#some of these characters aren't mine

[sciderman]

I swear I have read your big post regarding Peter Parker's neurodivergence and why it is best to avoid labelling him, but he definitely has a weird brain

Can't find it and feel kinda sad about it cuz I deeply related to it

i know exactly which post you're talking about and i can't find it either! i've raked through my archive, and it's just - nowhere to be seen. i think tumblr eated it (it happens.)

really, tumblr's search functionality is so so useless, i don't know what to tell you. there are plenty of keywords i can search to find it that post, but the search functionality actually just does not work!

undiagnosed audhd-addled peter parker, my darling, my light, my life, my everything.

i think peter parker's such an interesting creature to write, because a lot of people will point to a certain behaviour about him and say "this is an autistic thing, right?" but a lot of those behaviours are actually, in my head, tied to certain traumas in peter's life too.

people say "oh, the food thing, peter's a picky eater because he's autistic" and yes, absolutely. but also it's tied to his trauma with his parents.

peter gets overstimulated, and yes, it's an autism thing, but also he was bitten by a radioactive spider and his senses are dialled to 11.

it's a similar case i've found for myself, too – where a lot of friends i have kind of diagnose me because i have autistic traits, but actually - i'm hesitant to claim the label or pursue diagnosis because, actually, i know where these certain behaviours come from, and they come from certain traumas. there are events i can pinpoint in my life and say "yep. that's where this behaviour comes from."

so - i think there's a lot of overlap between trauma and autistic traits. the brain is very complex! i think the reason for that overlap is maybe as simple as the fact that people with autism and people with trauma are both doing the same thing - developing behaviours to protect themselves or soothe themselves. so - i think it's nice to be able to see a character like peter parker, who may or may not be autistic, but recognise behaviours in him and see yourself in him.

people who go undiagnosed for whatever reason - people who are really good at masking - so good, in fact, that they have no idea they might be on the spectrum - everyone and anyone at all can look at peter parker and recognise themselves. because i think we discredit the thought that every single brain does the same thing! develops certain behaviours in order to survive. every brain has that same software - we've just all been faced with different hardships that we need to overcome, and that's were all the differences come in.

autism is a spectrum, i guess - everyone falls into it to some degree. and i think events in your life probably push you along on it. but i don't know, i didn't study brain science. probably what i'm saying is very stupid and uninformed. of course there's brain chemistry involved. but i know people in my life living with autism and certain events in their life have exacerbated certain behaviours or made coping with it a lot more difficult. so maybe trauma is a catalyst.

#a lot of my traits have been exacerbated lately and i remember it was much easier for me before #and some of my friends have said “oh it's because you've been masking too long and now you're facing autistic burnout.” #and that made sense to me i think. #but then i found out about the stress thing. me overproducing stress hormone. and that's a very physical thing. #and that explains why i've been overstimulated more than usual lately. and why everything feels like too much. #and i wonder how many of these traits of mine are going to subside once i have lamar removed #and it makes me wonder a lot of things. and it's so weird how much your brain is tied to your biology. #i wonder how much i'll change. i wonder how i'll feel. i wonder if i'll still feel like me. i wonder how much me is me right now. #and how much of me is being altered by weird freaky hormones. who am i?? who will i be?? #i'm almost looking at this as like. a superhero origin story of some sort. like this is my spider-bite moment. maybe. #will i be different? will i cope with things differently?? now that my body isn't fighting something anymore?? #maybe i'll be normal. i don't know. i don't know. #i don't know what it'll mean for me. #but all of these things mean i relate to peter parker in a certain kind of way #i don't think you have to be diagnosed with autism to recognise and empathise with those traits i think #i think everyone can see themselves in peter. and i think that's the benefit of having characters that aren't diagnosed. #because there's so much overlap in the human experience. and certain feelings aren't exclusive to just one group of people. #peter has such a rich identity actually. it's an autistic thing. it's a queer thing. it's a jewish thing. it's a trauma thing. #there are so many overlapping parts of peter's identity that inform who he is and how he behaves and it's never just one thing. #it's a product of all of his things. #just like me! just like everyone. #so me? i guess i can be a million things. you can explain what i am in a million different ways. #a hundred different psychologists can all come up with different ways to explain why i be the way i be. #i don't think it's something that can be simplified. #sorry wow. i'm really going off here in the tags. #i hope people don't think i'm stupid. i don't know brain science. i'm just philosophising as usual. #sci speaks

[goldensunset]

i really do think terra would be the final boss for therapists. yeah i know everyone in kh has low self esteem and scrambled memories and repressed ptsd and guilt etc etc don't get me wrong they all need serious help. but there's that and then there's getting your very being split into three parts remaining separate for over a decade. mere fragments of his being trying to hold onto themselves. he was torn apart mind body and soul. and this is BEFORE you factor in the problems he already had and the strong anger and grief etc etc. he walks into the therapist's office and they're completely baffled within the first five minutes of listening to him talk because literally what is he even saying? how do you even begin to dissect that

#it is genuinely incredible to me that he exists to this day as himself #xion is the other one where it's like wow i can't believe anyone found a way to bring you back #but such is the power of the heart! #terra it's like ok so yeah we gathered up all the pieces they were all right there close-ish to each other #but like i can't believe you could really just slap them back together and have it work out cleanly #there's no way he doesn't have severe and lasting mental damage from all that #:( #get that man some help. nomura please expand upon the lasting trauma everyone has #(i know he won't but like) #(it would be the perfect time for the other characters who aren't currently doing anything in the story) #kingdom hearts #terra #kh terra #kh #mine: kh

[r0semultiverse]

What We Do in the Land of Ooo

🧛‍♂️ What We Do in the Shadows x Adventure Time crossover AU! ⚔

Finn Mertens in place of Guillermo de la Cruz

Marceline Abadeer in place of Nadja of Antipaxos

Bonnibel Bubblegum in place of Laszlo Cravensworth

Jake the dog in place of Colin Robinson

Vampire King in place of Nandor The Relentless

Betty Grof in place of The Guide

The Lich in place of Baron Afanas

Peppermint Butler in place of Wallace the Necromacer

Simon Petrikov in place of Derek

BMO in place of Nadja Doll (her old consciousness uploaded or something was an idea I had)

Marshall Lee & Gary Gumball/Prince in place of Sean & Charmaine

#I want to clarify that I don't have any plans to write this out as some sort of fanfic. #I also don't have any plans to draw actual redesigns for any of these characters. #this is all an indefinite WIP; anyone who wants to make content about the idea please tag me please I'd to see it! #also want to mention that this was somewhat inspired by recent fionna and cake content! #I suppose this AU could take place in the land of Ooo or it could take place on staten island but I was thinking land of Ooo #up to yall though if you wanna sketch any ideas from this lol #I was just trying to find images that somewhat fit the character they're in place of if you're curious as to why I chose the images I did! #also this isn't going with the nandermo stuff to clarify before people are like hey this is gross; no read the tags first; read my rambles! #these aren't 1-to-1 character crossovers; obviously I'd want to take some liberties with each of them if I were to put more effort into it! #vampire bonnie bubblegum would be cool to see! it doesn't need to make sense; we're having fun with it here! Vampire Betty Grof too! #Finn could also be an adult here if y'all want; I wasn't thinking too hard about this; just popped into my head & wanted to jot stuff down! #I'd also be curious to hear what adventure time characters you'd put in the roles of the wwdits ones; replacing mine or ones #that i didn't end up listing! I'd love to see a vampire Simon Petrikov & Finn Mertens though if anyone wants to draw that. anyway thats it! #mine #op #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #adventure time #adventure time fionna and cake #fionna and cake #adventure time spoilers

[flufflecat]

Grease pencil sketches 🖤

#greedling #greed fma #fullmetal alchemist #ily grease pencils #you are so good at forcing me to simplify a character #and also so good at forcing me to live with my mistakes #there's some sort of philosophical lesson in there but it's 6:30am which means I can't find it #(these poses aren't mine btw) #(I'm just copying canon artwork until I get the hang of him) #ok I should actually sleep now gootnight #fluffle art #I ain't drawn in a while huh

[nostalgia-tblr]

how the FUCK are there only 38 dubcon lokius fics???

#it practically writes itself tho??? #the interrogater/prisoner thing alone should have launched at least a few hundred fics! #my god must i do EVERYTHING myself around here?! #one of the 38 is mine so the answer to that is 'yes' apparently #dark lokius #or the lack thereof #fandom (general) deciding to adopt “wholesome” as the main selling-point for pairings is a move that leaves me cold and deprived #what about MY needs eh? eh? eh???? #UPDATE: they are mostly fluff or some other character doing the dubcon or in some other way... aren't. OH WELL. #*dramatic hands-in-the-air flounce*

[elfsroot]

"By river you have the chance of outrunning the enemy to the Falls of Rauros."

#The Lord of the Rings #lotr #lotrgifs #aragorn #celeborn #movie: the lord of the rings #character: celeborn #character: aragorn #mine: lotr #mine: gifs #not the most glorious return to gif-ing cause my photoshop kept crashing and this coloring is horrendous #blue-ish scenes definitely aren't my forte #but i refused to give up #i felt like celeborn needed some love

[merrilark]

i am quietly begging people to stop throwing around the term "sociopath" for any character who holds others at an arm's length or appears emotionally closed off.

nine outta ten times it's trauma and self-preservation, not sociopathy.

#if i had a nickel... #people can have their own headcanons but like. #five and klaus hargreeves - nathan young - sherlock holmes - and patrick jane aren't sociopaths. canonically. #and i know i know bbc sherlock is a self-proclaimed sociopath but he is *not* a sociopath. he's wrong or lying. #as... unfortunate as some of the writing is one of the big recurring points of the show is that sherlock IS very attached to people. #same with all the other characters i listed tbh. most don't want to be attached to people bc they don't want to be hurt but they *are*. #anyway this is a pet peeve of mine skdfls please feel free to ignore me. #merri mumbles #should i make a tag specifically for fandom-related rants and complaints? #i could tag it 'fandom wank' but i'm not. particularly fond of that term lol

[arohuacheng]

hi everybody! in case you did not know, xie lian, man who spent 800 years not even thinking about sex until someone came along who he was interested in and who was interested in him and took the time to be with him and go on silly little adventures with him and genuinely get to know him and be friends with him, is demisexual. just like. a public service announcement.

#just in case you didn't know. had to be said #talking #tgcf #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #demi xie lian #there better be content in that tag when i go into it later. #ace xie lian tag had like. four posts in it that were actually about him and one of them was mine #hiding this a little deeper in the tags but there is something to be said about mxtx's little habit of having her protags be Suddenly Gay #we are NOT looking at wwx getting put in the body of a gay teenager and suddenly being gay rn. we're not. #but when we talk about her books and (some of us talk about) her fetishization of gay men it's something that has to be said #where characters aren't really allowed to be gay until the main relationship is Happening and only with that one person #anyway. that said. something of the sort absolutely happened with xie lian when she was writing him #and with THAT said. what she did was unwittingly make him aspec. lol

[ofgentleresolve]

the way i think moving blogs might help with my enthusiasm on here but also not knowing if it would actually help....

#that would be truly wonderful ( ooc. ) #( tbd. ) #negative cw #i also honestly hate moving blogs.... #ugh i miss writing on here and my other blogs #but something just?? hasn't been feeling right?? kinda like #my writing or characters aren't engaging enough bc they tend to be goody two shoes ( which is my comfort ngl ) #but i guess...i just feel off in general? i miss some of my writing partners #and that's not anyone's fault!! life happens and motivations change....i wish mine will too :/ and i don't mind waiting #i thought renovating might help but i can't help but think it wasn't as effective :/ #i also will admit this is partially ( okay entirely ) my fault i know i haven't bee active on reaching out and talking to ppl #and i haven't been nearly as active on here as i've wanted to #if you got to the end of this thank you for reading #just so you know i'm already very satisfied with my current set of partners and active plots and want to expand to new ppl too #i will be gone for most of this weekend so i won't be able to write much/talk with ppl on discord #so have a good weekend in the meanwhile everyone

[princess-of-the-corner]

Do you use references when drawing? I have this sketch in my head but I kinda need a reference to actually draw it and Google is only kinda helpful

I do but I don't... really have a library of references? Usually i'll have a pose in mind and can look one up on the fly or just take pictures of myself if needed.

#though using myself as pose reference did fuck some things up because uh #hyperflexibility! #joints aren't supposed to bend like that but mine do and now so do the characters I draw!

[linabirb]

hi brain this is me speaking directly to you. ik that bc of my did it's. VERY easy for you to just absorb characters and make them LITERALLY live in my head but let's not turn my sudden hyperfixation on one character into another introject alright. alright sweetie. please. PLEASE I CANT TAKE IT PLEASE-

#I KNOW I SOUND INSANE BUT. THE FACT THAT I CAN CLEARLY FEEL THAT SOME THOUGHTS AREN'T EXACTLY “MINE” #AND THEY SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT CHARACTER WOULD SAY AND NOT ME.. #I'M SOBBING I FEEL LIKE A WEREWOLF WHO'S AFRAID OF TRANSFORMING IN FRONT OF SOMEONE #also. can my brain stop introjecting characters that have. an intelligence level that is so so different from mine #WHY DO YOU KEEP PUTTING THE SMART ONES INSIDE MY HEAD!!! STOP!! IT'S EMBARRASSING!!! #[ 🏖️ 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌!! ] #[ 💚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 ]

[catastrophic-crisis]

Thanks for coming to the cafe menu planning meeting! Pirate commander Morgan's crew are planning a hero-themed cafe to raise funds, and we've designed aspects of it from the menu to the gift shop items to the uniforms!

Some menu highlights are:

Ichigold ( @bigassrobots ), with themes of strawberry and mango:

Strawberry soda with mango popping boba and optional mango-mystery energy shot, comes with club-shaped stirrer

Strawberry milk tea with bubble and foam with visor symbol dusting, with club stirrer

Strawberry-shaped sponge cake with cream center and surprise collector's coin (and choking hazard), sat upon a mango drizzle and mint leaves for decoration

Cheesecake with mango topping and lined with strawberries

Dracokaiser/Dracoempress ( @breadcrab ), with themes of lavender and berries:

Violet brioche sheep gelato sandwich with sheep horns

Violet croissant with cream and fruit filling

Dracoempress Lavender Latte

Dracokaiser Raspberry Espresso

Draco opera cake and glossy mousse cake

Pabs ( @pabs-art ) with themes of strawberry, rice, and carrot slices cut into sun shapes:

Strawberry cereal milk donut topped with puffed rice cereal

Matcha mochi donut with strawberry pieces inside

Rice beast roulette of rice balls shaped like rice beasts with a salmon filling, with one of the rice beasts filled with a surprise big bite of spicy wasabi filling!

Curry with rice beast-shaped rice mound and carrots cut into suns

Pabs-shaped ceramic soup crock with hoodie cozy

Tul Glass of Water

As well as: shrimp-filled sushi, White Dusk-themed Drink, and pink-colored donut holes

VJay ( @golden-x-mage ):

Choco-Bisexual Berry Bunny Sundae, one which comes with chocolate custard on top of a blueberry crumble flavor and the other extra tall with chocolate on top of scoops of strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry ice cream. Both are topped with chocolate shavings and a white chocolate heart filled with fruit filling

Carrot cake loaf/blueberry coffee cake with chocolate center shaped like a rabbit

As well as: a bunny snacking veggie platter

Virtual Hero V-Ranger ( @virtualherovranger )

Vee-za with flakes in two kinds: filthy American barbecue and classic style with stripes of toppings (buffalo-flavored/blue cheese/potato/pulled pork/Hawaiian) (margherita/eggplant/mozzarella/meat/cheese)

Cherry-flavored Pepsi (homemade)

Hero's lemonade with floating frozen fruit

Striped soda with layers of fruit flavors (cherry/blue raspberry/coconut/peach/pineapple)

Planet mascot chocolate piñata with fruit filling 🍓

Harvester Core Unit 86:

Definitely Not Human Flesh Nachos come with bottle of signature Extra Chunky Salsa, and comes in two types: classic and pulled pork style

Harvester Operation-style dessert medley: a tray with wells filled with various sweets like gear-shaped cookies that you pull out with little tongs

Rafael, Knight-Errant:

Paired with filling options like beef stew in the restaurant, multiple mugs/tankards are available for sale:

A hand-painted leather

Stainless steel with silicone grip reminiscent of his torso

Novelty coffee mug with meme and defined knightly rear end

#jupiterposting #if you'd like to see your own character's stuff lemme know and I can nab a png for you #sorry for the @s but I wanted to make clear that the characters aren't mine. hi guys #if you want me to unlink you lemme know. I know I don't like my tongle being shared on other platforms #left some stuff out of this post

[dawningfairytale]

i want to write many things. many many things. in all of them, i would like a minimum of two bi characters, and in one of them i want all characters to be bi.

neither is common in media, so i guess it means i have to make it myself, even if it's just for me.

#also bc i want original media blah blah blah #and by 'bi' i mean 'bisexuality/biromanticism in its many forms incl. ace/aro bi folks and split attraction bi folks' #bi #bisexual #i want content thank you #i think the first bi character i saw was rosa diaz in brooklyn 99 when i was 14. i first thought 'oh i might be a little bi' when i was 15. #i also saw brittany on glee. again when i was 14. and crazy ex-girlfriend i think i was 15. #and those are really the three main shows that actually said 'bisexual' or 'bi'. #if i had these more frequently or from an earlier age i might have Figured Some Things Out earlier #(also i didn't watch lok so that's why i'm not mentioning it) #and then toh and hsmtmts and heartstopper have existed as more recent properties #and clearly i haven't been including books eg. well. heartstopper. and an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green. #but still. the fact is that there is not a lot of bisexuality in mainstream media. (it's especially lacking for bi folks who aren't women) #i'm really grateful that rosa was the first bi character i saw #bc they explained 'she goes both ways. this isn't a phase or point of confusion for her.' #and the way her parents reacted is exactly how i imagine mine would #i got sidetracked #and even still. only one of those shows has multiple canonically bi characters. #and maybe if i had these from a younger age or more frequently i would've been able to notice 'that's not platonic/a rolemodel' #i'm really grateful that we have shows with younger target audiences showing bi characters but that said it's so few #and i'm still really thankful that hsmtmts depicts a girl who's multisexual who has a boyfriend but figures out 'oh this is attraction. #to a girl.' #and she processes that. and while it's not perfect (i made a post on it mid-september' gosh i felt seen. #also also while i'm here i don't want to write exclusively secular queer characters. i mean 1. that's not an experience i've lived #but 2. even if it were. apparently a lot of queer adults in the us identify as religious. #and it's selfish but. if i had a queer christian character that would've helped me a lot. like there are queer ways of approaching faith. #how does a christian character approach the realisation that they aren't straight? #it's a journey #and it would've helped me understand. before i knew anything about myself. that it was okay. #that sometimes the nuance is most clearly seen when you exist in it. when you are the grey area.

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

curious to see what y'all consider your funniest or best ao3 custom tags

#in the tags #reblog game #ao3 #ao3 tags #mine are: #I am aware I am mean and evil for this #if you came in here for sexy sexy times this isn't the fic for you #clueless hexagon is clueless #unbetaed we use our half a brain cell like rokkaku #the man needs some flaws dammit #we take what we like from canon and don't worry about the rest here #character study via dumb decisions and sex #<< that one's my all time fave #ramblings of a confused gay character #when silly ideas become a full fic #princess carries because princess carries superior #we are making connections that aren't there because why not #two well meaning but clueless people having a conversation #kissing as in please shut up #whatever you call 'i don't like him i just like messing with him WAIT WHEN DID I FALL IN LOVE' #discovering feelings and being like noooooooooooooooo about it #i'd say i'm not mad just disappointed but that would be a lie so here we go girls because we deserve it #sorry for being annoying it's my birthday #had this thought and was like 'yeah okay that's fic worthy' #the power of friendship and gayness combine #Violence Besties Being Violent

[carbonateddelusion]

THAT REMINDS ME- I need to draw another entry for the explanation posts.. I think I'll give a rundown on the two (three? sane AU Eddie isn't really his own thing) versions of Edgar and how his relationship with The Main Antagonist Dude (Eli/Jack) impacts the narrative

I'll definitely need some input from Ben for Elijah's portion, though

#it's a shame tho bc eli's universe is nowhere near as developed... #bc i have jack brainworm and it's much easier to decide things when you control the two MCs #vs when you have to have an in depth convo before you make any decisions bc the antagonist is your friend's #also Benny has a really hard time putting his thoughts about Elijah into words. he has trouble with expressing characterization in general #not in a narrative way but in a 'i can't talk about my own characters and explain things because only one person speaks Benninese' way #im very aware that it looks like i make all the big decisions but that's why i push so hard to remind everybody of ben's influence!!! #half of the characters aren't mine after all! #some of the most important narrative decisions (jack and isaac's EXISTENCE; basically everything abt their family including maddie; #the deaths of a lot of the children; eli's motivations in general which helped me feel out and learn how i wanted jack to be etc) #were his idea!! and im sure there's way more but i can't even remember.them bc at this point they're so integral to the foundation of the #narrative itself and its themes. i am the biggest ben supporter #i promise i am not the only man behind the curtain he is also very present #rox rumblings #me things #oc ramblings #beanie tag #i'm just like... the spokesperson. i am the face of the brand but we are both behind the scenes coming up with the formula together #i have the big fancy flourishes but we are both cooking

[birbhouse-doodles]

All I do lately is paint my d&d characters, shrug emoji

#mine #d&d #I am silly but I am free. it's my stress relief painting spree and I get to choose the subject matter. etc etc #been staring at this too long I think. it's not really done but I need to call it done #there are def some things that aren't 100% working for me with this one but I gotta say. hee hoo texture. favorite part very tasty #this game and character are pretty new so I'm still figuring out what she looks like. probs needs to look older #anyway nobody told me how fun it would be to play a regular degular human fighter #token Normal Ass Motherfucker #just a guy with a boomerang didn't ask for all this fLYING and mAGIC