#and qualify to make a discourse blog!!!

[starleska]

honestly done with doctor who after the trainwreck that was the the interstellar song contest. i became a casual fan back when the eleventh doctor had a chokehold on tumblr and even had fun self-shipping with mr. ring-a-ding, but just thinking about how this series tried to "both sides" a GENOCIDE makes me feel physically ill. i can't believe i was indirectly supporting this series by making fanart and fanfiction

anon, gently, i think that your response is...a little overblown, and i'm not sure why you've sent it to me 😅 i'm going to put my reply under the cut, whilst tapping the sign on my blog again, which requests that folks don't try to drag me into discourse. i've shared my thoughts on the episode, and that's all: i'm not interested in validating whether or not people decide to interact with a show.

as i explained in my longer post about The Interstellar Song Contest, i don't believe that the intent of the episode was to "both sides" a genocide. i think that the allegory was poorly handled, and i also think that they made a bold move by daring to make this episode at all, let alone slotting it right before the actual Eurovision Song Contest. after discussion with other fans, it's very possible that earlier versions of the script had a more sympathetic view towards Kid, or even a more obvious condemnation of the Company, but the script needed to be edited because they would never have allowed such an episode to air. i'm getting the sense that you're either on the young side, or very active in fandom discourse. i understand your outrage, but i encourage you not to think in such black-and-white terms. you must understand how silly it is to be getting your hackles raised now, when Doctor Who is a show funded by the BBC (which airs the Eurovision Song Contest), and Disney (where do i even begin?). from my perspective, the show made a clumsy, weird and deeply uncomfortable episode which attempts to create an allegory but wildly misses the mark. do i think that's better than making nothing at all? honestly, i'm not sure: but it has gotten people talking, and i don't think that's a bad thing. you can do what you like, but i have no idea what you ceasing to make fanart/fanfic or watching the show will do except make you feel a little more righteous. poor writing doesn't mean that someone is an advocate of genocide, and frankly i think this is a chronically online stance that discourages people from thinking critically about deeply traumatic, difficult topics. this attitude you have, to immediately discard anything that you perceive as having a 'wrong' view, is detrimental to literacy and to educating people. it's one i strongly encourage you try to get out of. this is an exhausting conversation, and the second the episode was over i knew this kind of discourse was going to pop up. one thing the episode did try (however unsuccessfully) to make clear is that jumping to rage is never the answer, and only serves to perpetuate the cycle of trauma and violence. making it about whether or not you should engage with a television show feels reductive and silly. i would recommend putting this energy towards reading up on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and supporting Palestine where you can.

[skelethereals]

(The following post is specifically addressed to my haladriel/saurondriel mutuals. If you follow me for reasons unrelated to this particular content, you are welcome to continue scrolling past this message).

I've been noticing an overwhelming amount of anti-saurondriel content on my dash lately, and while I absolutely believe that every member of a fandom has the right to develop their own headcanons and freely share their personal interpretations, I also believe in the importance of maintaining a positive and enjoyable online space for myself. Everyone should be able to engage with fandom in a way that brings them joy, and for me, that means curating my experience to avoid unnecessary negativity and drama. Respectful discourse is one thing, but the constant wave of hostility has become exhausting, and I’d rather focus on the aspects of the fandom that I actually love.

Those who know me and have interacted with me before are well aware that I make a conscious effort to steer clear of content that doesn’t bring me joy. I firmly believe that fandom should be a space for creativity, passion, and enjoyment, which is why I’ve specifically sought out and followed many saurondriel-oriented blogs. My goal has always been to connect with like-minded shippers, engage with fun content, and, most importantly, immerse myself in interesting stories and breathtaking fanart. That’s it.

Whether Amazon ultimately chooses to emphasize or downplay the saurondriel undertones is entirely up to the creative team, and I have no desire to campaign for any particular narrative change. I’m here to enjoy the interpretations that resonate with me, not to rewrite the original story or vilify characters (yes, I'm talking about Celeborn, the most hated man on Middle Earth right now) who, in the grand scheme of things, hold minimal plot significance. My focus is on celebrating the aspects of the fandom that inspire me, not getting caught up in unnecessary discourse or hostility.

To put it plainly, I am genuinely pleading with all former saurondriel shippers who have had a change of heart and now feel the need to wage a crusade against those of us who are simply here to enjoy ourselves... please, just block me. I’m not interested in engaging in endless, irrational debates over who qualifies as a “healthy shipper” and who supposedly deserves to be condemned for having certain headcanons.

Fandom should be a space where people can freely explore their own interpretations, find joy in storytelling, and connect with others who share their enthusiasm. It shouldn’t be a battleground where people are policed, shamed, or harassed over fictional dynamics. If you no longer enjoy saurondriel, that’s completely fine, but please allow the rest of us to appreciate it in peace. I have no desire to be drawn into negativity, performative outrage, or exhausting purity tests. I just want to celebrate the characters and relationships I love, without drama or hostility. So, if my presence or opinions bother you, I encourage you to hit that block button and move on, because I certainly will.

[transandrophobia-support]

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Hello, dear friends <3

Welcome to transandrophobia-support. This blog is (currently) run by two mods, mod 💿, and mod 🛼. **

**more info about the mods below the cut

This is a safe space for you to talk about your experiences, vent, and spread positivity about transmasculinity/transandrophobia. You can do this by either sending an ask on/off anon (up to you), or submitting a post. You can also to tag us in anything transandrophobia/transmasculinity related.

Rules

no discourse. Any hate comments/asks/submissions will be deleted. Please do not send anything that will cause discourse. Not sure? Assume it will, or ask a mod.

Don’t ask for a specific mod to answer your ask. Doing this will just make it harder for us to do so.

No NSFW. Minors will be interacting with this blog. I repeat. MINORS WILL BE INTERACTING WITH THIS BLOG. (references/discussions related to bodies in a non-sexual manner is fine! this may include talk about dysphoria, euphoria, or intersex issues.)

Stay on topic please!! Anything you send should be on the topic of transmasculinity/transandrophobia.

Don’t ask us for advice. We are in no way qualified to talk about tips for coming out, transitioning, finding gender euphoria, etc.

While this blog is focused on transmasculinity, people of other genders are completely welcome as long as they're here to learn and support transmascs.

Absolutely no (trans)misogyny, exorsexism, intersexism, or other forms of bigotry are welcome here.

Mod info!

Mod 💿 -

Ziggy, he/him, blog is @cringefail-loser

hihihi :3 I’m a transsexual man, I love music, and thriller movies. I’m learning to become a drummer! Please do not use they/them on me, and i’m sure we’ll get along 🙂‍↕️

Mod 🛼 -

azure (az for short!), ly/lyr/lyri/lyric/lyricself or he/it/other neos, main is @lesgay-lover

helloooo!! im a nonbinary lesgay trans guy. they/them not preferred and absolutely no she/her. dont call me girl ever for any reason. ummm i like dragons and my husband. im a very friendly guy and also a YAPPER. links to pronouns.page carrd etc are in the pinned of my main if you wanna check that out :) also i run a series on my main called transandrophobia talks where i go in depth on some elements if you wanna check that out

Other important things ⚠️

We will try and put trigger warnings for the things that need them, but chances are things will slip through the cracks. If you need us to put a tw for something specific, please let us know!! (or if we forgot to put a tw for something)

Emoji sign-offs are welcome :)

This is a safe space for all contradictory labels and identities <3

We do not engage in syscourse or shipcourse. Please do not bring that kind of stuff onto our blog. (Yes we are still a safe space for systems, there is no doubt about that ❤️)

[thegeorgiatennantblog]

*Clanking pots and pans together *

I have a message for all the tin hatters and misogynists in the Tumblr fandom.

28th August, The Year of Our Nerd 2024

To Whom It May Concern

It has been precisely one year and one month to the fact that I first came across this malady that has been plaguing our fandom. Other fandoms have been more or less unfortunate in this regard. What started as a lighthearted joke has now turned into a toxic, vile, festering wound. For a long time I either ignored these blogs and their opinions or very politely tried to dismiss them. For an even longer time I was made to feel that I was in the wrong. After all we live in a free society and all of us believe int he idea of freedom of speech, freedom to hold whatever views and beliefs, and freedom to express those views and beliefs. But the very same citizens of these free society's in today's world are also facing a dilemma: how far does this right go? Is it unconditional? Is it absolute? Or does it qualify to some form of check or some form of necessary derogation under exceptional circumstances? When do those circumstances arise?

Most of us have come to an understanding in regard to the question, though all of us may not agree to it: it is understood that where your right to exercise your freedom offends and restricts my right to do or causes in any way for me or anyone else to feel endangered, then that is where we draw the line.

Reading @do-angels-dream-of-starry-seas 's post today I have come to the conclusion that the time has come to draw that line. It is a question on where we stand as a fandom if we let such bigotry and such hate prevail any longer.

I want to let everyone know where I stand. I have nothing against fanfiction. I have nothing against RPF. People have been creating RPF since time immemorial. If not for RPF a large amount of literature, film, music and other forms of art would not exist. Shakespear's Histories are essentially RPF, Hamilton is RPF, Netflix's The Crown is RPF, Le Morte d'Arthur is RPF, Baz Luhrman's Elvis is RPF and so is Andrew Dominic's Blonde. You may like some of it, you might dislike some of it. You might even be vehemently against some of it. But that's all it is at the end of the day; fiction. It doesn't hurt anyone. The real problem arises when people start becoming unbale to differentiate between fiction and reality. And that's no better than thinking that just cz someone played a serial killer in a movie means they're evil irl too.

It becomes suffocating for others to exist in these spaces when the delusion that the RFP is real transcends to take an even worse shape namely hating the real people involved in said person's life. How could you justify hating on their real life partners just so you can satisfy your delusional belief that these men are actually in love with each other.

Maybe it springs from a need to justify our lives in terms of conspiracy theories in this growing pandemic of untruths and fake news. Maybe it springs from some deep rooted internalized misogyny. Who can say?

Before I move on I want to highlight some problems with the wntire tinhatter discourse.

The existence of a PR. I want to clarify this here and now. PR works for important, famous, insanely rich people whose global fame makes their identity a part of the public domain so much that their entire image needs to be curated to meet certain requirements. PR works for Taylor Swift and Leonardo DiCaprio and Barak Obama. Who is does NOT work for are people who are only locally well known, live reasonably ordinary lifestyles, and have a painfully insignificant following outside their own cultural context.

The idea that one picture or a five second video can tell the truth about someone's entire personal life. It cannot. It never will. Body language is not even a science. Body language is misleading. Facial expressions are misleading. I am writing this right now with the most bland expression on my face. People around me think I'm writing an email. My internal emotions right now are another story. Moreover no one owes anyone any sort of information on their personal life, their love life, their mood, their life choices or whatever. Their lives are not public property. Please respect that.

The women are the villains. This blatant misogyny has become intolerable as the days go by considering most of these posts are written by women themselves. The whole controlling wife, poor meek guy trope is so fckng infuriating. When did we wake up to a world where women hold the reigns and an adult white upper middle class male cannot tell her that he wants a divorce. I thought this only happened to unprivileged women in third world countries who cannot file a divorce bcs then she will be left penniless and socially disgraced. The women baby trapped them. Of course they feel responsibility for the kids now. Child birth is the second most painful experience after being burnt to death. No woman does it for the pleasure of it nor for some strategic benefit that it will serve her. And giving birth to not just one but many. And then raising them. That's not easy! Secondly, having children is a mutual decision and process. If only women could make babies, we'd get rid of men for good lol! (this is a joke plz don't @ me) If someone decides to have children with someone, and we're not talking just one accidental pregnancy or sth... we're talking several kids over the years.... then they probably have that level of attachment, love and commitment to their partner. It's just common sense.

Absolute cynicism. Anything Georgia and Anna do is met with cynicism and their words are deliberately twisted to mean the opposite. While D and M will be applauded for speaking up for a cause, when G and A do the same, they are shouted down as pretentious or that PR made them do it. When D and M show affection towards each other that's all real and true but when G and A show affection to their partners it fake and a PR stunt. Moreover, the way they interact with their partners is also completely misunderstood. Anna is more private and subtle about her gestures of praise and affection. But from what she does show publicly we know that she absolutely adores her partner and her kids. Georgia on the other hand has her own way. She teases, makes jokes, pokes fun at him, but she's also literally the woman that is being ultra-horny for him on Twitter and Instagram in front of everyone else. And I think that comes from the fact that they were friends first and lovers second and they have maintained that playful friendly relationship with each other. Still, she is accused of never being appreciative, being cringey, possessive, creepy and always bringing him down. Oh, and we never talk about how Michael next to never promotes Davis's achievements. In fact, no one else I know does it. Literally the only person is Georgia jumping up and down going "This is my partner! Have you seen them! Have you seen how awesome they are! I love them!" Not just that, these tinhatters have such double standards that while D's neurodivergent traits are being praised, G takes the rap for it. She's a careless mum, an unworthy partner; none of her professional achievements matter. She is fighting her dyslexia and neurodivergence to achieve something but the tinhatters will make ableist remarks to bring her down. But they don't just stop there. They accuse her of abuse, rape and cyber harassment. Pray that she doesn't find out because accusing someone of that can get you behind the bars hon!

I know that none of this is going to disappear over night. We fight the fight every day and we hope that tumblr goes back to being the safe space it once was. But till then, it is important that we stay strong and stay together. I have had people come into my ds with links and other stuff that made me want to jump off a cliff. I have been subjected to some horrendous lies, all in a bid to 'convert' me. Sadly that's not happening babes.

So I just want these tinhatters to know that if you're here, then we're here too. And no matter how much of this toxic bile you keep spewing we'll keep washing it away. And that @dtmsrpfcringe and @goodomenswarning don't have to do it alone. If you wanna go at them then come at me bitches!

And I'm not scared to call y'all out @ingravinoveritas @letscoffeebreak @nightgoodomens

@invisibleicewands @climb-dtennant-like-a-tree @thetardisisbluandroseistoo and others but mainly you guys cz you're the ring leaders. Go on block me if you want to I don't care! Or better, send me some of those creepy asks you guys send Tori. At least it would take the burden off her!

Oh and, before I go, @dtmsrpfcringe you're a champ and we love you and we stand with you!!!

Yours Sincerely,

Meena. x

curator of TheGeorgiaTennantBlog

[woman-respecter]

personally as someone who has found the chappel roan zeitgeist annoying for normal low-key hater reasons like Musically She’s Mid And She Seems Annoying, i appreciated stumbling onto your chappell discourse tag specifically because i feel very monkey’s paw about the broader backlash, which i do think has involved a lot of people being misogynistic & taking her in the worst faith possible, which makes it not fun for me. i feel like your blog has mostly been a mix of reasonably expressed criticism and appropriately non-vitriolic dunking on a famous person.

also if i see one more person saying people are mad at chappell for expressing a “nuanced” opinion i’m gonna lose it 😭 she didn’t express nuance she barfed up online leftist word salad 😭 people are giving her credit she doesn’t deserve like the fact of the matter is she DIDN’T say “i will be doing what is necessary to keep trump out of office but i feel uncomfortable endorsing harris given [her rhetoric about the current conflict, the biden-harris administration’s role in supporting israel, her refusal to have conversations with pro-palestinian activists, literally ANY actual specific thing she takes issue with].” setting aside the question of whether anyone agrees with that stance, that kind of phrasing would in fact qualify as an adult expressing a political opinion with some layers of complexity. but she didn’t do that!!!! “and, moreover, palestine???” is not nuance and arguably if it is an issue you feel passionately about you should give enough of a shit to speak about it clearly in a manner that doesn’t make it sound like your entire knowledge of the matter comes from tweets 😭 this is not the case for random leftists chilling in a bar but it is the case for a public figure! if i were going to speak publicly as a famous person on an issue i know is contentious but that i feel strongly about i would really want to make sure i was not making my “side” seem fucking stupid!

thank you for the sweet words about my poasting 🫶 i’m glad it works for u and seems reasonable.

and yeah she is getting WAY more credit than she deserves. no matter what she MEANT to say, the fact of the matter is she fumbled big time and she should have workshopped her statements with people who knew what they were saying.

[gwynrieldreams]

Literary Analysis and Authorial Intent

Authorial intent is the concept that refers to the author’s intented interpretation of their work as defined in the piece itself.

Actual Intentionalism is the standard intentionalist view that the meaning of a work is dependent on authorial intent.

Hypothetical intentionalism is an interpretive strategy that navigates between assuming a writer's actual intent and disregarding intent altogether, focusing instead on the best hypothesis of intent as understood by a qualified audience. This approach prioritizes the perspective of an intended or ideal audience, which employs public knowledge and context to infer the author's intentions.

New Criticism argues that authorial intent is irrelevant to understanding a work of literature; the objective meaning is to be found in the pure text itself. The text is the primary source of meaning, and any details of the author's desires or life are secondary.

Reader-Response is the interpretation of the work as defined by the reader’s experience of the work without the influence of the author’s intention. It denies the stability and accessibility of meaning completely and argues that reading is determined by textual and also cultural constraints.

These are just a few methods of literary analysis. As you can see, the academic world can't even agree on one method of literary analysis, so I don't expect the acotar fandom to give us the right answer.

You can't say that the only thing that matters is authorial intent and the readers' interpretation can only be restricted to that. This can basically turn author's intention into a wild card in order to dismiss any criticism of the text. Every reader has a different set of values and different life experiences. It's only natural that they will interpret text differently.

We can never know the true intent unless the author tells us and their intent can change over time, the author could lie as in to not spoil their books, the author could have problematic views. Moreover, the author's intent may defer from how their work was actually executed and I believe this is why SJM's books create so much discourse when it comes to certain characters like Nesta, Cassian, Tamlin, Feyre and Rhysand.

Authorial intent isn't end all be all. Just because you are satisfied restricting yourself to that, it doesn't mean we aren't allowed to criticise and interpret the text however we perceive it. Nor does it mean that you're right and we're wrong.

Canon text ≠ Author's intent This is so important because a lot of you believe that these two are one and the same.

Also, just because we like to criticise the main characters, it doesn't mean we don't enjoy the books or that we even dislike them as characters.

I will agree, though, that there are certain blogs whose content is basically anti acotar, anti sjm, anti everything and I don't understand why they even bother with these series, when they can't find one positive thing about them. I would understand reading the series and making a few anti posts to get it out of their system but they're dedicating their entire blogs on hating these books.

[self-dx-culture-is]

Welcome Post

This blog is inclusive of everyone who has a self-dx! All submissions should start with "Self dx/diagnosed culture is" (or a more specific version, such as "self dx autistic culture is").

I will ignore any posts asking me to diagnose them (as I'm not qualified), and I request that no one ask for help in self-diagnosis either. If I can find reliable resources, I will link them below, under the cut.

Feel free to vent, but let me now so I can tag it appropriately. If you would like, you may also request that reblogs and/or comments be turned off for that post.

Anons are welcome!

EDIT:

Since we've been getting some lately, I wanted to state that while I have nothing against sending people financial aid, that is not the purpose of this blog and we personally are uncomfortable sending money over the internet due to paranoia. We will be deleting any donation requests sent to this blog as it's off-topic and somewhat stressful for us to even receive them. This is not directed at anyone and is just a general statement so everyone is aware.

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We have professionally diagnosed Amblyopia, Sensory Processing Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and Avoidant Personality Disorder. We have self-diagnosed Synesthesia and Visual Snow Syndrome, and are questioning Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Autism, and ADHD.

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All posts will either be tagged as either "self dx culture is" or "not culture is"

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What Is Plurality? – Plurality Resource(link)

powertotheplurals.com | Resource & articles for everymany - Dissociative identity disorder and other forms of plurality.(link)

More will be added as found! Feel free to suggest resources you've found helpful yourself!

[freeuselandonorris]

between the quad discourse, which i am passionate about for no reason, and 6 inches soft reading ur blog rn has me like astral planing

i agree w u and anon about the whole trying to move it away from content and how they haven't been doing well generally. i've noticed it too and agree that on the marketing side of things that that's the purpose the rebrand is serving.

if anything i have more thoughts/concerns on the clothing/fashion side of it which i am totally not qualified to talk about. anyways not to get on my soapbox in ur asks but my official stance is i want them to make cargos or jeans or some kind of pant and to have cohesive collections like enchante does

-🧸

sorry to smush all these asks into one post but i think my answer to all of them is pretty similar!

yeah i def think this rebrand is a financial decision more than anything else. i really do think they just diluted the brand way too much, tried to do too much without any real commitment and flooded the market a bit with too many drops so i’ll be intrigued to see whether they manage to turn things around by repositioning it as more of a luxe brand á la enchanté.

there are a few reasons why i think this might be difficult. one: quadrant’s vibe is very different to enchanté’s slightly more grown-up (air quotes) vibe and that kinda focus on ✨living the good life✨ daniel seems to be pushing now. i think enchanté has done a very good job of positioning itself that way and creating that aspirational vibe that people will drop big money on if they can afford it. as 🧸 said, quadrant seem to be aiming for that cool underground moto streetwear vibe which i love and does fit w lando’s aesthetic to an extent, but idk how much crossover there is between fans who are willing to drop ££ for merch and people who are willing to drop £££ for that kinda streetwear? (again, not a marketing professional so genuinely no clue!) but also agreed that focusing more on motorsport and associated “extreme” or “urban” sports like skateboarding makes sense given the fanbase, albeit there’s crossover there with red bull’s USP.

ngl i never cared much for the esports era of quadrant bc i don’t care for esports so i can’t comment on that but i can def see how it must feel like it’s changed a Lot since those days and turned into something else entirely.

as for whether i’m worried about being able to afford it… honestly on a personal level it’s not whether i can afford it bc i have a credit card and poor impulse control, but it’s more about whether i feel higher prices justify what i’m getting. of the previews of the new drop, the knit sweater with the japanese text and the pizza dog looks extremely cool but idk if i’d be willing to drop like, over £100 for it and i suspect it might be more than that. and if they’re charging top whack for hoodies and t-shirts, well… i already have enough of those yk.

[jotun-design-party]

Contest Submission Rules

Jötun Design Party is a Marvel Loki fanmade character design contest, dedicated to encouraging artists to be more aware of racist visual shorthand to make a more inclusive fandom space for artists of color.

If your submission is found to rely on orientalist or otherwise racist imagery to make Loki seem more alien, more attractive, etc, your design will not be considered/your submission will be disqualified. [#orientalism] is a featured tag on my blog, where I have shared informational posts on the topic. You can also check the [#FAQ] tag on this blog. I also encourage you to do your own research on the topic to ensure the design fits within the guidelines.

No AI generated or AI enhanced art. The design must be completely designed by you, not imags generation.

Your design must be created for the design contest entry. Modifying your old Jötun designs is allowed, but there must be significant changes to the design as to differentiate it from your previous works.

Entries will be judged based on design, not skill.

You are allowed to include designs for multiple characters (ex: Jötun!Thor, Angrboða, Fárbauti, etc.) as well as for multiple versions of Loki (Ikol, Stories, Kid Loki, etc) so long as there is at least one Loki design submitted.

However, as shipping discourse can get incredibly out of hand, please refrain from submitting ship art to the contest.

Your drawing should be a full-body, with a clear view of the design(s), and clear color and lines. Shading/finished lineart is not necessary! The design(s) simply must be visible enough to tell what is going on in order to qualify.

Do not put down other contest members; any and all competition should be friendly.

Informational blurbs about your Jötun headcanons are not only accepted, but encouraged!

Tag @jotun-design-party in your submission, and tag your piece as #jotun design party !

Winner Information

The first place winner will receive a full-body drawing of a character (original or otherwise) of their choice.

The second place winner will receive a half-body drawing of a character (original or otherwise) of their choice.

The third place winner will receive a bust-shot drawing of a character (original or otherwise) of their choice.

*i am not comfortable creating fanart for harry potter or dsmp

@trackmarvel

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I AM DOING STIMFIGHT, read this beautiful strawpage for my info. Sorry if it's hard to read, I had a little bit too much fun making it (also just in: it's not EXACTLY mobile friendly, a few things get cut off/covered, but it's readable enough to understand nonetheless)

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Hullo internet people :3 I'm Camille, and this is my sideblog for posting stimboards. I interact from @ryoumensan, and as of recent I also run the blog @kidou-senshi-stimblr.

This blog has no set DNI and will take nearly any request you would like. However, please keep any interaction respectful. I want to make visually stimulating moodboards, not fight with you. Thank you :)

I would like to note that I stand by pro-fiction beliefs, but I am okay with either side interacting with me and I do not intend to dwell very deep into any sort of shipping discourse on this blog.

If you are requesting a character from something that is not on my fandoms list, I would prefer you add at least some sort of theme. However, even if it would be helpful, it is not required at all ^^ I try my best to do at least a bit of research on a character if I don't know them so that they can be as accurate as I can make them. Sorry if there may be any inaccuracies, I am open to remakes ^^;

I'm sorry if some of the things I write under my stimboards may be rambly or if my image IDs sometimes come off as weird. My very old boards do not have alt texts at the moment, but a majority of my boards do. If I ever forget any content warnings, I will add them in as soon as possible. As a heads up I do not put warnings for hands and food.

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Inbox: 2

Christian (Moulin Rouge) with themes of love and academia (anon)

Stimboard of sona/self (non-anon)

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Blacklist, whitelist, and fandom list under the cut so that this post doesn't IMMEDIATELY look a mile long!

My blacklist and whitelist! My blacklist is stuff I either don't feel qualified to do or just don't WANT to do. My whitelist is stuff I would love to do or am interested in.

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Blacklist (only a few things):

Countryballs/Countryhumans (Hetalia is fine with me though)

Agere/petre boards for fandoms I'm not familiar with or don't have a theme (I just don't feel qualified to do it...general agere boards are fine though)

Shipping real people/RPF

I do not have a greylist big enough to have a section, but just know that if you request darkships, I might be more likely to decline. I am open to people requesting that sort of thing, I'm fine with darkshipper interaction, and I hold nothing against those people, but I simply do not know if I will end up wanting to do boards for ships like those myself. Sorry ^^;

Whitelist:

Anything on my fandoms list, of course

Pride flags

Ships, as long as it's easy to find information on them!

Alterhuman stuff (FYI, alterhumans (fictionkin specifically), I'm one of y'all 😁👍)

Real people and V-tubers, as long as it's not in a weird way.

NSFW sources, but only if it would be relatively easy to find SFW pictures

Sources that people usually don't accept (whatever people put on their blacklists all the time, idk. I see Hazbin Hotel and Boyfriend to Death and stuff like that all the time on those lists so stuff like that?)

Niche medias!!! I wanna know!!!

Music-themed boards

Slightly suggestive/sexual themes (nothing explicit though, I mean I'm not putting sexual nudity in a board if that is even possible)

Fandoms:

Vocaloid/vocal synths in general

Touhou Project

Mobile Suit Gundam

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Cowboy Bebop

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

Project Diva

Needy Streamer Overload

Project Sekai

Bandori

Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

Girls und Panzer

Hetalia...

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Urusei Yatsura

Patalliro

Kaze to Ki no Uta

Is AKB48 considered a fandom?

Invincible Super Man Zambot 3

If what you wanted to request doesn't fit the whitelist or fandom list but isn't in the blacklist, STILL feel free to request!

[plural-rambles]

hullo!! i was hoping i could ask a few questions actually! in a post we saw on here earlier, the terms “metafictive” and “friendfixtive” were used. what do those terms mean? and are there more of these sorts of specific labels for fictives? sincerely a collective who dearly loves microlabels but Cannot find these definitions to save our life xP thanks in advance for the help!!

hi!

a metaject is an introject of another introject; a metafictive is a factive of a fictive and a metafactive is a factive of a factive. any other kind of introject can be used too, meta- just means introjectionception :]

we have a lot of metafictives including an intra-metafictive [a factive of one of our own fictives], and at least one metafactive.

a friendfixtive is an introject from a friend's hyperfixation. we have one: Wilbur Soot. friend was infodumping about DSMP and tombur and Wilbur, we also had a very low tolerance back then, so, hello Wilbur Soot. why are you Filipino.

it could also be said the metafactive Jeffrey Dahmer is also a friendfixtive but given the order of events we don't consider that the case.

and yes! there are lots of fun terms! under the cut

for example, amitive is the term for a factive of another system's headmate, which includes but is not limited to metajects. our systuationship has a mixtive [multi-sourced] of two of our eresians [born in sys]. and all of our metajects are also friendtives [friend factive].

a dreative/dreaject/somtive is from dreams. we have 4 dreatives, one of which, Alexander, was the 1stp character of the dream, the other 3, Dino and twins Luna and Apollo formed while we were sleeping and are considered dreatives because they tried to set up SP and PK in our dreams.

we have 5 'flagtives'. they're not actually technically introjects of the flags, but rather they're flagsonatives.

we have a few conceptives, especially of music.

one who qualifies as a metafictive may instead prefer exofictive.

we also have a few exofactives, particularly in one subsystem, Kandi.kafe. core, Deenie, is a walk-in fictive of Bistro Huddy Pickles, and there was a snaptive little Pickles ["was" because they're no longer a little] and 4 factives of people in Deenie's exolife, who in this world appear as other characters in Bistro Huddy. Ruby, Amber, JD is Joey, and Spencer is a transmasc exofactive of Bridgette. Luke's subsystem also has a factive of the host of a partner system from his exolife, Jack, who was a fictive of a future reboot of Wolverine. confusing but that makes it fun. an exometafictive.

a systive is a factive of another system and/or their singletsona. we have a systive of our current systuationship, and our brother and an ex's girlfriend also have systives of us :D

a personative is of a persona. we have 4 that are definitely considered personatives: - Neet is of a brief profile theme about 13375934K [leetspeak] and computer/binary code [and cybernetic green] - Nessie of an old NSFW account and also a specific character from one of the images - Fin of our systemsona from the lens of Hale and Troy in October 2024 - And most notably, Jester is a catharigenic personative of our old discourse blog.

a myctive is from mythology. Poseidon, Zeus, Hermes, Aphrodite and Circe are from EPIC: The Musical but as god fictives are also considered myctives [apparently, because they're in the folder]. Ulysses and Patroclus [and Circe] are walk-ins. Patroclus and Achilles are from the Iliad, not any Song of Achilles or Troy or anything. and Dionysus is from the Bacchae although he later got retconned Riordanverse exomemories.

we have one non-canon fictive, Noctis. it's not an OC, grey's just inexplicably a imp from Helluva Boss.

post- refers to someone who started as an introject but no longer considers themselves to be from that source. whether that's emotional source separation or growing into a different person, etc.. there's a lot of them in the protogenic sidesystem, especially of childhood characters like Doofenshmirtz.

some other microlabels we have in our system: - 1 booktive - 3 discographytives [one of which is also a factive of one of the band's members, Andy Samberg, and a fictive of a character he plays, Jake Peralta in Brooklyn 99] - 1 genretive [of classic rock music] - 8 songtives [including 5-6 fictives from musicals].

and there are maaaaaaany others. the ones on pluralpedia you can find in their sourced and introjects terms folder, with currently 418 pages :]

we generally have burnout as a hoarder and coiner but we love microlabels too <3

-- Graham || he/it/key

[cookie-run-ships]

Okay I know I wanted this specific blog to be more objective when it comes to ships, but this is ship related and I need to actually use this blog more

Anyways, on to the topic, there's something I've noticed when it comes to two particular Dark Choco ships

So most of us know about the whole darkmilk age debate that goes on, or at least that it was a thing. I may not personally ship it, but I think by this point I can acknowledge that it doesn't hold as much water as a problem as I initially thought

Yes, when the first two met, as shown in at least CRK, Milk was a child, while Dark Choco was at best a teenager, and those are two very different age groups. However, it has also been stated that the two have not met, at least not in any sort of meaningful way, since then, and currently, the two are adults. By this point in their lives, their age difference isn't really a problem, especially because at the only point where it potentially could be, they only met once. It was profound for Milk at least, and Dark Choco does remember it, but there is no issue of their potential romance starting there. Admittedly it might be a little weird, particularly since they semi-remember each other, but it isn't wildly problematic

But do you know what Dark Choco ship this argument actually would stand a genuine problem for? Carachoco

This really may not be a big deal since the ship isn't super popular, as the far more common headcanon is to make them siblings/family, but it is still a ship I've seen at least one or two people ship

But getting back to the point, we have been told multiple times that Dark Choco was the one to teach Caramel Arrow to use a bow. We also know that Cookies of the Dark Cacao Kingdom start learning to wield weapons as children due to their harsh environment, meaning that Carrow would have likely been a child, or at least a young teenager by this point. And if Dark Choco was made to be her mentor, he was presumably old enough, and older than her, so that he was considered qualified to do so, being a teenager at best. So for them, there is again, a noticeable age gap at the time they would have first met

But unlike darkmilk, whom only would have met that one time, Carrow and Dark Choco would have met many more times than just that one. Not to mention, Carrow is a Watcher at the Black Citadel Dark Choco lived in, and would presumably be training to do so at this time. So, these two would have extended time to get to know each other, and wouldn't have much reason to be apart for extended periods of time, at least until Dark Choco's banishment, and we don't know how old either party was at that time, other than Dark Choco presumably ranging from teenager-young adult (and likely the latter). And quite honestly, even if you make it after his banishment, it's still awfully sketchy for Dark Choco to fall in love with his former student

Carachoco actually does have the age difference problem darkmilk supposedly has, it's just that it isn't as noticeable since Caramel Arrow's age difference with Dark Choco isn't really stated, just implied on occasion

I realize that this is probably unnecessary, especially since carachoco isn't a popular ship and the darkmilk discourse does seem to be mostly behind us, and maybe this is just dredging up things best left to rest. But this is something I remembered, and I just wanted to share this info with you so more people know

Not necessarily to bash people who ship carachoco, but because I must share my knowledge with all, whether you want it or not

[transandrophobia-support]

Intro post: accessible edition!

Hello, dear friends

welcome to transandrophobia-support. This blog is (currently) run by two mods, mod 💿, and mod 🛼 This is a safe space for you to talk about your experiences, vent, and spread positivity about transmasculinity/transandrophobia. You can do this by either sending an ask on/off anon (up to you), or submitting a post.

Rules

No discourse. any hate comments/asks/submissions will be deleted. Please do not send anything that will cause discourse. Not sure? Assume it will, or ask a mod.

Don’t ask for a specific mod to answer your ask. Doing this will just make it harder for us to do so.

No NSFW. Minors will be interacting with this blog. I repeat. Minors will be Interacting with this blog. (references/discussions related to bodies in a non-sexual manner is fine! this may include talk about dysphoria, euphoria, or intersex issues.)

Stay on topic please! Anything you send should be on the topic of transmasculinity/transandrophobia.

Don’t ask us for advice. We are in no way qualified to talk about tips for coming out, transitioning, finding gender euphoria, etc.

While this blog is focused on transmasculinity, people of other genders are completely welcome as long as they're here to learn and support transmascs.

Absolutely no (trans)misogyny, exorsexism, intersexism, or other forms of bigotry are welcome here.

Mod info!

Mod 💿 - Ziggy, he/him. blog is @cringefail-loser - hihihi, I’m a transsexual man, I love music, and thriller movies. I’m learning to become a drummer! Please do not use they/them on me, and i’m sure we’ll get along 🙂‍↕️

Mod 🛼 - azure (az for short!), ly/lyr/lyri/lyric/lyricself or he/it/other neos. main is @lesgay-lover - helloooo!! im a nonbinary lesgay trans guy. they/them not preferred and absolutely no she/her. dont call me girl ever for any reason. ummm i like dragons and my husband. im a very friendly guy and also a YAPPER. links to pronouns.page carrd etc are in the pinned of my main if you wanna check that out :)

other important things

We will try and put trigger warnings for the things that need them, but chances are things will slip through the cracks. If you need us to put a tw for something specific, please let us know!! (or if we forgot to put a tw for something)

Emoji sign-offs are welcome

This is a safe space for all contradictory labels and identities

We do not engage in syscourse or shipcourse. Please do not bring that kind of stuff onto our blog. (Yes we are still a safe space for systems, there is no doubt about that)

[jamespotter09]

I miss just a bit when my blog was just me saying whatever or chatting about my intrests. I understand I've brought on the topic of Drama and Discourse within the community. I feel it's important to note I am NOT an archive account. Nor will I discuss discourse all the time. My takes and stances on the stuff I've posted already are opinionated. I do not have a "no bias" rule for this account as that was never it's intended purpose. Along with that I'd like to say that I am very opinionated. I do have personal issues with K9 and others who are in my DNI. I belive that is ok though, to me it just makes me feel more 'qualified' to talk about these creators as I've had personal experience with dealing with the backlash of the creators in question. This is just another PSA that I will never be ok with anyone in my DNI creators list. These people have hurt me or my friends and have done damage to their mental health in such severe ways.

Ill be posting some silly things soon to bring more positivity to this blog, have a good day 🙂

[writeblrsupport]

Let's talk

Hey all! Let’s chat a little! There’s been a bit of inactivity for both myself and Locke recently. I’ve been dealing with some IRL issues, and I know Locke has potentially been shadow banned. It hasn’t been easy trying to keep up with this blog, but by the gods we've been trying! We're hoping to bring more activity once the holidays are over, and hopefully Locke can fix whatever issue is going on.

With that being said, there's some things Locke and I specifically wanted to bring up in order to keep going down a few positive path for this blog!

Organizing posts

Going forward, Locke and I will be working on organizing posts. There's way too many in our backlog for us to realistically edit them all, which is why we'll try to organize them via these tags. Our pinned post will be updated with these tags once we figure this out!

#boosts — for sharing snippets that other people have wrote

#answers — when one of our mods sends out an ask, it will be tagged here!

#asks — these are for mass asks we send out to people!

#support — for our support posts

#admin: (user) — for specific mod posts!

#TW: (trigger) — current we have triggers for bigotry, violence, abuse, death, drugs, harassment, and dysphoria. If you think one should be added, let us know under a post!

#discourse — for any discourse posts that may show up.

What would you like to see?

Is there anything you'd like to specifically see in this blog? We want to make sure our content is the best it can be in order to help you all, so please give us any feedback through reblogs, replies, asks, submissions, etc.! Any feedback is welcome!

And finally, new blog admins

This is the last big thing. We would like to bring on at least 2 other members to help us with this blog. If you would like to join us, please send a message to @basalamander-corner and tell me about yourself, including what makes you think you're qualified for said position! We really need people we can trust, and people who can be strong pillars for the writeblr community.

That being said, we do have some restrictions on who will be allowed to apply, and that's the following:

You must be 20+. No exceptions.

You should have at least one blog (whether that's your main blog or your side blog) that focuses on writeblr!

You must have Discord for ease of communication!

Please be aware that as an admin of this blog, you may be subjected to dox/death threats, harassment, bigotry, and other nasty or sensitive content. If you want to be a mod, you'll need to be able to deal with these via deleting the posts and not interaction, since that's what they want. We also need people who will be strong pillars of positivity in this community, people who are willing to show kindness and empathy towards everyone around us! You'll also be expected to community thoroughly with the rest of the admins. As an admin, you'll be expected to reblog posts, share support, send out asks, and more!

Once again, please contact me if that sounds like something you're interested in! You can contact me here on Tumblr or on Discord, where I also go by basalamander!

[meyerlansky]

gonna get REAL snippy about some disk horse tonight: i am real fuckin' fed up of seeing everyone who felt impacted by the idea that astarion might be asexual or aspec in some way feel like they have to qualify their interpretation of a canonically sex-repulsed character openly discussing that sex repulsion in a way that is very resonant for a lot of asexual people. i am really fucking tired of the fact that everyone talking about astarion maybe even possibly being some variety of aspec feels COWED into couching it in "it's just a headcanon, it's just something that felt important to me personally! i'm not saying anyone else has to agree, it's just that it resonated for me."

i get not wanting to impose your reading of the text on other people—there are a fuckton of posts floating around about how that's a shitty thing to do and how x read isn't any more canon than y read and people who insist x IS more canon than y are jerks. and i don't disagree! people who insist there's One Canon in a choice-centric RPG are fucking dicks.

but i was also here in 2014, at the peak of exclusionist discourse, when every single time someone said "it's not that i have a problem with asexual people, i just wish they weren't taking up the resources meant for [REAL gay people/rape survivors/people dealing with comphet/etc]." what they actually meant was "I will not be satisfied until you shut the fuck up and never talk about your experiences in a place where i have to hear about it again". and it fucking worked; people recloseted themselves, blogs centered on the aspec community deactivated, real life organizations stopped explicitly including asexuality in their documentation when they had the previous year. for a solid three years, the only time any "big name blogs" mentioned asexuality was to make a joke out of it. i watched this shit happen with my own two eyes.

i don't have a problem with people who disagree with my reading of a character as asexual. i don't have a problem with allosexual people who say "this same thing resonated with me too, just in a different way" and move the fuck on. what i do have a problem with is the implicit vibe that comes up any time asexual and aspec people decide to talk about their experiences and things that resonated with them that we shouldn't take up too much space when we talk about that, because there are other people who don't feel that way and their interpretations deserve to be heard too.

i have not seen a single person on the acestarion train saying "you HAVE to think of him as asexual." i have seen multiple comments saying people who do see him as asexual are delusional or reaching, or that it's insulting—to whatever other identity—to read asexuality into his sex-repulsion. and i am really fucking annoyed [not at all surprised, but annoyed nonetheless!] that not only does the compassion for different takes not go both ways, but that people discussing their resonance with astarion from an asexual/aspec perspective are instinctually or habitually ceding ground by couching it in "you don't have to agree!" kind of statements, when that should be the fucking baseline for every single conversation about any characterization choice in, AGAIN, AN RPG BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.

and i don't have any way to express this to the people that i actually have an issue with, because, again: asexual people relating to a character that's not explicitly stated to be asexual is treated as a joke at best and an attack on other identities at worst. but at this point, to me, calling a reading of astarion as asexual/aspec a "headcanon" is minimizing what it actually is: an interpretation of the text, supported by both dialogue and action[s], that is not monolithic but is no less "canonical" and/or rooted-in-the-text-itself than many, many other readings of his characterization, intended by the character's creator[s] or no. you're not going to catch me apologizing for how i read the character and how his dialogue resonated with me. and i don't think anyone else should feel like they have to apologize for it either.