#voice from the bones

[boxofbonesfic]

I feel really guilty reading fanfics that were made specifically for black readers. Like I'm encroaching on a space that isn't meant for me. I typically try not to read them but I do share them so others who are black can read them. I want to support black content creators without overstaying or pushing my way into a place I'm not invited. Having said that, thank you for all your hard work and well written content.

this made me really sad because what i and other black authors want more than anything is for our work to be read, by everyone. with all due respect, this is absolutely the least way you could be supportive of black writers. how is it supporting us to ignore our work and read the least diverse fanfiction possible? all myself and other black writers have asked for is to be given the same opportunities and care in fandom as our white counterparts—ignoring our work doesn’t help us get seen, doesn’t help us get support, find readers or community, it simply excludes us.

i have not seen a single black author say their work isn’t intended to be read by nonblack people or nonPoC—what i HAVE seen is people asking white authors and community members to be more inclusive in their own work, and to not write characters of color if they are only going to adhere to stereotypes or racist depictions. none of that is a call for our non PoC community members to exclude us and ignore our work. you can’t support us like that.

i appreciate that you love my work “in spite” of it’s inclusiveness to my community, but i really think it would serve you to try and unpack this mindset, friend. ❤️

#ask the bones #voice from the bones #diversity equity and inclusion #fandom

[cutetanuki-chan]

#I don't know how to caption this I just heard in my head Alecto in voice of Rosa from b99 saying you two just need to bone #the locked tomb #griddlehark #gideon nav #kiriona gaia #harrowhark nonagesimus #nona the ninth #nona the ninth spoilers #alecto the ninth #art

[milkbreadtoast]

idk how i want to draw him yet and not ready to make a srs attempt but here's a bad kdj phone doodle lol🚶🏻

#orv #kim dokja #omniscient reader's viewpoint #my art #oh yeah i didnt have ref for this fkdnfn was going off memory of the last (first) time i drew him #i cant do a serious attempt tho bc i havent read the novel so i dont have a clear image of him in my head yet... #(dont want to just copy the webtoon design hastily... if it matches my image thats fine but... idk yet) #my main opinion on the webtoon design is he's too hot/ikemen tho KFJDKDJ (this is what i thought since the beginning) #its like BONES mp100 anime reigen.... kdj is like manga reigen to me /j #but who knows maybe if i catch kdj brainrot i too will start drawing him like a kpop idol out of affection...🤷🏻‍♂️ #like the webtoon artist prob draws kdj pretty bc they love him sm #just like how i draw jys pretty bc of my brainrot... #so who knows maybe that will happen to me too🤷🏻‍♂️ time will tell #my main opinion on webtoon yjh (no one asked): CUTE BUT WHERES THE T1TTY BEL- *voice muffled as i get dragged away* #(copied most of these tags from twit too lazy to retype the commentary) #EDIT: i call him reigen jokingly bc theyre abt the same age but #kdj is also mob core to me.... #in that theyre both protags that dont look flashy and look more like extras/'mob charas' #yet r irrevocably unequivocably the protags of their respective stories #(just as everyone is the protag of your own life! sieze ur narrative! etcetc🖤) #also. both black haired bowlcut havers KJDJS #kdj is reigen coded (derogatory) and mob coded (POS) #hes also a 'con man like reigen..... yep hes def still reigen coded

[demigods-posts]

I've seen a lot of discourse about Virginia Kull's portrayal of Sally Jackson in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series, and I'd like to say that I loved her. Don't get me wrong. I love Sally from the original book series, and I, too, would fight the God of War on her behalf. But something that I enjoyed about Virginia's portrayal of Sally that we don't get in the books is the character depth. We don't hear much of Sally's backstory in the TV series, apart from a couple of flashbacks with younger Percy and that scene with Poseidon (Toby Stephens). However, those scenes do an excellent job of showing us that alongside being Percy's mother, Sally is also a young woman who fell in love with a man she could not be with and is enduring the natural consequences of having Percy. She struggles to communicate with him when she's frustrated, gets teary-eyed when she lies to him to prolong the inevitable, and actively sacrifices her happiness to ensure his safety. Virginia Kull's portrayal of Sally Jackson reinforces the character's humanity, imperfections, and determination, and it's everything to me.

#i once saw someone say they disliked the portrayl of sally jackson because she raised her voice at percy and I'm just #*sighs* #sally is essentially a single mom who is constantly being plagued with the notion that her son may not live to see sixteen #she has to prepare him for a life that she knows is going to break him like a bone #except she has to keep some secrets from him to ensure his safety for the time being #all the while #she is plauged with guilt knowing she and poseidon contributed to placing this burden upon him #and it is even more apparent when percy voices his disappointment in her behavior as a mother #and all she wants to do is be there with him every step of the way #but knows that she can't #and you're mad because she raised her voice at him???? #parents do that (and i wish they didn't) but they do #sally is not perfect in any way and i love her for it #give her some grace #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo text post #pjo #pjo tv adaptation #pjo tv show #pjo tv concept #pjo tv series #pjo tv spoilers #sally jackson #sally jackson appreciation #sally jackson appreciation post #sally jackson is amazing #they could never make me hate you #also virignia kull is an amazing actress and i don't know if it was clear that i love her but i love her in case it wasn't clear

[stealingyourbones]

Short DPXDC Prompts #471

Danny uses the gargoyles and grotesques in Gotham to speak to various Gothamites.

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dp x dc prompt #danny phantom #dc comics #bones prompts #writing prompts #via possession of the objects somehow #maybe it’s just a voice that comes from the sculptures #or maybe he manages to make the gargoyles fuckin animated n talk. i haven’t watched that gargoyle tv show but ya know #make them bitches sentient

[bonebabbles]

God the new ultimate guide sucks

It's not JUST the awful art, either. The art's just worth mentioning because even if the book's info had been terrible or contained nothing new, really cute art can make it still worth having.

But, no, it's even full of recycled lines we've been hearing for years like "Bramblestar Can Match Squirrelflight's Fire Not Contain It," and that's when it DOES get everything right. These entries leave out major, important details (making them bad summaries) and are sometimes even straight-up incorrect.

SUMMARY THOUGHTS

Leafpool is said to have watched Brambleclaw kill Hawkfrost to save Firestar-- but for one, no, she was not there because Ashfur was still leading her and Squilf towards the scene. For two, no, Brambleclaw did not kill Hawkfrost just to save Firestar, it was self-defense. Hawkfrost had him pinned and was going to kill him.

They're REAL cute about Leafpool's death, too, neglecting to mention WHY the Sisters needed to be saved at all and just saying Leafpool's "generosity" lead to her death in that cave-in.

I'm not even going to get into everything on Bramble's entry jesus christ.

Sagewhisker's entry is ESPECIALLY fucken' dandy, framing Yellowfang's Secret like she was simply waiting patiently for Yellow to realize her 'destiny' and not actively shoving it on her at every opportunity.

Leopardstar's entry states that romantic interest in Tigerstar was part of her motivation. "Perhaps she'd hoped he would be her mate" please speak to a woman irl for once in your life.

Gray Wing's entry forgot that the reason he "blamed himself" for Bright Stream's death is because he was literally staring at his big strong brother too much and tripped on a root in front of him. It IS his fault she died.

Clear Sky/Skystar's entry is just obscene. "He regretted abandoning his son and after a fire, he encouraged him to live with him" instead of "saw his teenage child was useful now and bullied and belittled the kid and his uncle into letting Thunder come with him." "Retaining his fierceness towards his cats and outsiders which caused his son to leave" instead of "murdering, brutalizing, and abusing everyone around him caused Thunder to leave." I'll just say this tho; "Fierce" is an interesting way to spell "Cruel."

It's interesting that they don't point out that a major part of Jagged Peak's arc was proving he was "Just As Good" as every other cat in spite of his disability, thanks to his introduced-and-pregnant-in-the-same-book wife becoming his life coach, only earning Clear Sky's respect after being allowed to physically lead a patrol in Blazing Star. Instead they frame him finding his place through taking care of kits, which... was something he seemed to resent in the actual series, considering how the books suddenly treat Gray Wing's protective treatment of him as a terrible thing in Blazing Star because he "didn't give him a chance". But at the same time I actually strongly dislike Jagged Peak and his messy, frustrating character arc so I'm not really UPSET with it. Just... noting it. I suppose this is the official direction they're taking away from it?

Shadowstar's entry is barely even 3 paragraphs yikes.

SHORT STORY THOUGHTS

And if you're wondering if the 4 brand new stories they smooshed into the end in a desperate attempt to make the rush job worth buying are good? No. Of course not. They're all slop.

Story 1: Firestar and Graystripe

First one's a marginally cute story about Graystripe and Firestar which is setting up the framing device linking the mini-tales together. They both remember this situation where Firestar fell into a ditch wrong. The punchline is that Thunderstar remembers it perfectly and they're both like, "WOW! Too bad Thunderstar's memory sucks!"

It's not terrible, but it does feel a bit pointless. But, hey, if you want more Firestar and Graystripe in the series that tosses them fanservice at every turn, who am I to judge?

Story 2: Dovewing and Ivypool

The next one is the Dovewing/Ivypool reconciliation passage everyone's talking about. It's... fine, but immensely dissatisfying to me.

Dovewing is apparently having problems adjusting to her Clan, grapples a little bit with the fact she has no friends but is going to be finding meaning in helping tigerHeartstar "bring the new ShadowClan into existence." She ultimately decides that she needs to talk to her sister, and begs for reassurance that Ivypool believes in her, feeling that her support can help her get through this difficult time in her life.

I think its biggest problem is that Dovewing was not the right choice for the POV here.

Dove was never the one responsible for the rift in their relationship. Ivypool is. Ivypool is the one who was jealous, willing to sabotage anything that would put Dovewing closer to Tigerheart, and continues to be generally aggressive towards her. So when Dovewing is reaching out to Ivypool in hopes of them reconciling, it feels wrong because Ivypool is the one that should be reaching out to Dovewing. SHE is the one who has some things to apologize for, and to show how much she loves and misses her.

It's even kind of frustrating, because Dovewing can never catch a break. She has to have these problems to force her to reach out, Ivypool even ends up suggesting that she leave and come home and take her kids with her, but in the end even a LITTLE bit of assurance from her aggressive sister helps.

I feel super bad for Dovewing, man. She deserves better than this cheap writing. What was the point of such an unsatisfying, rushed reconciliation, shoved into a crummy field guide, when we KNOW from the newest book that they're just going to use tension between them as part of the drama anyway?

shouldn't have even been written, imo. Even ends off with, "They'll always have each other :)" which is so... cliche. It's TIRED. Are any of you really happy with just getting a retconned platitude in a good-for-nothing field guide, instead of seeing complicated, INTERESTING feelings in a main book?

Story 3: Alderheart and Twigbranch

A tale of Cherryfall getting sick during TBC and Alderheart sneaks back into the territory to treat her. Also Crowfeather has a scene where he yells at him. Charming.

Twigbranch comes up with a diversion while Alderheart does his work, which is cute. It's a fine story.

Story 4: Clear Sky

Trash. Three dogs spawn in the middle of a gathering so that Skystar can have an uwu big boy sendoff saving his grandkit. Then he goes to StarClan and throws a fit because they can't give him ANOTHER life, becoming so upset that he attacks the nearest woman. Naturally, Shadowstar brushes it off because it's not the first time Clear Sky has pummeled her in the midst of an adult tantrum and this book series thinks violence is fine if their favorite sadboy does it.

Then Gray Wing brings him to the magic mirror pool where you can see the living, to confirm that Star Flower is ok and that makes him feel better.

Then it launches into Firestar saying "ouuuugh yum I LOVE the taste of his butthole. Clear Sky is so misunderstood, He Just Loved Too Much."

to which Graystripe responds, "Yes, he was a good and amazing person and his farts smells SO good, and can you believe that some people think StarClan punished his Clan for his arrogance? As if he ever did anything wrong, ever?"

Firestar, indignant, refutes it with, "Ugh!! StarClan would NEVER be interesting, we don't punish living cats we just float around and make vague, frustrating prophecies that do nothing but pad the word count. Why cant ppl understand that, gosh."

who wrote this? Gray Wing??

#The amount of passive voice Clear Sky has to be surrounded with in order to look like a redeemable character is dizzying #I feel like I'm reading a headline about cops who blew up an orphanage every time I read anything official about him #oh wait im sorry. A ''high-pressure accident which occurred at a government institution with 3 officers present'' lmaooooo #ultimate field guide #bone babble #im actually REALLY glad actually they havent been making these #This was garbage #There were a few good things in this but overall? Absolute slop. I wouldn't even feed this to a pig. #I think this is actually down there with Cats of the Clans (with Rock) for worst field guide #This is abysmal #You would be better with the wiki summaries and the 4 stories are mid at best #What a shame that they re-pivoted so hard from Riverstar's SE which I was JUST praising for tossing out that shitty ''redemption arc'' #Nope. We're right back to square one. #How much do you guys wanna bet it's ONE writer who's OBSESSED with Clear Sky and every time he writes anything he does this #I'm not sure who wrote this one but let's see if my hunch is right lmao

[owlyflufff]

nothing will infuriate me more to the absolute core than Israelis mocking Palestinians, enjoying food, doing tiktoks, living in houses that still have electricity.

while there are hundreds of people losing their lives, numerous loved ones being killed, children losing their parents and their OWN lives, an entire future generation being wiped out to the point that the education system had to cancel the school year. they don't have access to wifi, to electricity, to basic needs and even the slightest sense of security.

yet the actual audacity for Israel to post videos asking for support and saying they're the ones suffering? the actual inhumanity of supporting them that wants a mass sweep of innocent lives?

if you support Israel and everything they're doing unfollow me this very instant

#free palestine #palestine #eli rambles #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #never been more disappointed and disgusted by humanity until this #mind you that they're literally using white phosphorus which sinks until it hits BONE #wake up and please use your voices

[thishazeleyeddemon]

Percy with sea-longing and growing gills when he's in the water, fingers and toes become webbed and ears warping into fins the longer he's in there. Sometimes he wonders if he's one day going to not turn back

#I need to make fucked up Eldritch hcs for all the forbidden children #pjo #riordanverse #Hazel's bones are diamond #She sometimes dreams about going into a cave and not coming out #It's not a scary dream. That's the worst part #Nico breathes shadow; hears the voices of the dead calling to him from empty buildings #They sound welcoming #Thalia is afraid of the sky not because she's afraid of falling. Because she's afraid of one day being swallowed by all that vast empty blu #and how much that thought doesn't scare her #can you tell I'm enamored with the TMA fears...... #I think being half-divine should be a little fucked up #the world is too big and yawning and wild to be that close to it #but don't you want to be consumed by what loves you? #pjo hoo toa

[bonescaps]

#OH booth wanted brennan to beat him up so bad #(brittany from glee voice) ... stop the violence #3x15 the pain in the heart #bonestv #temperance brennan #seeley booth #lance sweets #emily deschanel #david boreanaz #john francis daley #bones tv #bones caps #bones (2005)

[boxofbonesfic]

one more thing and i’ll shut up but i think one of the most amusing parts about all this is that nobody is asking you to write nonwhite readers specifically—we’re asking you to write inclusively.

i write with myself in mind—but i ALSO take care to try and keep things neutral unless otherwise tagged (naive, short, plus sized, etc). so in MY head? yeah a lot of my reader characters are black. but on paper? it’s up to you—which is, if i’m not mistaken, the entire point of xReader fics in the first place.

the bar is literally on the fucking floor and it’s still too high for some of you

#voice from the bones

[risingsunresistance]

blood god techno... drippy :]

#ough i have So Much to say about what's going on here #first of all the bone wing thing is about dragon techno so you can ignore that. that's for me JDHKFH #nether star included in the halo bc hehe nether creature #the eyes represent the voices. they usually either mimic him or just stare at him :0 #they are inspired by yuker bc i loved seeing the eyes always hover around text boxes n stuff in their comics #i would @ them but. well they deactivated. and also plenty of ppl use eyes so feels unnecessary to say ONE person inspired me #still. wanna give credit where it's due lol #THE BLOOD it just kinda generates. it's just Like That. it's not coming from anywhere and it isnt going anywhere #think of it like splatoon ink. just evaporates after a while #''why didnt you color this goat'' he literally just looks like that. think of it like a ghost. or a literal 2d image #casts himself onto walls JHFKFH #this all came from a bunch of different stuff but mostly the fact that everyone started calling him THE blood god #some hypixel lore had me convinved he was a worshipper but some admins and stuff have said things that make me think that's changed #so. the halo was handed down to him. title passed on :] #and SOMEONE forgot to tell a certain pig what he can actually do with his powers. so he has no idea how to be a god KHDKFH #i've rambled abt this a lot on priv. might repost them here if i feel like it #just to explain better #if you couldnt tell this is pary to do with his passing but im trying to avoid mentioning it too much #bc i dont want this to come off as a vent #technoblade #my art #rising sun #this is like 50% skyblock fanart i swear you gotta believe me

[fricklefracklefloof]

ur telling me they wrote a whole ass six of crows spinoff and netflix didn’t greenlight it…..

#GIIIIRRRRLLLLL #friendly reminder that i hate corporations! i hate streaming services! i hate executives that fuck over writers and stifle good art! #not that i think netflix did the best with grishaverse by any means. but Damn #grishaverse #shadow and bone #six of crows #(this was from leigh’s voice messages that she put out on instagram btw. they had the whole thing written. not greenlit.)

[lottieshauna]

i’m gonna get to 1k words for chapter 5 and then………….. biting fic

#got the bones for it gotta put meat on that bad boy now #also not me realizing that I have to split the og chapter 5 into two…. AGAIN…. #a really bad liar is gonna be 10 chapters atp #voices from the wilderness

[vse-kar-vem]

i wish i had two brains so i could think about joker out AND study for history ugh this is horrible

#literally forcing my brain away from thinking i HATE this #thank you manca and štras 1na1 for keeping me company 🥰 SPEAKING OF i finally caught up on josubs yesterday #and JOKER OUT CREDIT KOALA VOICE FOR PAVING THE WAY 🥹🥹🥹 im CRYING NOW WORK TOGETHER PROFESSIONALLY PLEASE #follow each other on instagram at least like throw me a bone 😭😭😭 #i LOVE koala voice literally every song a banger mountain man you will always have my heart ker tu je vse tako lepo song of my life #late to tbe party lesbian koalas <33333 #bullet in the brain cuz my looks dont talk that way !!!!!!!!!! #vede premikanja two plastic guns and a cadillac fuck yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!! #anyways big fan of koala voice #vee rambles #koala voice

[antennatoheaven]

ok most people agree that v1's voice, if it had one, would be that one crunchy SAM voice. but what does v2 get? my vote is on either a tiktok TTS voice, or a vocaloid but i don't know enough about the last one to decide

#ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #v2 ultrakill #v1 #v2 #ramblings #mostly bc it would be funny to hear a tiktok tts or vocaloid tell v1 to fuck off #and also. while i dont think they were created all that far apart from eachother. v1 having a bare bones voice #bc it was supposed to be a war machine of sorts #really fits when put next to v2. who then would have a more uhm #human voice i guess? bc they were built as a peacekeeper and what not #like. they get to be more humanized because of their assigned function. and v1 does not

[simikae]

leonardo, show me how the miraculous scapula moves like a torn wing

#my art #my finished stuff #my ocs #L564 #ask to tag #i don’t think this is particularly eyestrain-y but my computer has a tendency to catfish me. lmk and ill tag #anyway (r/malelivingspaces voice) I DONT THINK SHES HAPPY #to remove the humanity from the object of your idealism etc etc no longer flesh muscle and bone and so and such