#my squicks

[tathrin]

My little Tolkien-fic pet-peeve of the day? Writers calling elves, dwarves, or hobbits men or women in their* narration.

"Pippin shaded his eyes, squinting until the sight of the man walking up the road resolved itself into the familiar form of his cousin Merry..."

Hobbit. Just say Hobbit. You don't need to gender everything. Or if you must, then "Hobbit-lad" or "Hobbit-lass" how's that? Or person! Being! Individual! Literally any word that isn't an inaccurate use of the word "man" for someone who is not a man!

"Gimli looked up at the taller man and scoffed at the sight of Legolas's pointed ears, now drooping with dismay..."

See this one just sounds silly, doesn't it? Silly and also confusing! Because you've just called Legolas a man, but clearly you're talking about an elf or he wouldn't have pointed ears, now would he? And Gimli's a dwarf! So why did you say "man" at all? There are no men here! (Unless Aragorn is playing Third Wheel in the background I suppose, but that's neither here-nor-there right now.)

"Glorfindel turned upon the edge of the fountain and greeted the other man with a smile like a sunrise..."

No no no stop, they are not men. Neither of them are men. They're elves. That's kind of a big important plot element in fact, that the Firstborn and the Secondborn are distinct and sundered from one another, please don't call elves men it's weird and awkward and often confusing because then I'll think you're talking about "A Man" but no, you mean an elf but you said man and it's just so off-putting...

They're different species, guys! (This drives me nuts in scifi too. Stop with the humanocentricism! You're not the Galactic Empire!) Replace the word "man" with something else and see how silly it sounds. "Elephant," perhaps; or any other species that isn't the one you're actually talking about.

"Gimli looked up at the taller raccoon and scoffed..."

"Glorfindel greeted the other ant-eater with a smile like a sunrise..."

"The sight of the giraffe walking up the road resolved itself into his cousin Merry..."

See? Yeah, that's how inaccurate it feels to me every time I read the word "man" or "woman" when you're talking about somebody who is not a human. It's not something on the level of squick where I'll reverse out of a fic if I see it, no, but it absolutely is jarring enough to throw-off the rhythm and mood of the story, for me.

(And if I see it in the first line or so before I've gotten invested in the story...yeah. That'll get me out of a fic almost as fast as lack of paragraph-breaking.)

Because I'm such a sucker for world building, I suspect, and the fact that these are all different peoples with different cultures and capabilities and outlooks and understanding and history and everything is such an interesting and important aspect of Middle-earth to me...and lumping all these different folks into one thing like that as though gender is the most important and indeed only notable aspect of their identity, and overrides everything else about them is just weird. It doesn't make sense. And I do not like it.

(Exceptions obviously made for when the character's identity is being deliberately obscured or confused, and they are erroneously thought to be a human and then revealed as something else; that sort of thing is on purpose and thus is fine.)

(Also exceptions for folk like Arwen or Elwing or Elladan etc who straddle the line between species.)

Anyway thank you for coming to this session of Tathrin Whines About Little Things To Avoid Doing Productive Writing Today.

*none of these lines are actual examples taken from real fics; I made them up for this post. Please do not attach call-outs to actual fics or authors in the notes. No need to be mean!

But absolutely fell free to gripe along with me if this silly little world building detail bothers you too. Or laugh at me for being a ridiculous spec-fic nerd. I'm fine with that too!

#squicks #pet peeves #my squicks #lotr fanfiction #writing #fanfiction #fandom #lotr #world building #fantasy world building #elves #dwarves #hobbits

[mintflavouredwhump]

My Squicks

(While I do not feel comfortable with writing about any of these, you might see me reblog posts containing some of these tropes as long as it's not too explicit)

bad caretaker

broken ribs

degloving

emeto

extreme gore

force feeding

nsfwhump

nudity

pregnancy whump

recapture

romanticised cannibalism

stockholm syndrome

vivisection

#squicks #my squicks #squick list #whump squicks #whump #tw whump #whump community #whump blog #whump tropes

[ao3commentoftheday]

I was just explaining the concept of a squick (a thing you have an intense dislike and perhaps even physical revulsion to, and yet do not judge morally) and I realized how strong squicks can be.

Like, if my favourite author decided to write something that I otherwise dislike or have no interest in, I'd still probably read it because they're my fave.

But if even if my favourite author on the planet wrote my favourite ship with a bunch of other tags that would usually have me ecstatic and ready to read - if they included one of my squicks? I'm going to avoid that work entirely (and maybe even block it from my search results)

I genuinely do hope that other people enjoy the fics that squick me out. I'll just never, ever read them 🤣 kinktomato, y'know?

#my biggest squick #is a massively popular trope in shipping fanfic #and my second biggest #is pretty popular in whump #they're so mainstream it's painful lol #what are ya gonna do?

[bigfatbreak]

twilight’s got friends in places! high places? possible. but knowing discord he could be in sideways places or diagonal spaces. or your personal space. with a knife

#my art #mlp fim #draconequus au #discord #queen chrysalis #body horror #idk if anyone here's squicked out by bugs but chryssie's mouth is based on a mantid mouth #which is basically just fingers with teeth on them

[iciclesses]

cw forced intoxication / dubcon / somno

Nobody touch me I'm thinking about the 141 holding you down and taking turns with you, and while Ghost is splitting you in half on his cock, Soap is grabbing you by the chin and spitting liquor in your mouth <33 Or Gaz holding your head still by the hair as Price fingers your ass open, Gaz cooing at you as he holds the bottle to your lips. You want so bad to be good for them, be the cool fun sexy girl so you gulp down the firey drink like you never have before. Even as your dizzy brain gives out and you fall asleep, the men are happily sober and starting round three on you.

#noel.txt #141 x reader #cw dubcon #i say dub bc i imagine reader planning this out beforehand but yknow #cw forced intoxication #cw somno #i sat on this concept for a minute bc despite my love of it it squicks me out so i might not write more/answer asks abt it lol #brain is weird

[messiahzzz]

thank you sm for the ask!! 💕 i’m glad you enjoy my posts and it is not a strange request by any means!

note: this is merely my read on gale’s sexual preferences/kinks. i don’t want to police anyone on their headcanons or claim they are “incorrect”. since the game doesn’t provide too much detail, many things remain up to interpretation. (and lest we forget fanfiction has always encouraged the exploration of dynamics that may not be present in canon.)

gale is a character who isn’t interested in walking the straight and narrow route. he is all about new experiences, favoring non-traditional means, putting his own spin on things, and the thrill of seeking the forbidden. the sheer romance of the uncharted and the unknown. he is enthusiastic in almost every aspect and possesses an infectious zest for life. in regards to his sexual preferences, this translates into an eagerness to explore, witness new sensations, and reach new heights together. while approaching the topic of sexuality with a generally playful, adventurous attitude.

if you’re looking for harder kinks, however — i don’t believe gale is the character for you. and in case it needs to be said again: there is nothing wrong with being vanilla.

initially, i see gale as a switch, who gravitates more towards assuming a dominant role, due to his ever-present desire to give and to impress. i do think he enjoys giving up control, yet you still have to actively convince him to let himself go and be spoiled for once. his first focus will always be to fulfill his partner's needs and drown them in his all-encompassing love and adoration. i also believe that gale will grow more comfortable with being the center of attention, once their relationship has reached a point of total security (and he had ample opportunities to show in just how many ways he can wow them). gale is not a strict dom, nor a sub. in his ideal relationship roles would be discarded entirely, deeming them too restrictive in his expression of intimacy with a trusted partner. it’s all about variety and ridding oneself of the shackles of the worldly, after all. melting into one perfect whole, not knowing where he ends and his partner begins.

gale: we are all sensual vessels. illusory magic lets us sail farther, and feel more deeply.

gale: [..] i could use the weave to make us feel sensations beyond reckoning.

based on what we know about gale, these could be some of his kinks:

lots of praise (this is non-negotiable), sensation/temperature play (waxplay, electrostimulation/all the many perks magic has to offer), sensory deprivation, light restrictions and bondage, the occasional roleplay, katoptronophilia (self-explanatory), altered mental-states (hypnosis, psychedelics), orgasm control & denial, body worship, olfactophilia and given his propensity towards verbosity: narratophilia and some very inventive dirty talk. as for my own self-indulgent take: due to the recurring emphasis on hands during his romance, as well as his being the main tool in how he shapes and navigates the world: quirofilia.

nodecontext: flustered, standing in front of his romance partner in bondage gear. not necessarily uncomfortable with the bondage aspect, just trying to stay focused.

now, what are gale’s hard-limits?

gale, after the player received loviatar's blessing: your hide, your choice. not quite my cup of tea though.

while projecting your own kinks and fantasies onto fictional characters is fine and well, disregarding and ignoring the source material (and the character's stated boundaries) is another matter entirely. fanon!gale is rather ooc and very different from his canon portrayal, which is something that tends to irk me. although this remains a common fandom phenomenon.

personally, i don’t see gale as someone who enjoys pain of any kind, be it giving or receiving (with the exception of spanking and light choking, if a certain mood strikes. although it is kept mostly playful). contrary to what fandom may claim, having self-worth issues, being loquacious, emotionally expressive, and vulnerability-seeking (as well as being commonly perceived as arrogant and insufferable) doesn't automatically equal having repressed masochistic tendencies. he could be convinced to dip a toe into sadism, but only upon his partner’s insistence. although i doubt he himself would find enjoyment in that.

the same applies to degradation/humiliation. i doubt that a character who is still very much struggling with inherent self-worth issues and a general feeling of being defective/not worthy would derive sexual gratification from being degraded. yes, it can certainly be healing for some, but gale doesn’t strike me as someone who would find particular enjoyment in that. quite the contrary, actually. nor would he like to do the degrading for that matter (he would vehemently refuse. all he wants to do is sing your praises.) gale wouldn’t enjoy being leashed and/or collared in any way either. the prospect of being tied up or restricted is rather intriguing, cause it serves to center one’s vulnerability while also allowing for more intense sensations. anything that taps into the puppy play/slave territory tho? he would find it demeaning… and, quite frankly, silly.

gale is also not a voyeur, nor a cuck. the entire scene with the drow twins leans way too much into dub-con territory for my tastes. the only way you can get him to participate at all is by rolling a persuasion check with DC 25. in every other dialogue option, he immediately (and explicitly) declines. even if you do manage to pass the persuasion check, he is still very hesitant about participating.

gale: i might enjoy watching you tangled up with the drow, as long as i was five paces back.

he then immediately runs from the room, because sending a simulacrum in his place was the only way to somewhat remove himself from the situation while still being able to please tav. because of course he wants to please and clearly this is important to tav so he might just… have to discard his reservations and... just go through with it?!

gale: well i suppose it would do no good to back out now. let us begin this little anthropological study, if we must.

i am aware that fandom uses the fact that his “orb lit up in telltale excitement” as a justification that persuading him was the right choice, as well as confirmation that he was secretly into it and “just needed a little push" to explore his desires/get out of his comfort zone. that implication alone is very suspect and goes straight into the sort of logic abusers often use. you can be physically aroused by certain scenes, images, or sounds, even while being visibly uncomfortable with the presented scenario. it is a natural response that you can’t often control. which is what he is showing throughout the entire scene: discomfort. he was coerced into this situation, without any prior discussion or an opportunity to talk about his boundaries. furthermore, this is what he has to say if you approach him after the threesome:

gale: ahem. i hope you're not here to ask about our recent, erm, activities. i'd rather those were consigned to the footnotes of our romance, if it's all the same with you.

since he is strictly monogamous, any arrangement involving another person is also a no. he made this rather clear when tav sought him out after receiving halsin's proposal. him being monogamous isn't solely rooted in his trauma, it isn't something he has to “overcome” in order to heal, nor does it mean that their relationship is any less fulfilling. call him greedy, stubborn, or old-fashioned, but he cannot comfortably agree to that.

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 meta #now what do i even tag this as? #coercion cw #degradation tw #humiliation tw #will have to do some more thinking about the whole “gale has a breeding kink” take #as of now i don't believe that it is a kink nor a squick of his #as long as there's no actual risk of pregnancy involved that is #btw guys i love answering these #if you enjoy reading my long ass posts feel free to clutter my inbox #it speaks

[tearlessrain]

I'm also not a fan of the two arguments being "furries are weird and bad sex freaks" and "furries are just regular people they're cool"

a lot of furries are weird as all hell, genuinely weird not the cute quirky tiktok kind of weird. and sometimes it is a sex thing. that doesn't make them bad people or acceptable punching bags.

idk I just have this feeling that a lot of people are gonna jump on this furry hype train and then meet a weird furry and revert right back to the 2010s bullying.

#a lot of the more popular fetishes among furries happen to be major squicks for me #you'll notice I rarely bring this up and am not traumatized #(well not by that. it's been a wild three years) #that is because I've mastered the art of minding my own business and not looking at things I know will gross me out

[prismatica-the-strange]

Anakin gives off the vibe of someone just fucked up enough to eat you out on your period. Especially when he lets the whole sith thing finally take over because "You need him" and he "Just wants to make you feel better."

This is the face of a man that gives zero fucks about getting his face bloody if it means he gets to feel your thighs around his head while you beg him for more.

There are very few guys I could imagine doing this, but even pre-sith Ani would give you period head.

If you try to tell him he'd find it gross, the little freak would just laugh and say "I think I'll be the judge of that."

I have this vivid image of him pulling away just enough to grin up at you all bloody, then leave a sticky red kiss on your thigh before diving back in.

He'd get off on it too. He gets off on eating you out anyways, but something about your embarrassment and/or getting to sooth that feeling does crazy things to him.

#I'm having Strange feelings #like normally this would squick me out but the idea crossed my mind with ani and it didn't sound unpleasant #prisma rambles #prisma self ships #anakin skywalker #anakin skywalker smut #anakin smut #anakin x reader smut #anakin skywalker x reader smut #period smut #period mention #blood mention #yes this came to me while listening to Not My Type: Dead as fuck 2 #i would by Graveyard Shift on vinyl just for that and LOUD

[lovelycureaestetic]

Just got this recommended to me:

"the discomfort this story provides on many levels" to YOU! I'm here busting a fat one at the dark homoerotic shota subtext in the dark homoerotic shota manga by the shotacon artist. We ain't the same.

#sebaciel #smh Tumblr stop putting antis on my fyp #or worse #people who think they're above the 'fandom discourse' and that they're soooo right about kuro #when in actuality they understood jack shit #proship #don't get me wrong of course kuro has dark topics and everyone is allowed to their own squicks but cmon this is dumb

[achairwithapandaonit]

old man gets laughed at. A terrible slight on his honour

#my art #bsd #fukuran #bsd ranpo #bsd fukuzawa #drew this a WHILE ago but I was sort of afraid to post it cause this fandom really doesn't like this ship #like what do you mean there's a pretty old man and I'm not allowed to ship him with my favourite character. Booo! #like I get why it might squick people considering their backstory but also ):< why forsake the funniest interpretation #it's simply funniest if ranpo is screwing the boss. This guy's got the whole agency wrapped around his finger letting him play up his whole #office cat life

[bon-sides-sw]

Mommywan and his lil bebe Cal

#obi wan kenobi #cal kestis #mommywan #bons art #my art #baby #squick #stewjon #stewjoni biology #implied #pada wan #padaobi #padawan obi wan #loth cat #tooka #cal kestis is obi wan's son and i'll die on that hill #obi gave birth to him tho #who knows who the father is

[morgana-ren]

Just had the most fucked up thought of all time:

Ascended Vampire Lord Astarion with a beloved consort that was finally able to escape his grasp. After years, she's finally able to secret herself away and slip her chains, running from him and going into hiding so that he can never drag her back again.

It's no secret that he's gone mad, driven to the brink by his obsession with her in her absence. He refuses to simply take another lover or find a willing wife, spending untold resources and wealth trying to find her and coax her back, but she somehow stays hidden from him, somehow just out of his reach--

--However, he refuses to let her go.

Instead, he becomes slightly unhinged.

Astarion barters with a devil once again, only this time, it's for possession of a succubus. A very particular succubus who knows of his wayward little lover, and just so happens to have her form tucked away in her repertoire thanks to their earlier adventures.

He commands Haarlep to take her image each and every time he fucks her. It's the only way he'll sleep with anyone else-- the only way he'll find release while she is gone.

And Tav knows every time he's ravaging her because she can feel it. Feel his hands ghost across her body, squeezing the rounds of her neck until she can't breathe, scratching down her spine until she bleeds-- she feels all of it through this succubus' infernal connection. She is forced to acknowledge his power over her— his utter obsession with her— day in and day out, being violated by him over and over again even as she's finally escaped him.

Each time he takes the succubus, he is reminding her what he's done to her— what he'll do to her again when he gets his hands on her. His fucked up little way of saying "I'm thinking about you, darling" as he violates her body and mind, and no matter what she does, she cannot escape it. A ticking clock counting down the hours until he can touch her again.

She cannot hide forever.

It's only a matter of time, and every time she feels the phantom warmth flood between her thighs, or the tightness in her throat that leaves her with an aching jaw, or the sharp, miserable pain in her backside that has her hobbling for days, she knows he's thinking about her once more.

#morgana and friends #bad bad astarion #lots of implied uhh #and not so implied #again dark fic author #this is my wheelhouse #i wasn't kidding when I said i had to dance around the tags because tumbles has ruined the system #just dont read if you have any squicks how about that

[innytoes]

A/B/O Prompt List

In honour of Knot In My Name, the ‘Omegaverse is fucking up AI writing because they keep stealing fanfic’ fest, I made some A/B/O prompts, because fuck AI scrapers.

First heat

I know we’ve only just started dating but my heat arrived and I need you

Scent marking

I stole your sweater because it smells like you and it makes me feel safe

“Please, I want your knot.”

Why is it that I, the only beta in this OT3/4/5+, am the only one who knows what to do?

Pack dynamics

I’m trying to get things done but you smell so good

Heat caught them by surprise

Our Alpha pack member is having their rut and we’re doing rock-paper-scissors on who gets to help them out first

“You’re so cute when you’re needy.”

Knotting toys

The pack has one coveted article of clothing they all share

Courting

“I didn’t want to bother you at work so I kind of got started without you.”

Nesting

I didn’t know Omegas could have such big dicks and now I’m all flustered

“I want [Beta] to take care of me.”

Heat bond

We met via the Knottr app for a casual heat hookup and oh shit you’re my crush

Deciding to let someone new into the pack

Dystopian A/B/O AU

I love you, but your heats are so intense and I need back-up

Cute scent-based nicknames

Fuck all that, we are strong independent Omegas who don’t need an Alpha

Silly ways to pass the time while being tied together by a knot

Heat/Rut agency

“You get a little stupid when you have your rut, it’s cute.” 

Reciprocal heat

I know we’re both Alphas but I still want to climb you like a tree.

I have a specific A/B/O prompt in mind I’m gonna send you instead

#omegaverse prompts #feel free to use it #a/b/o dynamics #fanfic prompts #ask me #julie and the phantoms #(also hello mpreg is a squick for me so I avoided that) #if you want a certain person to be a certain dynamic feel free to add that to your prompt #I have next week off but I'm also celebrating my birthday for a few days in the middle there so prompt fills might taper off for a few days #yes half of these are very fluffy because I love fluffy not-porn omegaverse as well

[pillowprincessherbertwest]

#danbert #reanimator #herbert west #dan cain #needle #needles #tw needles #okay but I think this movie is helping me getting over my needles squick #My Re-animator Art

[celestialrealms]

Diavolo's 2022 birthday UR is such a comfort read for me. Not even just the romantic content with Diavolo (which is great too!) but just... I adore Barbatos and Diavolo's familial relationship tag this as ship and meet my blade

Diavolo spending the whole thing wanting to paint Barbatos's portrait to show his gratitude to him, and then them both ending up doing the same thing? 🙈

And the part at the end where they're all drinking together and it just feels sort of like MC is joining their family and has big "drinking with the mother-in-law" vibes?? 😖😖

#i'm so glad i have two mcs i'd have a real hard time compartmentalizing this as a barbatos enthusiast without squicking myself out otherwise #i cant believe diavolo and mc made out in front of his macaroni portrait of barbatos................. #the romantic content in this card is really cute in general though.. diavolo calls mc “my dear” like they've been married for like 15 years #obey me diavolo #obey me barbatos #barbatos obey me #diavolo obey me #obey me #obey me shall we date #long post / #diavolo #barbatos

[unpretty]

I'm cackling at the person who reblogged your Karen from HR post and told you not to look at their blog bc it's full of weird porn. Someone clearly isn't familiar with your writing. 🤣

*kicks hungry thirsty roots under the bed*

#original #in fairness i have a pretty vanilla set of squicks #tentacle dick noncon is relatively basic. i think. #my frame of reference may be skewed