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Ideas to have have your COD Reader Insert be more inclusive

a common topic in Cod Reader inserts is inclusivity and what can break the immersion of its the reader(or their OC Fill in). I’m here to show some ways to still have descriptions while being more inclusive

It’s okay if you intend the Reader Insert to be Female, Male or Gender Neutral(ditto if they are feminine, masculine or in between). Just remember to properly mention if say it’s Fem!Reader fic. People always appreciate a head up

Try to avoid stuff like color description when talking about stuff like hair and eyes. Ditto for hair textures like straight, wavy etc. Usually hair and eyes work just fine on its own and tend to flow better too. There are other ways to still have hair descriptions like” messy/tangled hair” or tied up/ pulled up”, at worse it’s a specific length. Ditto for eyes, like say if the reader’s eyes are red from crying/or just woke up from a nightmare

Stuff like Scars are okay. It makes sense if the reader is say in 141. Most won’t bat an eye at something the reader probably had picked up over the years. Or if they are a player insert(Bell for Example), it would make sense if they had a gunshot wound(since Bell was canonically shot in Cold War

If you want to avoid the dreaded blushing, you can say stuff along the line of “you felt heated” or “you started to warm up”. Ditto for marking , you can often just say”visible markings or just markings(or just say specifically bruises, welts etc) instead of mentioning the color red when describing them. When talking about skin, you say along the line “the fire made your skin glow”. Pale can be fine to use as a description since it usually refers to temporary lost of color

This is more for Fem!Readers(but can work as well for Male and Gender Neutral). In terms of height, try to keep in mind the average height of a woman(5,6-5,10). At worst, the description may be that the reader’s head may have to be tilted to look at their love interest. Again, properly list if the reader is intended to be petite/small or along the line of that

This is more a name thing, but if you don’t want to use y/n, try to avoid giving the reader a name. It can break the immersion if the reader keeps being called something like Lisa. Code names and Fake names are perfectly(ditto if you want to use nicknames). Or even if they are a player insert(again Bell as a example), you can simply use the name given to the player character for them

I hope this helps for people struggling to write inclusive reader inserts without sacrificing description much. I love to hear your thought in comments and Reblogs and please share for others to see

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x readers, we always hear about what takes someone out of a fic/get them to pause for a second(like reader doing a cringe in your mind, Nicknames etc) and it’s kinda overdone at this point when talking about x readers so I wanna ask instead

What stuff in X Readers are like Honey/Pollen to you? Like tropes, stuff characters do, or even the stories themself

Stuff that can make the above usual take out feel so tiny in the grand scheme of things that they really don’t matter/make them much more forgivable, turns a maybe one time read into a lifetime read, what makes you crave more, What nicknames and words they say make you melt like butter, that makes you think” maybe he would say or do that after all”, even may convert you into a lover of somthing you previously hated etc

Reblog/Comment with your answers and keep the game going

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I’m gonna drop a spicy hot AdBell take

All forms and interpretations of AdBell are valid. Domestic!Adbell and Toxic!AdBell can go hand in hand and you can absolutely love both.

If you want them to be a loving couple with maybe a family? Go for it

If you think they would tear each other’s throats? Go for it?

If you want them to be crazy for each other and will kill who whoever tries to intervene? Go for it

If you want them to be a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare? Go for it

Male Bell? Go for it

Female Bell? Go for it

Gender Neutral Bell? Go for it

We need to normalize that again instead of trying to force the ship to be only one interpretation and see any other as invalid

This has been my Ted Talk

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For some reason, I’m always reminded of Jet from Avatar: The Last Airbender when it comes to this

If you know, Jet let his hatred grow and grow until he was willing to flood a village with no care for the innocents that would be killed. To him, they were Fire Nation, they didn’t deserve to live.

Heck, remember that he had assaulted a innocent old man simply just for being Fire Nation

That’s the mindset I have seen people fall into.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice this but it IS super weird to see so many leftists

get told they're being rampantly antisemitic

fact check (which is a good instict!)

realize they've been hitting Antisemite Bingo with every post they make

...and instead of going "oh shit, I didn't realize it was that baked into all of society, I really need to listen to more Jews about this and do better not to perpetuate hatred towards them"

they go "well, I do all of this, and I'm a good person, so those filthy Jews Zionists must secretly control the media!"

It's especially weird when they know better than to do this to any other minority, but somehow when it's Jews it's acceptible as long as you call them Zionists before hate-criming them.

This is probably why the denial is so high, though. They HAVE to believe leftist antisemitism isn't a problem, because if they believe it's a problem then THEY are the problem, and that interferes with their mental image of themselves as Righteous Revolutionaries.

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Just file a support email to the AO3 Staff team in the hopes that maybe something is in the works to help better protect fics(instead of being forced to lock them)

in my email, I explain how badly the ai scraping situation is effecting AO3 writers and Readers and ask if there is something in the making that can help out fics writers in case it happens again. Or at least help protect public fics better. So they don’t have to resort to locking their fics as the only option to protect them. I’ve haven’t gotten a response yet but I’m praying(naive but still) that the response will be some form of good news

I recommended emailing them too as it may increase the odds of this issue affecting us getting the staff’s attention and finally leading to some changes that leads to better fic protection from ai scraping or at least let it be safer for fics to be public again

One way I recommend is calming explaining the current scraping situation and how it’s effecting you and your fellow writers and ask if something can be done for better fic security or some way of letting public fics posting be safe again

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I AM SICK OF AI

I am sick of ai leading to the lockdown of so many great fics

I am sick of ai causing discouragement among potential artists and writers

I am sick of ai stealing work from people who never said yes to it to begin with

I am sick of ai writing plaguing non locked fics

I am sick of ai being forced down on everyone and destroying search sites

And odds are whatever you are in fandom: Fic Writers and Artists who have to constantly worry about ai stealing their work just to make slop, AO3 Writers who may have no choice but to lock their fics after yet another scalping incident for who know how long(if there’s even a chance for them to be open again to begin with) ,AO3 Guest users who have witness so many beloved fics of theirs locked and can only hope one day that it will be visible again unless they manage to get a account(and even then, for some, you may have reasons why you don’t want a account just yet and that’s understandable) AO3 Writers who choose not to lock their despite it all but still have to content with ai trying to steal their readers as all as overtake them in numbers as well as having to deal with what seems to be a dying comment culture,

YOUR SICK OF THIS TOO

It shouldn’t have to be this way

Writers and Artists should be able to post their work without worry for all to see without worry

Readers should be able to read whatever their heart’s desire without needing a constant account just to view even one fic by a human

Beginners shouldn’t need to rely on ai or feel discouraged from even trying to write/draw

So what can you do about it?

Support Writers and Artists

This is obvious, likes, comments and reblogs have always been a vital part of the community. If you can, if the fic on AO3 only or it’s a cross post fic, head to your favs or just fics that you like(whatever they are locked or not) and dropped some appreciation even if it’s not the best of quality in your opinion. It can do a lot and show that people will always prefer a fic written by a human any day. Who knows, it could effect the lockdown state of certain fics if authors see how much their fic is loved and very much missed by the public despite thinking otherwise.

Help out beginners

Sadly, a part of the reason why some people turn to ai for writing and drawing is due to being scared on doing it wrong. First off, it’s okay to start out bad, that’s how you learn and figure out your style on how you want to work it be as you start getting the hang of it. No one is perfect and that’s okay. Stop fretting over making sure your work is like by everyone. Showcase beginners and offer them helpful advice if they need it. In a sense, encourage them to keep trying despite it all

Alert Others

If you see a work being stolen by a ai site, alert the initial creator so they can fill a DMCA report and hopefully get it taken down(and maybe the site as well)

Cause as along as we keep supporting each other no matter the way we may handle ai with our personal works, they can never truly takeover fandom as much as they try. Everyone here is playing a part in this even minor as it may seem(Protecting their work, Making sure that AO3 Guests never only have ai fics as their only option and they can and will always choose a fic by a human and see them as examples for the type of fics people want cause if they only see ai fics on the sites, they may start sadly believing that you can only use ai for fics to get ahead, Getting any attempts to steal work for ai shut down so it start being not worth it for the ones who try to steal. A simple comment, reblog it even like can motivate someone who may throw in the towel due to ai etc).

(Reblog to spread the word)

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to add on, there are alternatives ways to view/buy games without needing to buy directly from Microsoft/XBOX and not give them as much money

Buy them used or borrow a game. Not only are you supporting the used game market(something they are trying to kill off), the purchase will go only to the used game store you brought it from instead of the publisher. Or using just getting it for free from someone you borrow

Watch the games/cutscenes(they have no commentary videos a plenty) on YouTube or sites like it. This is good if you simply want to follow the story or get a rundown for fandom wise and don’t really care about playing the game. At worse, there could be ad revive but considering how stingy YouTube can be, odds are that it doesn’t make as much money as just buying a new copy or getting stuff for mutiplayer.

If all else, sail the seven seas and pirate it🏴‍☠️

in case people weren't aware, BDS has called for a boycott of microsoft gaming products:

Cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription.

Boycott Candy Crush, Minecraft and Call of Duty – flagship videogame franchises owned by Microsoft.

Boycott all Microsoft Gaming products, including Xbox-branded consoles, headsets, accessories and all games published by Microsoft-owned publishing labels (such as Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Bethesda and Blizzard).

more info on the boycott and microsoft's collaboration with israel from bds' own website. microsoft is directly partnered with the israeli military, providing cloud services and ai technologies that actively contribute to the genocide of palestinians.

bethesda and blizzard are specifically named, but other companies under xbox game studios include mojang and obsidian entertainment - i'm highlighting obsidian here because (afaik) i haven't seen anyone bring them up specifically. i don't mean this in a condemnatory way, i'm an enjoyer of obsidian games myself, i just want to make sure people are aware.

For those who already own the games or the console, the organizers said, the ideal move would be to stop playing, but the primary ask from organizers is to help deprive Microsoft of revenue. Therefore, players can be compliant with the boycott by avoiding future purchases of games or consoles and by avoiding transactions inside the games.

a cultural boycott has not been called for, but there's no avoiding the fact that fandom is effectively free word-of-mouth advertising. i am not here to tell you what to do or act as your moral arbiter, all i can do is give you information and ask you to be conscientious. please refrain from making any new purchases or from encouraging other people to buy games/products that provide revenue to microsoft - consider donating to a gazan mutual aid fund, such as a campaign run by the sameer project instead

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As a direct retort to the AdBell post(as well as those who suddenly decided out of the blue that those shippers suddenly aren’t welcome anymore as well as like and agree with the initial post. you know who you are)

Number# 1 It’s fiction

Number# 2 Its Call of Duty, almost every character has done war crimes(some on the same level as Adler or even worse. Heck in Ashes to Ashes, Bell can be responsible for the bombing of several countries(resulting in how knows many civilian deaths) and odds are that your fav doesn’t exactly have clean hands either

Number #3 Most AdBell fans know how fuck up it is, why do you think that most fanworks based on the two are either dark, looks at what could have been or uses it as starting point hurdle that the two must work on in order to get together. It’s kinda a requirement if you want to be a AdBell Shipper

Number #4 It’s not like it’s a case of that’s their ideal relationship, it’s honestly more worrying if they are copying behaviors( which I really haven’t seen)

Number #5 it’s worth talking about more about MKUltra and others that the initial post brought up but you didn’t need to attack the people who like Adler and AdBell just because people “Thinks He Hot”. Again refer to Number #2

Number #6 it’s fine that you don’t like the ship personally(there are several good reason why it’s not everyone cup of tea) but you don’t need to finger wag at the people who do like them as a ship( as well as those who look down at certain writers for not writing the ship the same way as you do) It’s not Twitter, the block button actually works here

Number #7 at the end of the day, it’s supposed to be fun. You are not writing the next official game, it’s called FANfiction for a reason.

For Pete’s sake guys, go look into a mirror and think for a second. Because it feels like a lot of you are hypocrites for criticizing but when it comes it a another ship or character, it’s perfectly fine since it’s not THAT SHIP or THAT CHARACTER. Get your heads out of your asses.

We are supposed to be a community Damn it. Why are we tearing each other down just because they may or may not like a ship as you, just because they view a character differently as you, just because, they write the same ship you ship in a different way. I’m honestly disappointed in a lot of you right now

everyone else, carry on your day

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for all of the talks in schools about why they are banning phones, they never seem to address and try to help why kids and teens focus on their phones in the first place( They only seemed to think the cause is addicting apps) and why they doomscroll. For the kids and teens, it’s can be a safe space for them and let them be who they are privately and talk about the issues worrying them. Because maybe in the community they live in, it’s either shut down by people or even dangerous for them if they are something that the community hates. Look at some of the issues that kids and teens are worried about today (Climate Change, Right’s to their body, LGBTQ plus, School Shooting, etc), those are issues still plaguing the states but yet there’s hasn’t been any attempt by schools and community to make it safe for them to talk about this issues, help out or just feel safe, not worry about being killed, forced to be a gender they are not and being forced to carry a baby they may not want to full term and be jailed for having a miscarriage. Not to mention the fear of a certain orange man who will lead a dictatorship that will cause what they fear. But everyone tells them to keep it to themselves or have them kidnapped in the middle and send to a prison camp if they misbehave too much in their opinion. To those teens and kids, those phone bans mean being stripped of one of their only safe spaces for even eight hours. Not to mention a relief form nonstop stress

to go with the drug addict comparison that Schools always make about phones, if you want to help a addict, get to the source of why they got addicted in the first place. Understand why they use the drug so you can figure out what’s the best way to help them so they don’t have to rely on the drug in the first place and eventually break the habit.

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People: “Biden needs to step down. He’s too Old. Have you seen him speak at the debate?. He can’t stop flubbing. we are so doomed”

Okay, How about Trump? Maybe he should step down too? He pretty old as well and you see him talk. And he prone to flubbing and can’t even do basic research as well”

those same People: 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

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is it sad that I have officially lost patience with people who refuse to vote this year?