#// i'll probably answer these directly from the inbox!

[fallenusurper]

c:

ㅤㅤ" Heh. So, should I be takin' this as yer wantin' me t'take ya out for a good night, sometime? "

[authorhjk1]

December special 2025

Hi everyone!

I know you guys might think this is way too early, since December is in literally 12 month. But after last time, I realized that I need to have a little more time to write the individual stories, which also means we need to do the voting earlier. I haven't set a date yet, but I'm aiming for something around October. Also, last time a couple of people mentioned that the time to send in requests was a little too short. So here we are!

Pretty much the same rules as before. Everything goes. You can request anything for the December specials and when I read your request and answer it, I'll let you know what I think and maybe make a few changes, if I don't feel comfortable writing specific kinks and such. I'll answer every request I get as soon as possible and add it to my personal list of requests. I'll then write a short "teaser" like I did before, so we can keep the request list, which I will update regularly at the end of this post, relatively short, because sometimes I get quite long requests. You can send me requests by messaging me directly, or by sending an ask to my inbox. Please make sure you label your requests as "December special requests". I'll make a tag for the requests I get, so you can scroll through them like last year.

The year 2025 will have four Sundays throughout December. That means I'll be writing four stories. A Christmas/Winter theme is preferred, but not a requirement. I'll post reminders probably every two months, so you guys don't forget that you can send in requests. I haven't decided on how the voting is gonna be, since we tried two different styles so far. I'll tell you more about that when the time comes. I'll add the link to this post to my pinned post, so you guys can easily access it. If I forgot any important information, please let me know.

Looking forward to your requests this year!

List of requests for the December special 2025:

1.

You, Irene and the new coworker Seulgi work for a media company, who produces music videos for entertainment companies. Around this time of the year, two female soloists are about to have their comebacks. Im Yoona and Karina. They both have similar music, similar concepts and the same target audience, which makes them natural rivals. A good music video always impact on a song's popularity and success. Which of the two can convince your team to invest more time and attention into their music video?

(A continuation of "Welcome party")

2.

G!P Ryujin brought back a surprise from Itzy's tour. A tied up Yeji in your bedroom. You make her watch you fuck Ryujin, before the two of you use Yeji however you want.

3.

IU planned on enjoying some relaxing vacation after a busy year. But she completely forgot about a quite important part of her most recent contract with a new investor. That means her vacation will include no relaxing at all. IU isn't prepared for what awaits her. The first mistake was to think that she'll be attending to only the CEO's needs.

4.

You're still getting accustomed to living with your new step family. Your new step mom Taeyeon and her daughters Karina and Winter seem to like you though. But one day everything is suddenly different. They don't just like you. All three of them find you attractive. And you're not sure how you're going to handle all three of them at once.

5.

While watching a new historical kdrama, you suddenly find yourself trapped in that time period. Being put into the role of a military general, you fight for your king on the battlefield and in the palace. But just when you think you're getting used to living like this, Yuri and Yoona turn your new world upside down again.

[nintendonut1]

I absolutely despise making posts like these, I just turned 35 years old and have little room in my life for online drama, but this has gotten to the point where folks' actual safety has become a legit concern of mine, so I don't think I can let this go without saying something.

At this point, for everyone in the SMRPG sub-fandom, or any other fandoms, honestly, it's probably a safe bet to block Yoylecake420 wherever you see them.

I don't have time for details or screenshots, I'll just summarize my personal experience with them.

At first, I got plenty of asks from them about their hyperfixations here on tumblr. I'm busy as hell, so most of them got lost in my inbox, and the ones I saw I had little time to entertain with an answer.

Then, they joined my Discord about a month ago, where they were active in sharing their art and stuff. Then me and the mods caught wind of them sending unsolicited DMs and friend requests to various members of the server, often with uncomfortable topics. We gave them a fair warning to stop. They did not.

This repeated behavior ended in a ban from the server. During this, they were also repeatedly making a mockery of my webcomic's OCs by making uncomfortable art/captions and submitting the characters to Kiss-Marry-Kill-style blogs despite me asking them not to, so I blocked them on Discord, Tumblr, deviantArt, and Art Fight. I know this is small potatoes compared to harassing people, but it's important context for the following.

A day after the ban from my server, they joined up the Spiderforest server, knowing I'm a part of that webcomic community. I was even warned by the mods, who were aware of Yoyle's behavior as they had already been messaging the SF tumblr about my comic.

A week later, they joined ComicFury, and replied to me on the forum, complimenting my work. Like nothing had ever happened. Like I didn't have them blocked everywhere else. Like they hadn't fully disrespected me, my work, and my community.

I directly messaged them telling them to leave me alone. Their response was a slight apology, but also admitting to being obsessed with my work, having a hard time moving on, and, ultimately, wanting the attention.

So. There it is. It pains me, knowing this is giving them the attention they want, but I'm too fucking old for games like that and the need for me to look out for everyone's safety is more important.

Yoyle is a person who does not care about others' personal boundaries. If you ignore them, they persist. If you tell them to stop, they do for a day or two, and then persist again. And if you block them, they'll evade it and stalk you to somewhere else on the internet.

Of course, it's not my place to tell anyone how to interact with others, but I am suggesting a pre-emptive block if you make, at the very least, Geno fanart, and aren't interested in being harassed across multiple platforms and having your boundaries stomped on. I do not suggest interacting with them, as they are the embodiment of "give them an inch and they'll take a mile."

I've got one screenshot here from a friend of all their alt accounts (this is publicly available on their main tumblr) for any pre-emptive blocking on those sites:

[twinroomies]

Godamnit, I've been busted! Did Akane tell you who I am, or do you have some sort of 4th wall powers? /j

All jokes aside though, thanks for having me!

Fun fact: I actually have a reason for the name Cara. Well, kinda. It's mostly because of Kris and Frisk being almost anagrams except for one letter. The car pun was completely unintentional, but man, ngl, THAT SHITS CRAZY, I LOVE THAT /pos

Also, with every ask I send, Cara gets another bar of extra-dark chocolate in the fridge. (No, I will not explain where I get them.)

~Chocolate Anon.🍫

I don't think Chara's gonna eat the random chocolate, they're untrusting of suspiciously appearing cocoa products, but it's the thought that counts! Also, I'm sure Asriel will do something silly with them eventually. As for how I know who you are: ya'll, I also read Twin Runes! HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET OUR FAVORITE DETECTIVE (Ignore the person who asked about them like less than 24 hours ago)!

Ye. That's me. I'm the Kris. Moss. I've done a few other silly little things around Twin Runes as well, but it all started with my fandub, where I'd draw custom little parts for the comic to give it a bit more movement and life! Oh, uh, I guess while we're here, now's a good of time to mention it as any, it's been in the FAQ a while but I figure it's good to have it as a note out here as well:

PSA: YOU HAVE TO ASK TO DUB TWIN ROOMIES

Now, you might wonder to yourself "Why the change from Twin Runes to Twin Roomies", and the answer is simple! New artist, new rules, really just how it is. Akane gets a LOT of requests to voice Twin Runes, so many that it'd be really hard to keep up with directly communicating with that many people about permissions and such. No such issue here, and as someone who's been doing voiceover for a while now themselves it's always been etiquette to ask permission if not outright given, and I'd like to reserve the right to say no. Now, am I GOING to say no? Probably not, but if you're offended by the idea of having to ask the person who's script and art you're using as the foundation of your adaptation for permission to make such an adaptation? I don't want you adapting my stuff! I'm not hard to reach, worst comes to worst you can use the very inbox this ask was submitted in and as long as you use an account I can reply to you privately to tell you "go ahead"! I might even just end up, gee, I dunno... putting your video at the end of one of these posts because it's super cool and I LOVE the way it turned out?

The Dubsoul team did a FANTASTIC JOB with this video, and because they reached out they had access to EVERYTHING I HAD. That's the original foley, that's the music track in the background, the FX seperated, the subtitles both on the video and as a .srt file, etc.! ANYWAYS! TLDR; It's my stuff, you gotta ask, don't be the next Kyotosomo or I'll suplex you, okay? Thanks, Chocolate Anon, and sorry your post got hijacked a bit!

[andy-wm]

you respond to asks from antis and tkkrs and i dont know why?? And ive sent you a few and you dont always respond? So do you just like fighting with antis or do you really want to talk about KM??

Hello anon,

If you've sent me questions or comments I do appreciate it. I'm not ignoring them, honestly, I love this community and answering asks is a big part of that. I read every one of them. Of course I don't know who sends them (since they're anon asks) so if yours have gone unanswered it's not personal. I have nearly 300 asks in my inbox, I can't respond to all of them.

Some of the asks I get look like generic spam questions, or they're links to X (I don't have an X account anymore). Others are multi-paragraph essays. I don't generally respond to those, the person who wrote them could really just post them on their own blog. Some a re clearly just for me to read and aren't expecting an answer. But if you've sent me an interesting question or specifically directed your ask at me, I am most likely working on a response.

Yes, I really do want to talk about Jimin and Jungkook. All the time. But I'm guessing this isn't really about answering your asks.

I assume you want to know why I respond to the haters and the antis.

It's a fair question, with a simple answer: It's the same reason I respond to transphobic, homophobic, racist, or bigoted content on any socials - and in person. Because if nobody checks the dipshits and assholes who make derogatory comments or post outright lies, they will continue to run amuck with apparent freedom to say whatever enters their heads.

Is it always necessary for me to respond to hateful comments?

Probably not.

Does that mean I'll reconsider my stance on this?

Probably not.

I honestly believe that what you walk past is what you accept.

I don't usually lower myself to the level of mud slinging with these individuals even if I sometimes take a passive aggressive stance. I prefer to beat stupid and delusional with logic and accurate information.

And while I sometimes let things pass if I don't think the post comes from a malicious place, I've got no problem facing bigotry head on. I have never been a person who backs away from a fight and I have and will walk directly into danger to protect someone I love.

I know this isn't the case for everyone and I respect the right of each person to decide for themselves what works for them. If you're stressed by confrontation, avoiding it might be the best choice for you. If you feel more comfortable ignoring the antis, carry on doing that.

I'll keep doing what works for me, which is pushing back on the haters and antis wherever I find them, whether it's here or in my local supermarket.

But I do also try to make a point of moving on from unpleasant interactions and finishing with something positive or fun, so here's JK caring for his mochi.

Who doesn't love a bit of chivalry after all...

we protect what we love

[templeofvengeance]

☽ Welcome to the Temple of Vengeance! Greatest of the Great Gods, Khonshu, presiding. ☾

☽ Inbox: Open ☾

[Indie RP/Ask blog for Khonshu from the MCU's Moon Knight. Set after the show ends by default, but also open to other verses. Follows from youtriggeredmytrapcard. More info on the blog, or under the cut for mobile users.]

Updated: 4/28/25 (Mostly rewording things)

Laws of the Temple

☽ BASICS ☾

- MUN STUFF: My name's Kew! She/they, well over 21. No triggers. I only speak English fluently and any other languages will be google translate. Please forgive any mistakes.

- If you want to interact, my DMs are open for questions/plotting!

- FOR MINORS: I'm not going to be super strict about weeding out minors since things aren't going to get smutty around here, but NSFW topics could still come up, and the show Khonshu is from does explore some darker themes. You've been warned.

- CONTENT WARNING FOR: Descriptions of violence, religious stuff, swearing, emotional manipulation, ableism (especially surrounding mental health stuff.) I’ll try to tag other things as they come up.

- SPOILERS FOR MOON KNIGHT EVERYWHERE. There will be untagged spoilers for both the comics and especially the show.

- GENERAL RP ETIQUETTE: Don't make actions for my character without asking, don't assume past relationships/deep history without asking, don't read my character's mind, etc. - FEEL FREE TO REBLOG MEMES FROM ME. It actually helps me remember to send stuff out.

- NOT PRIVATE, BUT SELECTIVE: I sometimes don't follow big multimuses back since I have pretty strict tastes in fandoms, and I don't want to clog my dash with characters I don't know. That doesn't mean I don't want to roleplay with you though! As for selectivity, I reserve the right to say no if things just don't click writing-wise.

- KHONSHU IS AN ASSHOLE. Nothing he says reflects my real views about anything. If he’s mean to you, it doesn’t mean I don’t like you or you’ve done something wrong.

- FOR OTHER MOON KNIGHT SYSTEM MUSES: By default, I'll play Khonshu like he's connected to your muses. If you want it to be dimension-hopping shenanigans (which I'm super down to do, especially for ones more heavily based on the comics), let me know! All these interactions will be on different verses, and I don't plan to have Khonshu be 'mains' with any muses.

- FIGHTS: With rare exceptions, I'm just gonna say no to fight threads with Khonshu. Partly because he's incorporeal and really can't be hurt or hurt anyone else directly. Mostly because fighting other muses has always stressed me out. If it's something you really want to do, we can talk about it. (This doesn't mean your character can't attack Khonshu ever, it just means it probably won't work.)

☽ MUSE INFO ☾

NAME: Khonshu OTHER NAMES: Chons, Bloody pigeon, Silly old bird (He accepts none of those) PRONOUNS: He/him HEIGHT: Varies, usually around 8-10 feet tall. WEIGHT: N/A (Incorporeal, like a ghost) AGE: Four billion, give or take

- KHONSHU is the Egyptian god of the moon, vengeance, and healing, a minor god of time, among other smaller things. While he is enormously powerful in theory, he’s mostly unable to affect the physical world without use of a mortal AVATAR, dubbed his MOON KNIGHT. Those who agree to be his Avatar are granted superpowers and near-invulnerability, in exchange for agreeing to carry out his mission: Bringing his vengeance against those who harm the travelers of the night.

- Khonshu is also somehow a billions-year-old grumpy baby who flips over trash cans when he doesn’t get his way.

- By default, Khonshu's current Avatar is JAKE LOCKLEY, only. Jake will make cameos on this blog when necessary, and you can request him in asks if you want. (For writing Jake, I don't have DID, so any attempt to reference/portray it is based on the comics and show. I don't write Marc or Steven.)

- Normally, only his Avatar (or Avatars of other gods) are capable of seeing/hearing Khonshu, but let’s say this blog is a holy space where he can answer your prayers questions. (In threads, we can always bullshit a reason your character can see Khonshu.)

- This Khonshu is HEAVILY BASED ON THE DISNEY+ SHOW, which means he lacks a lot of the harsher history his comic book counterpart has. However, some bits of comic lore have been added/built upon, especially his fraught history with his father, AMON-RA.

[positivitymail]

Introducing the positivity mailing list!

Hiya! As you probably know if you're following this blog, I send a monthly positivity message to all of our followers. This is something I LOVE doing, but there are a lot of you now, and sending all the messages manually is beginning to take a lot of time. I'm also aware that some of you don't really care for the monthly messages.

So, I'm starting a mailing list! Being on it is *not* a commitment to answering the monthly messages, as I know many of you like keeping them in your inboxes. I'm simply hoping to save a bit of time by not sending the messages to those who don't want them.

Now, how do you get on the mailing list?

Well, first of all, you can comment here or send an ask to say if you want to opt in or out of it! I also won't start using it right away; I'll ask in the next few monthly messages if you want to keep getting them, and I might reach out more directly to people I don't hear from.

Thank you all so much for following the blog! This is honestly a wonderful problem to have and I did not expect that the blog would get so big when I started it. I'm looking forward to keeping on sending these messages and helping you guys share your own <3

[marimayscarlett]

This is a FREE pass to deep dive into ANY of your favorite thing(s) about Mr. Zee Kay!!! I wanna hear EVERYTHING about your favorite thing, I love seeing your deep dives and essays on the most important subject to exist ❤️

❗ CAUTION. LONG-ISH POST AHEAD. ❗

Hi! First of all:

Kissies for you for sending me this ask, thank you so much! This has been sitting in my inbox for a while now since it took me ages to decide what this post should be about. I didn't want to make yet another fashion/stage outfit/etc post, so I decided to do something different with it.

I decided this will be a long ass post about Richard's outspokenness and honesty in interviews and some of my favourite quotes/topics he spoke about in the past. This man has A LOT to say and sometimes is brutally honest with his answers. You ask him how he's doing or what he thinks about XYZ? Prepare for a lengthy and detailed reply. You ask him something silly or boring? Be prepared he quite actually reacts quite directly on it.

This list will be sorted by three topics: 1. Quotes regarding work with Rammstein, Emigrate and in general, 2. Quotes about his personal life and finally, 3. Unhinged shit Richard says since this man sometimes has no filter.

All interviews will be linked, german quotes are translated into english. Prepare yourself, this will be long and self-indulgend and I'm probably the only person who's really interested in this stuff but i don't CARE, I love reading about and listening to this man and I'll use this post to my liking thanks to this lovely, lovely anon 💞 Let's get started 👀🤍

Richard on working with Rammstein and Emigrate and music in general

In this interview, Richard talks about being put into the right wing corner by the german media and how hard it is for him and the band: "You want to shout it out loud and convince people otherwise, only to find that nobody listens because nobody wants to know. They want you in this corner. That was very disillusioning."

Here he gives an example for his immeasurable perfectionism and how he tries to protect himself from it: "I spent a lot of time recording guitars over and over again. I ended up giving my guitar engineer the key to the locker where my guitar cabinets are and told him “Do not give me this key back”,  otherwise I would have still been in there recording guitars right now.

In the same interview, he also gives an example how the whole Mutter problem came into play: "So if I’d come up with 45 ideas, then others in the band may feel they’d have to come up with 45 ideas as well. There was lot of pressure going on within Rammstein because of that."

Here Richard talks about how he, back in the GDR days, wandered from peer group to peer group to find his style: "I've always been bored of sticking with just one group of people. The metalheads got drunk too often. So I moved on - and I found that refreshing - to the punks …" Interviewer: … who didn't drink any less. "No, exactly. And they were also dirtier (laughs). Then I was with the bluesmen, and they always went to these blues fairs. And because they also drank a lot, they could sleep well, whereas I, who didn't drink, always woke up at three in the morning because I was so cold - we only had these thin cotton sleeping bags."

Richard on the amount of hours which go in one song of his [interview]: "At some point, I calculated that it takes me about 1000 hours on average for a song to reach the listener. But I don't want to think too much about the time involved. That would just be frustrating."

On his relationship with Flake and that he would be the one member of the band Richard would play an Emigrate album as a test run to [interview]: "Although someone like Flake would probably be very open to that. We have a lot of respect for each other and are in a lively exchange. For example, I regularly listen to his radio show - and call him afterwards to ask him what weird stuff he's been saying. (laughs)"

2. Richard on his personal life

In my alltime favourite podcast with Richard, he admist to seemingly being a quite difficult person to live with (apparently, only his daughter is able to and is relaxed enough to bring him inner peace). He hates talking in the morning, needs time for himself with no talking and reflect on things and sometimes is afraid/annoyed that he has to explain himself to others (since other people tend to take offense because of this). This is one of the reasons why he definitely can't imagine living together with a girlfriend again.

Here he talks about the evolution of friendship with Till: Intervier: How has your friendship changed over more than 30 years? Richard: "Well, as it goes in life: Unfortunately, there's never a happy ending. You should only meet friends once or twice a month. It's unnatural for men to be extremely close for decades. At some point you want to be left alone." Interviewer: You two are more like colleagues these days? Richard: "Sounds stupid, but that's kind of how it is. But I still have a basic trust: If anything happens, I know I can call Till and he'll be there, just like the others."

Here Richard admits to his immense moodiness at times: "I am a very moody person, my mood sometimes changes by the hour."

Why he likes western movies so much [interview]: "It might sound strange, but I have really early childhood memories of my father watching these cowboy movies and falling asleep… that ended up being part of my upbringing somehow."

And his fond memory of the wild times with Till after the wall came down [interview]: "Because at that time, in every house there was a techno or rave party, and we would go there, and 7 in the morning, he would bring his daughter to school, and then come back and we would stay there into the daytime, and dance to these electric beats — I mean, can you imagine us dancing like that?"

How he answers to a fan question in which movie/show he'd like to be a part of (musically or in general) [article]: "I would have loved to have been in Game of Thrones. I really love fantasy worlds, you know? Also Westworld."

3. Welcome to the unhinged RZK corner aka "Shit RZK says":

In this interview, he describes his relationship with music like this: "I believe the music itself must be the king, but I want to be the queen." Alrighty then 👀

Just overall this conversation with him thinking about filming himself having sex [interview]:

The Gauntlet: Do you always have that funny smile during sex? [regarding the Pussy MV]

Richard: "I actually never watched myself but you have a point. I really should watch myself or videotape it. I never really...I can do it. I did that a long time ago but every girl is different. Do I really smile? Sometimes I guess, I will have to check that out. You really have me thinking on that one."

This man seemingly tried every therapy under the sun, which is good, but this one left me a bit speechless [interview]: "I always had the feeling that I was a king without a nation. That was always in my head and I once did reincarnation therapy and experienced this life. It was really interesting and this song came out of that [song: Born on my own].

Here he admits to throwing a guitar at Lemmy Kilmister: "It was the third time a roadie had given me an out-of-tune guitar. So I threw it at him. Unfortunately, Lemmy was standing there watching the show from the side of the stage. But I didn't know that, I just saw Lemmy disappear. That was very embarrassing for me."

Or he throws his credits cards at sales women (how about some anger management my guy): "The last time I was there [New York], I wanted to pay for a coffee in a café with a hundred dollar bill. But not because I wanted to be a big shot, but because I just had this one bill in my pocket. The sales woman hissed at me and threw the bill back over the counter. I just thought: She's out of her mind. I then threw my credit card at her. I was really angry."

If you made it to the end of this post, I really applaud you and apologize for my rambling yet again 🙏 I could go on and on (I didn't even started with quoting the video interviews), but I think since I'm the only one who's into this, I stop right here 😅 Have some smiley Richard as a reward 🍀

[confessions-sm]

RULES

— Do not talk about other people if it means hating on them/talking bad things behind their back (or front, does not matter).

— Avoid heavy NSFW so others won't be uncomfortable; every suggestive ask will be tagged with #[ 🔥 ] Suggestive. However, when it comes to images, it's not allowed even if it's just suggestive.

— Glorifying racist, homophobic, transphobic, pedo, or any similar content is NEVER tolerated; the mod also does not support proshipping nor 'pro-fiction' and is uncomfortable interacting with the ones who does.

— Don't spam the inbox with the same ask, I'll post it sooner or later. If your ask haven't been posted, it's probably because you broke any of the rules. If anything please ask me about it and I'll answer it.

— This is a blog made for others to have fun, a positive place, so I respectfully ask for you guys to keep the vents to a minimum. And to be honest, it also helps the mod, since I'm not fully comfortable hearing vents from people I do not know/I am not close to.

— After a while, I've decided to not bring up old dramas (or even any at all); counts for Spooky Month, a fan, or even Sr Pelo himself. Just avoiding a possible headache for everyone!

— I won't be posting asks that have nothing to do with Spooky Month for obvious reasons.

— I've come to realize that I can't block people directly from this blog, so as a substitute, I'll ignore everyone who's on my main's block list.

Rules may get updates; I'll reblog this post whenever it happens.

[osaemu]

sorry if i didn't answer ur ask yet, i probably won't atp bc there's too many and i don't wanna sound disinterested in my replies so i think i'll just clear my inbox (again) 😣😣 thank you for everyone who asked how i'm doing, i'm doing well and i hope you all are too !!!

also !!! i won't be quitting tumblr but i definitely won't be as active as i used to be bc i don't really want to force myself to be interested in something that isn't enticing me, which in this case is tumblr and animanga :,) :,) so i won't be posting any new fics for now, but you might still see the occasional drabble idk

and finally before i close tumblr again i'd also like to add that i still check my inbox frequently so please. please. please ask before taking inspo from my theme/navi/fics 😞 i'll reply decently fast and just bc i'm technically on hiatus doesn't mean my content's up for grabs :,) i won't directly contact anyone yet but ... it isn't that hard to just ask me first :,) thank you !!!

(do u guys like my new theme bc i love regina george)

[heqvenlymoons]

Update-ish

I actually have quite a number of unfinished oneshots + outlined works in the drive (it's concerning how many works I've started and abandoned halfway). I do have this 2,800+ words of daminette oneshot I might post after I do some edits when I have time, I'm getting some serious imposter syndrome because I wrote this a long time ago and looking at it now I find it lowkey cringe honestly, what is this:

“It’s nice to see you don’t give up on chasing your dreams~” Lady Noire had said in a singsong tone, effectively reducing him to a stuttering mess as he spluttered, tripping and almost falling off the roof had he not reacted fast enough to use his grapple. 

He glared at her as she skipped— had he seen that right?— skipped away, laughing as some pendant she stole from the museum dangled from her lean fingers, sparkling in the moonlight. 

Despite the glimmering jewelry she was twirling in her fingers, Robin’s attention had drifted away from the shiny necklace to the carefree smile on her face when she turned back to him. 

“Close your mouth, mon petit oiseau. You’re going to catch flies. I’ll say to take a picture because it lasts longer, but beauty should be enjoyed directly and not from a secondary source, non?” She said, her green cat-like eyes containing amusement as she swung the necklace in front of her like she was trying to hypnotize him. 

Not like she needed to hypnotize him when he was already so enamoured with her.  Ok. 😣

Also I've realized I've gotten some inbox messages from a while ago so I'll probably answer them soon if it's not too late 😭

[spookythesillyfella]

SPOOKY.. HELLO I'm finally here with the inbox I've showed up for everyone else BUT BECAUSE I'VE ASKED YOU ALREADY ABOUT YOUR TASTE IN MUSIC.. Is there any music CURRENTLY that may be keeping your thoughts going wild with helping you cope / relating to or just generally finding comfort in? You don't have to answer this ask considering it feels like something I've already asked you like 3 different times but I do actually find it fun that you post songs in moments to describe how you're feeling (As much as I'd like to give you a really tight hug. You deserve to feel better) AAH I probably won't show up again for awhile as I posted already but I haven't been here in a hot second anyways so I'll be here NOW at least. I love you! You know my dms are opened 🩷 Take your time replying btw. This isn't some forced obligation!!

Dobuno Awa. juzt completely undoubtedly Dobuno Awa ; no other artizt will probably come anywhere cloze to him

juzt . every single Dobuno Awa song – doezn't matter at all which u pick . im gonna like it

but . i will say that there are alzo a couple of other songz that – by the time of writing thiz – really do help me feel a bit better

if it wazn't obviouz by the whole ... change in scenery of my blog . "Hate you, Hate you, Hate you, But..." – Kikuo iz a pretty big one ; even if a majority of itz lyricz are the repetition of the same phraze . they all rezonate with me incredibly much

therez "FUKOUNA GIRL" – STOMACH BOOK too ; another song whoz lyricz alzo rezonate a lot with me [i would say itz shocking – since im not a girl after all – but i have quite the reputation for relating to songz with the word "Girl" in their titlez ; caze in point being "Girl Anachronism" n "FAILURE GIRL"]

"Chelovek" – Ghost and Pals iz alzo a great pick ; i dont remember much from yezterdayz night but i recall looping thiz song quite a bit ... whoopz ... ; it juzt haz really relatable lyricz and itz sound feelz incredibly deztructive – it makez me feel like ive taken a sledgehammer directly to my brain [in a good way . i suppoze]

definitely "Binomi" – Maretu too – i dizcovered thiz song on a whim and . while uzually im not a mega big fan of Maretu . thiz song livez rent-free in my head ; it alzo makez me feel like ive had my brain completely and utterly splattered

probably the lazt one that i will mention [lezt thiz lizt become needlezzly long] iz "Puppet Loosely Strung" – The Correspondents ; if i recall . ive talked about thiz song with u before . but in a very different context – what i mean to say . though . iz that i really do feel like thiz song iz rather reflective of how i feel – ezpecially the second half of it

uhm . i hope thiz lizt made some [?] senze – i kind of feel like i rambled on for a majority of thiz . and that the pickz make little to no senze . and that they won't prove to be helpful for ANYONE elze but i actually juzt cannot remember the lazt time someone haz azked me to talk about my faverite muzic . so i have to say that thiz azk waz very much appreciated :] almozt az appreciated az u already are by me <]

[foibles-fables]

hi foibs, hoping you’re doing well. there’s something i’ve wanted to ask you since burning shores…can you say more about why you weren’t impressed by seyka/seyloy? i’ve valued your hzd opinions for a long time and am curious and interested to learn more about this one. but if you’d rather not answer that’s fine!

Hi nonny!! I told myself I wasn't going to answer any of these, but I really appreciate your kind tone and am happy to address this again for you!

I won't go into a list of specific reasons why here. I do enjoy a good bit of piece-by-piece analysis a LOT but--frankly, picking apart another ship in a public zone like this is not what I want to exemplify on my blog, at all. It's not the kind of environment I'd like to create or discourse I'd like to foster. If those conversations are to be had at all--which, let's face it, they're probably not--they're to be had one on one, with a promise of good faith and open-mindedness between participants.

So to answer your question, I'll give a little more info, but still in generalities.

First and foremost, it's the simple fact that their dynamic, as portrayed in HBS, didn't spark for me! If y'all know me, you know that there is a very specific ship dynamic that I tend to latch onto, and this repeats ad infinitum across fandoms. I just wasn't compelled by the material, which is fine! More power to you if you were, for sure.

That loops into the second reason I'll give: yes, I did find the writing of HBS to be lackluster in many aspects, including the relationship between Aloy and Seyka. The sloppy writing absolutely influenced the way I viewed/reacted to Aloy and Seyka as a ship. To me, it did feel rushed and very much removed from the character and pacing of the series we've known for years. And that was not a boon for connecting with the presented narrative, the same way I began to feel disconnected from HFW. Once again, though, totally subjective and valid if it did hit for you!

I wanted to like Seyka so much more than I did. (This is--as I've shared other posts before--commentary on the writer's room character work, not on Seyka.) I wanted her to oust Alva as my favorite Quen babygirl (A HARD CHALLENGE, I'll admit). I wanted to be compelled by her, and by her dynamic with Aloy. She didn't, and I wasn't. And that's not an attack on Seyka herself, or on folks who enjoyed her. That's my own peeve with the writing and the way she was presented both in the narrative and in the HBS marketing.

If I can also use your ask to be a little vulnerable, nonny? It's been a hard six weeks. I feel like the posts I've put up and the opinions I've offered with regards to this have been nothing less than respectful and pleasant and, in a lot of cases, that grace hasn't been returned. From being blocked/unfollowed/vagued by other Horizon wlw shippers with whom I've built a rapport over the years (which of COURSE it's anyone's right to curate their feeds--still stings on the other side, in this situation especially)--to being directly compared to the Actual Homophobes for supporting the idea of romance options in game three (the same Actual Homophobes sending death and other threats directly to my inboxes)--it's an unfortunate state. I'm doing my best to be positive for the whole fandom, but some days it's harder than others.

In any case--I'll say, contradictorily--there is a Seyloy idea I've been working on, in attempts to connect more with them and sublimate my quibbles with what was presented in canon. So I hope any Seyloy enjoyers who might read it eventually (and this!) will take it in good faith when it's finished, as it's being written in nothing but good faith!

And, FINALLY, because every single time this question comes up, I say "I DON'T DISLIKE SEYKA" out loud in Nadja's voice, and this is the perfect opportunity to finally make the joke in public:

[iheartgaykey]

be free my ltitle yaoilings

ANYWAYS HI ELLIE. HI. HI. One time you mentioned that you liked being inboxed and that's like AWESOME to know because I'm showing up today (Reply on your own accord though! Don't feel forced to answer this in the next hour) I wanted to just ask if you can ramble about something to me. It can be literally ANYTHING you can think of like ocs, fandoms, music, I'm just in the mood to hear about something from anyone who's up to ramble a bit :D Feel free to even talk about Locked Up...... YOU DON'T HAVE TO THOUGH I LTIERALLY SAID IT CAN BE WHATEVER COMES TO MIND!! You mean a lot to me so I want to just show up sometimes ILYSMMMM HOPE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF BTW I'M HERE FOR YOU ALWAYS RAAA I love reading your posts!

HELLO DOLL!!! RJAKXSKSBWIRB THIS WAS SUCH A PLEASANT SURPRISE...

All jokes aside so glad I can yap bc weird shit has been going on for like. 2 days help 💔💔💔

I've been playing alot of forsaken w my friends and maining Elliot (pizza guy !!) He's a healer and I luh him lots.... I don't know a lot of the lore behind him buut I'll probably look more into that later.....

My other friends main Zedletsky + two time. IM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW CHARACTERS TO DROP IM GONNA BUY UP ROOK SO FAST I HEARD HE WAS DEFENSE BASED AND IVE BEEN LITERALLY WAITING FOR ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH OFFENSE OR JS SURVIVING 💔💔💔💔💔

(For refrence most forsaken characters with defense abilities also have an ability that can hurt the killer WHICH I don't want to do + won't use since i prefer support characters or being able to help without being directly involved in distracting or being close to the killer so people like Elliot (who can heal) Builderman (build a machine that slows killer when they're near it + a machine that gives health to people near it) and Duskkar (Can protect and give people speed boosts + make the killer slower when in range for like 10 secs) are usually my first options

BUT IM REALLY HOPING THAT ROOK HAS SIMILAR ABILITIES TO BUILDERMAN SINCE I LIKE THAT HE CAN HEAL AND AFFECT THE KILLER IN SOME WAY...

Also considering making a cosplay for Elliot bc it'd be a lot easier than Astro...... 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

[hittmeandtellmeyouremine]

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ᵎ!ᵎ safe space - my blog is not a place for you to be hateful whatsoever. if you're a trumpie, homophobe, transphobe, sexist, racist, zionist, ablelist, pro-lifer or any of the -ist or -phobes that can't let other people live their lives peacefully, you're not welcome here. i am directly tied to almost every single one of those communities and do not play around with that. don't even try it, i will block you (or worse, rory will see and rip you a new one. don't risk that).

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ᵎ!ᵎ minors - it's not my favorite thing but i was 14 once and lying about my age too so i know some of you won't be 18+. i honestly can't check every single one of you who interacts with me's age but i do ask that you keep the interaction to a minimum if you are underage (this includes ageless blogs too). if you see a post say 'mdni', follow that please.

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ⓘ i'm still learning what i will and won't write with you guys. i've been pretty lucky with the requests i've gotten so far but if there's one i don't think i can do and i say that, please respect that. there have even been occasions where i've gotten a request that i think one of my mooties would better execute so i might even send you over to them.

⊘ don't send a bunch of writers the same request. for one, we'll probably figure it out before we even write it for you. second, it can cause issues, especially if we don't interact with each other. save us the drama.

ⓘ like i said, i have things going on. pay attention to my pinned post to see whether or not my requests are open. once they get to 10+, they'll be closed. more than that will literally send me into an anxiety attack.

⊘ don't ask me to write anything that has to do with bodily fluids, race play, necrophilia, etc. the list will probably be added to as i figure things out. don't be afraid to ask me but also don't be upset if i tell you no. i'll always try to find someone who does write that stuff and send you over that way!

ⓘ i don't only write for rafe, even if he's the majority of my writing. it's just because he's the easiest to write for. y'all i am a fangirl, chances are i probably like who you're thinking of too. i try to stray from writing anything sexual about real people for the time being but again, you can ask!

⊘ all of my readers are imagined to be a woc because i myself am a woc. you'll probably see small descriptions and things that hint at that in my writing. if that's not you, skip over it. do not bitch to me about it because you will be blocked.

ⓘ if you see 'lottie do not read' that's my equivalent of 'dead dove, do not eat'. that means it's taboo content. i've had someone ask about this before so just to give you guys a heads up.

ᵎ!ᵎ blogs - i have three different blogs for different things. if i follow you, it will show up from this blog, even if it's for one of the other blogs. this is my main (and first) one. just keep this in mind!

[icedteaandoldlace]

Okay, just ran a few tests to confirm, and it's official—@silvergrayandmauve has been shadowbanned.

What that means, apparently?

none of my posts show up in any tags I put on them

you can't find my blog in search results, you can only view it by going directly to silvergrayandmauve.tumblr.com via address bar in a browser, or clicking my username in posts where I'm mentioned

if I interact with your post in any way, you don't get notified for it

if you look at the notes on posts I've interacted with, you can't see my name or how I've interacted with it, it just looks like a glitch saying there's more notes than there really are

if you send me an ask and I answer it privately, the message appears in your inbox and you do get a notification

if you send me an ask and I answer it publicly, you don't get notified, you can only see it by going directly to my blog

I can't send asks, period, though I'm honestly not sure if that was already a side blog thing before or if that is because of the shadowban

if I try to DM you over chat, I get an error message, you get nothing

I don't even have a chat box as far as anyone looking at my blog is concerned

people who follow me can see my posts on their dash like normal, but can't get any kind of notifications from me, barring private answers to asks

people can reblog my posts and they'll be visible to others

I can get notifications and see everything just fine, but I can't do anything to make anyone see me without getting boosted by another blog (like making this post on main instead of on SG&M)

the only way my fics are gonna get any kind of exposure on Tumblr is through posting them on main and/or through reblogs, so prepare yourselves, followers, I'm gonna be boosting them a lot

writers of fics I've said nice things about recently don't even know it, probably, and I'm not even sure how long that's been the case

This Sucks

I can only suspect that the reason my blog was shadowbanned was because almost every post on it includes an external link to AO3 and/or FFN (BECAUSE IT'S A FANFICTION SIDE BLOG), so staff just thinks I'm a bot, I guess. I tried contacting support about it last night, but my Internet connection was abysmal, so I'll have to try again later.

In the meantime, have any other writers on Tumblr encountered this problem? And do you know how to avoid having this happen again when 99.9% of your posts include external links?

EDIT: No longer shadowbanned!! Yay!! But I'm leaving this post up in case anyone needs it so they can tell if they've been shadowbanned or not (and because the link to the Reddit thread that got me in touch with the staff member who fixed it is in the replies).

Also, the not being able to send asks IS a side blog thing and not a shadowban thing.