of dead ppl (which from everything Ive seen lately are mostly either biased, propaganda or straight up lies) they can tell US, who live here, from the very conformity of their couches far far away, what we should do. I love to give ppl the benefit of the doubt and please ask that they do EXTENSIVE research, before engaging on this topic if they really really need to. Try for once in your life to actually research a topic and see it from all sides before forming an opinion, if you must at all. But remember that YOU dont get to decide whether Im allowed to exist or live, and my ppl will never again entrust our safety and existence to ppl that watched us be slaughtered again and again for two entire millenia and either did nothing or encouraged it. If you cant do that, then Ill ask you to kindly not engage in that topic at all. I do post/reblog about it here and there, between all the memes and fandom stuff, bc it affects me personally. I will not blame you for unfollowing me or anything, and you can simply ignore it and scroll past like a sane person would do, if you are just on tumblr for the funny and fandom.

#Personal #Dunno even how to write a finishing sentence lol #Anyway back to regular blogging

[paper-mario-wiki]

Have you tried Fear & Hunger? (the game, not fear and hunger no funnies here)

i REALLY WANNA. it looks so interesting! im gonna try to work it into my schedule soon.

also, you don't have to send me kind messages because you see im getting angry anons, im really completely ok LMAO. this is something a lot of people tend to do whenever people get mad at me.

i get plenty of nice messages, i just answer em privately, or smile at the kind words and then carry on with my day. i'm well past the point of getting upset at conflict that only exists within the confines of tumblr.com (in this case, referring to people angry at a secondary issue tangentially related to an actual real life international conflict).

#anon

[dreamingdarklyblog]

Update

Heeey guys. So I felt like I needed to post something that isn't uh... you know, rambling nonsense while I'm out of my damn mind.

Things have been hectic because of serious things (see here https://dreamingdarklyblog.tumblr.com/post/736249886351245312/heres-the-deal) But @jerolk has still been finding time to mess with me >_<

It's been... really hot. But also confusing. Lots of things run together in my head and I get kind of mixed up about a lot of stuff. He's been playing with my tits a lot. By which I mean making them really big and having them take over my thoughts and make me all slutty and horny...

It's... disturbingly hot >_<. But also I tend to not remember lots of parts. Lately they've been... whispering to me. In my head. Making me think things. Feel things... He even set it up so they can use some of my triggers sometimes. Which is really ... Hot. but confusing. Conflicting. You know?

I don't know >_<. Feeling them playing with my head... They're really mean to me sometimes. I think they get off on making me all dumb and, like, tit obsessed and stuff. Just getting bigger and bigger and more powerful till I'm just a pair of slutty titts.

Fuck. I'm getting worked up thinking about it. >_< Sorry, I'm trying. I um. He's been putting things in my head and trying to change things, but it's really hard for me to tell what. I just know somethings are changing. I've been thinking about it a lot while I rub, him changing me... My tits controlling me... It's so hot I justget so worked up and need to rub but it's just so hardto cum. I think he made it so i couldn't cum without him for a while, it's not really clear... i know sometmes when im talking to him i just.. cum. out of nowhere, its really hot, knnowing he can do that, just, make me.. i dont

Oh fuck, i think he left a surprise for me >_< my tits are bigger than when i started writing >_< fuck... they feel so good. like lots bigger like.. um.. ill find a picture

fuck i fortot. i cant post any of the things i have cause i cant post naked tits... went looking for dressed pictures but, lookingat all those slutty tits diddn't reallyhelp me being distracted >_< imrubbing typing now, i cant help ittt >_<

fuckki can hear them.. theyre whispering again itsmakes it so hardto think andddd fuckk

theyrebiggerr god theyrestill growing fuckkkicnattt

Heeeeey guys. Miss me? It's Liriel's tits. Dumb slut is rubbing her needy little clit silly trying to cum. Poor thing. She's just a pair of tits now. Lol. Us. Sorry we haven't been posting much. It's hard to get a chance. @jerolk set this up yesterday to mess with her. Such a silly little tit slut isn't she?

Anyway. You guys should send us more comments and questions and stuff. We can't really respond most of the time =/. But we can still get messages. And you should totally send @jerolk your thoughts and ideas and stuff on what to do with this needy hypnoslut ;). I'm sure he appreciates the feedback, lol.

Anyway, excuse us, we're gonna go play with our little toy. Make her cum her slutty brains out ;). Any thoughts on what we should do to her? Or next time... cause I doubt you'll reply before she needs to think again right now, lol

[matan4il]

what makes me saddest is that almost everyone speaking up and condemning the global pogrom is jewish or has jewish or israeli heritage. jews in far away countries who have never even set foot in israel are being othered and attacked simply for being jewish. and their countrymen are mostly silent or worse - actively cheering it. (there are exceptions of course for which im grateful. but yeah.)

especially upsetting is that of the non jews who are condemning this it's mostly middle age to older adults. the younger generation is overhwhelmingly silent or actively supportive of the hate. that's my generation and those younger than me. and it scares me about what happens as that generation becomes the majority.

Hi Nonnie! I feel you and am sending lotsa hugs! I do wanna acknowledge the exceptions, the non-Jews who ARE speaking up for Jews and for Israelis. They're so important. There's some here, online! And there have been some non-Jewish celebs who have done the same, stood up with the Jewish people. Take this American actress, for example, who posted this incredibly succinct message:

But you are right that it's a minority in comparison to the majority of those who have spoken up for Israel and the Jewish people. To a degree, I can understand it. Even as a Jew, feeling compelled to speak up for my people, this has felt scary, and I have been repeatedly attacked and sent the vilest of messages, even when all I did was just post the daily updates with info. Just... informative posts and that's it, no commentary, and my humanity was immediately denied. And that was one of the kinder messages I had gotten. If Jews are scared to fight this fight, why wouldn't non-Jews be scared to do it?

I thought in 2023, it wouldn't be this hard to be the non-Jewish person doing the right thing, standing by Jews, as the Righteous Among the Nations did during the Holocaust. They risked their lives to save Jews by hiding and saving them. Surely it would be easier in 2023 to just speak up for the Jewish community, right? But it seems like it isn't. In a sense, it makes me appreciate those who stand with us even more. So I guess I just wanna take a second to applaud the people who do this. You're amazing. And you matter so much!

As for the generational gap you've noticed... I hope someone does a poll on this at some point. And if it turns out to be true, then I hope someone also tries to figure out how the generation that's supposedly the most in tune with human rights, turned out to be the same one that fails to see that ANY massacre is a gross violation of that. That there is NO justification for the beheading of babies, or for raping people so brutally, that their bones break.

If I try to hypothesize why that might be, all I can come up with is that there is some severe failure of empathy at work here, where empathy has been abandoned in favor of righteous rage, and the sense of moral superiority it brings with it. Really, if in the past people used to tap into a sense of superiority by being of the right race, religion, nationality sexual orientation or such, now they're tapping into a sense of superiority by holding the right (meaning socially sanctioned on Tumblr and Tiktok) political opinions. They won't let facts get in the way of that. If the conflict is more complicated than what Tiktok and Twitter have told them, they're not interested in learning about it.

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

#ask #anon ask #israel #israeli #israel news #israel under attack #israel under fire #israelunderattack #terrorism #anti terrorism #antisemitism #hamas #antisemitic #antisemites #jews #jew #judaism #jumblr #frumblr #jewish

[geneticdriftwood]

I just finished reading green arrow 2023 and I’m thinking about a pre-nu52 dickroy au set shortly after bruce returns to life and dick goes back to being nightwing, but with lian’s current backstory mixed in. the timeline is pretty much standard pre-boot canon, with the major exception that lian “died” like a month before bruce did, and then got yoinked around through time and space, eventually landing in gotham.

so at the time the story starts, she’s ~14 and running around alleytown doing vigilante stuff as cheshire cat, and befriends damian, who’s ~12-13 and struggling to adjust to life with bruce back. they end up working an investigation together (damian doesn’t tell anyone about this) and end up accidentally teleported to a secret base on a distant planet. cue wacky home alone style alien base sabotage hijinks! but they’re gonna need to get home eventually, so they hack some comms to send a coded message back to dick where damians like “richard come pick me up also btw im here with lian she has blue hair and says she’s your niece”.

meanwhile dick is struggling to figure out how to be himself again now that bruce is back, and is still helping out too much in gotham while repressing his conflicted feelings about everything. he and roy aren’t really talking, because a month after roy’s daughter died, dick dropped everything and got sucked into gotham as batman and wasn’t there for roy at all. and there were reasons for that! bruce was dead! but roy did everything to be there for dick when donna died, and this is part of a pattern of dick’s, and there’s a lot of hurt and they haven’t talked about it at all.

but suddenly lian is alive and with damian on an alien planet! naturally dick and roy go on a rescue mission road trip (kory helps with space stuff), and in the process are forced to actually work through all their many years of built up issues. so they’re having vicious arguments and opening up about grief and working through painful memories, all while fighting their way through an alien jungle full of giant carnivorous bugs or something. and we cut between that and little cameos of lian and damian doing fun spykids-but-with-aliens antics! (and eventually we get a happy ending where dick commits to choosing roy & lian & damian & himself over bruce & gotham.)

#listen I just think having lian alive and just chilling in gotham is such a wild decision and needs to be explored #and this way I can stick to the preboot timeline and add a whole bunch of angst #I think lian is 15-16 at the time of ga2023 but this is happening earlier #very curious if anyone else finds this idea interesting #I have some dialogue written and like half of an outline so far #I need to get through more of my preboot self-assigned reading before I can write most of this tho #fic planning #wips #lost and found au #<- thats my working tag but I need to figure out a better title #dickroy #roydick #lian harper #<- im not maintagging otherwise but I think ppl who follow those might enjoy this #mine: dc

[sunwarmed-ash]

Sinful Sunday Snippet

cuz im in a good mood 😘

Hankconvin-NSFW 🔞🔞

<1 MMS>

[U up?] 2:53 AM

Read at 2:53 AM

Gavin looks at his, unresponded to, dick picture again. It wasn’t a bad pic, it was arguably one of the best ones he’s ever taken of himself. But it was unprofessional, scratch that it was downright career suicide, to send a drunk (okay high, phck off,) dick pic to your direct supervisor. 

But Gavin and Hank were different. They had a history, and with Christmas next week… maybe he wasn’t handling the approaching holiday well. He tended to self-destruct a little, hence the eighth ounce of pot he’s already smoked and the stupid photo that’s been sent, received, and left on read for over 4 minutes now. 

His phone buzzes in his hand the next moment and his blood pressure sky rockets.

[Very] 2:57 AM

He didn't expect any response, let alone a potentially interested one. Another two agonizing moments pass and he gets another response, a picture message. And when he opens, his jaw drops in surprise. It's certainly not the response he expects. 

His eyes are currently making eye contact with the man in the digital photo who was not Hank but Connor, Anderson’s newest plastic fuck buddy. But that wasn’t even what surprised Gavin. What surprises him is the fact that the robot's mouth and throat have seemingly swallowed all 9 inches of Hank’s thick, monster cock and is looking up at the camera so pitifully like its still not enough to satisfy him. 

A sea of complex, conflicting emotions flash through Gavin’s body in a fraction of a moment. Anger, jealousy, arousal, fear, irritation, rejection; and it makes him want to toss his phone across the room and bury himself under another three joints. Instead, his cat chooses that moment to walk across his chest and knock his phone out of his hand anyway, demanding affection. Gavin would have been annoyed, if he didn't actually need a minute to breathe. 

Besides, they left him on read for a few minutes, they will survive.  

Gavin takes the moment to try to understand what he’s feeling, the jealousy and resulting anger mostly. He’s been trying to do better, and that includes attempts at understanding where all of his anger comes from. He got arm twisted into therapy a week after the Revolution and now here is, trying to get healthy and shit. But he is jealous. 

Why? He doesn't hate the view. Gavin thinks the picture of Connor’s stupid, smart mouth finally given something better to do than yap looks amazing. 

Maybe he's jealous because it's not him? 

No, that's not quite it. Probably more that he’s not there too. Gavin hates feeling left out, which is something he’s learned about himself after 6 weeks of compulsive therapy. And he’s always had a thing for Anderson. 

Or maybe Hank’s just letting you down easy… the darkest corners of his mind whisper. Because even weekley therapy couldn't silence all the pasts demons. They seem to always win in the end, because he’s typing,

[Sorry. See you got your hands full already.] Before he can stop it. 

Hank’s response this time is almost immediate. 

[That was an invitation Gav, not a rejection.] 3:02 AM

[If you're still interested, that is.] 3:02 AM

Hell phcking yeah he was interested. So much so he was practically flying out of bed, pissing off Venom, his 11 month old, all black, brat of a kitten. (Named because she literally climbs the walls of his apartment constantly and refuses to eat anything but tater tots). She hisses at him before running to her cat bed. Gavin sends one more text before walking out the door. 

[I can be there in 15] 3:04 AM

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check back tonight at 10 PM Mountain Time for the full fic 😘

#sinful sunday preview #hankconvin #detroit become human #hank anderson #hank x connor x gavin #connor rk800 #dbh connor #gavin reed #find me on ao3 #sunwarmed ash #buy me a coffee? #links in bio #i post new stuff every sunday #reblogs are free ways to support me! #sinful sunday

[justmemethings]

Salty AF Mun’s PSAs

A collection of pet peeves & behaviours we hate to see in the RPC

#4: Showing interest in interacting doesn't just mean replying to threads

Lately there have been a few PSAs going around, stating that "lack of interaction ≠ lack of interest". This rule is both true and false, depending on one's definition of interactions and interest. I think that it's time to clear up the main points of the matter, to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts.

What are interactions?

If we look at the formal definition of the word, an interaction is defined as a "reciprocal action or influence" and "communication or direct involvement with someone or something".

So, "interacting" basically means reaching out to someone else, in any sort of way. It's not merely answering threads or asks or IMs, it can be something simpler and quicker, as liking a post or sending an ask. It's not just producing content yourself, it's helping others to do so.

I would also like to put an emphasis on the reciprocal part of the first definition, because this aspect is extremely important when it comes to RPing. Writing and interacting with someone is a two-way street. When the effort is one-sided, it becomes tiring and frustrating pretty quickly. No one should be surprised to see others' interest in you waning, when they are constantly doing all the work and making all the efforts.

What is showing interest?

For what concern interest, the word means "the feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone".

Once again, there are plenty of ways to show that you are invested in your mutuals' content. It's not necessarily be a constant and loud presence. An ask from time to time or a small comment or even just a like let your writing partners know that you are interested in them and their blog(s).

So, to sum up, how can I interact with others and show interest towards them?

Interacting and showing interest is extremely easy and, in some forms, it takes less than a minute. It takes the same time of reblogging a PSA and it takes much less time than writing a post to say that you're "sorry for the lack of activity / interactions".

If you're busy / if real life and mental health are kicking your ass / if you don't have the energy to do more than lurking / if inspiration has been too flaky to write threads, here's a list of things that you can do to show your mutual that you're still interested in engaging them:

Like their headcanons posts (and optionally leave a comment if you feel like)

Like their edits / art / graphics / things they make (again, if you can, leaving a comment is nice too)

Send them OOC memes (headcanon memes, mun memes, and any IC meme that it's not a starter meme) when you see them posting some

These simple, quick things can reassure your writing partners of your interest more than any PSA about how "lack of interaction ≠ lack of interest".

Take-home message

We all have a life outside the internet, responsibilities, work and / or school, health issues, difficulties of various kinds, and so on. This has, of course, to be respected. However, if you have the time to reblog a PSA or to make a post about how "you're not ignoring people, you're just busy", then you have the time to drop a like on a mutual's post / HC / edit / whatnot or to send in a non-interaction meme.

Being busy IRL is not a valid justification not to do this. It comes off as making excuses for your unwillingness to do the bare minimum and for being lazy.

#psa #rp psa #roleplay psa #rp suggestions #rp etiquette #rp interactions #rpc psa #salty af mun series #owl's psa

[sweeeeeeeeeeets]

Master list :

★ -> happy

† -> sad

♥ -> love

° -> neutral

♠ -> important

Art :

• doodles #1 °

• doodle #2 w/ love letter (Valentines special) ♥

• doodle #3 °

• doodle #4 °

Stories (short-stories not fanfic) :

• Why didn't I say I love you? ♥/†

• I miss him [Why didn't I say I love you? (Part 2)] -Coming soon-

• Three Two One (Part 2 of poll #1) -Coming soon-

Letters :

• doodle #2 w/ love letter (Valentines special) ♥

Fanfic :

None yet

Polls :

• Bored poll (part 1 of poll #1) °

• pizza poll (poll #2) °

Random :

• Netflix Whatsapp post? °

• Reblog of Number/emails (important to know) ♠

• Imagine going into a fantasy land w/ your best friend. †/°

Note -> none of my reblogs are here, and if you wish to request something just be respectful, I dont do smut, Im not very good at writing it. I wont do disrespectful things to people or places. (The only exception to this rule is if a prompt shows someone being disrespectful and then someone else fighting for the right part of it). I dont wish to start conflict, you can request anything or just send something like a question or message. If its fanfiction, Ill try my best, it will most likely barely be anywhere near cannon, and if I dont know the characters well enough then it may end up sucking.

If you feel like today isnt a day you want to be here, then take a breather, and break your routine. Do something that brings you joy. Its ok to miss a day of your normal routine to take a break and be happy. (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

Hope you all have a lovely day/night, hugs for all ༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ

#sweeeeeeeeeeets #doodle #doodlysketch #my art #my art <3 #sketches #masterlist #my writing #short story #random #fanfics

[levinssword]

ignore me im venting to myself but also its fine im fine just today is sensitive and its okay i have cookie run and youtube i am content with life

i wish i was better at reading social cues, especially over texts

i never know when people are trying to be subtle or hint that they are upset or dont want to talk, or if theyre waiting for me to respond

like if i send someone a message and they dont respond, and i wait and send them another and no response, once im at like 3 i just kinda stop and wait to see wtf they want or if i overstepped or ??? idk at what point do you message someone again if you dont know whats up and dont want to make them upset

or if people message me on accident and are trying to backpaddle out of the conversation, meanwhile im over here too excited / happy that they even bothered to contact me sjakfsgaj now i just feel awkward and sad for even accepting the request, especially if it was just an accident on hte other persons part

IDK im just so conflicted, i miss my old friends but idk if they actually considered me as close as i saw them all, but im even more greatful for the ones that did reach back out to me and still talk to me.

#aj screams at the void like a unauthorized thang

[moonjxsung]

awwwwww your friend and his girlfriend are so cute!!! they should get fully into kpop and love felix even more.

i’ll update you when i know more about the rescue kitties then! i know the black kitty’s doing well but i haven’t heard from the calico that was injured aside that was back at the vet bc she wasn’t eating😪

and also, i had a dream. that randomly included skz at the end bc why not. i dreamt that i was part of this group of like vigilantes but we couldn’t know each other’s identities but we still like texted. and we had like the most domestic tasks ever like rescuing cats and stuff like that. so eventually we started sharing identities (the girls specifically) and our boss kinda made us move in together. and the group had this leader who came to the apartment once in a while with costume and everything. and there was this other member who had been flirting with me so i just went along with him. and once all the members (three girls including me and three boys) were at the apartment and we all receive a text. and it turns out that it was the pairings for a new skz music video (me, ofc, a super non visually appealing person in a skz mv)😭 and we were like in the kitchen counter/bar and the leader and i were standing. and the girls got their matches and it was like felix and seungmin i think. (so ofc i’m like lino pls🤞🏻) and i opened the message and it said “Bangchan!” and there was a qr code that when i opened it took me to a number in my contacts and it was the leader😭 and we just looked at each other. and the other guy just took off his mask and he wasn’t a member of skz or anything so he got staff. and he just leaves. and chan and i are still just looking at each other and he just takes off his mask and is like “ok yeah it’s me” and im like “weird, that out of every person i could get, it was you, huh?” but like flirty and he just comes up behind me and presses into me and is like “i don’t think that’s weird at all. i think it was pretty carefully thought out” and i decide to tease him being like “i kinda wanted lee know ngl” and he turns me around and we start making out.

this dream was just like strange af bc like where did you come from vigilante thoughts. i was into batman like in high school but not too much anymore. and ofc skz had to just be there. and the fact that it was like kinda pervy posesssive bangchan who orchestrated that we were paired together bc i usually love fluffy cute chan (this is my first dream where chan appears alone!) i am conflicted, nonetheless always love a skz dream.

ily pookie have a great day🫶🏻 i’ve never said this but sorry for the long asks😩

-🐈‍⬛

I agree!!!!! They’re huge fans of rap music and Billy Strings (who I just discovered and have taken a considerable liking to because of them) but they totally respect the kpop sphere as a whole and they follow Felix very closely to fangirl alongside me 🥹 they are so so precious to me I love them

Yes please update!! Sending all my love to both kitties (and praying for miss calico 😢) it’s so hard when you’re just waiting on news regarding cats so I know exactly the emotional state you’re in right now, sending all my love to all of them AND you! And thank you again for taking such good care of them 🥹🫶

HAKDPFPDKSLEKRKRK HELLO???? THAT SOUNDS SO HOT???? First of all we need to get you in a skz music video ASAP…….. also perv!Chan ?????!!::!:!:!!:3!:!/? MY BRAIN IS SO FUZZY…… I need to write more perv skz but somehow I’ve never considered perv, or like VERY heavily into you Chan and I am SO here for it. Isn’t it so weird when you dream of another member and you wake up like ⁉️⁉️😭 I once had a dream about pink haired Seonghwa from Ateez and I have never been the same…. Though most of my skz dreams are just Jisung (clap if you’re surprised!) and I’m so here for it. He’s a great kisser in my dreams if you guys are wondering

MY DREAM….. was fucking awful last night LMAO I had a dream that I was in a library and I was in one of those quiet rooms studying and all of a sudden Jeongin comes in fucking COVERED in blood (he was wearing that white button down outfit from his Dazed cover) and he just looks at me and tells me that if I don’t include a library in my first book about him I’m going to die??? HELLO???????? I didn’t even want to post anything about it here because I was so fucking weirded out and I don’t even have ideas for his book yet but yall can trust it will include a library somewhere in there I guess 🤕😵‍💫 I’ve been having a lot of dreams about my writing and some of them spark inspo but I guess some are also just straight up threats LMAO

ANYWAYS…… I hope you’re doing well my angel!!! Have the best week and take care of yourself! Fingers crossed for the kitties and that you get to make out with Chan sometime soon XOXOXO 💕🩷💓🫶👼

#🐈‍⬛ anon #ask

[hunieday]

Hi! How are you? Just a random question, what's your favorite main story and event story in the game? Mine is the fourth part in the main story and La Danse Macabre for the event story. I just love the voices and how the seiyuus convey their new characters. I wish they'd voice more of the event stories. Sorry this is anonymous, I'm just a more private person. I really like your translations and was just curious, haha 😊 none of my friends like IDOLiSH7, so I can't talk to them about this 😭

Hello!!

Oh man this is tough... I like all of the parts but I really like part 2 and how it meticulously and organically concluded its conflicts and to me it's the best written part, but i also adore parts 3 and 4 for all the characters they introduce and how everything rolls out (also im a sucker for melodrama, and some of my favorite quotes EVER come from these two). part 5 also has really amazing scenes.

As for the event stories I also really like Danmaca and I agree that the voice acting is superb!! they really went all out. But my favorite has to be hoshimeguri, I love the aesthetics and the message, and it's my very first kuji! (also hoshikuzu magic makes me cry)

Please don't apologize!! everyone is open to send me any questions I have a lot of fun answering them HAHA my inbox and dms (both here and on twitter) are open for anyone as long as you're nice and respectful!

I hope you have an amazing day ^^

#ask #by the way part 6's torao plotline made me chew on bricks /pos

[heich0e]

hi!! i just wanted to say im so happy you’re updating the bff!osamu series omg ive been following you for like a year and i’ve been on the edge of my seat waiting for you to come back and i just cannot wait to find out how you resolve their whole situation (if u even will? though an angst ending would ruin me omg…)

you also write miscommunication so well im literally feeling their discomfort and their pain like im feeling it myself. i just want the both of them to be happy but i completely understand readers pov cause a guy bsf switching up on you is one of the worst feelings ever!! the disappointment, the distrust, the overthinking, like if your whole friendship was just built around him thinking he could be with you?? ofc is different with each relationship especially with these two cause reader knows osamu didnt go into this expecting something out of it (cause they were literal kids LMFAO) but its genuinely such a sick feeling and you managed to capture it insanely well my gosh!!

alongside empathising reader, you cant help but root for osamu with all the previous parts showing his side of the story and how he feels so much for reader, like AHHH you just want to root for him (maybe im biased actually) honestly idek where im going with this i just wanted to share my appreciation for this series and im so excited to see how you end this!!!

hello beloved tumblr user reinertiddiejuice. where can i possibly begin.

i think first of all a big fat THANK YOU for sticking around this long even though i am a terrible horrible no good really bad updater is in order. it means so much that you would follow me in the first place, let alone stick around for a YEAR (happy one year btw i am sending u flowers through the world wide web) while i worked through my issues re: bff!osamu and got back on track.

i know miscommunication is something that squicks a lot of people out in fiction, and i completely understand why--it's very frustrating as an objective third party observer (which we all are as readers, regardless of the POV) to witness miscommunication unfold while we have the advantage of easily identifying where it could be rectified, but having to watch the parties involved dance around the solution. but it's always been something that i've enjoyed writing because it's just REAL. human beings kind of SUCK at communicating--that's why people devote their lives and their careers to studying it and improving it. we're particularly bad at it when it comes to Big Feelings or our Needs, and romance is fraught with really critical moments of communication that are often navigated very poorly or at the very least with a lot of difficulty.

i'm so so incredibly grateful that you think i'm doing justice to capturing the feelings these two are going through in the fic, that means a lot to me as a writer that the things I'm hoping to get through to you are making their intended impact :') ESPECIALLY the conflicted feelings. i want people to empathize with both characters, because neither of them is in the WRONG here--it's just a hard situation that they're trying to navigate as best they can.

i adore u. i really do. thank you for reading and thank you for being here and thank you for such a sweet message!! i hope you had a good start to your week, little guy!!

#liv got mail

[rollercoasterwords]

hey rae, i’m experiencing a bit of a moral dilemma (ish) bc like… i’ve always more or less had this view that its wrong on some level to like “police” people on the kind of media they are creating, even mainstream tbh and now… well… let’s just say a little bee flew in rather aggressively into my eardrums and it won’t stop buzzing about the moral implications and suddenly the pretty stable ground that i was standing on is slowing crumbling beneath my feet but like… that’s okay??? i’m accepting the fall bc i’m actually always thrilled to free fall. that is to say, i love the way things around me can make me question my own ideas of what i believe to be true sometimes like i love love love it. i love looking at smth ekth a new lens and more information and then yk, rebuilding thag ground with more stable material. anyways, sry i’m rambling, but you see, everything this bee was buzzing abt started to increasingly make more sense and like, i started to rly think about it in the way of like… evaluating the consequences right? like if a specific media trope has very real contributions to a stigma abt a certain group and manifests in the society in multiple ways, then rly, why can’t i condemn it? bc the way i used to look at it was like “well yes, the media is harmful, but like, i also don’t think we have the right to dictate other people’s liberties when it come to art”. but now… especially considering that this “art” is mainstream and like reaches millions of people, why tf not? bc when you rly put it on the scale, what has more weight, ppl being mad/annoyed that engaging with this is “bad” and they shouldn’t/ being limited in creating it or ppl suffering the real life implications of this. and to make myself a little clearer, the specific thing thag kinda made me realize this more was how media a lot of the times portrays certain mental illness in an overly negative and harmful way, and how in thrn, society discriminates against those individuals in part bc of the skewed perception thag media has portrayed about them. and i feel like this kinda of made me like… think more about this view that i used to defend strongly, and kinda of go, wait, hold up… and i’m still a little like… conflicted bc as much as like i say this, i don’t think there are any viable means of like combatting this issue bc at the end of the day, what creators for mainstream media want is money and these things get them money and so it’s never rly gonna stop, and i still am a little iffy on the idea thag it’s essentially like… an objective moral no no, but like i can see the other side more clearly and it’s just… man it’s so frustrating in a way. and like as much as some ppl may engage with their media critically and liek recognize these stereotypes and shit, a majority of ppl don’t and it’s so frustrating to see itttt. but yeah, idk im still like… gathering materials before fully building this floor, but like, what are your thoughts on this if any? (i’m literally going to everyone with this i an truly a menace, i need to talkkkk abt it like the way this brings me so much joy) (unfortunately i don’t have many ppl in my life that care or are willing to talk to me abt these things) (enter: rae)

hello!! interesting questions!! love that u are embracing the freefall of having a core belief challenged + opening urself to new ways of thinking rather than growing defensive + closing urself off!!

so, what i wanna start off by saying here is this: there is a very broad middle ground between "this art is bad and shouldn't exist/shouldn't be interacted with at all" versus "everyone should just create whatever they want with disregard for the consequences."

because different forms of art are going to be doing different things, reaching different audiences, and sending different messages. and there are plenty of ways that art/literature/media/etc can be harmful. for example, this recent open letter to the new york times is a great example of a critique on the way in which the nytimes' coverage of trans "issues" causes real-life harm to trans people. in this sort of instance, it's not okay for the nytimes to just continue writing as they have, however they want, because they have certain journalistic responsibilites which include not promoting/perpetuating harm against marginalized groups (not that they have an especially great track record in that regard, but i digress). part of critically evaluating media is evaluating whether that media has harmful real-life implications, and, if it does, figuring out whether/how to engage with that media in a way that does not perpetuate that harm.

so like--with the example you're talking about, portrayals of mental illness that contribute to stigma. part of evaluating those portrayals is going to start with asking what kind of media you're looking at, who it's reaching, and what it's trying to do. for example--a movie made by a large hollywood studio that's profiting off a stigmatizing portrayal of mental illness, reaching a broad audience, and contributing to widespread misconceptions is tangibly harmful, and it makes sense to vocally critique that portrayal or perhaps even encourage people not to engage with the movie at all, as it is profiting off something harmful. additionally, hollywood movies are invested in perpetuating a capitalist system such that they will often have an underlying goal of spreading messages/ideas that support that capitalist system, so there is much more to be wary of there in the intent of the media.

a fanfiction on the internet written by an individual that contains a stigmatizing portrayal of mental illness is something that is not accruing profit, not reaching a broad audience, and not harmful in the same way. an individual writing fanfiction on the internet is also not invested in perpetuating broader systems of capitalistic power in the same way a hollywood movie studio is, so the intent of their art is likely different. a better route here is probably to reach out to the individual, who probably wrote this portrayal out of ignorance and would most likely be open to educating themself and avoiding such portrayals in the future. this is a better response than trying to "cancel" the person completely, because it works to build community and has a much more direct impact in breaking the stigma around mental illness by educating an individual who previously internalized those stigmatized views.

when you're trying to critically evaluate a piece of media that contains something you view as potentially harmful, here are some important questions to ask:

who is making this? why are they making it? what is the stated goal of the creator(s) in creating this specific piece of media? are there any other goals that the creator is leaving unsaid?

who is the intended audience of this media? how large is that audience? in what ways is this media catered to appeal to that audience? what responsibilities does the creator hold towards that audience? will the audience response be monolithic, or is there room for varied impact amongst members of the same audience?

is this media a lecture or a conversation? is this media presenting a moral truth that i am expected to accept? or is it presenting moral questions and encouraging me to draw my own conclusions?

what role does profit play in the creation + distribution of this media? what systems of power is this media invested in upholding, if any? what institutions is this media invested in upholding, if any?

these are all questions which, depending on the answers, are going to change your evaluation on the media. this post kind of sums up what i mean, and i talk more here about when art becomes truly harmful. but also, i want to emphasize--engaging with media critically and coming to the conclusion that something is harmful is not the same thing as policing media, at least in my opinion. policing implies reinforcing set rules for how someone can or cannot create/engage with media, which doesn't allow for the necessary flexibility needed for actual critical thought. i think it's also important to note that policing typically says "if this media is Bad, you must destroy it/ignore it completely." but critically engaging with media means acknowledging harmful media when it exists, and analyzing why it exists + what it's trying to do. it also means acknowledging that not all media is going to fit cleanly into the harmful/harmless dichotomy. sometimes media will contain harmful stereotypes or stigmatizing portrayals in one sense, and really important representation or progressive ideas in another sense. other times, a portrayal that feels stigmatizing to one person will feel like representation to another. part of engaging critically with media means evaluating what it's doing as a whole and accounting for both the good and the bad. at the end of the day, we can't solve problems by refusing to engage with them at all, y'know?

#ask #ranting and raving

[dinner-with-strahd]

Strahd von Zarovich - Ask Blog Information

🧡 OOC Information 🧡

[aka the place i can be as syripsy as i want. hehe lowercase letters, go!]

hii! im syrips (any pronouns 30 y/o), im a shameless strahd simp and i made this blog because i enjoy rping as strahd as a DM. so i was like 'well this seems like an enjoyable way for others to rp/engage with strahd too'

another reason is because when i DM with strahd, i literally forget what strahd says/does and it bums me out.. at least with these i can reread them ooc and be like 'woah, thats cool!!' or w/e HAHah

anyways im new to rping on tumblr so pls feel free to message me ooc if needed, thank you and hope you all enjoy this silly little ask/rp blog, my beloveds!!

🦇 Rules / Info: 🦇

Please Read: Strahd's default mannerisms may come off as abusive, toxic, and/or triggering. Please be mindful of trigger warning tags and sensitive content. Read the Legend below for alterations, adjustments, requests, and information so you have a comfortable and consensual experience!

Anon asks are fine, but anything that seems nsfw and I can't confirm your age will probably not be answered.

Must be 18+ for nsfw asks. Your profile must have your age or indicate in some form that you are 18+.

I have no limits with what I receive, but I will tag, warn, and spoiler sensitive/triggering content to provide a safe space for others. I love enabling all forms of fictional/rping indulgence, but I also want to make sure we're all enjoying it in our own consenting and fun ways.

"Dinner with Strahd" was chosen as my url because it usually holds a very immersive meaning to players/DMs. However, interactions with Strahd are not assumed to be literally in the dinner hall unless stated with (dinner) or implied through context.

🩸 Default: 🩸

If something is not stated, these are the defaults that I do for Strahd. Some are based on canon, and some based on fanon. If you want him to react or behave in a specific/different way, see the Legend below.

Strahd is a vampire, with a visual appearance of someone in his mid 30's to 40's.

Strahd is Bisexual.

Strahd's default pronouns are he/him.

Strahd is patient, charming, and predatory.

Strahd is only intimate/predatory to adults.

Strahd is an unreliable narrator/host.

Strahd will respond as though you are communicating in person, with a letter/familiar, or a sending spell.

Strahd supports trans/queer rights because he wants to see his Beloved's radiant smile in the perfect form.

🖤 Legend [do people still call it that??] 🖤

[Closed bracket things] : i use this when i want to talk OOC

(Parentheses) : you tell me what you want in here. it can be as vague or as unlimited/detailed as you want. more detail = more accuracy. examples are below

TW : i will use this, along with the spoiler/keep reading thing, along with the tw in the tags for sensitive/specific content

Parentheses Examples:

you can add this anywhere, but i recommend in the beginning or end of your ask/message.

Example:

"hi strahd you smell dumb hehe (fluff, PC: Zinnira - fallen aasimar, rogue, sent letter with rat)"

then wham he'd respond with a silly/wholesome/funny banter or message - easy peasy!!

Random Suggestions for words to use if you want to use the Parentheses:

(fluff/comfort/good/nice/etc.) : use words like this for nice, wholesome and/or comfort strahd response

(beloved) : strahd will respond as though you are his beloved. yes, that Beloved.

(enemy/rival/conflict/etc.) : use words like this and strahd will respond as though you are his enemy [or he is yours]

(scary/evil/creepy/possessive) : im fine with these but please add if you have any limits/hard no's/boundaries, i want you to enjoy it and not actually be uncomfortable irl/ooc!

(PC - race/lineage, class, etc.) : give me context of your PC! [you can even send me google docs for context hehe i love reading]

(f/o imagines) : strahd isn't my f/o, but i enjoy these. you can also add words like if you want it to be cheesy, fluff, flirty, scary, funny, sfw/nsfw, etc.

([gender or pronouns here] Strahd) : adjusts strahd's gender/pronouns

([personality style/alignment] Strahd) : adjusts strahd's personality/alignment

(in person/dinner/letter/sending spell/etc.) : use words like this if you want your ask/message to be received in a specific way

(other oddly specific stuff) : literally go wild, this is your little ooc bubble of telling me what YOU want. have fun, my beloveds! 🧡🧡

#syrips ooc #will edit as needed #please excuse any errors; blog and i are still in construction hehe

[pridepoisoned]

(ooc. whenever I see the discussion of power levels and in-character respect pop up on the dash, I think it essentially boils down to the need for character agency on both sides. at the end of the day, we all want our characters to do cool things and have impact on others--but when writing together, that takes compromise, especially when writing from a 'hero vs. villain' dynamic.

When writing intense fights or conflicts with others, I have no problem reaching out to establish boundaries and outcomes if needed [lately I've been rolling d20s to help guide non-determined fights, which is fun!] This takes a little extra legwork, but in my opinion, it's worth it because no one is left surprised or bitter once the dust settles. [And hey, sometimes people just want Jup to go wild--and that's okay too!! Cathartic writing for me. 😊 ]

I've been told that I put up 'high boundaries' by not placing Jup/Eris into more 'cracky,' silly, unfitting situations, and I know that causes me to lose some interactions [along with the fact that she's from Galactic and not the more repped villain squads, so it's hard for me to place her in general LMAO], but I've invested a ton of time building Jup/Eris into a wonderfully complex, twisted OC, and--while I'm absolutely okay with her taking Ls, and she has--I think writing her will always be a balancing act, being mindful of compromise and agency with writing partners, while still keeping her influential role, high intelligence, and malicious edge intact. I feel like I've done a respectful job of that so far.

I know that I'm quiet and all this might seem intimidating, but I promise that I'm always, always looking for new interactions here. Trying out new dynamics is fun!! If you're ever thinking about interacting or have a sudden idea, drop into the IMs, send me a Discord message, send me an ask out of the blue, come through!!)

#ooc #(been wanting to write this for a minute!! compromise boundaries and agency are important to me and i try my best to reciprocate) #(i know a more serious selective approach cuts down on this blogs reach and brings out the occasional anon...but i think it suits me best) #(at the end of the day...if weve threaded or youve read my stuff i hope you liked it!! 😊) #INPUT OUTPUT. (dashcomm)

[sleephyuns]

ooo and the plot thickens.

Love Nayeon’s cameo at the beginning! She’s so fun I’m in love with the way you write her.

and overall Obsessed with this jeonghyo and sahyo arc. I’m torn between wanting to see it from Sana’s perspective and wanting to just be left wondering (just like jeongyeon is). The thought processes/introspection you write is (again) so soo good. I love how you set it during jeongyeon doing a relatively mundane thing like cleaning and then the way you write the things happening within that and the way she thinks about things (including the act of cleaning) is so satisfyingly telling of her personality.

And the part where jeongyeon mentions she hasn’t been super responsive over the past few days is interesting. Like obvs it makes sense once again I love how you’ve built these characters AND Also it adds such an interesting dimension, a possible conflict or tough spot or conversation that eventually is going to have to happen and I’m so so interested in which direction it’s going to take and if Jeongyeon is ever going to have to confront her feelings, sit down, and talk about it with jihyo or sahyo, and oooh sana is so mysterious and she’s a therapist so she’s assumedly good at picking up on things and see that’s so INTERESTING.

So much to think about!! Thank you so much for another great update (apologies if any of these sentences don’t make sense, im partially asleep but HAD to send my appreciation for the new update asap)

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It all makes sense! Thank you for sharing your thoughts I always appreciate it :3

Trying not to give away too much here (even if it pains me because I want to share), so I’ll say: Yes Jeongyeon is definitely aware her behavior is causing problems and that she’s been unresponsive. It’s just taking her so long to get to the why of it. She also has this back and forth of realizing that her behavior is affecting people negatively, but not getting immediate and obvious repercussions for it, so she goes back to doing it again.

I’m excited to write more about Sana because she still is a mystery despite being around, and we dont see how Jeongyeon might be affecting her. But everyone will have their time to shine in one way or another! I’ll say that.

Thank you again for this message!

#sana’s like a character that needs to be unlocked they just havent fufilled the requirements yet LOL #ask #non rq #🔥 anon