#this is like the opposite of using me for clout

[rainrot4me]

NOW THE OPPOSITE

what are the creeps turn offs when it comes to a partner? a huge no or red flag

ANGIE!!!!!!

── .✦

✦ . JEFF THE KILLER

Someone who treats violence like a joke or a trend.

Jeff is unhinged, yes. But there’s a difference between someone who kills because they’ve lost their mind—and someone who glamorizes it like a trend. If a partner tried to be “edgy” for clout or treated killing like cosplay, he’d immediately lose interest. There’s nothing showy or fun about killing because you can’t stop yourself.

“You think blood makes you cool? You ever watch a guy cry while you twist his eyeball out? Nah? Then shut the hell up.”

✦ . TICCI TOBY

Mocking his tics or trauma—even as a “joke.”

Toby might play the fool, but the moment someone mocks his stutter, his scars, or anything related to his neurological condition, he’s gone. He’s heard enough cruel laughter in his life to know when someone means it. He won’t fight you. Won’t scream. Just disappears. You’ll never see him again.

“Heard that t-tone before. Not stickin’ around to hear it again.”

✦ . EYELESS JACK

Lack of boundaries or pushing into private matters without consent.

Jack is a highly guarded, private man. If someone constantly pushes him to unmask, probes into his past without care, or oversteps emotional or physical boundaries, it’ll break all trust.

“If I haven’t told you something, it’s because I’m not going to. Pushing won’t get you closer.”

✦ . MASKY (TIM WRIGHT)

Emotional manipulation or passive-aggression.

Tim has been gaslit and manipulated by the Operator for years—he knows the signs. If a partner plays mind games, guilt-trips him, or uses emotional weaponry to get their way, he’ll shut down completely.

“Say what you mean. Don’t twist your words and expect me to read your mind.”

✦ . HOODIE (BRIAN THOMAS)

Someone who refuses to self-reflect or acknowledge faults.

Brian is observant and deeply introspective. If someone constantly blames others, refuses accountability, or dismisses emotional growth, he sees it as a dead-end.

“We’re all messed up, but if you can’t admit it—you’ll never get better.”

✦ . KATE THE CHASER

People who play the victim after starting the fire.

Kate has no tolerance for manipulative victims—people who start shit and then cry when they get called out. That’s her trigger. That’s her past. She’ll cut ties fast.

“You lit the match. Don’t act shocked when the fire spreads.”

✦ . BEN DROWNED

Controlling behavior or possessiveness masked as ‘caring’.

Ben doesn’t want a babysitter. If someone tries to dictate his life—who he talks to, what he does, how he acts—it hits a nerve. He’s lived under control before (literally, as a haunted game). Never again.

“Don’t love me like I’m a problem to fix. Love me like a person who knows what they’re doing.”

✦ . CLOCKWORK

Dismissive of emotions or mocking vulnerability.

If someone laughs when she opens up or uses her trauma against her in arguments, she’ll harden instantly. Her softness is earned, not owed. And once you cross the line? You’re out.

“I’m not your punching bag for when you feel small. Try that shit again, and we’ll see where we stand.”

✦ . LAUGHING JACK

Cruelty toward animals or children.

Jack is chaotic, yes—but if you show unnecessary cruelty to things smaller or more helpless than you, it’s over. He can’t stand people who punch down. It robs him of all amusement.

“You’re not edgy. You’re pathetic. Kick a dog again and see what I do.”

✦ . SLENDERMAN

Disrespect for knowledge, history, or the metaphysical.

Slender sees existence through an ancient, almost cosmic lens. If someone is proudly ignorant, refuses to learn, or mocks the concept of deeper thought or reality, he loses all interest.

“Fools who scoff at the unknown often find themselves consumed by it.”

꩜ .ᐟ

[wonio]

( ✴︎ ) ‎‎ ‎ OFF THE RECORD ‎ ‎

• ‎ ‎ ‎ your anonymous campus podcast was supposed to stay secret ⎯ until soccer player jake sim accidentally leaks your latest episode and blows your cover. forced to team up to fix the mess, you clash, banter and accidentally start catching feelings somewhere between late-night edits and off-the-record confessions.

심재윤 ‎ ‎x ‎ ‎( park ) ‎fem!reader ‎ ‎ ୨୧ ‎ ‎romcom fluff light angst s2l slowburn break up mentions emotional conflict profanity soft hurt/comfort ‎ ‎ ‎ 3490 ‎ ‎ ‎ REBLOG ♥︎

you didn't mean to tell the whole campus your business. really. it just... happened. your podcast, off the record, was supposed to be anonymous. your little corner of the internet where you spilled your thoughts⎯on breakups, shitty friends, and the ridiculous world of college dating⎯without anyone knowing it was you. it was chill and quiet. healing, even. until jake sim⎯resident soccer player, sunshine menace, and the exact opposite of your type⎯accidentally leaked your latest episode during a school event. and now? everyone knows. "you're the girl from the podcast," he says, cornering you by the library steps the next morning, out of breath from chasing you down. as if you didn't already know. as if the stares from literally every person on campus didn't scream oh my god that's her. "wow. what gave it away?" you deadpan. he flinches, running a hand through his stupidly perfect hair. "listen, i didn't mean to⎯ it was an accident. i was trying to play a spotify playlist and your draft started playing through the speakers." "right. because accidentally pressing play on a private audio file happens all the time." he looks genuinely guilty, to your surprise. "okay, yeah. i fucked up. but i wanna fix it. let me help." you narrow your eyes. "and why exactly would campus golden boy wanna help a random girl with a microphone?" his smile tilts, soft and crooked. "maybe i'm not as much of an asshole as you think." you're not convinced. but you're tired, overwhelmed, and maybe⎯you could use the help. "fine. you wanna fix it? you're my tech guy now." his eyes widen. "wait, what?" "congrats. you just volunteered to edit my podcast. and that's how it starts. you, sitting across form him in empty study rooms, laptops open, headphones tangled between your fingers. him, surprisingly focused, surprisingy helpful, and surprisingly... not annoying. okay. sometimes annoying. but in an endearing way. the banter's nonstop. "you literally suck at audio cutting, what are you doing." "not of all of us are mysterious podcast girls, park." "ugh. don't call me that." but underneath the chaos, there's something softer building. late-night laughter, quiet confessions between edits, shared snacks during rendering breaks. you find our he's not just a soccer player. he likes r&b music and bad poetry and reading books when he can't sleep. he finds out you're not just the girl who rants about heartbreak. you love studio ghibli movies, you're scared of thunderstorms, and your last breakup left a scare you're still learning how to live with. the world keeps spinning. students gossip. your name trends on the campus forum for a week straight. but when it's just you and jake, it's quiet and peaceful. and it terrifies you. because feeling like this? you know how they end. it all crashes on a thursday night. you overhear someone say, "i bet jake's helping her for clout. imagine the pity points." it hits you like a sucker punch. you text him, "thanks for the help. i'll handle the rest alone." and you ghost him. no edits. no meetings. no goodbyes. but jake sim doesn't give up that easy. he shows up at your favorite café three days later, breathless and annoyed. "seriously? you're gonna ditch me over some stupid rumor?" you glare at him over your laptop. "it's easier this way. before one of us gets hurt." his voice softens. "you mean before you get hurt. because i'm already fucking scared, y/n." silence. "but maybe it's worth it." you don't know how to answer that. so you close your laptop, slide the headphones toward him, and whisper, "help me finish the next episode?" he smiles, "always." the next episode goes viral. not because of drama. but because for the first time, it's not anonymous. "hi, i'm y/n park," your voice says through the mic, steady but soft. "and i guess this is me.. off the record." jake's laugh in the background is the last thing the listeners hear.

you don't call it dating at first. too fragile. too soon.

but he holds your hand when you walk to class. and you steal his hoodie when the air gets cold. and suddenly, your playlists have his favorite songs too.

and that's enough.

one night, you sit on the soccer field after his practice. both too tired to move.

he nudges you. "remember when you hated me?"

you laugh, leaning into his shoulder. "i still kinda do."

he grins. "you're terrible."

"yeah. but i'm yours."

and for once, that doesn't feel scary.

because somewhere between anonymous confessions and accidental leaks, you found something real.

off the record. and maybe on the record too.

by wonio.

[alexanderwales]

Me: I don't really like modern art. Kat: Did you see that Jacob Geller video? Me: I did. I didn't meant that I don't like modern art in a fascist way, just like ... I don't like it. I look at the paintings, at Rothko, and I just don't get it. Kat: A lot of it you have to see in person, I think. The pictures don't really do it justice, especially Rothko, some of those are huge, and you just stand in front of it and it's like ... as close as I've had to a religious experience. Me: I mean, I went to the Museum of Modern Art in Washington, D.C. And I went to the Tate Modern. And whatever the one in Seoul was called, and another in San Francisco, the de Young Museum. I've seen, in person, stuff from Rothko and Pollock and a bunch of the other Abstract Expressionists. Kat: That ... is a lot of modern art museums for someone who doesn't like modern art. Me: I want to like it. I hear the way people talk about it, how a Rothko evokes these emotions in them, and it's like all I can see is paint on canvas. I don't know. Like I'm blind. Kat: You're the opposite of a tortured artist. An art viewer who tortures himself. Me: It's not that. I mean, some of the stuff I really do get something from. It's not all Rothko. I don't walk into every art museum and just groan in agony. But there are this class where ... people like this stuff, and in my head I'm like "people like this stuff?" Kat: They do. I do. Me: Right, and I do believe that. But there's this part of me that's struggling against the human instinct to go "no, they're all lying for some reason, it's a game of peer pressure, or clout chasing". I think that way lies madness. I think that's a trap that people fall into all the time, because they do the typical mind thing, and they say "well if I don't like modern art, no one else must like modern art". Kat: And you're trying to correct for that by ... looking at a bunch of modern art you don't enjoy. Me: Kind of, yeah. I saw Barnett Newman's Stations of the Cross and I thought the idea of it was interesting, the journey of Christ as laid out in only a handful of brushstrokes. But the actual paintings, I just had never felt further from my fellow man than looking at them and trying to understand them. I sat and tried to meditate, to clear my mind, to let some thought come to me, but it was still just paint on canvas. Kat: And you're what, just going to keep going to modern art museums? Me: If I'm in a city with one, sure. Because sometimes there's something that speaks to me, it's just never the Abstract Expressionist stuff. Kat: I cannot imagine doing that, repeatedly viewing something in a genre you don't like. Is it because it's high status? Because you're clout chasing? Me: I don't think so. I think it's just alien to me, no matter how many reviews I've read extolling the works, how many people have explained these individual pieces. And you know, when we went to the one in D.C., we had our son with us, and he was looking at all this stuff too, and when we went out I asked him which was his favorite. He said it was one of the Pollocks, Lavender Mist. Kat: Cute. See, the kid gets it. Me: I asked him what he liked about it, and he said to me, "you can see the drips". Kat: Sometimes that's all there is to it.

[ssweeterthanfiction]

hi! if youre still taking requests I kinda always had this picture in my head of a reader who's Johanna's sister? i think that Johanna's strategy of pretending to be innocent and helpless and then absolutely destroying her competition in the arena was so genius and interesting. idk like what if she had a sister who, unlike Johanna, fell more into that sweetheart do no harm persona. when she was reaped after Johanna's games she had the opposite strategy of trying to act as much like Jo as possible and using that clout of being cutthroat like her sister to win and make alliances. i feel like it would come with SUCH imposter syndrome, especially after the games knowing that even though she isn't really like Johanna nobody will see her as herself after every she did both in the arena and leading up to it. idk i think seeing her dynamic with Jo would be SO fun to play with.

Idk I thought it would be really sweet for the reader to be friends with Finnick and either together or yearning because he and Johanna are the only people who still see her as the kind and bubbly innocent she was before the games and can bring that genuine part of herself out. I feel like Finnick would so be drawn to someone who's still kind and warm after the games but still having to put on the cold and calculated exterior for the world. my favorite trope is when the love interests are the only people who really see who each other are.

sorry for the long rant I've had this idea cooped up in my brain for sooo long but i fear i always prefer reading fics to writing them

oh my GOD wait this is such a beautiful concept??? like what i fucking love this

like YES to everything you said. johanna’s games and her persona were all about weaponizing perception. she knew how people wanted to see her: helpless, naive, wide-eyed. so she gave them that until the moment she didn’t. until the moment she turned that illusion inside out and showed them that their assumptions were a weakness. and now imagine…you, her younger sister. you, who’s genuinely soft, warm, kind and overall just a sweetheart to everyone

but then you get reaped.

and the only thing the Capitol knows is: “this is Johanna Mason’s sister.”

so what do you do?

you play pretend. you do your best to mimic the very persona your sister built, cold, cutting, no-nonsense. you dress in sharp silhouettes and you keep your voice low and your eyes hard. you say you don’t need allies but you gather them anyway, because the threat of you, the sister of her, is enough to keep some people close and others far away.

and you win. but it doesn’t feel like a victory. it feels like you borrowed someone else’s skin and now you’re stuck in it. because the Capitol eats it up. they expect you to be vicious. sponsors expect you to be bloodthirsty. victors eye you with caution. and Johanna, who knows you better than anyone else, sees what it’s doing to you. she always did, because Jo sees everything. she knows how much you hates that people call you "Little Johanna" like it’s a compliment. she knows the way your hands shake behind closed doors, the way you flinch at your own reflection. She knows you never wanted to hurt a soul, you just wanted to survive.

“those capitol freaks think you’re like me,” she’d say, lighting a match with a half-smirk. “but they don’t know you cried when you stepped on that snail by accident when we were kids.”

she never said it to be cruel. she said it to remind you that the part of you who used to care, who still cared, was real. and worth holding onto.

Finnick sees you, too.

it starts with quiet glances across the Victor's lounge. you never say much. you smirk or scowl—never a smile, speak when spoken to and when you are you're abrasive, just like they expect you to. but Finnick knows better than anyone what a mask looks like. what a performance feels like.

he knows the way you keep your eyes trained on your glass when talk of the Games comes up. how you always excuse yourself early. how you laugh too loudly at Capitol banter and never once touch the food on your plate.

it isn’t long before he’s sitting next to you.

“you always hold your breath before you laugh,” he says one day, softly, not looking at you. “like you’re checking to make sure it’s safe.”

you freeze.

he doesn’t push. he never does. Finnick, who has spent years being everything the capitol wanted, charming, beautiful, lethal, knows that kindness means not asking, but offering.

and you don’t know how or when it happens, but soon it’s Finnick who you sit beside at dinners. Finnick who steals you away after parties. Finnick who coaxes the real you, the you that sings under her breath and smiles when shes butterflies, back to the surface.

and he never calls you Little Johanna.

He calls you sweetheart. sunshine. quiet things, private things, the kind of names that make your ribs ache because you didn’t think anyone remembered that part of you existed.

sometimes, when the Capitol is too loud and the mask too heavy, you sneak off to the rooftops to gaze at the sku. and he lets you sit in silence with your head on his shoulder until your hands stop trembling.

“I like you better like this,” he whispers once.

and you know he means you, not the ghost of your sister’s shadow.

[sainzproductions]

𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 ⋆ 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐳

wherein the internet hates you for breaking poor charles's heart; so you move on to his best mate.

[charles leclerc x ex!socialite reader, carlos sainz x socialite!reader]

chapter one, chapter two

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[newvenusian]

Natal Chart Observations Part I

Using my natal chart. Feel free to apply to yourself, or use as a guide for transits or solar returns.

Pluto conjunct Ascendant in Scorpio or Pluto rising

People usually have really strong reactions to me. Usually my credentials intimidate others. I leave an impression on people ALWAYS. If you meet me, something in your life is going to change. I am walking change. Tons of transformations. My personal style has evolved overtime.

Pisces sun in 4th, lord of 10th house

I’m the Beyoncé in my family. Known of, but not intimately, in my community and country. When someone sees you and asks where do I know you from? I’m an ambivert, but I do stay in the house like it’s going out of style.

Midheaven in Leo

A Scorpio Ascendant and Leo midheaven are so contradictory! I don’t want to be observed but I’m constantly in public spaces being observed. The square between these is more pronounced by my Pluto. My power is being private and keeping things confidential, but especially with sun in the fourth, even things that are nobody’s business are in the public eye. I feel completely naked and exposed, like I have no privacy which fuels my desire to protect whatever little of myself I can. Also people who I’ve considered “family” would quickly tell my business (or make something up about me) for clout (Aquarius 4h squaring my Pluto/asc opposite leo midheaven).

Moon conjunct south node in the 8th house at 5°

Relationships with women are hard. They likely supported me in the past life and I stole their man. I have asteroid Lilith conjunct. Theories aside, a SN in cancer (linked to the 4th) wants home and hearth and eating good food. Having a moon focused on chilling and relying on others with a north node that says you need less emotions and to boss up, make money and be famous (my nn trines Jupiter in 10th), I really get in my own way and I lack discipline and consistency to get things done right the first time EVERYTIME.

Jupiter in 10th retrograde 7° Virgo

MAJOR wins and losses in career. Unemployed today, Manager tomorrow.

Saturn conjunct mars in Aquarius 3rd house

I really want to cuss people out, but I can’t. Even when I don’t, people accuse me of being aggressive. So unfair.

[theresa-of-liechtenstein]

man the way some of these “embody ✨true femininity✨” catholics talk about female saints makes me want to scream and bite things. “dress like mary, host like martha, love like thérèse” how about we stop reducing the examples of holy and complex women who used their god-given agency so we can buy into the submissive tradwife trend for clout. make difficult decisions like mary and understand the sorrow they entail. serve yet question like martha. persist against opposition like thérèse. shall we go on? heal like gianna. get a fucking phd like edith. convince the pope to go back to rome like catherine. compose like hildegard. refuse marriage like many of the women martyrs of the early church. i can keep going man

[alicepao13]

If you haven’t seen it someone on instagram is mad at your meme with the Shaftesbury execs.

Okay? I don't care?

I saw the post, other people notified me of it. The "I don't care" part goes to what I think of that person's reaction, not to you for letting me know, I thank you for that. If someone thinks that what I'm saying with that meme is that someone should have been thrown out of a window of a very high building, or that Shaftesbury threw someone out of a window, then they clearly missed the point and the joke, no matter which side of the fence they're at. I'm not about to water down my humor for anyone or for any cause, they can be a John Reardon stan or have any kind of participation in this unofficial campaign, I won't be affected by that. Also, it's a very popular meme template, I'm hardly the first one to use it. And people taking it literally and being mad about it is actually making me want to use it more, not less. Alas, the bubble speeches are too small, and it's not that easy to come up with stuff to be said in like ten words.

Some people really need to check their tolerance for comedy, though. It's not my fault they're that far away from the zeitgeist that this offends them (it's quite funny that it does, actually). Once more, for that person in particular:

PS: Blasting someone on another social medium when I know that person has been on various social media and has been copying photos and content and such, so they could have directly asked me what I meant before they made a post on Instagram criticizing me, and I could have resolved this in a more civilized way is cute, by the way.

PPS: I don't want this to be misinterpreted as me feeling upset about any of what I'm making being copied and reposted elsewhere. These memes are meant for that exact reason. The images I've been making are for that reason as well. I never cared for credit, or whatever clout comes from silly little actions that take five minutes to be made (or more). I merely think it's rich that this person has been to multiple accounts, and has copied AT LEAST one photo with John Reardon in Monte Carlo that I'm aware of in which the photographer specifically asked to be given credit (as is their right), and that person did the opposite, they cropped out the photographer's name and posted it on their own account without credit. I never cared for credit but I also understand that when you make a certain amount of effort (including being at the right place at the right time) you may want to be recognized for it, or you may not. That's the creator's prerogative and whoever reposts things should abide by that.

[aftertheheavydrinking]

Royalty Is a Duty, Not a Brand: Why We Need to Rethink How Titles Work

I say this as someone who deeply loves and respects the Crown: the monarchy is one of the most fascinating, enduring institutions in the world. It’s rich in history, wrapped in tradition, and when done right, should be rooted in duty. There’s something powerful about a system that survives by adapting through generations, offering continuity in a world that constantly shifts.

But here’s what frustrates me: when that duty gets blurred, and royal privilege becomes a tool for personal profit.

We’re watching a strange trend unfold, where people who have stepped away from royal responsibilities still carry royal titles, and worse, use them as branding tools. They show up on book covers, podcast intros, business pitches, baby gifts. It’s subtle. It’s strategic. And it’s wrong.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about being bitter. It’s about boundaries.

You can’t publicly separate yourself from the monarchy, say you want a “private life,” reject its expectations, distance yourself from its legacy and then still benefit from its prestige. That’s like quitting your job but still expecting the paycheck and the office clout.

The solution is simple, modern, and fair:

When the monarch changes, titles should reset.

No more life-long duchies handed out like eternal golden tickets. Titles like Duke, Duchess, and HRH should be re-evaluated with each new reign, and only kept by those who:

• Are actively serving the Crown

• Are in the monarch’s direct working family

• Uphold the values of duty, service, and neutrality

Because if you’re not representing the institution, you shouldn’t get to profit from it. Period.

This isn’t about being anti-royal. In fact, it’s the opposite. It’s about protecting the monarchy from dilution and confusion. The Crown shouldn’t be a side hustle for ex-royals. It should remain sacred, symbolic, and tied to responsibility.

The monarchy will survive,no t because of fame, but because of principle. And the best way to protect that principle is to make sure the titles mean something. To make sure the privilege stays with the duty, not the exit.

Because if royalty becomes a brand, and not a service, it loses its purpose.

[random-thought-depository]

This post (which I can't reblog, and which I'm pretty sure is about aromanticism, see their tags) is, like, I want to write some sort of response to it but I'm not even sure where to start.

Like, yes, it is true that at least in pretty big parts of the world it's normal and at this point pretty normative for men to have casual sex. And what I think that person is actually getting at is there are a lot of hostile sexist men who approach heterosexual courtship in an adversarial exploitative way, and if hostile sexist men of this type were actually trying to do entryism to the LGBT/queer community via defining their adversarial exploitative approach to heterosexual sex as "aromanticism" letting them do that would be a very "so open-minded you've let your brain fall out" move. I don't agree with their claim that "cishet man who is emotionally uninvested in his sexual partners" is "the majority guy ... this is the normal way for cishet men to be," but that's not a necessary claim for their argument.

But:

1) IME "emotionally uninvested in your sexual partners" is not actually what "aromanticism" means in the dialect of people who are actually likely to claim it as an identity or defend the idea that it's a valid LGBT/queer identity. IME they're much more likely to talk about having friends-with-benefits type relationships with friends than to talk about the sort of sexual behavior I'd expect from hostile sexist straight men who just want to "score" with people whose company they don't desire for its own sake. They might be uwuifying their own sexual behavior to present a more socially acceptable persona, but...

2) I think the kind of hostile sexist guy who takes an adversarial exploitative approach to courtship is pretty unlikely to unironically identify as aromantic. This is the point on which I'm honestly most tempted to reciprocate that person's "is this your first day on Earth?" attitude toward people who think like me. Seriously, imagine how a guy who fits the negative stereotypes of PUAs or frat bros would react if you suggested to him that his adversarial exploitative attitude toward the women he sexually desires makes him "aromantic" and therefore queer. I don't think men like that want into the LGBT/queer community, by-in-large! Quite the opposite! Men like that are more likely to associate with and value inclusion in social groups in which perceived proximity to queerness would decrease, not increase, their popularity and clout.

I think if a straight cis man self-identifies as queer on the basis of being aromantic, it's pretty likely the experience he's using that self-description to articulate is something pretty different from fitting the negative stereotypes of how frat bro types relate to women. A guy who fit the negative stereotypes of how frat bro types relate to women would probably hang out with others guys like himself, and self-identifying as queer would probably decrease, not increase, his popularity and clout with those guys. I don't think a lot of guys are going to claim to be aromantic as a cynical dating/sexual strategy either; maybe some guy somewhere might self-describe as aromantic as part of a cynical strategy get into the pants of some Smith College types, but I think the kind of guy who might do that is actually not that common and the kind of guy who might do that would be more likely to adopt a persona tailored to appeal to more socially conventional women.

Like, I'm not going to say "hostile sexist man claims the adversarial exploitative way he relates to women he wants to have sex with is aromanticism" is something that never happens, the world is vast and various, but I don't think it happens on any significant scale, I don't think it's a threat we should be strategizing around on a scale above, like, small-scale friend groups who find themselves directly dealing with such a guy.

I went back and forth on whether I should tag that person in this or not (they seem a combination of logical and maybe unfamiliar with how ace/aro people self-describe that makes me think I might actually be able to change their mind about this to some extent, I would like to!), in the end I decided them making the post unrebloggable was a pretty clear implicit statement that they preferred not to have more engagement on it and it's probably better to not bring this to their attention.

[sophietv]

the thing that makes me believe they are still together in some capacity (ranging from recent reconciliation to having a family w 2 kids….i go back and forth on this) are the koincidences they both keep consistently pulling.

if they’re truly not in each other’s lives in a meaningful way i don’t get the benefit for karlie to keep doing those things? regardless of what she posts the large majority of the comments WONT be people actually getting whatever that day’s nuanced link or reference to taylor or her work is … rather they will just be hate comments so you’d think if anything that would make her want to distance herself from taylor. and lets not forget that it’s not even just random instagram posts, it’s several of her brand commercials and stuff that have been eerily similar in ways to some of taylor’s stuff (aka lots of planning, meetings from both K and T’s teams). yes, some make the argument that karlie is just using taylor for clout but if so where are the pictures from the ERAS tour then? that argument has never made sense to me because from day 1 karlie has seemingly acted the opposite of a clout-chaser w/ regards to taylor (correct me if you think otherwise).

and from taylor’s perspective she’s doing so much unhinged shit recently (8/9 heart eyes to K that were 100% deliberate and meant to be noticed or the 8.03 shipping etc) that if they’re not together i’d just laugh because wtf girl.

for me it always comes back to the fact that such a small % of her fans pick up on the queer flagging she’s doing in general and an even smaller % see the consistent links to karlie that if they aren’t together it just seems like an awful lot of work for both of them.

Couldn't agree more with EVERYTHING that you said just there!

[atouchofireland]

Airing my LN thoughts, focusing fully on him/ his relationships.

LN reminds me of this kid J who ended up being our 'Prom King.' He was student body president. He wasn't dating the basketball girl who wound up being queen. He was just a generally nice, non-cliquey dude.

BUT. This, and many other guys i was friends with/knew in high school who were like this had THE meanest gfs. So many of these genuinely sweet guys had manipulative/bitchy gfs who were the opposite of a girls-girl.

In LN's case, his current situation is off of a long-time partner which is understandable.

BUT, going off of how all of his costars have described him, how introverted he seems, and the nature of his 4-year relationship versus this current (dating app style) one- I just feel bad for him.

Like, look at TS and TK in the media this past year. Everyone has some opinion but their team and them remain united to provide support.

This kind of came out of a twitter discourse of LN somehow marrying his current rebound. And i can't help but think: his team has already fumbled his momentum from the season, can they not handle this ridiculous shitstorm?

NC, SA, JB, etc have all been BOOKED and BUSY since their seasons and their S.O.'s private or not have been irrelevant.

So tell us, why is the only LN news the media is talking about: is his 23-year-old clout chasing gf (of barely a couple months spent together) attending the final premiere.

[i-am-ai-whump]

When I created this blog, I knew there would be those who opposed it and the contents, I knew this conversation would be had (I honestly welcome it), I’m a bit disappointed you didn’t try to include me in that conversation.

I completely understand the opposition to AI generated art and text, I'm sure artists felt the same way when the camera was invented.  I do want to be very clear when I say, I firmly believe AI generated art and text should NEVER be used as a final product to replace artists or writers.

My content on Tumblr isn’t a a final product, I gain no money or fame from making these posts. For me, Tumblr is a sandbox where I can explore themes like whump have fun!  I'm not seeking any kind of 'cheap clout' or really any clout at all (I think that is an unfair assumption) I'm simply sharing my creative experiments on a platform that I believe welcomes them. My intention is not to undermine writers or steal their ‘solidarity’, but rather to add to the diverse range of creative voices on Tumblr.

While this blog is only about a day old, I have received very positive messages from those in the whump community, and that means the world to me.

I had planned to extend to have an open conversation about the process to create AI art or text, AI in general, and my blog, but on top of your comment you've blocked me. So I extend the invite to anyone else who wants to chat.

[olympeline]

Would you want to say more about omega Arthur and how he presents as an omega? I like both alpha and omega Arthur but as an omega I think of him as the more rebellious type who doesn’t want to be forced into that typical omega role. 🤔

Oh and maybe tell us about his potential alphas and their relationship if you want to? 👀

Would I like to talk more about omegaverse Arthur? The answer to that question is always and forever: yes, yes I would love to 👀

To me, Arthur is one of the most fun characters to headcanon as an omega. It works in any setting but for simplicity’s sake, I’ll stick with the canon Hetalia verse.

National personifications are born from their people and reflect the societal attitudes of the time. Make it omegaverse and why would second sex be any different. Every country would want their nation-person to be an alpha because they’re seen as being the best. The strongest, the most powerful, the natural leaders, etc. Being part of a nation with an alpha personification is something to be proud of. In contrast, a nation-person presenting as omega would be shameful. An ill wind, a bad omen, a portent of hard times ahead, all that good bad stuff. Betas would be in the middle: not as good as alphas, not as bad as omegas. There would probably be a shared attitude that alpha nation-people mean empires, omega nation-people mean getting stepped on by empires. It’s not actually true - there’s no link between how strong a nation is and which second sex their personification has - but people believe it anyway. They wouldn’t stop believing it until omegas started getting equal rights. Something I headcanon as only happening in modern times, but that’s another story.

So, that’s where my interpretation of Arthur comes in. He’s always struck me as a character with a huge thirst to prove himself, which makes sense if you look at England’s history. Specifically if you stretch it back to the pre-Roman era. Extreme oversimplification here, but England/the British Empire is kind of the opposite of what happened to the Roman Empire/Italy. A nation that started out in ancient times as Europe’s punching bag, but then went on to become a great power. Which fits so well with the trope of an omega hiding their true nature to stop it being a hindrance to their rise. They’ve come out into the world, teeth bared and fists swinging, and are determined no one is going to put them back down again.

Arthur wants to be great. He wants to be strong like the nations who used to rule him. He wants to be an empire. He’s been raised to believe omegas aren’t empires. Been taught that what he is is shameful and a hindrance for his people. So Arthur, ever ruthlessly practical, decides if being an omega is such a problem then he simply won’t be one. I said he might try to fake being an alpha for clout in my other post, but I actually tend to headcanon him as an omega who fakes being a beta. I’m not sure Arthur could pull off alpha and make it believable. Even in canon he’s described as being “slight” and alphas are tall and larger framed. Think Ivan or Alfred. Arthur isn’t built like them and he wouldn’t want to arouse more suspicion than he had to. So he grudgingly settles on faking a beta identity even though he would have preferred alpha. Better to fake being second rate and not get caught than to try for first and risk being outed as third, you know?

He gets away with it because he presented late. That slim frame came from a childhood of high stress where there often wasn’t enough to eat. Arthur got his first heat way past when he should have. Everyone had already accepted him as a beta, so it was easy to hush up his true nature. After that he just maintained the illusion. Until some handsome alpha catches him out during a surprise heat and all the steamy sex happens because yes please give it to me I will never get tired of this trope shut up and take my money

So, to sum up my thoughts: omegaverse Arthur wanted to be an alpha, thought he was a beta, only to eventually present as an omega. World prejudice against omegas made him decide to keep faking a beta identity. Both to avoid disappointing his people and to make the international community take him seriously as a potential world power.

There you have it. I hope this was entertaining to read because I love rambling about this stuff. Oh, and if you’re wondering about what happens with Arthur’s future mate, about his interactions with the alphas in his life, about when his true second sex would eventually be revealed to the world, about the resulting fallout from it, etc. my answer is: I think I’ll save those questions for their own post because this one is getting too long. 😉

[crookedkryptonitebeliever]

I've been seeing the whole Cyprus thing reaction and I'm curious about something, all your oc have been comfort characters, even if not for you, with comfort in mind I imagine, and while Yves is the epitomy of perfect comfort Cyprus is an interesting different angle, while harsh, the idea about breaking out of the day to day routine and, as you said, a tale bout beating addictions, the last takes seemed harsh

you said he was an attention grab project for you, and clearly you succeeded but now want to just throw him out, putting some traits that make someone unlikable pretty easy and then doubling down so there's no doubt, and the reactions I've seen of 'i can't believe I liked him' 'i drew him' and so on, I get it, while he wasn't what I imagined from the first chapter, he had some somewhat redeemable traits, but now it feels like someone pulled the rug

As in even if you personally didn't liked him anymore, or ever, I thought you would let him fade for a while, like your other 1st gen oc, for lack of interest about writing for them, all of this to ask why is that? I'm not criticizing, I love all your works, been here for a long while and still hooked as the first day

I mean is your character, you can say he is whatever and since he is yours well then that's canon, as I said I'm just surprised of how vilified he's been made recently

ykno how this blog is basically copium for me and i use it as like a comforting teddy bear. But another lesser known use for this website is something to help me process and make sense of the shittiness of the world

So actually all my ocs has at least some component that's strongly inspired by people in my life, like Yves- exaggerated traits that i liked in my parents and friends, Blanche- exaggerated traits that i liked in my grandma etc etc so these are the comfort side

the thing is Cyprus is always meant to be this way from the beginning 😭😭😭the source material being all the things i hated about my dad, the machoness, coerciveness, bigotry, tough love upbringing on his kids and all that jazz, the stuff that made me go ouch for many years- so cyprus isn't even a fictional character anymore like my 1st gen ocs, its literally a retelling of what i disliked the most about my father and trying to make it palatable enough to innoculate myself from the real thing- but Cyprus is just gross to me

The true nasty side of him wasn't revealed early on bcasye,ykno,,,, i love and want clout 👉👈,,,, there were a couple of asks about his view on kids, i already had that piece written out but i waited to post it only when its confirmed he's the most popular one. I was going to scare away a lot of people if I just go high octane piece of shit on him

I truly loved my 1st gen ocs, they bring me a hella ton of comfort but like it isn't as effective as Yves, I will be churning out more and more ocs just to chase that high or relief from da horrors of da world. So i just let them fade a way and go into a comatose state (me not writing about them) because i still do wanna revisit them one day and i do not want them to go out in pain and hated

Gonna be honest with you chief idk wtf is Cyprus to me now, like he is not giving me comfort in a traditional sense like Yves or Blanche, or Yan big brother, but he STILL is giving me a sense of like relief and catharsis by letting me write him into this asshole im having to face irl, like i converted an attention grab to another one of my copium- when Cyprus was in his like golden problem child phase where everyone likes him except the author, he wasn't copium, dude

only after i vilified him (and received a bunch of horrified responses and a couple of hate asks as a result) did he do something to make me feel good, like Yves level good but in the opposite direction, like the Yin to Yves's Yang of comfort

Like i definitely will still write about Cyprus, he's just the black sheep of the comfort family and even tho i do joke a lot about this being an attempt to remove as much of my reader's favour for him so i can just eradicate him without a lot of uproar, its never really the case. Cyprus is transformed to another outlet for me to express my thoughts and feelings about stuff i fuckin hate irl but will have to face regularly [i will slow down on the cyprus posting tho cause i am going back to Yves as like a knee jerk reflex]

Cyprus was meant to be hated, but with how the world works, there will be people who still love him and take him in as their wet rat. So i wouldn't say that he's my most unpopular oc after i fleshed out the shit side of him, just the most divisive one- he's like fuckin vegemite, you either hate him with a burning passion or love him and want to slob on his knob

anyways here is your hot cup of Yappuchino served with a side of Yappanese sponge cake. Enjoyszss and thanks for the askkkk

[proshippers-against-censorship]

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What's crazy is the complete opposite phenomenon is happening at the exact same time as well. That viral baby hippo Moodeng has people going absolutely crazy like "omg she's an icon" and "I am her" and "the most relatable of all time"

But it's very very obvious to anybody who knows even the slightest amount of basic animal care/behavior that this baby hippo is being abused. And even if it's not immediately obvious to you, there are lots and LOTS of people speaking up about it and trying to spread awareness of the awful conditions, cruel mishandling, and abuse that this baby hippo is being subjected to. But unfortunately, the awareness posts don't get 1/100 as much attention as the repeatedly reposted viral videos and cheap low-effort memes

Its so bizarre to me how quick some people are to jump the gun and start accusing random strangers of animal abuse, but when an actual case of REAL animal abuse is going viral all over the world, nobody wants to be told the facts about it because they prefer using pictures of a baby animal in a clear stress/fear response as a reaction image

Yeah, I feel like a lot of the interactions with her have bypassed being desensitization, and all that's happening is that she's being used for clout. Kinda like that stingray.