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[deoidesign]

Random update sorry everything is taking so long. I've paused Patreon and I'm working on various things, but some people have started to express concern for my safety/living status so just letting you know I am alive!

[balthazarslostlibrary]

feeling immense rage at colonial exploitation of India rn...

[discaps]

my main blog has been shadowbanned, so now i have even more free time to finish my packs lol

[mumblingsage]

I'm wondering if, as a society who cares about vulnerable people, we could stop saying "traumatize" when we truly mean "upset"?

I am sick of hearing sad books or movies "traumatize" their readers. I simply do not believe that happens. A traumatic experience might be adjacent to books (I have vivid memories of books I was reading around certain experiences and even how the contents of those books affected my processing of the experiences). But it's not caused by the book. And, y'know. The weather is Christofascist Censorship Attempts outside.

Meanwhile from the other side I continue to be surprised at just how badly people fail to understand trauma and traumatic experiences in general. Watering down the term isn't helping. Find other hyperbole to express that The Bridge to Terebithia gutted you, chewed on your heartstrings, and made you cry your first pair of contact lenses right out of your preteen eyes.

(ETA here although it's impossible to edit reblogs: over the months since this post really took off, there has been valuable discussion in the comments. I stand by the passion with which I wrote this post and with the general message, but not all the exact wording. I talk more about the way I'd re-write this post in a response here, replying to an addition that added a ton of useful context [other additions touched on similar themes, but that person had it all together in one reblog]. With that said, I am muting this post.)

[lazylittledragon]

If Ashe is in Baldur's Skate, does that mean Orin is there too? 👀

in a way

[dragonpyre]

What I love about Jason Todd is that he's angry about his trauma. Life fucked him over and he's rightfully pissed off. We already have "healed from their anger" Dick Grayson and "ignores their emotions" Bruce Wayne. Thank you DC for giving us "hurt and upset and lashing out" Jason Todd.

[scandalous-dirtcup]

more cookie run oh yeah baby it’s a plague on my mind

2 ARTISTS ONE BASE COLLAB WITH MY SLIME @rxtrnn + lineart for something I’m working on 👍

TW : Bloody alt on 3rd slide

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

What would happen if David pops up after 54 and tries to trash the Animorphs reputation?

Marco makes a press release the following day. He looks solemn and even a little sad as he stares directly into the camera, hands folded on the desk in front of him.

"I wanted to address the troubled young man named David who has been speaking to the press about me and my fellow Animorphs. Although it is true that David briefly attended our high school, we were otherwise not acquainted with this person at any point during the war, nor was he ever affiliated with this team. It's clear he gained his ability to morph in the same way that the vast majority of human morphers did: he was made a controller, either involuntarily or... otherwise.

"I have never been controlled by a yeerk myself, but I am told it is a deeply traumatizing experience that can leave long-lasting emotional injuries. I'm aware that David denies ever having been a controller, but again we need no further evidence than his morphing ability to know that his memory cannot be accurate. Therefore, it's no wonder that he demonstrates such clear evidence of mental illness, in this case manifesting as a fantasy about having been an Animorph during the war.

"As someone whose own mother was controlled by a yeerk for many years, I have deepest sympathy for David, and can only hope that he soon gets the help that he needs. Thank you for your time."

[yutaslaugh]

JAEHYUN | SMOKE STAGE COMPILATION

[hexjulia]

the cat in Flow made me emotional because it was so clearly an extremely adored animal that had been quite suddenly abandoned and instead of being silent it kept making the meowing sounds it was accustomed to make to communicate with whoever sculpted all those images of it. the person whose desk it was sleeping on next to an unfinished sculpture of itself. It's not a feral cat in a long-abandoned world because if it was it wouldn't make those sounds; feral cats don't do that. it keeps communicating distress and annoyance at no one in particular because it's used to there being someone around who cares about its comfort. hanging on the side of a boat meowing sadly because it's used to being picked up.

[kaiminluu]

incriminating evidence

NEW CHAPTER OF CLOSE TO ME ON @wayward-sherlock 's AO3 OUT NOW (this chapter we get silly)

[sylvieserene]

Something weird I have noticed in the CRK fandom when it comes to ships ESPECIALLY Purelily

I recently saw a tweet on twitter talking about Elderlily and ShadowVanilla on how people should give new ships a shot instead of shooting down them down instantly which IS a valid point BUT the problem starts when they assert the fact that these two ships hold more "merit" and "intimacy" than "other ships" (which in comment section they directly agree it's aimed at Purelily)

This is a HUGE problem I see both in the Elderlily fanbase + ShadowVanilla fanbase. The sheer hate for Purelily.

Like have a look:

Pure Hatred and unwillingness to accept that opinions can co-exist.

Unwilling to see reason when tried to be shown. Only answering in hatred.

Further more...

From starting with generalising Purelily shippers to accusing all Purelily shippers to misinterpret/misrepresent/mischaracterisation PV and WL to accusations of the entire fanbase being bigoted, homophobic, misogynistic or accusing the entire fanbase of being bad including whataboutism posts stating "oh yeah? I wonder which shipper base sent actual death threats and doxxed someone?"

For the record, Im gonna say yes, a few people from specifically the purelily base have done these BUT generalising the entire shipping community as bad and labelling them as problematic is NOT okay.

THE ACTIONS OF ONE HORRIBLE PERSON DOESN'T DEFINE THE ENTIRE FANBASE!

Misrepresentation/Mischaracterisation/Misinterpretation of characters have happened in ALL of CRK shipping communities. That very much includes ShadowVanilla and Elderlily.

So accusing one fanbase of doing those and pretending that it doesn't exist in your space is kinda hypocritical I believe?

No fanbase is exempt from controversy. Every shipping space has had atleast ONE problematic individual (Eg: N*zi ShadowVanilla controversy from Twitter) but now if I start saying "*gasp* I wonder which base drew those horrific things?" Would it make any sense? No. Cuz one person doesn't define an entire fanbase.

So let's make one thing clear, none of the shipping communities are "pure" or "innocent" of anything. All of them have problems and individuals with issues depending on how far you're willing to dig.

So accusing a single shipping community of being horrible while saying others are not is not okay.

Not all ShadowVanilla and Elderlily shippers are good people, same as Purelily shippers.

Which brings me to the point, "It's 2025, grow tf up and stop shipping purelily" mentality which also brings me to my original point lol

These were sent to a purelily artist on Twitter (redbeanyearnin).

Their crime? Shipping purelily.

Look at the civility, ladies and gentlemen! /s

This is also a side of shippers who actually aren't purelily shippers 😊 how naive and innocent messages 😍❤️ /j

But this is the great evidence on how all of these shippers aren't angels. They are the same people accusing Purelily shippers and the ship itself as being horrible.

Im not gonna comment more on this.

But this just proves my point on how no shipping base is angelic. All of them have screwed up individuals.

Anw...

What does year/time have anything to say about what you ship? I see this comment thrown across very frequently in the fandom which does confuse me quite a lot but seriously um why? Is there some sort of subscription that's getting over in these recent years which denies me the right to enjoy something niche? Or I MUST ship what the popular ship is atm?

Just why....? Where does this mentality come from?

More importantly, why does one ship has to be "superior" or have to had more "merit" than the other?

Just why?

Why can't we simply accept our differences in preferences and move on?

Like...I personally don't ship mutual ShadowVanilla, I find the one sided part more compelling but that doesn't mean I will say it's "better" than the mutual one. I can appreciate the mutual one too. Same for Elderlily. I see it as platonic, a familial sort of relationship between a Mentor and Mentee or yes I'm gonna say it Father Daughter.

Personally, I find their age difference extremely uncomfortable which is why the moment I learnt this guy was older than her ancestor's ancestors, I shipped it as platonic. Same for ShadowVanilla cuz age is a factor for me personally but I won't blame others who look past it cuz firstly these are fictional characters and secondly, all of them are immortals so I can understand it although I find it uncomfortable myself.

But even with that, I would NEVER say that Purelily is "superior", has "more merit", better "intimate writing" than said ships irrespective of if they are popular/canon or not.

If you ask for respect towards your shipping preferences, the least you can do is GIVE that respect to others as well. If you don't, then how come you keep the expectation that your opinion will get respected when you can't peacefully co-exist with another part of the fandom who may hold different views than you?

In simpler words, I kinda find it highly disrespectful and hypocritical that some people out here can't keep themselves from attacking others for shipping things differently than them? Like...why?

Why can't we all ship whatever we want instead of shooting down each other's ships and calling one more superior/inferior than the other?

Like for me as an example, I don't like a lot of ships but I either don't share my opinion on it or tend to ignore it instead of going "omg MY ship better! HUH HOW DARE YOU SAY MY SHIP IS BAD"

At the end, Shipping is subjective and we're all here to have fun so instead of playing the blame game on who is worse, who has done more horrible things, why can't we simply focus on the positives?

All ships have merits and demerits. All of them have issues. Heck, even the characters aren't perfect and they also have a plethora of issues.

WL isnt a perfect person, she's morally grey and a highly complex character. PV isn't a baby or a simp who gets jealous everytime someone breaths in WL's direction. EF isn't obsessed with WL as people in the fanbase make him to be. Just like PV, he chose his job over following WL and even when he knew he had a choice to revive her, He didn't instead he kept guarding the tree. SM isn't a good person and has caused several wars, genocides, torture and murder.

NONE of them are as perfect as people make them to be. NONE of the fanbases if considered in majority truly get them.

So it really makes zero sense when ppl say "PV should stay the hell away from WL", "WL is getting between them!"

People really need to stop objectifying these characters just cuz they don't fit their shipping preferences/agendas.

All of these characters and their ships have certain merits and demerits to them so why must we say that one is better than the other?

Why can't we all enjoy what we simply like?

Why can't we just agree to disagree instead of shitting on other's tastes?

Why must ONE particular shipping fandom get the brunt of it?

So tldr, I just wanna say, While it is true, people shouldn't shoot down new things without even giving it a shot but that doesn't mean the new thing is "superior" than the old thing suddenly just cuz one likes it more. If you find it great, that's fine but Idt anyone has the right to say that one thing is more inferior than the other.

Please give the respect to others that you expect. If you get insanely defensive about your own ship but shit on other's shipping preferences then expect to get that back.

You can't be like "Nooooooo don't say bad about my ship! You're a hater" and then be like "damn your taste in shipping SUCKS. This ship is so trash. MY ship is SOOOOO much better :)"

Sorry for this rant. I just find the entire situation of the fandom highly frustrating.

[mcytegg]

smt i find very funny is that mapicc, on day 1 of s6 btw, scolded minute for still being attached to jumper and said that he would've easily killed ro if she was there at that moment bc that type of sentiment is stupid. and then he proceeded to never once even try and kill ro all season until like, the last month of s6. it's not even js bc she's been gone bc she's been around him the few times she Is logged in and he's gone out of his way to worry abt her despite them not even being teammates. he wouldnt even hit her w his sword when she asked out of worry of her dying ^-^

[kanerallels]

I must say it is SO nice to see people on the Internet who also feel mildly outraged at what Thunderbolts did with Taskmaster

[hood-ex]

The annoying thing about having the amnesia arc is that there are some aspects of the TBI that could still be playing out for Dick in interesting ways.

"There are consequences when you get shot in the skull. Memory loss. Mood swings. Blackouts. Seizures. Loss of motor function. I'm still trying to figure out my hard-wiring. But one thing's for damn sure... you survive a bullet to the brain, you get this funny idea in your head... that you can survive anything." - Nightwing (Vol. 4) #50

"Sometimes I blink... and don't know where I am. Or when. Or even who." - Nightwing (Vol. 4) #50

"My brain feels like it got hit by a sledgehammer while my brain soaked in bleach. How I got here, I don't know. This happens sometimes. The jumps in consciousness come on like the black nothings between TV stations." - Nightwing (Vol. 4) #50

The last two are particularly interesting to me because Dick could very well have a mission in mind and then he just... forgets what he's doing or where he's going. So he gets into the habit of logging what he's doing. Just a quick note on his smart watch like, "It's 1:22 P.M. and I'm headed to see Mr. Crawley about his contribution to the Safe At Last program." That way he can refer back to it if memory loss or a blackout happens. It could also work in place of us getting inner monologue from Dick whereas instead of seeing what he's thinking, we just hear him speaking about it to himself.

Babs would be useful to act as this reminder for him in the field since she always seems to be tuned into him now anyway. Like if he ever happened to have one of these moments as Nightwing, Dick could give her a code word that would indicate he needs to be filled in on what's happening. This of course could lead to some conflicting moments where Dick loses connection to Babs like in Watters's run, and he has to deduce what he's doing all on his own with what information he can take in at that moment. It would play into that side of Dick where he has to make up a plan on the spot.

[wdapteo]

Tragically hilarious that they went "we're gonna make tit global 🙂‍↕️🤩" and then no one other than usa/some parts of europe can buy the exclusive tit merch like my dudes... WHEN will you learn..