#i really dont know what level of tagging i need to do for this blog

[pluralquotebook]

Me: *trying to eat food*

Achilles: *slides in with a gay sex joke* that looks like a--

Me: *weary sigh*

-The Galaxy Brain System

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[ironicsoap]

you are expendable, you are not expected to return

[girlwiththegreenhat]

hey when they wrote "knight behind bars" and they wrote kitt helping a couple get together and they gave him the line "Some day, it will be my turn" [to find love]. did they know what they were doing. did they know that in some 40 years some gay autistic robot-obsessed little freak on tumblr would not stop thinking about it for weeks and write literal dozens of paragraphs screaming about it on discord. did they know they were going to ruin Me, Specifically, with this concept that feels like the culmination of everything kitt has gone through through the show and such a fascinating thing to think about in regards to michael and kitt's relationship,

one of the themes of knight rider is kitt developing as a Person, developing a line between the Knight Industries Two-Thousand, and Kitt. discovering humanity, his own emotions, the joys of the seemingly and logically pointless, and often through the lens of his own driver, his partner, his friend, Michael - his primary guide through all these experiences, his reference for those human things he doesn't understand. and as much as he initially claims to not be capable of experiencing emotions, of understanding feelings, he learns to. he experiences a wide range of emotions through the show even while claiming he doesn't, he even learns fear and insecurity. perhaps it's only natural a robot would learn to love, or at the very least be terribly curious about it and wonder if such a thing could ever exist for Him

the majority of people are not exactly kind to kitt. they talk about him like he's not there, they talk about him like he's a machine, a novelty, some people are even scared of or disturbed by him when all he's trying to do is make polite conversation and company. he's always Othered - there's no other cars like him (at least not anymore), but there's no other person like him either, he doesn't truly belong among humans or vehicles. some of the technicians at FLAG don't even seem to fully respect him as a person, at least they don't based on my vague recollection of how they talk about him in Junkyard Dog. when Michael asks him after KARR is destroyed if it feels good to be one of a kind again, he doesn't say yes or no - he only says it's a "familiar feeling." it may be familiar, but it's surely also isolating, and i think that's something he'd realize as he slowly picks up this curiosity about love. where could he even find it when so few people see him as an equal person to begin with?

and then there's michael. oh my god, and then there's michael. no matter what flavor you choose to read it in, the whole show is about their relationship, they're a duo, a set Not to be separated, they're Partners. they work together, they worry about and look after each other (forever insane about when kitt was a melted shell, Michael stuck around the garage for hours, waiting for any news like a worried spouse, constantly checking on him every opportunity he got... encouraging him to recover, and even helping paint back on his protective coating... kitt always looks after michael, but for once, it's michael's turn to look after Him), in a way they were Made for each other - Kitt more literally, being programmed for Michael and holding his namesake, but Michael was also made in a sense for the pilot program, hand picked and given a second life to work for the foundation and with this strange supercar. and even if they had a rocky start, michael comes to view kitt as a person - car, TV set, or computer core, Kitt is his partner, his buddy. he helps him find himself, guides him and teaches him about these things that make us human, and in a way, kitt becomes human - but his entire experience is still through the perspective of an AI in a car, it's still very unique and isolating, and I think he sort of grows into his own limitations, he's finally brushing against the walls that define him.

he learns of love, and then he learns to dream Of love. these things he sees in the movies, that michael tells him about, that he so often sees michael Partaking in that he gets so oddly jealous of, doesn't it all seem so wonderful? he's very curious. but who could ever love steel and circuitry, who could ever see him as an equal let alone a partner in a romantic sense? who would ever love a car and all the limitations That comes with? it's a problem for a hypothetical hopeful Some Day, in the meantime stuck between two worlds where he doesn't perfectly belong to either, where no car Can love him and no human seemingly Would love him...

and michael loves him anyway. before either of them really realize or talk about it, in spite of everything, in any form, regardless of the fact it wouldn't be a typical relationship by absolutely any means, michael loves him anyway. kitt is as much a person to him as bonnie or devon or RC, and that person is someone he loves and cares for deeply. the feeling is mutual, kitt's world revolves around michael, he's one of the most important people in kitt's life, and he'd do anything to protect him.

and it is michael that will finally teach him to love, and what it means to feel loved in turn, to be loved as the person he undoubtedly is.

[pompadourpink]

hi ive always wanted to learn french but i dont have a lot of time and not really discipline either what is your advice? thank you, love your blog

Hello,

About time: you don't need much. Fifteen minutes every day is better than five hours once a year.

About discipline: you don't need much if you know why you're here. Make a list of small goals and try to hit one a week (read an article about fashion, translate a chapter of a children's book, watch Bluey, journal). Have a bigger one, like chatting with natives when you visit in Year X, get a picture of the city you're going to, frame it, and put it up.

If feasible, book me! If you are a student, I take 25 euros (or US$27 or £21) an hour - and if your currency makes it hard, I'm always open to discussion! I have been blogging since 2016 so tags will help but having someone experienced signal the right direction is valuable to avoid learning blindly or memorising the wrong rule or pronunciation, etc.

What fifteen minutes look like:

1/ Re-read what you did yesterday, study your notes: read them out lout (la chaise - the chair), repeat them while looking away, write them down again, hide one half then the other, from top to bottom then from bottom to top. I recommend Notion for this, handwritten notes get messy.

Do an activity: the Linguno A1 crossword in level, theme and present conjugation (move up when you get bored) is great. When you get better, write down what you did yesterday or record yourself summarising something.

Reading: anything you like as long as it's fun, whether it is a Reddit post, a newspaper article, your daily horoscope, or a few pages from a children's book or comic.

A lot of reading may seem like a narrow way to learn but I have been doing this job for years now and one thing is clear: trying to simultaneously learn every aspect of another language, let alone one that has very little to do with your own, is the best way to get discouraged.

Reading means learning vocabulary, understanding how syntax and tenses work, and memorising conjugation, which will then make your life easy when you start listening, speaking, or writing: you know the dance, you just need a minute to put your feet down.

Hope this helps and good luck! x

[evilbubu]

hey, (Jewish) moon knight fans, i need help!

I'm writing a blog post called "Is Khonshu really a deity in Moon Knight? | A Religious Analysis" and I need a little help with Marc's beliefs. I'm not Jewish so I'm worried I might've missed clues on Marc's level of belief in his faith because it's not explicitly stated out loud. He's Jewish and that's that. (I'm basing this mostly on the series because that's how i was introduced to mk. but comics fans are also welcome to participate.)

What I'm trying to ask is how do YOU think Marc feels about Khonshu calling himself a god? Does he really think Khonshu is a god?

I already have my conclusion and opinion on this matter. But the more information I can get the better.

Also, this is not just a question for Jewish mk fans but also those that know/study Judaism.

You can either answer in the tags, comments, reblogs, send me an ask or even dm. i dont care. just please if you have any opinions or thoughts about this (and evidence too) I would greatly appreciate it.

[fluffydeoxys]

hi i just wanted to pop my head in here and say that ive been consistently checking back in on your page every now and then and have been constantly pleased by the development of your story

i think what you're working on is super neat. and i cherish all of your characters forever and ever. ALSO HI IM REALLY INVESTED IN YOUR JEB DESIGN BUT WE DONT TALK ABOUT THAT PART IM TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT HIM

- 💀

Hello!! Seriously, thank you for this. I really needed to hear this, like... I'm very very flattered and overjoyed to know that what I'm doing and making is worth your time enough to come back more than once? I'm not sure how to articulate it, but genuinely that means the world to me. Obviously I love what I do and I love my characters, but in the end I want to share what I'm making and have others enjoy it too. But I'm always berating and looking down on myself for whether my thoughts are... interesting? Narratively compelling? Enjoyable? Stuff like that, hence why I filter out 90% of what I'm thinking and it never ends up on this blog LOL. But anyway, every kind word and lovely ask has seriously been very comforting for me.

It makes me even happier knowing you enjoy seeing how things have changed and progressed + enjoy my characters (seriously, thank you, it makes my heart warm)! I'm really quite shy about that part, things changing so much - my perfectionism is incredibly annoying, and I feel like kind of an idiot at times. I get quite embarrassed and a little shy about the fact that my ideas don't always hit the mark; they kind of fumble and flop around until they start getting refined into the beginnings of something that I'm happy with. I ended up drawing this to help articulate what I mean:

So in the end I'm happy with where things are, and I'm still chipping away and refining bits and pieces. I've got a long, looooong way to go, but Zero has also come a long way since her initial concept, which looks laughably shallow compared to her present-day one, I'll give myself that at least.

I remember saying it in an older ask, but honestly persistence is key. I could still do better in taking my advice of consuming different media to get a broader perspective on things though LOL. I also couldn't have done any of this without the kind and patient support of my lovely friends, and everyone's encouraging and uplifting tags and asks, many of which I keep handy to motivate myself to keep going.

EHEHEH I'm really glad you like my Jeb design! I seriously think about him a lot but because of the filter, well, none of it ends up here, whoops. Working on his design was a real treat and it got me very attached to him because it was a great way to delve into what I like and think about Jeb. I still think about my own words (lollll loser), of Jeb wearing his labcoat like shed skin, light (purity, innocence, surface-level) over dark (his true self, his sin, but the red of his heart, his tie).

I'll be sure to draw him again as a little thank you for reaching out with such lovely words; they seriously meant a lot to me.

[crazysodomite]

Do you have any advice for bad artists that don't make fanart and never get notes? I feel so embarrassed and sad posting my original ms paint drawings and pencil doodles on here and tagging them with every relevant thing I can think of ';( how do people who dont tag anything grow the number of people who like their art?

I don't believe there is such a thing as bad artists.

I think getting noticed online has a lot of factors. The most important one is probably appeal. If you create art that appeals to the most amount of people, you get the most attention. If you create art that appeals to a niche, you get attention from that niche of people. Appeal =/= Quality. For example, I probably create art that mostly appeals to furries. People who are repelled by the mere concept of furries aren't going to interact with my art even if I was extremely skilled.

A lot also depends on algorithms. My art was getting 1 like and 1 retweet (that was me retweeting my own art lol) because I didn't know how to satisfy the twitter algorithm. The quality of my art didn't matter whatsoever.

At the end of the day you need to stop paying attention to numbers because you will never be satisfied. You could say this is easy for me to say because I Do get notes now or whatever but people used to not give a fuck about anything I did for years. Now I just draw because I like it and I draw what I enjoy and some people are interested in that and some are not. If you are yourself interested in your own work people will start also paying attention and if they don't it doesn't really matter because you're doing what you enjoy. Some people go unnoticed just because they create something most people don't understand.

A lot of people don't interact with anything they don't find appealing or that doesn't fit the theme of their blog or whatever. People rarely interact with art just for the sake of it unfortunately. And that's not a reflection of yourself or your art. It's just how it is.

Going out of your way and interacting with other people and their art is also important. If you just post into the void and don't interact with other artists or try to build community it will be very difficult for other people to find you. When you interact with others they notice you though obviously don't just talk to people to get them to look at your art. Share stuff you like and uplift others just because. Even if they don't end up doing the same. There is a very prevalent attitude of people not wanting anything to do with artists they see as 'below' their skill level or whatever. It's tough out there for people with art that isn't seen as 'high quality' (whatever that even means). But thats unfortunately just how it is. Other peoples opinion of you isn't a reflection of your worth.

Also I think adding a lot of tags might be a problem and get your posts shadowbanned but I'm not sure...

[aethersocietyofficial]

♡ HELLO WORLD! ♡

I am SO SO SOSO pumped to FIIIINALLY officially introduce the ~AETHER SOCIETY~! (^O^)/

We're a RAD, SMART, and ♡TOOOOOTALLY ADORBS♡ group that is SUPER DUPER DEDICATED to preserving the REAL goal of Lady Lusamine and the REAL Aether Foundation!! We felt the way it's been going is so totally NOT KEWL <(｀^´)> so we decided to TAKE A STAND and put the world on the RIGHT TRACK!!! (*^.^*) We made this account for a *fewwwwww* awesomesauce reasons- to SPREAD THE WOOOOORD ＼(^o^)／, to *sometimes* posting supercute mems of supercute Pokémon because they're *supercute*!!!,,, and to get the universe PUMPED! RIGHT! UP! for our STELLAR REVIVAAAAL!!!! ♡♡ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇｀)人(` v´)ノ ♡♡

SPEAKING OOOOOOOOF here's the SUPER COOL LINK to our SUPER COOL MISSION STATEMENT by the SUPER FABULOUS DR. ZENO!!! MAKE SURE TO GIVE IT A REEEAD ~♡

Please also see posts tagged with "mission statements" for updates regarding this document. We are always learning and expanding more as a society.

(Other post links since I forgot to reblog these off of this post when I made them oops.)

OOC post

OOC character rundown

*BUT ENOUGH OF ALL THAT BOOOOOOOORING STUFF,,,, DONTCHA WANNA MEET US????*

♡♡ I'LL GO FIRST!!! ♡♡ ehehe~ (`･ω･´)

My name is Hydie! ♡♡ Soo cute right?? ♡♡

I go by she/her, I'm originally from Kanto (ugh.. (；一_一)) but I'm an Alolan girl at heart~♡. I'm super stylish at 19 FOREVER!! I'm also this awesome blogs CREATOR AAAAAAND I run it and the rest of the Aether Society as its leader!! So you'll be hearing a lot from Lil ol meeeee~ (^_-)-☆ I've got a big team of ♡♡ADORBS LITTLE CUTIE BABIES♡♡ and I CANT WAIT to show them all to you!!!

This is my FAAAAAV picture of me, in case you REALLY wanted to know how cute I was ;)

Ignore the weird guy behind me! He doesn't matter.

Hello. I am Dr. Zeno, the leading and only scientist of the Aether Society. I am also the goal coordinator. I am the one you will speak to if you have any questions regarding our mission statement (which will be posted soon) or any other scientific inquiry. Enclosed is a photo of me in my former uniform. I am told I will need to update it soon. I go by they/them and am an adult. (I do not feel the need to disclose my age).

I have since ranked up from an entry-level scientist.

WHATS UP GANG ITS THE BOY COMIN AT YA!

You already know what fuckin TIME IT IS- YATT TIME BABY! My full name is Wyatt but that's such a dork-ass name so I go by Yatt- AND DONT NONE OF YOU BITCHES CALL ME WYATT OR I SWEAR I WILL FUCK YOU UP!

(Hydie says I'm not allowed to swear, but we'll fuckin see about that huh?)

As a former Pokémon Ranger, Team Plasma agent, AND Team Skull agent (Guzma is a weak-ass shithead by the way) I've kinda been around the block a few times- which is why I do the dirty work when these two softies don't wanna do it lmaooooo. I got a Team of absolute fuckin killers and I'm not afraid to use them or my fists- that shit is up to how much you piss me off, YA FEEL?

Oh and yea I go by he/him and I'm 21- and I'll TOTALLY buy you fireworks and shit too hmu. Here's my picture so you can find me ahaha

I look like a TOTAL DORK I know but I swear to fuckin arceus I'll update it soon alright

♡♡*AAAAND THATS ALL OF US!!* HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS AROUND SOON- WE'RE SOOOO EXCITED TO MEET YOU!!! ♡♡

(^^)/~~~

[charleemoon]

HELLO HI CHARLIE :) !!! i have SM FUN reading ur essays in the tags and and ur takes they are so real :3 HANNIBAL FANS 5EVER !!! sometimes i go to ur blog and it's like oh!! that's literally the thought i had that i didn't know how to put into words! there it is in words!! ALSO ur ocs have intrigued me... i saw the one post about would ur ocs survive a horror movie or something and i love vincent now !! tell me everything ever about all of them i love ocs sm :3 i have ocs too and i fr get the struggle of "aughhh what if my ocs are offensive and cringe" i was like SOMEONE GETS IT !! sometimes, for me, it feels like i want an excuse to yap on the internet about my ocs even if i'm scared so HERES UR EXCUSE :) if that helps :) i would like to hear about them if u ever feel like tapping! no pressure ofc from any of this in any respect, i just wanted to tell u i'm out here !! & i care ! the only reason i didn't say this before is i'm like irrationally anxious about asking off anon idk why... oops i'm rambling... anyway have a nice day/night etc !! i hope nice things happen for u :)

HELLO ANON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh thank you !! im so happy leaps into the air so much and leaps more i love words and talking!! obviously. im so often fixated on this idea that i am completely incomprehensible, nothing i say makes any sense and my thoughts are nonsense and inhuman. so it makes me really happy for you to say that !! im really really happy that my thoughts resonate and make sense

DONT. ASK. ME. ABOUT. MY OCS. I CANT EVEN LIKE ITS THERES TOO MUCH I THINK i can never keep myself from rambling.

okay so i have a few individual oc verses.... but im mainly posting about REV (rejuvenation) (the name sucks it all sucks i suck) which has two separate groups. its called that because i basically got really autistic one night and repurposed a bunch of old middle school ocs into new characters and whatever. WHATEVER. theres no real plot to rev, just people trying to figure themselves out and growing up and just. trying to right them like real people i guess

college boys (WORKING TITLE. ITS ALL WORKING ITS JUST WHAT I CALL THEM IT SUCKS) is the group i was talking about!! if you couldnt tell by their names... kicks rock.. they are repurposed from fnaf night guards... screams so loud. when i was 12/13 i was obsessed with them... especially the like very fanonized versions (rebornica mention. shudders) but it was one of those situations where like. you have a bunch of headcanons and personal ideas and then they become so different from the source material that they basically became ocs. i picked them back up around 2022.

i cant even begin to like. fully ramble about them tbh cuz the post will never end and i just need to actually write it all down somewhere in a master post. but i DO have a very poorly maintained toyhouse. (please ignore how ass all the art is im really lazy and only draw on mspaint half the time) most all my oc information is contained in my obsidian files on my pc, but i truly CANNOT post the level of shit in there. its too much

them !!! by order fritz, jeremy, michael, vincent, scott. made by super cool friend @bog-teeth

IM GLAD YOU LIKE VINCENT I LOVE VINCENT. i think he is sooo odd and strange and fun and and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have a hard time talking about them because he is like an enigma to me. I HAVE A HARD TIME TALKING ABOUT HIM ALSO BECAUSE OF THE EVIL .... he is very traumatized and i like exploring a lot of darker themes and morbid things with rev and i get worried that im. doing it wrong? or disrespectfully. like people would be like thats weird or . ????? i have severe obsessions about it i think im just crazy. i love all of them so so much i really like thinking about them (looks at all the art i havent made and writing ive put off) i love them i swear (they are starving in my basement)

jeremy has a sister hazel and thats a whole other friend group with their own story and BLINKS MY EYELASHES I DONT TALK ABOUT THEM ENOUGH. i think i just get worried that its like. boohoo edgy gay ocs with evil backstory everyone has already seen it all before loser. and then i have to remember that its my oc and i do whatever i want . BUT WHAT IF

anon whoever you are i am kissing your head i am so happy that you sent me an ask and that that you care !!!!!!! i always feel like everything i do is meaningless and uninspired and that i hold no sway or creative influence or. i dont even know. IM SO HAPPY !!!!!!!!!! !

i hope you have such a lovely lovely day or night too ^0^ youve inspired me to work a little harder !! maybe a rev masterpost is in order (or maybe i should write my intro post first . i have things to do)

[roserefrain]

asterversary gush under the cut because i can be a little shy. as a treat.

so. it is now the second anniversary of me knowing aster's name (which if you did not know, is why this particular day is designated as the floriaster anniversary) aaaand it's about a month out from the one year anniversary of this blog! so i just kinda wanted to gush about aster and this blog and everything.

aster has always been really incredibly important to me, even before i knew much about them at all. who they are has influenced so much of who i am and what i value. a good sense of curiosity for the world around you and why it works, a refusal to accept things as they are if they are in fact unacceptable, compassion for others, the ability to approach things with a level of sincerity and wonder, and a sort of endless appetite for art, wherever it appears. these are all things i've always admired in them, that i try to carry with me in turn. (i fully blame how Literary Analysis Brained i am on them)

i really cant imagine who i would be without them. they'll always be an important part of my heart. when i was younger that importance resulted in a lot of sadness, honestly. a lot of "well it can never be like that again, i had it good but now it's just memory" it often hurt to talk about them. not to mention that often talking about them resulted in Very Harsh Judgement in the angelkin communities i tried to be a part of. (your usual. that's not biblically accurate. i know your kin memories better than you do actually and let me tell you everywhere youre wrong. etc etc.)

i had sort of resigned myself to thinking that all of this needed to be "inside thoughts" forever. no one else would get it, or even be willing to like. try and understand. even in spaces i felt comfortable, it was a blacklisted topic in my mind.

and then. while browsing through commission tags on tumblr. i found the self ship community. i browsed a few blogs daily, but was too nervous to even hit the follow button for a while. this community seemed nice, it seemed interesting, but i also recognized that florian and aster didn't exactly fit the typical mold of self insert and fictional other, and i dont really refer to them as such. was i still. allowed to be a part of this?

i only made the leap into making a blog because i realized if i wanted to commission some of the wonderful artists i saw, i'd need a blog for them to @ with their finished work, and Dude people on my main don't even know that i'm angelkin. i also wanted a space away from my angelkin blog, as that had grown more general and less personal.

i'd never really had a more personal blog on tumblr before, a blog where i talk about myself, a blog where i mainly Post instead of just oops all reblogs. i was notorious for making a sideblog and then deleting it soon after, but i wanted to give this a try.

and it was fun !!! i was having fun !!! i felt more connected to my angelkin memories than i had in so long, i loved seeing other people's ships, and it even motivated me to get back into writing, something i hadn't done for years. and. seeing people react positively to florian and aster was crazy to me. there was no endless questioning, no random judgement, it was just. if people like them, they stuck around.

i never know at what point it's like. socially acceptable to call someone a friend? and i know i struggle actually talking to mutuals sometimes (i feel like i've gotten so much better at it than at the start of this blog though. im in a discord server! i am Occasionally sending asks and leaving replies! i have added people on other platforms! this is very impressive to me looking at where i started) but. just know if you are a mutual here, i very much consider you a friend at this point and it genuinely makes me So Happy to be here talking about ships and whatever else with you, even if it's Fully parallel play where we haven't spoken directly to each other yet.

it genuinely means the world to me that people care about floriaster, and that i have a space now where i can talk about them, along with whatever else is on my mind! i hope i can be on this blog doing this sort of stuff for many years to come.

[pienpup]

really long vent under the cut. kinda "issue compare"-y i guess. self harm / not depth shaming but people with no reading comprehension may interpret it as such lol.

i am gonna be completely upfront and say that it really bothers me when some people on jiraiblr treat self harm like a personality trait or like a hobby or something. theres a couple blogs on here that orient their entire identity around cutting and like i get that theyre struggling too but its.. really fucking uncomfortable for me.

ive been struggling with cutting for like 10+ years now. itll be 11 years when i turn 20, i started when i was 9, and ive been self harming my entire life because i have headhitting issues and stuff due to my autism.

i just really dont see it as a thing thats "cute" and yeah some people romanticize their own problems to cope but ... those things have an impact on others as well. you have to manage what youre posting and make sure youre twing properly or just not tagging those things publicly.

my self harm has escalated to a point where i know someday if i dont get better im going to die from it. its just going to keep getting worse until i kill myself on accident. and i just ... i dont see whats "cute" about an addiction that started because 9 y/o me was so desperate to feel some sort of release that they started cutting themself. a kid with horrible amounts of sexual trauma in an abusive household cutting themself is not cute.

i mean i romanticize it too, sometimes, in the sense of wanting a partner who would cut me and stuff but like.

its just hard being on jiraiblr and seeing stuff like "would i be cuter if i went deeper >w<!" because it feels so fucking insensitive. if you are not already cutting at that depth you dont have the right to say that. youre romanticizing someone else's issues, not even your own. if you haven't hit beans you don't understand how scary it is to not feel in control of yourself and just going deeper and deeper and deeper because its the only solace you have. you might feel that way about styros or just wanting to go deeper, but its fucking different. its different. i even dont have it as bad as other people because i only ever go to shallow beans.

a lot of people who only do surface level cuts are really insensitive towards people like me who are risking our life every time we pull out the blade. like yes, your issues deserve compassion too, but you have GOT to stop being so gross and insensitive towards people who cut to beans or deeper. ive seen people outright say its "gross" and that they cant stand looking at it / we shouldnt psot our issues or whatever.

don't romanticize us if you dont have the experience. dont shame us for having issues. you are really no better than the people who shame all cutters if you do this kind of thing imo.

im so sick of it.

i just needed to get it off my chest bc im so tired.

[jewishpadmenaberrie]

tagged by @jewishcissiekj

get to know 10 people better:

last song: stilletos (pumps) by crime mob (check it out if you like crunk, i generally listen to more crunkcore but obviously i love crunk too)

favorite color: PINK always and forever. baby pink hot pink bubble gum pink fuschia salmon warm pinks cool pinks red pinks blue pinks

last book: almost definitely either a mary downing hahn novel or a goosebumps. i have mixed feelings on my sixth grade reading level but most of those feelings are bad lol

last movie: dans ma peau but i didnt finish it because i had a warm pastrami sandwich during the first part of it and it was quite late at night lol. i have to rewatch it. the pastrami sandwich was a choice though i will ABSOLUTELY be doing that again. talk about a 4d experience they should have served this in theaters, or perhaps steak

last tv show: the simpsons. i always have that show on in the background when im weaving or knitting. its so long i dont get bored of it even when it replays.

last thing googled: more stuff about hermanns tortoises of course

things youre looking forward to: MY NEXT TATTOO final destinations bloodlines (kind of a twofer because theres supposedly a tattoo death scene and if i can watch that every time i go in for a tattoo it will make the whole thing much less boring) and my flash comic volume i got on thriftbooks which is coming in the mail and of course my birthday, which falls on the rapidly approaching Weed Day, which comes with many advantages, including possibly a new pet fingers crossed everyone. i am obsessed with animals. i love each and every one i have, have had, or will have more than i love anything else on this bitch of an earth.

current obsession: well, on one hand look around you *gestures at blog* but ive also been REALLY into dc speedsters and OBSESSED with hermanns tortoises. ive always loved tortoises and wanted one passively but i did not know how... accessible? it would be? but like recently i got REALLY into tortoises and once i started learning about the different types of tortoises i was like ohhhh the beginner ones are actually EASIER than dogs people are just stupid and refuse to open their search engine of choice, much less go to a library or buy a book, and theyre trying to keep tortoises tht dont occur in a similar climate and theyre trying to keep the rare cool ones. not me man i want the the easiest possible tortoise to take care of, the easiest tortoise to get ethically, and FUCK man one thats common enough to not cost a billion dollars. as long as its small. im getting a male hermanns, proooobably eastern but maaaybe dalmation, depends on what the places and breeders i visit have, definitely not westerns as theyre very hard to acquire rthically and prohibitively expensive even if theyre the cutest of the trio, plus if i was going to put in the effort to ethically obtain and purchase a western hermanns tortoise i would have to at least find someone with a female from the same SPECIFIC LOCATION because part of the ethical concern is how theyre mixing up distinct and different localities to produce more, to breed my tortoise with because thats how seriously i take their conservation. im not doing all that lmao im gonna take my cheap tiny common boy and enjoy watching him fuck around in his enclosure and enjoy his company until i die and i hand him off to his already decided next home. gotta have that plan cuz if i dont fuck up bad or get ridiculously unlucky this fucker is outliving me. ive been researching tortoises for so long now it feels, and when i found this species something really clicked and i was like. ok im starting new pain meds im taking physical therapy and if i somehow get worse i have a backup. its tortoise time. learning that if you keep them inside you have to regularly move around and redecorate their consjderably sized homes was like winning the lottery, what do you mean i NEED to regularly shop for cute items for my pet? i get to just redecorate all the time and its GOOD for him? i thought i was lucky to have a dog who likes clothes now i have a materialistic tortoise who neeeeeds me to buy that nice rock? AND the little plants? AND the hides? and then i get to reorganize them and move them around all the time? and he LIKES that instead of being annoyed im fucking with his shit like some other reptiles? ohhh and hes gonna dig around and make little ruts and push things so we'll be decorating together... ugh its so crazy. me and my tortoise designing his habitat together. i get to mimic his natural habitat! i get to enrich his diet with lots of nutrients and fun games! i can even make his enclosure bioactive with soringtails and isopods! it will become a microclimate! fuck yes! i am honestly so ready to have a constant companion through all the lifes and deaths of my many other friends, pet and human alike. im so ready to spend my life making his better. im so ready for hints from anyone whos kept them successfully before even if chances are ive already heard it lol

my boy....

ok now tag time ten people uhhh...

@padmestrilogy @mathildepadme @for-the-sake-of-color @wlwanakin @neo-imperial @galactic-rhea @younglingslayer300 @vosempire and jo if you see this im tagging you too i just dont remember your users oops

9 is pretty close to ten. i wasnt expecting to get that high honestly lol

[psalmsofpsychosis]

Get to know your mutuals!

Thank you @alienfuckeronmain for the tag! Unto adventures,

What's the origin of your blog title?

The current one is hidden but you'll see "I ate the apple to its rotten core; " if you go to my archive. My needle has been pretty stuck on Eve and The Original Sin as a narrative for the past 5 years and every new character and ship i get into i somehow end up writing an Original Sin retelling fic for. This particular line is from my notes for a Wayleska wip, but it's hidden because it's long and also i dont want to be reminded of my wips lmao

OTP(s)+ shipnames(s):

Too many!! but right now it's predominantly Batman x Joker (batjokes) in general and Bruce Wayne x Jeremiah Valeska (wayleska) in particular. Bruce Wayne x Alfred Pennyworth (Batworth/albruce) and Boba Fett x Darth Vader (darthfett) are also VERY close to my heart. Boba Fett x Cal Kestis (kesett/calboba) and Ian Gallagher x Mickey Milkovich (gallavich) are more of a simmering pot in the back of my mind now but they burn nonetheless whenever i go back for a little revisit.

Favourite color:

light peach pink!

Song stuck in your head:

Artemas' "if you think i'm pretty" for wayleska purposes.

Weirdest habit/trait:

girl everything is weird up in here lmao honestly i dont know, but weirdly enough my reaction to getting stressed/and or scared often is laughing uncontrollably, so.

Hobbies:

reading, watching movies and tv shows, essay and media analysis writing, creepy-level people watching, occasionally creative writing and drawing.

If you work, what's your profession?

Not working at the moment, but the last one was freelance illustration.

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

I dont ever think in terms of the word "job", so i dont know how to answer this. If we take "job" as in an activity i'd like to do consistently and get recognition/resources for in exchange, it'd be for me to explore and discover something new and strange and wonderful about humanity everyday and share it with other enthusiastic insane novelty seeking bastards for the rest of my life. This could be a little bit of every job or a job in and of itself, it's not a specific endevour, it's a principle. Many things could be a dream job for me!

Something you're good at:

I'm scary good at reading people and mapping out most people in under 10 minutes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and also colors, i'm very good at colors, and finding the core principles and the spine of things and then simplifying them.

Something you hate:

Superficial, surface level, easy thinking, conformism and cowardice, and emotional immaturity. I love to dive into the deep end of things, shit will get scary and uncomfortable often when i'm involved, and i have very little regard for societal norms and expectations and "socially acceptable surface level behavior", so conformists and cowards and crybabies and gossip-talk-level people frustrate me to death.

Something you collect:

artbooks, poetry and comfort movies, and apparently now colorful socks too.

Something you forget:

Honestly, everything IS going into the reminders app because i forget everything that has become repetitive or isn't particularly weird and strange and interesting (so like, 90% of life really)

What's your love language:

physical touch and someone telling me something i haven't heard before.

Favourite movie/show:

hmm, for movie i'm gonna go with Spirit Stallion Of The Cimarron, and for tv show it's definitely doom patrol.

Favourite food:

HIBACHI!!!!!

Favourite animal:

Bruce Wayne. Close second deers.

What were you like as a child:

quite frankly uncontrollable, but not in a loud way. I was an agreeable chill kid but i also did whatever the fuck i wanted whenever i saw fit and didn't feel a need to ask for anyone's permission which gave a lot of people a lot of headache, not me though, i was having the time of my life 🤣

Favourite subject at school:

art and literature, and later English

Least favourite subject:

PE and math

What's your best character trait?

I dont know how to give up and call it quits. Literally no matter how unbelievably hard something gets, the next day i'm up and going at it again.

What's your worst character trait?

I dont know when to give up and call it quits 🙃

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be?

As an idealist who can think of a billion ways to change everything at any given moment, i'm gonna go against myself and say that the detail i'd change would be to trade half of that idealism with acceptance and peace of mind.

no pressure tags ❤️ @ithinkwehitametaphor @distort-opia @foxstole @kanskje-kaffe

[kevin-day-is-bi]

i feel like i wanna remind ya that like, there are people (me) who enjoy the Bruce&Dick as father&son because it's not wholesome and can be rather fucked up, esp in fics that really focus on their interactions

idk like, i dont have a ship in particular in batfam, but it feels like you keep getting deeper into the "any interp other than sexual is stupid" and :< it's fun to explore the fucked up non-sexual things...

I'm guessing this is largely about my tags on this post.

A couple things right away.

1. I'm in fandom to ship. I have been in DC for the sole purpose of consuming and creating ship content for almost 8 years at this point. When I first watched Young Justice at 12, I had ships fully formed by episode 7. I watched episode 1 and started shipping Dick and Wally. I think they have an interesting friendship, but I personally have no interest in exploring their relationship platonically. While I understand that 2017 isn't super long ago compared to the entire history of Batman, please do not explain shipping within the DC fandom to me. I have been doing it a very long time.

2. that doesn't mean I in any way look down on or think that people who enjoy consuming media in another way (platonic or familial etc) are not consuming it "correctly"

3. I had several unpleasant experiences, both personally irl and in fandom spaces, with people who were anti-shipping (I'm not saying you are) which led to me being overly cautious in fandom, so for a while I didn't reblog anything ship related. I rebbloged non-ship content and just didn't tag it how I wanted to. I have finally got over that and have joined spaces where I feel more confident and welcomed.

4. Without going into too much detail, I live a pretty fucked up life. I have a lot of complicated emotions around sex and sexuality in relationships and I use fandom to explore that. I have been in platonic sexual relationships, romantic asexual relationships, situationships, unhealthy crushes, QPRs, and a lot of other situations that I also explore in fandom. I am aware of the fact that I have asked for life advice on this blog and in DMs before and clearly have the fact that I'm 19 listed in my blog description, but I have lived a lot of life and am pretty mature about fandom. I've been reading Bat smut since before I got my first boyfriend, and my life has very much shaped how I view media.

5. Finally, I am aware that there has been an uptick in blood and gore (and other more physical) kink things recently. That would be because those are genuine kinks that I have that there has been an increase in for me recently. I have those because I am disabled and my relationship with being disabled has led to me sexualizing certain aspects of it. I'm not going to tag for this or other things (NSFW, shipping, etc). I understand that some people want or need that level of control. I am not the person to follow in that case I use Tumblr's fast reblog feature liberally. I am on this site to distract myself from the fact that I am in pain 24/7 and my life is a mess. I do tag content I create and have always done so.

normally I wouldn't respond to this level, but this is gonna replace my current pinned post for a while. lemme again just say:

this is a non-issue. I don't care what anyone does or does not ship. I don't care what people think about what I do or do not ship. we are talking on a site where we don't know anyone's real name about things we want fake people to do that a bunch of people in a board room created. I am on here so I don't think about how I have been displaced because I almost died in a hurricane for the second time in 6 years. who I ship is such a low priority to me that it is functionally non-existent right now.

if any of my followers don't like what I am reblogging, unfollow! I won't be heartbroken! I'm not going to stop talking about ships that I have on my blog. and if your automatic go-to feeling when you see someone being positive about a ship you don't have is to think they are anti-not shipping that thing, do some internal examination as to why. because it's not true, and I never ever said it was.

feel free to dm me to talk about this more! but you are wrong, and I'm not going to change how I act on here.

[awrkive]

hellooo! i love your work and how articulate you are when writing!! i was wondering if you had any tips or advice for someone who wants to start making fics & how to build a following? 🩷

(this got unintentionally long im so sosrry for yapping anon!)

ON WRITING:

in all honesty, just write and write!! i've written so much stuff starting when i was like 12. when i go back to my past works (ranging from fanfics to nonfanfics), i always cringe so hard cos theyre soooo soooo bad 😭😭 when you write a lot over the years, you're eventually going to see improvements.

also, i think finding your writing style really helps a lot! there are writers whose works are prose-heavy, those whose signature is purple prose, and those who write very simply. i fall under the last category 🤓

another thing is that, find the genre that you think is ur strength and make it a part of your branding(?). some are famous for their fluffy works, some are famous for their angsty fics, and some are famous for their smut. obv, you can mix all of those stuff but theres always something ur better at, and i think its good to lean towards that and leverage on it.

when you do get to writing, i think its important to take into consideration researching what youre gonna write about. it doesnt need to be extensive at all, surface-level research goes a long way!! i have to look up a lot of things while writing nb cos im obv not in tech nor an accountant nor do i habe chaebol friends or live in sk and my life generally is very far from theirs ijbol. it sometimes annoy me when i get to a part that needs some researching, but u really dont want to make it obvious to your audience that u dont know about this particular thing HAHAHA (you can put disclaimer anyway, jic)

the choice of pov is also really important!! i tend to avoid fics that are written in first person, so naturally, i don't write that way. i do think though its kinda common consensus for almost everybody. but its also just a personal preference. i dont think i've read anything thats in first person yet, but im sure my pre conceived notion about it has hindered me from finding a gem written in first person. at the end of the day, it all boils down to how well you write your stuff!!

one last thing; edit your work! your first draft doesnt necessarily have to be the final product. go over your paragraphs to improve some of the phrasing and stuff

ON BUILDING A FOLLOWING (TUMBLR)

i dont exactly have a big following on here lol but here's what (i think i did) to gain enough:

making your blog pretty-looking really helps a lot!! thats what i did when i first started writing on tumblr. make a mlist, navi page, etc. theres a lot of tumblr tutorials accessible on the internet so its not very hard

this could also be under the "making your blog pretty" thing but editing a landscape banner for your story can attract viewers 🩷 (or even those moodboard thingies) (ok i lied its more like a personal experience 😭😭 but i really think it contributes a lil something)

when you post, put it under the right tags to really hit your target audience. the tagging system was really messed up on here a few years back, but i think its better nowadays, so better take advantage of that

be responsive to comments and reblogs and asks! talk to your readers!!

and again, just write and write. the more active you are, the more you post your works, the more traction u get

thats all!! sorry this is so long KWNDKSKWJJD. THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMNET ON MY WRITING IT MEANS A LOT 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[dappersautismcreature]

hey sorry this is super outta nowhere but i was scrolling thru the mcytconfessions blog n saw you saying youre a wilbur hater and im genuinely curious as to why?

this isnt me waiting to like. white knight him and bite your face off btw. i like wilbur but this *is* genuine curiosity pls dont be afraid lmfaoksdsdfkhf

ah yeah, sorry nonnie, and no worries. sorry for the rant ahead i just wanna lay it all out.

listen, its pure vibes, i dont really have an explanation for it. i liked him just generally for a while, but i watched a video where he talked about american gun control and it just came off super uck to me. like, a lot of british lefties have this weird thing where they will assume americans are all stupid just for kicks when we've actually been indoctrinated to think the way we do. i guess i just dont like seeing brits have political takes that are just pure "america needs to get its shit together" cause yeah bro we know, focus on whatever the fuck is up with ur government please. I feel like if i talked politics with wilbur soot he would be condescending as shit and basically explain to me what socialism is or whatever when its like, dude,, please. british lefties think they know more than the average young american, which is most of the time not true, or not something to insult someone over. (this is also because he reminds me of a shitty ex friend who was in the states for AMERICAN STUDIES but would just talk on and on and on about how dumb americans were -___-)

and its more than that, i never get idolization of people, like, online people. the closest ive come to it was technoblade maybe? gtws is pretty awesome too, bbh is low level idolization maybe. so it weirds me out when people are just in awe over him, makes my instincts go wild. im really not accusing him of anything, i know this is just the silly brain reacting silly. it just weirds me out. his fans do not know him, nobody's fans know the person, and yet they act like they do, and like he's gods gift to leftism and queerness when he is,, a cishet maybe-aro upperclass man from britain. nothing against him really.

oh, and his fans tick me off because theyre ALWAYS inserting him into things and just. listen, i dont like having to scroll through tons of wilbur fics in the qsmp tag when im just trying to get to some badboyhalo or etoiles centric fics. the man has been on the qsmp for like less than a week of playtime and he's the fourth most tagged character on the qsmp ao3 tag.

not to mention he gets dragged into other plots like "what if this actually happened to wilbur!" or "yeah but what if wilbur was there!" or my most hated "cant wait till this character meets wilbur because i cannot enjoy this media (which is about finding and enjoying a bunch of ccs) if it doesnt have my guy in it!" like i get it, you have a hyperfix or a special interest, ive been there, but maybe then go watch stuff he's actually in, instead of forcing him into a plot he really isnt that big a part of anymore.

people also praised his dsmp writing when it was,, average at best. honestly i think bbh's and the eggpire's writing did way more for the dsmp because they actually tried to include other people in the plot as much as possible, instead of just writing for you and a few of your friends. imo, c!wilbur was an ok character, like, nothing bad, but nothing extraordinary for me. utah is death, ok buddy got it, wow, insane. yeah yeah we've all been to the soul sucking pit of utah, haha i get it. << this is just pure salt ignore that lmao

oh and lovejoy didnt fuckin invent political indie rock, people need to get over themselves on that one.

so yeah, its just a thing of, i cant really bring myself to like him. the brain goes wonky when he's around. kinda wish i didnt like, get angry when he's on screen but idk i cant really stop myself. nothing againstt you if you like him, ill usually tag anyy wilbur neg with #wilbur crit so if you wanna mute that tag. i dont post it too often tho.