#personal compliments are so much!!

[whetstonefires]

why are you so cool

haaaaaaasdkakj;l 😅

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😳practice....i guess. worked hard!

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#ask #hoc est meum #monachopsissssss #personal compliments are so much!! #how am i supposed to deal with this

[strrwbrrryjam]

either treat abigail, molly, mary, with respect or die looking down the barrel of my gun

i'm being one hundred percent serious when i say i'm tired of people disregarding and disrespecting them to uplift their queer ships. it's bad and it needs to stop.

like i just read a jovier post where they have john cheat on abigail?what the fuck man.

his love for her is unwavering and he is incredibly committed to abigail, he's so devoted to her, working so hard to create a life for the three of them. john is willing to lay down his life to protect his family, and he does so, rescuing them is his whole motive for seeking redemption in the first game. he would never disrespect abigail like that, he's learned and grown, he's no longer the shithead deadbeat dad when jack was young, he loves her.

arthur still so clearly loves mary, his love remaining steadfast and unwavering even years after their broken engagement, it's so obvious on his face when he looks at her. his heart still yearns for her that when she calls, he comes, even if he's a little miffed at the start, he still goes. honestly, i believe if arthur didn't have other commitments in the gang, he would have run away with her when she asked him.

and while molly and dutch's relationship is tumultuous and dutch absolutely does not deserve her, molly is so important to dutch's character and the story as a whole. molly's loyalty to dutch highlights dutch's charisma and the ways dutch inspires loyalty throughout the gang. her existence also depicts the internal conflicts dutch has and the moral uncertainty of dutch's actions. her presence within the gang and relationship with dutch represents the internal strife and conflicts within the gang, highlighting the human cost of their choices and the sacrifices that are made in pursuit of a false freedom in the old west.

and let's not even mention the treatment eliza, annabelle, bessie and even susan receive, which is hardly any mention at all.

eliza, annabelle and bessie each play small but significant parts to not just their respective partners, but to the story as a whole.

eliza shapes arthu’rs past and motivations. her tragic death, along with their son, isaac, has a large impact on arthur and his present relationships, such as abigail and jack. their memory serves as a driving force of arthurs path to redemption.

annabelles fate fuels dutch's vendetta against colm and the o'driscolls, and adds personal stakes to the gang as a reminder of the consequences of their life as an outlaw.

and bessie, oh bessie, not only does she add depth to hosea and represents hosea's wishes for a more peaceful life, but hosea loves her so much that when coming to terms with his inevitable death, whether by gunshot or sickness, the mere chance of reuniting with bessie brings him so much comfort, despite the fact that he fears that bessie lives above, while hosea will be traveling down below.

susan is a very controversial character due to her treatment of the women in the gang and her murdering molly, who did not betray the gang, both of which i do not condone, but it is impossible to deny her importance to the story. not only was, from what we know, dutch's first woman, coming before annabelle and molly, she also served an important role in the gang, acting as an authority figure, maintaining order and discipline within the gang where tensions often rise. she serves as an emotional anchor, which is incredibly important when death is constantly looming over you and adds so much depth and complexity to the story of rdr2.

when you ignore and disregard these characters you are undermining the depth and the richness of the story, each of these characters are important to the story. if you wish to truly appreciate the storytelling of rdr2, it is important to recognize and respect each of these characters.

#i know i've said this before. several times in fact but this keeps happening and people are not learning #listen i love charthur so so much. i have written multiple posts about my love for charthur. #i have studied every interaction every compliment every argument and yet. and yet. i still respect mary because i know how important she is #to not just arthur but to the story of rdr2 itself. representing hope and redemption and personal growth #im not as big as a vandermatthews fan. like i ship it sure - but god please learn to respect molly annabelle and bessie. especially bessie #the characters importance does not disappear because you want them too #respect them like you would any male character #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 abigail roberts #abigail roberts #rdr2 molly o'shea #molly o'shea #rdr2 mary gillis #mary gillis #rdr2 susan grimshaw #susan grimshaw #rdr2 bessie matthews #bessie matthews #rdr2 annabelle #rdr2 eliza #rdr2 isaac #rdr2 hosea matthews #hosea matthews #rdr2 dutch van der linde #dutch van der linde #rdr2 arthur morgan #arthur morgan #rdr2 john marston #john marston

[anghraine]

Darcy's role in P&P would work for me anyway, but tbh it works for me 10x better because he halfway reverts back to form towards the end of the book.

#so many takes on darcy seem to think his presentation of himself at pemberley is a permanent radical transformation of his personality #and the end point of his character arc #and it's explicitly not a static end point in that way #his inwards change is real but how much that translates into outwards presentation depends on the context #like late-novel darcy trying to compliment mrs bennet and doing it in a way that reads as icy and brusque is just peak darcy #the difference isn't that he's become personable in this social context; he's not! but he's doing his best now #and this being an ongoing struggle at which he sometimes comically fails is so much more austen #than the total transformation into a perfect dreamboat narrative #but yeah i love that austen goes out of her way at the end to yank him out of his fulfillment enclosures and underscores his foibles #anghraine babbles #austen blogging #austen fanwank #lady anne blogging #fitzwilliam darcy

[blueskittlesart]

famously difficult-to-please anatomy prof pulled me aside at the end of class to tell me she didn't even need to collect my homework bc it was 5s in all categories (best grade she gives) and that im a great artist and i work hard :))) i am winning at art school!!!

#i love this prof unironically bc yes she'll rip you to shreds but that makes the compliments SO MUCH BETTER #this is vindicating too because i spent 9 literal hours on that homework. LMAO #personal #for extra context i took another class with this prof last year and over like 20 assignments i NEVER got full 5s. this woman is TOUGH

[petbrain]

okay so today was my 1st day of uni. im studying veterinary medicine so i already knew the other students would like animals and stuff but they are SO petcoded it's blowing my mind.

newcomers in uni are called bixos/bixetes (silly way of saying "animal") in every major but for vet we are also called filhotes (meaning puppies/kittens/cubs/baby animals)

we have a given nickname and we have to wear an elastic band around our neck with our nicknames on it. these bands are called our collars

we'll be doing an activity later this week and we'll be sorted into teams. every team has a different animal mascot

veterans talked about tasting kibble in a trip to a kibble factory just to see how it tastes

EVERYTHING IS ANIMAL THEMED

#i swear im so so happy about everything all the people are nice and i got complimented on so much #i got to make so many friends #hound personal #confessions of the gecko #confessions of the hound #otherkin #therian #alterhuman #therianthropy #otherkinity #nonhuman #doggy goes to uni

[roominthecastle]

Siegfried Farnon is based on eccentric vet Donald Sinclair, who Peter Wright worked closely with in his early career.

"You know, Donald died unexpectedly. And that morning, I remember the phone going, Jim Wight rang me to say Donald's died. Jim said, 'It's going to be a duller world without Donald Sinclair.' By gosh, it was. It has been."

#all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #the yorkshire vet #samuel west #peter wright #donald sinclair #long post #mine #this was so much fun #and what can be a bigger compliment than hearing those who knew the guy your character is based on #tell you that it's almost like being in his presence again #i dont know sam and im sure he has his faults but he once again comes across as such a genuinely kind and good person #and it makes me so happy #and yes the beard is essential for siegfried but i love that face either way #still if he ever tries to go clean shaven on the show i hope audrey hides his razor w/ as much success as she hid his tobacco #and - understandably - it was skirted on screen but if i remember correctly donald took his own life after real-life audrey died #which i could def see happen (not that i ever wanna mind you) on the show as well given how siegfried was on the verge of going to pieces #and that was 'only' when she was about to move away

[synthshenanigans]

new jash twitter photo :0

[photo for ones who do not have the app]

#cant believe bro is flexing the he's going into 2024 before most of us smh/j #also i love the lil smiley #just a :) #jokes aside this has been a wild year for me both positively & negatively but these songs have help so so much on both ends #an I'm glad dudes having fun still makin em #cant believe he blinked for the photo tho like wow. NO effort into this[/j ofc] #this is how i compliment people okay #if im confident enough to “insult” you that means i think you're a neat swell person :} #chonny jash #moss post #im far into the tags now so like #again i mean this in the MOST aroace way possible but man he's so pretty dude #also gender envious a bit #bro is very pretty & i wanna look that pretty #okay im shush now but #wild year for me & music is very helpful for mental stuff #i say this knowing his minecraft sheesh cover exists but like #it was a very emotional piece okay ❤/j

[reegis]

I wanted to ask what art programs you use! Do you use custom brushes as well? Your art is so soft and delicate, it reminds me of Renaissance era paintings like these

THATS THE NICEST THING ANYONE HAS EVER SAID ABOUT MY ART?????????,, ILL CRY RN DONT TEST ME

I use clip studio paint! Although im very bad with tech so I had my friend help me set it up so the interface basically looks just like firealpaca (which is a free drawing software!! that i believe is supposed to be a very good paint tool sai dupe & I used Exclusively for years until i switched to ipad last year, cant recommend it enough if anyone wants a good free option!)

I dont use any custom brushes although iv debated trying some out so maybe i will some day!! until then its me & round mixing brush 4 life <333

its what i use for all of my line art, highlights, etc. then just the regular pen & airbrush tools for coloring

i hope this was helpful(?)!!!

#im a bland person i stick to what i know ahdjfjf new brushes…. scary…. #ngl id probably still be using firealpaca if it was available for ipad but it isnt 😔💔 #THANK U SO MUCH THK IM STILL FREAKING OUT AAAA #THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT AND MOST FLATTERING COMPARISON EVERRRR #🥺🤲🏻💖💖💖💖 #asks

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

something heart-wrenching about the roman/gerri scene in 4.07 is that roman regretted firing gerri the instant he walked out of that room and he tried to get ken to undo it right away and he tried to get frank to smooth it over after, and when he approaches her, his technique, in lieu of acknowledging the awful way he treated her, is to pretend it never happened or wasn’t significant or wasn’t real and now they’re just back to their normal vibe, they’re still friends and she’s not fired. (he was just feeling fire-ish!) which is what happened every time logan was abusive to roman, and so roman’s used to rolling with reality kind of just rewriting itself around your suffering not mattering, and the bad things always going away. like you don’t look at it head-on, you just keep going. he teases her and asks her for advice because that’s the only way he can engage with her again, not because he’s oblivious to how monumentally he screwed up. (and it kinda surprised me that he was so determined to erase their recent fest of badness that he went all the way back to, like, their early-s3 relationship dynamic. going WAY back in time! gerri, please show off how smart and hot you are!) but gerri has the strength to draw boundaries and shut that shit down immediately -- although not soon enough to save herself from some heartbreak -- instead of giving him a pass for mimicking the abusive behavior of his father. roman is at his worst in this ep, but the reason behind it tracks so well with what’s shaped him psychologically and emotionally, and it’s so Bleak.

#romangerri #roman x gerri #roman roy #dollsome's deep thoughts #abusive patterns poisoning your relationships with the people you care about most nooooooo #with the one person who didn't think you were a joke :'( #anyway i need to shut up about them #but this was stuck in my brain #everything just makes so much emotional sense and it's HELL! #succession #succession spoilers #when 'you're not your dad' is the greatest compliment she could possibly give you but you're psychologically incapable of seeing it that way

[idolomantises]

there's something so comforting about artists you admire talking about their own struggles and insecurities

#txt #was watching supereyepatchwolf's video on chainsaw man again and listening to fujimoto express regret about things he didnt learn #and how he's clearly envious of his peers is so... comforting? #i think about my own strengths and flaws and often times i get so frustrated with my shortcomings #im not good at drawing feet; my backgrounds are purposefully simplistic and lack a lot of detail; sometimes my designs have a tendency to #overlap or feel very 'safe' in terms of what i really want to do #its why; despite my love for clowning on media and animated works. i never want to feel like its from a place of malice #the joy of art is always seeing those little mistakes and nuances. its also noticing the achievements other creators have made that you #still lack #even for a certain hell-based show i love to poke fun at for its many. many issues. its undeniable how incredibly passionate the work is. #and i do respect anyone who is willing to get their flawed media out there (myself included) #i see stuff about people calling me their inspo or how flattered they are when i compliment their work and its like. gee. i hold myself at #such a high bar and even still im always surprise when people tell me how much my work moved and changed them #i really love writing just little fun things that i just dont really see anyone else touching and its kind of fun how despite my own #personal grievances with my own flaws and mistakes #people really do find things that they love within them. #anyways I know this is getting long but I’ve just been getting sentimental abt the creation of art #sometimes people make fun of me for love of drawing women and lesbians and bugs and so on #and while I will never let me deter me from my process. sometimes it does get to me #but then I remember that I love doing this and could ever see myself holding back #and knowing despite how other people feel. I have so many followers who resonate with my weird ass shit #that it’s all worth it. ya know?

[aroaceleovaldez]

You have no idea how surprised I was to see you in Alabaster tag. I guess I'm just used to see you with meta (which are always a delight to read btw)

What are your opinions about Nico/Al and Percy/Al

Do not let my meta fool you I am a rogue demigods fan first and person second. I love Alabaster. I do not interact enough with the rogue demigods/Titan Army side of the fandom for the amount of thoughts I have about them 😔

As for Alabaster ships - I have heard much about Nico/Alabaster and I think it's very fun and cute. In my Nico Ship Survey it by far swept for most popular Nico/Minor Character ship. I generally think Nico/Minor Character ships tend to be very fun and interesting, I love the minor characters, I love the rogues, and throwing Nico with another rogue and/or another chthonic demigod is always very [chef's kiss] for me.

As for Percy/Al, well. I did fully intentionally make my Alabaster design mirror my Percy design.

(My main reason for doing so was cause I thought it'd be funny for Al to hate Percy and then to learn that Percy also has a streak in his hair in the exact same spot and get SO pissed that Percy not only ruined his life but is also stealing his brand.)

But yeah I think it's very interesting! I love Percy getting to interact with demigods outside of the camps and I am always down for more rogue and/or Alabaster content. And again, nudge the chthonic demigods together, hell yes. No pun intended.

I just think Alabaster is neat. Let him do whatever he wants forever.

#pjo #riordanverse #percy jackson #nico di angelo #alabaster torrington #Anonymous #ask #my art #Percy is a chthonic demigod on technicality. part-time chthonic. maybe. #depends on version of his dad but for sake of fun rogue demigod dynamics he counts for these purposes #and thank you for the lovely compliments to my meta btw ^v^ #but yes please talk to me about rogue demigods i love them so much... #i have so many thoughts and ocs and hcs about rogues #we have like NEXT TO NOTHING in canon about them! even though 2 of the known big 3 kids are technically rogues! #maybe 3 if you count Cassius being a potential one and 4 if you count Meg as a Big 3+ Kid #but yeah i am not the world's most shippy person BUT i am always here for rogue content

[vvyrmwood]

“you’re autistic but your so high functioning” no i’m not actually. im some things maybe but others no. i’m forced to over extend myself and have to pretend to be in order to be a cog in capitalism machine

#calling me high functioning is not the compliment alltistics seem to think it is btw #having to mask so much is extremely taxing and physically painful at times #being told i don’t seem autistic or im so high functioning that it’s like i’m not autistic is like #buddy u have no idea i am Not this person u think i am at all. im weird and annoying and struggle #but i still have to rp as a normal person just to make y’all comfortable. idk. im over it

[vimbry]

#tmbg #that Is beautiful also I love drama and goss in entertainment as much as the next person #but I love how often the johns of tmbg are seen complimenting each other on whatever they do #and seem to still have absolutely mutual respect for one another it's so nice #videos

[captains-price]

‼️NEW PATHETIC WET CAT TYPE OF MAN ACQUIRED‼️

#my new boss is goofy #aoyama mitsuo #mitsuo aoyama #also important to know that the second anyone compliments him he asks them to move into his house #which is such babygirl behavior it’s crazy #I love him so much I wanna squeeze the life from his body #he has a praise kink I just know it #why would my favorite character be the main guys when a miserable man with a sad personality exists #mine

[marigraphia]

Mrs. and Mr. Emma Frost!

(Reference under the cut)

#marvel #emmatony #emma frost #tony stark #iron man #art #digital #fanart #comics #regular #final #colour #i actually used a cropped version of the photo as ref and now i'm mad bc her arm makes so much more sense #anyway i'm now 3/3 on fanart of tony starks and their canon spouses! congrats to tony tony and tasha on the good taste! #no but fr i'm so obsessed with them #EDIT: i thought it was looking washed out bc i was on desktop and the monitors are different but it turns out i'd forgotten a layer off 🤡 #it's fixed now but a bunch of people already reblogged it (thank you!!!) so i guess i'll die #(also extra special thank you to the person who complimented emma's dress in the tags - it looking tacky was literally my biggest fear 😭)

[rollercoasterwords]

hi! thank you for the kind words, i'm happy you're enjoying the fic. but i also want to use this message as an opportunity to talk about something/set a boundary that i haven't really known how to discuss, and i've blocked out your name because even though i'm not angry or upset with you, i want to make sure i'm not sending any hate back your way. 

i know that this message is well-intentioned, and i know you likely think it's nothing but a compliment to ask me to write more--after all, you're only asking me to write more because you enjoy the story so much! shouldn't that be a nice thing for me to hear? 

and like. i think that's why this is difficult for me to talk about. i don't want to come across as ungrateful or overly sensitive or like i don't appreciate the compliments, because i do. but at the same time, hearing someone say, "please write more of this fic for me, i love your writing so much!" is still hearing someone say "please write more of this fic for me!" like. 300,000 words is incredibly long. most novels are between 70k-100k words. a 300k word book usually takes years to write--years, and hundreds of hours of labor. maybe you chose that number randomly, or you're exaggerating for emphasis; but no matter how nicely you're phrasing it or how facetious you're being, ultimately this sort of message still puts pressure on me to produce a massive amount of writing in a short period of time. and even if you meant it as a compliment, it doesn't feel nice to me. being pressured to churn out hundreds of thousands of words makes me feel as though i'm being seen as a content-creation machine for the entertainment of others, and i don't like that. writing is a labor of love for me, but it is still labor--hours of time and effort that i'm putting into these works which i share for free, with no expectations of anything in return except maybe a few kind words from those who feel like reaching out. when i get messages or comments like this pushing me to write more, to write faster, it makes me feel as though my time and labor are not respected at all; as if there's absolutely no consideration for the amount of effort it takes to write the stories. which, again, makes me feel like i'm being viewed as some sort of fic-writing machine that can just pump out hundreds of thousands of words on demand for others' entertainment.

and none of this is helped by the tongue-in-cheek comment about how you're "suffering" waiting for updates. again, i understand that this was well-intended and maybe even a playful exaggeration that's supposed to be complimentary. but there are ways to tell me you enjoy my writing and eagerly wait for updates without telling me how much you dislike waiting between chapters. posting once a week is already a difficult schedule for me to maintain, and it's entirely possible that i'll need to take another break in the future or skip a week or something. i've been very clear about the fact that my update schedule is subject to change since i started writing the fic; that's just part of reading a wip. but when i get messages or comments like these with people telling me how they don't like waiting for updates, or comments directly asking me to post more than once a week, or--back when i did take a break--comments begging me not to take a break, it all adds together and builds up and creates this pressure to write more, write faster, post the new ch now now now. if you were the only person making this type of comment, it probably wouldn't bother me and i'd just respond and go "thanks lol" and move on. but the problem is that you aren't the only one--since more people have started reading the fic, i've consistently been getting comments like these, where the backhanded pressure to write more or write faster is couched in compliments. it's just so hard to wait for updates because i love your writing so much! i just want you to write more and post now and write faster because i love your writing so much! i know it's all well-intended, but none of it makes me feel good. it just makes me feel a mounting pressure to produce produce produce.

i feel like there are so many conversations happening in this fandom about how we need to treat writers better, where people go "the fandom is so shitty" and everyone goes "yeah!" but no one ever thinks they're part of the problem. and i think it's because everyone thinks the problem is like...really blatantly rude and entitled messages. and like, i get those too--people telling me they don't like a certain characterization and asking me to rewrite the fic; people repeatedly demanding that i write a certain fic for them; people just outright shitting on things i've written because they don't like it and for some reason think i want to know that. but none of that is super common. what is super common is the steady stream of comments and messages like this one, where they are so well-intended and don't see anything wrong with what they're saying because they think they're giving me a compliment. but all these "compliments" build up and create this pressure that hangs over my head to be constantly producing and writing, which is ultimately what leads to burnout and also makes me feel like i'm not being seen as a person so much as a machine. 

so like. idk. i'm not gonna try to speak for every writer in the fandom; maybe there are people out there who do appreciate this kind of message, who feel like it motivates them to write. but for me, i want to make it clear: i really don't appreciate being asked to write more or write faster or to write a certain trope/ship/etc; i am not a waiter taking your order at a restaurant. writing fic is not a service i'm providing for you that you pay me for in comments or kudos or messages or any sort of attention, because i am not writing for that attention in the first place. so when it comes to interacting with me, i'd ask that you reevaluate the way you give compliments and think about what sort of pressure you're putting on me, regardless of how well-intentioned your message is. again, no hard feelings towards you--like i said, this message probably wouldn't even register as pressuring to me if not for the fact that i get so many little comments like it, all from equally well-intentioned people who think they're just giving a compliment, all of which builds up together. 

anyway. all that being said. to answer your question: the fic will likely be four parts, not three as i originally intended. it will probably end up somewhere between 100-200k words based on the fact that we're already at 80k and i've only just started part iii, but i am not going to put pressure on myself to write a certain amount of words or hit a certain length. i'm just going to write what i want to write when i want to write, and share it as i want to share it. i'm happy to have you along if you want to be here, but if the cliffhangers or waiting for updates becomes too unenjoyable for you then there's no pressure for you to stay, yknow? no hard feelings on my end either way :•)

#have been talking w a few friends abt this recently and just. felt like it was getting to a point where i need 2 set a boundary lol #like again don't want to come across as ungrateful bc i DO appreciate the kind words and i love talking abt my writing w people #but those kind words and conversation are not the reason i write in the first place. i write in the first place purely for the fun + joy #of writing a story that i want to read #so as much as i appreciate the compliments etc #people being nice to me about my writing does not then entitle those people to make requests or demands about the way i write #yknow? #feel like its hard to phrase this without sounding cunty lol but like. it is simply the truth #anyway. like i said no hard feelings towards the person who sent this message truly #i just picked this as an opportunity to respond to allll the comments + messages like it #might put a note at the end of the next ch or something bc this type of thing happens in the comments moreso than tumblr messages #which is part of why i usually just ignore and move on but. it builds up guys #and it's only been increasing so. feel like i need to be firm abt setting expectations etc #ask #wfrau #ranting and raving