#just hyperfixation

[tearlessrain]

please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

#I found their original stuff while I was researching various waterhorses and their folklore for no reason #because one of the characters in their original work happens to be an each uisge #and then it turned out it ALSO included a lot of figures from welsh folklore in general #so yknow if you happen to have my incredibly specific hyperfixations you'll love it but even if you don't it's great #I didn't mean to bring up phantom of the opera so much it just happens to be very relevant to a lot of my talking points #I haven't actually seen it in years

[possessable]

Hello i'm a normal person here's some stuff i drew to illustrate different traits different "person getting controlled" tropes can have

edit: obligatory possession shorthand code link because people seem to be using this like the possession code but just. without the code part

edit: DO NOT BE HORNY ON MY POST 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

#if you see tumblr flagging this its literally not mature i dont know why it got flagged #i like how you can see the artstyle in this change because i drew the first couple a year ago and then picked it up again intermittently #this aws just an excuse to draw a bunch of tiny possessed guys. ''what am i supposed to do with a possession hyperfixation its not like you #can draw possession fanart'' Yes You Can If you really Believe In yourslef #This isn't even all the traits i can think of there's four more but they seem kind of boring to draw and are mostly self explanatory #Less Unique my Ass #ThePossessionHyperfixationIsNeverEnding

[emmafallsinlove]

thinking about how annabeth’s entire core is to be remembered and to create something that is permanent and how percy lost all his memories and had no idea who he is but still remembered her. like what the actual fuck man

#head full of thoughts this is embarrassing #my girlfriend is always right though i don’t need to reread #it’d just feed my hyperfixation on them #i just miss them #percabeth #annabeth chase #percy jackson #pjo

[nightmare-chaser]

Ive seen multiple posts from reddit refuges that go like "im queer and its so welcoming here!" Or "im nonbinary and dont get quized on my gender here!" Or "im autistic and i can be weird here and yall like it!" And its so fuckin cute its like yes hi hello welcome this is the gay ass autistic website we love special interests we love weird genders we love just saying random shit and the just happy surprised tone of those posts is so wholesome to me like yes! hi! you are in fact the target audience! welcome home

#196 #reddit blackout #theres also been multiple posts that compares them to endangered birds raised in captivity being released into the wild #and yeah i can see it #god but the joy in those posts at being met not just with welcoming arms but delighted ones #like yeah! you can say just random shit! we love thag here! #we dont just allow random special interedt rants we adore them we actively encourage them #theres posts about loving seeing your mutual flood your dash suddenly with some random thing and realising they have a new hyperfixation #its just really cute and sweet

[lazylittledragon]

more t4t steddie because it turns out it wasn't the black mold and i'm still deranged

#steddie #stranger things #t4t steddie #stevie harrington #eddie munson #context: my hyperfixation lasted my entire year in my last house so i assumed it was mold or co2 poisoning or something #i think it just went away because i was. Severely depressed #anyway today i thought about steph getting her hair coloured or doing her nails and just enjoying being a girl after being closeted #and almost started crying

[unsurebisexualcore]

watching percy pet that white gecko in ep2 with the biggest fricken grin on his face single-handedly cured my depression for the rest of the calendar year

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #I’m so late to finally watching this I know I’m painfully aware #but this scene made me so incredibly internally happy I proceeded to scream abt it to 3 different people #he’s such a little goof I can’t #my brain watching my hyperfixation w/ geckos and my hyperfixation w/ pjo meet #and u expect me to not physically explode into a million different pieces #and istg if it ends up not being a gecko and just some kind of lizard #im sorry okay it looks like a gecko #im not a botanist

[juniorcaptain]

I don’t know why Jurassic Park is trending but I sure do appreciate it

#Jurassic Park #just renewed this hyperfixation so perfect timing

[ourenjiro]

i did not expect to finish (?) this at all, so im left scratching my head because i've already used the hozier lyrics on a fucking sketch. which is my bad, really

i will be the devil in your land of make believe

there. that should do it

#bloodweave #gale/astarion #astarion/gale #ONCE AGAIN tag hell. #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #if anyone's curious those lyrics are from “adultery” by dog fashion disco #anyway FINISHED not perfect im so tired i gotta stop hyperfixating on this piece and just move on yknow

[house-of-cards-and-crime]

was on namemc cause i was curious if the fishing madness had progressed and

grian??????? NOW what's happened???

#(this hasn't been shown in any videos/streams to my knowledge i just saw it on namemc - so idk if this counts as spoilers? #gonna tag for them anyway tho) #hermitcraft spoilers #hermitcraft s10 spoilers #hermitcraft #hermitcraft 10 #hermitcraft season 10 #hermitcraft s10 #hc s10 #hermitblr #grian #namemc spoilers #< stole this tag from a few reblogs cause i didnt know it existed but now realize it would be good to have #organizey tags as usual > #stuff and nonsense ramblings etc #cubic nonsense #hyperfixation type beat

[melonsharks]

rewatched a court of fey and flowers and god i LOVE this season. squeezed out a lineup to figure out how to draw the pack of pixies!

#dimension 20 #d20 #acofaf #acofaf spoilers #a court of fey and flowers #prince andhera #binx choppley #captain kp hob #delloso de la rue #lady chirp featherfowl #lord squak airavis #pack of pixies #gabuart #been having the most private hyperfixation ever with this campaign #just the quietest freak out in my priv twitter where this is all i talk about for like. #the past two weeks #so thats (shaking) cool no its cool that novody is talking about this anymore

[heeha-must-die]

started listening to tma got through almost two seasons gone insane

so here's quality content just for you because i find jon's paranoia so funny and so devastating at the same time

my favourite workplace romantic comedy series

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jon sims is the silliest and saddest little archivist i've ever seen #if i ever seen one #these damn series destroy me i love all of the characters so much i just can't- #aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #the magnus archives fanart #i hope my friends enjoy experiencing my new hyperfixation in it's whole glory #my art

[papanowo]

so im kinda into star trek now lol

#my art #star trek #star trek aos #james t kirk #jim kirk #spock #spirk #i just spent the past 20 minutes trying to figure out this new tagging system jesus christ #anyways #so im not hyperfixated on star wars anymore whoops #im gonna try and finish the last of my sw wips but after that #idk if im gonna be drawing anymore star wars sorry #hopefully i get back into it for tbb s3 #but who knows

[hunnam]

#Kaique Cerveny #usermichi #crossfit #Mine #pecs #i'm still obsessed #i just been busy and i am slowly coming back with my hyperfixation on him #look at them

[cheetahf]

Starlo fight in pacifist be like

Og image under cut + alt version

#undertale yellow #clover uty #clover uty fanart #uty #uty fanart #undertale yellow fanart #undertale yellow clover #undertale yellow clover fanart #starlo uty #ig? it’s his hand sooo #I also def didn’t try at all at the pasifist ending hahahahah #(I say lying thru my teeth) #Art #fanart #digital art #yippee #uty also kickstarted my ut/dr hyperfixation again😭 #anyways #play uty it’s such a fun game and the animations are very yummy #OMG I JUST REALISED IT SAYS TRY NOT CRY😭😭😭😭 #erm def didnt cry at the pacifist ending hahahahahahahah

[palecryptid]

sad wizards + sweet warlocks >>>

#bg3 #critical role #wyll ravengard #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #caleb widogast #fjord stone #baldurs gate 3 #hi yeah my two fantasy hyperfixations 🫶 just wanted to draw them i realized how similar my tastes are #funny enough i made the first ones before the bg3 epilogue came out and revealed they just gave gale the caleb treatement LMAO #but anyways :’) caleb and fjord walked so gale and wyll could run yk

[endermagpieart]

What do you mean I’m a bit late for Janus’ big day? Of course not, how could you say such a thing! I definitely didn’t forget all about it in my absence and only get reminded in the incorrect quotes video live chat; that’s not like me at all ;]

Anyways I decided to dress our sassy snake in some different outfits I think he’d like. He seems like the type to get all dolled up on his birthday and it goes with Thomas posting pics in outfits inspired by the sides on their appreciation days!

@thatsthat24

#sanders sides #janus sanders #ts janus #thomas sanders #sanders sides fanart #my hoard #I’ve returned! #the newest asides came out and I remembered how much I love it #so I’m hyperfixated again and I’ve not now peace since #it is nice to actually finish something again tho #I’ve been pretty busy working lately and now I’m starting to pack to move into my first apartment! #so not much time to really sit down and draw #and when I do have time I can’t get the motivation to actually draw anything #I want to get better about posting stuff on here #(even though it feels like I’m just dreaming into the void a lot) #even just silly little things or rough sketches I’ll never finish #I hope it’ll help me continue to draw and make things again #I forgot how nice it is #anyways if you’ve read this far thanks #have a cookie :] 🍪