#I'm still figuring it out

[sillysarahsthings]

Me wanting to join this year's art fight but having no idea how to do so.

[tardxsblues]

And the voices that implore,

"you should be doing more."

To you, I can admit,

that I'm just to soft for all of it.

SWEET NOTHINGS - Taylor Swift

[kakusu-shipping]

(Same anon)

hfgjshskfhdjakafk oh my god yes!!! :O please talk about your s/I and Nightmare Fredbear!!!!!! 👀👀

THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THE AAAAASK!!! Nothing brings me more joy than being asked about my Self Inserts <3

This S/I I've had for a while now sense I finally toughened up and watched Markiplier's playthroughs of FNaF despite my fear of them, I just never talked about it because I don't know how to talk about it, sense it's the very first Kin self insert I've ever had.

Usually when I ~Vibe~ with a character I'll call it Kin, but this was a very different feeling and it took a while to figure it out. Once I did I kinda fell into imposter syndrome about the whole Kin thing sense I'd seen a lot of people take it a lot more seriously than I ever did, so I just.. quietly added the Nightmares to my F/O list and left it at that.

But now I'm finally here to say!!! I am the Crying Child!!

This Self Ship's funny to me because even in the FNaF Universe the Nightmare animatronics aren't Real so Nightmare Fredbear is still a Fictional Other fkgjfdkg

The entirety of the self ship happens while in a coma after the bite of '83, which you all know as FNaF 4. It's wasn't actually as scary as the game made it out to be... Well I guess at first is was.

The whole thing takes place in my house, but wrong. Like, my room has two doors and they won't latch, and all my toys look weird, and it's always night, and my head hurts all the time, and of course, there's animatronics in the hallways.

For a really long time I was super scared, I thought they were gonna eat me! But I spent a long long time with them and eventually became less scared. And then not scared at all eventually!

Sometimes I'd hear my dad or brother talking, but it'd be echoey and distant. Fredbear told me not worry about it too much. He's my best friend, so I trust him of course.

And, I mean.. That's it. It's not a very interesting self ship, just a child slowing succumbing to his wounds, comforted by the nightmares he had for years and years before.

The Ghost version is the thing that that Haunts the Narrative. It's as real as the Nightmares, and only Micheal and my Dad ever see it. I don't know what it is either, I just know it looks like me to them.

[kiirous]

Folks, is it trans to want to get a male cosplay just so you can have an excuse to get a chest binder to make the cosplay "accurate" because that was the only way you thought you could get your hands on a binder without getting questioned too much?

[davy-zeppeli]

How does one discord?

I have no idea, I just downloaded the app and signed up - once that was sorted I had a username and stuff set up and then kind of sat there... I think it's pretty solid so far!!

[diamondsandtoads]

Survey Closing November 9th!

Thank you to everyone who has completed my fairy tale survey; the response has been better than I could ever imagine!

As much as I'd like to keep the survey open forever, I do need to begin to move onto the next part of my process (Interviews!!!!) so I will be closing the survey on November 9th.

If you miss the deadline, it's okay! We can always talk outside of the survey.

Thank you once again to everyone who has participated!

[feynavaley]

I finally got to see Oppenheimer.

Truly an amazing movie, I'm still speechless.

First of all, it managed to get me so involved that those three hours felt so short – it felt like a 90-minute movie. I saw it after work, I was completely exhausted, and yet, not even for a second I glanced at my clock or even felt tired at all. I left the movie theatre more awake than I had been when I first entered, which really is something. To be honest, I don't recall ever experiencing something like that before.

I think it has a lot to do with how the movie is structured, the more straightforward narration about the bomb's development intermixed with the two earings later. The first one, something closer to a war movie, the second, almost a thriller in which the real motives of the main actors get revealed only at the end.

Moreover, I got so involved with the emotions the characters were experiencing. Clearly, I know how the story with the nuclear bombs ended. Even so, I couldn't help but feel excited with the characters when they were going to test the bomb at Los Alamos, I was on the edge of my seat – quite literally. An alarmed bell rang at a corner of my brain, whispering, "Oh, this is bad. Is this truly how they want to portray the nuclear bomb? As something so exciting?" But then. As the movie went on, that excitement turned into dread and horror.

I can't help but think that it was an excellent narrative choice. From our cozy homes, pointing fingers and declaring that something is wrong is quite easy. But the movie shows quite clearly how different things are when you're right in the middle of it, how easy it is to forget about the consequences when you're swept up in the middle of the circumstances. Mind, I'm not saying that this is a justification – rather, a warning.

In a way, I felt like this movie wasn't only about Oppenheimer, but about every one of us. With the way the events were framed, the movie asked each one of us a question: if you had been in that situation, what would you have done? What do you think the right course of action would have been?

Even better, the movie does not presume to have the right answer, instead, it leaves the question open. It's a movie that forces you to think – which, in my opinion, is the mark of great movies and books

[summerpoison]

[hemoarchy]

i like the idea thal'ena was actually pretty young and didn't really go to northrend as part of the sunfury. maybe she went there after that, out of her own volition, to learn the fate of her mother, maybe her mother called her there and she went, be it because she was deceived, or wanted to end whatever monster arthas made her mother, or genuinely just wanted to be reunited with her. and then arthas gave lana the choice of what to do with her (she's a loyal servant!) and she chose to have her made san'layn too c:

[ventusrocks]

First Post/Introduction

I don't have a ton of good pictures of my art right now, so I thought a self introduction would be a good first post. My name is Bella (she/her). I am a student, gamer, and artist! My favorite game franchises are Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts, and Octopath Traveler, but I like a few others as well. If you can't tell, I am currently obsessed with Octopath Traveler; I started OT 2 in January, and since then I finished OT 1 and OT 2 in addition to starting CotC. I've been drawing lots of Octopath art since then that I'd like to share. I've been inspired by all the great art I've seen in the OT fandom, so I'm trying my best to improve my own work. I'd also just like to share my numerous thoughts about these games since I think about them basically 24/7. Maybe I'll share some stuff about the other games I like as well! Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy my blog.

[millany]

😳

[kate-apologist]

if yall see me sneakily raise the chapter count on board game au no you didn't alright

[neasyearning]

June 3, 2024 // Driving with my sister

Finally got a SD card for my camera. I'm excited to take pictures of fun moments during the next step of my life, also known as college! :)

[doggywings]

going to make a new character called Metal Toffee, an AIBO-lookin robot dog who was made to try and copy one of Toffee's nightmare powers

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The squad of all time has arrived on scene.