#I'm p sure they still have the link somewhere on their blog

[askfairyromano]

ahh but youre missing the point, my dear! the fun of stables (and thus stableboys) is not just the horses and their uses! its for ogling very attractive men who are usually somewhat tan and ripped who are endearingly, swoon-worthy good with animals, and for getting into trouble where no one can really see, because its fun and why not! actually using the horses is second on the list of whats fun about stables. listen. i may not know a ~whole lot~ about your life before all of this, or what the rules and expectations are with your life as royalty, but i do know for certain that you live a very restricted life and while yes that does have some perks, it seems very lonely, and you deserve some someone hot who is willing to throw some rules away for you to sweep you off your feet and show you some fun. your sex life must be in shambles and that just cannot stand! youre too pretty to not be getting sex on the regular!! its a travesty and i will start bribing staff to do some snooping and info-digging for me unless you start telling me more about your interests! fantasies, hopes, dreams, crushes, admirers, anything will do <3

(im getting fed up with busy schedules man lemme tell you ghjkjhj but they have a discord? ah thats cool! i hope you get something fun out of it! seeing you two collab would be awesome, both your art styles are gorgeous! tbh i was always waaaay too nervous to open up an ask blog. i used to have one WAY back in the old days for canada, but since the rp heyday kinda died down, ive been too shy, but its nice to see a resurgence with them again! youre still my fav tho, even if real life makes sending in asks very difficult :( )

[moshieee]

So guess what! This an art blog

CURRENT FANDOM IS: ✨ TADC ✨

but I'm currently in... Uhh demotivation?

here are some important links to get your bearings it will still be chaos just telling you

Tadc Au: nightlight au

Currently open for questions and doodles and please ask I'm in a writers block 😔

Explanation/main info page?[reworking] who's in charge? censors?

Cast

Updated designs (sun) updated designs (moon)

Non au stuff

OCs first appearances

Taffy Tibu Trent Sparrow

(outdated art just for info) working on new ones updated below

Taffy Tibu Trent Sparrow

Story stuff?

nightmare maze "hide and seek" ice pack? Old friends

(silly) Floffis invasion

Important things (please read)

Blog rules a small request

Non fandom stuff

Mafia moshie

More stuff underneath the cut

My creations:

Wip

Current hyper fixations/fandoms

(I am obsessed, part of the fandom was part of the fandom, or am knowledgeable about them

( there are probably more buried somewhere deep in my psyche)

TADC, Rainworld, skylanders, slay the princess, Playground, our mafia au , Indigo Park

kinito pet, Omori, bendy, poppy playtime, Percy Jackson, hollow Knight, Oneshot, cult of the lamb, silksong(one day)

cup head, fnaf, bee and puppy cat, sky colt, toh, undertale, Splatoon , little nightmares, ddlc , Franbow, deltarune, seven universe, dhmis, warrior cats

animal crossing, Pokemon, baba is you, murder drones, Franbow, little misfortune , do not take this cat home

Tags I try to use to make it more organized:

Moshie Os: my art and doodles :p

Moshieee tales: just me talking

Moshieee rambles: me doing my best to give advice (please go talk to a professional if you need help i am doing my best but I don't know everything)

Mutuals: fun interactions with my friends <3

rabid jumpscare: Rabid scaring me by showing up (it's a talent)

Bun bun brother: bunsowo whoo hoo!

Dia fren: Dia wowza hia friend

Goop buddies: a surprise glitchyk appearance

Anon jokes: the anons being funny little goobers

Blog rules: stuff that pops up and I have to make a rule or explain my boundaries (please check them out if possible)

Long post: kinda clear, it's a long post (this is for people who block the tag)

Character facts: fun little tibits about the little guys I created

Others characters: fan art of other artists on tumblr OCs or AUs (technically all the tadc fan art counts but like...)

Time keeper moshie: me being pushy and making sure people get to bed on time when I'm the biggest hypocrite ever ;b

Art requests: art ideas that were given or requested (note I struggle with new characters)

Silly stuff: stuff that's just silly it's just a laugh

Story stuff: story driven and important to the characters/story/world

Comic: comics

Old post: old posts I for some reason decided to tag so we can laugh at past me being a silly little fool

m.o.s.h.i.e:...unimportant

If you want just random stuff or to see me curse look to @moshieee-but-evil

@mafia-moshie RP blog for the silly Mafia au 💃

@floffis-chaos blog for the floffis, full of fun facts and more info about them

@a-soon-too-be . . .

[solradguy]

I'm kinda scared of saying I kin anything because I'm not sure how that works. if it's not too much trouble, could you explain it to me, please?

Ah man... It's complicated and the identity itself is massively decentralized so I'll do my best to kind of explain what I've been able to dig up and what it means to me. Most of this information was gathered from essays written by therians or animal/mythological beasts kin. There is not much information about or written by fictionkin, which is... a complex source of frustration for me.

So, at its core, otherkin is a spiritual identity. Nearly every essay I've read on it has very clearly stated in the opening paragraph that the author is fully aware that they are not physically the thing they are kin with. But there's this deep connection to the thing they kin ("resonance") that goes beyond it just being a way to say that character/animal/concept/etc is their absolute favorite. One essay I read ("We are spirits of another sort") that did touch on fictionkin a little described it as being an archetypal or metaphorical identity alongside being a spiritual one.

For example, with my relation to Sol, obviously I'm not actually physically him, he isn't real, and I wouldn't want to ever go through the things he's been through. But still it's uncanny how relatable he is and it's easy to sort of filter or explore myself through him, I guess. This is something I didn't realize I did with characters throughout my whole life until recently with Sol. It started as a bunch of jokes my friends made at my expense (lovingly, I promise) which made me look into otherkin stuff more and, yeah, that's apparently what this is.

To some people this identity can feel extremely real though. A sense that maybe in a past life they were the animal they have a connection to now as a human is a common one. Recurring themes in dreams too. Some others even get phantom limb sensations to varying degrees for limbs humans don't generally have (wings, tails, absent horns or antlers, etc). Not everyone gets these and those that do don't always experience them the same way. I get some of these but I'm not going to elaborate on them on this blog. This part of the identity specifically makes me wish there was a real scientific study done on it since there's definitely something neurological going on here.

I suppose if you see a lot of yourself in a character/animal/whatever then you might also be a type of otherkin too. I highly recommend looking for information on this identity outside of Tumblr though. Its meaning has been distorted a bit on here and there's a lot of weird drama around it with very little actual conversation. Making a private sideblog or journal to try to sort out your feelings and thoughts towards what you think you might be kin of has helped me a lot too.

There are essays on otherkin.net that I found useful in my initial dive into this in their featured articles tab:

For something slightly less anecdotal, "We are spirits of another sort" by Joseph P. Laycock was also informative. It's on JSTOR and you'll have to sign in to an institution to read/download it but I can upload a PDF of it somewhere tomorrow if you don't have a method of reading it for free.

A couple otherkin/therians have Neocities sites with essays on their experiences too. Doing a search for "otherkin" should bring them up. I'm replying to this on mobile or I'd link some, sorry...

Even if you read a lot about it or try applying the identity label to yourself for a bit and it doesn't work out, just remember that that's alright. It's good to test out and explore things and with something "open source" like otherkinity, there truly is no "wrong" way to identify with it. Just do what feels right or most comfortable to you.

Some briefer definitions:

Otherkin: This is a blanket term for all these kinds of identities but most often means someone kin with an animal, mythological beast (dragons, unicorns, demons, etc), or concept (weather patterns, inanimate objects). Conceptkin seem especially fringe.

Fictionkin: Otherkin with a fictional character or species. Formerly called "mediakin".

Therian: An exclusively animal-based identity. Almost shamanistic? The reincarnation aspect seems strongest with therians, with a feeling of an animal soul displaced in a human body.

[trixree]

Hey i just visited your blog after binge reading several of your star wars fics and saw you've got POTS + assorted chronic medical fuckery. My spouse has the unholy trinity of POTS/EDS/MCAS (featuring guest artist Migraines) and boy do i feel for you if your combo is even a little bit similar. Crossing my fingers for you that the neurologist is a good fit! They tend to have their shit together when it comes to dysautonomia (and hopefully know a lot of the good med combos). I'll also put in a recommendation for electrolyte drinks -- i think it's not uncommon for ppl with POTS to have electrolyte/salt deficiencies, and i know it's been helpful for my spouse to chug 20-30 oz of propel or re-lyte water every day. Compression garments (esp. tights) have also been helpful for POTS, but not always great for digestion if they go over the stomach. Medical grade compression starts at 20-30 mmHg.

For appetite stuff, since I'm not sure what the underlying cause is for you idk if this will be helpful/applicable, but when it's hard to convince your body to eat I'm generally in favor of just going for anything that sounds appetizing to you even if it means eating ice cream 3x a day :P if it's a nausea thing, though, spouse may have some better recommendations, and I'd be happy to ask or send you their way. Best wishes and take care!

Per my last post, I'm catching up on old Asks, AO3 comments, and messages received during my hiatus! (Psst, go do my Fanfic Poll) This is so so so sweet of you, thank you SO MUCH! I rambled on quite a lot below the cut about my health journey the past year re: POTS and GI stuff, in case folks are interested in how I've managed. Disclaimer that I am NOT a medical professional and this is absolutely not medical advice, these are just my experiences and things that have worked well for me.

First off, what a DELICIOUSLY FAMILIAR COMBO of things! I was told at my last immunology appointment that I "almost certainly" (his words, not mine) have EDS (my mom has it, too, and my hips are constantly popping out of place) but 1.) I can't afford to go get diagnosed (see: unemployment, medical trauma) and 2.) one of my friends has been stalled for MONTHS trying to get a clinical geneticist to confirm her EDS diagnosis because, apparently, there is a great deal of resistance to testing folks for EDS right now given the increased visbility of EDS patients on TikTok. My partner is in med school and we've had really long conversations about the so-called "TikTok Triad" (POTS, EDS, and gastroparesis - which are all conditions that are acutally linked together with the clinical data we have) and how it's impacting both how physicians practice and the care that patients receive. This reddit thread is a good example of how this plays out, if you feel like braving reddit on this fine afternoon.

My neurologist is amazing and has done a lot to help me with my migraines... unfortunately the GI stuff is still kicking my ass. All of your recommendations are things that I've started doing over the last year to manage symptoms: my compression socks are my BESTEST FRIENDS and Drip Drop is my favorite electrolyte powder - they've got the best flavors imo and isn't as PAINFULLY SWEET as Liquid IV. I've also adopted a really high-salt diet. As far as appetite goes, my management strategy has been to smoke a lot of weed (I live somewhere where recreational use is thankfully legal, so it isn't difficult or unsafe to get ahold of it) but that's unfortunately expensive and can actually make persistent nausea and appetite loss WORSE over time (see canabis hyperemesis) so I've recently gone cold-turkey off of pot to see if I can manage the daily nausea and appetite loss with pharmaceuticals alone (namely phenergan). I'm seeing my GI in the next week and I'm going to lobby my ass off for a prescription appetite stimulant. I've lost a lot of weight in the last year (and I was already pretty small to begin with, so the weight loss has made my chronic pain a lot worse unfortunately) and I am a firm believer in following one's cravings in order to eat. I order a lot of take out and cycle through the same "safe" foods (usually some kind of cereal with soy milk, an Ensure protein shake if solids are an absolute no-go, and simple rice, potateos, and chicken works). The other night, my partner tried to entice me to eat an oreo ice cream sandwich during a bout of brutal nausea and I cried because I fucking love oreo ice cream but my body HATES having things inside of it <3 I've also found that excercise can SOMETIMES (not all of the time) help my appetite. I have a stationary bike and a basic set of weights at home. Stationary bike in particular is something I'd HUGELY recommend for anybody with POTS that deals with excercise intollerance. Sitting down to get my cardio is WAY BETTER than anything else I've tried in terms of how badly my symptoms get triggered. I'm also currently medicated for my POTS (I take ivabradine and it's made a big difference for my quality of life on the whole, especially with regards to the fatigue that having a constantly elevated heartrate will generate.)

I do appear to have some sort of motility problem (most likely IBS-C) and I'm taking medication for it that has HELPED, but not nearly enough. I poop more than once every twelve days now, which is awesome, but I'm still constantly nauseous more often than not (Zofran, Dramamine, and Phenergen are my bestest friends) and my appetite is nowhere to be found. Hopefully I can get my hands on some appetite stimulant. As for the nausea, I've been informed by my electro cardiologist that many, many POTS patients report diminished appetites and chronic, debilitating nausea, but that "the mechanism relating the two is unexplored and largely unknown." So basically he said, "that sounds ROUGH buddy. Good luck though!"

(Hence me sharing my strategies cause I know, colloquially, that lots of us are dealing with this.)

[just-antithings]

for webcomic anon-

you can make an 'original work' on ao3: images need hosting somewhere else (that allows explicit, offensive content) and you'd need to learn a bit html to make sure the images display well on mobile (and desktop if they're too wide for it too); good moderation tools and comment sections; unless you plagiarize or harass people it won't be taken down and you won't be suspended and no one can report you for anything antis would. don't link to commercial sites or write about money, donations or payment, but you can tell people where to support you and link to a page (on tumblr, twitter, carrd, linktree, etc...) with links to commercial sites (preferably in the notes of each chapter).

I got pdf zines on itch.io: it allows nsfw; a single product page is set to a 10 files limit (unless you request to lift it (and 20 products limit unless requested to lift that)) and you can set the price to "pay what you want" (and the percentage itch.io gets can be set to 0) according to the faq. comment sections are per product, not per file.

you could go to patreon and make posts set to free or a paying tier but their stance on nsfw isn't clear imo and the tag system is a pain; there is a minimum percentage for it. the comment section might be bare ime.

if you want it to feel more like a webcomic even if it's on download only you could make the pages html files with minimal coding skills (you can get them on w3scools.com).

you could also code a neocities.org site (requires more html skills (and css skills for efficiency) but it's less hassle for readers who would need to download files (and depending on the code, into the exact same folder; also easier to correct or change things when it's in one website as opposed to files people will have to re-download and replace)); it allows for sexually explicit and offensive materials according to the terms. you can pay monthly for a domain (p sure the options are cheap, research the providers); if you want a comment section I think you'd need to find a way to add-on disqus comment sections or something like that (price may vary).

you could also try dreamwidth.org (I think you'd need to host images somewhere else because of size limits (adult content terms may vary)): set posts to +18 if needed, with good moderation tools. this post has finr's general experience with the site with regards to offensive material and some other anecdotal cases with a way to ask for more information (with a confidential option).

I won't recommend ko-fi because they don't allow nsfw, and not gumroad either because while it does allow nsfw their ceo blew a gasket on twitter (look for screenshots of deleted tweets) after an artist revealed they quit for being asked to make nfts. (pretty sure you won't bother making a google site or post to reddit and I wouldn't either.)

[ao3 is a non-profit so no nfts; itch.io's stance on nfts is that they're a scam; patreon is doing surveys with its creators so unclear; no substantial search results for 'neocities nft' on google or twitter, ditto 'dreamwidth nft', I think they won't make or promote them.]

there are probably more options to look for (digital shops, blogs, site hosting...): do your own research on all of the options' tos and business practices; look for tutorials and instructions made about the ones that suit your needs for a general overview on what they're like to use.

promotion still needed, but I think if you make clear that's it +18 and not detail those aspects antis would miss you entirely if you don't post suggestive/explicit content on social media. remember to content warn on the platform the webcomic is on (turn on 'I'm 18' permissions if available and tag 'adult content' or '+18' if not).

good luck <3

here you go anon!

[kellyteaquet]

hello, I like that in your blog because you are not being hateful, but rather trying to bring and analyse evidence. so, about the serendipitygate, if we can discuss it, I would like to point out a few things: [p.s. I'm sorry it's really long]

• I. the fact that there are several accounts, so perhaps more than one person behind them:

• serendipity181818: (Instagram) they have commented under wagsf1 saying Max and Kelly were together before it was even a 'rumour' in November 2020 (Max had been liking her posts for a while (as had Lando), and I think they were already in a relationship at that moment, but no one had any concrete proof - and the photo of them together hadn't gotten much attention), followed many Dilara fan accounts (their account is still private, but they only follow two accounts now and deleted their comments) and then, in September/October 2021, they defended Kelly, especially on the Instagram account spillthef1gossip and sent threats to some accounts who were allegedly harassing Kelly.

• Serendipity1811 (Twitter) they posted the pic of Max and Kelly on Twitter + claimed P is Max's child as soon as they formalized (January, 1st 2021) + their Twitter name (the name you edit as much as you want) is serendipity1818 but without dot, so have they changed it to link their account to the Instagram account(s) (serendipity18.18 and/or serendipity181818), or was it like this since the beginning and the Instagram account(s) was(were) inspired? or are they all the same person? + they're following French media (so it can be someone from Monaco or near it (who speaks French at least) or someone who just follow the first big French media they've seen to make it look like they're a French speaker).

• serendipity18.18: (Instagram) they sent the first photo of Max and Kelly together to a gossip page on Instagram: f1truthwags + they follow Max and Kelly's family members.

• f1truthwags (Instagram) I would like to add them because their first post was the one about Max and Kelly, apparently sent by serendipity18.18 (who doesn't follow them and had never interacted with this 'gossip page' publicly). so, if f1truthwags wasn't created before, why would someone with this kind of tea send it to them? and exactly the same day as it was posted on Twitter? so it means either the person behind serendipity18.18 (Instagram) saw the photo of them on Serendipity1811 (Twitter) and then, decided to make an account on Instagram with the same (unusual) word and numbers to send it to an unknown gossip account? or someone saw f1truthwags post and decided to make an account on Twitter with almost the same name as an unknown Instagram account that sent the photo to the gossip account to share it on Twitter? It doesn't seem realistic at all for me, I'm pretty sure the two serendipity accounts are linked, maybe also with the gossip account.

• serendipity18.18 (Instagram) or Serendipity1811 (Twitter) posted the photo the same day (Nov, 22) as f1truthwags, so are the two (or three) accounts the same person, even if the names are different? their names are really similar. • how did they get the picture? did one of them have access to the private account of Max and/or Kelly's friends or was their friend's account not private and someone recognized Max and Kelly? or did they find the photo somewhere else? like someone that knows about their relationship (and maybe disagree with?) sent it to a group chat and someone leaked it? • is Serendipity181818 related to the first two? they appeared for the first time under the wagsf1 post (but I couldn't find the date) admin, if you have it, does this account appear around November 22, 2020? if so, it could be a link to the other two.

• II. could it be Kelly?

• we can all agree, I think, that the three accounts were created for one purpose: Kelly, either to expose her (and her relationship with Max) or to defend her. the question is whether they are obsessed with Max: so they try to find out about his private life, so Kelly; or with Kelly: so Max is collateral damage?

I think it's important because you don't create at least three, maybe four accounts, for no reason and for no purpose. what they follow, for the three Instagram accounts, shows that they are only interested in the relationship between Kelly and Max, (I think the fact they follow(ed) account dedicated to Dilara is important), but why would someone do this? and create so many accounts?

• what is strange, is that both serendipity18.18 (Instagram) and Serendipity1811 (Twitter) only shared the photo of them from October (and Serendipity1811 shared the disgusting post about P on January 1st, 2021 (as did f1truthwags one day after)) and then, they disappeared. but serendipity181818 (who commented about Max and Kelly seeing each other around November, I think) was still there nine-month after, and changed sides, going from exposing them in November 2020 (i.e. spreading a rumour) to defending Kelly under a gossip account on September/October 2021. it looks really strange to me, and illogical.

• serendipity181818 was well informed about their relationship, knowing they were seeing each other when Max was only liking her posts, so maybe they're from Monaco and had seen them? [unlikely I think, because you need a reason: flirting with Max and he went with someone else?] or they have a connexion with the other serendipitys accounts who somehow know Max/Kelly? (if the three accounts are not the same person). maybe they're close to Max/Kelly or they know someone who knew something?

their email address looks like Kelly's, (I agree that could be evidence), but it could also be someone hiding behind a fake email address to open this account, and that wouldn't be strange as their account has been dedicated to Kelly from the beginning: their first appearance being under wagsf1 about their relationship - but the American number is strange, if they are American and live there, how would they know? (even if there are a lot of foreigners in Monaco).

• I won't say it's not Kelly, because I don't have any proof, but I'm pretty sure she would never bring her own daughter into this mess, so I don't think she's behind serendipity18.18 and Serendipity1811, however, for serendipity181818, it's less certain. I don't know why she would comment about her relationship under wagsf1 and the comments made on spillthef1gossip account could have been made by someone who's trying to defend her by trying to put themselves in Kelly's place, so for example writing "mom and P" for "her mom and P", or thinking they never met during the race she went to the Replay Gala, but I still find this account weird. and like the other two, it just disappeared from one day to another. strangely replaced by another one, janssenj776; do you think this account is linked to this or they are just defending her as a fan would do? (to be honest, I have less suspicion for this one).

• if Kelly isn't behind serendipity18.18 (Instagram) and Serendipity1811 (Twitter), why would she choose the same name serendipity to create a fake account to defend herself? • also, the meaning of serendipity is really interesting. according to the Cambridge dictionary, it means: "the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance" for me, it could either be someone finding the photo by chance (in the possibility that it's someone else person), or Kelly being 'lucky' to find Max?

• III. if it's not Kelly, then who?

for me, two other options seem credible (excluding Kelly): (especially for the Twitter account and one of the Instagram accounts: serendipity18.18)

• someone that knows them: and that can have disagreed with their relationship or, it may look stupid, but jealousy is a thing and Max is a well-known athlete, who was single for a few months, and attractive (at least I think so 😅) and maybe he flirted with them (or it's one of their friends, or someone Kelly flirted with), so I think they could have seen the picture (because they're close enough with the person who posted it) or someone sent it to them and/or they send it to a group chat and someone leaked it, or sent it to someone and that somehow ended on Twitter, or maybe they made the Twitter account Serendipity1811 themselves? (they're obsessed with "1811", it could be a date: November 18th, it could mean something to them? this is really unlikely, just a hypothesis). it would explain why they only posted on November 22, 2020, and then, made a hateful tweet after Max posted her on January 1st, 2021 (I say 'hateful' because they were saying Daniil isn't P's dad, but it was Max, so both cheated on their partners). but in this case, who is serendipity181818 that expose Max and Kelly in November 2020 but defended her against everyone in September/October 2021?

• an (obsessive) fan of Max: someone who digs everywhere they could to try to find information about him, but how could they have information about this 'party' then? in this case, I don't think changing their opinion would be that weird. they followed many Dilara fan accounts, but I don't really know if it's relevant 😅

• IV. more or less a conclusion:

• the whole thing is strange as hell, it doesn't matter if it's her or not, it's crazy and scary. always the same word, almost the same numbers, they have a lot of accounts, they switch sides... and disappear. they had access to the information before anyone else, but I can't understand why Kelly would do that, but at the same time, that it's someone else makes sense and not at the same time. I'm completely lost (and afraid of this person, no matter who they are😭).

I would really like to know what you think about this (in your posts that are well done, you forgot to mention it wasn't only serenpidity181818 but also the others two or three accounts).

I would like to have your opinion, whatever it is, because this thing is really really strange! 🤗

thank you so much for this! it was a very interesting thing to read! just a few things that we want to point out:

- kelly lived in america for a while, so it’s understandable that she had that number. we forgot to add that the +1 number was also added to her shop account, but now the number doesn’t show, an email does so that’s why we didn’t include it.

- we don’t think she’s behind the twitter account simply because what they said about penelope being max’s daughter. we don’t think she’d bring her kid into this, or at least that’s what we hope.

- why would kelly do this? from our point of view (we’re sure that some of you also see it this way), she’s an attention seeker. she’s proven that she loves any type of attention and who can bring her more of what she wants than a rising f1 star? this wouldn’t be the first time she would be spreading rumors about her and max. remember that not so long ago, someone found out (someone from monaco who had a small connection with a relative of one of kelly’s friends) that the rumors about max and kelly getting ‘engaged’ were fabricated by her and her friends. kelly proceeded to follow some wedding dresses brands to fill the rumor, so we wouldn’t put it past her.

you can find this theory and more on our masterlist

[lutiaskokopelli]

I was GONNA put an ask here along the lines of "this ask blog is very good but would be better without some of the asks causing unnecessary confusion", but seems there are links here that state that, very clearly. I just want you to know that I read every post last night up until midnight, and I very much enjoyed it. Thank you for such a great story, and let's hope people stop trying to ruin the story.

Hey! First off, thank you for following, and thanks for your ask!

I'll admit that the length of the asks I've been getting for the comic has been an issue for a while -- they're increasingly ugly and hard to read due to how long they are...

Until recently, my policy was "Every ask must be included exactly as it was sent, typos included"; with the next Quirrel & Iselda chapter coming up, along with the ~50 asks coming with it... I finally took the decision to drop that policy for good. If I were to carry on like I have so far, it would be a nightmare for both the readers and me.

The remastered version is also in the works, and with it I intend to apply that new rule to the asks that were sent so far. I don't know yet how exactly I'll handle long asks, but I will surely crop them entirely so that only the most important parts remain, and the ramblings get removed. I'll try to avoid rewriting them if I can, but if it's the only way I can include them without having a huge wall of text... then so be it I guess. I'll always keep the original asks so that the full version can still be read and remembered though-- I'll keep it myself at least, and I'll see if I can find a way to post them somewhere without crowding the posts with said huge walls of text.

Anyway, thank you again for reading, for your ask, and for your consideration! I'm glad you had a fun read <3

As for the asks which "ruin the story"... It's sad to say, but that's the Internet for you. In a way, TFS's characters include not only the Player and the NPCs from Hollow Knight, but the askers as well; and I won't hide the fact that I've been viewing "the Internet" so far as some sort of Eldritch Elder God or something. Not in the sense that "the Internet" is an entity or a character all by itself, nor is it treated like a hive mind; but real life has shown that the Internet's chaos can have huge consequences, both for better and for worse. I can't say I had seen this specific occurrence coming, but I wouldn’t say I was surprised either; and as bad as things could get... I wouldn't feel honest with myself if I were to arbitrarily remove those asks altogether. It just kinda feels like cheating, you know?

Anyway, if it can reassure you, I did plan something for Episode 3 that should help keep things under control; if the author of the comic won't censor the asks herself, maybe someone else will have to do her job. Censoring the troublesome asks within the story itself, without having to pretend that they don't exist... I see it as a nice loophole to my own rules :p

[babyboy-ollie]

So... I'm not kinda new to the community of dxlg/ddlg/agere/agedre

So... like... I got into the "ddlg" community bc my therapist thought it would be a good idea to help me deal with my trauma. What he actually was introducing me to was agere/agedre. It wasn't a k!nk thing, just for trauma and sometimes I cant control it. (My brain. Kinda forces me into little space and I get super overwhelmed with adult stuff while I'm in little space)

Anyways I was introduced to "ddlg" (actually agedre/agere) when I was around 15ish so its been roughly 6 years

I do have a daddy but hes not really a "daddy dom" cause I dont like to be sexual in my little space (trauma related) but hes technically my dom when im big me

What does it mean?

Everything "ddlg" is NSFW and i get that and I try and respect blogs DNIs (alot of their acronyms I dont understand so its best to just not follow them)

My main blog is NSFW (mostly big me stuff) but I have a second blog thats SFW

Is there a way to follow SFW agere/agedre accounts with my SFW and not my NSFW?

I dont want to trigger or put minors in an unsafe environment

And some people tell me that you can't be AGERE/AGEDRE if you're in ddlg whatsoever so like my daddy just bc hes my daddy (whether dom or not) and I just don't understand I guess 😭😭😭😭🥺

I'm just here for an opinion or answers not to trigger or harm

I'm sorry if thats not okay 😞😖🥺

TW K!nk and s*x mentions

First off I want to say you don’t have to apologise for asking! We all have to learn somewhere and there’s no shame in not knowing!

For the sake of clarity I’m gonna define a few terms before continuing just to make sure we are all on the same page:

ddlg: An NSFW kink community for adults. Stands for Daddy Dom Little Girl and involves a BDSM power dynamic between a Dom and a Sub.

dxlg: A SFW non-sexual term. Stands for Daddy Little Girl and describes a relationship between a caregiver and a regressor. 

Agere: A SFW non-sexual community and coping mechanism. Stands for Age Regression, which is when a person reverts to an age younger than they actually are.

Agedre: A SFW non-sexual community. Stands for Age Dreaming which is an umbrella term for people with non-sexual child-like headspace or behaviour that doesn’t totally fit under regression.

Age(d)re: Another way to say “agere and/or agedre”.

With that out of the way, I wanna say that it is totally fine to be both ddlg and age(d)re permitted that you and your partner are adults and the two communities are separate! What it means is just what you have said, he is your dom when you are big and consenting and he is your caregiver when you are small. Your sex life and your regression are separate from one another and as such, his roles are separate from one another as well. 

As for the blogs, it’s good that you keep the NSFW and SFW separate! Just as the blogs are separate it is best to also keep who you follow separate. In other words, follow NSFW/non-agere or agedre blogs on your NSFW blog and use the SFW blog to follow agere or agedre blogs. It sounds like you are doing a great job at being careful to not trigger or harm anyone, but be sure you’re not accidentally cross tagging posts as it can be confusing to know which tags are safe and which aren’t! Here’s a link to a guide on cross tagging and how to avoid it

As for the DNIs, it is very common for a blog to say “DNI k!nk NSFW” or something similar. In general, this usually means that NSFW or kink blogs can not follow or interact with them. However, some people do not want a person following them if they are in kink at all, even if their blog is not related to kink. When in doubt it is best to ask the blog owner! 

DNIs often include a lot of acronyms which can be pretty confusing if you’ve never seen them before, so here are a few ones commonly found in DNIs!

MAP: Minor Attracted Person, another term for a p*dophile.

(NO)MAP: (Non-Offending) Minor Attracted Person, a p*dophile who has not acted on their urges.

P.E.A.R.: Pro-Expression Anti-Repression, another term for a p*dophile.

MIK: Minor in Kink, a person under 18 who participates in kink or BDSM.

NMIK: No Minor in Kink, this means a person does not want minors in kink interacting with their blog, commonly found in the bio of gear shops and regression shops alike

ALM: All Lives Matter, the opposition movement to Black Lives Matter.

If you find a DNI with an acronym you don’t recognise you can always ask the blog owner what it means! If you have any acronyms in mind that I didn’t answer feel free to send another ask or a message and I will do my best to help define it.

I hope I’ve answered your questions or helped to clear up some confusion! Anyone who says that you can not be a regressor if you are also ddlg is wrong. As long as you and your partner are consenting adults and you are not participating in kink while regressed then it is perfectly okay! Adult regressors are still adults and are allowed to have a sex life outside of their regression!

[mego42]

I 100% agree about wanting more fanfic lists! I honestly think it's the best way to get a variety. Everybody has personal preferences, if someone, who mostly reads long, fluffy au Brio fic, is making recs, they're not likely to mention short, angsty, canon Brio (which is understandable and fair!) so ideally someone else, who does like those, would also do recs. I'm pretty sure I've read or at least tried the vast majority of Brio fics, but the recs often make me re-read the fic and author.

YAAASSSS!!! I mean like, okay, I v much get why people have issues with rec lists, and I def do not by any stretch endorse the idea that recs/rec lists should be considered anything other than one person sharing a think they liked, but to me a lot of the issues (the same fics/authors getting recced, feeling like awesome fics/authors are going unrecognized) can be solved by more reccing, not less. everyone’s got different taste and different stuff they look/read for and I am extremely pro sharing that.

Idk, I think about it like this: in a previous internet life I was a YA book blogger and I lived and died by recs from other bloggers whose taste and preferences I knew. I mean, you know, I’d check out a book bc the premise sounded interesting but literally the first thing I would do was go to Goodreads and look for a handful of people who tended to like the same books I did and see what they were saying about it bc that was the best way to get a good idea of if I wanted to give it a shot. Or, on the flip side, there were some people whose reviews I followed bc I knew we v much did not read for the same things so if they hated a book for X, Y and Z reasons, I was probs going to like it (one thing about book blogging is if you want to keep current, you do not have a lot of time to mess around, snap judgements are key but that’s a whole other thing and idk if it’s even relevant anymore bc that landscape has changed so much). 

ANYWAY, the point is, I got in the habit and now I do the same thing with fic bc, tbh, I don’t have a ton of time to read, esp not when I’m actively writing which, with the exception of the last week or two, I’ve been doing p non-stop since I got here. All of which to say is, I am desperately in favor of fic recs for purely selfish reasons, I need them! Give them to me!!! Please!!!!!

That said, I uh, am v bad at returning the favor and I recognize that (I think I’ve made what? two rec lists for this fandom?) so I will try to do better to live by my own, idek what this is, moving on and here are 10 recs not really thematically linked by anything other than I’ve read them and loved them and don’t think I’ve put any of them on one of my rec lists yet (and if I have, my blog is a trainwreck I cannot be expected to remember what’s on it LET ME LIVE):

The Goodest Boy by EnsignDisaster

There’s a key turning in the lock and Buddy rushes over to greet his Master excited for her to meet his new friends. The door opens and he dances around Master’s feet rejoicing on the fact that she’s made it home. It's been literally forever.

“Hey Buddy what’s wrong? Need to go potty? Need to pee-pee?”

“Nah he’s good we took him out.”

Master does something very unMasterlike, she drops all the food she’d brought in on the ground and screams. It’s a non traditional avant garde type of hello…Buddy loves it. Mostly because while Master taps furiously on her small light box and sits tense in the corner opposite his new friend Buddy can lick up the egg smashed on the hardwood floor.

Buddy! The! Dog! POV! no further explanation necessary. Technically WIP, but it covers the whole pilot in a way that could be read as standalone (THOUGH THAT WOULD V MUCH GIVE ME A SAD though, when did the show forget the Bolands had a dog? so maybe that’s a tragic casualty of canon, idk)

May The Moon’s Silvery Beams by @pynkhues

Emma hums in agreement, and Rio turns her around to sit her on the counter, grabbing one of the older looking boxes of muesli while she kicks her legs out, heels bumping back against the counter, watching him. He gropes around the inside of the box, finally just opting to pull the plastic cereal bag out and peering inside. He can’t quite keep the grin off his face when he sees the wad of cash lining the bottom. This woman kills him, she really does.

Then there’s a little face peering up beside him, trying to peek into the box.

“What is it?” she asks, and he tilts the box sideways so she can see inside.

The upside to not getting here until s3 is that old fic is new to me! Huzzah!! Idk how many of y’all have already read this on but if you haven’t I highkey recommend. Extremely cute take on what if Emma woke up when Rio and came by to collect his/Beth’s/whoever's money during the shutdown. Cannot believe I’m reccing kidfic. Witchcraft!!!!!!

Maybe You’re My Fantasy by ohmisterjapan

He fucking loves the involuntary. It speaks to how he likes to unlock chaos and walk away. He's been called a control freak before and it felt like such a misunderstanding of him - he's all about self control but he doesn't want to control others. It's more that he enjoys revealing to them how little they can control themselves. It's more that he likes to stand still in the eye of someone else's storm and pick coldly through the wreckage.

Another oldie but a goodie. This fic is more like an extended character study (first chapter Rio POV, second chapter Beth) and I LIVE FOR THIS KIND OF SHIT. I really really really love the take on both characters, it really digs in and pulls out some nuances that made me sit and think about my own read of them and I love it.

A Shock Of Blue by mintletters16

“You don’t look very well. Would you… like me to get you a glass of water or something?”

Her voice is low but smooth, laced with a softness that cuts straight though to his core. Strawberry blonde locks fall gently just above the pair of magnets freezing him in place.

He can still feel the chaos tearing through his veins - emanating from the gold plated gun stuffed in his waistband - and suddenly he can’t be here anymore. Can’t meet this wide-eyed gaze that’s been locked on his for the past God-knows-how-long anymore.

Can’t see blue alive and concerned when he just left it cold and void somewhere in oblivion.

She’s looking at him like he’s on the brink of madness. He thinks maybe he is.

Apparently, it’s backlist rec day over here and I’m not sorry. This one is another technical WIP but the chapter works as a standalone (BUT if the author decided to return to it I WOULD NOT BE MAD). It’s a what if Beth and Rio met pre-canon and it works so!!! well!!!! The tension and fascination and build are all *chef’s kiss* plus the writing is gorgeous and lyrical and ugh, I love it.

for a moment we were strangers by openhearts

“We got stuff,” Rio motions with a nod to the backpack Beth hadn’t noticed when they arrived hanging on the back of one of the chairs at the island.

She swallows and turns back to the dishes, realizing Rio apparently means to sleep there , assuming the place isn’t bugged.  Or for some kind of cover story if it is.  She turns and fixes Rio with a narrow-eyed stare, studying his face, the corner of his jaw especially prominent from the angle she’s looking up at him.  He’s methodical about drying each dish and setting it back on the rack, maddeningly ignoring her hard stare, so when he goes to take the next plate from her hands she grips it tightly and gets his attention.

“Hey.”

“What you on about now?” he asks, irritated.

It gets her gut uneasy, how he’s just . . . there, settling in, in ways he never had before, no matter how nonchalantly he would let himself in through her locked doors.  

“This is,” Beth tries, failing, to find words for it, “. . . it’s weird .”

This one takes place post 204 and Rio and Marcus end up spending a long weekend staying with Beth and Emma for reasons (that work, for the record, I’m just not trying to summarize rn) and it’s domestic and cute but honestly my fav part of it is how weirded out Beth is by how easily they slip into sync. The story does an excellent job balancing where they are in canon (uneasy post-sex truce) with a snapshot of what they could be if they got over themselves (HA! as if) and Beth is DEEPLY FREAKED which makes her slow slide into realizing she could maybe sort of kind of oh shit like it/him??? that much more satisfying.

Not So Careful by @bensonstablers

When he doesn’t answer, her eyes go to his but he’s too busy watching the letter opener which is still pressed against the back of his hand. Curiously, Beth runs it up his arm, careful not to press too hard, and smiles a little as he shivers. Pulling her leg up onto the bed, she shuffles closer to him before pressing the tip of the sword to his chest and slowly circling his left nipple with it, being sure not to get too close.

“You ain’t gotta be that careful.”

And when she lifts her eyes to meet his, he’s got that look. The one that always makes a lump form in her throat and for her to fall back into bed with him without a single thought of what they have to do that day. Only thing is, this time they’ve got nothing to do for the rest of the weekend and well, staying in bed the entire time had seemed like an appealing idea so she allows herself to give in a little to that look.

It makes me EXTREMELY SAD that knifeplay ranked so low on the kink survey so I’m gonna need y’all to check out this V V V EXCELLENT example of it and come back and tell me you’re sorry and you voted wrong. I am v reasonable what are you talking about.

love (where it wasn’t supposed to be) by @lilliloves

"You know what I can't stand?" Rio asks, stepping closer. It's a rhetorical question but he pauses for a second and watches Dean sniff, watches a bead of sweat trickle down his forehead, watches him shift on both his feet as he contemplates making a run for it.

"A guy who don’t realize how good he's got it." Rio continues, looking Dean up and down in disgust. "A guy that will literally fuck up a good thing just to get his dick wet."

"Yeah, well I can't stand a guy who can have anyone he wants but chooses the married woman he's not entitled to.” Dean shoots back. "And I really can't stand the fact that you're always in the room with us even when you aren't there."

And who brings him into the room Dean hmmmmm????? Jk, jk (or am I). In this one Rio catches Dean out on the town with another woman (bc of course he is) and tries to call him out but whoops! gets called out himself. I really love the like, idk, undercurrent of wistful regret in this fic. I love Dean straight up calling Rio out on his feelings (spoilers but there’s an exchange right after this one that made me straight up holler), and, you know, obvs I am here for Rio making Dean feel like an ass. 

Hell Is Other People by makemanybraver

Rio: We're in Hell, Elizabeth! If you don't think you belong here, then repent! Don't fuck everyone in the room in hopes that you get to go out!

Beth: Why do I have to repent?!

Rio: Because you did some fucked up shit in your life, Elizabeth! You keep doing fucked up shit here, too! And you think you don't belong here!

Beth [screaming at the top of her lungs]: Because I don't!

This fic is existentially bonkers and I love it. It’s the kind of experimental format/homage/what have you kind of thing that I L O V E. Based on No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Beth, Rio, and Fitzpatrick are stuck together in a room in hell for all eternity. What more do you need, honestly.

Working On Things by odenkirk

Unknown Hold up, Elizabeth. I'm really thinkin about you here.

Beth turned her face into the pillow, effectively suffocating herself for a moment, but thinking it was a good trade off for the way the cool silk of her pillowcase chilled her skin.

She lifted her head to glance at the still sleeping Dean before replying.

Beth I'm thinking about you too. But this can't happen.

She wanted him to know she wanted him, but she also thought that admitting she was already there would save Rio from trying to convince her. She wanted him, but morals had to win just once in a while.

YES this is technically Beth/Dean while also being Beth/Rio BUT it’s also sort of Rio/Dean and I am HERE FOR THE DIVERSITY OF SHIPPING leave me alone who asked you.

Five Times He Knew What She Was Thinking, and One Time He Didn't by JoeyLee

Aight, so tell ‘em I was hittin’ it. Said deliberately blunt, eyes locked on her face the whole time, just to see those blue eyes widen. She looked so shocked that he almost laughed, so he softened it teasingly just to keep her going. Oh, I’m sorry, sweetheart, tell ‘em we were makin’ love.

Then he just watched her, just watched her face, just fucking fascinated. Her lips were parted and her eyes were big as saucers, and…there it was. Before she could look away flustered, he watched the thought go through her mind. Him and her together.

He wondered what she was picturing or where. Them in the back seat, her bed, a motel?  Her on top or him from behind or his face between her legs?

Whatever it was, the blush started immediately, and he watched it bloom out from her cheeks to her hair. Then she was tearing her eyes away to gulp a little.  But it didn’t knock her down for long before she was looking back. And then, wait, was she actually asking him how to go about telling a fed they were fucking?

Okay this is another technical WIP but works as a standalone. I am absolutely fucking feral for character POV takes of canon scenes and this is a supremely excellent take on Rio POV of some notable scenes from the pilot through 204. Imo it brilliantly captures Rio’s voice and I love it a lot. 

HEADS UP I am absolute shite at tracking ao3 to tumblr unless people have specifically told me someone’s ao3/tumblr name SO if you recognize any of the non-tumblr authors on please lmk so I can tag them and YES I recognize that I am asking y’all to do things for me throughout this entire post and I’M SORRY OKAY I’M A WHOLE ASS MESS LOVE YOU BYE

[thedragonslibrary]

I'm having problems communicating with my spirit companion. Like, I just can't do it. Maybe it's because I'm new, maybe I'm rushing it. But, opening my third eye and telepathy are things I don't know how to do. And everything I've seen so far is either too vague or something I haven't even heard of. So, could you help me? You could link me things or just write it out. P. S. Astral travel is scary but if I had more info and more real life stories I feel like is be more comfortable. Thank you.

Hi there!  I know this is an extremely belated answer, and I really hope you were able to resolve this situation.  But I’m going to go ahead and answer it anyway, since it may be helpful to someone now!

If you’re new to the idea of witchcraft, opening yourself up, astral travel, and the like, it can be really scary and overwhelming.  If you’ve already gotten yourself a spirit companion, it may be the first time you’re introduced to any of these things.  But there is no rush - your companion likely knew this going in, and they are not desperately trying to batter through your natural psychic barriers!  They are on the other side, being just as patient, waiting for you to be ready.

One of my all-time favorite books about opening yourself up psychically, which has exercises I still use to this day, is You Are Psychic by Debra Lynne Katz.  The book preaches an end goal of clairvoyance, but I find that even its first few exercises teach a lot about visualization, and its importance in energy and spirit work.  I recommend starting there.

The thing about spirit and energy work is that it is often going to feel like it’s “all in your head,” especially when you are starting out and don’t yet have the skills to tell the difference between yourself and “the other.”  But the most important thing for me is being able to explain this in a way that feels logical, even to those who might never have touched any kind of new age thing before.  So, yeah, I’ll say it - sometimes it feels weird and out-there.  It doesn’t make the most sense in a real-world context.  It doesn’t always feel real, you don’t always see visions clearly or in real-time, most people can’t hear the voices of their spirit guides in their physical ears.  Almost none of it is physical, actually.  A lot of it feels internal.

Telepathy can feel like you’re talking to yourself in your head.  Astral travel can feel like daydreaming.  Witchcraft can feel like saying silly words over silly items.  What brings it gravitas and power is what you bring to the table - how seriously you’re going to take it.  How frequently you’re going to show up.  I consider it to be a lot like this: I played in bands and orchestras for years.  Before, all instruments sounded the same to me, or I didn’t care to differentiate, even if I knew what they looked like and what they were supposed to sound like.  But I showed up every day and participated and listened for years, and now I know what each instrument sounds like, what it sounds like combined with others, and how that differs from my own instrument’s timbre.

So, if you’re just beginning to develop your psychic skills, start here.  It will take time, and practice, but your patience will reward you in time.

Learn how to ground:

Visualize a cord, or roots, stretching from the base of your spine and down into the earth.

Breathe deeply.  As you breathe in, imagine energy from the ground pulling up through that cord, filling you with light.  As you breathe out, imagine that light washing away any darkness or blockages with you.  

Work from your toes to your head.  Take your time.  If you feel you need to spend more time on one section, stay there for a while.  

When you feel you are done, imagine the cord detaching painlessly from your body.

Learn how to stimulate your third eye:

The third eye cannot be forced open (or if it can, it’s not extremely beneficial for you).  When doing the grounding/cleansing exercise I outlined above, take time to focus on the point in the middle of your forehead.  

It might naturally tingle, and one day you might feel its sensations come naturally to you.  But very few people can physically see with their third eye.  It’s going to be more about spiritually seeing - not with your eyes, but with your non-physical sense.

Throughout the day, imagine energy swirling around your third eye, like one of those twirling loading circles.

Interact with your third eye.  Press it with your thumb.  Think about it casually.  Put your palm over it and imagine giving it a warm glow of energy.  Put diluted oil blends on it (and be sure to wash them off later, if your skin is sensitive).  Take time to take care of it.

Repeat this often.  This is an elongated process with no specific end-point.

Create a psychic space for yourself:

Learn to enter and craft a space inside yourself.  This is especially helpful as a meeting place for you and your companions.  A good friend of mine calls her “The White Room.”  Mine looks like a treehouse.  Allow yours to fit your needs, and your personality.  Let it change and evolve as you do.

Find some quiet time to meditate.  You can use free, guided meditations on YouTube to help with this. Once you’ve gotten yourself into a meditative position and a quiet mindspace, imagine going somewhere in your mind.  Open a door, go down or up stairs, climb a ladder - whatever feels right.  Once you have done this, you will find yourself in a space.

This will feel like daydreaming, and it may not be entirely solid.  But you can make it your own place, and over time, with practice, it will solidify.  Fill it with furniture, paint the walls, fill the pantry with food.  Invite your companions over.  They may not feel tangible or may look/feel fuzzy.  That’s okay - they’ll get more solid over time.

Ah - whoops!  Surprise!  You just did your first astral travel!  Really!  It was inside yourself, but it was real.

And since you were looking specifically for other people’s astral experiences, this blog is pretty cool, although it’s not active anymore.  

Practice telepathy with your companion:

This is not going to be like telepathy in the movies at all.  It’s a subtler form of communication, and if you struggle with it, you can always try other communication techniques like pendulums, tarot cards, and automatic writing.

Notice your thoughts throughout the day.  If you have unusual, stray thoughts, if you catch your thoughts responding to themselves, if you have strange urges to look at or interact with things you might not normally interact with, these are all signs that your companion may be attempting telepathy with you.

Like meditation, sit in a quiet space and let your thoughts drift.  Invite your companion to join you, and just let your mind go.  Are there any ideas or thoughts that feel out of place?  Anything that sounds like not your own internal voice?  

This can be a very hard process, especially if you’re not using any other communication method.  I personally learned to perform telepathy with my companions by first using a pendulum and alphabet board to talk with them.  Eventually, I was able to recognize what voices sounded like “theirs,” and differentiate them from mine.

You can read my post on communication for more info on this!

Above all, I feel I need to emphasize this: Your practice does not have to look like anybody else’s who has written their experiences on the internet.  It is allowed to be imperfect, unfocused, messy, and fun.  A lot of people, myself included, sometimes go to great lengths to make it seem as though when they are astral traveling, they feel as though they are physically there.  That level of immersion is very difficult to reach and can take years after years of practice.  I am not even there, I promise you.

Anyway, now that I’ve written an Entire Novel, I hope this was helpful to you or to somebody!  Thank you for asking!

[thefloatingstone]

I know you're super into ponies, and I saw you reblogging something about how much the pony collectors community hates it when d/d/l/g or l/i/t/t/l/e/s/p/a/c/e blogs reblog yours stuff (added slashes so your blog won't show up under search for those tags). Why do they hate it so much? I'm not a part of any of these communities, and I'd like to understand. Thank you!

Hey there! :D That’s ok, I’m happy to try my best to explain!

The reason is actually pretty simple. Obviously I can only speak for myself but I imagine it’s the same for the other collectors as well (But if there is some different reasons I’m sure they’d be happy to add or correct me)

Basically, I collect the 80s My Little Ponies (although I won’t say no to the other generations and own ponies from all 4) I collect them because they were my favourite toys ever when I was small, and I loved the cartoon as a child. I liked it because it really was my first exposure to a high-fantasy setting. And it was done with really cute characters, in nice colours who were nice, sweet and kind to each other, but could still stop bad guys and work through bad situations and were very proactive characters.

As an adult, I can see the flaws in the show now, but I still think it’s highly immaginative with its ideas, and I still love the colours and that the characters don’t have to be snarky or aggressive to be heroic. As for the toys, I’ve always kept my childhood ones. I like them the best because again, I am a big fan of 80s and early 90s colour schemes, which I felt were better harmonised than the 2000s. And I also really liked that they resembled real ponies and weren’t AS stylized as how thy became later.

It’s also fun to be a collector. Because you’re constantly on a treasure hunt! Toys that were a big deal in pop-culture when they came out, and really represent what it meant growing up during that time period. And people don’t fully understand the value of “old toys”. So you’re always hunting at flea markets and thrift stores and some of the strangest places! Looking for collector’s items that the owner doesn’t have any attachment to and only sees as ‘an old toy’. In a way it’s like collecting bone china tea cups while they were still being made in England (before the 60s) or Medallions and medals. They are all a kind of time-capsule to a very specific era, and with ponies, they happen to have faces and be characters. So it’s fun to think of each pony as a little personality you’re finiding somewhere, taking home, cleaning up, and displaying.

These blogs that regblog these things however, have absolutely no interest in the individual items they are reblogging. Because to them, it only represents a sexual kink. Specifically the submissive pastel cutsey ‘Daddy’s Little Girl’ kink. And look, a kink is nothing to be ashamed of as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone. Honest. But the problem comes from the fact that we share photos, screenshots and gifs of these things because we’re honestly interested in the product. Whereas when they then take that post and reblog it, it’s for no reason other than to be part of a bigger kink to get themselves off on. The toys and collectors’ items because a sex toy, basically. Even if just in terms of visuals. It robs the post of its original intention and turns it into smut.

Smut is fine. But in this case it feels like someone has taken something that makes you happy and that you wanted to share with your fellow toy collectors and made it all about getting sexual satisfaction off of it based on what it represents to them; the idea of a girl being in the submissive position of ‘Daddy’s little girl’

It doesn’t become about ponies, or collecting, or showing off the value of a specific item, or about the episode or the character. Honestly the gif could be about anything in the kink blog’s eyes, as long as it fits into the kink they’re into. t robs the post of meaning, and turns it into something dirty.

I’ve recently had some porn blogs reblog some of my artwork by their bots and add things to it like ‘Hey I just got home, wanna chat?’ and ‘Hey I’m gonna be undressing for the camera, here’s a link!” and it has 0 to do with the picture. it’s just a way to promote their porn. And it feels icky you know? You feel taken advantage of. And they’re using your silly drawings to do it, not because they’re drawings, but because they happen to be getting a certain number of notes and reblogs. Your posts are being used and marked with something you’re uncomfortable with without your consent.

It’s the same thing :\ It also bugs a lot of my collector friends because they do their best to plaster their pages with “please don’t interact” banners, headers, tags, and sometimes within the images themselves, and the kink blogs completely ignore it. “consent” is a bit of a hot-button word because of its connotations, but that’s really what it is, isn’t it? “Please don’t reblog this as something to masturbate to.” “I’m gonna do it anyway and pretend you didn’t say ‘no’“

It’s just… it takes a hobby and turns it into something dirty. And then whether we like it or not, it makes us seem like we’re doing it for kinky, smutty purposes, all based on the nature of the toy (in this case, ponies). It builds an association.

If we were collecting wall-mounted plates none of us would be having this problem.

Anyway, sorry for the long reply. And I apologise if I got anything wrong. But this is my stance and experience with the matter. And why I personally really don’t like it. I imagine it’s very similar for a lot of collectors.

We collect the toys because it happens to be something we enjoy doing as an activity, from finding, to restoration to displaying on a shelf and looking at and being impressed by each others’ collections.

We share items among each other and trade, and help restore, and share tips on preservation and fixing problems. Some of my collector friends have kids who like playing with the toys themselves. We form friendships based on mutual interests, and its fun to hear each others’ collection adventures and childhood ties with the toyline.

and then someone reblogs it to their kink-specific blog with “dude I could totally masturbate to this.” Even after we have asked nicely “please don’t”

Also I’m sorry if this annoys anyone. I know kinks and stuff are a difficult topic on the internet as a whole, let alone tumblr. And I stand by the opinion that having a kink is fine if it doesn’t hurt anyone. But there is a level of selfish disregard here, and that is the main problem. It’s not all about the nature of sex, but more the active and decided action to ignore the OP’s feelings and requests and just do whatever you want. Until you start feeling like nothing but a ‘gold mine’ for kink blogs. And then you don’t even want to do it any more in the end.

Please help me guys! I’m talking about difficult subjects and I might be wording it wrong! I don’t want to insult anyone by accident ^^; I’m just trying to explain!