#i am uncomfortable with shipping real people in that kind of way

[heretherebedork]

Why You... Y Me? is for probably the first time making me enjoy both the fujoshi aspect and the straight couple in the series. I thought it would both annoy me (like it usually does in most BLs), but it's surprisingly turning out to be really enjoyable. Gap and Namwa are pretty cool, so far. And I'm totally "shipping" Shogun and Maitoh, but my poor Green, in long-term unrequited love with his bandmate... I hope they give him someone too. Unless there's going to be a plot twist and Maitoh and Green are endgame! Then I'll cry an ocean for Shogun!! Manager Paul and Nice are adorable as well... This is really becoming a surprisingly joyful series for me, at least so far... fingers are crossed for the remaining episodes (cause seriously this year, the second half sinking syndrome has been so high).

I'm glad you're enjoying them! I... am not so much. I still just can't get over the idea of shipping real people and, not just shipping them, but letting them know you ship them. And her way of looking at everyone around her as this... as a fictional character... it really bothers me.

Because there is such a difference, for me and to me, between shipping fictional people and real people, especially real people you know. That's the kind of thing that can ruin a friendship or a relationship or just really, genuinely, make people deeply uncomfortable.

So... I am deeply enjoying Shogun and Maitoh and I do feel bad for Green but that almost makes it better because it's pining and soft relationship building all in one and the only way to make it better would be if Thailand was willing to do a polyship... but I am also uncomfortable with the way Namwha constantly pushes for Green and Maitoh to act for the camera and wants to take shot after shot of them just living their lives and then presses for 'how long have they been like this!?' and 'why?' because it's so demeaning to their friendship.

.... Okay, I get it, it's all fictional which does change the vibe slightly? But for me... still doesn't work. Just like Joy in LITA is physically painful (okay, a lot of LITA is...) but also why Pink in Fahlanruk is one of my most hated characters. I just don't find it fun or funny to interfere directly in the relationships of people you call friends because you think it's cute.

So while I am, to some extent, enjoying Why You... Y Me it is mostly despite the main couple and not for them. It brings me the same discomfort that has lead me to being blocked by people because I find the way they talk about actors very uncomfortable.

I do like that none of the couples she ships are real... but that almost makes it worse. Like, what happens when the real couples come out? I wouldn't want to come if I were Shogun or Maitoh because imagine how disrespectfully she would treat their relationship for a) breaking up her ship of Maitoh and Green but also b) because she would start treating their real relationship the same way she does these ones she's made up. Like, that's something I can't get past and I hope it's a problem in the show.

It won't be, the show is on her side.

But... sorry, anon. I'm very glad you're enjoying it and I do get it because it's entirely fictional so it's different but for me it's a despite and not because of enjoyment.

I do hope Shogun and Maitoh and Green's actors all get more roles, though. They're very good and I'm greatly enjoying all of them, no matter how cliche.

[lanshappycorner]

Sometimes I look outside my scope of mutuals and I'm like.....I'm glad I'm not them (whole essay in the tags)

[mieczyhale]

"they have two hands, why can't they share"

i hate this line

so.. so much

it shows up on my dash or in tags or replies on my own shit sometimes and i simply Need to Vent

because not everyone likes that?? because not everyone is comfortable with that?? because they simply don't want to?? because it's a panic trigger based on real life experiences?? because *insert reason that’s none of your business / not that deep / other here*??

it doesn't matter how "cutely" you phrase it or how easy peasy lemon squeezy it seems to you, multishipping for a character / including a character in certain ot3 combinations (and sometimes ot3's in general) can be a hard fucking No for some people. it can, in fact, be stressy depressy lemon zesty. it can even be negative lemon anything.

the 'why' isn't actually anyone's business, the reason shouldn’t matter anyway, as long as they aren't attacking you for your ships why do you care, and if you want certain content then make it.

“they have two hands-”  yep and both are in use, holding the two hands their partner also has, or perhaps squishing their cheeks because they are cute, or cupping their face gently like the softest scene in a hurt/comfort fic. leave people alone

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

I (26, NB) dropped a long-term friend (23, not disclosing gender, I'll call them X) for being a proshipper, and now they're trying to get in the way of my other friendships.

A little more than a month ago, an old friend from when I was an itty bitty teen on the internet (we met when they were 12 and I was 15 or so) messaged me on twitter asking if we could share discord since they're more active on that platform, and they missed hanging out. Ok, no prob!! I missed talking to X and life was going kinda icky for me at the time. We exchanged discords and started talking more frequently, before we would talk through twitter dms maybe one day every few months, and we went from almost no contact to talking every single day. It was like being a teenager again; we still shared similar interests and we really fast clicked over old and new fandoms we were in. We talked about college and how they're starting to get the hang of their new job but needed support, talked about our family lives, etc., and in general I felt really comfortable and happy to be chatting again with someone I've known for so long. We were inseparable for weeks.

However... of course, as adults, and having known each other for YEARS, we started talking about fandom ships and fics we enjoyed. We didn't have the same taste in pairings, but that was okay. Until it wasn't anymore.

I shared my NSFW twitter with them, and they followed me. A few minutes later X told me, "I see you have "proship DNI in your bio, I just want to let you know that I am a pro-ship and enjoy some things in fandom that you might think is gross. I hope that's okay."

I was kind of weirded out, and told them that as long as they didn't like anything that would be criminal in real life, that's fine. They told me they *did* enjoy things in fiction that they "wouldn't condone in reality" and even though they "don't talk about it publicly" they still wanted me to know. For some reason. ?? Even though they KNOW that I have an irl history of abuse as a kid, they still told me this.

I was so fucking uncomfortable and really, really sad, and honestly I felt betrayed? I stepped away from my account for like, an hour before messaging them back and saying I didn't want to continue talking to them anymore. That I didn't know they were that kind of person and I'm not comfortable being their friend. I didn't read their response to me because I soft-blocked them.

While I was getting over that and trying to move on, a few days later I was talking to another mutual friend of ours when they asked if I was still friends with X. I got chills remembering how I broke off with them, and said no, we weren't talking anymore. That they were the kind of person that made me really uneasy and uncomfortable to be around. The mutual friend, I'll call R, said that X was "feeling kind of down about losing a friend recently" and talked about it in a discord server they share. X didn't mention my name but R wondered if it was me who dropped them since I was really touchy about boundaries online. I freaked out a little thinking about them talking about me, and asked what else they said, and R told me "not much, just that they felt sad but it was your choice in the end because you two were different" and I don't know why but it left a bad taste in my mouth. Were they trying to make people seem like I was the bad guy or something?? Idk.

I told R the reason why I stopped talking to X, and that X is a proshipper who likes things like inc*st and rape, and R wasn't as supportive as I thought he would be, saying that he understood how I felt but if X was being honest and open about their interests, it probably meant they trusted me and didn't want to "lie" to me. I don't understand how that's even relevant if X is a fucking proshipper. I don't want their trust in the first place if that's who they really are, and I felt betrayed that someone I knew for so long was hiding that for me until we were bonding again. R basically dropped it there and said "idk then" and I told him I was going to shut off my notifs for a bit. I really don't want to talk with him again right now especially since he didn't seem THAT bothered by X being a proshipper who's into really criminal shit.

Since then, friends of mine who are also friends with R (because he's a friend of X still, for some reason), haven't been replying to me as much anymore and I'm super sensitive to noticing these things, at first I told myself it was nothing, but there's an obvious decrease in our interactions. I can't help but think that X actually said bad stuff about me, and R didn't want me to know, or maybe X convinced R that I was a terrible person or something. I still haven't read X's reply to me because I genuinely do not want to interact with them ever again, but for the past few days I've been so angry and hurt by my other friend's actions that I can't help but want to blame them, since this all started when I left them.

AITA for dropping a friend because their interests made me SEVERELY uncomfortable? I don't know what to do.

What are these acronyms?

[brightgoat]

Hey! lurker who likes your stuff who's been meaning to ask something and finally made an account. please don't take it personally but... isn't pucci like 15 when he meets dio? Sorry to bother you by the way! your stuff is cool!

Thank you but idk how I can take a fact about the story personally? Except for the fact that it was actually 16, let's get our facts straight

since your message is really vague and I don't know what you mean, I am going to make an assumption and answer that:

FIRST OF ALL

I ship diopucci, but I ship them as adults. Boom, bang, kapow, I have enough imagination to imagine them as adults together, wow

SECOND OF ALL, JUST TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY HERE-

I don't care how others ship it. People can ship them as adults in AUs, or in canon with their canon ages during their meeting.

At the end of the day, these are fictional characters that we can do whatever we want with, we can put them in uncomfortable situations or we can make everything okay for them, even if in real life it would not be okay (i.e. romantic relationship between a 16 yr old and an adult) because it's fiction.

Fiction is for thinking about what's not real, what could never happen, what shouldn't happen, the otherwise unthinkable. If that's not for you, that's fine.

Except that, if anyone engages with fiction of any kind, you are engaging in that dichotomy between fiction and reality whether you like it or not, for that is the only way we can see a character suffer on screen and not feel like we're seeing an actual person suffer for our amusement.

Now - diopucci kissing in my head right now 24/7 they are making out they are planning the wedding which will be on the joestar's graves WORLDSNAKE-

[licorice-tea]

Would you ever so kindly write 10.Kaku + O. Kabedon? Have it so bad for this giraffe man <3 uhh,, he's so old fashioned and precious. Looks like a cinnamon roll, could kill you vibes, for real

Let Me Prove Myself

Pairing: Kaku x reader

Content: kaku is just a little suspicious, and a little intimidating kind of? but in a hot way. kaku calls the reader pretty and lovely, gender nuetral pronouns for reader, strawhat reader, kabedon ofc!

Word Count: 1k

A/N: quite literally wrote this between 4 and 5 am, so i apologize for anything that doesn’t make sense or sounds off😓but anyway i am such a kaku lover omg that’s literally my man (one of them), ty for the request <3

Some of your crew mates went to find someone who could fix your ship, the Going Merry, while others were off exploring the city. You had opted to venture off on your own, wanting to enjoy the scenery and culture of this grand island with fewer distractions that usual.

Navigating through the streets with no destination in mind, you end up in a sort of alleyway. It leads you out closer to the shoreline, and provides you with a picturesque view of some of the lower levels of the city accompanied by slow rolling ocean waves.

“So pretty,” you mumble to nobody in particular.

“Sure is.”

Your head nearly whips around to find the source of the voice. Were you being followed this entire time? Though you’d been under the impression that the people of Water 7 took kindly to most pirates, that didn’t mean there weren’t other sinister forces within the city… Perhaps should’ve been more careful, or stayed on the boat with Zoro.

Alas, you don’t see anyone in the direction from which you came, so you turn back slowly. Maybe you were imagining things.

You gasp and step back when you’re met face to face with a man who definitely hadn’t been there before. He’s tall, and has an unusually long and squarish nose. “It fits him, though.” you think. In fact, he’s a really attractive guy. But you can’t allow that to overpower your common sense, nor let your guard down. You make a mental note to not, under any circumstances, let your attraction get the better of you.

He takes your silence as an opportunity to explain himself. “I don’t mean to frighten you,” he steps closer as you take another step back, “you're not from around here, are you?”

“No… I’m not.” You raise your chin and cross your arms over your chest. “Were you following me?”

He laughs. “Well, when you put it like that it makes me sound like a bad guy.”

“Well I wouldn’t know what kind of guy you are, stranger.” Go

“Kaku,” he extends his hand, “and what’s your name if you don’t mind my asking?”

Ever so cautiously, you take his hand and shake it once. “Y/n.”

“Y/n. That’s lovely.”

“Um… thanks.”

Taking notice of your squared shoulders and general uncomfortable energy, Kaku takes another step toward you. Naturally you take another step backward, but you don’t realize you’re standing right in front of one of the walls of the alleyway you’d come out of until it hits your back. You inhale sharply.

“I have no ill intentions, y/n, I can assure you. I just…” he looks you up and down, not trying to hide his wandering eyes in the slightest. “Well, I’d never seen you around before and found myself eager to meet you. You’re awful pretty, y’know.”

The feeling seems to be mutual, but you intend to bury your own even deeper. “I- um-“

“So, are you by chance a pirate?”

Your eyes grow wider and you silently shake your head “no.”

Kaku chuckles and nonchalantly places a hand on the wall behind you. The other goes to his hip as he leans over you. You’re unsure if he’s trying to block off one of your two escape routes to either side, or is this is his attempt at charming you. “You don’t have to lie, y/n, I’m no bounty hunter. Nor a pirate hunter like your crew mate, Zoro.”

“You know Zoro?”

“Sure do. I inspected you all’s ship just a few minutes ago while he was there keeping watch. He was wary of me at first, and rightfully so considering we’d never met, but he seems like a swell guy.”

A relieved exhale visibly leaves your chest as your shoulders drop slightly. The fact that he knows one of your crew, and hasn’t talked ill of him, brings you some comfort.

“But that’s not important right now. I’m here to talk about you.”

“What about me?”

“Whatever you’re willing to tell me. I want to get to know you. I’m very interested, if I’m not making it obvious enough.”

You nearly giggle, but contain your laughter behind a smile. “No, you are.”

Feeling emboldened by your shy smile, Kaku removed his other hand from his hip and places it on the wall behind you. You glance to your side at it, and he walks forward into the half step that remains between your two bodies, bending his arms so that his forearms are entirely against the wall instead of his hands alone. Kabedon.

And when you turn forward again, you’re barely an inch away from his face. Or his nose, rather.

He speaks softly, but in the same old fashioned and all too-proper tone. “Have you ever been with a shipwright, y/n?”

You shake your head “no” again.

“Would you like to be?”

“Oh, well… my- my crew is probably only going to be here a few days, so…”

“Ah… so if the circumstances were different?”

“I might say yes.”

“Mhm… You see, I don’t mind these circumstances one bit. Are they a deal breaker for you?”

“I guess not.” You bite your lip with nervous excitement.

“Good.” He flashes you a bright smile and steps back a respectable distance.

Though you don’t mean to, your disappointment shows in your features.

Kaku notices- he seems to notice a lot about you- and chuckles. “Were you expecting something more just then?”

Truthfully, you were. If he had kissed you, you would have welcomed it with open arms (and lips.) You don’t say any of that though, just laugh awkwardly as your face heats up.

“I’m a gentleman, y/n. It’d be sleazy to try anything with you when we’ve only just met.”

“Oh,” you nod, finding his constitution respectable despite wishing he had been sleazy enough to try something, “right…”

“How about you let me take you out to an early dinner? I’d like to prove myself first.”

“What do you need to prove yourself to be worthy of?”

“You.”

You smile as Kaku offers you his arm, and your initial resolution to not let your guard down around him is almost entirely forgotten as you take it.

[the-heartlines]

i am really pissed off today and want to take a moment to rant about holier than thou antis and their fucking dumbassery.

on twitter, i received a ton of harassment (about my age mostly lol cuz you know once you turn 30 you're immediately considered elderly and need to join a nursing home 💀💀💀) and some anonymous death threats on my curious cat in the last WEEK—all over shipping ghoulcy, including one rpf walt/ella twt, & for writing ghoulcy dead dove & daddaughter incest fics. not blacking out names because fuck that shit. you reap what you sow.

there's a ton of negative qrts on those twts and thankfully my fellow shippers and moots have been extra supportive, but i am so sick and tired of the antis and their ability to not separate fact from fiction.

i am fucking sick and tired of the same antis shipping things like jackieshauna (which i ship immensely by the way!) and other ships (villanelle x eve and hannigram come to mind) and having this mentality that if you ship other toxic fucked up ships in a dead dove way, you're a "*insert buzzword here* (including pedo, rape apologist, pornsick addicted freak) who needs to be locked up. also kys!"' these assholes care more about the fictional fake made up characters than an actual human being this vitriol is being thrown at and im so disgusted and disappointed with each passing year, seeing this conservative, puritanical form of mentality take shape and get worse and worse...and i don't know what the fuck to do about it and am scared for the future generations who are dealing with this absolute disgraceful nonsense because no one and i mean NO ONE should be telling anyone to kill themselves over any damn fictional ship!

anyways, i had to rant about this because it's been BUGGING me because i have gotten a lot of vitriol from hotd stans for other ships i like and see potential in. and it's so awful that any kind of shipper deals with this at all. and we need to call these fuckers out and un-normalize this behavior before it gets even worse for the future generations. and it's crazy and baffling that this needs to be said but here i go anyways:

writing or creating or consuming any kind of dead dove content, doesn't mean you condone it in real life. it doesn't make you a rape apologist, a pedophile, or a porn sick addicted freak. people have been doing this shit since the beginning of time and if this shit squick you out, makes you uncomfortable, you need to block/mute/dni/ignore with this kinda content, keep your mouth shut, or gtfo. because it never gives you the right to treat an actual human being lower than dirt and wish death upon them.

[beanghostprincess]

I saw the strawhats chronic pain asks and had a moment of CROSS GUILD CHRONIC PAIN-

Crocodile is an amputee. Like. Canonically. Phantom pains.

Mihawk has HELLA light sensitivity vibes ((I Gift him,,,,, my migraines))

And Buggy? Oh my favorite little punching bag, I bet the spatial awareness necessary for his DF must he OFF THE CHARTS, not to mention bomb making, harmful chemicals, etc, I feel it in my bones that he has an autoimmune disorder of some kind and also migraines bc the highest flattery I can give is projection.

Ignore this if you wanna, t'was just a Thought, love your blog, Bean!!!!!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡

YAY CROSS GUILD ASK I AM IN SUCH A CROSS GUILD MOOD LATELY YESYESYESYES!!!!!!!! And I'm making this romantic because if I don't make cross guild gay I might die. Thank you.

Okay, so what I'm hearing here is that they keep their lights real low on their shared tent, and whenever they have meetings: At the start of their business relationship, they're still learning how to get used to being together. Buggy is used to stage lights but only for a while and he doesn't want these two to know another weak spot of him (also the pain around his whole body is killing him sometimes), so he tries to deal with the migraines and being uncomfortable because he knows that complaining will only lead to these two using him as a punching bag. But lucky for him, Mihawk does mention one day that he hates brightness (because edgy vampire can't say 'my head fucking hurts' like a functional human) and so he says something about candles. Buggy is afraid they might set the tent on fire but he prefers this over the headaches. Crocodile doesn't give a fuck about this, honestly. Then, they start growing closer and y'know, I'll just skip to them dating- They're dating. They share a tent there at Karai Bari. And now it's something to do instinctively? Like they just keep the lights low or light up some candles and they just live like that. Whenever they're on a ship they do this too.

Following what I just said, they're affectionate but like, in a weird way. Because, y'know, look at them. Buggy ends up crying and complaining about his headaches and also when his body won't stop hurting. He's a drama queen, of course, a diva. He lives flashily. Cries flashily, too. He always curls up beside Crocodile so the big big comfy man can provide him some comfort and warmth and pats on the head or something. Crocodile just runs his hook through his hair softly and lets him be annoying for a while until he falls asleep on top of him. If he has to do something he just??? Won't do it??? He's a pirate but he isn't a fucking monster. One day Mihawk catches them and they share that look of understanding that only cat owners understand, because God (Nika is the only one I believe in, something something amen) is watching and if you dare to move when a cat's in your lap, you go instantly to hell. On the other hand, when Buggy cries and Mihawk is the one around, he gives him some painkillers and turns off the lights completely to then read Buggy one of his books. He does this without saying a word and the first time this weird, silent sign of affection happens, Buggy is speechless. And also, yes, Mihawk can read in the dark perfectly well because he's a cat. He sees in the dark. I even think Buggy can see his gold eyes staring at him. They're like the headlights of a car. Oh, and Mihawk deals with his migraines in perfect silence but when it's a bad day he gets into a very irritable and irascible mood. Most people would be complaining about it but at least this way he's more talkative? Somehow? He's a bitch to Buggy for a while and then they just talk shit about other people together while Crocodile makes a comment like "If you're well enough to complain, you're well enough to continue worki-" and it's, like, the and only time Buggy instinctively throws a pillow at him to shut him up. Never again, though. Scary mafioso-looking boyfriend.

Now that we're talking about Crocodile, the phantom pains: They stress the fuck out of him. They're painful and uncomfortable and he wants to strangle somebody. On a good day, that somebody isn't Buggy. And on a bad day, Buggy really tries to be the sweetest fucking thing on earth by making everything comfortable for him and disappearing right away. Maybe he starts an argument with Mihawk for something stupid but they make up later, it's fine. But, you know what? Sometimes he needs comfort and somebody to distract him too, so one day (when Buggy is about to disappear for hours so he doesn't end up suffering the consequences of staying too long with him) he tells Buggy to stay. The clown is frightened, but he does what he's told and- And it's surprisingly sweet? Crocodile just tells him to talk to him. Explain something. Anything. Complain about the fucking weather or tell a joke. Anything. And Buggy is genuinely surprised but ends up either talking shit about people or telling him anecdotes or just reading him the paper. And Crocodile seems to like it??? A surprise for both, really, but the man actually likes having the clown around because it is working really well as a distraction and when Buggy is not being annoying Crocodile realizes why he loves him. He loves him when he's annoying too, though, he bullies him out of love. Sometimes he just tells Buggy to come sit on his lap and stay there and Crocodile is still in pain but somehow being with the clown makes him feel better. Mihawk tries to be comforting on these days too but it's more of a "you ought to rest, otherwise you'll be irritable all afternoon and you cannot keep frightening the subordinates" type of silent care than anything.

Also, I want to add Crocodile almost murdering a man one day because they were doing business with him on his ship and he had a lot of lights on (when he was asked not to) and both Mihawk and Buggy were visibly uncomfortable the second they entered the room. I love protective Crocodile. He looks like he'd just murder men without any remorse for talking shit about the other two. I like it.

[arthurianlegend144]

I've been wanting to talk about my interpretation of America's and England's relationship for some months now, but I was afraid to do it, because it could sound like I am saying "If you see them in another light, YOU'RE WRONG". However, that's not my intention, I hope y'all can understand ://)

I don't enjoy the interpretation of Alfred and Arthur being a family (parent and child or siblings), because for me, the title of "little brother/big brother" in the context of colonization seems to be just a forced way to make the personifications of the European nations (the colonizers) feel better aka "My people are not exploring their lands and killing people! They are just... Helping me to take care of my little sibling".

This isn't a valid familial relationship to me, so much that after the independence you don't see the colonized nations calling the colonizers "big bro" or something anymore. With the exception of France, he calls himself that, but he wants EVERYONE to call him that not just the nations he colonized.

In the case of America and England, England didn't even want to be called a big brother and he wasn't even there most of the time to enforce this relationship with America, even if it was clear that they both enjoyed each other's company, despite everything that was happening.

And I will say, in real life, a person just sees someone non related as family when they spend a long time together, this is especially crucial in the early childhood. Actually, if a person is related to you, but you haven't seen them for ages, you instinctively won't care for them as family, even if you know they are related to you. So why would America see England as his family? They aren't related - not more than every character in Hetalia must be, but that's a rambling for another time - and America kind of raised himself.

I do ship UsUk, because I think they probably got to know each other better after America became independent, because now they could become closer on their own terms and without the colonization aspect, which is way more healthy to me.

In conclusion, I personally feel uncomfortable with the idea of America and England being family, because of the whole context I just talked about. But that's just how I feel, if you don't agree, I don't mind, be happy :)

[lovelybrooke]

Is it just me or is the whole discourse around whether or not Hobie Brown is a minor just used as a way to distract from the REAL-LIFE racists who dislike Hobie for no reason other than he's black?

Like not trying to rain on people's parade, but Hobie Brown in a fictional character and it doesn't matter who you ship him with because him and Mile Molares aren't real. Like, personally I think he's a teenager (around ages 17-18) and don't ship him with Miles, but I think there's better things to worry about other than whether or not its ethical to ship a fictional character with another fictional character especially when I can just not interact with people who ship them together.

And while we're on the topic, can people please stop mischaracterizing Hobie. You people need to understand that just because someone says that they don't like labels it doesn't mean they are not loyal or would cheat. Like at most Hobie would communicate with his partner about what he desires in a relationship and not continue perusing them if they're uncomfortable. I get you guys want to write your edgy rocker fanfics, but like I've said before, writing ooc characters are fine as long as it doesn't completely change who the character is.

Sadly, a lot of the mischaracterizations come from racism. I want to say first that I am a white passing mixed person. I have tried really hard to get the characterization of Hobie correct, but I know it will never be exactly perfect. However, even I understand that writing Hobie as toxic, possessive, or aggressive, is just plain wrong. Throughout the entire movie, Hobie is kind and helpful to the people who need it, like Miles or Qwen. He lets Qwen stay at his place for fuck's sake. Like sometimes I even question if we even watched the same movie.

I feel like the Spiderverse community needs to stop hyperfixating on the fictional age of this fictional character and instead start calling out the actual racism happening with in the community. So many black authors and content creators (because this isn't just a Tumblr problem) have called out actual issues, and instead we're all stuck in 2016 with the pro/anti-shipping discourse. If someone wants to ship Miles and Hobie, let them. And if someone views Hobie as an adult, let them. It literally doesn't affect you or anyone else. You know what does affect people? RACISM!

I understand that I'm part of the problem because of my privilege and understand that my characterization of him probably isn't the best. But even though I actively write yandere/dark fics, I will always try and make sure his characterization is true to his movie counterpart and I'm always open for criticism about how I write any of the characters in my fics. Other, specifically white authors, need to do the same.

[rashoumon-homo]

Rant ahead, prolly gonna delete later

TW: gender dysphoria, fetishization of trans men in fanfiction

Idk if it’s just me but I’m a trans guy who typically won’t touch “trans male [character]” smut fics with a ten foot pole. I’ve found a handful that are respectfully written, but for the most part they make me feel so fucking uncomfortable. It’s like the (non-trans) writers don’t see trans men as real men. There’s frequent untagged feminization, excessively feminine terms, and an alarming number of pregnancy fics. I get that some people like these things, and I respect that, but that’s pretty much ALL that’s out there. It’s like they want to write for a m/m ship but only want to write m/f smut, so they slap “trans” on there. It’s so blatantly obvious that the majority of these writers have never done a drop of research on what it means to be trans masc, much less MET a trans masc person irl.

Not only that, complaining about it makes YOU the bad guy. I made a post on the AO3 subreddit back when I first joined it (aka before I knew better) just kind of venting about the way trans characters are written in fics. I was a lot more gentle and understanding about it than I’m being here btw. And instantly the post got flooded with comments saying that “just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean other people don’t.” Or “my roommate’s boyfriend’s brother is trans and he doesn’t care about that stuff.” Or that people are free to write whatever they want and if I don’t like it I shouldn’t be reading it. (My favorite one was “I’m cis but I don’t see an issue”) I ended up deleting the post.

Back in February there was this fic I read that did all that same shit and it pissed me off. Untagged feminization, afab language, the whole shebang. And I KNOW that author wouldn’t have treated the character that way if they were writing a cis man. For legal reasons, this comment was not written by me, but it was deleted by the author right away with no response.

I blocked them and moved on.

I guess what brought all these emotions back was a post I saw where someone was complaining about other cultures being written in an accidentally offensive way in fics. The same people who tore down my post (and others like it) were suddenly all into the idea of respecting the cultures you write, doing research on them, etc. How is trans culture any different? Why is it “um actually some trans guys like being feminized” but then “these cultural stereotypes are offensive and the author should do better?”

Not too long ago, I decided to start writing trans characters in fics. It was really tough for me, since I had to battle a lot of my own dysphoria, but I felt like it was worth it if it meant there was just one more fic out there to make trans people feel seen and respected. Being seen as a real man and being trans should not be mutually exclusive. It’s possible to be both. And it’s painfully obvious when the writer doesn’t see it like that.

If you’re trans and you feel the same way about all this, lmk. Sometimes I feel like I really am the unreasonable one and that I’m all alone here and it really fucks with my head.

And if you’re cis and wanting to write trans characters, I implore you to learn about us first. Trans people are not a shortcut to writing m/f smut. They have their own unique experience of the world that needs to be taken into account if you’re going to write them respectfully. Listen to trans voices. Please.

[a-secret-bolton-vampire]

Something has been bugging me lately; why is it that so much of the ASOIAF fandom hates romance? Like, this is a problem I've noticed and it's honestly kind of weird. To be sure, George's view on what is romantic is, uh, dubious at best, but to outright be so against it the way I've seen some people be against it is quite bizarre, to say the least.

Rhaegar and Lyanna? Of course there's no romance there! Rhaegar clearly was just using Lyanna as a baby factory to produce a super prophecy child because that's all there is to his character!

Jon and Daenerys? They won't be getting together like that dumb show! And if they are, it will be purely a political marriage! No lovey dovey stuff there!. After all Dany likes "bad boys" (which somehow translates to "evil men") so why would she like a strong, assertive man like Jon? And why would Jon like her? Not like he likes strong fiery tempered women!

Those are the two biggest examples but there is more. Daemon Blackfyre and Daenerys Targaryen are more ambiguous since they are historical characters, but a lot of people are convinced it was 100% unrequited love.

I've even seen fans complain about the line from Barristan where he thinks about how Bittersteel and Bloodraven's rivalry over the affections of Shiera Seastar caused the Blackfyre Rebellions. Like sure it wasn't the only reason, but to think that jealousy and romance didn't have an effect on those rebellions is a bit weird.

Yes, I am aware these are some problematic pairings, not least of which because most of these are pretty incestuous. However, the complaints about these romances do not stem from a moral quandary. In the case of R+L, you see people calling Rhaegar a groomer and pedophile (see my post on him on my full thoughts there), but the majority of it is simply "well it's stupid because they told no one and caused a whole war, the selfish brats" (bonus points if someone specifically targets Lyanna).

Okay, setting aside the fact that, like with the Blackfyre Rebellions, Robert's Rebellion was caused by far more factors than their elopement, why does making it an abduction Rhaegar did simply for a magic messiah baby make it a better story than the fact these two were in love and desperate to escape situations they felt trapped in, leading to shortsighted decisions that had an unexpected affect on many people?

With Jon and Dany, the backlash is "but that's so cliche! George wouldn't do something as cliche as two of the biggest protagonists falling in love." As if George doesn't constantly engage with cliche storybeats as often or even more than he subverts them. Even when the evidence for the two getting together is literally so overwhelming that you'd need to be willfully ignorant to ignore the foreshadowing (plus the fact George literally said that their union is "the point of the series").

And again, I must ask; why is Jon and Dany marrying to secure a political alliance without any real love between them a better story than an epic, doomed romance between two people who have gone through such similar struggles and have such similar personalities? What does R+L=J even exist for if they are just a couple of convenience using each other?

I'm not saying you have to love and ship all these people together. Because we sometimes forget our little fandom bubble, most people are not okay with even fictional incest ships. That's okay. Sometimes it's not even incest ships, but again, that's okay! We are all different and have our preferences! Some might not even care much for romance.

But the way a lot of this is criticized doesn't read like that. It's always focusing on the negative aspects. Especially with Dany's love interests. I'm not a fan of Daario and Dany, personally, but it is a bit uncomfortable how she is targeted so heavily for thinking and getting horny about him. Like... let a girl be horny and infatuated? Lol, I don't know!

With Rhaegar and Lyanna, Prince Duncan the Small and Jenny of Oldstones, the "problem" is that their disregard for political betrothals and following their hearts makes them stupid monsters who are directly responsible for the deaths of thousands. That is absolutely not the way we should take these romances.

These doomed, tragic affairs aren't about how people are selfish. It's about the power of love. The way love makes people act rashly. The way love consumes someones thoughts and feelings. Love is powerful, it is transformative, transcending. That is the point. Even in spite of the death and chaos occurring around it, the love these people have for each other is something that cannot be broken.

I feel like the fandom has taken the wrong approach to this series tone and themes. I'm not George's biggest personal fan, to be quite honest, but he is a self described romantic. Turning Rhaegar from a lovestruck prince to a selfish crazed maniac is not romantic. Turning romance or potential romance into cold political maneuvers is not romantic.

The point of all this is that, yes, the world is dark. It's scary, it's cruel, unforgiving, and cold. But in that darkness, there are pockets of light that shine and make you feel safe, and warm, and happy. It makes you forget all the troubles around you. That light, that warmth, that love, is worth fighting for, even if it's all that is left, even if it doesn't last.

I am of course, slightly biased in my assessment, lmao. You could say that me, being a bisexual polyamorous transfemme, is maybe a bit of a big fan of romance and love! Yet, it still saddens me that people try to keep romances from just being romances, and try to make the story and world more bleak as a result. We already have Ramsay, Joffrey, Gregor, Euron, Randyll Tarly. We have people who use love against others for their own gain or outright reject it violently. We don't need more of that.

[lu-lus-duckies]

Hi, here's about me and some questions you might have!

Updated: april 26th 2024

MINORS DNI please

Important!! Please don't use real money to do things for me in any capacity. It makes me uneasy, uncomfortable and puts a lot of pressure on me. Thank you for your understanding <3 also Important: I can not and will not take anything seriously, if you want to say something serious to me, send me a DM, I'm more likely to respond seriously there

Who are you?

@ nunalastor's emotional support white boy™

People just call me lulu on here. I'm 20 and go by any pronouns. AFAB (and cis). my gender is whatever makes you gay. somewhere on the ace spectrum.

Also CEO of forcing people to get some fucking sleep!

important note: I respond in the horniest ways to @ nunalastorscursedkitten, but they have explicitly stated they don't want sexual stuff directed towards them without their consent. I have confirmed that they are okay with me responding in a horny way and you should make sure before doing it too

tags (will not sort these out at all):

lulu is delulu - my posts babygirl anon fest - asks specifically from babygirl revoke lulu's art license - my art stuff nunwhiskers - the ship of nunalastor x huskers-bar lulu is feral - reblogs where I am feral lulus nun reblogs - I just tend to reblog everything of nunalastors so it's a tag now lulu reblogs - art/theories/incorrect quotes ect lulu convos - me interracting with peeps here lulu crooks - going into detail about things i shouldn't be going into detail of. (maybe infodumping) cursed polycule - me and the 100+ husbands/wives interracting (xxx-angie list in their pinned) lulu asks - me answering asks this is a nunalastor simp blog - anytime I openly bark for nunalastor lulu lore - me accidentally dropping irl lulu lore lulu fun facts - exactly what it says lulu polls - polls lulu is a boomer - me not knowing basic pop culture things cuz I live under a rock lulu loves nunalastorscursedkitten / and paincaat too / lulu loves paincaat / and nunalastorscursedkitten too - my interractions with @ paincaat / @ nunalastorscursedkitten lulu loves getting called slurs - me getting called the f-word lulu infodumps - infodumps about stuff that might not always be hazbin hotel fools being sexy - @ the-aprilfools-bitch tag

who is safe here?

everyone except minors. I don't judge. This is a safe space regardless of race, gender, sexuality or anything else. Be as cringe/not cringe as you want

What is this blog?

Used to be a hazbin blog, now turned to me simping for daddy nunalastor and interracting with the cursed polycule

What can I ask or share with you?

Literally anything you want to share, no limits. I respond to everything, even hate so if I haven't responded I'm either asleep or the message didn't appear in my inbox.

One thing I don't respond to is chain sends cuz I can't be bothered with that shit. Anything else is a yes

What's with the bad English?

English is my second language. I pride myself on being able to read it fluently, but I might have problems with talking in a way that flows naturally to native speakers. So sorry bout that

What time are you active?

Honestly, all over the place. Don't look too much into it, but I'm from the country of Georgia if that helps

Can I use your ideas?

Absolutely! You don't even need to ask. I won't say this is a necessity, but If you decide to use them, I'd love it if you'd tag me. I love seeing all kinds of things people make and I'd love to see yours too!

Why are you so unhinged and sexual? Aren't you ace?

Asexuals aren't all sex-repulssed and can enjoy it too. I am uncomfy with the act of sex but I love joking and shitting about it. Me saying something is hot/sexy/makes my dick hard is just me saying "I love this and i think it's cool" when that isn't enough to express my love. (I think I'm being funny)

Is the art on nunalastor's blog you sometimes repost yours?

Yes, the art posted on their asks by mylz-flick is by me. It's my primary blog and i don't use it for anything so all my asks are submitted through there

Why don't you post as often anymore?

Because all my posts go straight to nunalastor's blog. Go check them out, it's great

By nunalastor s request:

Who hurt you?

Nunalastor did when they rizzed up my mom

What's with the worms? That's disgusting

Well, nunalastor made this post and it turned me on a little ngl

What is the cursed polycule?

Well, I spontaneously decided that my go to funny (not funny) joke would be to start asking everyone who agreed with me or had similar tastes to kiss me. Long story short, now I'm a whore™ with 100+ husbands that I can't keep track of and that's the cursed polycule

Why do you keep calling nunalastor daddy?

Many reasons. First, Nunalastor saying they would fuck my mom in the DMs when I told them about her. So naturally, if my mom and nunalastor got married they would be the dad hence, daddy. Also, nunalastor is unapologetically my favourite blog on here and the title "daddy" is reserved for them. Also their word is law to me and they deserve the respectful title

The way you interract with minors is disgusting

I have minors please don't interract in my bio for a reason. I expect a decent human being to see that and kindly leave my blog. I don't check who I'm responding to most of the time so I probably didn't even notice it was a minor. I'm just trying to be fun.

If you are a minor and I responded/reblogged your art or post with some batshit crazy shenanigans like I do with everyone, send me a DM and I'll delete it. I'd rather it be in the DMs instead of out in public because out here I have people acting like they hate me and I don't want to accidentally take something that's meant to be a serious request to stop like a joke.

What's with that one pregnant anon stuff at nunalastors blog?

Listen, I don't care what shit people send me, but if you even dare harm, harass or just in general be an asshole to the ones I consider nice people, I will not take that lightly.

To everyone: if you get haters, tag me so I can draw them pregnant.

Is the cursed polycule an actual relationship or just a joke?

It's just a joke between us.

Can I join the polycule?

Daddy has revoked my marriage license so you'll have to consult with the other members. I take what daddy demands very seriously

You can however, talk to the other members of the polycule and join. We could also have a platonic relationship going on in the polycule if you want

What is up with you and pronouns?

Sorry, in my native language there are no gendered pronouns. We just have a singular he/she/they for everyone. I use he/him for me (despite being a woman) because it's what rolls off the tongue easier for me. For everyone else I use they/them because you can never go wrong with neutral.

Are you actually attracted to nunalastor?

Honestly, the only time I've experienced attraction (i think? Still unsure if it was that) was with one girl at my uni and the feeling I have for nunalastor is very similar. It's not the exact kinda feeling but I have a very strong desire to make them proud. Not sure exactly what it is but no, I don't want to actually fuck them and I don't want to kiss them either. That seems gross. I do however wanna hold their hand and recieve headpats from them. Idk just know me as the nunalastor simp, that's easier to explain.

(and yes both mods)

Why do you keep mentioning nunalastor calling you the f-word?

Because I genuinely /gen /srs loved it. This isn't a joke. It made me overstimmed and honestly was a little overwhelmed with giddiness. keep in mind though, that while I enjoy getting called the slur, I will not be calling anyone that because that makes me uncomfy.

why haven't you responded to my reblog/comment/ask?

I generally respond to everyone I can. but either it was

lost in my notifs

was posted by a minor and I don't want to attract minors here

If it was on a reblog of something, I assumed it was meant for op

I just couldn't think of anything to respond with (which is rare)

feel free to let me know if it was either 1 or 3 but I won't respond to minors

[echoes-lighthouse]

Context: some folks have decided to create '$afeship' specifically as a selfship tag without 'dangerous selfships' which includes unhealthy/toxic/abusive selfship dynamics and folks above 18 shipping with high school anime characters and other characters that aren't adults in canon.

Because I selfship with multiple villains and I don't particularly like to erase their evil traits, a lot of my selfships are not something that should be emulated IRL so I am considered an unsafe shipper. (also one of my f/os was in high school when he died but he's been a ghost for twenty years so I dunno how that math works)

Either way, I believe 'unsafe' or 'immoral' acts should be allowed to all of us in fiction and roleplay, as long as it is either a) not involving or code for real people, or b) fully consensual on the part of all real people involved.

That said, I do respect the right of people to block tags and content that makes them uncomfortable! I know that lots of people in the $afeship tag are probably nice and respectful and just setting boundaries, but I've also seen a lot of violent rhetoric in that tag while blocking people and it makes me very sad that this is validated in our internet community. So this is my little celebration of the more open and accepting part of our community and all those who love writing their f/os in all kinds of ways!!

[punks-never-die205]

Passing Fascination

Fem Reader x Yandere!Eustass Kid

CW: kidnapping, yandere Eustass Kid, violence, dubious consent, imprisonment, abuse, swearing, sex, group sex, dark content kids I am not messing around with this ♥

Tag list: @keiva1000

Chapter 4: Guilt

Waking up was disorienting. The room was so dark and something in the back of your mind insisted it shouldn’t be. Your room -.

You weren’t in your room. The cold reality of it all sank into your bones and your conscious mind like a lead weight. You tried to let your eyes adjust, to take in any scrap of light that might exist in the room, and after a moment you could see the barest hints of the outlines of things.

Turning onto your back you saw an enormous lump asleep on the other side of the bed. Your heart nearly leapt into your throat, but you managed to not make a sound. Kid’s form rose and fell at an even pace, and you could hear the soft sounds of his breathing. For a guy so big you expected he snored loud enough to rattle the boards off the ship.

You didn’t know what time it was, but the need to pee pulled you off the bed and carefully into the bathroom. It was a mix of trying not to be too loud, and a mix of beginning some semblance of a plan.

Step one was sorting out which boards creaked, and which didn’t.

Trying to log the soft creaks in your memory you make your way to the bathroom and find more light coming into this room than the bedroom. It’s dark outside. You weren’t sure if the night had just started, or was coming to an end, but you couldn’t imagine you’d done anything more than sleep the day away.

It was just after morning when Kid found you, and just before noon by the time you’d gotten back to the boat, patched up, and fed. You weren’t sore enough to have slept for days, so you likely just slept the day away.

Who knows when Kid joined you. Who knows how deep asleep he was or wasn’t.

Coming out of the bathroom, you use the faint light of the moon and stars to help you see a little better for a minute before you close the door. You keep your sense of hearing on Kid’s breathing, your sense of touch on the floor, and your sight focused on the light creeping through the main doors to the room. If the ability to jump ship presented itself again, you’d take it, but your real goal was just to get comfortable with the layout.

Kid was being… almost uncomfortably kind to you so far. You kept expecting him to just take what he wanted, but as intent as he was on thinking you both loved each other, he didn’t seem to be in a rush to consummate anything. For a pirate he wasn’t treating you like you expected him to.

When you opened the door to the bedroom, you froze. You could feel his eyes on you even though he hadn’t said anything. You wait for a moment, forcing yourself to not look back at him, to not let those golden eyes catch your gaze, and when he doesn’t say anything you walk out of the room, closing the door quietly behind you.

You can feel the tension leave your body when his eyes were no longer on you, and you walked calmly down the hall. If you ran, or tried to walk quietly, you were worried he’d take it as an attempt to leave. Which wouldn’t have been entirely inaccurate, but you hadn’t been confined to his room, so you wanted to wander around.

The more comfortable you got with the layout of the ship, the more ways you’d have to leave it. You were smaller than most of the crew, if not all of them, so there might be avenues of egress no one else would worry about. If he was going to call you his pet mouse, then you might as well learn how to scurry about like one.

You moved about the ship easily enough. It was certainly nighttime, when you stepped out onto the deck a good chunk of the crew was still up and about, but the moon was in the sky and there was no soft glow of sunlight anywhere on the horizon.

People looked at you, or watched you, as you meandered around the deck, but no one approached you, and you didn’t approach anyone else. There would be a time to consider making friends with the crew, but right now wasn’t it. Even if you meant so genuinely, there would be concerns about your intentions, you were sure.

You gave a slight nod every time you made eye contact with someone, enough to simply admit you were acknowledging their existence. You weren’t trying to be completely cold and rude either.

A slow circuit around the deck showed that it was less cluttered than when you made your escape. The lifeboats were also tied a little more securely. It was a fine-line between needing to get them in the water fast, and keeping you on the boat for a second or two longer.

“Hey.” A muffled voice speaks up behind you and you flinch, turning around to see Killer.

It was a little disorienting the difference between how he’d been at the pub versus how he was now.

“Hey.” You reply, looking around to see if anyone else was around. “Guard duty?”

Killer shakes his head. “Kid doesn’t need the help.”

You can feel yourself bristle at that a little, but you can’t argue it. “Then…?” You prompt.

“Dinner was two hours ago, but I’m not going to make you go without. Hungry?”

A strange guilt twists in your stomach, and you feel like it’s been needling at you since the entire shit show started. You sigh a little because of it.

“Yeah.”

You know full well that anyone on this ship could do whatever they wanted to you. You’re not strong. You’re not practiced with haki and you don’t have a devil fruit. You have a bit more strength and a bit more stamina than most people just by virtue of your jobs. Nothing more.

Even Kid hasn’t been shy about admitting what he could do to you.

Here you are, being fed, despite having run, despite having screamed at the captain, despite everything. Fed without fanfare. Killer didn’t even hover over you while you ate.

Some part of it all felt nefarious, but some part of it felt like you were the one being unreasonable.

No one was mistreating you. Kid didn’t even touch you despite you both sleeping in the same bed. He wasn’t an idiot, but if he was manipulating you by doing things like this it seemed too subtle for him.

As you ate you thought about what he had said. That if he wanted a mindless toy you’d already be without your legs covered in cum and spit, and who knows what else. You were certain if you misbehaved too much that would be your fate anyway. If you couldn’t escape you’d rather that than this.

Whatever this was.

You finished your meal, gave Killer your thanks, and resumed walking the ship. You stayed inside, working your way through the decks, bringing yourself back to the mess hall and making a rough mental map. It was going to take weeks to not get disoriented below deck. Above deck the floors had enough light coming in you could always sort out what side of the ship you were on easily.

After your feet started to ache, the cuts and bruises from your excursion not entirely healed, you wandered back to Kid’s room. You didn’t have a room of your own, and didn’t expect you ever would, but you also figured if you dared to sleep anywhere else right now you’d be woken rudely.

You climbed back into bed, staying close to your side. You could tell Kid was awake enough to know you’d come back into the room, but neither of you said anything. If your relationship had been legitimate, you would’ve thought you were fighting, and maybe you were. You had yelled at him earlier.

Even if your reasons had been valid.

You fell asleep easily enough despite everything on your mind. When you woke in the morning you weren’t surprised to see the other side of the bed empty. There were a change of clothes set on the corner of the bed, and a note to clean up. If it was Kid’s handwriting it was surprising to you how neat it was.

Somehow you expected it to be chicken scratch.

You cleaned up, and got dressed. You didn’t feel like you needed to bandage your feet, there’d been socks and simple shoes provided. You remember hearing somewhere that kidnappers would often deny their victims shoes so they would be less inclined to run. Since you’d already done so shoeless you guess no one saw an issue with providing you a pair.

You meandered around the ship again. One of the people you passed, Heat, you were sure, had muttered that there was still breakfast in the mess, and he could guide you if you needed it. You knew where it was, and didn’t want to play dumb, so you thanked him and admitted as much, heading off toward the galley.

You got a tray of food from the kitchen, manned by Killer and Hip, and sat down across from Kid. His eyes had been on you since you entered, and you didn’t want to know what display of authority would happen if you ignored him.

The tension was almost enough to make you sick, but you’d been tense for so long at this point you’d looped back around to relaxed, or at least relaxed enough to eat most of your meal. Kid left first, the only words exchanged between you were about your cuts, and if they started to bleed you could go to the infirmary and have House patch them up.

The rest of the day was barely any different. You went to the mess hall when someone let you know it was time for a meal, sat with Kid, barely exchanging ten words between you, and then going your separate ways. Kid disappeared into some room that was down a hall no one would let you go down, and so you spent the day exploring.

One day.

Two days.

Three.

Four days at sea and you knew Victoria really well. You knew most of the storerooms and their contents, which rooms were actively occupied and which weren’t. You knew a dozen different ways to get from one end of the ship to the other, and you’d even found a few of the hides that smugglers and pirates used in case the ship was boarded.

You never saw Kid except for meals, and at bedtime. You’d even tentatively started talking to the crew by the third day. A couple of them showed you what they were doing, but no one seemed ready to trust you with anything potentially dangerous for the crew. You weren’t being taught any knots, or given so much as a whittling knife.

On the fifth day you stayed in Kid’s room and read all the titles of the books that were in there. Books on building, engineering, navigation, welding, thirty books on tinkering and mechanisms, leather working, rigging, and even a few books on agriculture and diseases like scurvy. Some were almost pristine, some were barely held together, a few were obviously rebound, the titles in the same handwriting as your morning notes.

Different island markers too. It was hard to say which he started with, and which he gathered while the crew had sailed. The idea that Eustass “Captain” Kid would steal books from other pirates, towns or marines was absurd. You could picture him running around with armfuls of gold and jewels, but books?

There were a few books in a script you recognized, but you didn’t even want to touch those. Interest in books about poneglyphs was bad enough, if anyone even thought you could read the script it could result in your death. Best to just not even touch them.

You heard the door open and pulled your hand away from a book you were about to pull down to read, eyes wide toward the door as Kid stepped in. Kid’s eyes found yours and you could hear frustration when he clicked his tongue.

“No one saw you scurrying about today, little mouse.” He says after a second. “I was just checking to see if you were in here.”

You take a step back, putting more space between yourself and the bed. “I… thought I’d read today. If I’m allowed.” You add the last bit hesitantly.

He’s silent for a moment, and you can hear something creak – either the door or his metal arm, you aren’t sure, but there’s a soft clipped sigh that escapes him. “Stay away from the damaged ones, I don’t have time to fix ‘em right now, you can read the others.”

“Thank-.”

“Just stop being so godsdamned timid!” He barks, interrupting you. “You’re all spit and fire toward the crew on that island, even defied being brought onboard!” He takes a step toward you, and you do your best to at least stand your ground. If you cower right now he’ll probably just get angrier. “Five days and no one on this crew has even raised their voice toward ya, and yer still scared!”

You can feel yourself bristle. Of course you’re scared. They’re all pirates. He is a pirate! You’re a barkeep and a dock worker who got kidnapped, how could you be anything but scared in this situation?! The way he seems dead set on not realizing how he messed up causes you to snap.

“Take me back home and I’ll go back to being all spit and fire again!” You bark back. “You don’t want me scared, then let me leave! The anxiety is killing me!”

“What the fuck do you have to be anxious about?” He growls, stepping into the room more.

“You! You, you giant asshole!” You bellow, taking a step toward him. “I’ve already said why I’m scared you bastard! I keep waiting for it to break! For this damnable farce to end! For your patience to finally crack and for you to just take what you want, LIKE THE PIRATE YOU ARE!” You’re practically seeing red by the time you’re done.

You’re breathing heavy. Exhausted despite the day still being pre-afternoon. The whole ship must’ve heard you, you’d never yelled so loud in your life.

“I take what I want, and your anxiety will go away, is that it?” Kid questions, locking the door and stepping toward you.

“What?” You barely breathe the question, your anger draining from you and being replaced by cold fear as he draws nearer. You can’t keep your feet and step back.

“If you’re dying waiting for me to fuck you, then doing so will fix this timid shit.” He asserts, standing over you as you back into the bookshelf behind you. “Right, little mouse?”

[forevermore05]

I think I need to put a disclaimer: I'm a person who deals with intrusive thoughts and I feel endless guilt so like 💀 and when my brain thinks of things I don't want I can't control it and we get posts like these. I would like to apologize if you think this post is strange. I honestly get it but I don't know why my brain is like this.

As much as I like Zutara, I can't help to be wary of the fact that they might end up together in the live-action series. To preface this, I'm only 1 year older than Kataras actress. However, as much as I like the idea of Zuko and Katara getting together, I still can't help but feel a bit icky about it in real life. When I first saw the cast I thought Kiawenttio was like 20 but then I searched her name up and I realized she is 1 year younger than me When I looked up Dallas's age and found out he's like in his early 20s. I was like......this is uncomfortable. And I honestly cut Kataang out of the equation. And honestly, I was like I'm fine with no romance the show. However, when that scarf scene happened, my teenage self could not handle it and was excited. But now I'm back to thinking rationally again. Is it really good idea to even have romance in the live-action? Because the age gaps in real life are incredibly large (yes even when she turns 18). I honestly don't feel comfortable because even though I'm eighteen I still feel kind of icky about it. Idk how to explain it. I thought this could help a much more thoughtful conversation. Am I right to be concerned? Or is it because I'm around her age that I'm thinking this way?

Also don't ship the actors! Don't ship real people! Especially when one of them is a minor!