#and then maybe not delete everything either

[marshemillow]

So I'm like 30 or 40 years old and I have been reading fanfic since well before A03 was established. I have read thousands and thousands of fanfics in my life, possibly tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands. I don't know. Across all the different platforms where I've read fic, it adds up to exactly...a hell of a god damn lot of fic.

And since the birth of tagging, I cannot tell you a SINGLE time I have EVER come across a fanfic that had any significant content that was untagged. Not ever. Not once. I have NEVER been jumpscared by untagged gore, or untagged noncon, or untagged sexy underage shenanigans, or untagged incest, or anything. And it's not like I read exclusively G-rated soft fluffy stories about baby puppies or anything, I'm a big reader of all the "bad" icky wrong nasty stuff like dark romance and psychological fuckery and characters of dubious morality.

And yet, I apparently cannot get through one single day without seeing someone on social media (twitter, tumblr, tiktok, etc) loudly complaining about how much they HATE being constantly assaulted by untagged fanfic. About how much they HATE all the authors who "never tag their fics"

And I don't know. I'm sorry, but I just can't delude myself into believing that untagged fics are anywhere NEAR as common as these people claim. I genuinely do not believe that ANYBODY is getting jumpscared and assaulted by untagged incest or untagged rape multiple times a day. You just cannot convince me that's a thing that happens. Because the way these people tell it, it's as if a solid 60-70% of all fanfic on the internet exists with 0 tags and 0 summary and poor little readers are simply forced to roll the dice and are therefore constantly exposed to untagged incest lolicon porn all the time, in a never ending cycle.

And what's funny is I've ASKED these people about those so-called untagged fics. I've responded to their posts and said "Oh no, if a fic had something like that untagged it's a problem. Where was this fic posted, what was the title of the fic, and who was the author?"

And they never, NEVER have an answer. They either ignore my comment and pretend it doesn't exist, or they respond but refuse to actually answer the question. Sometimes they even hide or delete my comment, which tells me everything I need to know.

Obviously there will be the occasional fic missing a tag, possibly even an important tag. Of course that's something that happens. But in my entire 20+ years of obsessively reading everything single fic I can get my filthy little hands on, it's happened so rarely that it barely warrants being notable. And even then, 9 times out of 10 it's because the author just genuinely made a mistake and they will happily fix their tags if you politely point it out to them.

Maybe other people have different experiences than me and come across untagged fic more often. Sure, okay. But there is NO world that exists where explicit extreme incest gore smut is being sprung on readers multiple times a day. The literal children on Tiktok making videos complaining about "I thought it was gonna be a cute Bluey fic but the UNTAGGED INCEST AND PEDOPHILIA!!!!" are simply lying about this being a thing that happens to them often enough that they've had to make over 400 videos about every single time it's happened to them.

There isn't even ENOUGH underage incest rape porn on A03 for this to possibly happen as much as these people cry about it happening. Like it's statistically literally impossible.

I'm willing to believe that untagged fics exist maybe 1% as often as people say they do. Maybe even 0.5%

You just cannot sell me the lie that there are millions and millions of spooky scary untagged dad/daughter rape porn fics floating around out there. It's simply not true. Hell, in my experience, excessive OVER-tagging is a much more notable occurance.

It's ironic because I'm far more triggered by real death and rape threats towards real people than I am by fictional misdeeds, and yet that's never tagged or warned for in the slightest. If noncon fiction is really such a threat that it needs extensive tagging, then you'd think these people would think twice about sending real gore and actual CSAM to proshippers in order to "own" them and "prove" that fiction is actually real.

But wait, that would require admitting they have an egregious double standard that values the fake lives of fictional characters over the very real lives of actual flesh-and-blood human beings. And it would require admitting that they care more about being offended and uncomfortable than they do about other people being able to process their trauma and find community.

And we can't have that now, can we?

[scramjettracy]

Maaaybe had a li’l whisky. Is not often I don’t have to be ready to fly for 24 hours and I was trying not to think.

I still don’t know what your obsession with the word smug is… but I don’t like it and it doesn’t fit you at all. You’re not any of those other things either - please don’t write yourself off like that. You’re amazing and a better man than I can ever hope to be. It kills me that you can’t see that.

Everything you ever cared about implodes, huh? I guess I can see how it feels that way. But we’re still all here for you Fish, despite all the nonsense the world has thrown at us. And we always will be.

You aren’t alone. Ever. Not if you don’t want to be. Obviously things with you and Penny should be private - it’s not like we need or should have details or be in your face about it all the time because that would be creepy and weird. But also? If you’re worried, or confused or anything we’re here. I can tell all this stuff has been tying your brain in knots for ages and I wish you hadn’t felt you had to hide it and manage it on your own.

I totally understand that you might not want to talk to me about things (although I’m truly honoured you’ve confided in me here, thank you huge glass of wine perhaps). I get it - I’m patronising, smothering, frustrating, infuriating. As much as I wish I was still the big brother you used to run to when the world was unfair when Dad was unfair I understand that circumstances changed. Maybe I changed too. But what has never changed is I adore you, I respect you and I want you to be happy, whatever that looks like. Whatever alternative impression I’ve given in my idiot moments, whatever bad-tempered ill-thought-out words have bothered you - please please ignore them.

But you have Virgil and John who will listen and who are both so wise. Let them in. At least talk it through. Don’t feel like you’re supposed to have it all figured out by yourself, y’know?

Re Dad… look I don’t think we’re ever going to agree on which of us is the bigger disappointment to him 🥴. I didn’t mean to imply he was a perfect father and I highly doubt he was a perfect husband either - I just meant he was one. The fact he fell apart completely when he lost her doesn’t mean he might not have anything helpful to say about what went before. I feel kinda useless to you on that front.

But - you don’t have to tell him any of this. Unless you want to. Unless you think he can help. You don’t have to suddenly go in full throttle and bare your soul to a man you hardly know. Just give it time, get to know him with the easier stuff.

I mean yeah he should probably hear that you guys are serious from you personally rather than second-hand but the rest? That’s for you and anyone you choose to confide in. As long as you confide in someone and don’t get eaten up with anxiety.

I know everything I say just sounds patronising and stupid (and yeah that isn’t limited to matters of the heart, huh?). So I don’t really have the right to an opinion here, but… whisky… and just in case it helps at all… If it doesn’t - ignore, delete this from your inbox and pretend I never said it.

You’ve found happiness and a true partnership with Penny and that’s worth fighting for. Even if it’s terrifying. Even if it might implode one day. Even if it’s inevitable one day one of you will have to grieve. It’s worth it. And nothing Dad says or thinks about you should change any of that. Nothing changes the fact you deserve every happiness under the sun for as long as you have the chance.

FYI no Situations. Nearly made stupid decision once or twice but narrowly avoided so all was fine. No diplomacy needed tomorrow John will be pleased to know. . We walked past the bar with the whale… it’s still there.

Somehow it is now 3am here and I’ve rewritten this so many times it probably makes zero sense anymore. If I’m talking BS again just uh, delete it ok?

Love ya Gordy

S x

I’m sorry! I’m sorry ok? Didn’t mean to make it about me… I didn’t know I had.

Didn’t mean to make light of your worries. God knows we’re all terrified of losing him again right? ‘M just scared if we don’t let him live a li’l we might lose him again. Despite appearances I don’t actually want to trap everyone on the island with me if they don’t wanna be there.

But you and Dad should talk - properly - not just about Penny. He really wants to make up for everything and you should take advantage of that. I know I’ve sucked at all this but he’ll do better. It’s gonna be ok now you’ve got a proper father again.

Again, sorry for everything. I do love you Fishy, I wish I was better at proving it instead of just pissing you off all the time.

S x

This is such a load of BS Scott, what does a “proper father” have to do with anything?!

I know Dad and I need to talk. So aware of it that it’s dragging me out for middle of the night swims. I can’t even face him right now though, and I just… thought maybe the king of ‘easier said than done’ would get that? Guess I was wrong.

I love you too Scotty, and I hate fighting. I absolutely hate it, and I hate that we keep ending up on opposite sides like this. It feels wrong. Like I’m letting both of us down.

I think I feel that about everything at the moment, if I’m honest, but… anyway.

Enjoy NYC.

( @scramjettracy )

[elektroyu]

The next Doggust timelapse video is currently rendering, it's taking ages like always, and who wants to bet that I need to render it all over again once it's done because I selected something wrong about the format/ratio/etc 😆

[acotars]

vent in the tags sorry it’s a big bummer

[iamhereinthebg]

Hey are you planning to finish this Akane analysis you talked about?

This thing is such the running gag of this blog help me

Idk Anon sorry ://

I am in a rare tbhk mood since months but idk if I will have the energy to do it I will be honest the main reason is because of how Akane is seen by most of the fandom I honestly feel really out of touch with how he is viewed by most people which is the reason I always started and never finished x'))) ( 2/3 persons being the exceptions rip (from people who express themselves about tbhk, I know a lot of persons don't talk too))

So it's a maybe! but honestly I won't promise it ahah writing my thoughts (especially in english) , even when half of them are insane and not really linked directly to the manga, take a long time and I don't have much ^^

I still think he is a good character in the most recent chapters (which unfortunately can't be said for all characters :') He had bad appearances in chapters when he was in this kinda limbo before the clock keepers/grim reaper arc but after he just didn't, which once again clearly can't be said for everyone biggest rip(expect for chapter 109 but I just think this chapter sucks in general and even in this horror he was probably one of the best character help me)

I have big fears for him because of how inconsistent AidaIro is tbh With the need they have to make some characters the highlights and destroy the others just to make their favs look good. So I kinda expect Akane and the clock keepers mostly to be dunked on in terms of writing. (I wil always love them, like all mysteries ♥)

But I am happy to see this question, it made me laugh and I am surprised some people remember ^^

Thank you for the ask Anon! I would be sure to scream if I ever post one so you can see it ❤️

[nabaath-areng]

I feel like a terrified animal on Bluesky and I just found out you can't make your profile private so WELP

[a-h-li]

al animation practice for an upcoming animatic :]

And a sneak peak for that story board:

one sided radiostatic ftw

Ambitious but hopefully it will be 4 min long and fully colored

[lae-zels]

me3 multiplayer save me. but at what cost

[that-was-anticlimactic]

one of the worst feelings ever is wanting to write but your hands hurt too much or the words just don’t want to work so you just sit there staring at a half finished doc with tears in your eyes bc you want to write and you need to write but everything is telling you that you can’t

[byanyan]

finally going through my likes to collect all the asks i've wanted to reply to since fucking april to add them into my drafts

i'm. i'm trying to at least start getting my shit together here. i've felt the strong urge to give writing a shot since yesterday, so. i'm gonna see about potentially doing some tonight? maybe?? still teetering on the edge of falling into Bad Thoughts when i let my mind wander too far, so idk how long the attempt will last or if it'll be successful, but.

[knifefightandchill]

well, i lost my dog today. i'm not okay. i might need to take a break for a while.

[cinnamon-bunni]

new layout made by @strawberrysnipes!!! please go go check his stuff out its amazing!!!!

[chillllii]

when the audhd is fun until you become "i really really really have to give my input/side/idea and i dont give a fuck who's talking or what everyone was initially talking about" and before this site's illiteracy kicks in i'm certain we're all guilty of this to some extent

[repurposedmeatlocker]

I wonder what it is about Instagram that intimidates me so much. Especially in regards to posting artwork or utilizing any form of interaction on there. The whole site just feels completely exhausting, overstimulating, and not to mention arduous. More and more, I feel less and less good every time I open that app, which kind of sucks because I feel like it is kind of the most obligatory platform in order to stay connected with most people, especially at an industry level, if that makes sense. It just is so unenjoyable to me. Even though I mostly just follow artists whose work I enjoy and support. Am I alone in feeling like instagram just kind of sucks?

[toastedjeans]

Grrrr if i had the courage I'd also do one of those my style / your style thingies but idk if anyone would even be interested

[coridallasmultipass]

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