#idk i'm probably forgetting a few things but that's the gist of it

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

welp i accidentally deleted your ask @ ai anon. and it was after i wrote out a long ass response too so i'm kinda annoyed and i'm just gonna give you the cliffnotes of what i said:

ai art/video is based.

"it's slop" is cope. most "art" that's produced today is already slop. that's just how it goes. the vast majority of any medium is slop. that's what makes it slop. but just because most of it is slop doesn't mean that there aren't a few greats that rise to the top. why would ai art be any different?

you don't have to spend years grinding. makes art much more accessible. in the case of ai film especially, it subverts old, sclerotic liberal bourgeois order of art driven by capital and conformity. you know who controls hollywood. why do you trust them to be tastemakers?

the idea that art is only made meaningful through suffering is cringe commie theory of value/priest fetish shit.

people who have suffered will obviously feel bitter about people being able to reach their position (or beyond) without also having to suffer. old guard is just sad because they trained 20 years to become a cog in a machine that no longer exists. don't be one of those slavish losers.

no one dreams about being a pipeline animator. everyone dreams of being a studio director. ai enables that. also kills art-by-committee. empowers the individual will. the artist. the godhead. art as will-to-power again, you no longer need to "collaborate" with others or seek the approval of a committee of executives who just say "make it more like frozen" in order to see your horrifying vision realized. you can just do it. everyone is a one-man studio or a one-man film crew or one-man orchestra. auteur theory on steroids. every man a mythmaker.

it doesn't destroy the need for skill anyway. it just transform the skill set and establishes new standards for excellence. you still have to be good to stand out. why wouldn't that be the case? you just don’t have to be good at drawing fingers anymore. now you have to be good at composing, refining, worldbuilding, directing, etc. people always whine when the domain of mastery shifts. photography was "not real art." digital was "not real painting." cg was "not real animation." but all that means is: you’re no longer elite. you're just old and slow.

art is not even about technical skill anyway though. it's more about vision, taste, style, etc. curation. narrative instinct. symbolic force. conceptual clarity. the human part of art. that's what matters. people might be impressed by the dude who can draw hyperrealistic eyes for a few minutes but it doesn't leave a lasting impression. people want meaning and inspiration. artists are not technicians or engineers. they are visionaries and dreamers and seers. vision > technique.

ai doesn't destroy art. it purifies it.

revives artist-tyrant. reification of logos. speech as an act of creation.

[pasta-in-the-pudding]

Could You Write Hc's On How It Would Be If We Were Coming Out To Them As Trans When We Are Dating. (Masky,Hoodie,Jeff,Toby,Liu)

Summary: Coming out to Masky (Tim Wright), Hoodie (Brian Thomas), Jeff the Killer, Ticci Toby and Homicidal Liu as transgender

Genre: Hurt/comfort?? Fluff too

Warnings: Mentions of gender dysphoria, and transphobia

Credits: Masky- Marble Hornets, Hoodie- Marble Hornets, Jeff the Killer- Creepypasta, Ticci Toby- Creepypasta, Homicidal Liu- Creepypasta, Lace Divider- aquazero on tumblr, Blood Divider- strangergraphics on tumblr

A/n: I tried to make this as gender neutral as possible since pronouns/which gender you're coming out as so yah!! I'm also trying to get better at giving the creeps more distinct personalities hehe

Thank you so much for requesting!!

Masky

I feel like Tim would be one of the most stubborn (?) with it

Like he needs to know 100% what he is getting into before he gets into it

So despite him not caring what gender his partner is, suddenly switching up on him would kind of get him antsy

So he'd kinda feel awkward when you come out

"Tim, I need to tell you something" You say, nervously fidgeting with your hands

He knew something was up the second you said his name, because you never call him by his name

"'s'the matter, angel?" He asks, turning to you fully

"Um, so I'm uh...." You bite your lip nervously and look away

He moves your face to look back at him, and gives you a reassuring look

"I'm trans" You finally say, looking at his face to gauge his reaction

He furrows his brows and looks at you a moment longer "Seriously?" He asks

You nod. You can tell that he's thinking by the way his eyes seemingly search yours for answers

Eventually he nods "ok." and that is all he says

He still loves you, of course, and he would never dream of leaving you for coming out

I think he'd just need a few weeks to get used to it is all

Obviously he knows that you are still you, just a different gender but he is kinda an old head so you'll have to be patient with him

Like....how does he show you affection now? what nicknames can he use? Is he supposed to just continue the relationship how it was going?

He's probably more nervous than you LOL

But he doesn't show that obviously

Once he gets the gist of calling you a new name and pronouns (if applicable) things would pretty much go as it normally would

I think his behavior around you would kind of change depending on what gender you are transitioning to

Like if you are being more fem, he would be more gentle with you and more doting

But if you are masc he shows his love in the form of services yk

Hoodie

I think with him it would be kind of underwhelming

Like you'd be so hyped/nervous to tell him and he'd just kinda be like

"oohhkay?"

Like picture this

"Bri...I'm trans..."

He will look at you with a neutral face and nod "New name?"

If there is, he will nod again and say "alright!" and go back to whatever he was doing

I think he'd probably forget you were trans a few times and accidentally dead name you, but if you were to react noticeably or correct him he'd apologize and correct himself

other than that he's pretty nonchalant about it

He's one of the creeps on the list that would get really weirded out at people who intentionally misgender you

Not angry, just weirded out

Like....imagine calling a cis person the wrong pronouns

It's not angering, just strange?? Like that's not what they are so idk why you're so insistent on calling them that

He'd politely correct them the first few times, but when it continues, he'd give them a weird look and wiggle his way out of the conversation

He'd give you a heads up about the weird behavior as well, that way you don't wander into a stressful situation

Jeff The Killer

I think he'd probably laugh at first, thinking you were joking

Well, not laugh it was more of a scoff

You'd sit down on his bed (ew get OFF of that thang) and look at your legs nervously

"Jeff I have something to tell you..."

He'd let out a huff of air and turn off his phone, coming to look at you

Whenever anyone said that phrase to him it was never good

He figures you're either going to break up with him, tell him you're pregnant (if you're afab), or something of that nature

He was not expecting, however, for you to mumble the words "I'm trans"

His eyebrows (or the 3 hairs he has in his eyebrow area) shoot halfway up his forehead as he lets out a short breath of air that kind of sounds like a laugh mixed with a scoff

You look up at him to see him still staring at you with a half smile on his face

"trans?" he repeats

You nod and he looks away, before looking down at his mattress and getting back to his phone "ok"

You, knowing his tell tale signs, get a little worried "Are you mad?"

He shakes his head "nah"

You furrow your eyebrows "are you sure?"

He looks back up at you "Do you want me t'be mad?"

You quickly shake your head and he shrugs "Then drop it. I don't care that you're trans, doll"

After that he is your number one fan

No politeness, (obviously) anyone that misgenders you get a rude "(HE/SHE/THEY), DUMBASS"

he will get into fist fights to defend your honor

Jeff is so obsessed with you, like you don't understand

He wants to swallow you hole

So yeah, you being trans doesn't affect him

Ticci Toby

He is such a cheerleader omg

I love this little freak so much

When you tell him he is immediately making sure that all of the worry leaves your body

"Do you want me to call you a new name? What are your pronouns now? Do you need a hug?"

GAWD I LOVE HIM

He would help you out through your entire transition

Whether you medically transition or dont, he will do watever it takes to make you feel more like yourself

Maybe you just want some gender affirming clothes, or maybe just reassurance on a rough day is enough for you!

He is willing to do it all

Imagine waking up after surgery and seeing him there with an ice cold drink to help with your swelling, and a bouquet with some balloons

Holding the drink up for you to drink it, because you're still a little out of it

Wiping away some of the drool that spills out of your mouth

AAHSKDHWEHDH ok lemme stop before i start writing a whole fic

But yeah, in the scenario someone misgenders you, he will (like Brian) correct them politely before going into full protective bf mode

"If you can't refer to them correctly then don't refer to them at all"

He is more than willing to get into a fist fight for you

Homicidal Liu

Ok so like imagine if a plant was a therapist

Boom, there's his reaction

He'd probably be tidying up or finishing up a book when you tell him

"Liu, there's something you need to know"

He'd quickly finish the sentence he's on before turning to you "What's wrong?"

You look away, a bit intimidated by his intense eye contact "I'm trans"

He'd just give you a small smile and say "Well that's wonderful! I'm so glad you know who you are" before going to back to his book

Very little changes, there is no awkwardness or shyness it is literally just the same except you have new pronouns

I like to think he would gentle parent anyone who purposefully misgenders you

"Oh no, see friend, these are their actual pronouns! Calling them something else just because you feel that's what they should be isn't nice!"

"If you can't respect our friend then you'll have to play all by yourself! And that wouldn't be very fun would it?"

"Ok well since you can't play nice, we're gonna go bye-bye until you can clean up all the messy feelings! Ok?"

Bro has no tolerance for that shizz

But he refrains from violence, it is kinda triggering for him

And its more fun to gentle parent transphobes LMAOO

[jupitercl0uds]

hi! i'm ash

they/them/xe/xem • panromantic • asexual • non binary • autistic (with suspicions of having adhd) • english • atheist quaker • a tad bit silly

been on the tumbler since 2021 so i know my way around here but i dont get every little reference (i get most and for the ones i dont i just nod and smile along). i am still a teenager so some Classic Posts are older than me and most are from when i was in primary school.

i dont really have a sophisticated tagging system, but if it helps, spouting to the void is my text post tag. i dont even strictly use it for text posts tbf

blogs i run:

this one (obviously)

@blues-amazing-blog - oc blog (currently on hiatus)

@wswe-autism-fic - fanfic blog (for waluigi says 'wa' everyday until dekuyama is popular). i also treat this as an alt account for fandom stuff sometimes

@knuckles-with-a-keyboard - silly little blog where i pretend to be boom!knuckles (i really really love this blog its so fun)

@jupitercl0uds-art - my art blog (shock horror)

@nonbinary-sticks-the-badger - my sonic blog

external links (whoops forgot to add this)

maybe one day ill set up a linktree idk

ao3

letterboxd

twitter (i only use this for posting from my switch now)

spotify profile

email me - jupitercl0uds.burner@gmail.com

dm me on discord: jupitercl0uds

i think thats it

click this link for more external links including some of the above ones but specifically how to contact me if i cant use tumblr

interests:

omg i love so many things its not even funny. a few important ones are waluigi (special interest), sonic the hedgehog (special interest AND hyperfixation (omg please kill me)), art (like, as a general thing, but particularly visual) and you WILL find me randomly posting oh-so-passionately about something ive never even mentioned before.

i do animation and illustration but that's over on my art blog. also all my animations are WIPs. you probably won't find anything other than a few weird lip syncs from when i was like 11 (i got into animation because of gacha life and animation memes). most of my art is sonic atm lol.

i also read and write fanfic! my wattpad and ao3 is jupitercl0uds :D

wattpad is mostly old stuff, crack and occasional reposts of my ao3 stuff. ao3 is mostly whatever is on my mind at the moment and WSWE.

misc

occasionally i get all heated up about actually important stuff. that's usually sandwiched inbetween my regular goofy goober behaviour. for the basic gist of it: very left wing, the tories are cunts, vote green, free palestine. you also need to understand the weight of that sentence because i hate swearing.

i have other socials too but i dont really use them that much. got bored of twitter and i forget about all my other accounts. only ones i use now are whatsapp (lmao), tumblr and i guess ao3 and wattpad. theres no real point in linking something i havent used in months

anyway, have a nice day and please go to bed on time!

faves (non-exhaustive)

AUTISM BOY!!!! ANXIETY GUY!!!! MILES 'TAILS' PROWER!!!! he's been my favourite sonic character since i was little!!!! except for that brief period where it was amy because i found out tails was a boy and i, as a 7-year-old girl who had just learned about misoginy, decided amy was better because she was a girl. and that briefer period where it was cream because she had confetti in sonic dash.

my favourite iterations of him are scu tails, classic tails and sonic boom tails!!! i h/c him as autistic, having anxiety, low self-esteem but also being really cheerful and nonchalant about a lot of stuff. i enjoy trans tails of all kinds, but i believe in cis gnc tails.

NON-BINARY ICON!!!! TOP SURGERY GUY!!!! WALUIGI!!!! call me thomas jefferson cause i have an entire binder on this guy. waluigi is THE blorbo from my spin-off-party-shows. i got into him because 'hahahaha! it is the funny garlic man's funny rose partner!' and that became 'they could marry me and i'd say yes on the basis that we'd get to see each other everyday, even if i only love him as a friend.

im very passionately hateful about 'hot' waluigi. shut up. waluigi is perfect. i hope he can be canon one day <3 i h/c him as autistic, transmasc non binary and really into gothic lolita. i interpret their relationship with wario as romantic partners and waluigi being super super poor. also, wlw mlm solidarity with rosalina!!!!!

anti-faves

dr starline i love a bisexual icon as much as the next person but starline is not it. i want him to Suffer. which is why i then go on to make loads of fanart of him where he's crying over something. in the one shown above, i have just kicked him in the balls (full image). i also would love to be a VA for him because that'd really piss him off. good style tho. you go girl.

manjimutt (sorry but i only have 1 image of him)

hello to the other living yokai watch fan out there. i hate manjimutt. when i was younger i felt sorry for him, cause i was like 'oh, poor guy, always going to jail!!!' no. die. i do not like him. i hate manjimutt. i do like saying his name tho. MAnji-mutt! i think i hate him more than starline, because at least starline has redeeming qualities. the only redeeming qualities manjimutt has is pity because hes not actually committing crimes. thats it. hes not a nice person. hes just a guy. hit him with a wooden plank (har har).

that poor poor poodle though

posts i like

idk posts on my own blog i like a lot. idk if thisll be A Thing because im literally only doing tthis because of the first post on the list

recognising a url and the chaos that followed

stuff about my lgbtq+ identity idk

THIS IS HOW MUCH I KNOW ABOUT SONIC OK!!!!!

can you call me that slur?

[growling]

What's going on with akatsuki and t9.....

ok so basically

direction issues and constant reworks during development, leading to the 5-year long development time, around the time of release and even after employees were on a crunch with long development hours

Akatsuki had a policy that "those who do not have a sense of belonging" will be excluded, leading employees to resign, and "removing those who cannot keep up"

the game EOS'd like 3 months into being released (and I thiiink a few more since the first playtest + the time before they nuke it in september which is how people started now calling it Tribe Nine Months To Live)

before/after(??idk) that they fired the entire dev team which I don't know if that's like a standard thing for game companies that they do idk I'm getting familiar in any way

many people in the dev team were actually very passionate about the game, really loved it despite the stress and the working hours and wanted it to go somewhere. members of the team tried to continue and were willing to volunteer, but the company refused

ok now complaining time: the in-game handling of the eos also sucks assss like I don't knoww I mean the game's dying you could at least like rerun all the banners or unlock all the characters or release what you got finished with the chapters or other content for people so they hate you slightly less or like something like I dunno would that like take away profits or something if they did that?? But also game's dead so I don't know?? Instead every event banner was deleted, Ichinosuke was a playable and finished character in ch3 that was supposed to run on the day of the EOS however now you can't get him anymore even though he's literally finished and was already in-game cause there is no banners anymore. And also like a week-or-so after eos they ran a "maintenance" in which they straight up deleted even more features that had a timer, like there is now no contract/"battle pass" feature, ranked XB matches are completely gone, Fractal Vice is still kinda up but there is no weekly events where certain patimons are more likely so now it's just random always. And like mannn I don't get ittt why don't you just extend the timer or something like there is barely any point in playing the game anymore since you can't do anything why is it still up until septemberrrr Akatsuki would that really be that hard like legitimately I don't get it. Would making the game playable until it officially dies be that undoable like I don't knowww But also most people are mad about Ichinosuke since he was literally in the game already but whatever. whatever this is just a complaining zone not like i care or anything.........

also something something related to their handling of refunds which made people pissed (apparently its made the refunding process very annoying for people?) but i don't really understand it any more than just that soooo that is All for this bullet point

Apparently Akatsuki has a history of making gacha games, getting all the money they could from them and then eos'ing as soon as it's not apparent it's not gonna become the next Genshin or something while also like barely promoting them at all, then announcing another then repeat

Akatsuki was inspired by Mihoyo's way of developing games which. I don't know much about Mihoyo development but from what I can gather then whattda hell waterboarding couldn't get that out of me

They also for some reason keep deleting streams and interviews about it?? But people also noticed and started archiving everything related to T9 so at least I think most of it won't be lost forever

Tribe Nine dev team come to my house. I will provide for us. Also I'm probably forgetting something but that's the gist of it pretty much hope that's coherent

[i-just-like-goats]

Yuta Okkotsu x Fem Reader

Summary: idk how to summarise this but um Yuta saves you twice is the basic gist of it

Warnings: mentions of death. Manga spoilers under the cut

WC: 0.9k

Main Masterlist

Out of everything that has ever occurred in his life, meeting you was the most mundane event that has happened to him. But in his extraordinarily dangerous life, mundane was a good thing.

You always smiled at him so brightly. Always so happy to see him on your way to school. He'd like to think it was because you enjoyed his company, but he knew you were probably being polite since he did help you out once.

Your first meeting with him was plain. You had thought that he looked a bit lost, so you approached him asking him if he went to your school. Yuta smiled awkwardly and simply asked for directions to the Buddhist temple. 

Your look of surprise brought an unknowing blush to his cheeks. 'How cute' he thought. Once your initial shock was gone, you happily accompanied him to the entrance of the Buddhist temple even though it meant you'd arrive at school late.

He promised that he'd never forget your kindness and he bade you goodbye, watching as you walked out of his life seemingly forever.

The next time you met, you still smiled at him as though he were perfect. If only you knew what horrible things he's seen and done, all the blood on his hands. Would you still smile at him the way you do now?

That second meeting, he pet your head to subtly rid you of a curse pulling on your hair. You held his arm in place with wide eyes.

"You touched my head once and suddenly my headaches are gone. You passed your luck onto me, thank you!"

He blinked slowly a few times. But his confusion morphed into a small smile which turned into a chuckle. How adorable you were! 

"I suppose I did,"

Yuta ruffled your hair affectionately and you both continued walking.

You'd always greet him with the same warm smile every morning. Rain or snow, sunshine or clouds, always the same bright smile and he found himself growing very fond of you.

"Hey, you changed your hair! The old hairstyle was cute but this one really suits you!"

Your voice snapped him out of his reminiscent state. Yuta turned around with his own wide smile to match your bright smile. 

"Long time no see,"

"How was your enlightenment journey in Africa?"

That was the lie he told you? It made sense considering he went to the supposed Buddhist temple every day since he first met you, but he was definitely not enlightening himself in the way that you thought. 

"It was. Enlightening,"

You laughed heartily at his joke.

"I would hope so. So what brings you back to Tokyo? On Halloween day?"

"I was called back for a ceremony of sorts,"

"A ceremony you say? Must be a pretty important one,"

"Yes, it's quite urgent, so I must get going. It was lovely seeing you again, we should catch up soon, see you! And please stay away from Shibuya!"

He had hoped you heed his warning when he left you confused, standing in the street. What he didn't take into consideration was you still getting caught up in the dangerous side of his life regardless of whether you heed his warning or not.

"Y/N! Grab my hand!"

A curse was running after you as you jumped across the rooftops of the surrounding buildings. With a look of fear in your face, you attempted to grab Yuta's hand, only for you to miss by centimetres. Your body started to descend downwards as if in slow motion.

"Rika!"

Something cold and leathery grabbed your hand and hoisted you into Yuta's arms.

"What is that? What's going on? Yuta, where am I?"

He gently placed you down and out of harm's way of the curse.

"Yuta I just watched a man be ripped in half by that thing. What's happening?"

Yuta wiped the tears streaming down your face.

"It's dangerous right now, but I'm going to keep you safe and I promise I'll explain everything after I kill this thing alright?" 

With his calm tone and reassuring smile, he felt your tense muscles start to relax just a little bit. He ran towards the curse. It wasn’t anything special, a low grade curse. Nothing he couldn’t handle. It was likely already creating disturbances even before the Culling Games began.

True to his word, he approached you straight after defeating the curse.

"What are you doing here?"

"I was visiting my aunt. You know she lives in Sendai. She's gone now, she saved me when I was about to die. I haven't had time to mourn,"

“I’m sorry to hear that,”

“Don’t be, thanks to you I’m honouring her last wish for me to ‘stay alive’. Thank you, for saving me,”

“Anytime,”

Yuta began to walk away, expecting you to follow him, but instead you grabbed onto his sleeve.

“You’re not a very typical Buddhist if you’re killing monsters with ease as if you’ve done this your whole life. What are you?”

The absence of your smile froze Yuta on the spot. Would you start to see him like a monster too?

“There’s no use hiding it. I’m a jujutsu sorcerer, I’ve been exorcising curses rather than learning about Buddhism. My trip to Africa wasn’t enlightenment. Well I was enlightened. About killing curses more effectively,”

You sighed but to Yuta’s surprise, started laughing.

“A jujutsu sorcerer? Sounds like something from a TV show. This situation is so messed up,"

Yuta's eyes widened as you hugged his waist suddenly. You whispered into his chest.

"But at least I'm here with you,"

[discoursecatharsis]

Please can you explain Victor and the f**kin' dishes and why somebody considers it problematic. I've only been around the YoI fandom for about a month and I've stayed very much on the edge (I'm in the VLD fandom - that's enough drama for me and then some), so I've missed a lot of the discourse and I just don't?? Understand?? This??

You’ve only been in the fandom about a month? Oh you sweet summer child. You’ve missed some interesting drama lol. (though to be fair what I’ve heard out of the VLD fandom, this may be nothing compared to some of the crap the VLD had done.) This explanation is gonna require some backstory. This may be long-winded, I’m sorry. 

First of all, there are a couple ant/ blogs that have the phrase “without the shit” in the url. Two blogs in particular, an art one (so “y0i art without the shit”) and a fic one. (More recently a general blog and a gif blog have popped up, but they’re not important to this story.)

On their blogs, they only reblog “safe” art and fics. That’s their entire theme and purpose. They only reblog safe and pure fanworks. Of course, this means no 0tayur1 (or YP/JJ, or any ship with “minors and adults” aka any Yurio ship because these people don’t like shipping him with anyone). They don’t reblog works that “sexualize minors.” Etc. You get the gist. 

They won’t even reblog fanworks from people who are guilty of those things. Even if the subject of the post itself wasn’t a Bad Ship. This artist drew a cute, pure, fluffy v1ctur1 piece? Nope, they won’t reblog the v1ctur1 art, because that artist drew 0tayur1 making eye-contact once upon a time, that artist is now forever tainted as a gross pedophilic shipper. Even if they have problematic ships in other fandoms, they won’t reblog from them. “This artist supports a sha/ad1n ship? Nope, they’re a nasty artist and will never be reblogged on this blog. They like KS or capt1v3 pr1nc3? They’re a Bad Person too.” 

The two blogs are run by two different people, so they have different lists of what is and what is not allowed. Ranging from “no 0tayuri” to no stripper AUs to no omegaverse to no genderbends to no“problematic or homophobic tropes.”

These Bad Tropes include such hits as:

“Yurio Calling V1ctur1 Disgusting” (for being all lovey-dovey and flirting with each other I assume… apparently Yurio being grossed out or annoyed by them having PDAs is homophobic)

“Yuuri Being Cold to Viktor”

“V1ctur1 Having Sex at the Banquet”

“Viktor Trying to Get Yuuri Drunk”

And my personal favorite Bad Trope: “Viktor and the fucking dishes.” 

There’s been a running gag since early on in the fandom, that, once they start living together, V1ctur1 will get into small arguments over dishes. Like Viktor will forget to do the dishes, and Yuuri will get annoyed with him and tell him to wash the dishes and like hold a kiss over his head until the dishes are done. Just a stupid, harmless joke about being domestic. Right?

Welp I’ve legit seen people argue that this is heteronormative. (Do same-sex couples not wash dishes? I didn’t realize arguing over whose turn it is to wash dishes was a straight couples thing. I guess college roommates all over the country are straight couples.) And according to ant/s, it’s homophobic somehow too.

So the dishes trope is problematic because it’s… idk, I guess v1ctur1 isn’t allowed to have normal silly domestic spats over chores? 

I guess, according to ant/s, it’s unhealthy to sometimes argue over chores and couples should never argue at all…even though they’re human beings and misunderstandings happen no matter how in love you are with someone because no one is perfect, and so long as you communicate and talk after an argument, it’s healthy and normal. To ant/s and their purity culture, v1ctur1 are too superior to have something as mediocre as the occasional disagreement in their relationship.

I can understand why people are annoyed with the dishes thing. It’s a tired, unfunny joke. But it’s nothing to call a “problematic trope.” It’s annoying and dumb at worst, but it is not problematic or homophobic. Like come on people, please go outside.

So yeah, that’s where “Viktor and the dishes” comes in. Sorry for the novel.

Some further backstory to complete this saga though. 

Around May, it came out the the fic blog had a “shitlist.” A private list that they shared with other ant/s so they would know which writers to block. Someone posed as an ant/ to get their hands on this list, and released it, and exposed the fic blog for having a “shitlist” of writers in the fandom.

That little incident brought more awareness to these “without the shit” blogs, both the fic and the art blog. Some people were aware of their existence, but not many until this shitlist came out. 

Some people had a field day with this drama and were more amused than anything, trying to create art/fics to get onto the shitlist, like some badge of honor. Others were understandably pissed at these blogs for quite literally calling certain fanworks “shit.” People work hard on their art and fics. It’s so wrong for these ant/ blogs to call their work “shit” just because they don’t like the ship.

Now I can imagine running a blog with a complex tagging system, that way people can blacklist things that trigger them and also easily find art and fics that will suit them. But that was not the case with these blogs obviously. I hate to use the word “discriminate” so lightly, but they were essentially discriminating against 0tayur1 shippers under the guise of “this blog is a safe space and only reblogs safe works!!”.

After the shitlist was released, the fic blog password-protected for a few days (probably because they got an influx of asks from writers begging to be put onto the shitlist lmao) and then came back later. And now these blogs are continuing to reblog only “safe” works, while deeming all other works as “shit.”