#and to the ppl of discord for their help as always

[dulciechi]

"Don't do this."

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ayeeee i had to get this stupid joke out of my system. these two are too much <3

Based on "A Cowpoke's Sweetheart" by @thewitchoftheweed. I also referenced the lovely people who drew Hamal and Nari bc lord knows I couldn't have come up with those designs on my own.

yea so i got a couple of details wrong but we'll just. gloss over that

And here's an extra shot of the Marshal from the back since I couldn't use the whole sketch </3

[br1ghtestlight]

the bob's burgers fandom is genuinely such a sweet and supportive community to be in. like its just very chill and everyone is happy and nice to each other in comparison to other fandoms ive been in where everybody is always fighting and half the people hate each other. like its such a relaxing community its the same 12 people posting screenshots and talking about our favorite episodes. pure Vibes

[linkvcr]

I'm such a chronic replier like I Will be in the replies. I just cannot stfu it seems

[charlotte-of-wales]

Hello! I don't have a public blog here but I follow many royal accounts and interact on anon sometimes, so I just wanted to come in to send some love 🩵 Yesterday was hard, we all love Kate and this is just terrible... so please know that if you need to take time out, or to vent, or whatever... we're here for you 💚💚 Don't feel that you owe us to come here and update or post, if you need to take a breath that's fine. If you need to be here and interact and talk, that's fine too. Please take care of yourself. 🧡

(you don't have to post this, just sending it out to a few of you in case you need it)

<3

[kiwi-soda]

!?!?!

silly Kaleido sketch

[steampoweredskeleton]

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Ignore

[astrstqr]

Hey! can you help me script for my Influencer and fashion designer DR??

yoncé speaks: of course! sorry for the wait lol

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏your vlogs and videos are always top quality & entertaining

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you can’t get cancelled

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ for lives streams/discord your mods always do their job & doesn’t ban ppl for random things

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏your fans are respectful towards you, your friends and family

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏your life is as good as it is portrayed on social media

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you always get over 200k views and likes

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you don’t get annoyed easily

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you never lose footage or have it get corrupted

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you always work with big companies whether for a video or fashion

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏people love coming to your runway shows

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏famous people always model for you

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you work with celebrities like beyonce, zendaya etc etc

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏your magazine covers always unique

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏paparazzi never take a bad photo of you and you always know when a camera is on you

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you have a strong connection with your fans

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏your clothes always sell out

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏you are highly respected in the fashion industry

✶ ׂ 𓈒 ͏ ͏brands you can own: lululemon, i am gia, skims, bloomingdale’s, kolly, miu miu, dolls kill, guizio

[sylvieserene]

Sadly… White Lily Cookie has always been demonized in the CRK Fandom since the very beginning of the game’s releases.

There’s a lot of misogyny in every fandom, (It's not only something that happens in shipping communities) and It’s extremely common for the female characters to be demonized by the majority for just existing. A female character can do one little thing and she’ll be deemed as the most evil person alive. Look at Mabel from Gravity Falls, or Rose Quartz or any female cast!

As for shipping? It's a common thing for ships, mainly Yaoi ships, that a female character is written to be either horrible & cruel, or just existing as a tool to help the male cast get together and nothing else because they're getting in the way of the Yaoi pairing.

Ever since CRK had a Resurgence in popularity due to Shadow Milk, it resulted in a lot of newer and very, very young fans (mainly Tiktok) who don’t understand how fandom etiquette works or haven't been in a fandom long enough to understand how they’re supposed to behave. Which often leads to much drama annd ship wears happening now.

I perfed when the community was still calm, small, and relaxed because drama and ship wars back then didn't happen as much as now. Sorry for any grammar and spelling mistakes, English isn't my first language as I’m still learning.



Exactly this. Female characters aren't seen as actual characters but rather vessels/objects.

Just when WL was released, a good portion of the CRK fandom called her as a "pick me" (which again repeated during ES's release) for basically no reason.

Even in WL fandom, while her hate is ongoing, there's also a portion of the fandom who won't listen to any criticism of WL's actions and would actively justify them instead of acknowledging that yeah there she screwed up. They are hell bent on proving she's perfect to the point they'd gladly call you a misogynistic hater if you question her actions. Personally, I was blocked by several people on discord just because I criticized some of WL's actions (some of which she also admits are wrong btw) and I was asked to seek help (with massive support from these fans to the guy who said it) and ofc, the classic "you are just misogynistic and a hater" and then there's the victim card when you try to refute it which is smth like "omg stop no one will like you if you report this".

They are seriously of the belief that WL is a Mary Sue and is flawless when her entire thing is about having countless flaws.

So in general, people just hate complex characters and just want a black and white picture instead of acknowledging the grey in between. It's insanely stupid and disappointing. Half of the fandom doesn't UNDERSTAND her character. Even her so called "super fans".

I have been in SU fandom and while it's hell, Idt things are as bad as things are in the CRK fandom which while can be pointed to the younger audience but it's still disappointing as heck.

I really want ppl to stop treating female characters as objects and acknowledge the fact that YES THEY CAN DO MISTAKES AND THEIR LIVES DONT HAVE TO REVOLVE AROUND A MAN!!

Stop saying "Omg ___ should stay the hell away from WL!" And "the only person WL should be with ___!!"

If you are a fan of WL, have the guts to admit what she did wrong and if you are a fan of her, accept her as is and stop making her life revolve around a Ship + male in her life. If you can't see her beyond your shipping preferences, y'all have a problem and I'm gonna say it. Stop cherry picking the good aspects of her and denying the flaws. If you are her fan, like her as a whole while accepting the flaws.

[just-my-latest-hyperfixation]

As a new writer, is it normal to want to know readers cried while reading something I cried about while writing? 'Cause, I just posted a fic last night that I cried sooo many times during writing (mostly out of cute aggression lol. little eddieworm is just so tiny! 😭), and now just getting 'likes' and 'kudos' don't feel like enough?? Which, I also feel bad about now lol, 'cause they should feel like enough! So, I guess I was just wondering if that feeling gets easier the more I write and publish?

Phew, this is a hard one.

First things first, you should never ever feel bad for wanting people to interact with your works. I remember a poll going around recently that was like “Would you rather have 100 kudos and no likes or comments, 100 likes and no comments or kudos, or 10 comments with no kudos or likes?” - and guess what won by a wide margin?

That being said, the feeling of screaming into a void is something that a lot of writers on here, even the “popular” and “successful” ones, struggle with. Yes, it can be frustrating opening tumblr or ao3 and seeing likes, kudos and reblogs, but no comments.

Because, ultimately, this is why we share our works, right? We may write for ourselves, but we share our stories because we want to connect with others. And this is especially true for those stories that are somehow ‘close’ to us - the ones that made us feel things while writing, the ones that we worked particularly long or hard on, the ones that we are proud of. And getting no feedback on those, or negative feedback even? That always stings, even with “more experience”.

Now that I've brought the mood down, here's what you can do about it:

Find your crowd!

Part of this WILL come with time as your stories find the people they are meant for. Apart from that, joining discord and actively chatting with ppl on servers really was a game changer for me. Participating in daily writing challenges like "sentence of the day", sharing snippets, that kind of stuff. (I'm mainly on smaller servers these days bc of ✨️overwhelm✨️, but in the beginning, the larger ones really helped me find my people.)

Taking part in challenges like @steddiemicrofic , @steddieholidaydrabbles or @steddiebingo also helps if you want to build a community here on tumblr.

Today I know that, even if nobody else likes my stuff, I'll always have my besties in my corner, and that helps immensely with the insecurities. 💗✨️

[zenith-astral]

already a year

okay, so I had a different project for this, but I still wanted to say something about it here

today is the one year anniversary of my very first post of my little dumbass on the internet

and I wanted to bring attention to some of my favorites on this post, but in my project I may be mentioning more than 50 people lol

@grinnames I’m starting with you. you are a really cool person and I never really made anything for you, but I knew of your god box au and I was intending to draw something for it for a while. But when I dived back in and saw rtv, I freaked. That shit is so crazzzzyyy I love it so much!!! I love the humor as well in it, and I hope it continues! Keep going man, you’re doing awesome nonetheless of drawing or not. You’re one of my new favorites btw! Btw, for the writing I talked about that one post before I disappeared, I’m already two to three chapters in the making already, thank you so much. And you’re right. May Micheals w’s be many and his L’s few! *slowly walks up and looks at you different gremlin style ominously* …you ARE going to bring him back, right?

@strange0-0storm the man of the tumblr sexy man smg8! You have gotta be the first person on the planet of tumblr when I first came on. You had a sick art style and an even more exctatic?? oc, and you had me HOOKED on the arrival. I don’t freakin care if you’re interested in persona five, or literally anything else, I will scroll through your thing over and over again just to be reminded how cool you are and how far you’ve gotten!

@rat-n-atty you have a very special place in my heart, I personally love you (platonically), being one of the very first mutuals I had and one of the mutuals that I was the most shocked. You are still really cool, and you have an amazing gift; don’t let others try to degrade your personality or life, and don’t get too caught up in what the world has to say about you. You are so amazing!

@purpdrawsthings you silly Billy! I remember our first little interaction being that one poster-style thing of where you drew so many amazing people including my silly little Jade! (Which I allegedly may have asked you first) I must admit, I freaked out that day when I saw on my email “purpledrawsthings mentioned you in a post!” I thought that was so crazy, then I knew I wanted to draw for you, and quite honestly, be your friend. You are still so cool and I won’t forget your silliness and- oh btw ur brainwashed au is so cool u introduced me to Hamilton’s music lol, but I won’t forget your silliness and your amazing charm!

@echostarsys you, are also one of my favorite mutuals, straight after atlas, actually. I think you showed up on her blogs and I was like why not follow another person, but seriously, you’re amazing too. I got to know you a bit better on discord (sorry for all y’all I got my computer taken from me) and I didn’t understand some things, but you helped me see it and I just grew to love your talent and your conversations! I wish I had my cpu back so I could use discord again but let’s just wait and enjoy each others time!

@libbytwq YOU! You are literally one of the very vip cool people I follow, and when I first started to interact with you, I was so intrigued by the style of Libby and LE, I thought that was so cool and crazy, and I wanted to draw for you (like I always do) but seriously with all the silly lore you have of your silly lesbian entity makes me wanna freak outttt! I was genuinely inspired and you helped me get through some stuff I might have never seen myself. I am still to finish drawing the “weed brownie” scenario, I just forgot to work on it lol

@its-a-me-mango you mlp fan guy. I honestly- oh yeah I remember now, I drew your profile picture on an index card and something stupid kinda stuck with me, the #they told me to get real so I turned into paper, kinda thing, and then I just figured, draw for this silly guy again. You have gotta be one of the funniest ppl on discord at least when I was there, and I love how silly you are with the tv man, the burger guy, and just the fans you interact with! You are awesome sauce! Also, you should stop eating or whatever you do with your “high glue” or smth, its unprofessional for a donktor-

@coralalala64 I remember when your ThAnGs took the tumblr by storm, and by my life, I still need to draw them- but you have an amazing talent (like I mean to everyone else) and especially reactions, I actually wanted to look at your atyle and figure out how you get the expressions so well! I’m still lowkey a bit crazy about your drawings and your artstyle being so chibi and all, but really keep up your good work! But no pressure, take your time.

aaaand @tiredsmashbros your silly burger guy got into my freaking head man. I love the burger haven and how silly things can get on the server, I used to flip through the channels like I was in five nights at Freddy’s when I had my computer, and I really didn’t want to miss out on anything. Congrats on your own anniversary, and the comics you just blasted into your account got me freaking out! Congratulations on passing college? too, I’m still trying to get out of high school lol. I am, waiting for lipbite/j but I’ll be there when you’re ready. You’re an amazing person, and seriously, you’re fun. Also, I am curious how did you make your book hard copy and all? I’m kinda, writing my own story-

and for the little people who might want a lil spoiler for my silly little project

fine ig

Here y’all go, just the silly lil intro

but seriously for all of you amazing people metioned and not, I really appreciate you guys, helping me personally and just making me laugh when I needed it, and for non-mutuals, I really hope we could be friends!

(I was supposed to post this yesterday)

[cozymochi]

Okay gen question, how are you so good at anatomy? like I know its a mix of years of practice and experience. Mayhaps you can spare some tips on how ppl can improve theirs? Always looking forward to your works btw! Even the scribbles you think aren't decent are always such a nice treat to see <3

It being drilled into my system years ago in a drawing class specifically for that 😭 Then a character design class the next semester that added on top of it. BUT FOR CARTOONSSSSS (I have not accomplished anything in my life to utilize any of this.)

My main point of knowledge reference is this book though (OMG FREE INTERNET ARCHIVE PDF? Yes. Though I personally have a physical copy.) We didn’t really read the walls of text so much as just practiced the proportion stuff in the early pages ad-nauseam and some skeletons (not hyper detailed ones just making sure bones were where they should be). Tho admittedly I’ve been neglecting any studying. (This book came out in 1943 brrgh) DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAD TO DRAW THIS DIAGRAM? MORE THAN ANY PERSON SHOULD.

But hey, it works. I still sometimes end up referring back to it if I think I’m sucking (disclaimer: i think this often )

As far as I’ve come to know, how something looks visually doesn’t matter so much long as basic proportions are correct. Cuz even people without trained eyes for this sorta thing can recognize when something is proportionately wrong. Like, I guess on you know where everything is supposed to go, you can kinda do anything from there?? I think. It translated well when we were drawing real people who were not the “ideal” presented, and when moving to more stylized stuff with their own rules in a completely different course. So what if that leg doesnt look exactly like u think a leg looks anatomically— IS THE KNEE IN THE CORRECT SPOT? Yes? Then u did it.

Also that eyes are in the center of the face. Not the nose. JUMPSCARE!!!

Aaaa, this isn’t really an interesting answer. If I ever figured out better streaming outside if private discords I could probably make my points better rather than pulling a “here’s a textbook, figure it out” CUZ ITS LIKE. ITS OVERWHELMING WITHOUT A GUIDE AND 😭😭😭

I don’t know. I don’t think I have “anatomy” correct, just “proportions.” Cuz I wouldn’t be able to tell you what something is, just where something goes. Which… I think is a little more important and also a distinction I don’t really see anyone making in drawing.

Though, as much as I wanna be helpful in a more effective way, it’s really really really hard for me to articulate how anyone could improve theirs if I don’t know what the alleged problem areas are 😭 I find all this stuff to be case by case. I kind of do better if i can directly point things out and offer info from there instead of blank slate tips. If I ever figure out streaming outside of private discords it would probably be easier (literally doesnt own a functional up to date enough computer)

I guess focus less on “anatomy” and focus more on proportions since that does more of the heavy lifting? Unless ur a med student, then you probably should focus on anatomy

someone could die because you couldnt identify their coccyx

OKAY THATS IT THANKS AND SORRY

[pwyzzaori]

Where do people think they're going to get by harassing old Hellpark Ri mods?

NOBODY CAN STAND THIS ANYMORE, IT'S ALREADY REACHING AN ABSURD LEVEL, and the most we can do is write loooong texts asking these people to stop AND THAT'S NOT ENOUGH

It's okay if you don't like the project, no one is obliged to like it, BUT ANY NORMAL HUMAN BEING WOULD DO IS IGNORE IT AND MOVE ON, BUT NO, THERE ARE PRIMATES DOXING US AND SPREADING LIES

in fact, you don't even need two brain cells to realize that you won't get anywhere doing this SINCE THESE PEOPLE NO LONGER HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT

I don't know what goes through these people's heads to commit this type of act, because it is a VERY SERIOUS thing

We already have to go through so many things every day for countless reasons and now this?

The worst part is knowing that many of the mods that were there were minors who just wanted to have fun drawing their favorite characters, doing redesigns and giving ideas for the story

I really hope this doesn't affect them like it affected me some time ago and recently it's affecting more people

Please leave us alone, we no longer have any involvement with this project, stop doxxing old mods, it won't get you anywhere

thank you(my english sucks sorry)

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I also wanted to vent a little, it's not a very recent situation but it started happening again these days and it's bothering me A LOT

When I discovered Hellpark I fell in love with the artstyle and started to practice drawing with it, consequently I reached a level where if someone saw my drawing without analyzing it, they could come to the conclusion that it was an official drawing (people have actually told me this already)

At first I felt very special about it, but as soon as I joined the project, DMs from all my social midia (except Discord) started to arrive from people asking if I was Wire

I always answered: no, I'm not Wire

and I started to get afraid that people would start to bother Wire themself, or idk some of the og mods from Hellpark (I don't know if this kind of thing really happened, but I hope not)

These messages didn't stop until I completely disassociated myself from the project (after the old mods left I ended up staying on the project for a few more months to help peeks while new moderators didn't join), but a week ago not only ppl started asking if I was Wire again, but they also started literally insulting me or asking me to come back to the project via discord like whaaaat

I've never given my primary Discord account username to anyone other than acquaintances

and now I'm a little scared to be honest

like this morning I got one message from a person I've never even seen in my life

I just changed my username and left some servers related to Hellpark. I hope this solves it, I really don't want to have to change accounts

I just wanted to vent about this, on one hand it's kind of worrying because someone literally leaked my old username, but other than that nothing too "horrible" happened to me :p

[huntershowl-moving]

Positivity hour! Tell us about your favourite RP partner and your favourite thread! <3

OOH! i love positivity hour! cut for length because WORDY BITCH DISEASE STRIKES AGAIN APPARENTLY!

i don't think i could pin down just one favorite because i'm so incredibly lucky to have so many amazing partners during this sephblog golden age. this is only a few of the ppl who have touched my presence here and live in my brain rent free rn, i wish i could remember all of them but a shortlist will have to do o7

i will shoutout @harerazor and @tewwor for being my OGs, my rp besties, the truest mfs who always stick around through my year-long (sometimes years-long) absences and whenever i come back to discord or the dash, it's like we never left <3 AND for following me into my hyperfixation zones omg. writing windbreaker and jjk muses would be so much more lonely without u two in my life. <3

on the topic of OGs, @spiritcrown, @never-surrender and @bcdomens are the CREW!!!!!!!! THE FIRST PPL I EVER WROTE WITH AND SOME OF MY FAV FOLKS ON THIS HELLSITE you guys are the best. ily. connecting with u guys again felt like coming home.

@favorskill has ascended past the title of rp partner and into the title of friend. rio is one of my favorite people ever, genuinely, he's so cool and so skilled with writing/worldbuilding/watching his DICE MAKING SKILLS GROW has been so amazing too??? i care u so much rio. biting u. even when my brain is hopelessly deep in the fixation hole i am thinking about u and ur muses always <3

also shoutout to my wife @vsagis / @theixth (bc ik uve been on this one today) for just being like??? overall such a lovely person and an amazing writer??? our main dynamic is so deep and expansive we're starting to develop an extended universe for them. i love them i LOVE THEM TO DEATH. alex u match my freak ily i hope i get this job so we can hang out irl <3

speaking of matching my freak, @koseigu and i get along like a house on fire, and i don't think the world is truly ready for us. the more dynamics we develop, the more dangerous we become. everything we do with geto & sephsho ROCKS and i am terrified (excited) to see where seph and sukuna lead us in our newest explorations. we get up to some absolutely nasty (hot) shit with our creatures and it's always an amazing time. hehe

@chaoslulled hol you are so so so special to me. i owe u so many things and im so sorry omg but i literally never stop thinking about our threads & dynamics they're soooo good. i think you're one of the only partners i've actually been able to maintain Main Threads with over a long period of time?? there's something about the way we write together that makes that actually work in my brain which is super unusual JSDKJDHJKD i'm not complaining though, i love it so much. also your ocs are spinning around in my head on a daily basis, especially char because seph, chiaki and geto all like her very much. <3 ALSO. U ARE THE REASON I WRITE GETO. I HATE IT HERE HE WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE HOW COULD U DO THIS TO ME (affectionate). ur satoru is always the one he and seph come back to first because he is the original.

@quillheel and i have been mutuals for a while but didn't start regularly chatting until recently, and geto has been keeping me hostage in our 1x1 server over the last week or so, it's a problem, please help me. please. my crops are dying. also ur my current record breaker on "most fucked up start to an rp dynamic" with sukuna and rusa and im gonna be real i think u might hold that title for a while KJSDHIUSDHSJDHSJKDHJSKDH

@hinodae gray i think i would follow u to the ends of the earth. our little accidental threads have been some of my favorites ever, and i love to PIECES every one of our ship dynamics so far. thank u for being just as much of a slut for ships as i am, i feel like we match each other's energy and vibe so well!! TUMBLR BETTER UN-SHADOWBAN U SOON OR IM GONNA THROW HANDS >:'O

@eraserisms and @rcguish u two are like a package deal in my brain. D.A., the fact that we exist on the same chef wavelength always makes me so happy. i love seph and shota so much, they make me Hurt in all the best ways and i'm lookin forward to getting more into todoroki's voice so we can keep building out shota becoming his dad i mean mentoring him! and rys!!! i know ur absolutely going thru it rn so we haven't been talking as much lately, but i'm still just as feral for our dynamics as ever. seph and shouta's broken friendship. shou and orion's blossoming romance. seph has so many feelings and thoughts about silver that i don't even know how to articulate but that might need its own separate post. blowing u kisses.

lastly but not leastly, @gomannakami we only connected recently but we've already got this absolutely TRAGIC AND BEAUTIFUL set of pairings going on. satoru and chiaki are so stupidly cute and so so sad. seph and suguru are still in the beginning stages but i LOVE writing them sort of dancing around each other, the mutual pining is so spicy and delicious.

AS FOR THREADS!!!!!

ooh. hm. fuck. i think my first thought is always gonna be my longer-running threads with @chaoslulled — the one that stands out the most in my mind rn is the thread where satoru found seph on the brink of collapse after a hellhound kill. it was only the second thread we ever wrote together, and i ACUTELY remember how nervous i was that it was too intense and i was gonna scare hol away with it because that's happened so many times before. SJDHKSJHD

another one that comes to mind is one of my first threads with @tewwor's litho, which started with the simple inbox prompt "can't sleep?" and ended up turning into one of our longest threads to date and spiraling out into the longest fucking slowburn of this blog's career. i loved it. i'll never stop thinking about that apple.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

wibta if i told someone to work on their attitude? 🍎👏

i'll keep this as short as i can and preface it with everyone in the mentioned discord server is 18-25 years old and we're mostly kind of terminally online lol . also warning for a brief mention of internalized ableism

anyway. i'm part of a discord server and for the most part we're all very good friends or at least we get along well enough to coexist. a few months ago, someone new joined and at first we got along fine, but we had a disagreement and its made me (and others) realize there are some uncomfortable behaviors from this person

if topic they enjoy comes up and someone gets a little bit of information wrong, they spiral and "yell" about it. they're very harsh in a "this is basic information, i'm right about this, how do you not know this" way. not everyone is as invested in that interest, so basic info to them isn't basic info to us, we've tried to tell them this. instead of explaining calmly, we get a "uuuhmmmmmm actually" kind of message before freaking out on us

they always seem to be playing devil's advocate, too. they've had contradictory opinions on things because they always take the opposite side of the person leading the discussion. in the span of a weak they complained about ppl having internalized ableism & prejudices toward autistic ppl, then said "lol i hate being autistic i wish i was normal"

when they ask for personal advice, they act like the advice given is unprompted. they don't seem to want to be helped at all? they're also a serial avoider when they have disagreements with others, they'll text everyone except the person they take issue with and when asked to talk directly to someone by one of the moderators, they just refuse

several times they've been very insensitive to other people's mental health, cultures, interests, etc., while being hypersensitive abt their own and i'm considering asking them to step back to work through their issues

i get that no one is perfect, but people are actively avoiding them and i don't want to see them isolated/hurt when they could just reflect on their behaviour and take steps to be less hostile and miserable toward their so-called friends. i also don't want to see the server die out either bc otherwise we have a good gang yk :/

anyway wibta and what would y'all do

[bennetisaac]

ghost eyes marching band au bcus the first day of band camp hit me like a bus. if ur in any discord servers with me shut up you haven’t seen this before

tobias: drum major

nobody knows how or why tf he was picked. carmelo’s just a little shitty about it but he won’t say anything. Tobi’s movements are very rigid and sharp. he will NOT hesitate to make your ass run if you aren’t paying attention / doing the right thing. Before that, he played tenor saxophone / plays it during concert band. doesn’t have a cool salute even tho rudy BEGGED him to make one.

rudolph: gaurd

HE IS SO LOUD AND EXCITED. arguably the most enthusiastic person there. since tobias is too quiet, he helps lead the warmups. hes really spirited at football games and always makes the band bus to comps REALLY REALLY fun. he brings a HUUUUGE bag to camp so everybody has what they need. he plays flute / percussion during concert season.

emilio: bass clarinet

very strong clarinet. he’s a strong marcher, he just has to take breaks pretty often. he’s the senior that everybody is afraid of because he’s been doing it forever, even if it wasn’t at their school. he’s got perfect pitch and is not afraid to tell you if you’re flat. he’s that kid who’s REALLY good at his instrument it’s scary

carmelo: drumline, base drum

he was really hoping from drum major, but he still loves his percussion. he’s the section leader. they all fuck around and tobias has to yell at them a lot to quit. he used to be in the pit, but he likes drumline more. nobody knows if he’s serious about band or not. that kid who’s always on his phone. he’s the kid who brings a speaker on the band bus

EXTRA PPL

francis: percussion , keyboard

only really joined because he had absolutely nothing else going on for him. it’s also unclear if he’s serious or not. carmelo’s always out of place cus hes over near the pit talking to them.

dino: tuba

he’s arguably the best brass player they have.

mattias: percussion , guitar

he was only needed for this show in particular because there was a guitar solo in it, and Tobias volunteered him. he loves band a lot and thinks the people are fun. tried to march once and almost immediately hit the blacktop.

adam: drumline, snare drum

was forced into joining early by rudy, actually really loves it. has become carmelo’s “favorite newbie”

VARIOUS HC

tobias throws chalk at peoples heads to keep them focused.

speaking of chalk, they almost got it taken because carmelo / his percussion friends all went around getting their hands covered in the chalk and slapping their friends asses (specifically black shorts) to leave white hand prints on them. carmelo promptly got chased around the field by rudolph

phillippa is 10000% a band mom. she volunteers for everything she ever can. people have started calling her mom or mama phillippa

tobias has the entire score memorized and WILL call you out by name if you fuck it up

rudolph is the biggest advocate for the guard to ever exist. “we should eat first because we have to do makeup before the competition!!!”

[motelroomjesus]

And another thing.

Since episode 21 aired, I've seen a lot of discourse on the "Faifa doesn't know how to love" comments. People are going in especially on Yotha. Which is like ???? to me.

Truthfully, I think a lot of us are misinterpreting what the brothers mean by "Faifa doesn't know how to love". It bothered me in the beginning too.

Obviously, they know Faifa knows how to love in the familial and platonic way, he's a brother that shows up when you need him. I'm thinking that they mean he doesn't know how to approach romantic connections in a genuine way because he shows up for everyone. Just because he's a prolific flirt and good at rizzing ppl up doesn't mean a true romantic connection is a walk in the park for him. He struggles with expressing his true emotions, and even though he's told Wine he likes him, his behavior remains at his usual base level that he gives to everyone. This changes as their relationship progresses, but I hope you get my drift. It is kind of hard to make a partner feel special when you treat everyone as you treat them and I think that's the angle they're viewing it from. I think it's a valid statement to a certain degree. Wine sees that and asks for Faifa to adjust and Fai does, but I doubt he would've done it without prompting. Faifa's brothers are not witnesses to this change, so how would they know.

I've unfortunately seen ppl going in on poor Yotha for being a bad brother and saying Faifa doesn't know how to love. Imo, Yotha has been nothing but a good brother with the knowledge he has. Gentle reminder, Faifa is NOT an open book to his loved ones the way he is to the audience. We know more about how Faifa is feeling than literally everyone in the show besides Wine. Even though Fai's expressions and body language tells us and Wine what he's feeling, it's harder for the people in his everyday life to pick it up because they're constantly with him and he's "just like that" to them. Family sometimes miss things even strangers can pick up. It's unfortunate that that's what can happen, but it's the reality of some family dynamics.

Even though Yotha doesn't see or know how much Faifa's truly struggling with the current family dynamics, he's still trying to help Fai in his own ways. Faifa hasn't spoken to Yotha about the situation with their mom extensively or about how he feels left out. There's no real way for Yotha to pick that up considering Fai always puts on a smiling mask around family and Yotha isn't the best with feelings. Regardless of this, Yotha is still trying to show up for his brother. He wouldn't be playing Cupid and smiling whenever there's progress (something very out of his usual character for him imo) if he didn't want the best for Fai. Yotha recognizes that Faifa needs someone to be there for him. Yotha knows that sometimes family isn't enough. This is Yotha's way of helping Faifa stand on his own and follow what Faifa wants for once.

It's hard to help someone who never asks for help because they feel like a burden.

I think people need to understand that affection and effort shows up differently for different relationships in people's lives. Sibling relationships look different from family to family and even from sibling to sibling. Just because Yotha is approaching this differently doesn't make him a horrible brother.

Even Newton is paying attention to Faifa's situation, even if from a distance. There's no discord between the siblings. There's just natural walls that they have yet to move around and I think that's common for most sibling relationships.

Calling Yotha a bad brother for not knowing what Faifa is feeling when Faifa hasn't made it outwardly known feels kind of harsh.