#a squick!

[sharkneto]

Why don’t you want five in school?

Oh, I've ranted about it before in the tags of THIS POST but in general it makes me wildly uncomfortable. As an adult, the thought of hypothetically being forced back to high school is the fucking pits, you could not pay me enough to do it - and I even had a good time in high school! Five is almost 60 years old and they're going to force him to go to classes and hang out with teens? That feels bad from every angle! It forces Five to act in a way he'd only do under great duress and fucks his agency and autonomy as an adult so badly. There are better, more interesting ways to play with the consequences of his physical vs actual age than sending him to goddamn high school. There's other, less dominating options for the "he looks like a kid and never actually graduated" problem.

You do you if that's your jam, don't let a random dude on the internet yuck your yum, but Five in high school is a squick for me.

[inkskinned]

"it's so embarrassing you like that popular thing" "oh ew that geeky/strange thing is so cringe lol" "oh it's kind of weird you get excited about that harmless shit"

dude i love how ironic and jaded you are and that's so cool and sexy of you. and i am so so glad to tell you - you won!! we all had a meeting and we decided that you won, and we are writing your name on the inside of a burger king crown. the marker smeared, sorry, but we knew any form of real effort is ugly to you. but anyway. congrats! you are officially the coolest, most ironic, most jaded person in-the-world-right-now. we would throw you a party but you would think it was totally boring - and besides, we're weird so we wouldn't have been coming. we would have brought our love of beetles and of baking and of little canapes. we would have brought our artsy videogames and pages of writing. we would have written a poem with you, our hands covered in ink, and spread out a canvas to dance on, the night so lurid and pink.

but do not worry. we will not throw the party. we will just get you a ringlight and that crown i mentioned. it is a nice crown, except for where one of us dropped it.

the vote was a really hard one because we had so many cool ironic people to pick off the shelves. all of you have hands that rot fruit, how strange is that - you can't look at something without destroying it for other people. you like it when you can squeeze a person into a pinpoint - all us small ones scampering our little feet around our ugly joys. the vote was also a hard one because we kept our voices down because you don't like it when we talk too loud. you were on your phone at the time, talking to people other than us. you are a ghoul of every moment - half in, half out, you resent us for being here without shame or embarrassment.

so good news! we have invented an island for people like you. you get to go there and speak into the air things like if you still like watching harmless twitch streamers in 2023 you're fucking boring. you will say things like liveplay podcasts are fucking ugly and it's kind of awkward they try to make everything gay. on the island we made you, all of your words will have weight. they will form in the air like icicles, large white behemoth letters that will crumple in anvils around your feet. maybe we will send someone there once in a while to sweep, but honestly you might be there for a while, alone, waiting. we are busy being outside looking for mushrooms and flapping our hands and humming. we are busy kicking our little heels while we watch cringey tv. we are busy - sorry! as an apology, we have pre-filled the island with every bland, mediocre, unscented thing we could find. the island has the texture of american cheese. the island has an ocean that never gets angry. the island is perfect for you, trust me. you will be so happy there - as happy as you can be, ironically.

we want to say we are sorry for doing harmless things that you find annoying, childish, or unappealing - but we are not sorry. we thought we could help you, because we don't mind laughing at ourselves, but it turns out you are allergic to color and noise and atmosphere, so this is the best that we can do for now. we are all making a big shirt that says i voted in the ironic monarchy. we got you one that is just a fast fashion buttondown. i am so excited for you and this island and the big life you have won. you have a cool jaded grey life and miles of irony to roam. i love you! be well.

now leave us alone.

[donutfloats]

Through the power of Love and Science: They will be MAMAS!

[ao3commentoftheday]

I was just explaining the concept of a squick (a thing you have an intense dislike and perhaps even physical revulsion to, and yet do not judge morally) and I realized how strong squicks can be.

Like, if my favourite author decided to write something that I otherwise dislike or have no interest in, I'd still probably read it because they're my fave.

But if even if my favourite author on the planet wrote my favourite ship with a bunch of other tags that would usually have me ecstatic and ready to read - if they included one of my squicks? I'm going to avoid that work entirely (and maybe even block it from my search results)

I genuinely do hope that other people enjoy the fics that squick me out. I'll just never, ever read them 🤣 kinktomato, y'know?

[gothiccharmschool]

An aside about the language on TV Tropes: squick is a Very Good Fandom Term that needs to move back into everyday use. For those of you who use "uncomfy", "squick" means pretty much the same thing, but with a layer of "I don't like it, but that's my issue, not anyone else'".

"Squick". Learn it. Use it. It's a useful shorthand, and doesn't have any layers of moral judgement about fiction!

[bigfatbreak]

twilight’s got friends in places! high places? possible. but knowing discord he could be in sideways places or diagonal spaces. or your personal space. with a knife

[iciclesses]

cw forced intoxication / dubcon / somno

Nobody touch me I'm thinking about the 141 holding you down and taking turns with you, and while Ghost is splitting you in half on his cock, Soap is grabbing you by the chin and spitting liquor in your mouth <33 Or Gaz holding your head still by the hair as Price fingers your ass open, Gaz cooing at you as he holds the bottle to your lips. You want so bad to be good for them, be the cool fun sexy girl so you gulp down the firey drink like you never have before. Even as your dizzy brain gives out and you fall asleep, the men are happily sober and starting round three on you.

[flowerslut]

I love seeing people use the locked tomb tags as a place to declare a moral stance on bad shit like abuse/incest/various upsetting things. bestie, this is the locked tomb. you’re in the Various Upsetting Things fandom. you’ve read the books. “if you ship campal you’re disgusting” baby these kids play with corpses like legos and regularly sweat blood “we HAVE to talk about ianthe and corona’s terrible relationship” yeah let’s talk about how their codependency rocks and I think they should get grosser and weirder and worse “stop shipping pyrrha with the younger characters“ baby she fucked a corpse. I hope pyrrha puts her dick in literally everyone. grow up

[messiahzzz]

thank you sm for the ask!! 💕 i’m glad you enjoy my posts and it is not a strange request by any means!

note: this is merely my read on gale’s sexual preferences/kinks. i don’t want to police anyone on their headcanons or claim they are “incorrect”. since the game doesn’t provide too much detail, many things remain up to interpretation. (and lest we forget fanfiction has always encouraged the exploration of dynamics that may not be present in canon.)

gale is a character who isn’t interested in walking the straight and narrow route. he is all about new experiences, favoring non-traditional means, putting his own spin on things, and the thrill of seeking the forbidden. the sheer romance of the uncharted and the unknown. he is enthusiastic in almost every aspect and possesses an infectious zest for life. in regards to his sexual preferences, this translates into an eagerness to explore, witness new sensations, and reach new heights together. while approaching the topic of sexuality with a generally playful, adventurous attitude.

if you’re looking for harder kinks, however — i don’t believe gale is the character for you. and in case it needs to be said again: there is nothing wrong with being vanilla.

initially, i see gale as a switch, who gravitates more towards assuming a dominant role, due to his ever-present desire to give and to impress. i do think he enjoys giving up control, yet you still have to actively convince him to let himself go and be spoiled for once. his first focus will always be to fulfill his partner's needs and drown them in his all-encompassing love and adoration. i also believe that gale will grow more comfortable with being the center of attention, once their relationship has reached a point of total security (and he had ample opportunities to show in just how many ways he can wow them). gale is not a strict dom, nor a sub. in his ideal relationship roles would be discarded entirely, deeming them too restrictive in his expression of intimacy with a trusted partner. it’s all about variety and ridding oneself of the shackles of the worldly, after all. melting into one perfect whole, not knowing where he ends and his partner begins.

gale: we are all sensual vessels. illusory magic lets us sail farther, and feel more deeply.

gale: [..] i could use the weave to make us feel sensations beyond reckoning.

based on what we know about gale, these could be some of his kinks:

lots of praise (this is non-negotiable), sensation/temperature play (waxplay, electrostimulation/all the many perks magic has to offer), sensory deprivation, light restrictions and bondage, the occasional roleplay, katoptronophilia (self-explanatory), altered mental-states (hypnosis, psychedelics), orgasm control & denial, body worship, olfactophilia and given his propensity towards verbosity: narratophilia and some very inventive dirty talk. as for my own self-indulgent take: due to the recurring emphasis on hands during his romance, as well as his being the main tool in how he shapes and navigates the world: quirofilia.

nodecontext: flustered, standing in front of his romance partner in bondage gear. not necessarily uncomfortable with the bondage aspect, just trying to stay focused.

now, what are gale’s hard-limits?

gale, after the player received loviatar's blessing: your hide, your choice. not quite my cup of tea though.

while projecting your own kinks and fantasies onto fictional characters is fine and well, disregarding and ignoring the source material (and the character's stated boundaries) is another matter entirely. fanon!gale is rather ooc and very different from his canon portrayal, which is something that tends to irk me. although this remains a common fandom phenomenon.

personally, i don’t see gale as someone who enjoys pain of any kind, be it giving or receiving (with the exception of spanking and light choking, if a certain mood strikes. although it is kept mostly playful). contrary to what fandom may claim, having self-worth issues, being loquacious, emotionally expressive, and vulnerability-seeking (as well as being commonly perceived as arrogant and insufferable) doesn't automatically equal having repressed masochistic tendencies. he could be convinced to dip a toe into sadism, but only upon his partner’s insistence. although i doubt he himself would find enjoyment in that.

the same applies to degradation/humiliation. i doubt that a character who is still very much struggling with inherent self-worth issues and a general feeling of being defective/not worthy would derive sexual gratification from being degraded. yes, it can certainly be healing for some, but gale doesn’t strike me as someone who would find particular enjoyment in that. quite the contrary, actually. nor would he like to do the degrading for that matter (he would vehemently refuse. all he wants to do is sing your praises.) gale wouldn’t enjoy being leashed and/or collared in any way either. the prospect of being tied up or restricted is rather intriguing, cause it serves to center one’s vulnerability while also allowing for more intense sensations. anything that taps into the puppy play/slave territory tho? he would find it demeaning… and, quite frankly, silly.

gale is also not a voyeur, nor a cuck. the entire scene with the drow twins leans way too much into dub-con territory for my tastes. the only way you can get him to participate at all is by rolling a persuasion check with DC 25. in every other dialogue option, he immediately (and explicitly) declines. even if you do manage to pass the persuasion check, he is still very hesitant about participating.

gale: i might enjoy watching you tangled up with the drow, as long as i was five paces back.

he then immediately runs from the room, because sending a simulacrum in his place was the only way to somewhat remove himself from the situation while still being able to please tav. because of course he wants to please and clearly this is important to tav so he might just… have to discard his reservations and... just go through with it?!

gale: well i suppose it would do no good to back out now. let us begin this little anthropological study, if we must.

i am aware that fandom uses the fact that his “orb lit up in telltale excitement” as a justification that persuading him was the right choice, as well as confirmation that he was secretly into it and “just needed a little push" to explore his desires/get out of his comfort zone. that implication alone is very suspect and goes straight into the sort of logic abusers often use. you can be physically aroused by certain scenes, images, or sounds, even while being visibly uncomfortable with the presented scenario. it is a natural response that you can’t often control. which is what he is showing throughout the entire scene: discomfort. he was coerced into this situation, without any prior discussion or an opportunity to talk about his boundaries. furthermore, this is what he has to say if you approach him after the threesome:

gale: ahem. i hope you're not here to ask about our recent, erm, activities. i'd rather those were consigned to the footnotes of our romance, if it's all the same with you.

since he is strictly monogamous, any arrangement involving another person is also a no. he made this rather clear when tav sought him out after receiving halsin's proposal. him being monogamous isn't solely rooted in his trauma, it isn't something he has to “overcome” in order to heal, nor does it mean that their relationship is any less fulfilling. call him greedy, stubborn, or old-fashioned, but he cannot comfortably agree to that.

[tearlessrain]

I'm also not a fan of the two arguments being "furries are weird and bad sex freaks" and "furries are just regular people they're cool"

a lot of furries are weird as all hell, genuinely weird not the cute quirky tiktok kind of weird. and sometimes it is a sex thing. that doesn't make them bad people or acceptable punching bags.

idk I just have this feeling that a lot of people are gonna jump on this furry hype train and then meet a weird furry and revert right back to the 2010s bullying.

[ineffable-romantics]

Me @ me when Michael Sheen and/or David Tennant

[prismatica-the-strange]

Anakin gives off the vibe of someone just fucked up enough to eat you out on your period. Especially when he lets the whole sith thing finally take over because "You need him" and he "Just wants to make you feel better."

This is the face of a man that gives zero fucks about getting his face bloody if it means he gets to feel your thighs around his head while you beg him for more.

There are very few guys I could imagine doing this, but even pre-sith Ani would give you period head.

If you try to tell him he'd find it gross, the little freak would just laugh and say "I think I'll be the judge of that."

I have this vivid image of him pulling away just enough to grin up at you all bloody, then leave a sticky red kiss on your thigh before diving back in.

He'd get off on it too. He gets off on eating you out anyways, but something about your embarrassment and/or getting to sooth that feeling does crazy things to him.

[thegoodthebadandtheart]

this love letter begins: / to adam from your ribs

dean/john blowjob this way > 🚿

[ashspecter]

One of the things that bothers me a lot in the canon is how Valerie's physique changes when she wears her ghost-hunting suit. To a few, it may not seem like a huge change, but to me, it is.

I mean look:

The girl is shown to have curves, but very much looks like a young teenager when she isn't wearing her ghosting-hunting suit. But as soon as she puts on her suit, she looks as though she is Jazz's age or even a bit older.

In a few shots showing her older suit, it isn't as bad, but her waist is still very much slimmed down.

Additionally, her head shape also changes when she's wearing her suit. Yes, might just be the suit, but the most recent(ish) version of her suit shows her to have a pointed chin rather than a round one.

I might just be overthinking this, but I don't like inconsistencies--- especially character inconsistencies.

[miwachan2]

This question has been stuck in my head for a while. Like is there anything vampire Eclipse is embarrassed about? Because he seems to be fine with anything.

Also love you're art style♥💜

maybe like 1 thing

referencing this meme

[lovelycureaestetic]

Just got this recommended to me:

"the discomfort this story provides on many levels" to YOU! I'm here busting a fat one at the dark homoerotic shota subtext in the dark homoerotic shota manga by the shotacon artist. We ain't the same.