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okay time loop post aside I know I haven’t been active on here like in months, it’s bc school has been kicking my ass and I’m super behind on both critical role and tma...hopefully at some point I will have the time to stop being dead 😔

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@scary-ivy begging you to go watch Russian Doll. also I don’t bang my head against the wall every time this post starts making the rounds again and a dozen motherfuckers comment “heat of the moment :)” like they’re funny just to be accused of being a supernatural fan. I did not sign up for this slander

Weird question but if y’all were stuck in a time loop where you died and then the day restarted over and over again, what slightly insanity-inducing song would be playing every time you woke up

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every Thursday I’m like “I’ll catch up in time for next week’s episode” and then I blink and it’s fucking Thursday again

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have aromantic headcanons. ship ppl queerplatonically. absorb media through a lens other than shipping. write gen and queerplatonic fic. unlearn amatonormativity. make fandom spaces not only accessible but welcoming of aromantics. or else 🔪

(this post must be reblogged by everyone but alloromantics if you clown i will fucking end you)

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okay this post is making the rounds yet again, so I feel it’s a good time to remind everyone that when you choose to put your answer in a reply or as an addition to the post when you reblog, it creates a whole new notification on my activity page rather than folding into the reblogs or likes. please consider putting your answers in the tags of your reblog instead, or at the very least, scroll up through the notes and see if somebody’s added your song already. (seriously. spn fans. I promise you heat of the moment has already been added to this post. you do not need to add it again) thanks!

Weird question but if y’all were stuck in a time loop where you died and then the day restarted over and over again, what slightly insanity-inducing song would be playing every time you woke up

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hey, she’s animated.

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How ‘bout a chubby Jester in A4? I think she’d be really cute

Oh she’s absolutely adorable

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Did I ever tell you guys about how I definitely accidentally killed mollymauk

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Arsonist’s Lullaby

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Consider this… Melanie’s “King” is an older Cantonese romanization of the surname 京

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We talk a lot about parasocial relationships and idol worship now in relation to podcasters and voice actors but I think another important part is to remember that these people... aren’t really celebrites? They may seem like it because podcast fans have very often saturated themselves amongst groups who all know who these people are and admire them, but 99% of podcasters aren’t ‘get recognised on the street, earns lots of money from this’ famous. Almost all of them still have day jobs, and hell, a lot of them are still active in fan spaces for other shows, because they’re usually just people who you’ve chosen to listen to talk into a mic, and have decided are Public Property instead of people.

And that means that when people treat them the way they would a celebrity who’s fame has put them above everyone else, it can seem kind of weird? Because there’s a good chance they’ll see or just be generally aware of how people treat them online?

Taylor Swift isn’t going to see what weird fanfic you write about her online, but I’ve literally seen people write RPF about voice actors who even have their own Ao3 accounts, and that just seems so invasive to their personal lives? I’ve seen people on tumblr name their podcast sideblogs with voice actors full actual names, not the character, the person themslves, and it’s often VA’s who have their own tumblr accounts.

Podcasters very often create content for free from their homes. I do it too! So to see them get treated more like concepts than real people is a little disconcerting? ‘Learn Boundaries’ is a very common thing to say in relation to people’s interactions with creators but also just. Take time to think about your actions towards them? If the person you’re talking about found the content you’re making about them, would they find it creepy/invasive? If so... maybe just don’t?

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I’m so tired of whitewashed Beau art Beau has DARK SKIN

You have an ethical responsibility to draw her as such so suck it up and check your art before you post it

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I just feel like everybody who made fun of Keyleth for her “so she could be alive?” moment with the water ashari owes her an apology

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fan fic authors be like yes i know this will flop however i simply have too much love for this character and my very niche headcanons for them. and i think that is so fuckin sexy of us

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all I do is sit here and fume about how fucking sexy the spiral is. GOD.

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I love your takes on Fjord. I was wondering, do you think he views his relationships with the group as transactional?

With the group? Where we are at episode 103? Not at all. Not even remotely.

Reciprocity of kindnesses and favors rendered is not exclusive to transactional relationships. To give in return for receiving is just... a relationship. A transactional relationship is one where that act of receiving something in return for giving something is the end goal of the relationship itself. (Sidebar, transactional relationship not inherently bad actually! They’re perfectly sensible relationships with acquaintances and people who aren’t your friends, family, or otherwise close to you.) It’s when the relationship is entirely based on the idea of doing a favor for someone with the expectation that they will then return the favor—and there’s nothing outside of that.

Fjord does approach his relationships with the Nein with the intent to reciprocate and repay what they have given to him. But, again, that’s just gratitude. ALL relationships have an aspect of giving and receiving, and to repay someone’s kindness to you isn’t necessarily transactional, that’s just gratitude or friendship or even sometimes just decency.

There was a point at which Fjord approached many of the relationships in the group as transactional. I’d say the only real exception may have been Jester, as their relationship seemed largely built on companionship’s sake while they traveled. Consider the blood pact with Caleb over Dashila’s altar. Fjord easily agrees to help Caleb because Caleb has posed that he is here helping Fjord, and that one day Caleb may need help himself. A favor owed for a favor provided, blood and blood. Fjord likely expected all relationships with him to be negotiated on that basis because of how he was treated throughout his life, and so that’s where he starts with the individuals of the Nein—and it’s how he approaches relationships with basically every single NPC that crosses his path. (Again, not inherently bad to do.)

However, that was a very long time ago. For ages now, it has not felt like Fjord has expected what he himself gives must be repaid eventually. 

Fjord may feel like he owes many debts to the group, but he never seems to believe that they owe him in return for what he’s offered and given. Fjord is, in the end, very giving of himself to his relationships in this group, and he rarely asks for or expects anything in return. All he’s really asked for is that they each pursue their best selves with sincere effort and to support one each in that endeavor. He wants them protected and kept, and he wants the opportunity to watch over them as they grow and to be allowed to see where they end up.

Yes, he believes that’s something they owe to each other, but that’s not a transactional thing at all. That’s just wanting everyone to flourish and to offer kindness and support to those around themselves. It’s simple selflessness and love and gratitude.

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ohoho idk what happened but I’m seeing fanart and I’m 👀👀👀