neon-nick

[astaroth1357]

Babe.

I don't check nothing.

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Jesper: Playing make believe with kids is so confusing, you “shoot” them and they come out with some nonsense like ‘actually I went back in time so it doesnt count’

Jesper: The hell are you talking about buddy? You just gonna rip a hole through time and space? Thats irresponsible

Wylan: Jesper, hes 6

[acidicwerewolf]

The rageful love I have for children characters, who are often if not always over looked and/or mistreated by both the fandom and the creators, is genuinely painful. I see a character who is under 18, even more so if they're under 13, and I'm filled with so much motherly anger I wanna explode. It's like, that's my baby right there!!!! Be nice to them!!!!! Or I'll get you!!!!

[lady-astras]

Healed Promises - Pt 1

! By Xizara i mean Evil Xisuma, that’s the name I have him !

! These phone numbers are purely randomly typed into the keyboard, please do not try calling them !

Xisuma prided himself on the fact that he kept his promises. He was a man of honor - whatever he told someone he’d do (or implied that he’d do it), he would do it. No one would be let down under his watch, least of all his hermits. 

He didn’t see Wels all that often, but he liked to think of their pride as a bonding connection.

Maybe there was a reason for that. Maybe it was the guilt that consumed his soul every single day since he was eighteen. The guilt that ate away at him, constantly reminding him of a fateful portal he’d opened.

He’d let them down by leaving.

He always kept promises after that though. Ones he could keep, ones that were iffy. He always kept them. A promise was like a little trinket, something small that meant something big to someone else. They’d entrusted him to keep it and so he honored that wish.

Which was why he was initially so hesitant to send a reply letter back. By no means was it a huge commitment. But… did he really want to see him again?

Xizara had never, ever done anything wrong. He had always been the one to wrap Xia in blankets and whisper soothing words to her, all while he himself was the one who invoked arguments with his parents as a last-ditch effort to try to help. Maybe if he’d been more emotionally available for his siblings they wouldn’t resent him so much. Xizara had probably asked to meet him just to tell him off after gathering the courage to see him after fifteen years.

He picked up the letter to read it again, parchment clearly ripped out of an empty notebook, the paper softened from the times he’d crumpled it up and instantly regretted it.

Xisuma -

I write to you after a while to tentatively ask to meet. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, and as everyone knows, twins always stick together.

Void if only they could have stuck together, like False and her twin did. 

I know you’re busy - you always are, precious Admin child.

Was he being made fun of? Was that some form of anger being expressed in the note of always being overlooked?

So if you could please write back that would be great. We can arrange a time or something?

My new comm number is 682-720-8165 if you want to save it. If you’re mad at me just say that.

Inanis’ blessings,

Xizara Void

Dammit this was difficult. Was he annoyed or not? Surely if he was annoyed the letter would be worded differently? But he could be trying to hide it.

He pulled out a piece of paper and a fancy pen from his stationery drawer.

Hey Xizara,

Yeah I’d be down to meet! I’m pretty busy lately but as the admin of the server I’m sure I can delegate or something, haha.

Do you want me to come back home or do you want to visit me here? I can make accommodations for the air and stuff, but it’d be helpful if you still have the helmet or mask I gave you.

I don’t have much of a preference but I get the feeling I’m not really welcomed at home anymore…

You can contact me as well if you like by personal comm at 451-269-0157. If that’s the wrong number just let me know, I get my work and personal numbers mixed up sometimes.

Regards,

Xisuma Void, Ad.M

He sighed, setting down the pen. The promise was inked and he was now obligated to send it.

If this was a trap waiting for him he’d rather be prepared, but if it wasn’t he didn’t want to estrange his siblings even more.

To the interdimensional post office.

[tvsoftboi]

“you'll find your sebby <3” is maybe the most insane/deranged, but also the sweetest, bit of inspiration a friend has given me lmao

Love ya (/p) @somekindofsentience and @realdumaz3

[chainsawmascara]

Hi, hello, if you're a fan of astarion (which you are bc this is tagged solely with his name), consider familiarizing yourself with the words "sex worker" and "trafficking victim."

Because if i see one more post where astarion fans casually say prostitute and hooker like that's Still Cool to Say, I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. He says that about himself in a derogatory way. Why are you then referring to him and other characters in a derogatory way? What. What are you doing. Why are you doing that. Why do you think that's okay.

I've done various forms of sw. Never fssw, to be fair (also I've had multiple partners try to traffic me and this is a thing i, under any other circumstance, would NEVER bring up but mario voice here we GOOOOO) (fssw example: the drow twins), but boy howdy! Half the astarion fandom makes my skin crawl with how frequently and flippantly those terms are thrown around!

Pixels vs real people, etc, etc, yes, HOWEVER. Your use of these phrases are a direct reflection as to how you'd refer to Actual People in That Industry or Who Are Trafficking Victims irl given that's how Terminology Works.

They are. The least respectful words you can use. There are people in the bg3 fandom who have been trafficked and see you consider them hookers! Against their will! There are probably fssw in the fandom who see you saying hooker! Which is degrading and commonly regarded as an outdated and distasteful phrase! There are other swers who see that! Maybe stop calling people hookers and prostitutes and respect people! Even if they're pixels! Because basic human respect should be normalized! And self-loathing derogatory statements a trauma victim makes about himself should not be normalized as the Acceptable Terminology for People Experiencing These Things! Because language and culture are connected regardless of whether or not we're speaking about fictional characters! Fiction is, by its very nature, allegorical! These words have meaning! Maybe use the words that aren't awful!

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, I'm very excited for the extremely likely backlash I'll receive here!

[neoninky]

AHHHHH-Diasomnia Ch 7 spoilers and lots of nerd rage-HHHHH

Ok hold up

Did any of the other OB bois have motherfuckin’ One Winged Angel Sephiroth Doom music following them around????? Or is OB Malleus just that terrifying?! 😂 What the actual fresh hell y’all I’m dying

Malleus is legitimately scary and rightly angry laaaawd *shakes fist at wispy ass senate members*

Fuck YOU👏

Fuck yo MOM👏👏

That guy is COOL *fist bumps Lilia* 🐰🤜🤛🦇

Fuck👏 yo👏crusty👏infuriating👏lying👏prejudiced glowing Diet LoZ Navi asses👏👏👏👏

*makes very angry notes for her SC Diasomnia story*

*morphs back into normal self* Also I hope all y'all are doing well ok I love you bye bye :D <3

[donnydamakkk]

i so love that 911 didn't make the lee's resent chimney after kevin. so many shows go that route. it is so relieving that they didn't go that route.

[anxiousxdreamer]

Consider this ask one to just. Let it rip about all the stupid discourse facts and opinions you’ve got. I find stupid discourse fascinating and fun and having an outlet for even the stupid inconsequential feelings is important

well since i've got Bluey on the brain. Full disclosure: i know arguments about this show are fucking dumb but some people don't know how to act about even fictional children let alone real children.

read more for the people who don't have "shorten long posts" on

Muffin is, at worst, a hyperactive and demanding three year old. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND finding her annoying, and if any five year old said to me "i hate Muffin a lot and if she jumped at me i'd kick her" i'd be like "that's not very nice" at most (assuming they're not a kid i need to worry about impressing further morals upon like a nibling or cousin or something) cause yeah, you're a kid, whatever, i get it. Muffin would have bothered me too at your age. But there's NO reason to want to fucking eviscerate her as a whole ass adult for, again, just being LOUD. I also INCREDIBLY disagree with people who call her spoiled. Idk if i just have a specific ass definition of spoiled, but we see her not get her way MULTIPLE TIMES. Is it cause her parents don't beat her for being loud or some shit? I dunno! Maybe!! But fuck man!!! That's a good thing!!! She will mellow out over time and I do stake that on the fact I KNOW her parents don't just give her whatever she wants all the time. But for now she is still young enough that she has some developmentally appropriate issues that, were she real, would be ironed out over time (and may still be within the show idk)

Then there's JUDO. She is an only child, about Bluey's age so like, six. There's a whole episode where, because she finds Bingo annoying (Bluey's 4 y/o little sister) she convinces Bluey to run away and abandon Bingo and it hurts Bingo's feelings real bad because Bluey wouldn't usually do that and also that sucks!! To be found annoying and to have other kids run away from you is heart breaking as a little kid! And because of that some people are JUST as horrendous in how they talk about Judo as they are about Muffin. I just wanna be like "I HAVE BEEN. IN BINGO'S POSITION. IN THIS SAME SCENARIO. THERE IS NO REASON TO WANT TO BEAT JUDO. THEY ARE ALL CHILDREN. THEY ARE ALL CHILDREN. THEY ARE ALL JUST CHILDREN LEARNING HOW TO PEOPLE. AND JUDO HAS LESS CHANCES TO BE AROUND SMALLER CHILDREN AND LEARN TO BE CHILL WITH THEM BECAUSE SHE'S AN ONLY CHILD."

And not to bleed over into discourse about Real People but EVERY TIME i see a video of some child Not Behaving Perfectly. whether it's a tantrum, just not wanting to let go of something, wanting something they can't have, smacking their parents in the face (by accident even!!), breaking something, being a bit pouty, being a bit lippy, there are ALWAYS ALWAYS AAAAAAAAAAALWAYS comments from people saying how badly they wanna hit those kids. EVERY TIME. From "kid reached for something and looked a bit miffed they couldn't have it" to "full down temper tantrum" there is ALWAYS someone talking about beating that child. I cannot fucking stand it. Most of the time I just roll my eyes and don't respond to them but at the same time there's always this little spike of rage in me about it.

And the inanity of some of the arguments i've seen over Sanders Sides? Eugh. I frequently have new tags to block immediately after anything happens because people have no chill. Patton, Mr Morality, is not being a secretly evil manipulator for being wrong sometimes and leading Thomas in that direction. Nobody is a bad person for liking the "dark" sides. Thomas taking a long time to make new Sanders Sides content is fine, actually. Roman went too fucking far making fun of Janus's name. The ads are getting annoying though I will give that.

I think it's a disservice to Serana's character to make romance mods for her, but at the same time, I do believe in "she's lines of code, animations, and some dialogue. do whatever" yknow? Maybe it's the aromantic in me that's just "can I keep her?" but it's fine

i am deeply suspicious of anyone who likes mineta from mha. it's dumb. but at the same time...

Oh another one involving People Not Being Chill about Children, last time I poked my nose in the Shugo Chara fandom, I saw people hating this like, 11/12 year old child with vitriol because he, as I could boil it down, "is immature." WHAT?! THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLER IS IMMATURE? NOOOOO- Like yes his flaws sure are his flaws good job. also he's like 12 and these are very reasonable flaws in a 12 year old. maybe we don't have to wish death upon his character about it.

SHANE. SHANE STARDEW VALLEY. IF I HAVE TO READ PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE HE'S THE SCUM OF THE EARTH FOR BEING AN ALCOHOLIC ONE MORE FUCKING TIME-

Anyway I'm hurting my head with too much boiling over so thank u for asking for whatever bullshit I could spit today here it is

[nururu]

I just think ppl who primarily idolize toxicity and being stagnant and unhealed in fiction, don't leave that in fiction. and it's such a red flag for me as a real person who idolizes being healthy and healed and not constantly stuck in my misery. as someone who works hard to grow and find love for life. as someone who doesn't always want to be the victim. I only get triggered by this bc I've had too many friendships irl where ppl have done this and their toxic media portrayals don't stay in a fictional realm and they can't separate that fictional idealism from reality and then you get villianized for not wanting to be stagnant and unhealthy.... it's personal for me lol.

[vitospaghetta]

I've been going back and forth with two asshole customers all week with the names Chris and Leon and I have to find the humor in that otherwise I WILL lose my fucking mind.

[fandom-geek]

btw, the violinist in tmp 4? he's probably james smithson, of "founder of the smithsonian institute" fame

so what do we know about our violinist? he grew up in alnwick abbey, he was illegitimate and had legitimate full siblings, a father "certain of his celestial significance", and he has a nephew to whom he leaves his violin

and smithson? well, his father restored alnwick abbey in the 1750s, which was in ruins up until then. smithson was the only illegitimate child of any of the dukes there in the 1700s, which is when the statement is set

smithson also left his estate to his nephew after his death, with the condition that his fortune would establish the smithsonian institute if his nephew died without any children.

here's a point of divergence, however. in our timeline, smithson was a chemist and mineralogist. in tmagp's timeline, he was a violinist. however, as u/New_Helicopter836 pointed out to me on reddit, when smithson's body was disinterred by andrew graham bell, his right little finger was such that it suggests he played "the harpsichord, the piano, or a stringed instrument such as a violin"

looking at smithson's life, he left for university in 1782, so it's likely that tmagp 4 is set around the same time. it might be a bit earlier since the royal court orchestra moved from mannheim to munich in 1778 (putting smithson at about 13), it might be another point of divergence, or smithson is describing it this way to call back to its earlier significance. i'm not sure, but it's weird either way.

all that said, i'm not terribly sure why smithson describes his father (sir hugh smithson/percy, duke of northumberland) as "certain of his celestial significance", especially when the only other time he says celestial is to describe the violin's music. the user i mentioned before found that sir hugh, a major patron of architectural projects, had an observatory built, but i find smithson's language too specific. is his father an avatar too? mannheim is only a bit north of schwartzwald, after all, and this is about thirty years before tmag 23 where albrecht writes to jonah magnus.

let's look a little at smithson's bequest to found the smithsonian institute in the first place. smithson asked for it to be "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men". the magnus institute, notably, is described in the arg as a place of education, and it was founded in 1818. although smithson died in 1829 and his nephew in 1835, the original smithsonian (the columbian institute) was granted a charter by the us government in 1818.

the letter is strangely absent of any names for the violinist or his family, and i can't help but wonder if this is why. and if it is because this is smithson - is this related to why the magnus institute exists instead of the magnus archives? the smithsonian, before it was renamed, was originally granted a charter by the us govt in 1818 - the same year that the magnus institute was founded in tmagp.

this is set 30 years before we know anything of jonah magnus, at least in tmag, so is it possible that he persuaded smithson to fund his educational institute focusing on the supernatural? the changed course of smithson's life from scientist to supernatural violinist would certainly be conducive for that, not least to mention the strange absence of his fortune from his letter to his nephew.

[heronpoxed]

Say what you wanna say about Kelsier but that man knew how to love and he loved with a raw fucking passion.

For years he was led to believe that Mare had mercilessly betrayed him before she died and yet he still insanely loved and missed her — something that he stated as a simple fact and not as a guilty confession.

Kelsier and Mare had 0 page-time together, but they still managed to snatch my fucking heart and push my expectations through the roof precisely because of how Kelsier talked about her! Is there anyone who does it like him? Hell nah!

[judyalvqrez]

Alan Wake 2 + Screenshots of Despair: Part 3

(Part 1, Part 2)

[dustykneed]

pictured below: highly uneven distribution of buttock volume amongst the captain, first officer and cmo of the uss enterprise. happy spones day!

sporse (spock horse)! obligatory warning for exposed midriff in the next pic (aos!) but nothing too racy. a version that is very very slightly more so is up on my ao3 :]

always and forever will be a true sponer... oh old married couple of my heart 🩵💙💛

[jcollinswrites]

How the fudge are you writting so fast??? I sit down to write and end up with nothing or reworking plot instead of writing 😭Have any tips you want to share? Perhaps the ingredients to the dark ritual you perform to get the motivation and remain focused 👀👀👀

So, first of all, you'll need half a newborn, shaken, not stirred…

lol jk (don't shake babies)

Believe it or not I'm the same as you, so here are some stuff that helped me tremendously, especially with my squirrel ADHD brain:

NUMBER ONE that I needed 20 years to learn, is that… forget editing, man. You can't edit if there is nothing to edit, so first you have to sit ya ass down and just fuckin' do it. It doesn't matter if it's shit at first. It's called work in progress for a reason. Who cares if it's shit? You can edit it LATER when the whole thing is already done. What you're reading in my game is literally my first draft. Lots of scenes might change later. In fact, I'm already changing scenes in the background, I'm just not always telling you. It doesn't matter. If anyone gives you shit for it, tell them to kindly fuck right off.

Have a plan for the book (written down. Not just in your head). Don't even start writing until you have a plan for the entire book. It doesn't have to be detailed. Mine is just bulletpoints, but you should know which chapter will contain what, including plot points, character development, relationship progress etc, otherwise you'll get lost, especially in a big IF. And then as you get closer to the next chapter, you can work out more details in the plan to help the actual writing.

If you don't feel like writing a scene, then don't write it. Leave a placeholder word there (I use 'mandarin' because that word likely won't come up anywhere else in the text), and instantly move on to another scene that you have inspiration for. Later, you can just search for 'mandarin' and add the scene when you feel like it. If you accidentally come across any MANDARINs in my game, that's the reason lol.

If you are writing an IF, it helps to start simple. Write the story until a choice comes up, then write the title of the choices, and continue ONLY with the route you feel the most inspired for atm (use mandarin for the rest). Don't let your momentum die by getting bogged down in choices. That's why I have so many greyed out choices when I start a new origin or chapter. I just write write write until the end of the chapter, THEN I go back to whatever choice is the simplest to add, and put the variations in the already-existing text if needed. Repeat until all the choices are written and coded in. This way, the text might feel more organic too, because you already have a pre-written skeleton that you can just add variations in.

Keep notes. It helps to have them on paper, next to you, so f.ex. when you make 9 different deities to choose from, you don't have to go back to the beginning of the chapter every single time to look up which deities those were and what they mean, you can simply turn your head to the side lol.

Take regular breaks. Exercise, stretch. Keep a daily schedule. Eat and drink enough. Try to keep a good health. Your brain won't work if it's starved.

Know yourself and your habits, and be honest with yourself. I know of myself that once I start working on the big plot points, I won't have any motivation to come back to the beginning again. That's why I'm writing all the origin stories first, because I know that if I start going into chapter 2, I definitely won't feel like coming back to start yet another route from the very beginning. So if you don't feel like doing something, then just… don't do it. Or do it simpler. Do it smarter. Trick that asshole brain into cooperating.

Last but not least, guys, 90% of my motivation COMES FROM YOU! Your engagement, your messages, your feedback, every little interaction is what keeps me going! So write me! I will answer! (if you aren't a dick). Literally, about anything. Even if it's just "hey I really liked this small detail here", that will already make my day, seriously. I LOVE talking about my work, and I'm pretty sure every author is like that, so keep engaging with writers, because that's 90% of the reason when a novel gets finished! I'm writing for YOU! Your enjoyment, your fun, because I love telling stories, but those stories don't mean anything if no one is reading them.