#Cryptids don't gatekeep

[cryptidroots]

PSA for Small Businesses!

If you are a small business owner (like working on selling things from home on Etsy or in a small mom/pop store) you probably have a budget - a Reaallllyyyy tight budget, and that tight budget is being stretched too thin by spending on all the extra little upcharges from your printing supplier (things like rounded corners or a retail hole punch)

so listen up because Cryptids Don't Gatekeep - especially tips and tricks that can help out our other small business colleagues!

so go from this: a standard card you can get from a printing company (Vistaprint is common, though this is from Uprint) and go to this instead;

Beautiful rounded corners and a professional retail peg hole punch - perfect for actually being in retail stores or on a nice display at your local market or convention!

Don't wanna pay the absurd upcharge fees every time? Good, you don't have to! Buy the freaking punches/cutters online and do it yourself! It's a (much cheaper) one time purchase and then you can do it whenever! I got mine from Amazon as that was the best option available to me, but you can check out other specialty/stationary stores too!

Here's the little contraption that rounds out those pesky sharp corners (it has 3 different size options too!)

and here's a close up of that nice perfect rounded edge! Took a fraction of a second!

Here's the cool specialty retail hole punch thing-a-ma-jig

and for bonus tips here's the little adhesive tape thingy I use to stick my products onto the hanging cards (I kinda like this one, but I might try other ones in the future to see if any are better - sometimes the glue stuff has trouble rolling out and I have to re-do a section to get it to work)

And voila! You did it! You're ready to have the best display at your convention or hit the big leagues and provide professional merch at physical stores.

Go forth! Make things! Save money! Make money! Drool over rounded corners!

love,

-Cryptid

[dootznbootz]

I do agree that a lot of people in that OdyDio space do tend to character assassinate them both to have their mlm ship often at the expense of Penelope entirely. It's extremely frustrating to see it happen on such a widespread level and it starting to take root as a pretty popular alternate ship for Odysseus. I feel like there could be a way to do it that simply doesn't water them down into half of what they should be as characters but not many fics that I've read in the past make that effort. Idk where I was going with this really but I appreciate your viewpoint about this ship and other similar points on it very much.

*sighs* Thank you for appreciating my rants :') I don't like doing them and I've done it quite a few times enough already but I need to let it out lol. <3 It's very frustrating as a Penelope lover. I'm happy that I'm not so alone in this feeling tbh.

And literally everything you've said ;~; Especially the first statement of "a lot of people in that OdyDio space do tend to character assassinate them both to have their mlm ship often at the expense of Penelope entirely."

People act like it's canon when it's simply not and never was. Period. And that's okay. Ship and let ship but don't act like it "definitely happened". It's an AU. And Diomedes is definitely not on the same level as Penelope in Odysseus' heart. I love Poly ships but for Odysseus to have clawed his way back into the arms he never wanted to leave in the first place, to be told he can only give one hand for his wife, the one he shares his mind and heart with, SO OFTEN is just... ough.

Like the Odyssey is the Ithacan Royal Family's story...And yet people think the "Real Odysseus" is in the Iliad and/or basically putting aside everything in the Odyssey for fanon version of the Iliad.

Like, my "Water Wife" being a weird cryptid water woman is technically an AU as well. I know this. I very much hope others know this as well. And that's okay.

As like, I wouldn't hate it so much if this weren't the case and if it wasn't shoved down my throat as often as it is ;~; It's literally everywhere. I already can't ramble about Penelope without someone making it about Odysseus. At least that's a bit understandable as that's the love of her life. But the fact that if I ramble about Penelope, people will bring up Diomedes?! Because of a non-canon crackship? (Also, Epic only mentions Diomedes once. Why are Epic fans, who've never even read the Iliad/Odyssey, (sorry to gatekeep but also not. I'm being mean right now) shipping it??? at this point it's just that you like the fan creations. WHICH IS FINE, BUT ADMIT THAT.)

I'm not against crackshipping and/or just shipping because it's hot. My guilty pleasure is MenOdy, a non-canon crackship. I know it's not canon. They definitely care deeply for each other but there is such a thing as deeply platonic friendships. As it even goes against their character to get together, as that would be cheating on their wives if they did have a relationship during the war. (Don't bring up Megapenthes as of right now. that's a separate and more complex topic altogether in the terms of "Cheating" in my opinion) Despite enjoying this ship, I never proclaim that it's canon. Especially not in the Odyssey and the Iliad.

And like, MenOdy comes from them being alike in how they ARE both loving husbands and fathers similar in age. That's the intrigue for me. As in character to a degree! Most OdyDio almost like, takes away Odysseus' love for Penelope in order to make it about Diomedes, which is SO wild and so wrong to canon. That's an AU.

I always try to like, start out headcanon talks with mostly "In my stuff", "In my Writing", etc. as like, to make it apparent that it's technically not canon and so that like, others know that it's just in my stuff and that they don't have to agree. Fanfics aren't essays, despite a lot of my interpretations being incorporated into my stuff.

Honestly like, it's almost hard to write sometimes because I almost feel so much...Pressure??? To make sure my Penelope fics are PERFECT. I want her to have creations and ideas and fanfics for her. I refuse to halfass her. I want her to have love and thought that's just more than just OdyDio's third and/or just a wife or mother. She deserves so much more.

[theloverscrypt]

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[cosmic-entity-creation]

Tier Three - Shadow Milk Cookie

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Name: Shadow, Shade, Patches, Lillian, Jester, Joke, Jameson, Giggles, Jingles, Jangle, Belle, Snooze, Samson, Sophie, Colette, Lacey, Winnifred, Guinevere, Elizabeth, Deceit, Janus, Apollo, Liminal, Limit

Nicknames: Lily, Jest, James, Bells, Sam, Sammy, Winnie, Ginny, Eliza, Beth, Lizzy, Eyes, Dee, Jannie, Jan, Limi, Lime

Age: Ageless, Immortal

Species: Human, Cookie, Shapeshifter

Pronouns: shade/shades, shadow/shadows, eye/eyes, lie/lies, dae/daem, he/him, xe/xaer, ve/vem, trick/tricks, puppet/puppets, she/her, it/its, they/them, hide/hides, hidden/hiddens, know/knows, see/sees, fae/faer

Source: Shadow Milk Cookie from Cookie Run Kingdom

Roles: Janusian, Persecutor, Protector, System Manager, Gatekeeper, Introject

Gender Labels: Shapeshiftgender, Maincharic, Idenotioth, Prettything, Predatorthing, Preything, Xenogender, Xenofluid, Genderfluid, Genderflux, Fauxboy, Fauxgirl, Genderless Boygirl

Orientation Labels: Romoweird, Polarsexual, Bisexual, Sapphillean, Gaybian

Relationship Labels: Ambiamorous with Monogamous Preference

Presentation Labels: Viper, Presentation Fluid

Personality: Aloof, Carefree, Controlling, Good with Kids, Clingy, Obsessive at Times, Loyal to Those xe Cares About, Independant

Likes: Sour Candy, Bugs, Eye Imagery, Making Pinterest Boards, Collecting Queer Labels and Neopronouns, Researching Deep Sea Animals, Researching Space and Planets

Dislikes: Messy Areas, Low Visibility Spaces, Short Hair, Screaming, Being Pranked by People fae Don't Know

Hobbies: Collecting Stamps, Watching Drama Television, Knitting, Eye Spy Games

Interests: Cryptids, Eye Anatomy, Entomology, Astrology, Astronomy

Appearance:

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[enddaysengine]

Yetis (Paths Beyond)

Yetis, the iconic IRL cryptids from the Himalayas. Surely a creature worthy of inclusion in Pathfinder, but how much of a connection can they have to the planes? It turns out quite a bit.

On Golarion, yetis are the reclusive stewards of the mountaintops, but they also dwell in places where the boundaries between realities are thin. In particular, they familar with and wary of the denizens of Leng, which is why some of the 2e yeti's abilities are themed around fear and dreams. Translation: yetis are found in places where strange things happen and where interlopers for other planes can be found. Most yetis guard against these influences and act as gatekeepers who ensure that corruptive planar influences don't spread.

I say most yetis though, because yetis are not uniform and the punishment for violent behaviour is often exile. Other ancestries end up projecting a fearsome and dangerous reputation on yetis because these exciles are the one they are most likely to encounter - and also the yetis most likely to fall to the seductive influences from beyond this reality.

In the frozen wastes of northern Irrisan, a community of yetis watches out for rifts to the first world. Known as the Ubnishro — the light walkers — these yetis are tiny, barely reaching a halfling’s knee. They stymie the advances of the Mouse King into Golarion, as the diminutive fey relentlessly opens new portals for his troops. Anyone passing through the portal finds themselves shrunk to the size of a rodent and trapped on the First World to boot. Only with the aid of the noble rats and their Ubnishro allies can they make their way home to thwart the pint-sized invasion!

Rang is an exile from his community, but unlike many yetis in similar situation, he is not violent and his situation is voluntary. Rang is a summoner who face down the nightmares that stalked his dreams and brought them to heel. While he is no longer at risk and can call forth the nightmare beasts to fight on his behalf, he know the creatures are not benign and fears they will try to corrupt others. He welcomes those seeking to understand their nightmares or seeking passage to the dreamlands - if they can conquer the mountain peaks Rang calls home.

Rumours say that celestial yetis dwell in the remote peaks of Heaven, particularly Illumis and Iudica. These heavenly cryptids are scholars and meditants who reflect on the ideals of justice and right action. They rarely move from the monastic gardens that spring up around them, but through divination pools they can see into the Material Plane, as well as the Dimensions of Dream and Time. Sometimes mortals cand find their way to these gardens, crossing through thin spots between realities high in the peaks of the mortal realms.

[man-creates-dinosaurs]

Of course it's gatekeeping. You're arbitrary excluding and putting down certain iterations of certain stories because... why? You don't like the vocabulary being used? You don't think those versions are "correct"? Or "authentic"? Both of which are frankly quixotic notions when dealing with folklore. It's not clear honestly how or why you're making this judgment. But regardless that's not the prerogative of someone interested in studying folklore "anthropologically" as you claim. As British folklorist Mark Norman puts it "folklore is the beliefs, traditions, and culture of the people. It expresses our shared ideas and values. It is both how we were and how we are. Without a record, our customs and traditions may become lost to us in the present." The job of the folklorist then is to record those beliefs, traditions, and customs - regardless of what we personally think or feel about them. A full and complete record is what matters. And people telling stories/making claims about Krampus being a cryptid, dragons equaling dinosaurs, the menehune as the Hawaiian equivalent of fairies, aliens building Stonehenge, and the ancient Egyptians having a Stargate are also participating in that tradition. They too are folk and this is their lore.

Please stop discrediting your ancestors' ability to tell stories by trying to find material/physical origins to their stories. Krampus isn't a cryptid, dragon stories weren't inspired by dinosaur fossils, every region has its own mythology and fae are only a thing in Celtic, English, and English-colonized regions, your ancestors were perfectly capable of doing things without help from aliens, and our world is weird enough that tales of mysterious strangers, mass disappearances, memories not lining up, and so on, are better explained as a product of OUR world than hypothetical other worlds/timelines. A lot of weird tales were spun by storytellers. Give some respect to their hard work.

[inflorescent-sunflower]

HELLO!!! We're the Sunflower System! An Inflorescent Sunflower if you will!

Yo this be our blog and um basically don't be a dick. Fuck around and find out, and please feel free to fuck around we've got some really cool shit planned for this blog and it might actually happen eventually lmao.

We like to post fanart and videos we find, none is created by me unless stated otherwise. If you see your art posted on my page and wish to have it removed please notify us and I shall do so promptly.

Official long ass chaotic intro post in progress down below, all balls in lmao

Name: Ray 🥰🌟

Age(?): Older Teen

Pronouns: she/they

Sexuality: Pansexual

Romantic: Pan-romantic

Likes: School, Learning, Books, libraries, history, true crime, The Grotesque

Ideal Look:

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Sexuality: Homosexual

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Ages: 3-14

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Likes: Research, Writing, Edgar Allen Poe, The Morbid, construction/multipurpose skills

“Role”: Void, Bridge, Recluse, Gatekeeper, Librarian

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Pronouns: She/They

Maybe a system herself tbh

Likes: Roleplay/RPGs, Smosh, Musicals, Theatre,

Ideal Look(s): she actually has two other alternative looks that we believe may be alters but there's an image limit

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Likes: Making snarky observations

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[cryptidroots]

Getting Wholesale clients

Another small business PSA because Cryptids don't gatekeep, especially from other small business colleagues!

You're business has gotten a few sales, your product photos are looking good, the 5-star reviews are rolling in; but now you wanna shoot for the stars, you wanna go big, you wanna get a wholesale order.

First step; Tell. People. You. Do. Wholesale. Orders.

Say it everywhere. On Etsy I even mention it in the bottom of each item listing, write it in your about section, under FAQs write a little bit about where to reach out for wholesale orders - My first wholesale order, and half of them in total, all came from other people contacting me about it first. People are looking, and if you mention you'll do a wholesale order, they're more likely to reach out and ask.

second step; reaching out to other people.

Your best bet, especially as a small business owner yourself, is probably going to be a wholesale order from another small business - the type depends on what products you sell.

You sell clothing, especially handmade, or featuring cool art you made? You're probably gonna be aiming at Boutiques. Same with some jewelry brands.

You sell bone art, creepy art prints, handmade coffin furniture? You're going to be looking at Oddities shops and other goth small businesses.

Cups and mugs with funny seasonal sayings? A local coffee shop/bar (not a big retail chain like starbucks)

personalized doggy bandanas? You're gonna look at partnering up with some local shelters (some have small shops to make money to support their work) and those bougie doggie daycare centers - preferably in the richer part of town.

Once you find out which places you should reach out to, then it's time to actually reach out to them about it. Generally Email is preferred, but some new and smaller places don't have a professional email yet and will be fine talking on social media about it (before you assume to reach out on social media though, it does look more professional to email, so ask if there is an email you can use to send them wholesale pricing info, etc.)

If you can talk and interact with someone beforehand, even better. Follow the accounts of your target shops, interact with their posts (genuinely! don't be all fake and sales-pitchy) really think about if your stuff would work well with their store.

sometimes just doing this will make them reach out to you first (refer to step one) but if not then again, email.

For starting an email the title can normally be (-your business name- wholesale order for -their business name-). Give a nice greeting, say a -brief!- thing about your business, about their business, about why your stuff might be a good fit. Include some photos of things you specifically think would be a good fit for them.

The worst thing that could happen is that they don't carry your stuff - which is already what is happening.

So go forth! Expand your business! Make money! And don't forget to help support the other small/local businesses around you as you grow.

Love,

-Cryptid

[silverwolf1249]

Alright y'all it's been over a year since I made this rec list and I decided to got digging in my bookmarks once more and update it (if you want to try excavating further, I welcome you to the cesspit that is my bookmarks tab on ao3).

*Please read all tags and all of the summary just to make sure it doesn't have anything you don't like/want*

Clark/Bruce:

Lex Joins the League by metukah; short sweet hilarious

Strangers When We Meet by Trista_zevkia; I'll admit I haven't read this one in a bit so it's a bit fuzzy but my tags say "bruce wayne is bad at communicating" "like so bad" and "superman so horni on main bc alien biology said so" so make of that what you will

Superman Reads Thirst Tweets for Charity  by wewillalwaysenduphere; comedy fucking gold people

I'm just really into BDSM, Kind Truths, Can You Hear Me? by Mawiiish; what's a little identity porn between two superheros?

Batman and Bruce Wayne are Dating?! by Glowzilla48 I do love me some identity porn superbat + fmk lol

How to Date a Superhero by solomonara, mostly the 2nd work, all of it's great tho

Fake Empires by copperbadge; second person POV from Clark, more identity porn (ur prob seeing a trend here lol)

No one could save me, but you by HuntedPrincess; hnnnnnnnn

unofficially official by Soundsgaytbh (orphan_account); only in some works of this series (maybe only one I can't remember) but the whole series is great

smokin' in the boys' room by TheResurrectionist; y'all this author in general is chef's kiss

Floundering by freedvmrouge; meet cute except they've met lol

The Sit-Down by Ginevra_Benci; clark is v stressed, bruce tries to help but not in the sexy way

Hal/Bruce:

Am I The Asshole? by FabulaRasa; you need an account to read this series but it's absolutely worth it if you don't already have one

(incomplete)It was a joke! by Devilhorn; is technically mult ship but endgame hal/bruce. Anyone remember the post where the league bets bruce he wouldn't be able to kiss all of them without revealing his identity? yah that and its glorious

Constantine/Bruce:

(incomplete)constant comment by Unpretty; very minor brucie, but I love their dynamic so I added it :)

Slade/Bruce:

here as I am by TheResurrectionist; special mention since it's not strictly brucie wayne but like also a tiny bit?? Like it's giving brucie wayne vibes even though it's just bruce. Dat smut tho, and the superbat sequel ;)

Mult. Ships:

(incomplete)The Batchelor by sardonic_sprite, SkullKitten; mmmm that's some good food right there *slam slam*, only 1 chapter rn but what a glorious chapter it is

Gen/No Relationship:

Bruce is - involuntarily, if he may add - the president of Gotham by soyasauce can't believe I forgot to recc this one last time it's so fucking funny enjoy crack galore

The Sexy Mug Prank by Nokomis; admittedly the teeniest, tiniest mention of Brucie but I love me a Bruce prank fic and some bonding w Steph!

Brucie Wayne Gets Into A Fistfight With A Supervillain  by Roses_Bloom_In_Greenland; sad it's short but it makes it all up and more with its sheer existence and it bullies lex, we love bullying lex in this Christian household

(incomplete) Two Sides of a Coin (You Can't Have One Without the Other) by Nation_Ustria; hnnnn 2 of my fav tropes smashed into a fic, cryptid batfam + the waynes being the waynes. The concept and worldbuilding is immaculate and I love this story so much.

Spicy? Nah. by cripskis; ok so not brucie brucie, but it's brucie and we love him

Daddy Issues by That_One_Curly_Haired_Fangirl; absolutely living for bruce trolling tf out of everyone frfr, also hilarious

Identity Confusion by That_One_Curly_Haired_Fangirl same author and series as above, but deserved its own special mention bc yass brucie gatekeep girlboss gaslight

Batman Fatale by schrijverr; mmmm love me a brucie voice on a bat furry body

I got better things to do by Amisti same description as above but with more fuckery lol

Space cellmates by BoredomBeckons; superbat if you squint but otherwise identity porn galore

glitter & silk by sparkycap; oddly wholesome and I love the jason bruce bonding

Funding The Batman or Fucking The Batman by HeartfulCakes; barry/bruce and clark/bruce if you squint, loved this one so much, so much identity porn and bruce loving his children and his children being protective of him

Tell Me Your Secrets (I Already Did) by Athi816; superbat if you squint, but also bruce is sooo bad at communicating but he tries lol

Marvel Crossover:

Knaves All Three by Ginevra_Benci, an absolute gem imo, I love this one so much it makes me laugh every time

Just Another Day by TheResurrectionist; HAHA STEVE NO

No, no, I was hired to kill Batman. by SomeSortofItalianRoast; Natasha gets her time to shine in this one

So, how long have the two of you been married?  by SomeSortofItalianRoast; I cannot explain how much I love Bruce and Tony banter

when you, a Queen, come across another Queen, and discuss how best to maximize your joint by graveltotempo; I dream of the day they make a fic with Oliver and Bruce absolutely yassified and maximizing their joint slay as they deserve

White Collar Crossover: I'll be honest a lot of my white collar x batman bookmarks with bruce in them usually have at least a lil brucie wayne, same w my marvel x batman bookmarks

Suspension of Disbelief by Amateum; cute, if neal was dick and went to a gala where bruce was

Imperial Green by Ginevra_Benci; neal/bruce, I love this series and the Malones appear which I always love me a matches malone and fam fic.

*Note* There absolutely are more I bookmarked with Brucie Wayne that I just forgot to tag properly. I might come back and add another addition to this later lol

I desperately need more rich bitch drama queen brucie wayne content, especially when the JL and/or batfam get involved. Pretty sure I've scoured the whole fandom for more and can't find any I haven't already read and that's absolutely tragic.

[cryptidhyrst]

Watching modern discourse bleed into the gothic and horror genre is so tiring. Like, are people really arguing over villainous characters committing villainous acts until they're breathless? Are we really living in a time where people demand for blood like starving French citizens during the revolution, if you so much as say that Montresor was well within his rights to seal Fortunato into a cask?

I can't believe that people are debating ethics in two genres that have constantly pushed the envelopes of ethical questions and discussions since their inception.

[college-cryptids]

wherever would i be without my two sad clowns

[pacificseaotter]

m0thmenace --> foxbride-sunlight --> lovequeerloki ₓ

❤️ i go by multiple names. my favorite right now is zariel. ❤️ you can find my pronouns here. i use mainly he/it, if you're unsure. ❤️ i am very queer. i am genderfluid and very genderqueer. i identify as bigender, agender, transmasc, and xenogender at various times. im also aroace but girls pretty and fictional characters hot. in other words Its Complicated. gatekeeping is bad i love all queer people here. contradictory labels rock. mspec lesbians rock. he/him lesbians rule (hi!!). if youre gonna be a bitch about any of that then Get Out ❤️ i am in a qpr with my wonderful girlfriend who you can find @felicityphoenix5. i will mention xem frequently. ❤️ i am a therian! grey fox, otter & moth kin. also crow and dragon kith! i don't mind being called human, but i do tend to call myself a creature, critter, or cryptid instead.

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aesthetics corvidcore, goblincore, forestcore, animals, nature photography

minecraft mineblr, hermitcraft, empires smp, traffic life, origins smp, new life smp

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video games legend of zelda, diablo, wow, bg3, more minecraft

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music the oh hellos, thefatrat, owl city, ajr, the crane wives, the forgetmenauts, the mechanisms, hozier, the score, oh the larceny, neoni, fall out boy, set it off, musical/movie soundtracks

tolkien lord of the rings (both book and movies), the silmarillion and related works, and the hobbit (both book and movies)

ocs mainly the fablewilds and assorted characters, but minecraft ocs as well

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and a variety of assorted other things, including greek mythology, roleplays with my friends, queerness, space, hopepunk, and misc tumblr things.

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[aserranopepper]

Welcome

She/they | I'm bi, demi, and genderfluid but I mostly identify as a woman

For privacy reasons, I'm literally just a pepper. 🌶 But you can call me Mina. Or any name/nickname you want. 🧜‍♀️

~Gemini ♊️ I don't give my age anymore due to bullying throughout my years online. Close friends can dm me for my age.

~I'm mixed. My family went through the holocaust due to being Jewish so please keep nazi, Hitler, and anti-Jewish jokes out of here.

Likes: Cartoons, 👻 creepy/spooky things, cute things, music, Romanian pop, Brazilian pop/funk, food (of all cultures, I love food 🍔🍕🌮🌯🍲🍱🥙), art, 📕🖋writing, social media📱, glitch in the matrix stories, 🛸 alien stories, cryptids, 🐓 birds, 🐑 farms, travel, urban exploration, 🌙witchcraft, spirit keeping, shifting, manifestation, etc

Dislikes: Misogynists, nazis, hateful people, anyone who starts a fight with me, people gatekeeping in the manifestation/shifting communities, people on tumblr who message me and never talk again (only message me if we're gonna be friends)

Autism. I'll share my many special interests here. I have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) A nervous system disorder which is a part of Dysautonomia

~I'll be talking about cartoons, my fav musical artists, rants, health, my opinions, law of attraction, void state, and shifting related things. ���️ I'm too ✨️autistic✨️ to keep a blog with one theme

~Come and talk to me if you want to make friends, talk about glitch in the matrix stuff, void success stories, cartoons, creepy stuff (hello alien👽and ghost 👻 story experiences!) or just need someone to talk to. 😁

Always changing and editing this

Frens/fav blogs: @charmedreincarnation @majasuniverse @voidprincessblog @konniesreality @pearlygrace @beesandrosesyayyy @consciousnessbaddie @lotusmi @voidsuccess @gorgeouslypink

Twitter fandom friends I'm forgetting your blog name dm me

+Also, before anyone sends any hate, do you have bitch insurance? 👩‍🦰🧿

[seelestia]

❤❤❤ 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀 ❤❤❤

Coming into this fandom, I didn't know I'd be able to make friends, let alone one friend, especially because it's pretty rare for me to interact with people especially in a new fandom (even if I have been in a fandom for like 2 years, I don't interact cuz I'm anti-social af :''D)

I'm thankful that I have gotten to meet and make a friend out of you, Lia :D I always anticipate and get excited whenever you go active on your blogs, when I've sent an ask and I know you're answering asks that day, I can't help but feel giddy and wait for your response :''D cuz fr your answers always make my day <3

Though we've only known each other for a small part of the year, I'm glad that I met you because fr you're like the chocolate cake I get at the end of the week after just browsing your blog and our convos :'')

Anyway- enough of the sappiness, let's get into the gifts! >:D

Don't kill me for this :''D you know I had to do it...

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[ one without the text ^^^ ]

BONUS: Your son ain't helping you bestie (^^)

HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE >:DD

aight aight put the sword down tho lia, obviously I'm not just gonna let you suffer with scara and cryptid ayato ;D

Here's a 'sorry for the last gift' gift >:D

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Damsel in distress who? We love carrying tall handsome men (^^)

[ ignore how in both drawings, ayato's outfit don't look similar :'D ] - Ever so sincerely and truly yours, 👹✨ Jae (love ya liaaaaaaa <3)

OH, LORD. OH, DEAR LORD. THE SPEECH AND THE GIFTS??? JAE. 😭 you really didn't hold back with the speech because why are my eyes actually glossy rn, HELP. (/g)

thank you for gathering the courage to come into my inbox (and introduce me to those good SAGAU soup, i'm still thinking abt dipping my toes there soon) and for staying to talk to me, even tho i have a social battery cooldown that lasts for days mostly <//3 but having that cooldown doesn't make me any less happy when i see you in my notifs! and i love that we banter like neighbors that poke fun at each other good-naturedly and i hope we can keep doing that because ik for one thing, you're never ever getting rid of me now, hehehhe. (/lh)

NOW, ENOUGH SAPPINESS. I WANNA SCREAM ABOUT YOUR ART.

i keep telling you this but your artstyle is so clean and distinct, i wanna eat it like it's sour patch kids. NOM NOM. but fr tho, i love how distinct is and how it kinda has your name written all over it like i could pick it out from a crowd anytime, anywhere <3

2) second of all, do you know how honored this makes me feel. jae, you got me feeling like genshinblr's beyoncé, hello??? somebody, save me from faceless ayato and scara. caelin, turn around, please. this minecraft sword isn't enough—

3) IK THIS MUST'VE TAKEN YOU AGES, especially with the details on their designs. TYSM FOR THIS, JAE. 😭

4) me carrying ayato up with my noodle-looking but actually beefy arms, so trueeeee. i'm gonna make it my priv's theme and freak out some more about your gifts on there later, NYEHEHE.

I WANNA KEEP THIS ASK FOREVER IN MY INBOX LIKE A GATEKEEPER. this makes me so happy, aaaaaaa 😭 and i'm so sorry i didn't get to post my gift for you on your birthday GAHHHH it's taking longer than expected because i keep rewriting bits of it <//3 but it'll deffo be out soon! (vague hint: privilege. iykyk, hehe.) BUT AGAIN, TYSM FOR THIS, JAE! i love how we're doing a little holiday trade for each other and it wasn't even planned intentionally at first LMAOOO (the spiderman meme with "i'm preparing a gift for you" "i'm preparing a gift for you" 🥸)

[shtern-and-art]

I have more questions because it's no longer 4am lmao.

Does Skeppy fear any animals? I just wanna know if there's any sweet moments of Skeppy clinging to Bad whilst he tries to calm him down.

I'm guessing Bad still hates things like littering and woodcutters but would he ever act particularly strongly about it or would he have more control?

I like how Rat seems to tolerate Skeppy because Bad likes him but would she ever get jealous if Skeppy started pettting another dog?

I have a horrifying image of Bad just spider climbing up a tree to fetch Skeppy. I don't know why but I feel like dude wouldn't even need branches lmao.

What other supernatural creatures/people do they come across? Were there any that were especially dangerous and did they befriend any?

Is Bad much physically stronger than Skeppy? I keep thinking of Skeppy being a little shaz and Bad just one-arm picking him up and slinging him over his shoulder XD.

Does Bad ever get nightmares of the day he became the forest spirit?

How far would Skeppy take stealing? Would he steal something he knows the owner has genuine attachment to? Would he do everything in his power to steal something for Bad even if it means getting hurt?

Who's more likely to protect the other?

Skeppy just minding his business looking at one of Bad's textbooks, turns his head and Bad's just having a tea party with a freaking bear. Surprised the man hasn't had a heart attack yet XD.

What's your favourite thing to imagine them doing?

Is Bsd an adrenaline junky? Or is he scared of more dangerous things like bungee jumping and mountain climbing.

What would their reactions be to rollercoasters?

Do they have a favourite date-night activity?

Everytime I think of this au it brightens my mood!! Thank you for making something so heartwarming!! <3

Glad to see you again :D And yaay, questions!

My pen pressure broke again, I can't finish any sketches for this ask rn, but here's a couple of old messy designs.

1) Comforting and nightmares

Skeppy has a normal, I’d even say adequate level of fear towards wild animals, whilst Bad has it in negative numbers. And, yes, this fun juxtaposition leads to a lot of unfortunate moments of Skeppy nearly dying from heart attack when some of Bad’s animal friends show up unexpectedly, or Bad goes all out for his tea-parties with wild bears or smth.

So, yes, sometimes the comforting hugs are necessary! And no, none of them ever play up the dramaticness of the situation just to drag out the nice comforting moment They do n o t. That’d be very silly and unnecessary, and will deserve a lot of teasing. So, it’s all serious. Not only for the first couple minutes. Yes.

But If you’re looking for comfort-after-actual-hurt – Bad does have to hold and comfort Skeppy, when the stress of trying to not fuck up the good stuff around him gets too strong. And after the nightmares where they are hated and chased by people. Those dreams do not come often, but when they do, Bad is there to hold Skeppy, whisper in his hair that he is alright, that they’re both alright, and that they can handle everything that’s going on right now.

And Bad himself, well. After leaving the town, his nightmares about the night of the ritual stopped almost completely. They come rarely, only when the anxiety gets really bad. Before, in the forest, Bad had them pretty often. It’s one of the reasons he mostly slept not as himself, but in the minds of the animals.

2) Littering

Bad will not maim someone for not getting a candy wrapper in a trashcan, especially if there are people around. But if someone leaves a big mess in the nature, or even (*gasp*) does it regularly, Bad can and will try and teach them a lesson. As in: pull a cautionary (and probably slightly terrifying) prank on the misbehaving person.

It doesn’t always work out as Bad intended, and may even scare some people off anything relating to nature for good, but, according to Bad, it’s still “a fun and useful little hobby to have :3”.

3) Rat

Rat takes a looong time to warm up to any other animals that infringe on her territory. And Skeppy might be a little shit (and his own rights for Bad are debatable) but he is Rat’s territory still (by approximation from Bad). So, she can gatekeep Skeppy a little bit. Not as much as she does Bad, but the man gotta know his place – Rat comes before other dogs for him too.

4) Tree climbing and strength

Oh, Bad can an will climb down a tree like a full-on creepy creature he is: head down, using only his claws, with Skeppy tucked under one arm. Maybe not even upside down, if Skeppy is lucky, and wasn’t too annoying about wanting to stay up on the tree for the night :D

5) Meeting other spn creatures

Oh, that’s a big question (: Yes, they do meet other cryptids, befriend some, and get in trouble with some, and deal with a handful of new and old spn troubles :D

I always thought that Bad and Skeppy’s life after the main story can make a series of short stories (or one big episodic one) dealing with exactly that: the guys traveling around, meeting other cryptids, learning more about themselves and the world, trying to build a life between human and supernatural crisis going on. Just like In The Dark it can based on the mix between the real life and the minecraft-verse events.

I wanted to focus more on finishing the main story first, though, so these stories are not as sought through, I didn’t even write down any of them yet :D

But if you have more concrete questions, ideas, or suggestions (about a specific person, or a specific thing happening) – write me, I’ll think about it, and how it can work with the theme and worldbuilding I have in mind.

6) Stealing + Protectiveness

Skeppy can sometimes forget about, ahem, moral principles, or human decency… emphasis oh “human”. He’s nature and different worldview it gives, it seeps through in his life and actions even more with age. Especially after he’s been away from actual people for a long while. So, I guess, he might at times steal something that is very important to someone, or do something that could be considered weird or rude in general.

And if Bad really needs something, or is in danger – all rules are down. If there is no one to reality check Skeppy, he might proceed to walk on heads, and commit risky and reckless crimes just to help or save Bad.

They both are quite bad with that, the protecting each other thing. Bad, tho, can be more fiscally violent in his protectiveness.

7) Adrenaline and rollercoasters

Well, it’s not that Bad likes adrenaline specifically, he’s just very curious, likes to try new things, and is almost unkillable. So he can just- just go for everything that’s interesting for him with reckless abandon, and if it goes wrong – welp. Bones can heal limbs can regrow, and the cool abandoned caves will not explore themselves. He’ll have to learn to ease up with lack of selfcare though. Because Bad can’t always leave Skeppy to fend for himself, while he heals, and Skeppy does NOT like seeing Bad getting hurt so much, and not caring about himself at all.

This probably comes back to Bad dealing with his spn nature and learning to make peace between it and himself. And to his anxiety, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

And hey, it’s the same for Skeppy and his lack of adequate moral compass at times :D

There will be a lot of tension and growing they’d have to do in regards to all this.

Also Skeppy is the one who’s really into chasing the thrills :D Man spent nearly half a year annoying probably-murderous-forest-spirit just for little not-boring fun, jeez :DD

Rollercoasters are a no go, tho. They go up in the air, real high, and, once again, Skeppy and highs do not mix, they do not mingle, they will not have tea parties (with or without bears). Unless, of course, Skeppy really needs to prove something. Then he’ll go on a ride, and die an honorable death, and will never admit he screamed all the way through it.

8) Dates

(*insert an innuendo from Skeppy here*) But, ahm, actually I’d say they love going on picnics: getting food, and hanging around in the nature for a while.

And I honestly donno what I like to think about the most… I just really enjoy the vibe and the atmosphere of the whole story, and how Bad and Skeppy interact in general.

It all is a real delight to write about :D

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In The Dark - masterpost

[captainblackwood]

START HERE:

//Hello everyone!! My name is Cryptid, and this is my Star Trek ARG blog! On here I go by Nico Regulus Blackwood, captain of the U.S.S Enterprise!! Since this is an ARG, it's of course an alternate reality from the Star Trek series, so don't take anything too seriously, it's all just for fun!! Star Trek has been one of my biggest special interests for a very long time, so I wanted to do something immersive and fun! I will be posting "Captain's Logs" here and there (logs will be dated in a year-month.day pattern, like this: 202204.28), reblogging Star Trek related things, and interacting with people!! Anyone can join the ARG, I just ask that you be respectful of others and the roles they decide to play!

Some rules:

NO nsfw (inappropriate jokes are okay as this is an 18+ run blog, just nothing explicit please and thank you!)

absolutely NO bigotry or hate speech of any kind, not even as a joke.

NO gatekeeping at all, no one is superior here just because they know more than someone else, we're all Trekkies here

this is an LGBT+ and neurodivergent friendly blog, so please respect that!

feel free to make OCs to join in the ARG, and make as many as you'd like, just please respect others who have come before you and also their OCs too

feel free to submit posts! anything you'd like as long as it follows the rules

the tag for this blog will be #StarTrekARG

have fun!!

I will be making it known if something is out of character by ending and starting the post with //, feel free to make up your own ways to let people know you're out of character! If you have any questions, feel free to message me here or on my other two accounts (@princeofomens is my art account and @walmartbrandcryptid is my personal one!)

Dif-tor heh smusma 🖖🏻//