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system-of-a-feather · 8 months

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I'm gonna ramble about race / cultural experiences and trauma (probably) and this time it really isn't a line of thought ignited by syscourse or anything - but I'll tag it's tw anyways cause I'd rather people be able to filter it out than get it out there, but anyways

(for the note this was actually spurred on from a number of conversations I was having with a few parts today at work, one of which being that post about "diagnosed early vs diagnosed late" trauma; none of these points necessarily reply to that but for transparency and context)

For all of this, if any points or topics relate or resonate with you, feel free to comment, reblog, discuss, whatever on this post. Theres a lot of trauma talk on this and some level of details (CW will be provided before each section along with CW: clears), but none of this is really intended as a vent or trauma dump as much as... ya know, just talking about it as it is.

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As we've gotten further and further along with our healing, we've come to be a lot more open and comfortable talking about topics specifically relating to our trauma - at least in a C-PTSD / paranoid about giving out things that can be used to hurt us sense - and that is honestly really great and I'm really happy and proud for that

The thing is though, even though we've mostly declawed how easily our main triggers can be poked at and thus enabled us to feel more confident and ok talking about it, we honestly still are hesitant to do so for two main reasons.

One, being a simple lack of motivation to do so as it doesn't really come up and we don't really think about it more than we have to and often when we have to its usually not a place of mind we have the spoons to talk about it - ya know, normal healthy things.

The second though is because we've really come to learn that a lot of people in online trauma and dissociative communities really don't understand a lot of the largest and foundational themes of the trauma we went through and in my experience in the community, more often than not the response I've gotten from sharing that sort of things have always been more uncomfortable at best than helpful or positive.

And I think there are like... maybe three main things about our childhood core trauma that just make it hard to talk about with the tone of the community + the general heavily white area. This isn't meant to be like "oh you are bad if you fall into this" or anything, I don't have any ill intent or "call out" to really anyone even those who might heavily contribute to this cause its not that much talked on afaik. Mostly talking about this in a sort of, I guess commentary? I dunno, food for thought I guess.

But the first area...

as you might expect from this post and some previous ones, is that due to the fact that the community is heavily white-person run and driven and filled with many white peers, a lot of the talk and understanding of "trauma" and what kind of "chronic childhood trauma" typically looks like to form DID is informed by a white and western standard of trauma. And that isn't to say it is WRONG or BAD, but it makes it so that there is an inherent understanding that anything that differs from that is typically "better" rather than looking at the differences in a large scale cultural-context lens. And this sort of stuff has on MULTIPLE occasions had people respond to me venting or sighing about trauma-related stuff and stating that they wish they had that growing up - which I absolutely understand but it is OBVIOUSLY intensely insensitive and lacking in insight. I don't think any of those people who made those comments MEANT bad, but the nature of the discussion of trauma in these spaces being so heavily white centric and run has made it so that people forget to take culture into account and over simplify trauma into this "A is bad and B is - even when bad as well - inherently better". There is probably a level of classism / assumptions based on class as well somewhere in there, but thats a line of thought I hadn't thought much on past just a "yeah that probably plays a role".

(CW: RAMCOA related topics, CSA, etc)

The second...

is that our relationship with our sister falls awkwardly into the "not programming" in the sense of it's scale and intensity, but it would also be incredibly understated to just call it "conditioning" either and this might just be a "my feelings" on the matter than an actual reflection of the community, but I do often feel as though the nature of it not being either would result in it either being minimized OR people assuming I am trying to claim that I have the same thing as those that experienced programming and its just a really awkward place to be in. There is a lot of black and white talk regarding psychological abuse perpetuated by a person in power who has knowledge of DID and toyed with you as an experiment and project by intentionally learning to manipulate the parts. It wasn't at all the same level of proper RAMCOA, but it also was not just "conditioned learning" as our dissociation was actively targeted as a mechanism to create an unquestioning pet - that of which ended off getting pettled off to the a pedophile.

The complexity and nuances of the trauma and relationship we had with our sister like that combined with the very black and white language regarding trauma talk of that kind has made it just really awkward to try to explain to people because its really not either but as far as I know there isn't a term for whatever it was either. While chatting with a part (forgot which honestly whoops) we were thinking of officially just making our own term of like "trained" but idk, we aren't the coining type of folk so *shrugs*

(CW: CLEARED)

The third area...

Is just how messy and black and white the talk around autism. To those that haven't followed this blog from the earliest of early days, it might seem as though we were recently diagnosed with autism (technically true) and thats it and all, but autism has been a HUGELY prevalent part of our childhood and trauma history and honestly none of it really fits into the common narratives in PTSD / CDD spaces.

Firstly, we were neither really "early diagnosed" OR "late diagnosed" as our parents and my oldest sister (who was early diagnosed) noticed it EARLY on and immediately shaped my entire life around my "Aspergers" diagnosis that I was told I had when I actually never saw a professional for. Regardless, to my knowledge, I was diagnosed with aspergers from age 4 until they changed it to ASD and I asked my mom about it again at 15 or 16 when I started seeing a therapist and found out she never actually had me formally diagnosed. I then became "undiagnosable" due to the disorders that they COULD confirm, plus the weird relationship with my sister, and that I was raised in a "heavily autistic environment" where it was very plausible that I simply learned autistic behaviors as - at the time, thank you DID - I was too high functioning / masking and didn't appear to have significant impairment in any other areas other than being "a bit weird" in terms of how I view society and behavior again, both of which could be accounted for by environment + C-PTSD. It wasn't until well after I cleared stabilization for DID and undid a lot of the intense training our sister put us through, did our masking drastically decrease and it became apparent that yeah, we actually are largely impacted by ASD which ended up with us in the last few months being diagnosed. We were diagnosed early, undiagnosed, labeled "can not confirm nor deny if this is ASD", then diagnosed late, all simultaneously and so we don't really know where our word would fall in the general pecking order of "which group does your experiences fall into".

The OTHER thing is that our two primary abusers were autistic and their autism WAS inherently a part of the trauma that we went through and a lot of the talk of autism on the internet is so 'low supports needs' centric and sugar coated that it is very hard to feel comfortable commenting on how actually ugly and harmful autism can be to the individual AND those around them. This isn't to say its Autistic Abuse or any of that garbage, but my abusers autism is not a negligible or coincidental aspect of their abuse. It didn't make them an abuser, but it was still a large part of it.

(CW: Physical abuse and neglect)

My dad is confusing for 5000 reasons and anyone whose had DMs with me for over a year will know I sometimes share some of the REALLY confusing things about my dad (pretty sure he has DID as well but thats a conspiracy theory), but between his cultural trauma, coming from a """third world""" country, and having missed out on certain learning targets growing up due to the aforementioned first two - he has never been given the information, coping skills, treatment, or context to handle his symptoms in anything close to a healthy way. Its only now that hes (I think) in his 60s that my mom got a better understanding of everything that he's gotten any support, but with the sheer lack of assistance in his childhood, teenage years, and adulthood, its both a large task and honestly arguably not fair on him to try to get him to understand it beyond what is necessary to give him a life worth living.

But again, he had no ability and no tools to navigate his symptoms due to his complex and unfortunate situation and he absolutely did the best he could with what he had. Some parts in the system don't forgive him, but almost all of them understand and respect the intent at least. For example, we were poorly fed (and when we were it was usually garbage; think KFC 5/7 days a week for dinner) until we were 16 and able to drag the family into actually cooking because my dad would get into violent and aggressive meltdowns over ANY food smells, ANY mess, and ANY warmth. Cooking was basically forbidden until then because everyone was too afraid to risk it. Like there is a lot more to that, but its not something I'm given as clear access to and I aint gonna pry, but most of the most abusive behavior from him could very much be stemmed down to a sensory or communication issue regarding his untreated autism and a lack of ability to cope with it resulting in violent meltdowns.

(CW: CLEARED)

(CW: ABA)

Likewise, my sister who had been given ABA, from a young age taught me "how to survive in the world as an autistic person" and directly passed on HER version of ABA and HER understanding of autism onto me, which was just a garbage, intentional or not, way to excuse making me into her pet project rather than actually coping with her own trauma. (Plus 95% of the "information" she "taught" me was garbage including the infamous "having multiple consciousnesses in your head is a normal autism thing as long as there are less than 5" that I clown on every other day)

(CW: CLEARED)

I dunno really how to wrap this up, its like a conglomeration of thoughts we had today so its not really well organized but like... I guess AHEM *puts on my highschool english essay hat*

And so I conclude my essay on *checks notes* reasons I feel weird talking about trauma in online spaces? I think thats the point of this post? Idk I'm just rambling XD

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gdlavzo · 10 months

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hi, i'm the biggest GLaDOS kinnie in the world Giorno Diego Lavzo (or Eva Lavzo)!

i enjoy drawing, writing, overthinking, symbolism, tarot, numerology, astrology, true crime documentaries, foreign languages and linguistics in general, talking talking TALKING (if you want to talk about the shared interests or just want a friend, you are welcome here ^^)

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if you learn russian / english / french and want to practice your language skills with someone, also do so!! i don't care if it's the shortest and the most basic interactions or lengthy conversations, i love languages and helping and teaching (i am, after all, going to graduate as a teacher of english and french as foreign languages)

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ben-the-hyena · 1 year

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For the Hate Thing, 3 and 10?

3. Any fandoms that don’t appeal to you?

Whenever I look at HH, HB or Encanto content I become very angry even if obviously I don't bully people for what they like so I just move on, but I HATE these franchises so much seeing them getting love and seeing characters I find loathable be turned into cutie blorbos makes my blood boil. Also whenever I look from a distance at the TOH because it never interested me (andthemorepeoplepraiseittoberepresentativeasitssolequalitythelessIwanttowatchit) and SU and ML because I used to love them but they played with my feelings and went a way I really hated so I am bitter but torn with good memories. Also as much as I LOVE TDC and ATLA and do love fandom content from it I sadly am a bit cold towards their fandoms in general. TDC because is unfortunately became very toxic with the biggest number of bad personal meetings in a fandom I ever had with popular self victimizing whiners who preached to their cult followers how me and others were evil for disagreeing, and ATLA because I hate how most of its fans are super snobbish about their franchise they consider to be the best ever and are in denial about how ATLA is mostly good solely for its script writers whereas its 2 creators can't weite for shit and when they do like the comics and LoK it sucks ass but they still praise it because it has a pretty package and feel superior by comparing it with other franchise that have nothing to do with it except the title which is already an old pre-existing word

10. Any fandom you’re ashamed of being in?

HM/PM. OK SO I AM PLAYING WITH WORDS, IT IS NOT ABOUT HATE I JUST NEEDED TO VENT ONE THING ABOUT MYSELF. Ok so not ashamed per say, and not toward it, no no this fandom is very healthy for now, fun, funny, neither too popular nor too obscure, it has the uniqueness to have several lores/canons so you are allowed to make up your own picking elements from here and there, in short it's a haven for imagination to the point it was one of my first Tumblr fandoms and my very first followers was a HM related blog (thank you @asktheghosthost I never forgot you I just never fekt brave enough to start a conversation >.>). No, no I feel ashamed because of MYSELF in that fandom X'D As a post I reblogged yesterday rightfully pointed out, despite being about murders and suicide this fandom is very pure with hardly any swear, nsfw content and risky jokes. Yet EVERY SINCE I joined that fandom I have made steam headcanon posts, sex jokes and sus fanart with words that don't hold back (AND I CONSIDER DRAWING SHIPPY NSFW) as well as recently a very dark HC of the Phantom feeling incestuous lust for his own daughter. I act super differently from most of the fandom to the point I had been banned from the DA fanclub oncr for having posted a shitpost of Ezra pointing at a hole on my piece of paper saying "I made that hole with my dick" and got me back because I apologized and didn't know that would be forbidden XD No really I just have a risky sense of humor and am kind of a perv for almost every fandom I am in, and if ghosts even can still eat, drink, sleep and other stuff they absolutely don't need to do anymore just because they want to, why not fuck ? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND... As I had said, fans base themselves on different canons mixed in with their own ideas to make their fanons, so do I. But mine strays so far from several canon elements and other general ideas fans share that sometimes I feel like I am a fraud x') I HC stuff nobody HCs : Master Gracey is Emily's father, Constance is her aunt and never owned the Mansion, most of the characters died on the same night of 1877 after a curse from unknwon sources, I use names nobody uses... We are allowed to (like in all fandoms you can but here this one fandom IS made for that for how many lores it can hold) yet even if I have fun I sometimes feel ashamed when I see more "general lore friendly" fanons that essentially just changes a few thing from one canon and it makes me wonder if I truly love the Mansion for what it is then to their eyes then. Especially when I read remarks from the fanon wiki in the pages of my own comics that precise "once again Ben-the-hyena base herself on nothing". I know I may be reading too much into it, but it almost feels like other fans may think I "fanon it wrong" and I wonder if this is that side thoughr that had me contribute so little about this fandom these years

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prvtzvlcvse · 11 months

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irl doubles: ok

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plz don't tell me how you imagine "I'd" from the game would act, I'm not here for you to project onto me.

just treat me like a person, I just so happen to be proud of my source and the memories I have from my time there.

Also please don't talk to me if you're a minor, sorry."

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This is Pretzel's sideblog and its mostly dumb aesthetics or memes, enjoy. (They speak simply and selectively.)

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leshommesetlesfemmes · 1 year

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Ngl you are way more attractive than all the "hot" guys you reblog. No judgement just saying ;]

Just another difficult thing to try and balance for sure. Im really bad about not telling ppl that actually know me my problems, and instead send them out to the fleeting encounters with strangers in my phone. I guess its a way to keep myself feeling safe. But I have been trying to work on it... a bit...

Oooook you definitely just listed three of the very few ghibli films ive never seen! I guess that just mans we will have to watch then together next time a storm rolls thru hahaha. Tell me what it is you like about one or all of them so much.

My top three are Nausicaa, Spirited Away, and ... ugh ok top four bcus i can't decide between the last two Howels Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke. So hard to narrow it down honestly. But Nausicaa is my all time fave for sure tho.

There are certainly some nice spots in the midwest, but its mostly a lot of nothing tbh. And only sometimes the good kind of nothing. But the climate is deff very reasonable for most of it.

I imagine its getting pretty late for you. So you have yourself a lovely nights sleep =]

Hahaha well to each his own I guess 😂

Yeah it’s much easier to vent to people outside your circle. Sometimes it can feel like you say the wrong thing and they’ll take it personally. Happened to me a couple times.

But it’s good to reach out to people that care about you!

Hahahah that sounds like heaven! But you should check them out! Those movies are my next top movies! They’re all so good. Even Fireflies is a great (but sad) movie 😂

Beats living in Florida though I bet hahaha :P

#ask

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mrskurono · 3 years

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title: ｆｅｒｔｉｌｉｔｙ　；| Rintarou Suna x Fem!Reader a/n: here I go again, comfort writing with Suna. And bc my notes have taken a dip and no one likes to reblog stuff anymore I’ll probably never open requests again and just write for myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ word count: 1.4k tags: timeskip (duh). real life situations, established relationship (your married), language, fertility issues (either Suna has low sperm count or reader has PCOS reader’s choice I didn’t specificy), medical terminology/situations, angsty, fluffy, IUI, vent writing ish, nothing bad happens just trying to get pregnant unconventionally, unedited character(s): Rintarou Suna (hq)

“As soon as you quit trying it’ll happen!”

“We didn’t even have to think about it and wow three kids later!”

“Your young don’t stress about it!”

“But you don’t look like it’s hard.”

You stare up at a mostly white wall. Textured fine and certainly not as renovated as the lobby. It still feels oddly like home even with the disposable blanket draped over your naked lower half. Perhaps what made it really feel like home was Rintarou’s hand on your thigh.

Staring long gone as your eyes drop onto the dark haired man who’s stare was directed at the closed door. He’s quiet. As always but you’re unsure to attribute it to the fact it was before nine A.M, or because the nurse practitioner said they were going to get the specimen.

“Third times the charm you know,” Rintarou’s voice surprises you. Even though you were staring right at him. When he spoke facing away you couldn’t help but jump. His hand squeezing your thigh tight.

You’re quiet for a second. Third time was supposedly the charm. For a second you wonder how many friends, family and acquittances might have had the same thought.

A sigh leaves you and like the other attempts before you finally relax back into the exam chair, “We were in this room the first time right?”

Rintarou looks at the tapestry on the wall directly behind the two of you. Dark brows pinching a little he thinks for a second, “...I thought the first room had the quilt thing with kids hand paints on it?”

“There’s the flower one I think.” You mention the other piece of art you can vividly recall.

“Was it these or was it that flower one that looks like a vagina that was the first room.”

“Rintarou those were labias.”

“Yeah, and the other one looked like balls.”

“Oh but you remember the pussy looking one?”

“You mean labias.”

You squint your eyes at him and wordlessly mouth a mockery towards him. Forgetting for a second how nervous you were. He doesn’t forget how nervous you are though. Rintarou takes the mocking tease in stride when he bends down and presses a kiss to your scrunched forehead. Timing impeccable as always for the middle blocker as the nurse comes back in just as he stands back up.

Just like the three times before, the nurse stands with awfully ugly blue gloves on, the thickest looking catheter you ever swore you saw and papers clasped in their other hand. And just like the other times there was always a spiel to go with it all.

“Are we ready?” They looked at both you and your husband. Rintarou remained quiet but with a deep breath you nodded, “Good. Well- As always-” They hand the sealed and capped syringe to Rintarou, “You know the drill, body temp so if you don’t mind holding onto this.”

He nods. An otherworldly feeling to be holding onto what was basically the essence of his semen. But the tight grip the EJP middle blocker held it with was far more tight than any volleyball he’d ever held.

“Here’s the papers as always,” The nurse wheeled over to your side of the exam chair in the small room, “Mobility looked great today. A 3.7 for them. Um- Unthawed at 6:34 this morning after the call, everyone looked lively in there and all there’s left to do is send them on their way! Are you ready?”

You take a deep breath. Looking at your nurse. Then looking to Rintarou. The hand on your thigh no longer there. Instead he’d taken your hand in his the second he was handed the sperm. You nod and squeeze his hand before looking at the nurse, “Third times the charm.”

There’s a faint smile on your husband’s face. Something you hadn’t seen once at these appointments. The way it tugs on the corner of his lips and Rintarou looks down at you even as someone gets between your legs, you can’t help but laugh to yourself. You’d be fucking him right now for that smile if there wasn’t KY jelly being smeared on your vaginal opening in preparation for a speculum to being inserted.

“Any plans for the rest of the day?” Utter casualness as someone only a little more than an acquaintance pulls your labias back right in front of your husband.

“Breakfast probably.” You look up at Rintarou who nods, “And then absolutely nothing.”

“Oh no practice today then?” Your overly friendly nurse glances up to Rintarou as the metal dipped down into you.

It’s uncomfortable. Certainly not something you’d ever want to add to your bedroom antics. Each touch of their glove around your bits and pieces is something your not sure you can get use to but as they crank it to latch and your left knowing your cervix is exposed as Rintarou hands them the syringe, there’s something so strange. Your not sure you have an emotion for it actually.

“I just take them off normally,” Rintarou answers the person who’s now readying a thin catheter full of your husband’s separated and washed sperm to be inserted into your uterus on a Thursday morning. And Rintarou is talking to him like he does Motoya at the end of practice like its nothing.

“A couple this morning said they were going to try the new bakery down town,” Their hand goes to your thigh to let them know they’re going to touch you, “Alright deep breath, just a little discomfort and cramp.”

This is always the time you fall silent. Eyes fixated up on the ceiling even as you death grip Rintarou’s hand. It’s not a poke. Not like a needle. It’s cramp worthy but at the same time it’s so foreign that by the time it’s all said and done. They’re tossing the empty contain into the hazard bin and taking off their gloves.

“We have a shop we really like,” Rintarou replies calmly even though you’re sure your crushing his hand, “But I think I heard of the place.”

“Well-” The nurse smiled with their fingers crossed, “Here’s to hoping I can tell you about the bakery in two weeks.”

They of course remind you of the drill. No checking before two weeks. False positives are rampant then. You get handed the papers. Which Rintarou always takes for you as you lay there on the exam table. Told to take your time for the ten minute wait period and then feel free to get dressed and head out. And like always you thank the person who just shot your husband’s sperm directly into your cervix.

Ten minutes. Then you could leave.

Ten minutes you might as well sit in silence.

“...third times the charm you know,” Rintarou reminds you, as well as himself, after the nurse left. Big hand still clasped over yours as you lay there on the exam table.

“...I can feel lube stuck all over me,” You grimace at the coolness. It certainly is the same lube you use at home. An attempt to make this all more light hearted at best but it quickly falls flat.

You think for a second. All that advice you’ve gotten as you both try for your first. Don’t use lube. Use lube. Don’t do it on a Tuesday. Do it on a Tuesday. Don’t eat spicy. Ok maybe eat spicy. It all filters into your mind as you lay holding your husband’s hand in the stillness of the clinic room.

Rintarou snaps you out of it when he leans over. All 6′3 of him bent in half as he rests his ear against your chest and looks up at you. Giant ass head in the middle of your chest and looking up at you. God he looks uncomfortable like that. But doesn’t budge an inch. Instead bringing your hand up to his lips and kissing your knuckles gently.

“Boy or girl?” You ask him the same question as the two times before.

He shakes his head. Lifting himself up to lean down and kiss your lips softly, “Doesn’t matter to me as long as it’s a baby.”

His assurance makes you sigh. Undoubtedly he was nervous too. At least here he kept it together. Though you were sure the staff probably thought your husband was a mute for the most part. You knew different.

Reaching up you cup his face and bring him down for one more kiss, “...Here’s to the third time.”

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pigstepmp3-moved · 3 years

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holy hell, gamers, i finally reached one whole thousand followers! how bonkers is that! when i first made this blog in december 2018, i was just trying to start over in a new fandom. ive been active on tumblr for a looong time (since i was like 11, which is. not great, but we wont get into that). i cant remember quite why i decided to remake, but i never imagined getting a higher following than i did before, but i did! 1000 followers is bonkers, i’ve never had a thousand of anything! i seriously cant thank each and every one of you enough, whether you followed me for 911 or for mcyt or for whatever!

now, since ive reached this absolutely bonkers milestone, im feeling particularly sappy! so under the cut, i have some friends and mutuals tagged who are super great n who are always an absolute pleasure to see on my dash! <3 again, thank you all so much! (ps, if we’re mutuals and i didnt tag u in this, that doesnt mean i dont love and appreciate you!! i mostly am just picking people to tag based off how often i see them on my dash! i love all of u so much <3)

♡ 911 FRIENDS ♡

(aka the ogs, aka the fire fam)

♡ @lovelessmotel ♡ emily!! god, where do i even begin with how much i love and adore you!! i know youre one of my big sisters, but wow i am so proud of how much youve discovered yourself since we’ve met!! like wow, look at this epic, gorgeous person whos one of MY close friends! im so lucky to be friends with you! thank you so much for being my friend, i appreciate you and all the sisterly advice you’ve given me more than i can ever put into words!

♡ @eddiediaz-buckley ♡ sav!! mom!! i love u so unbelievably much!! i am so unbelievably grateful for you and everything youve done for me! all the advice youve given me and all the times youve let me vent to you have been so important to me and i cannot thank you enough for all that. im soso appreciative of you and im so glad that i have someone as amazing as you as my mom/big sister (we’ll never really figure out our fams family dynamics, will we?) (ps, whenever i go outside and have my keys with me, its always so comforting to feel the keychain you got me! its like my moms with me everywhere i go!)

♡ @liesoverthec ♡ bonbonbonbon!!! i love you so much, you wouldnt BELIEVE how much i love you!!! im so glad we met bc you are so unbelievably kind!! there is a very good reason a nickname for u is bonbon bc you are just as sweet as candy!! maybe even more so!! i love having you as one of my big sisters, you give such wonderful advice and talking to you always makes me feel a million times better!! i love you and i am soso glad i get to call you my friend!

♡ @marauder-girl ♡ sabsabsab!! i love u so much, u funky lil future lawyer!! im so proud of u and i can hardly believe ur gonna be my Lawyer big sister!!! thats so awesome!! i cant believe such a rad person is one of MY friends!! how lucky am i!! i love having you as one of my big sisters, youre so kind and funny and talented and your advice has always been so helpful to me too! thank you so much for being my friend and for always being there for me!!

♡ @nighting-gale17 ♡ cait, my love, my wifey!!! wowowow i love u so much!!! im so glad we’re friends, you are so unbelievably lovely!! youre also so unbelievably talented like??? hey queen wanna hand some of ur writing ability over to the unfortunate (like me). i’m so glad we’re friends, youre so sweet and even tho we dont talk as much as we used to, i still have SO much love for you in my heart

♡ @africaneuropean ♡ rae, my father!! i love u so much!! i know we havent talked at all in. who knows how long. but i still have so much love for u in my heart!! you are so iconic and cool and funny, im so glad i met you n became friends with you!! ur one of the coolest people i know, i hope i can be as cool and mysterious and wonderful as you one day

♡ @evaneddie ♡ DHYL!!! dhyl pickle i love u so much!!! whenever u pop into my inbox with random nice messages, every part of me lights up!!! u are so kind to me and for what!! i miss talking to u as much as we used to, you are so sweet and you are such a good friend!! i love u n im SO proud of how far youve come with gif making, i still remember when u first started n youve gotten SO amazing at gifs lately!! i love u soso much n im so glad we’re friends, youre so awesome!!!

♡ @basil-the-writer ♡ des!!! i love u so much!!! i know we’ve never rly talked all that much but im glad we have interacted in the ways that we have!! u are so sweet n so talented!! like the fact that u have the patience for those lil video edits u do?? that is so cool!! all ur edits are so cool, i cannot imagine being able to make stuff like that without dying every single time. u are so cool n i love being able to call u my friend!!

♡ GRIFF ♡

(aka griff)

♡ @yawnralphio ♡ u get ur own section bc u are my only 911 friend who isnt an og, but thats ok bc u are so swaggy!! i love being friends with u griff, u are so cool and funny and i am so glad that u still want to be friends with me despite all of the horrifying things u’ve learned about mcyt from me jdhfajkdhfa. i love u so much n i am so excited to get to know u more n get closer to u!!

♡ FRUITBLR ♡

(aka mcyt friends)

♡ @fear-epidemic ♡ atlas u are so swaggy and funny!! tumblr funny man!! im so glad we’re mutuals, i love u a whole lot. that one time u me n wilby played bed wars together was so fun even if we’re really bad! n that one time we played on the fruitblr server while on vc was so fun, i loved talking to u n playing with u so much, we gotta do that again sometime. i love u so much chapin n im so glad we’re friends!!

♡ @netheritedream ♡ hari my beloved... i love u so much. like literally so much that its really embarassing. i am so glad u tagged me in that one follow forever post n put the offer on the table to let me join the server. i love being ur dumb lil husband!!! jus like actual fundy, i would risk it all to watch treasure planet with u. i love u sososo much, i wish i could live closer to u so i could actually talk to u more often </333 im going through severe withdrawal, pray for me. im gonna stop talking for now bc if i kept going on, this post would be several miles along n nobody has time for that </3 just know that i love u so much and i love having matching icons n i love being ur husband, i love u so much

♡ @sootswilbur ♡ tommy... i care you so much. little bromther!!! im sososo glad we’re friends bc u are so kind to me all the time n u are so easy to talk to!! ur also so talented, ur writing n ur gifs are so amazing n im so proud of all the awesome stuff u make!! seeing u experiment more with ur gif sets n trying new things is so awesome n inspiring and i love seeing ur experiments work out!! i love u soso much n im so happy to be ur big brother!! (or one of them at least)

♡ @fruitbur ♡ virgil my Other beloved... i love u so much!! u are one of the kindest people ive ever met n im so glad i met u!! i know ive already told u this before but ur tagging system is so sweet n i love seeing u reblog my posts bc im like “yay alastair is gonna tell me that he loves me in the tags :D” i also lovelovelove ur theme, i love the soft pink and the lil aesthetic board that u have pinned, its so nice to look at!!! ily sososo much <333

♡ @theartofmining ♡ hey fruit ily. like genuinely, u are so unbelievably funny that u make my ribs hurt so much. i know we’re like never rly that serious but i love u so much. as much as i joke about hating u, i really am glad we’re friends n i really look forward to becoming better friends with u. i love u a whole lot rain, i love seeing u on my dash bc ur full of good takes n funny posts

♡ @sapnaplive ♡ dream.... bonks our foreheads together... i care u so much. my other half!!! i love u with my whole little heart. u are soso cool and im so lucky to be able to call u my friend!! ur themes are always so cool, i wish i could be half as cool as them!!! ur art is also so epic like??? u are a triple threat: good at art, tumblr themes, AND minecraft building. and ur also so kind!!! u are one of the sweetest people i know, i love u so much and im so glad im friends with u!!

♡ @dreams-little-kitten ♡ corn u are so weird and i mean that in the kindest way possible. u are so cryptic n i love that so much about u. ur like the wilbur to my philza sometimes and i think thats so awesome. that one time u came into my inbox to talk shit about that one cuphead boss was so funny and absurd, i loved that so much. i love You so much. i love how ur just so effortlessly funny, n im so glad i can be friends with u

♡ @dreamsmp ♡ JEL!!!! i love u so much holy cow. u are so sweet!! all the time!!! ur also so talented, ur gifs always look so good!!! i love being friends with u, ur always so nice to me n u always leave rly nice tags when u reblog my gif sets that make me so happy!!! i think about that one time u rbed my fundy gif set n said “FUNDY GIFS” and “GIFS BY FUNDY” it made me so happy!!! i love u a whole lot, im so glad we’re friends :)

♡ @leaguelol ♡ damien!! i love u so much u funky little cryptid!! i love when u pop into the gc just to share cryptic thoughts, u are so strange but i think thats so cool of u!!! i honestly see u kinda like a lil sibling, im always so proud of u when i see ur art on my dash!! u are so talented at art!! i love u so much n i love being ur friend, ur rly sweet n i love seeing u on my dash and in the gc!!

♡ @its5undy ♡ idk why im putting u on this, ur my mortal enemy. jkjk, i actually love u a lot clay! i love joking around with u, ur so funny and for what. im so glad u joined the gc bc i love talking to you so much!! i still love that one time u reblogged that fwt gif set n tagged me in it moments after I reblogged it. i love that u thought about me, that rly warms my heart! i love being friends with u sososo much

♡ @cavalreee ♡ oh hey, another great big fruit!! i dont think we talk all that often, which is a shame, bc ur so sweet!! and also so fucking funny, why is everyone in this friend group so fucking funny, its not fair. i love seeing u on my dash talking with ur other friends, u always have the funniest convos ever. also? ur desktop theme is SO epic, it threw me off the first time i saw it but its so swaggy, just like u!! i love u soso much azzie, n i hope we can talk more in the future bc ur so cool

♡ @technosoot ♡ i love u even tho ur a br*t /j /j /j. jannat u are so unbelievably sweet. im so glad u joined the gc bc u are such a kind presence both in there and on my dash! u radiate very Warm, Friend energy. ur friend shaped. i love u so much n i love being friends with u!! im very eager to become closer friends with u bc u seem like a really amazing friend to have

♡ @sortasortaspicy ♡ les where are u in the gc i miss u </3 i love u so much, u fit in so well from the very beginning n brought so much more fun and laughter into the gc. i dont know u all that well n i dont think we’ve talked one on one like. at all. but id love to get closer to u bc ur so rad and ur so sweet!!

♡ EPIC PEOPLE ♡

(aka mutuals who are so cool n id love to be friends with u pls talk to me)

@eurytherm ♡ @vampkings ♡ @weelbur ♡ @wilburtheesoot ♡ @quackityskarl ♡ @wimblrscoot ♡ @technofarmer ♡ @wooteena ♡ @bloodforblood ♡ @smpsapnap ♡ @literallynotfound ♡ @hearty-an0n ♡ @enderanboo ♡ @springbonniecpu ♡ @pandascanpvp ♡ @tommylnnits ♡ @strawberrygogy ♡ @timedeo ♡ @nymika-arts ♡ @h-isforhome ♡ @eboykarl ♡ @joe-alkaysani ♡ @betwecouldmakesome ♡ @squirrelstone ♡ @maddieandchimney

#hehe idk how to tag this #ive spent SO long on this post im so glad its done #follow forever #eden.txt

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empresscaress · 3 years

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I just need a place to get this off my chest where my boyfriend can't see it.

I do not want to be with my boyfriend anymore. I do not want to meet him anymore. I do not want to talk to him every hour of every day anymore. I do not want to be the medicine for his depression anymore. I don't want to be a replacement for the mother figure he didn't have anymore. I don't want to listen to him causally drop slurs anymore and pretend I don't care because I don't want to fight. I'm not sure I even want to be with a man. But he has my address and my nudes so I do not feel safe leaving him.

We started dating online before I went full radfem, when I was still a BDSM submissive. He has nude pictures of me, and sexual text conversations of me saying terrible things about myself getting abused and raped. Things I said mostly while stoned if I'm being honest. It dulls the nerves. I recently told him I do not want to do any of that anymore. He tried to talk me out of it but switched tune and immediately accepted it when he pushed me on it and I pushed right back.

I get the very strong impression I am being told what I want to hear. I identified as nonbinary, he agreed with the things I said. I desisted but was still a genderist, he agreed with the things I said. I became a rad-leaning feminist and he agrees with the things I said. He even agrees with me talking about the harm of BDSM now, despite initially telling me he thought I was unnecessarily restricting myself. Now it's yeses and I agrees. No argument or discussion or nothing. He also occasionally starts saying really troubling and violent things. Things about beating homeless people to death or skinning people and eating them. Then when I get uncomfortable he apologizes and insists he was just goofing around or rapping and it didn't come across over text. I get that happening once or twice, but it's happened too many times.

So I'm at my wits end and its absolutely wrecking my mental state. Every day I get up to a message from him, then multiple more throughout the day. I'll tell him I need space and he tells me that's ok take all you need, but then starts messaging me again a few hours later hoping for a response. A couple of times he's left really thinly veiled guilt trips about how none of his friends talk to them and they all ignore him and pretend to like him but then wont answer him and he feels worthless. And when I don't respond to those and go "Yeah those people suck, but I love you don't worry I always love you here's some cutesy phrases and emojis to make you feel better because your cute girlfriend is here" the messages get deleted. I don't think he knows I can see them in my notifications even after he deletes them from discord.

I honestly don't know what to do. I don't want a stalker again. I don't want to make him angry and provoke him to do something about it. I feel completely smothered. But he's getting more and more insistent on meeting in person finally, specifically he wants to come to where I live and then take me to a motel and stay there with me in the motel until he leaves again, where we'll have sex. He has bluntly told me that multiple times. I do not want to. I do not feel safe. I just want it all to go away. But at the same time, he's pretty much the only person I consider a close friend. The only person I feel comfortable just talking to and being myself without judgment. Well, over everything but this obviously. So I feel both unsafe leaving, and like I'll be entirely alone if I actually do.

Please don't reblog this or anything. I just needed somewhere to vent where he can't see it but somebody might sympathize with me. I'm not looking for someone to come solve my life problems I just needed this off my chest.

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a vent (feel free to ignore if it's too much!): so recently i've noticed psd makers getting anon asks on whether they're ok with people who write certain topics (mostly rpf, incest, rape, underage, the usual "problematic" topics) using their recourses. now, i don't roleplay any of these subjects on tumblr, so even if a content creator said not to use their stuff, it's not even something i need to worry about - but, and maybe this is me overthinking it, what if i, someday, write a noncon fanfic on ao3? i'm still not using their resources on the subject or writing it on tumblr, but i'd probably feel weird about it, like i'm crossing some boundary. what if a psd maker whose content i've already purchased suddenly goes "actually don't use my psds if you rp abusive relationships", which is probably the closest to what people consider "taboo themes" of the things that i roleplay. it just feels like a fine line between personal boundaries and a shitty situation for a customer - not wanting to cross boundaries but already having PAID for something previously, when no such rules existed. it's making me want to 1. block everyone i see saying this, because even though i don't personally roleplay the topics above, i don't feel SAFE around people who tell others what kind of fiction they are allowed to enjoy and 2. just quit using people's resources and spend years learning to make my own psds so i won't have to worry about this shit. it's just stressing me out, as someone who has been harrassed and bullied online for speaking against censorship. i've had literal sock accounts made just to spew targetted harrassment at me on twitter. i've been accused of being a pedo and supporting incest and this is??? literally for saying "i don't think real people should be harrassed for fictional shit", i've not even shipped underage or incest ships. both make me uncomfortable. but fuck, antis make me 1000000x more uncomfortable than people who ship these kinda ships. i digress, this got rambley, i just. do you have any advice on what to do with the potential psd situation, or am i really just overthinking it? (always worried i accidentally send stuff like this off anon. help)

I need you to know that I actually had to rush-scroll back up and just double check that you did submit on anon lol! I always get worried I'll miss the one person who accidentally didn't use anon, if it makes you feel any better! When someone does submit with their URL attached, I message them first to be sure they are okay with them having it posted that way/it wasn't an accident ;) That's what I would want someone to do!

Alright, so, anyhow...

I've also noticed that becoming a more common thing and it's been on my (maybe huge) list of things to look into for a bit because I really do try to make sure I'm not just noticing things in my areas of the RPC/failing to notice things that do not impact me. Since I do all my edits and graphics, it falls into the first category for me. So, thank you for moving that up the list and informing me that it really is more prevalent and not my imagination!

My take on seeing it was a combination of business logic and anxiety, not going to lie.

On the first: charging to do a psd that is just that, just a psd file being used as a template/to act as an easier version of a photoshop "action" in a way, that's 100% legal and fine. Absolutely no muddy waters there. However, charging to do things like icons, edits, etc. that include images of celebrities and stills from movies (or gifs) is quite muddy. Legally, it's not legal. It's a thing we're allowed to do and use (on most platforms) because we're not making money off of it, we're not claiming to hold rights to the images, and so on - it's ignored but illegal. Charging money for it, however, even when phrased as "for my time" (which, absolutely valid feeling), is a more serious form of illegal and potentially attention-getting. This all gets more iffy though when we add donation instead of direct commission/purchase when working with these copyrighted materials. You can ask people to donate and suggest a donation based on your time spent, and that is always what I advise people to do.

Okay, so, that preface is necessary because the thing about stipulating use-rights is that they're iffy, too, there are variables present.

Often, these same people are charging for things like icon packs as well, meaning that even if they're only charging you for a template-style psd file sans imagery they don't own, they've kind of shot themselves in the foot. Not to mention, it's exceedingly damn hypocritical to pitch a fit about someone violating your rights when you're literally using other people's copyrighted materials lmao And that does tend to occur to me, yeah, it's a consequence of attorney friends and running businesses.

The other issues with this are that usage rights have to be stated at the time of purchase and morality clause-style shit, as pertains to products, is not legally binding.

When you purchase something like a psd file, that purchase acts as a sort of contract.

Think of like...buying a photoshop brush set - the person selling it puts very simple rules as to its use, such as: non-commercial use only, brush pack cannot be resold or distributed for free, separate brushes from the pack cannot be resold or distributed for free individually. Meaning that you own the brushes you bought, but you are not legally allowed to make real-life money from anything you use them in, and you cannot send the whole pack or files individually to friends for free or charge other people for them. By buying these, you have agreed to these stipulations of use and ownership.

If the person sells psd's and you agree to what they've stated about the use (you can't use them to do commissions you make IRL money from, you can't give them away to friends, etc.), that's binding even somewhere as casual as RP Land. The exchange of real currency makes it that serious.

However, there are limits to stipulations of use! One of those things is when you agreed - this person cannot, even one literal second, later change their terms of use and retroactively hold you to them. If they were okay with you not crediting them anywhere or using them in works you will gift others or charge others something like game currency for at the time you purchased, then that's it. Tough shit for them, not you, when they decide a month later that they want credit given where the work appears, that they do not want finished products gifted, or don't want you to make even in-game currency from them.

And that absolutely would apply to the morality wank, yes.

Except that this very morality wank comes with its own issues. Reality is not tumblr. In reality, at least in most instances and countries, you can't throw in a fucking morality clause regarding the buyer, use of item, or finished product.

Think of this in this way: Chik-Fil-A starts denying chicken and waffle fries to anyone suspected of being queer. They're legally allowed to run their business (as a private business, everything does have variables) with some things that are morally objectionable that they feel morally aligns with their religious beliefs. They're not allowed to deny queer workers a job or queer customers service, however, in accordance with overarching laws.

While "being gross" online in fiction is not like, making anyone a protected status person lol this is just an extreme example to drive home the point. Legally, when it comes to items/products be they digital or physical, your rights and responsibilities as the seller don't include your moral policing.

What your right is, is to make people uncomfortable to a degree, yeah. You absolutely can do that. You can state some nasty shit about prospective buyers you don't want. For example, they should (I mean, they should just grow up and get some real concerns, but) be stating that they would not like to see their psd's used by people on this following DNI list of idiocy, and they will block those users if possible to prevent interaction and purchase. That's really it, that's what they can do and the least immature way to proceed.

On the second: none of this logic would make me feel comfortable about interacting with them and their psd's in the future once they had outed themselves as morally objectionable and dangerous to me with this nonsense. And I would still feel anxious about using things I had previously bought because once harassed...it doesn't really go away, does it? It would just give me some ease about the latter with things I'd already made. Like, I could keep using the icons I'd made with those psd's with a little bit more comfort knowing that they honestly have not a leg to stand on outside of their harassment.

I might have the tendency to respond to harassment without much upset, but that doesn't mean I want to be harassed. Especially when I am not doing anything that draws that kind of attention. Not that harassment is warranted over anything, but when I make a PSA or answer an ask that I know is likely to get their attention and piss them off? That's an acceptable risk I am knowingly taking. When I'm just going about my life as a RPer, it isn't.

So, I don't feel like you're overthinking it or being too concerned! In no way did you sign up for getting unwanted attention, and because it has happened before, of course, you're trying to insulate yourself from having it happen again. That's totally reasonable!

Now, what you could do about it...

It's another of those situations in which we're only truly capable of controlling ourselves. Everyone else is kind of a NPC.

You don't have to do anything I'm suggesting, but these are things I would do!

I would block the shit out of anyone saying these things/trying to make them stipulations, yes.

By that, I mean that I would also visit blogs they appear to interact with and they'd be blocked as well. We can all reblog something like resources or a shit post from a user we do not agree with without realizing it, but when it's frequent reblogs, direct support, and friendly vibes going on, it's safer to assume that they are aware their friend sucks. More importantly, that they do not think their friend sucks and support their views.

Even if that is not the case, do you want someone else's repeated inattention to expose you to bad actors? Nope! So, don't run the risk of paying and otherwise interacting with the one resource blog in the group that doesn't express these views/"requirements," but does involve themselves with those who do.

Try to find people selling these resources, that are not connected to the problem ones, who do not have those views. Once a trend starts, it is very hard to stop until it has run its course naturally, so, this might be difficult and take some extreme effort. You might want to consider asking like-minded friends who use psd's where they got them so you can check those users out for yourself.

If they're all the same, problem, people...

Look for users well outside of your corner of the RPC(s) who are not asking to be paid. I know it sounds wild, but there really are RPers out there who just enjoy making things for others! I can think of at least one right off on my dash. They might not be advertising for doing psd's or psd packs, but either they might be willing to do so (especially if they do not appear policing-positive) if you explain what is going on, or they could at least fill some requests for you for fully made icons and such. Hell, people who love doing this work usually know others who do as well, and anti-policing people quite reasonably stick together. They could have suggestions for someone not vile selling psd's.

Depending on what it is you want your psd's to do, I promise you that it wouldn't take you very long to learn it. I know...I know lol that's both really easy for me say when I've been doing it for over twenty years and am about to piss some people off. The latter because the most common settings on popular psd's are extremely simple shit, a lot of that is the kind of thing you're expressly told not to do in design work. Like ramping up extreme contrast, pixelating the fuck out of an image, and turning up the primary colors only. Once you get to playing with photoshop or an equivalent, you will totally see what I mean. You can accidentally make an icon look identical to something that is on trend in the RPC. If that was what you were going for? You've hit the mark, and it's just repetition and tweaking it here and there!

Once you start playing with it, too, it's actually pretty intuitive when it comes to the basic things like resizing, adjusting colors and contrast, and doing easy effects like blurs and sharpening. Frankly, playing with it is better than half the tutorials you'll find because they get unnecessarily complicated when all you want to do is crop your muse's face, overlay some color, and add a damn dotted border. Listen, like I said, I have a lot of experience...and I find many tutorials frustrating and overwhelming!

It is not just you, you're not dumb or anything. People get very comfortable with something and when they try to explain it to others, they use terms and methods that are more advanced or specific to them than they realize. That's all!

If you have friends who make their own things, ask them some very basic questions about what you want to do. They know you, so, they'll know better how to explain to you, specifically. Just keep it simple until you've had some time to experiment! Ask things like, "I want to take this image, resize it to be an icon, and add an orange tint to the image while sharpening only my muse's features...how would I do that? Easy mode?"

And! You don't even have to pay for photoshop or pirate it anymore! Photopea is as an exact copy as possible entirely located in your browser for free. It's all overwhelming at first, a real case of too many options and ways to do the same thing, but the only way it gets less overwhelming is just diving into it. Dive in, get a little frustrated, have some successes, make some awesome discoveries, it gets a bit addicting in short order. Then, the tutorials and tips are so much easier to figure out and expand on, too.

If you'd like, you can always send me a pm here and ask me. I'm happy to try to explain how to do things, zero judgment or impatience. Just an additional option if you both decide to try learning and would feel comfortable doing that. Zero judgment as well on not wanting to do either of those things!

Okay, this one is much harder than learning PS basics because it's honestly a bit terrifying...the way these people are, they're going to take issue with you no matter what you do, and in the end, if they notice you and feel like bothering you, they will. There's literally nothing you can do about it. All you can do is try to buffer yourself, stay away from them, and be aware that you are not the problem.

Like with the AO3 thing or writing what could be viewed as toxic relationships. You can never write or be interested in a single, solitary thing that they're on about (and accusing you of doing in real life when the burning Eye of Moron turns your direction), but to them, you supporting the right of other people to do so is just as bad as doing it yourself. To them, the toxic relationships not only would be problematic, they'd be problematic enough. Being uncomfortable with their policing and feeling unsafe because of it is, to them, a red flag of how problematic you are. Writing anything they've deemed objectionable (or reading or viewing it, for that matter) anywhere, doesn't have to be on this platform or RP-adjacent, doesn't have to actually utilize any of their materials, is enough.

They're absolutely including you in who shouldn't use their shit. That's part of the "logic" and methodology of policing. Everyone is problematic, so, everyone can be labeled a pedo and harassed without too many people getting up in arms about it. No one is safe, so, everyone better behave. You don't actually have to be engaging with or enjoying things like underage, non/dubcon, rape, abusive relationships, etc.

It's gross, it's bullying, it's actually a problem...and there isn't much you can do.

All that is truly up to you is making an effort to avoid them, though, this is very often unfair and likely to get more unfair as resource blogs of all sorts deal in it more. At least, in this case, you do have some small bit of actionable power - by not ever buying from them. They wouldn't be charging if they did not either need or want the money, not giving it to them is a bigger hit than things like simply unfollowing/blocking, reblogging PSA's, and so on is!

Nope, it isn't like you're denying them some extreme amount of money by yourself, but every three, five, ten dollars is felt pretty hard when you desperately need money and/or are saving for something.

I know, I mean, I personally do know, that it's impossible to "get over" bullying, Anon. I'm in no way telling you to just get over it and move on, find some great well of not caring somewhere! What I'm saying is that there is power in not giving them power. The power to make you anxious, uncomfortable, unsafe, when you have every right to be here doing your thing and are not hurting anyone. And it might seem to be a deeply contrary sort of logic, but realizing and accepting that there are people out there who irrationally dislike you for literally no reason, that you cannot infallibly escape or avoid, despite doing nothing wrong is a bit empowering. Because it puts into perspective the things you can control, and when we know what is in our control, it's easier to just enjoy our time here without constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. If it drops, we can go put it back in the closet where it belongs.

It starts to put a positive spin on the whole, damned if I do, damned if I don't feeling, if that makes sense? I'm probably way too tired to try to be explaining this lol I'm sorry!

Anyway, again, I'm not implying you can or should do any, let alone all, of those suggestions! I just really hope that something will help you feel even a little bit more at ease. It's an unfair situation, it isn't right, and you have every reason to be uncomfortable and stressed. If I could make it happen, you better believe that every policing asshole out there would be writing heartfelt apology letters and sending donations to everyone they've upset lol but...since I can't make that happen, all I can do is say what I, personally, do, would do, or have done.

#answered #anonymous #purity police #resources #rp advice

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randomfandomimagine · 4 years

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Dating George Weasley Would Include

Requested by @x-joie-x:

ive been into hp again so much recently & i looked at ur masterlist and- there's not yet a dwi for george weasley!! so id like to request that, if its ok~ sooo: "dating would include w/ george and having a twin (sister) yourself" (lmao u can tell im doing this for me & jodi cause we're twins too-) tysm! ♡

Dating George is very special in many ways

You’re best friends and share lots of adventures

You’re definitely partners in crime, participating in their shenanigans

I say ‘their’ because you’re close with Fred too (I’ll get more into that later)

At first you were a little worried about them getting in trouble

But eventually, you realized how funny and mostly harmless it was

Just little pranks that didn’t hurt anyone

With time, you started participating in them

And even coming up with ideas yourself, much to their amusement

George would look at you admiringly when you expressed them

‘Y/N, my dear, you are a genius’ He would say to you

Giving you a little kiss after, excited about your idea

Kisses are a daily occurrence with George, really

He’s not shy about it, not minding do it in public either

And if you do get shy yourself, he will tease you about it endlessly

You also hold hands everywhere you go, all the time

He’s walking you to one of your classes? You’re holding hands

Being bored together in History of Magic? Holding hands

You’re also intimate and sappy sometimes

Cuddling in the common room and playing with your hair

Chatting and listening to his many stories

Or him hearing about your day or whatever you want to talk about

And George would kiss your cheek every now and then

And you would nuzzle his neck and giggle at the cute gesture

In fact, Fred constantly tells you two how you’re too adorable

More than once he has scared you, being too caught up in your sappiness

‘You two are disgusting!’ Fred would joke. ‘This is a public space!’

George wouldn’t get startled, but would laugh at you jolting up

You’re also there for each other no matter what

To let the other vent and comfort one another

Or to do your best to make the most of bad days

Obviously being invited to the Burrow to spend the holidays

And let me tell you, Mrs. Weasley adores you

She says that maybe you’ll shove some sense into that rascal

That you would be a good influence on him

It’s ironic because it’s the other way around

And you’ve become almost as mischievous as the twins

That said, George also spoils you and adores you, and she sees this

Fond nicknames that are half ironic and half genuine

‘Darling’, ‘dear’, ‘babe’, ‘sweetie’, ‘cutiepie’...

Always joking around and picking on the other

Cheering him on during Quidditch games

With kisses of good luck before he goes into the field

Always having him tell you that he doesn’t need it but...

Really, he doesn’t mind getting more luck if you know what he means

And having a twin:

It was inevitable, your twin ended up dating Fred

You and George were so close that it had to happen

You yourself got close to Fred through George

There was a difference to their personalities, but you still liked him

And George was glad, because it was important for him to like Fred

And since you were as close to your twin as he was with his...

Well, the four of you ended up hanging out together

And as they say, the rest is history

So double dates are a thing, at least once a week

Going to Hogsmeade for a nice butterbeer

Doing big pranks in which the four of you participate

Maybe even doing a good old fashioned switcheroo

‘Gotta take advantage that we’re two sets of twins, right?’

The four of you have inside jokes and are like your own little group

And maybe even gossip a bit all together

It’s rare that you’re not together, or at least the couples

Because you all get along so well, you enjoy being together!

Tag list: @dancewaterdance02 / @raararasputin / @thisismysecrethappyplace / @bitchingpretty / @lookinsidemyhead / @c-taylor-wanna-be-a-glader / @welcome-here-in-my-world / @x-jodi-x / @under-the-clouds / @fortheloveofbenyandtom / @okay-j-hannah // If you want to be added or taken off the tag list for these fandoms or characters, let me know!! // Reblogs and comments are appreciated!

#dating would include #dwi #hp #hp dating would include #hp dwi #george weasley #george weasley x reader #dating george weasley would include #george weasley dating would include #george weasley dwi #reader insert #requested #rfi writings #would include #fred weasley

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vamplified · 3 years

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ABOUT

Yo my name’s Rhi, Bees, or Toad. Any of those work. They/them pwease. 20 babey!!! You might know me from my splatoon sideblog. I’m currently going to school for zoology, and I like to draw really niche content. Yeehaw!

I also often stream art and/or games! You can see if I’m actively streaming things here or on my twitch. I don’t really plan anything in advance because it’s mostly informal dicking around, im not a professional or anything. I just like 2 have fun babey

There’s going to be a lot of gore, eye stain, and potential body horror galore cus I love that shit. It’s all definitely tagged tho so make sure you have a blacklist installed if you dont wanna see it ((general tags are used, like #gore, #blood, etc)). If you need anything tagged lmk!

My main blog is @rhi-draws-things, my art blog is @bees-draws. I post cotnd/coh art here but RB all my nice stuff to my art blog!

DNI if you’re an asshole. This includes if you’re: homophobic, transphobic, a nazi, antisemitic, racist, pro-cop, support incest/underage, “map”, support pewdiepie/shitty people, and all that bullshit I don’t feel like typing out. If you’re a freak get out dude you know who you are, and if you have any questions, you’re free to ask. I support pan, bi, and trans people, if you don’t, get the hell outta here!!!!

YES I have AUs. NO I don’t talk about them cus I’m scared of social judgement. We exist. If you send me asks abt anything ill love you forever

Anyway, onto some more FAQs!

Will you draw _______ for me? Maybe? It depends! Simple requests or funny asks might get doodles, but theres no guarantee I’ll do it, or what you want. If it involves OCs or something a bit more specific, commissions are almost always open!

Can I use your headcanons / draw in your style? Fuck yeah go nuts dudes!!! Also if you do I’d love to see it. I dont get pings so DM me things if you want me to see it

You drew vent art / something I might think is personal… is it OK to reblog this? Yes!!! I never post any art (or post at all) unless I want or expect it to be reblogged. All of my art, even vent art, is 100% fine to be reblogged.

Is it ok if I tag your art as me / kin / etc? Hell yeah, go ahead! The only time I don’t want you tagging something as kin is if its a commission of somebody’s OC; as that is not my call to make. Anything else I draw is ok to tag as kin <3

I sent you an ask, but you haven’t answered it :( Sorry!!! Sometimes i really don’t have the energy to answer asks in as much detail or with as much art as I’d like to, so I tend to hoard them until I feel like I can properly answer them! I will most likely get to it, though I will admit it might take a while because I get a lot of asks. I only ever delete asks if they’re really weird, repetitive, or I’ve answered one just like it recently.

My question isn’t answered here! Good thing I have an ask box! :D

#oh on g-d forgot to make this. okay #about

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charlottesweetly · 3 years

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Hi! For the character thing you reblogged - Charlotte. Unless someone already made that ask then,, mayhaps HCB?

- red

hell yes thaNK U warning tho this ended up SO LONG

Why I like them

An absolute DISASTER, relatable

Soft tbh

I big love Jaime

Her background stuff in the digital ticket akdklslkalksa

Like.... the coffee machine thing

Paul: you know the....the “latte hotte....”

Charlotte: OH yeah......*awkwardly waves at Emma*

Hidgens: 20 YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE HAD TO WALK TO THE DIMMER

Charlotte:

Why I don’t

honestly i cannot think of a reason ;-;

like i’m not even mad about the “she only sees Ted as a side-piece” bit bc it makes everything MESSIER and more relatable

uhh has the audacity to not be real i guess. gotta do everything myself around here and just become her

Favorite scene

JOIN US AND DIE

The bin scene in the DT!!!!

HEADBAND SCENE HEADBAND SCENE HEADBAND SCENE

Favorite line

there are.....too many ok

“Sweetheart it’s......it’s cuddle night”

“Huh? Oh! I didn’t even realise!”

“It is time......to DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE”

“WE’RE GONNA KICK YOUR ASS AND THEN WE’RE GONNA FUCKING KICK YOUR ASS”

“Your own body is your front row seat” (THE IMPLICATIONS)

Favorite outfit

she has like 2 (purple sweater and cat sweater) but definitely cat sweater!!

OTP

Ted Ted Ted Ted Ted Ted Ted

Brotp

Literally everyone this woman could make friends with the entire town if she wanted.

Paul tho. HC that they’ve known each other since childhood, or in some AUs where Char moves to Hatchetfield after marrying Sam, since she first moved there and they r inseparable

Also Bill!! They go to stuff like couples baking classes together and Bill vents about his ex wife to her a lot bc she UnderstandsTM.

Nora as well just bc she’s one of my other faves. They chat a lot at Beanies and they both like knitting so they talk about their projects together. Nora also deeply cares about Charlotte and is very protective over her

Head Canon(s)

She only really cries about serious stuff when its really, really bad, but she happy-cries over small things like cute books and kittens very easily. She’s also a sympathetic crier imo, so if someone else is crying she will too

Also.......bi as fuck just bc I gotta project my bi-ness onto every character I like. She never really had the chance to explore her attraction to women before marrying Sam, but I imagine she’s exploring it now.

Very Christian upbringing lmao

Married Sam really young, like 18ish. Mostly to rebel against her parents who didn’t like Sam (i wonder why).

Is like, constantly dissociated and experiences a lot of depersonalisation too.

Unpopular opinion

I dont know how to explain it but i feel like some of the fandom may just see her as a bit of a pushover bc of how she was in TGWDLM with Sam? Or just like as a bit of a sad-cat-lady. As much as I agree that Sam is probably shitty to her I feel like she can stand up for herself and defend herself to an extent u feel? She’s sort of assertive with Ted (That’s not the only reason) and Infected!Sam (“I love you too Sam but I cannot let you go” / “Don’t you twust me?” “Uhhhhhh”) Tbh I think the only reason she started dancing was because she too was getting infected from touching Sam’s brain/being around the spores (in the DT version she hears the music and asks Sam where the voices are coming from!).

Also I sort of theorise that after infection the real person is sort of still there, but they’re also....exaggerated? So I think the absolute rage Charlotte had going on in JUAD was something she’d been holding back and she probably had a lot of resentment going on in her life (eg “and I know I’ve been so ANGRY with him lately”).

Oh! I also think she’d be friendly with Zoey like... I hate the trope of women seeing the same guy and hating each other instead of the guy. I’m sure Zoey’s a perfectly nice person and she’s like 10 years younger than Emma, who’s a few years younger than Charlotte and (i assume) Sam so alllll kinds of red flags are going off on Sam already. I like to think Charlotte would befriend her and be like “hey u should leave Sam because u deserve a LOT BETTER than him”

A wish

More content pls.....backstory pls........canon CharTed mayb?? Or at least canon divorce.......

More Charlotte and Paul interaction

More Charlotte and Bill interaction

ANY Charlotte and Mr Davidson interaction bc i have built up SUCH a mentor-like relationship between them in my brain

Any Charlotte and Melissa interaction

Any Charlotte and Zoey interaction (but friendly)

It’s a big stretch but maybe in the film Charlotte and Nora interaction skasklasklak

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

I’ve seen a few people float the idea that Sam and Charlotte’s relationship is mutually toxic and that she’s kind of shitty too bc she’s also cheating, so that’s something I really hope doesn’t get confirmed

Please Nick do not Ted her I swear to god-

5 words to best describe them

Soft

Sunshine

Mess

Affectionate

My nickname for them

Cat! It can be a common name for Charlottes and since she likes cats a ton I just <33333

Also Lottie! it’s a bit stereotypical but still adorable and makes me think of the animal crossing otter

#charlotte #readbyred #personal #asks #can u tell shes my fave

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lilly-white · 4 years

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Hey, Lily! So I just read your tags about your time travel Obidala fic and I'm 👀👀👀 I'd love to read it if you ever do write it, but I know you're mostly retired from fic writing (a stronger woman than I). Can you say anything about it?

Aaaaaah you shouldn’t encourage me like this! xD

OK so…. first of all, it’s not time travel, I was responding to the tags of the person I reblogged it from when I said that lol. The fic is more of a “what if” story, based on my old fic Virginal which I started eons ago in 2011.

Currently, the main story involves Padme choosing to reinstate a hereditary monarchy on Naboo, because according to the EU she was afforded that opportunity after the events of the prequels. (Virginal = vague allusion to queen Elizabeth I bc she reigns alone etc.)

I abandoned it because I was basically writing what felt like an original period drama in space with royalty whose authority stretches over a whole damn planet. As I was basically creating a bunch of Naboo cultures to try and make up what felt like a proper “planetary community” in all its diversity of species etc (more than just Gungan City and the Naboo capital, Theed), I told myself I’d just take the concept and put it in an original sci-fi story.

BUT THEN. One day at work, nine fucking years later, I decide to smoof around on my FFnet statistics (as AO3′s stats aren’t as sexy and I’m still sad about it). And I realised that these past few months, at least 50-80 different people have been viewing Virginal!!! Per month!! Even if it’s from 2009!!! Fucking insane.

So. I told myself. What if……….. rewrite? What if…… I could also use this story to vent all the frustrations I have about the sequels and write the grey jedi sentinel Rey Kenobi of my dreams?

And bam, an outline was born!

BOOK 1

Padme takes the offer to reinstate hereditary monarchy on Naboo

Obi-wan is posted to oversee the exchange of power especially as there is some threat of the dark side that the Jedi Council can feel there (Palpatine)

Sometimes goes back to Coruscant to give reports? Also uses the Naboo landscapes to train Ani

Padmé surrounds herself with handmaidens and elder crones from all around Naboo (studies pre-monarchy systems on the planet)“What does it mean to hand down power to the next in line?” - is prevented from doing what she truly wants by planetary factions

Plots to overthrow her bc the system she is proposing is new and scary

Obi-wan helps her with the overthrow attempts

Has illegitimate child with her, but can’t renounce the Jedi Order

“We can’t do this” - break it off, Obi-wan is posted elsewhere, once Ani is fully-fledged Jedi he is posted on Naboo

Ani renounces the Order so he can reign at her side as Companion

Pairings: Obi-wan/Padme, Anakin/Padme

BOOK 2

Ani turns to the dark side trying to save his queen from childbirth death

Obi-wan returns to Naboo as protector whilst Order 66 betrayals happen everywhere, must be masked & anonymous

Obi-wan defeats Anakin

Luke and Leia grow up as Naboo royals; Obi-wan trains them as the Captain of the Queen’s Guard rather than as Jedi

Reveals himself as one of the last jedi to them both

Leia and Luke fan the rebellion of sister-planets who are teaming up against the Empire

Leia meets Han while out at Tatooine trying to encourage outer-rim systems into the alliance of planets & settle trade disputes involving import ventures?? (Or just going there because they know that’s where their father is from and want to see it with their own eyes)

Both of them learn the arts of the lightsaber under Obi-wan

Obi-wan’s illegitimate child returns to Naboo as a Sith (he is force-sensitive and has visions of his mother, Padme?); must be defeated. Luke & Leia go up against Vader together in the background; meanwhile Obi-wan has personal brush-up against his illegitimate son, finds out that he had a family

Vader & Emperor defeated, new republic instored, Leia becomes queen of Naboo whilst Luke builds his Jedi temple

Pairings: Leia/Han, not sure if Padme remains alive or not, if so then some more Padme/Obi-wan but hidden!! Mainly Luke & Leia sibling interactions because I love them

BOOK 3

Rey is on Jakku, born of the union of a Regular Civilian Woman and Obi-wan’s son (Khorlo) who was adopted into a good merchant family. Rey’s mum left her in the care of the scavengers because she was afraid for her life after Khorlo began getting violent.

Obi-wan tracks down the mother & goes to find Rey

Meanwhile on Naboo: prince Kylo goes to the dark side during a mission

Obi-wan brings Rey back to Naboo (or Tython?) to train at Luke’s temple alongside other hopefuls

Kylo vs. Rey arc with Kylo as the villain. Constant link to Obi-wan, together with Luke & Leia (or perhaps one of them dies at Kylo’s hand?), they defeat the new fledgling fascist organisation and, upon much deliberation regarding how this all happened, they create a new order of grey jedi.

Pairings: Kylux, Stormpilot, Rey will find a lady to be with but not decided yet on who that is

As you can see it is all very much broad brushstrokes, and it would require A LOT OF TIME to write lmao. I just want some Obidala, Luke & Leia sibling moments, and to restore the good feelings I had about all the sequel characters after watching episode 7. But I know that I’d want to use the right vocab & delve into the EU to make it all sound like a proper world, so I think I wouldn’t write it until my current fantasy saga is done, because there would be at least as much work to do. :’D

These are all my own sensibilities re: the Star Wars characters ofc but if anyone else would want to take this and write it, I’d totally give them the go-ahead lol. I do kind of doubt that there are fans out there who care about this specific bouquet of elements from the movies though :’D

SO THERE YOU GO I hope you enjoyed my essay lmao.

#star wars #fanfiction #rey kenobi #obidala #a lot of this is subject to change ofc but those are the main things i hunger for #and can never find as the star wars library of fics on AO3 is similarly full of people's very specific inclinations for the characters lol #not to mention reylo everywhere #i've read enough reylo i wanna see rey in other situations

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totaldramafan-lauri · 5 years

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MAXimum venting

I’m going to make a sideblog.

But first, I gotta get everything off my chest.

It’ll be mostly a reblog dump, so I don’t wanna have HUGE text posts about my personal feelings there....it’ll be all about HIM, not ME....plus, who knows....maybe someone will read this post and like what they read, so they’ll be interested in learning more? Heh, but I’m not doing this to get followers. I’m doing this because.....well, it’s been almost two months of hiding an entire interest of mine from Tumblr, and I feel like....you guys deserve to know.

If you’re interested in learning about what I’ve been up to outside of Inkopolis lately, keep reading, but I warn you, my trademark rambling means this’ll take a while! XD

So, in late January, things were....not going so well for me at home. I’m not going into the details - maybe it’ll be something I’ll feel comfortable talking about in the future, but right now, I’m not. But regardless, I was at rock bottom. My games were the thing that kept me sane thankfully, but it felt like I couldn’t play for long periods of time without needing to stop....It felt like wanting to escape from it all made me...weak somehow, or that I was a coward.

While this was happening, one of my friends from Discord - we met through a mutual server, he doesn’t have a blog here - started streaming a new game. I mentioned this in a past post....He mainly streams obscure Steam games that I’ve never heard of before, due to not being a PC gamer (aaand occasionally Jackbox stuff, which I’m a huge fan of, but I digress). For example, the game he’d just finished was called Owlboy. OWLBOY. Ever heard of that before? And it was a beautiful game! It really surprised me! I was wondering what would take its spot, and BOY was I not disappointed, because the next game he streamed was a cult classic from the early 90s called - you guessed it! - Sam & Max Hit The Road.

I was having an exhausting week....so my sleep schedule wasn’t much of a schedule anymore, and I slept through dinnertime that day. When I woke up, he had already been streaming for about a half hour. THIS was SUPER unfortunate, because that meant that I missed both the intro and the scene at Bosco’s (the “Ooh, a dog and a rabbit! I’m so scared!” scene)! Instead, my first impression wasn’t that good! Because my friend was playing blind (only looking at the hintbook when he NEEDED help), he didn’t know how to get the Commissioner’s letter, so he left without getting it, and wasn’t permitted to enter the carnival! So, the thing he was doing when I got there was aimlessly jumping between the three Stuckey’s, confused and not knowing how to progress. And, of course, all the Stuckey’s are near clones of each other with no difference in the dialogue in each of them. So.....that wasn’t good! And then, he played the highway surfing mini-game, which, I’m sorry, looked like HELL to play!

So, based on what I’d seen, I was ready to call the game a really dated, boring artifact of the 90s.....but that changed really quickly. I’m only bringing this up because it’s AMAZING how quickly it grew on me once the story finally progressed! I just had really unfortunate timing! I GUARANTEE that if I had been watching FROM THE START, I would’ve been hooked right away, but nooooo, I had to miss the intro!

Sure enough, after wandering for a while, he finally consulted the hintbook and got the story underway. Now, it wasn’t instantaneous love at first watch, but the dialogue caught my interest. OK, so these two are freelance policemen searching for a missing bigfoot. That sounds ridiculous enough to be funny, and the voice acting is good, I guess I’ll keep watching....Then I heard this line:

“WHY YOU DIRTY LINT-SNIFFING MAMA’S TWINS, I OUGHTTA STRETCH YOUR LEGS AROUND YOUR HEAD AND MAKE YA DO THE LAMBADA!”

....Excuse me!?

I BURST OUT LAUGHING at that line. It was so over-the-top and out of nowhere! I remember typing in the chat at that moment, “I like Max”. Aaaaaaaand that’s where it all began. That’s how it started.

Over the course of the stream came even more laughs, and I realized just what I was watching: one of the funniest games ever made! And good god, did I NEED some good laughs that week. I would’ve liked it at any time, but at that time, I needed it the most. I’d quote every single line that made me laugh, but that’d take WAAAAY too much time, and I think I’ll be doing that on my future sideblog. So I’ll just say that most, if not ALL, of my laughs came from one character, Max. Sam is good, but he would not be that interesting on his own. Max MADE the experience for me with his punchlines and occasional downright violent comments. He was NOT right in the head, and I was LOVING it. I had NEVER seen a character like him played for laughs before, and it worked! I wanted my friend to keep finding every bit of dialogue that he could in the hopes that Max would have something to say!

The stream didn’t go completely smoothly, as he did get stuck a few times, since he was playing blind like I said, but I still had a great time. After the first stream was over, I of course went back and watched the beginning, and.....yyyyyeah, after seeing that, I was doomed. I NEEDED to know more. One week of research (thanks, TVTropes!), constant fanart searching, and consuming all the content I could possibly find, including beginning to watch the cartoon, and I was ready for the second stream a changed woman.....well, that’s a dramatic way of putting it, but it FELT that way. Things were getting better at home around the same time, too! I was feeling the happiest I had been since FrostyFest, and it feels....kinda weird to say it was because of a sociopathic character. But I’ve always been a sucker for them, so...

The second half of the game was even better, by the way. My friend does upload all this playthroughs to YouTube eventually, so hopefully I’ll be able to relive the experience soon.

But, uhhh....anyway! That’s how I got here. That’s the story of how I was introduced to the Sam & Max franchise. Part two of this post will follow soon, which will be the fangirl-esque gushing, but for now, this has gotten long enough. I leave you with this:

“Gratuitous acts of senseless violence are MY forte! *pushes guy off of railing*”

#lauri talks to herself #opinions

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