#ive seen people ask like.

[angelsaxis]

you can scroll for hours on ao3 until 3AM looking for the perfect fic and you can perfectly utilize their tagging/filtration system to find exactly what you want but you cannot google "black led YA fantasy" or "diverse YA fantasy"?

#angel posts #ive seen people ask like. #wheeeeere do we find these books with pee oh cees and gays in them #bitch google it 😭 #yall cannot be this helpless like you think this is some special list? #you think theres some special hidden site that you need a key word for to get to these books? #its also crazy bc youd hear about these books more if yall followed more readers of color but

[benjaminthecoathanger]

okay, because i saw a poll earlier and i thought the choices weren't clear enough and also the answers i saw to it annoyed me and also i'm curious:

NOTES:

I am including having watched gameplay of a game and not having played it as having watched the source material

In this context if you are writing fic/making art and you are not being commissioned to do so. This is purely for funsies

You getting into something because you saw a post/gifset/video about it and then watched the source material does not count. That's just how you get into new things.

Goncharov does not count because it's not real. I'll break kayfabe here I don't care.

#polls #look i got really annoyed by reading the tags of the since-deleted poll of people like 'did you forget goncharov hahaha' like. #that. that's not what was asked. #also like. i'll reblog posts of something ive not seen if i think theyre interesting/funny #but i don't count that as like. 'engaging in fandom" necessarily #bc to me at least fandom requires active engagement? and like im not gonna go hunting for like. leverage posts if ive not seen it #i also don't read fanfic like. at all. so i have no concept of how people read it? #like. i last read fanfic like 2 years ago bc i had just finished disco elysium #so people who read fic bc of the like. tropes or whatever like. i do not get it. im happy for you though #anyway. sorry i went insane i love u all #ben leaves the house #or doesnt. i guess in this case. a very Chronically Online Poll

[moonpaw]

#huehghhhuheugh i was hesitant to post this one #dont think im gonna tag it though #but man. im getting kinda tired of seeing the same argument over and over in the tag #and its like! ok! thats a valid reason! you're fine not to watch it! no one is forcing you!! #please stop putting it in the tag and on my posts!! ive seen it 1000 times!! #honestly this goes for nearly any series btw #dont put your anti-series post in the MAIN TAG #people go into the tag to look for content not to see people going ohhh im never gonna watch this because of XYZ #whats the point of it? who wins out of this? #of course its your blog and your tagging system but i am asking nicely not to flood tags unwanted #ok ok ok rant over sorry i just needed to get it out of my system for a bit

[triptychgardener]

I swear to actual Gog no nom-transfem outside of Tumblr actually understands June as a character and it will be the death of me. If I see another cavalcade of people turn up at the slightest mention of her name saying "ohhh I don't see it, I don't think it makes sense, tbh it'd just be better if they didn't at this point" I'm going to turn into the Joker. I read further down on that "June would be better as a trans guy imo I'm not transmisogynistic I mean femtransphobic" reddit thread and it made me want to become a nomad wandering the Appalachian peaks

Yeah like I'm gonna be real. I think entering fandom and using characters as nothing more than a source for projection really screws up your actual reading of the text (said as someone who has done that before!) And if you're unwilling to let go of that interpretation, you're going to be operating in a fundamentally different reality than everyone else who bothers to read the text.

June at this point is on the edge of becoming canon. She's been "canon" for years now, the evidence and reading of June as transfem has been thoroughly documented and discussed. She is a thing. That is happening. And while Homestuck often draws in fandom ideas and discussion, it's rarely going off of things that weren't at least partially in the text themselves.

I don't hold all of Homestuck's text as scripture. My distaste for, say, transmasc Roxy, has been growing as I actually began to read and understand more. And if people want good transmasc readings, there are plenty of great options! Jane, Dirk, Aradia and Nepeta are all wonderful examples of strong transmasc readings. I'd say there are, on the whole, maybe fewer than transfem readings, just because Homestuck is a very transfeminine story. It's about trying to escape and defeat the ultimate force of masculinity that pervades and lords over the story, contrasted by the Space aspect, which has some of the most transfeminine goddamn characters in the whole comic (even a basically canonical one in Calliope). It's a story with Vriska Goddamn Serket in it for the love of god!!!!

Also not to get too deep into the weeds but arguments like "well she actually admired her dad a lot and wanted to be like him" seem to forget the Literal Familial Strife he had with his dad every day, or the fact that his dad always seems to be a bit of a sore subject, or maybe, perhaps, John is not always being one hundred percent honest about his feelings about his father who died when he was thirteen. Honestly, even outside of a transfeminine interpretation, it's just a deeply surface-level reading of John.

#like i think people with different hcs for june and john can be fine in theory #ive seen plenty of agender and genderfluid egberts which do read to me #but there's a limit to the text here and these people have reached it and don't wanna come down #asks #anon

[civetside]

My partner’s only experiences with tlt is my infodumping, the pool scene, and your blog. Ignore the giant ominous floating salmon.

sorry i didn't hear what you said the ominous salmon starting whispering sweet nothings to me and i got distracted

#tlt #ask #okay but fr that drawing made me WhEEZE #and ive had a couple people now tell they dont know what tlt is but have seen the comics and im just like #man you must be SO CONFUSED #the frowny face around war criminal is the funniest part for me

[alucardsathomewife]

Yalls moms ever just...ya know

GO TO ROSS AND FIND A HELLSING JACKET?!

She said " it looked familiar " 😭

I love it

Didn't know funimation was chill like that

Yall the fandom makes me nervous to wear it in public, PLEASE CHILL on the Millennium

#I've seen way too many people justify those characters like at a point a few months ago i still dont recommend the anime #ive nearly left a few times but am still here bc i enjoy the actual good characters #i was attempting to make mac & cheese when my mom whipped the best thing i could ever ask for out #plz thank my mom for revealing Ross got hellsing merch 🙏 #hellsing #hellsing ultimate #hellsing fandom #hellsing collection #gonzo hellsing

[aka-indulgence]

Do you ever just

#ive seen posts about people copy the expressions theyre drawing #but what if the character youre drawing has One Common Expression #and i like smiley characters….. hhsdhjjsdj #aka doodle #people see me drawing and ask ‘why are you smiling’

[tsireyast]

I feel like we dont talk about one of the main reasons nico was ostracized at camp, not just because hes a son of hades.

Camp half blood is small enough so that rumors and information spread fast, but that doesn't mean they are always right. So imagine you're a random camper, and you're told nico, one of the new campers, gets in a big fight with Percy. During which he makes skeletons appear and somehow opens a huge crack in the floor. But percy wins and nico leaves camp.

Don't you think it would've rang a bell?

Don't you think it would've reminded them too much of two summers ago, with luke?

Dont you think everyone would've been even more scared, because now they know nico is a child of hades, one of the big three, and therefore very powerful?

There must have been so many rumors that summer of nico being part of the kronos army. Betraying camp just like luke did.

Of course after the battle of manhattan many people would've changed their minds. Hes in their side now, after all. But there are probably still many campers who think nico left them to join luke, before he changed their mind and helped them win against luke and kronos. People who still hold a grudge against him for joining the "enemy".

#i havent read the battle of the labyrinth in a while so aorry if this gets cleared up by then #ive never really seen anyone talk about this #nico being a son of hades cant be the only reason hes not well liked by camp #of course hes just emo and traumatized and thinks everyone hates him when they dont but i dont think he was exactly popular at camp #and also this has been in my mind for a few days #i just love nico hes so sad and traumatized #my poor little guy #he got misjudged by so many people for a out of context rumor that got changed and twisted as it spread #obviously at first percy told the truth to chiron and annabeth andnother people who came to ask “yo what happened with the new kid” #(will definitely asked him) (he met nico in the infirmary and had a crush on him since) #i mean everyone must have been curious as to why the floor of the dining pavillion was all broken #but as rumors do it just turned into a broken telephone situation where the story got more and more dramatic #if you asked some (very exaggerated)people they would tell you he tried to kill percy and he was actually sent by luke to camp #percy jackson #pjo #camp half blood #heroes of olympus #nico di angelo #solangelo #pjo headcanon #percy series

[astyrra]

i think if laios had dinner with hannibal he would make it so awkward

laios would IMMEDIATELY realise that this is some kind of meat he's never eaten before and ask a whole bunch of questions about what kind of animal it came from and so on

meanwhile hannibal is trying to do his poetic metaphor shit and it's going right over laios's head

#dungeon meshi #hannibal #ive only seen like 1 episode of hannibal everything i know is from tumblr #guy who secretly feeds people human meat vs guy who will keep asking questions abt it well past the point of it being socially acceptable #(im also anime only for dungeon meshi so if laios does do cannibalism at some point please dont spoil me)

[galaxygermdraws]

Absolutely. Obsessed with whatever episode 7 was. Who let Skizz and Tango do that. Who let them parallel Last Life like that. Also Gem being terrifying is so good I'm quite obsessed with her this series.

And uh. Tiny little doodle of the best base in the series. I'm not crying what r u talking about.

(reblogs with tags/comments appreciated. Thankyu)

#secret life smp #trafficblr #secret life spoilers #SLSMP #SL spoilers #tangotek #skizzleman #geminitay #tw blood #tw fire #ask to tag #germ draws #germdraws #god i will think about skizz actually being selfish A LOT. like #this is the same guy who dies for his loved ones all the time but the one time he has ever gotten the boogey curse HE HURT. TANGO. AND IVE #NOT SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT #BUT IT MAKES ME INSANE AS SOMEONE WHO LIKES LL SKIZZ N TANGO AN UNHEALTHY AMOUNT #like...how do u think tango felt. yet again being turned on by someone in his team due to a boogey curse. and its worse here bc #skizz would NEVER....right? #yea tangos gonna have trust issues again #AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HOW SKIZZ FINALLY GOT BOOGEY CURSED AND IT #WASNT EVEN RANDOM CHANCE #IT WAS TARGETED. IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM AGAINST HIS WILL. NOT TO MENTION HE ALSO WENT RED #BAD COMBO

[ink-the-artist]

some clone high ocs bc I am cringe but I am free. and bc im excited for the upcoming reboot :)

just the line art:

#art #fan art #clone high #ink #line art #digital art #these ppl are wildly different lol i just chose whoever i was intrested in for whatever reason #that ive also not seen clone high art of yet #hc andersens clone can hopefull have the gay romance the original anderson wanted :') #i was reading his wikipedia page a while back and its the sweetest thing ever 😭 #like what he wrote here: #''The Hereditary Grand Duke walked arm in arm with me across the courtyard of the castle to my room kissed me lovingly asked me always to #love him though he was just an ordinary person asked me to stay with him this winter ... Fell asleep with the melancholy happy feeling that #I was the guest of this strange prince at his castle and loved by him ... It is like a fairy tale.'' #and in the wikipedia section on his death: #''Shortly before his death Andersen had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral saying: #'Most of the people who will walk after me will be children so make the beat keep time with little steps.''' #jesus man 😭

[alchemania]

Finally got enough energy to talk about Furina's SQ and while I loved her and the troupe, MC and Paimon were .... Not Great. I talked about this with friends but in Paimon's case especially, the way they interact with Furina feels like people who just don't understand trauma and depression and then engage with someone suffering from both in all the wrong ways.

Talking about how much of a downgrade her house is from the opera house, making fun of how she can't cook, pushing her to act when she's set a very clear boundary and then guilt tripping her after she's stuck to her guns, shaming her for not being able to fight well (Paimon literally talks about how second hand embarrassment is overwhelming and I'm just like ?????), telling her she's "not acting like herself" when she attempts to open up and be vulnerable....it's just really rough. That and the MC asking "is something wrong" when Furina gets sad over Poission ..like bro people died and she couldn't save them and she's tearing herself apart over it. Those people are never coming back and you know it and you have the gall to ask her is something wrong??? Of COURSE there is!!

It just feels especially odd because we literally get to see all of Furina's suffering and Paimon in particular is. SO mean? Like she was more understanding with Wanderer and Ei and THEY'VE tried to kill us multiple times!! I don't get it, and honestly I'm very proud of Furina for refusing to waver. Let her rest!! She's tired and depressed and she needs time to heal; and honestly fuck Paimon for trying to make her feel bad. Furina's worked harder than she EVER will.

#as someone with depression and who's highly sensitive this story quest hurt a LOT because ive also encountered people who don't understand. #i've been told i need to get over my anxiety. i've been asked what am i so tired from since i just lay in bed. #so furina's character and how she was treated hit very very hard for me. she's isolating herself and not coping well but she is TRYING. #she's trying so hard and she equates her worth to her role. like she literally tells you that she serves no more use to anyone. #and i wanted to shake her so hard. because it's not about what she can do #she has worth simply because she exists. full stop. she is loved and she is appreciated just for being herself #her worth isn't decided by her power yk?? #i hope she can rest and heal and find some good friends - after the way mc and paimon treated her i honestly don't think they should be #or if they are; they'd have to work to earn her trust cuz good LORD. they treated her so weird and so tone deaf!! #i've seen a lot of people complaining about it too so im glad im not alone. #anyway. there is something wrong with me i have cried actual tears over furina please god she needs a hug #and to be told she did a good job and she can rest now and things will get better #4.2 spoilers #genshin impact #furina

[northern-passage]

i've been thinking a lot about the word "representation" and what it means and how it's changed over the last few years, particularly when it comes to the writing/publishing landscape but also in movies and tv shows… and i really don't like it anymore. to be clear, of course i think it's important to have diversity in your work, i'm not saying i hate the concept of representation. but i do really dislike the way it's used now, and i really just hate the word itself

in a broader sense it's just become a marketing tool. i'm not impressed by any publisher or author who just describes their book by listing all of the minorities/identities the characters represent as if that should be enough. it feels very gross, very exploitative and disingenuous. it also really bothers me because it's always marginalized identities- which i understand Why, but it feels very othering to me (and again. Very exploitative as an advertisement). you would never list out "cishet able-bodied white man" as a character description to pat yourself on the back over. so why do it to everyone else? why insinuate that one is the "default" and the other one is "special"? (and when i say this i'm mainly talking about advertisements/marketing. i understand why people would specify about characters in descriptions with the plot, but i don't like to see an ad that's just "this book has gay people!" with nothing else)

which then leads me to my other point, which is that a lot of people treat "representation" as if it's "too hard." like "oh i don't know enough to write about that, i don't have that experience, etc" which is a fair way to feel! however… it's weird that people only say this about writing trans characters or characters of color. i'm writing a story right now with a character who is really into motorcycles. i personally do not know that much about motorcycles, so i researched what parts are what & what different kinds of models there are & what basic bike care looks like. i guarantee Most people will have to google something at some point in their writing process. so what's the problem? it also, again, feels very othering when authors treat certain groups of people as "impossible" to write, "too hard" to understand. they are just.. people. you write them as a person. and then you figure out the rest later.

and i think part of the refusal or fear to write something outside of your experience is because of the way representation is treated as So Special. these characters are So Special that they aren't allowed to be anything other than "representation." they're Not allowed to be characters with complex emotions and interesting motivations, they have to just be Trans or Gay or Disabled or whatever. they're not allowed to be people. which means, at the end of the day, we loop right back around to where we were at the start….

there is bad representation. there are depictions of certain marginalized people that are harmful and that are damaging, i'm not trying to minimize that or argue against it at all, in fact we should all be mindful of that while writing and reading. but i also think it's possible to swing too far in the opposite direction as well and put certain groups of people on a pedestal and not allow them to do anything at all but be Perfect Representation, if that makes sense.

#anyways. is this anything #sorry i dont have anything insightful to say at the end here i just wanted to ramble #especially abt the way ppl market books now it like. genuinely disgusts me #cannot imagine marketing tnp in that way. my characters are many things AND they are trans. and their transness #is not just a flashy feature for attracting attention #also i do understand the fear of 'getting it wrong' but that's why you have beta readers or even actual sensitivity readers #that's why you ask for feedback. especially in this space like... people will give it #that's what makes sharing your process and early draft in this community so rewarding #and there's also just the reality that no matter what you do some people will Not like it 🤷 #and ime a lot of ppl look at representation very individualistically #as in it's only good representation if it represents Me #which sucks. and you're never going to please those people #ANYWAYS also to be clear this is not a vague or meant to be targeted at any one person please don't be fucking weird #this is just some thots i've had recently esp since ive seen the representation conversation pop up quite a few times #and since i've been doing research for characters in my other project #personal

[oatbugs]

my research partner and i are huddled in a blanket in paddington waiting for a too-late train i already miss you and you and you

#he keeps falling asleep almost on my shoulder and waking up and readjusting but i want to tell him its ok weve seen a lot #of each other ive seen your brainwaves you called me crying a few nights ago. research partner right now is a potentiality #friend is a certainty. i met a banker passionate about finance. he said his advice made the lives of others better and he likes the numbers #more than he likes anything else. on a high rise near canary wharf the view was wonderful and the people even moreso #he said i loved her but i spent 33 grand on her and i cant do this anymore. his voice cracked talking about her. he did love her. #and she talked softly she grabbed my hand she bought me a pack of Marlborough gold she told me to snap #the russian menthol cigarettes of the tortured polish man near us with my teeth i kept staring at her teeth #bright white and sharp. i couldnt find her heartbeat but i did find warmth and i did find her lips and i did feel #how she felt pressed against a wall. a pretty boy held my hand and i gave him my number. i couldnt stop smiling about her no matter #how many runways youve walked on how many collections youve designed how many students youve taught. senior lecturer teaches me how to do #very unethical things ethically over a double shot of vodka made by the half-persian with broken farsi. she talks softly #and she says her eyes are hazel but they appear a shade of red. pure gold on her hands and leather on her back and her fingers on my lips #(she talks softly sees through me she says something i cant hear but i wont forget the way she flies) she talked to my research partner #about the possibility of moving to sunny dubai with the rest of her family and my heart felt pierced. on her arm i traces a tattoo of a #knife passing through a rose. she told me she thought there was romance in severing so i kissed her some more. #he sat me down and asked me what i loved and i told him and he said no romance no person no tragedy will take that from you. #the room was filled with a collection of people in love with something that wasnt a person and i kept looking at her. #red eyes bitten jawline beautiful hands. it is 3 degrees Celsius my head is on his shoulder i miss my friends #we walked out the lecture hall with arms linked a photo of two years ago and we both said #jesus christ. i miss you all. and i miss logic metatheory lectures. im glad i get to stare at the depth of your eyes #i wish i had met you years ago. #crushposting

[nedsseveredhead]

im taking Laios Dungeon Meshi away from people until they can be normal about autistic men

#cryp txt #THIS IS. Mostly about stuff i see on twitter #but comics about how the party secretly hate him #about how 'hes the type that everyone is uncomfortable around but no one wants to ask to leave' #ive seen people say that he doesnt care about his group (or anything other than monsters) #which is. blatantly false. and arguably like a major plot point of the story lmao #like hes just. clearly autistic coded? #and people have gotten such a watered down 'cutesy uwu' idea of autism now that they decided someone with clear difficulty with tone #is Defintely A Dangerous Creep #and it annoys me so much #Laios defense squad #dunmeshi

[satsuha]

#maplestory #satsuhart #i want to post this bc its kinda cute despite how horrible it is #this is so suck bc its natural for a game to want to revamp its characters in a gameplay sense #and from what ive seen people are happy with the ingame changes ???!!? #but it came with 349584574 changes no one asked for like wtf is this... we havent even gotten to story yet #which is where remasters fuck it up the most