#b) the far majority of those reblogs come with comments and tags

[absentlyabbie]

my activity page is utterly consumed by the minor miracles of convenience poll, which probably i should have expected here on the neurodivergent/disabled webbed site, and yet

i did not

[welcome2tmblrbestie]

Hello! I'm a relatively new user (despite a decent amount of past anon-ing), & have found your blog very helpful in learning how to directly engage! However, I would like to ask about whatever hierarchy there may be for communication. Like, if I were to try and discuss a point a fandom post made, which means is most appropriate? Tag essays, replies, or reblog additions? Also, is there any way to see if a post is reblogged from my reblog (for the sake of knowing whether my point was seen)? Thank you for making this blog!

I mean honestly you can do it however you want, but as a rule of thumb I'd say a reblog would be good for that.

Personally I only do replies if it's something I don't necessarily want to be reblogging (on all my blogs I'm kinda specific about the kind of stuff I like to reblog), or if I'm replying to someone else's comment

Tags are good for those kind of aside comments. They're the equivalent of going to the theater and making a comment about the movie to the people next to you.

And then reblogs are good for all else - if you're actually contributing to the discussion, arguing a point, etc. If it's substantial, I'd say to go for a reblog. Or hell, even share your trivial thoughts if you want.

If you're not sure whether to put something in the actual reblog text or a tag, just remember that if you reblog, on some level you're inviting people to respond. Tags are better for things that you want to say but don't want anyone to turn into a conversation (like quick reactions or afterthoughts or whatever). Although be warned that sometimes people will respond anyway, either using a #prev tag or by straight up screenshotting your tag/s.

As far as seeing if a post got reblogged from your reblog...so if you reblog it directly from you, then you'll be notified, but not any further down the chain.

So basically if a post is like:

Blogger A makes a post

Blogger B reblogs it, shares their thoughts

Blogger C reblogs it from Blogger B's blog

Blogger D reblogs it from Blogger C's blog

Then Blogger A will get notifications for ALL the reblogs since they're the OP, but Blogger B will only get a notification for Blogger C's reblog, not Blogger D's. To my knowledge there's no real way to go in and find out about Blogger D's reblog unless it comes back to you somehow.

(I mean, I guess that if you're blogger B and remember that Blogger C reblogged your post, you could potentially skim through the original post's reblogs to see if anyone reblogged it from Blogger C directly. But you'd still have to skim through the whole list (no filtering), this won't be helpful if, say, Blogger E reblogs it from Blogger D, so I wouldn't recommend this technique.)

This means that it is entirely possible that there's a whole thread of responses to something you reblogged without you knowing. Although if it becomes big enough, there's a nonzero chance you'll get clued in because some people may see the chain but decide to reblog it specifically from you and not the folks who came after.

This may seem like poor functionality initially (and I'm not saying that it's not), but I do honestly think it's helpful because it contributes to Tumblr's culture of relative anonymity and obscurity, and it's part of what deters major brands and would-be influencers from the platform.

[shenanigans-and-imagines]

For the NSFW alphabet, Obi-Wan Kenobi?

A/N: A quick reminder to COMMENT AND REBLOG IF YOU LIKE THIS!!! The tags hate me personally and these take just as much effort as drabbles or one-shots.  Help a girl out.

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

He’s so attentive to your needs. You could ask him for a specific type of soup made in an obscure restaurant somewhere in the depths of Coruscant and he’d find a way to get it to you.  Most of the time though, he’ll run a bath or hold you close and overall make you feel comfortable and loved.

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He loves your lips.  He loves the way they feel on his.  He loves the words that spring from them.  The mind that gives them motion.  The way they curve into a smile or poke into a pout he just wants to kiss away. 

For himself, Obi Wan is very proud of his hair; both the kind of his head and his beard.  He takes the time to care for it and absolutely loves the feeling of your fingers running through it.

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

Obi-Wan rarely cums inside you unless you specifically ask him to, even with a condom.  Maybe it’s paranoia, but he even if he’s enjoying himself in the moment, some part of him starts to panic the second he comes down from his high.  Rather than go through all of that, he ends up cumming on your stomach more times than not.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

Not long after meeting you, Obi Wan had his first wet dream he had since he was a teenager.  Usually he’s able to control such urges, but something about seeing you in that outfit, speaking with Senators and holding the confidence of a queen did things to him.  It took him almost a week of meditation and serious concentration to be able to even look you in the eye.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Extremely limited.  Like one person limited.  Like Satine and only once limited. He only starts doing his research under a deep layer of encryption code when you get together.  Even then, he prefers to learn through trial and error.  There are some awkward nights, but you know he’s trying.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Call him basic, but missionary.  He likes being able to see your face.  He loves having full access to your mouth while pulling you close to him.  Not to mention it’s easier for him to pull out when the time comes. 

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

He switches back and forth between studious observation on what you do and don’t like, and being a sassy little bitch. He knows there are going to be moments when he’s still figuring out exactly what he’s doing and so has to make a joke to ease the tension.  Also, he likes to tease you.  It’s his thing.  Almost a reflex at this point.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

He hasn’t really been paying attention besides keeping it all clean, but once you get together he takes the time to trim it back at least.  He takes pride in his hair, no matter where it grows.  And there is quite a bit down there.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

Obi Wan can be such a romantic and nobody can convince me otherwise. There have been times he just comes to your room with absolutely nothing smart to say and just kiss you like you’re the most precious thing in the universe before you even start undressing.  You guys don’t get a lot of time together and Obi Wan want to make the most of it while you can.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Obi Wan has some Catholic level guilt when it comes to masturbating. He hasn’t really done it since he was a much younger Padawan and when he’s with you, he’s had enough training to wait until he can see you again. It’s when he’s on Coruscant with you and can’t touch you that’s the real kicker. 

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Major praise kink, both giving and receiving.  He loves nothing more than worshiping your body, whispering soft insistent praises in your ear.  And when you turn the tables? When you tell him how good he makes your feel, how perfect he is, how precise and attentive; he loses it.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

You’re either at your place outside the walls of the Senate or the Jedi Temple OR you’re in some rented room far away from where anyone else can find you.  It’s not ideal, but Obi Wan doesn’t want to risk people finding out about the two of you.  It bothers you sometimes, but that’s the deal you made to be with him.  When you’re in your home, you can relax and actually be together like a real couple.  It’s nice, to pretend for a little while.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

Competency.  Seriously, the moment you give a rousing speech to the Senate or rescue him from an attack or even just hold your own in a fight, he’s practically vibrating as he waits for a moment alone with you.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Age play or just a big age difference period.  Padawan/Master relationships are going be thrown right out the window.  He sees it in the same light as a parent and child and any reference to it genuinely turns his stomach.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

He gives and receives with equal enthusiasm.  The sight of your lips wrapped around his cock is mesmerizing with the added bonus of him feeling free to cum inside you at he wishes.  Seeing you lick cum off your lips sends him.

At the same time, hearing the noises that spill from those lips as he goes down on you can be just as enticing.  He loves the way you yank at his hair when he does something truly magic with his tongue.  He loves your taste and takes a kind of pride at the bread burn on the inside of your thighs, even if you don’t always appreciate it.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Slow and sensual is the way of the game more times than not. Like I said before, you don’t have as much time together as other couples and so Obi Wan wants to take his time with you, drawing out the pleasure for as long as he can.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

That’s going to be a negative.  Quickies imply you can’t take your time because one of you has to be somewhere which means someone will come looking if you’re not there on time.  Quickies can easily be lead to being caught and Obi Wan cannot relax long enough to have one.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

Obi Wan really is willing to try most anything with you so long as you discuss it before hand; just so long as it’s no where near the Jedi Temple. Have a mentioned he’s completely paranoid about being caught?

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

It takes him a little while to build his stamina, given his lack of experience, but he can go for a while now.  He usually is good after one round, but he makes it last as long as possible, making you cum at least twice, if not more before he does.  That being said, if it’s been a really long while since you’ve seen each other, he can go for two or three.  Jedi recoup powers are a very real thing.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

He doesn’t have any himself, but like I said he’s willing to try anything with his partner so long as they discuss it before hand.

There is something to be said for him being able to hold you down while he teases you with a vibrator and making you cum over and over again.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

Once he figures out how; he’s the biggest fucking tease in the galaxy.  He’ll let you linger on the edge for well over an hour before he lets you cum. And for all his talk about not getting caught, damn does he like to get you hot and bothered in public.  If it wasn’t for his reputation of flirting with everyone then you’d be in much bigger trouble.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

He usually a bit more quiet almost out of habit.  His words never rise beyond a whisper in your ear and his muffles in moans by burying them in your skin.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

He is terrified at the idea of you being pregnant; not because he doesn’t want to be a father, but because he knows he would. 

When you’re together in secret, he can pretend like he can have both; being a Jedi and being with you.  But, if you became pregnant? He knows he would leave the Jedi Order in a second, no questions asked.  You could ask him tomorrow and he would probably say yes.  The only reason why you don’t is because you know how important being a Jedi is to him.  And knowing deep down inside you have that kind of power over his future terrifies him, but he loves you too much to let it scare him away.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

He’s hung and he doesn’t even know it. It takes everything in you not to drool when you first see it; long and thick, but not so much for it to hurt.  He actually ask you how he compares and you have to lie; you can’t have his ego boosted anymore or his head will explode.  (He finds out later, but details)

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Not extremely high, but just high enough that as soon as he’s given his report to the Council after a mission he’s at your door and kissing your senseless.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

Once he knows you’re comfortable, he’s out like a light.  You feel a kind of pride in that, knowing that he trusts you enough to relax and actually let sleep take him. 

[misha-moose-dean-burger-lover]

POSITIVE 20 QUESTIONS TAG GAME

I was tagged by @peanutbutterandgrapejelly. Thank you for the tag, Peanut, this seems pretty loaded, but in a good way, so here goes!!

1. Name 4 fictional characters who showcase your personality the best, with explanations if you want.

Sue Heck! I don't think I let all of it out, but on the inside, I constantly feel like I'm extremely Sue Heck-y, :')

Amy Santiago, in a lot of regards, I'll say. Uh, cares a lot about her friends, ambitious, and would basically die/murder for organization, but also socially awkward and, uh, mostly percepted as a goody-two-shoes. Also, true nerd™.

Mindy Lahiri! (I mean, again, this seems more of a who I feel like I am, and not who I come across as, cause those two things tend to differ on a variety of levels?)

Sam Winchester (you know I had to) Basically, we're both INFJs. I'm not even close to his level, but my brain officially ran out of characters so uh, empathetic, constantly interpreted as "boring" and the "brains", patient, *yearns to settle down with someone they love*, believes in second chances. The whole nine, but toned down XD

2. Aesthetic:

I'd usually have a hard time with this one, but I recently did a long thing about my aesthetic, so! I'm going to say, soft pastel, beige, and shades of white!! A tinge of light academia, but mostly unassumingly modern, and faded rainbows as watermarks.

3. Favorite musical/play? If you've never seen a musical or play, one you'd be interested in seeing?

You got me ~ never seen any. (I mean, school plays don't count, right?) I honestly have a bunch of musicals I want to see, recommendations from friends online, but somehow it always slips my mind. But, off the top of my head, @spot-the-brooklyn-pirate wanted me to check this one out, and I am looking forward to actually doing it sometime: Book of Mormon.

4. What's the best compliment you've ever received?

Mostly, anyone who says I, in any way, made them happy, literally gives me the best compliment ever. And uh, my sister called me inspiring once, and it stuck. When I nagged her into elaborating, she said she thought I was functional in spite of all my flailings, and self-analytic, and it didn't make sense to me, but I still think about that.

And a few people, over the course of time, have named some of my fics as their favorites, and those stay with me for a very long time.

5. How many times have you been in love?

Hardly once. She's still one of the most important people in the world to me, but as somebody great once said, if you don't fight for it, it doesn't count. And we didn't.

6. Embarrassing story or fact about yourself which now makes you laugh?

By far the most embarrassing thing I've ever done, is written a fic on wattpad which revolved around my own life, except for the fact that it really, really didn't. Long story shortened, I was in sixth grade, and had a surface-level-y crush on this guy, and it seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. In the story, we're all in senior year, though the authoress forgot pretty much all the real things about school XD it's not just cringy, but also extremely sixth-grade-y written, and it astounds me to this day that it went on to have like 18,000 views? (I managed to block the entire shtick out, until a few months back, when I randomly remembered and rushed to unpublish the work. *facepalm* it even had all our real names)

7. Favorite Disney/Pixar movie?

This one's so hard. Uh. Ratatouille, maybe?

8. Favorite flower/plant?

I regret having to confess that I probably don't have one :( but hey, my go-to answer for these ones is daisies, because they remind me of the lovely @daisy-jeon <3

9. What's your favorite holiday?

Holi :')

(I miss it being like the older times, though? Somehow it always clashes with my final exams these last few years, and Shelley is often not home, but it still really makes me happy, so just imagine how perfect it used to be, when I was a kid!!)

10. Name three things that made you smile/laugh this past week.

Rewatching The French Mistake!! A really great decision, haha!

The lovely comments an older fic of mine received, (about old Destiel, uwu) since a couple of big blogs happened to reblog it 🙈🙈🙈 and my activity started blowing up!!

A full-blown coffee high, which resulted in me being hilarious through a 98-message monologue to dish, eeeeee!!

11. What song would you play to introduce yourself to someone?

I'd been dreading this question the most, because I'm horrible at remembering good songs when I - need to be. Oofsies.

But I guess I could wing it with 'What About Us' by P!nk.

12. Name something that truly makes you peaceful even at your most stressful moments.

Writing about Character A of a ship going through said stressful moment, and Character B being the best possible responder to all of it. Projection's the key to functionality, kids.

13. What do you, did you, or would you study at college?

Would you, and will you, sound unfortunately like different questions to me, so I'm going to answer the one which is asked. I'd like to major in History, with a minor in English. (And to be crude for a bit, as my sister calls it, thus successfully be left solely employable as a teacher.)

14. This is kind of a weird one, but which outfit of yours makes you feel most like yourself?

My black Avenger's logo t-shirt, with this pink hooded, kinda-down-past-my-hips, not-warm-at-all jacket and any one of my numerous, mwuahaha, grey shorts.

I never said I'd go out of the house in that outfit, did I?

15. What is a quote you live by?

I don't think there aren't any. I'm just here, faking it till I make it. Still, if I had to choose? Misha's "Be Kind to Yourself so You can be Happy enough to Be Kind to Others" is something I aspire to live by.

16. Name the funniest playlist name you have.

I'm sad that I don't have any funnily named ones now. Sorry to disappoint, but I'm hoping that it counts a teensy bit that I have like seven playlists just for background shtuff when I'm working, and they're all named *extremely* similarly, with variations of the word "study" basically, but all have exceptionally different vibes.

But I really am sorry, and I'm going to try and up my playlist-humor-game.

17. Make a reference to an inside joke you have with someone you love with zero context.

'Time for tapwater'.

18. What is a message you'd give your younger self if given a chance?

Don't build your sense of self-worth over the people whose opinions you think matter. You don't have to get everybody to like you. (Oh, and probably don't switch between multiple first-person-pov's, even though you're just writing the most unrealistic self-indulgent fiction EVER.)

19. Who is your favorite family member? (If you have no good blood family members, feel free to mention someone in your found family)

Hands down, my sister. Shelley, didi, @iamcharliebradburylevelperfect, you're like the best part of my life, and you're probably going to be the longest part of it, too. Cause we might not have the best record for funny titles to call each other by, but we still nail the cheesy till the end of the line moments, ;)

20. What's a secret dream of yours?

I, uh. Want to run a completely-revolutionalizing-the-concept-of-education-style school ~ a boarding school actually, with my best friend dish. And as a means to acquire funds for it? We're going to do a whole lotta stand-up. :D

(Oh, and since i've already rambled for at least a thousand words, so what's the harm in a few more? At some point, probably on my birthday, I want to do a YouTube livestream, a pre-planned one of course, and everybody I've ever been frens with, on this dumb, wholesome hellsite???? They're all sent an invitation to join!! And there's nothing to do, really, we just talk and everyone's enjoying themselves, and I dunno, I had a dream about this once, and I've been so ridiculously smitten with the idea since!

Huh, maybe I could rally forces starting now, to make this possible by my eighteenth!!)

If anyone would like to play, these are really awesome questions! @3dg310rdsupreme @mystybloo @thotfordean @bcozwhythefuknot @theninthdutchessofhell @awkward-penguin-in-a-trenchcoat @quicksilver-ships @all-or-nothing-baby @screamatthescreen @telefunkies @elvenlicht @facepalmmylifeu @specialagentrin @noemithenephilim @but-for-the-gods-three-days

[glassworkspiderlilies]

giyushino week wrap up!

aaaaand that’s a wrap!! thank you to the moderators of giyushinoweek, and to everyone who liked/reblogged/commented on/sent me asks about my fics!!

it was a wild ride to write 8 fics in basically a week or so; i keep saying the fics were hastily or frantically written but LMAO considering how little fic i put out nowadays and how long it usually takes me to write because i edit as i go (which means i take f o r e v e r ), i was seriously just screaming like I JUST GOTTA DO IT I JUST GOTTA GO WITH IT I DON’T HAVE TIME the entire time haha. it was really good to be able to just think of a thing and run as far as i could with it, though!! it’s been quite a long time since i was able to do that, and it was really nice to have a project to work on in the back of my head. <3

ideally, if i work myself up to it, i’d like to revisit all of these and spruce them up to post to ao3, but we’ll see. :’) 

under the cut is just some thoughts on my process during this and also writing each of the fics, if you’re interested! favorite prompt, the most difficult parts to write, what the fic was originally was, things like that. 

thank you again, everyone!! back to hibernation and occasional slow snail pace writing i go, haha.

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re: writing process -i tried writing a fic per day during the week before the actual event, which...kind of worked!! ideally, i was going to write a mostly complete fic each day, and then spend the week of the event editing each one before i posted it. what really ended up happening was that i partially wrote several, but not all of them, during the previous week, and then spent the week of finishing up, editing, or writing the whole thing more or less the day before the prompt was “due”, LMFAO. my weekday schedule is pretty structured because of work--I have maybe an hour or two of free time before i have to sleep--so i doubled down a bit more on the weekends. i know like it wasn’t imperative that i meet the “deadline”, but i really, really wanted to!! i figured i’ve written a fic per day for fandom weeks before so why can’t i do it again, but BOY i don’t know who i was back then. i mean, i still did it (yay!) but it seemed so much easier then?? either i was just writing more back then or less afraid or...something, or it’s just been so long that i don’t remember what i felt, LOL.

-i was really quite nervous in the beginning to post the fics, since again, they’re pretty hastily written and my usual writing process is much more “careful” and drawn out. but, it was also freeing as the week went on to just post and not worry, because the point of the week was to have fun, and not necessarily to write the best work i expected of myself within a limited time. (oh, how the perfectionist in me still hisses, though.) still, i’m glad people liked them, and even the extra notes that i just kinda spit out for some of them. :’) i do wish that some had gotten more attention than others, but those ones don’t show up in the tags and i’m not sure why, so. alas. 

re: the fics -confession: as of now, i feel pretty neutral about all of them, since i wrote them in a frenzy. at some point i’ll probably go back and read them and feel differently (and catch my mistakes! oh no!), haha. -a lot of them ended up being AU, which is...??? unexpected?? but i think it was just easier to put them in an entirely different setting, so i could play a bit more loose with their characters, haha. 

day 1 - glance (or hug) -this one...im pretty sure was one of the ones i waited until the last possible minute to finish up. it’s pretty basic event-wise, one of the few more regular slice-of-lifey ones for the week. it was surprisingly hard to get down the “movement” of it all; a glance is hard to describe in detail and in any other way, but i had really wanted to create kind of this...fleeting, almost nostalgic atmosphere in the back and forth of “he keeps looking, she keeps missing”, if that makes any sense. oof, it’s still hard to describe what i had wanted to achieve even outside of the fic!!

day 2 - soulmate (or family) -this one was SUPER HARD to write!!! originally i had wanted to go with a “A sees flashes of what B sees” soulmate prompt, because i figured that would be SO disorienting and would be fun to play with. but i ended up not being able to run with that one. i had also wanted to do the “soulmates write on themselves and the words show up on the other’s arm” idea, based off of what i had started in a 100 word drabble i did, but that deserved wayyyyyy more exploration and angst i was able to write in the time i’d allotted. i do like the “tattoo” soulmate aus the best, i think, and i did want to explore the one i did more, buuuut. alas. soulmates aus are something i prefer to read rather than write, i think, they can get so complicated!! 

day 3 - AU (or touch) -i’ve already made enough notes on this haha, but this ended up being a little too ambitious!! it wasn’t originally supposed to stop where it did, but i just...kinda got stuck and couldn’t bring myself to continue it, because i knew it would just keep going and needed more thinking out. so i just stopped it at the scene break, and hoped it would be decent enough. :’) surprisingly people seemed to enjoy this one most of all????? or maybe it was just the au itself that was a appealing, haha. regardless, i was surprised at the amount of notes this got!

day 4 - demon & wedding -soooooo this might’ve been my favorite prompt LMAO, like when i realized what i wanted to do for this day, i got excited because like, oooh yeah, pain. definitely wanted to go in on this to flesh out and explore various aspects more than i did, but i think of all the ones i wrote, i might be the most pleased with this one so far. 

day 5 - moon (or angst) -honestly, it’s a surprise i didn’t choose angst for day 5. writing about shinobu’s death would’ve been so easy, but i’ve seriously been putting it off since i started writing for kimetsu no yaiba. both “a blade of honey” and “if not cut at dusk”, which are my longer fics, were intended to be about shinobu’s death scene and turned into something completely different, and i ended up avoiding it for day 5 even though it could’ve been so easy. it’s denial, probably! anyway, shinobu’s MAD BOLD here. she would never. maybe. there’s two shinobus that i think about--the "usual” one, modeling herself after kanae, and one who’s more in line with her younger self/inner feelings. i think i went with the latter for a lot of these fics, because i didn’t have to be as careful with dialogue. giyu might’ve suffered character-wise, though, woops. but again, maybe shinobu would, in the vein that she wants to win and have the last laugh, haha. still, i feel more like she wouldn’t. :P oh, also, do you remember ages ago, when AMVs were still widespread, that scene that was everywhere in naruto where hinata’s bathing/training at the waterfall and it’s like really pretty and cool and stuff? yeah. that’s what i wanted this one to be, a little, LMFAO. genuinely surprised that people thought this one was pretty spicy!!

day 6 - kiss (or ocean) -confession: i wrote all of this while i was at work LOLLLL. it was a slow day, i promise. this might’ve been the easiest one to come up with, because the “quick, kiss me!” to escape situation is a classic. the characterization is preeeetttyyyyy loose here, but it was also kind of fun, honestly. my day 5 and day 6 run in pretty similar veins though, so i had kind of wished the endings were a bit more distinct from each other. 

day 7 - date (or crossover) -honestly i had wanted to do like, a soul eater crossover!! really i was planning out an au, but i think a crossover specifically has characters of two series interacting, and then i was Tired and was like, i can’t do that. crossovers aren’t something i usually read, either, so the planning got too complicated and i gave  up. the date idea was also one that came much later and one that i finished up last minute; i’d wanted to make it a little more cohesive and come up with better things for sabito’s list, but. eh. it got longer than i expected too! ideally there would’ve been more of the college life, and sabito and makomo. i thought about doing another additional notes for this, but there was wasn’t enough i had wanted to add on. really it was just the majors for them i’d been playing with--shinobu as a med student (possibly a minor in horticulture/botany, SOMEHOW), sabito & giyu as hydraulic engineering majors (sabito more on fieldwork, giyu more on research), and makomo as a marine veterinary student. shrug!! the lines of “you do realize we were set up, right” and “this was a date, tomioka-san” were the highlight for me, haha. and i’m inordinately fond of the title.

day 8 - halloween (or n*sfw) -sexy stuff isn’t my forte at all!!!! so halloween it was, but. i was thinking of skipping out on this one, and then was like, oh what the hell, you’ve come this far, of course you’re going to go the last leg, too. already wrote enough notes on this one too, but yeah, this one really was quick, and just barely meets the prompt, i think, lmao. ended up being more of a fantasy au, which was fun, though there was a lot left unexplored. ultimately just glad that i was able to come up with something for the last stretch. :)

please feel free to drop me an ask if you have any thoughts or comments! i’d love to hear your thoughts on the fics for the week, if you’d like to share. :) 

thanks for reading!!

[singtheskyandfightlikehell]

that anon you reblogged didn't seem to imply Oswald is weak? actually you seem to be the one implying Ed is so it's the other way around lol

Hi!

So I made those comments in the tags because I was staying in my lane, but since you’ve so kindly brought this discussion to my inbox, let’s have it! because let me tell you, those tags were my version of restrained :)

So i’m going to break my answer down into two parts (fear not, there will be a tl;dr at the end):

1) Why I added the tags I did to that post

2) The idea that I’m implying Ed is weak

Let’s start with number 1:

The context: An anon sent my gf (who I would think is fairly well-established as being anti the “Protect Poor Ozzie” mindset in this fandom, which might be irrelevant in other circumstances, but given the prevalence of it in the Gotham fandom and the way Oswald is treated, it is, in fact, relevant here) a post seeking validation for their idea that Ed is protecting Oswald. My gf gave a fairly light-hearted reply that basically meant “nah, I think Ed is scared and instinctively jumping towards Oswald for Oswald to protect him”.

Awhile later, another anon sent my gf an ask that basically said Ed might be scared, but he’s still protecting Oswald. That same anon then said something about Ed “being complex like that”, which in my opinion felt a little passive-aggressive against my gf’s attitude towards the characters. My gf replied with the “Sure, Jan” gif and a tag saying “it’s not that serious”.

I then reblogged that answer and added the following tags:

I’m going to briefly deviate from the point and wonder why you sent me this message two days after that, especially considering I didn’t put my reply in any fandom tags, so either you had to scroll through all my posts from the 22nd to find that one and it pissed you off enough that you had to send me an ask, or you decided to check any reblogs of that post for tags because ???

Anyways, back to the point:

I did not say the anon implied Oswald was weak. What I said was that in this fandom, there has been (for years) a popular mindset that Oswald is a “little bird” and there have been countless fics, art, and headcanons of him being weak and needing to be protected. The popularity of this attitude combined with the fact that Oswald has been shown to be physically strong time and time again (frequently beating and murdering other characters on the show) has lead myself - and a few others - to wonder why so many fans are so desperate to see him as their “precious little birdie” who needs a big strong man to protect him.

Since canon does not back up this mindset whatsoever, there must be some reason a large portion of the fandom decided on this interpretation. Based on the traits people with those attitudes like to amplify about Oswald, the most likely reasons are his height and his disability. I often see art of Oswald cowering/trembling/whimpering/etc. while Ed towers above him, or fic of Oswald constantly needing Ed to carry him or fetch things for him because of his leg.

In my opinion, both of those things are incredibly offensive. I’m not even going to get started on the fandom’s ridiculously unhealthy portrayals of dom/sub dynamics due to wanting Ed to be dominant and Oswald to be submissive.

Now I don’t know that this is what either anon (if they were different people) was thinking. Because I don’t know who the anon(s) are. What I do know is that when it comes to Ed trying to protect Oswald, while on the surface is a harmless idea, in the context of the Gotham fandom could be much more.

I have seen time and time again this idea that Oswald needs to be protected and the show has made it clear that he most certainly does not. So looking at someone insist that Ed is trying to protect Oswald and connecting that to a fandom full of people who think Oswald needs protecting is really not that far of a stretch.

I did not say that the anon was implying that. I said that, based on this fandom, chance are high. The majority of people I have interacted with or seen in this fandom hold those ideas. Maybe anon is one of the few who do not, but their idea was extremely close to those held by that majority.

Now on to number 2:

“[I] seem to be the one implying Ed is [weak]”

alright first and foremost let me make something very clear to you:

when it comes to physical strength, I’m not implying Ed is weak. I’m outright telling you he is. Here is a post my gf graciously provided on the subject

Here’s another :)

Cory might work out, but Ed sure as fuck does not. Ed - and I say this with all the love in the world - is an egotistical, pretentious nerd. Egotistical, pretentious nerds do not work out. Trust me, we have better things to do with our time ;)

That’s not to say Ed is a one-dimensional character from this perspective, as the whole “he’s complex like that” thing in the second anon seemed to suggest. He has other strengths. For example, he has a high pain tolerance, as evidenced by the torture he endured in “The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause”. 

Oswald, on the other hand, has only ever shown weakness when it directly relates to the people he cares about, and usually at the expense of himself. He will irrationally sacrifice himself or his plans for power to try and protect a select few people. He will occasionally break down emotionally over these relationships. However, even when he is emotionally distraught, his physical abilities tend to remain at a higher level than the majority of the characters in Gotham. In fact, his emotional breakdowns often result in his bashing people’s faces in, or other physically strenuous tasks.

It might also behoove you to notice some of those tags directly referenced a private conversation I had with my gf about this discussion of Ed protecting Oswald. The gist of the conversation was that Ed might well try to protect Oswald, but that he does not have the physical capability to do so. If he had lots of time to plan and fight with his greatest asset - his brain, perhaps he could. But in close combat? He would be decimated.

So while I’m perfectly willing to believe Ed might try and get in front of Oswald to protect him, the only conclusions to that I can see are:

a) Oswald reacts quick enough to realize Ed being in front is a Bad Plan and pushes himself to the front. He may or may not succeed in the fight but he has a better chance than Ed does

b) Oswald doesn’t react quick enough and Angst™ensues as he has to watch Edward get struck down in front of him

c) Oswald doesn’t react quick enough, but he manages to get in the fight quick enough that Ed’s injuries are minor. He then proceeds to flay the living shit out of whomever dared touch his boyfriend

Anyways…

TL;DR: I didn’t say anon implied Oswald was weak, I said the majority of people in this fandom do, despite canon evidence to the contrary, and anon did suggest that Ed should protect Oswald, which isn’t far off from the majority opinion that Oswald is weak and needs to be protected. Furthermore, I’m not implying that Ed is weak, I’m openly stating it, at least in terms of raw physical strength, because that is the established Gotham canon (see sources for evidence).