#lets see folks do it!

[meg-noel-art]

Horizon Ask Game

Thanks for the tag @inomakani and @nerd-artist

1.) ride or die ship (your otp): Absolutely Aloy x Talanah! Been going strong on that ship for a couple years now! Fingers still crossed for them having their romantic shot in game 3.

2.) most annoying ship: This one actually misspelled shipper* and it’s me!

3.) second favorite ship: Alva x Aloy. I can understand why people prefer not to ship characters in established relationships, like regarding Federa - but imo fandom is a sandbox for a reason and these two have AWESOME chemistry and are so cute ;;;

4.) favorite platonic relationship: I think Beta and Erend and/or Kotallo would be really cute to see develop in the future of the series. Two strong and safe lads to help her navigate the world!

5.) underrated ship: Beta x Milu nation rise!! ;;; They may hold hands and be back home before 9pm

6.) overrated ship: No such thing! If you ship it and enjoy it and it brings you joy that’s all that matters!

7.) One thing I would change in canon: Unfortunately, lots. The writing of the series has taken a hit after HZD in my opinion. Varl’s death sticks out to me the most, entirely unnecessary shock value addition to the story. 

8.) something canon did right: Making Aloy queer explicitly within the text!

9.) A thing I’m proud of creating for the fandom: Any of the art I have tagged on here I’m proud of, but I’m also SUPER excited to be a part of the visual novel me and many other passionate fandom members are working on! You can follow the blog for updates and WIPS! FOCUS ON THE HEART

10.) A character who is perfect to me (wouldn’t change a thing): Milu - I love her, I want to see her grow up strong and happy ;;;

11.) The character I relate to the most and why: I’d like to say Aloy -- but probably just Beta because I actually have a lot of anxiety at all times and worry what others think of me ;;;

12.) Character(-s) I hate the most and why: Most characters I dislike are written to be disliked, so that’s probably a success!

13.) something I’ve learned from the fandom: we are stronger for our differences <3 (also tag teaming off Ino that critique and discussion should coexist alongside our enjoyment of media)

14.) three tags I seek out on ao3: aloy/talanah, Lis lives, alt universe

15.) A song I strongly associate with my otp/favorite character: For Hawk and Thrush, ‘Haven’.

Tagging: I’ve seen so many of my friends do it, so ignore me if I tagged you or pretend I tagged you if I didn’t! @sonekrie @novastellaris @tjerra14 @loumauve @finrays @maybirdie @sorbetowl @witheringfears

#ask game #horizon forbidden west #burning shores #hfw #horizon forbidden west burning shores #hzd #horizon zero dawn #tag game #if you see this in the tags just pretend you got tagged in it! #lets see folks do it! #aloy x talanah

[daily-odile]

maid dile

#shush i'm not 2 days late to maid day......... #isat #in stars and time #isat odile #day 94 #Apologies for the extended pause folks! was a bit more than just tired #should be alright though! I do have a few more planned; lets see if I finish drawing them...

[bacchuschucklefuck]

love thinking kipperlilly spends her afterlife looking for lucy in a familiar forest

#not art #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #like. does she have a mean of knowing lucy and yolanda got sent to cassandra's domain to hang out for a bit #kipperlilly's isolation means so much to me. she is punished for everything she's done she just doesn't pick up on it #until the moment she dies! one more funky thing that mirrors riz in which he's actively tried to cultivate a community and denied it #until the bad kids. while kipperlilly does not want or care about a community she just wants someone who validates her #but she does Need a community so she latches onto the person she lets closer to her to fulfill her emotional needs #she took the ritual willingly so this might genuinely be her first death. probably terrifying #probably not even enough bandwidth to feel mortified. maybe immediately seeking something comforting out of instinct alone #lmao honestly thinking too much abt fantasy high afterlifes gives me a headache And a visceral fear #Im not religious but I grew up in a culture with a dominantly buddhist/taoist cosmology its Scary that u just go to A Place after u die!! #and then ur still urself!!! thats scary to me what do u mean u stay like that forever. thats fucked #but yeah I think this influences how I see kipperlilly turn out a little bit. in a sense I think of her as being a ghost now #yknow. trying to solve something from life so she can move on and. stop living this life etc #man the reveal that lucy took being killed pretty seriously and is like yeah the others are decent and even sweet #and probably was just trying to hold her party together and do what she thinks is moral by hearing kipperlilly out #lol lmao etc. gods I gotta wonder how kipperlilly's mindset handled jawbones' help #it really is damn tragic tho. I stand by what I said folks like this will complain and be nasty to be around #but they dont have enough desire to inconvenience themselves to off the bat do something abt what they find unfair or whatever #its when theyre handed the seemingly very easy means to be right that they'll start being dangerous #its horribly tragic that the supposed metaplayer and the self-perceived mastermind turned out to ultimately be just an useful idiot #yknow what. I think personally in my heart kipperlilly moves on from her afterlife the moment she says sorry #doesnt even have to be to lucy but that's probably gonna be who received it #ah.... teenage rebellion. teenage gamejacking

[coolaidstain]

TIL that theres aphobes on Tumblr trying to claim that Jughead Jones has actually been gay coded the whole time and that saying he's ace is homophobic I fucking hate it here

#as an ace person who grew up on the archie comics this really pissed me off #like theres literally a canon gay charecter in the comics why do you have to take the one charecter aces have #and honestly i have yet to see anyone actually do proper analysis and explain in what way the charecter is gay coded at all #the only point ive seen anyone make that supposedly reveals his “obvious gay coding” #is that he was never intrested in women in the comics #WELL GUESS WHAT #HE WASENT INTRESTED IN MEN EITHER #IN FACT HE WASNT INTRESTED IN ANYONE #AND EXPRESSED DISTASTE IN THE CONCEPT OF SEX AND ROMANCE ENTIRELY #YOU KNOW WHAT ORIENTATION THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE? #HMMM I DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE FOLKS #I CANT QUITE PUT MY FINGER ON IT #VOTE NOW ON YOUR PHONES #im so tired of this shit #can people just let us exist please #jughead jones #archie comics #asexual #aromantic #aroace #ace discourse #aphobia #tw swearing

[volivolition]

just a little stressed lmao

#half light #disco elysium skills #voliart #not tagging this one seriously lmao. my god gang theres so much to do and IM RUNNING OUT OF TIME!! I DO NOT HAVE PLANY OF TIME!!!! #BUT I CANT. START THE FUCKING TASK. I NEED TO START THE TASK. WHY CAN'T I START THE TASK. HELL WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN FOLKS!! #hoooooo. okay Halvsies we're gonna like. chill out. the only reason you're over-reactive right now is because its late. calm down girlypop. #truly aphobic to cause me this much stress during pride month lmao. urgh. okay lets try again. see you all in some hours

[royalarchivist]

Guys, I really hate to be a killjoy but Fit did not call Pac "babe" in today's live.

#mod talk #TBD #? #Maybe #I wanted to post an edit with that earlier but I missed the ''good posting time'' window #And now I wish I posted it anyways because I keep seeing incorrect transcripts circulating (both here and on twt) #it makes me wince a bit because I hate seeing misinformation spread #Like if it's a matter of ''let me be delirious'' go ham but I'm seeing lots of folks who didn't watch the live taking people's word for it #Delusions can be fun but on Royal Archivist I'm always going to present the facts as-is. #Translations; transcripts; whatever it is - I'll always do my best to represent things accurately #which is why I always try to ask for clarification if I'm not sure about something #This is such a non-issue but I just saw a few people get bummed out when they found out the ''babe'' thing wasn't true and it made me sad #Anyhoo. Got a couple edits to share tomorrow so keep an eye out for that

[marblerose-rue]

click for better quality!

a scourge on the name of all good cats

#my art #scourge #warrior cats #waca #wc #wc art #bloodclan #blood #blood tw #tw blood #HIIII sorry to be 2 am posting i lost track of time x_x #OK SO testing out new signature layout . been using something like this for my twitter art but i also dont post a lot of art to twitter #anyway so . but i do like it more than what it was so theres that #obligatory this is experimental . i may keep doing more portaits like this bc they are fun #this week is just gonna be busy #may get requests from friends but i also think i might let folks who tip to my kofi pick . idk ill see ill figure out what i wanna do

[rainymoodlet]

Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[ Second Vacation: Keaton! ]

I had to be fair to dear Keaton and at least let Dan know how good he looked with his longer hair! 😉 These two ended their vacation in incredibly good moods: though they seemed to have an interesting time navigating their Friendly socials, the flirtation between these two was off the charts! Daniel is definitely leaving this vacation feeling like he knows a little more about our dear Mr. Stratton - let’s hope Keaton feels the same!

Part 6 of 6 🌹

@duusheen

#i’m finishing up closing at work fhfhf sorry abt the random ass times on these!! #ts4 #ts4 challenge #ts4 screenshots #ts4 gameplay #ts4 bachelor challenge #sim: daniel #;kmik #keaton stratton by duusheen #|| #these twoooo!! 🥹 they are so very very sweet! #it’s great to see dan let loose and laugh more!! keaton definitely #engages that good ol’ country boy in dan and its so cute to see them working off #each other’s energies!! #they do have fairly good compatibility too… hmmm 👀 #mr keaton is a serious contender folks!!! #but will things move beyond a flirty place?? we shall seeee~ #kmik is going to be posting a bit more regularly on the weekends from here on out!! #but i will probably be more absent than usual (queue’d posts and such!!) #i’m still very invested in kmik but #the pressure to keep posting so people ‘stay interested’ which is plain silly tbh #has me prioritizing the sims and aesthetics and notes over #my sidework that can net me the money i need to have more time to play the dang sims #so kmik is still here!! #but i will be probably a lot less active (not that i really have been pffft)

[the-greatest-magic-of-all]

After reading Pride & Prejudice, my suspicions of Regency being the perfect setting for Fabriz have been confirmed once again because, oh boy, would Fabian "Mr. Darcy" it by confessing to Riz his ardent love while also degrading his ill-birth and inferior connections and not realize why that's a bad idea.

And without a doubt would Riz, a boy who prides himself on his deductions and observations, be as shook as Eliza upon realizing that the handsome, rich, asshole is a kind, awkward, fundamentally decent person underneath his prideful demeanour.

#fabriz #riz gukgak #fabian aramais seacaster #fabian seacaster #fabriz regency au #I mean Fabian even has the “doing nice things for my love and never mentioning it to them” thing down!! #I have the Fabriz acofaf au fic mostly outlined folks #am i gonna write it??? #let's see how this year's bout of melancholy goes!

[lucy-ghoul]

why are you, as an adult in 2024, still hung up on reylo. why are you still mocking the shippers. why do you believe yourself to be superior only because you dislike a stupid ship from a fucking space fairytale. girl (gnc) get a grip

#it's ridiculous. this ship is... stupidly cliché. like if you know fandoms at all #you could easily guess why people would be into it. hello?? have you tried to watch tfa without your hate-on-kyle-ron goggles? #did you watch their scenes together? you don't have to like something to recognize the hints #hell. at the time i didn't really like jonerys but i realized they were going to be a thing when i read agot in 2011 #like folks. it's been nearly TEN LONG YEARS. let it go. LET IT FUCKING GOOOO #and for the lucy/cooper shippers out there who think reylos are (again) delusional when they compare the two ships: #no. *you* are being delusional only because you think reylo is unsexy and uncool (which is your right to think btw. obv) #if you can't see why someone would like both of these pairings for similar reasons... idk what to say honestly #people compared it to hannigram... honestly. again i see why they would appeal to anyone who's into both ships #i really do. but... unpopular opinion (since i'm more of a clannibal fan than i could ever be of reylo): #they are more similar to reylo than will/hannibal. there i said it #i'm not talking about the writing (admittedly the quality of it was questionable). i'm talking about tropes #never mind that imo the ghoul is more akin to vader than kylo but whatever #hannibal is an unapologetic kind of villain. he's not gonna have a redemption arc and that's okay #cooper is an antivillain who used to be a good man and became a disfigured cruel bastard. a parody of himself #lucy is him. him before the bombs dropped before he discovered the person he trusted the most wanted to commit genocide #nice. moral. polite. infused with the Good Old American Values™. he's basically her dark side #all of this is very hannigram/clannibal. i'm not denying it at all #but what'll likely happen is that lucy's actions will have a positive influence on the ghoul and remind him of what it means to be a man #and that's way more reylo-like. sorry. #beauty&thebeast/villain with some hidden good in him+morally righteous heroine/enemies to lovers etc. #i mean. hello??..... having said that. i'm not so much of a reylo shipper anymore and tbh never was. i really liked it at the time #but i was never fond of the st era. my fav characters are vader and leia and revan from the old eu. just saying #*and* it's also not impossible lucy gets darker with the ghoul as her traveling companion. in fact i wouldn't dislike it at all #if done well i mean #but i would still like for people to be intellectually honest and less puerile. god knows i have my notps #but i really don't give a fuck about the shippers. good for them i guess? i have better taste lmao but that's heavily subjective #val rambles in the tags #val speaks #txt

[charrfie]

Spamton noelle friendship forever 1000 years

#last reblog has me thinking about them. sigh #i truly truly hope toby gifts us with more interactions between the two. its a crime we havent seen more already #ive been very low on energy lately especially when it comes to art but i do want to draw them again soon #their dynamic is really special to me.... #need to see more art of them hanging out in general. yall know what to do. chop chop lets get on it folks #laika originals

[fellow-nerd]

Thinking about how hozier is so Irish and Noah Kahan is so American ya know

#like with hozier u can see that influence in like the songs about nature and the catholic church and the references to irish authors #u can also hear it in his music a bit with the biting melodies and the synocopated parts underneath #and noah kahan.... #u can hear that influence of folk and country music that runs through a lot of american singers #like the need to tell a story in that kind of way #and how politics are interwoven seemlessly into those songs #but what do they have in common... #just wailing about how theyll do anything for their love #even if it destroys them #lets not think too hard about why that impacts me so much #anyways thats it #hozier #noah kahan #take me to church #stick season

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Fuck I hate being an adult. I need a more adult adult to help with the volatile emotional situation.

#I've sort of made a new friend? Like we met at the same art group and he's also trans which was like pleasantly surprising in our small town #but like. We have Differences Of Opinion #and it's not totally his fault because it sounds like he's had a Lot of bad shit in his past that's obviously made him wary and closed off #but like. He's slightly older than me (only 4 years) and keeps blaming a load of his problems on other trans folks? #like you know the type. The like 'all these nonbinary/other identities the kids are doing are complicating shit' #the 'it hurts to see people younger than me inc. kids get hormones thrown at them when I still can't get 'em' (which... yeah not even true) #and he's told me himself he doesn't engage much with the queer community bc it's too 'toxic' #and like. I can absolutely understand why he could've had some bad experiences esp. since he has some mental health shit going on #but he wants to be friends bc he doesn't know anyone else going through the medical shit and it's like. Yeah no shit you don't? #you decided the community you'd find them in is toxic? and that people in them are doing being trans wrong? #and I think if he was just some guy online I'd like roll my eyes and ignore him #but he's a real person in my vicinity and I feel fucking bad for him #and I can see how much self loathing he has and how much that probably informs the bullshit #like he told me he thinks that trans men and cis men are fundamentally different categories and trans men will never be cis men #but not in a 'the experiences are just different and come with different perspectives way' #in like a self defeating way. Like a I just have to settle for being a trans man way. #and it made me SO SAD #like bro #I'm so sorry for whoever the fuck made you feel like you're fighting an unwinnable battle #and I want to be a friend to him. I want him to feel like there's other queer people out there and there's friends and hope #but also I genuinely could see him being the kind of person who would get really angry at you for no fault of your own #like I already get the distinct feeling he resents me a little #like obviously not too much since he still wants to hang #but he's been trying and failing to get HRT for years and I got it super quickly basically by sheer luck/a doctor who looks out for me #like I'm so fucking lucky. And I just genuinely feel like he's the kind of person who might take that personally. #I just do not think I have the fucking. Emotional tool kit to salvage this shit #But I also can't exactly text him and say sorry I don't think we should hang out so. What do. #.....I wasn't even LOOKING for a new friend! I have enough friends!!! I wanted to make clay faces and look at pretty buildings dammit!!! #now I have to be the emotionally mature one who goes hmmm maybe let's not blame other depressed trans kids for our problems buddy #I'm just gonna have to be like. Upfront about my stance and if he doesn't like it well he doesn't have to hang out with me

[ddarker-dreams]

#i'll do the girlies next <3 #let's see whomst the community picks as my husband and wife. i'm getting my bridal gown on folks #lock polls

[twisted-moose]

Reasons I have blocked and/or unfollowed someone (and why it is ok and good to block and/or unfollow people)

-They post a lot in a tag I browse and I dont want to see their content

-fandom takes I disagree with

-being rude to other people for no reason

-constantly doomposting/posting terrible news & world issues in spaces I use to decompress and relax

-starting fights and beef for no reason

-being a terfy weirdo

-threatening to harm people or telling people to harm themselves """"as a joke""""

-political radicalization/violent rhetoric

-"bring back bullying"

-braindead queer discourse/infighting

-being simply annoying/not liking someone

-being under 18

-bad vibes

-braindead shipping discourse

-no longer interested in what they rb/draw

-disagreement on animal husbandry (weird one ik but equestrians are always fighting & I just want to look at pictures of horses)

-braindead artist discourse

-negative all the time.

-guilt tripping/demanding people take action on a political issue. "If you scroll past this you are evil etc"

-posts a lot about a kink I personally dislike

Managing your online space and mental health is extremely important. Blocking, unfollowing, and setting boundaries does not make you bad or evil. Consuming negativity makes you more negative. When you become negative you interact negatively with others. Cut it off at the source, you can control what you expose yourself to. You can remain informed on important topics and also maintain boundaries on social media.

This includes me. If I no longer post what you like or you just dont have interest or whatever- please just unfollow or block. Dont stress about it... do your thing, I will do mine. We can all be chill. Idc if we are even friends or moots or whatever, its not personal.

#rambling #also just cos I unfollow or block doesnt mean I hate that person #its like letting an unwanted spider outside #putting folks I dont wanna see in a cup and letting them go do their thing in a bush

[duskandcobalt]

me when someone says they don't like elain because she's "boring" and "doesn't do anything"

#like bitch!!! #elain is me #i am elain #what do you MEAN she's boring #justice for quiet characters #PLEASE #let women bake and garden and do secret spy shit in peace #also she's done SO MUCH if you pay even a little bit of attention #anyway #if i see one more tiktok slandering elain ill actually cry #elain archeron #pro elain #elain acotar #goodnight folks #if you made it this far into my rant #i have a little halloween fic dropping in roughly 24 hours xo