#FOR EXAMPLE:

[taylortruther]

out of curiosity: what is a controversial topic that has caused lots of discourse or strife in the fandom that you simply do not care about?

[manwholovescabins]

i really love when a character haunts the narrative and you have to piece together who they were with information given by those who loved them and then you start to love them but they’re already gone so the more you get to know them the more painful it is :-)

[orcbara]

fursona height survey (2025 version)

i love doing weird statistics projects and it's been a couple years since the first time i did this one, so i reckon it's time to give it another go around :)

If you have a fursona (or multiple fursonas):

What species are they? You can be as precise as you like.

What height are they?

Do you think of them as tall, short, or neither?

note: if you did the first version of this survey, you're welcome to answer it again!

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

what are they saying?

Like, genuinely I can’t think of anything I drew them and idk what to with them help

[frizzlelamb]

Just realized that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has the highest ratio of non-romanceable characters I'm interested in romancing compared to actual romanceable ones—more so than in any other Bioware game I've played. I wonder if that means anything.

[lesbianrustcohle]

i'm sure some of you are flying under the radar but british fic authors... i'm begging you to get american beta readers because your american characters sound truly ridiculously jarring, you're killing me

[monarchisms]

so this is the unintentional part two of that summary post i made with geoff talking about the end of achievement hunter. for this post, i'm going to try my best to sum up what michael, trevor, and joe (but not alfredo because he was sick at the time 😔) have said about what will happen in the future on the penultimate episode of off topic, #403. there won't be a transcript this time as i am busy with schoolwork and stuff, so i'll try to make this summary as filled with as much accurate information as i can to make up for it :)

so basically,

trevor starts off by saying they'll be doing the last of various series to wrap everything up. he also notes that some of these finales will be "more nostalgic"

one of the series finales that's up right now is vs episode #150: joe vs BK. the game they played is cooking mama!

after the series finale of off topic (#404 lol), the final AH video ever will be a let's play in the remastered version of burnout paradise, and the cast will consist of geoff, jack, trevor, and michael. this is a callback to the first ever AH video they did back in 2008, and it's already been filmed! trevor says it was more emotional then he thought it would be :')

michael explains that the video will essentially be a ~70-minute podcast. in it, they'll talk more about the end of achievement hunter, where the cast members have went/what they've all moved on to, and new projects that they'll working on. he also says that he thinks that people will call this video "cathartic" while comparing the vibe to their old gta v series, sunday driving

not as important, but michael said that he was mindlessly driving and turning in burnout paradise in the same way that he'd run and jump in minecraft because he "fucking hated" playing minecraft lmfao

as said before, they decided to close AH and start something new with dogbark instead of continuing like they used to. michael acknowledges that in the last few years, most of the crew had already left rt in some way or moved on to other stuff within the company, leaving just michael, trevor, alfredo, and joe as the most consistent on-screen talent by the end. *bonus bit that wasn't mentioned until later, but alongside these 4, jarren from the post team will be their channel manager for dogbark :)

as this group makes videos for dogbark, michael says that their stuff will be both "tonally different" and "very fluid" as they're still figuring it out as they go, noting that they were balancing it and AH/let's play content at the same time

michael also talks about how he's been doing what he's wanted to do at AH for a long time, but there were some things he still couldn't do within the constraints the AH crew had put on themselves

while there will be some gameplay stuff on the dogbark channel, as mentioned in this episode and the channel trailer, they will primarily focus on live action content. trevor makes a point by saying that the style/theme in the trailer will "not be pervasive throughout the entire brand", and michael adds on to that by saying the trailer "is at 100, but every video won't be at 100"

michael and trevor make a point by saying that there will be more variety, as in "a dozen little formats", not necessarily like the shows/series they made at AH, with joe saying that they're not trying to "tie themselves down" to strict uploads and such, like they were when they were previously fitting into a mold at AH

trevor says that he has seen achievement hunter, and rooster teeth as a whole, having a unique challenge ahead of them. he refers to making content that appeals to an audience who had been following them since the early days while trying to also find new faces, both out there in the audience and internally at the company, in order for AH to stay around

he also points out how difficult it is to do that with a long-standing brand that has had different eras of content, since there would be an audience with differing expectations for them. with that, it became hard for the AH crew to balance said expectations with the authenticity they tried to show in the content they created. the crew has changed as people alongside their audience, and the stress that came with it was challenging

michael stresses that the group not only chose to make a new channel completely, they also had to fight for it for a while, and wanted to slow down on AH content before properly closing/archiving the channel to create dogbark. beyond the struggles of creating something new from scratch, they now have the challenge of preparing the audience for the jump from AH to dogbark while thinking about all the pros and cons before going forward

this week (the week of september 18th) and next week (the week of september 25th) are the last weeks of new AH content. after that, there will be a 1 or 2-day break before dogbark properly starts making new content on october 2nd. trevor feels like people will get a better idea of what dogbark is after a month or two of them uploading content

finally (subject to change, of course), they want to aim for full uploads every monday and friday, with patreon-like exclusive videos with rt first every wednesday and saturday. one of the confirmed things to expect is a first-exclusive podcast. the first week dogbark officially starts, all that content will be public as a sample of what to expect, and every week after that will follow that schedule

[leafy-laddie]

just my silly two cents for my fellow wonderfolk...

i think we should use "#meadowlark [character name]" more instead of "#[character name] yaelokre"

cuz it's the equivalent of using "#dana terrace luz" or "#matt braley marcy" instead of "#toh luz" or "#amphibia marcy"

just a silly peeve do with that as you will

¯\_(q:)_/¯

[coffeeandjuice]

I will never get over some of Steve Rogers’ lines in the MCU because he’s not written to be an inherently funny character or comedic relief, but there’s just something about the way Chris Evans delivers the lines that make me giggle

[markerofthemidnight]

Okay, I’ve only been “officially” back into this fandom for a little over a day now. The last time I hyperfixated on MC:SM was a long time ago, before I started establishing myself on just about any social media platforms, let alone Tumblr.

And for my first act as a member of this fandom, I’m going to say something that I think might be considered a bit controversial here:

I do not understand why people like Depowered Romeo as much as they do.

Mainly because I just think that no redemption arc, especially one with that level of “holy shit I’m a terrible person and everything I’ve done in the past 100 years is objectively a war crime”, should happen that fast realistically. (Also he was a lot hotter in Admin form lets be honest)

[lunabug2004]

Why are so many of my favorite characters lowkey highkey depressed?

.... what does that say about me? 😅

[facedownfazeup]

i can't use any mildly complicated word anymore without thinking 'damn faze adapt would love that one'

[frizzlelamb]

The worst part about joining a fandom of an ongoing franchise right when a new installment drops is that there aren't a lot of completed 10k+ words fics on AO3 for the newest content yet 💔

[cfaarchive]

Bi-Weekly Challenge #2: Seeking/Offering Shelter

Whether your protagonists (or otherwise!) need it or are offering it to someone else, or whether you're looking at something bigger (refugee crisis? horrible battle for the entire planet? did Batman somehow become the menace of the multiverse again?), this bi-weekly prompt is all about sheltering! Could it be interpersonal? Sure! Could it be interdimensional? Also sure! Interpret it however liberally or strictly you like and write between 100 and 1000 words on the topic!

Once you do, post it to the archive under the tag Bi-Weekly Challenge #2: Seeking/Offering Shelter and make sure you add it to the archive collection!

This challenge ends on 9/8 at 11:59PM Eastern!

[casuallyserious]

God, there are so many things I wish I could just rant about on the internet like some sort of feral swamp witch screaming on top of a steep cliff but at the end of the day It's just not fucking worth it. Airing grievances should be lauded. It's self care, truly. But god forbid a woman have hobbies, right?