#i had my hater phase too but like. they're just people?

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Hi there, is there a link to your about page that people can access via the tumblr mobile app?

you can try my direct About link but I don't know if it's readable on mobile, I'm a strictly desktop user and I've been here since before the site became mobile-centric, so I genuinely don't know what's accessible and what isn't :( my phone can't really run the tumblr app half the time, so it's not something i'm able to check for.

honestly it's nothing that isn't pretty much covered by "i'm here i'm queer get used to it" or looking at the political stuff i do reblog. brief summary being i'm nb, aspec, anti-terf, anti-swerf, anti-cop, and anti-harassment. longer summary: I do my best to be an ally to jewish and muslim folk, but i am very under-educated in that area. same applies to mental illnesses. i was around during The Ace Raids(period of tumblr history where the site went extremely anti-ace for, at the time, no discernable reason. now we know it was general anti-queer getting its hooks in early.) and i watched the birth of the mogai community and the bi v pan debate. as a result my attitude towards identity is "you're the expert, just use whatever label suits you best and i'll believe you about it". i respect older/"outdated" identities and do my best to learn about queer history and incorporate that knowledge into my views. i can get kind of anti-christian at times due to the general trauma of living in the united states and watching "religious belief" become the excuse for massive levels of abuse and control, but i do respect people who use that belief to help people and push positive change. i view Missionary Work(i.e. going to another location and doing charity specifically to spread the word of your religion, like the god damn mormons are constantly doing) as inherently colonization and fundamentally do not understand people who consider it to be a good deed. i am against arranged marriage, but respectful to those who are comfortable in theirs. I support poly marriage(i am poly myself), and i think we need to severely change how disability aid is handled so that disabled people can marry who they want without losing their coverage and don't have to literally count pennies to make sure they're not over an insanely low limit. i can get kind of loud about intersex people's existence and rights. I support landback, but i am under-educated in native issues. I consider neurodivergency a positive thing, but i also acknowledge it as a disability. i consider the political lesbians of the 1960s to have been infiltrates and traitors, as their beliefs were foundational to modern TERF rhetoric. I don't have a DNI(if some asshole decides to follow me they're gonna see exactly what i think about them very quickly, and if they stick around anyways, maybe something i post will shake their beliefs a little), but TERFs, SWERFs, nazis and MAGAs get blocked on sight. harassment will also be blocked and reported. I am a strong believer in online anonymity; i don't think it's wise to share your age, sex, race or location unless it's something you WANT people to be aware of. I also don't think it's a good idea to share your face, but i don't harp on people who do make that choice unless they're underaged(and even then it's gonna be a very light 'hey maybe this is a bad idea'). double points on location, stop telling people where you live. that should NEVER have been normalized.

i'm also into a lot of fandoms, and i don't usually tag unless asked. current tags: NSFC(not safe for crystal, basically any mention of death will be under this), Facepaint, Spiders, Cats, Horrible Things, Important, Signal Boost, For My Wife, Frosty, Crinket, and Awesome Music. if you dig too deep into that last one you'll find some OLD tumblr culture. i also try to tag for content warnings like abuse, flashing lights, and sexual assault.

in short, i think other people should be able to exist how they want to as long as it's not inherently harmful to others, and i love to learn more about the world and spread that knowledge. i'm gonna see if i can make this my pinned post, this is honestly a better summary of what you're gonna see on this blog than my about page is. also, not the most important thing, but I do have memory problems, so i usually use Likes as a way to show myself i've already reblogged/seen something. ff to block if this ain't your rodeo, and welcome aboard if you stay!

[oh-my-may]

I'm still alive omg!

Lots of irl things happening atm, BUT I managed to play through Penacony 2.2 (stretched over 3 days, no less)

Woah. Just ... woah. So much happening, so many characters interacting, so much lore, IT WAS GOING ON FOREVER but I loved it nonetheless. Of course they had to make the finale of Penacony long and epic.

FIRST OF ALL I KNEW IT! I TOLD Y'ALL!!! Literally in my post about 2.1 I talked about how Misha definitely has some close connection to Mikhail/the Watchmaker. I suspected him to be a child of his or something but the actual thing was close enough, I guess. My sweet boy. I love him. Mikhail being a Nameless was so cool. I'm really glad we're finally getting more lore and info about Akivili and previous Nameless, but I feel this was only the beginning.

I'm still madly in love with Sunday and Acheron. Robin is such a cutie too. I'm not gonna pull for her because I need my savings for Mr. Boothill and then Jade but I'll try and pull for her on a rerun. Sway to My Beat in Cosmos is such a banger. Caught myself constantly singing "riiise into my wooorld" (ofc much worse than the one and only lol)

On the topic of Boothill... my god. Love him. The way they can't make him swear so they just make him say??? Whatever??? Whose idea was that 💀 mother loving instead of mother fucking?? What the fork?? Wubbaboo?? I would die for this man. He looks so hot too. Again I have to say that HSR never misses with male character design. THEY'RE ALL SO PRETTY.

On the topic of pretty men... SUNDAY. My little radicalized bird man. I cackled when Sparkle called him chicken boy. She's just a hater, love her for that. Serious question... is he straight up dead now? I have only played the main quest so far so in case it'a mentioned somewhere in game don't spoil me but if it's not... tell me will I get to see him as a playable character... pls...

The whole thing with Ena the Order was so interesting to see. The fact that they made Order so similar to Harmony... AEON LORE. Love it. Resurrecting an Aeon is possible, you say? Kind of? The way they make Sunday'a motives understandable... he's just a boy

So I had the feeling that facing the boss Dominicus was a bit too easy the first time around. Wdym he has only one phase. I should have known there was more to it. Nevertheless loved to see IL and Jing Yuan cameo. They slayed (literally)

But then the eerie feeling I got when Black Swan talked to us on the Express... the way she makes us question everything that happened... GENIUS. I did kind of get flashbacks to Sumeru act II. The line between dream and reality, who is dreaming, what happens outside of the dream, the repetition of events... not critiquing or hating, but the concepts were just similar to me and I liked it :) Penacony just put a different twist to it.

The final fight was still very cool. The several toughness bars to break is really interesting, and the fact that you get a shield value the more bars you break. Also the Astral Ecpress literally crashing into Sunday??? I barely realized what I had just watched ghe first time around. Idk why, but the concept is hilarious to me. And the question remains... is Sunday dead now??? What about Robin?? Are they both dead??

Aventurine isn't dead either?? What about the present that Sparkle gave out to several people? What was it and what did it do? Is there smth I don't remember about that rn? Did I miss it? Also if Robin didn't actually die, how come we saw her body? If she just got transported to Dreamflux Reef, then there wouldn't have been a body, right? ALSO is Firefly dead too? She didn't make an appearance throughout the second part after we see her leave and she talked abput the way that the script said she would die 3 times in Penacony... I'm so eternally confused. It's part of the reason I think there's still gonna be more in the next patch... They're not gonna give us playable Firefly without at least a Story Quest for her, right? And Jade, too? She had one appearance in a throwback during the story, the Trailblazer hasn't interacted with her in person yet so the IPC probably hasn't finished their business with Penacony yet?

And since I mentioned Trailblazer... HARMONY MC??? LOOKS SO GOOD? LOVE THE MOVES?? THE HAT? The Significance of it had me 😭😭 my MC obsession ks back y'all. He looks so good. Caelus ily. The silly little dance with Clockie 😭 Can't wait to build him, I heard Harmony MC is really good.

I also briefly have to mention my girl Acheron. So they've literally just casually confirmed that she's Raiden Mai? I actually don't know what Bosenmori means or it's significance BUT RAIDEN MEI. And her whole flashback with Tiernan... I had my suspicions about his identity but the reveal was interesting, anyway. I've got the feeling this is not the last we've seen of Acheron. I never played HI3rd far enough to fully understand Raiden Mei's story, but I'm really intrigued with the whole thing. How come her and Welt exist in noth universes, how did they end up in HSR and what's their motive?

One thing I'm also still hung up on is the Annihilation Gang... no more mention of them? We don't get any real eyplanation as to why Acheron killed Duke Inferno? No little animation of the scene? I'm guessing it's gonna play a role later? The reason they talked about it is probably to tell us that Acheron was dangerous but like... idk what to think of it. No question the other members of the Gang are gonna appear later and maybe then we'll get more background? But if they don't play a large role in Penacony, why introduce them to the players prior to it in such a grand way?

Anyway, I judt have lots of questions still but no doubt the game is gonna answer them when the time is right... I had a really good time playing the quest, went through a whole lot of emotions during it, fell in love with even mlre characters... the new maps are GIGANTIC and look so cool and let me just say rhe music was so so epic too. Can't wait for the OST for this to get released.

I also wanna mention here (outside of discusaions about the story) is that having a fully leveled Acheron with pretty decent relics paired with a tank Aventurine feels like playing the game on easy mode. Nothing can penetrate a fully def stacked Aventurine, and Acheron's damage is straight up insane. Gonna take a while before I get tired of using them. They helped me clear basically all Stage V of every SU World I hadn't done yet... legends.

Now we wait for Boothill... The grip that Hunt characters have on me is unbelievable. Meta wise I know I should invest in Harmony characters... Ruan Mei or Robin but... HAVE YOU SEEN BOOTHILL? HAVE YOU???

Alright, that's it for now. Really excited to dive into exploration and events and quests of the new maps. Might post a little about it.. or maybe not. I still have to tell you about my thoughts on the Arlecchino quest and Remuria exploration, I began a post about that and never got around to finishing it.

As always, have some cool screenshots from the story!

[illarian-rambling]

Thanks for the tag @phoenixradiant!

OC Interview

I've been seeing people do two characters at once, so I'll do Sepo and Izjik as a pair :)

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Are you named after anyone?

Izjik: "My name is a common one where I'm from, but I don't think I was named after anyone specific, no."

Sepo: "If I was, my mother croaked before she could tell me."

When was the last time you cried?

Izjik: "I dropped a bag of hammers on my foot at work the other day and spirits, they probably heard be about ten miles over!"

Sepo: "I don't cry."

Izjik: "Yes the fuck you do? Broody bastard. I saw you tearing up when we went and saw that new band. You cried last time you had to deal with the bounty guild because the guild leader makes you so damn angry. I know for a fact you get weepy every time you get so much as three drinks in you."

Sepo: "...no comment. Bitch."

Do you have kids?

Sepo: "You'd fucking think we do looking after Twenari. And she's not even half the trouble Djek is - and he's a grown-ass man."

Izjik: "Cut him some slack, he's like nineteen. But yeah, two kids pretty much. I've even been to a PTA meeting! That makes me certified parental material!"

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Sepo: "Nooo, never..."

Izjik: "Low hanging fruit, my guy. I'm usually not sarcastic, though - it's not my style."

What is the first thing you notice about people?

Izjik: "If they're going to try to kill and eat me."

Sepo: "Ditto. Then I move on to what makes them annoying."

Izjik: "You're so negative, you know that? My second impression is their hands. You can tell a lot about a person based on their hands."

What is your eye color?

Izjik: "Kind of a blue gray? Slate, Twenari calls it."

Sepo: "Sirens all have eyes of black."

Izjik: "And a good thing to, given how stupid big your pupils are."

Sepo: "The fuck is that supposed to mean?"

Izjik: "If you had blue eyes, you'd look kinda silly is what I mean."

Scary movies or happy endings?

Sepo: "Scary, though it takes a lot to phase me."

Izjik: "Bullshit, you jump every time the camera angle changes. I like scary too, but with happy endings. Things can get bad, yeah, but it's always good to see folks making it out in the end."

Any special talents?

Izjik: "I can do a one-handed pushup!"

Sepo: "That's because one of your hands hardly works."

Izjik: "You're just a hater because you can't do one. That can be your special talent - being a hater."

Sepo: "Yes, fine, let's brush over my musical composition abilities and skills in veterinary medicine. My true special talent is being a hater."

Izjik: "Damn straight."

Where were you born?

Izjik: "The enclave of Edeme’eneha, deep in the N'Diki swamp. I think it was a lovely place to grow up, all in all. I really miss it sometimes."

Sepo: "I was born in a brothel basement in the Ulahdrian capital city of Seluthena, the largest metropolis beneath the waves. I... I also miss it sometimes."

Do you have any pets?

Izjik: "Nah. I never really got the concept of an animal you don't eat."

Sepo: "Landhorse is more of a business partner. She gets me where I need to be, and in exchange, I give her food, shelter, and pet her sweet nose from time to time. She's the best of horses, a gentlewoman among beasts."

What sort of sports do you play?

Izjik: "Does fighting for fun count? There's this bar I like where I can always get into a scrap if I'm looking for one. I think people have started placing bets every time I walk in."

Sepo: "I would go on cross-country camping trips when I was a teen in the Saryimastra Seat. That involved swimming for a few days at least, so I suppose it could be a sport. I found it very relaxing, escaping from all the noise and fuss of the temple. Sometimes Saius would go with me, but usually, I'd go off on my own."

How tall are you?

Izjik: "Tall enough to skin my fist on your teeth, lanky ass!"

Sepo: "You are five foot two. I'm six foot five. I really don't think you are."

What was your favorite subject in school?

Izjik: "I never went, but I liked learning how to set snares during my apprenticeship. It was the only thing I'd sit still for. Looking back, maybe that's why Dzako had me learn so many."

Sepo: "My education was rather... propaganda-filled. Most of the history I enjoyed learning turned out to be false. A lot of the books I read were horribly censored, though I didn't know it at the time. I suppose music. You can twist the words and intentions of music to whatever aims you wish, but the heart of it is always pure."

What is your dream job?

Izjik: "I mean, whatever gets me paid and let's me work outside. I heard Twenari talking once about these people called potion hunters? Apparently, they hunt magical plants and animals for alchemists to use in their work. That sounds like a hell of a lot of fun!"

Sepo: "I've... This is going to sound stupid, but I've always wanted to compose my own songs. In Ulahdris, music was strictly regulated and created by the church. But here on the surface? It's chaos. Any asshole with a kazoo can play whatever he wants. I... Oh, it's all nonsense anyways. I'm fine doing what I need to in order to survive."

Izjik: "You've gotta let yourself live a little, Sepo. I'd love to hear your music!"

Sepo: "Truly? Then... Then perhaps someday, I'll work up the courage."

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World's most married platonic soulmates, for real. I'll tag @kaylinalexanderbooks @mk-writes-stuff @sleepyowlwrites @corinneglass and anyone else who wants to play :)

[greywindys]

the way you write 2d is very similar to current 2d though? like in your fic he doesn’t act or come across as the old school 2d that you prefer, he just seems like a simple sweet guy. if you wrote a fic that took place in the earlier phases would you have written him differently?

I'm happy he comes across as close to canon! Because I *do* want them to feel like their canon counterparts to some degree because, to me, it can help make a fic feel more immersive. But this answer will have a few layers to it, which I'll try to explain as succinctly as possible. The tl;dr answer is this: I actually do think 2D is a genuinely nice guy, but I also think he has glaring flaws that I don't think today's canon really recognizes, and I also started writing 2Doc at a very different point in fandom, which did have some influence on my characterizations at the time. Okay, so answer part 1...

Is 2D nice? My answer here is actually yes lmao. I think he's nice in earlier phases. He is, as I see him, essentially the "normal guy" trope of Gorillaz. He cares for Murdoc probably a lot more than he should and probably believes in their friendship/relationship more than he should. He's been shown to be somewhat socially conscious, easy-going, and friendly with fans. As of P4, he's (allegedly) worked on himself. However, he's also, well, a guy, and I think he's vulnerable to many of the things people complain about when they're complaining about men in general - he's shallow, emotionally immature at times, avoidant of responsibility, insecure. I think his insecurity and immaturity have especially been affected by fame and Murdoc's abuse. This is just my interpretation, but I think this can make him bottle up his true feelings to the point of being resentful. I think his experience with Murdoc's dishonesty and infidelity (Paula) can make him insecure/jealous. Basically, he's a regular person! Okay, so for the next part...

Writing 2Doc in 2017-2019: Brief 2Doc fandom history time! Yes...I started writing 2Doc that long ago RIP. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and assume that most readers today weren't present to experience the, uh, political climate of fandom back then. This was right after Gorillaz returned from their first, long hiatus. The community underwent A LOT of evolution. At the time, I was also just a general fandom blog. I did not come into this fandom as a shipper, I waded into the ship cautiously, because 2017-2018 was also the time when 2Doc, along with Murdoc fans, came under incredible scrutiny. You could not talk about, or surmise about 2D's flaws without someone becoming combative with you and pressuring you to say Murdoc was worse. You could not mention that he was an absentee father, or that he might have been the best parent to Noodle. No, we all had to focus on how much Murdoc sucked, which, fair, but idk, I WANT all the characters to have likable and unlikable qualities. It makes them feel more real and relatable.

ANYHOW. When I started writing 2Doc, I didn't want that part of fandom trying to start debates with me. Like, I love a good discussion as much as the next person, but I also wanted to connect with the community. So, I think I was a lot more cautious in how I portrayed 2D. You can see this in my early, early work. I actually don't like those fics very much anymore. I've come so close to deleting that one Christmas story off my AO3 account, but I also don't believe in deleting work lmao. And it was my first published fic on AO3, so, idk, there's sentimental value there.

When you say "my fic," I'm assuming you mean The Answer (if not, well...oops). I'm not sure if you've finished the story yet, so I don't want to go too far into detail. But that was the second fic I published on AO3, and I truly did want readers to feel comforted by my 2D portrayal like, "See! Yes, this is a kind, soft guy." I practiced in a way I would today, where I was writing with the most passionate Murdoc/2Doc haters in mind. But the characterization is also specific to the fic, where that 2D is kind because he's trying SO hard to be someone Murdoc wants. This gets explored later in the story. He also gets worse later in the story, and those were moments I had in mind from the beginning. I wanted to be able to write scenes where the reader might not be on his side, but I also had to build up to it. I wanted even the most critical reader to get to those moments and be able to accept it as a reasonable development. Was it perfect execution? Probably not (it's been a while since I've read it), but I do think those scenes were earned.

P1-P2 2Doc: It's funny you mention this. The early phases actually aren't very inspiring to me. I have the most fun with 2Doc when exploring the unknown and subverting expectations of what the ship "should" be. Where do they go from where canon left off? I don't know! I do think they can regress, and I'm interested to see how my depiction of them has changed now that it's been a few years and I have a lot of new points of reference that have inspired some new perspectives on both of them. If I were to write an early-phase 2D, I guess he might be a little closer to ROTO 2D. But I also *do* think he's nice. But I don't think he's a doormat or a cinnamon roll, and I don't like the idea of always writing him as a hapless victim and Murdoc as an evil, 2-dimensional supervillain (I don't think he was ever like this, even in the early phases). He has his edges, and Murdoc has his vulnerabilities.

I do think the 2Doc community has come a long way from 2017-2018, and there's probably more room to experiment with their dynamic and more acceptance of 2Doc in general. I think a lot of fanwork from that era was instrumental in opening peoples' minds to different portrayals of 2Doc. Personally, I do want to write something someday that pushes the boundaries a little. What will it be? Idk, but it's on the bucket list.

Omg this answer was long...I talked about 2D for five entire paragraphs. I'm happy to clarify or expand on anything mentioned here. I have some more thoughts on this, too, but I don't want this answer to get any longer at this point. But I'm open to discussion! I enjoy discussions like this.

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Sorry this turned more into me venting than a question lol. Your blog just kinda feels like a safe space 🙃

My appreciation for jungkook has grown so much this year. I've just never seen an idol genuinely care and appreciate his fans the way jk does. I know he goes above and beyond, so what he does shouldn't be expected... but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed that no other member has gone live. Maybe it'll change in the next few hours, but if it doesn't, then it just sucks because don't they want to say goodbye to us? We're not gonna see them for 18 months :( I know they did the group live but it was so chaotic 😅 I would think they might want to do a solo one to just say everything that's on their mind like jungkook did. I know a lot of people have been coming for jk about parasocial relationships and whatnot, but I honestly believe it goes both ways. Like you could just feel how much he cares by the way he stops and makes sure to greet and bow at every fan or the way he always rolls down his car window no matter what (even when we don't deserve it). I've seen how other idols sometimes just walk past fans/crowds without a glance. Jk comes on lives just to chat with us, while other idols usually only go on when they're promoting. Jungkook isn't my bias, so maybe that's why I'm feeling a bit hurt and jealous lol... how are you handling the enlistment news?

Thanks! My blog is always a safe space for asks like these! <3

It's true that Jungkook has really connected with Army this year. He's always loved us, but I think now he feels so much more confident being himself around us and has developed the kind of relationship he wants with us, so he's much more comfortable going live. Maybe before negative comments affected him more, and he was careful in what he said or did, but now that he can shrug off the haters and be himself fully, I think he's gotten closer to us and our relationship has improved! I think Armys really became friends to Jungkook in a way we weren't before. But maybe I'm wrong. I've only been Army since 2019, and the COVID era was an anomaly. Jungkook also had more free time to go live in the beginning of the year compared to before.

But, yeah, all the other members went live! Jimin went live for a short while, I think V went live too (I'm not sure), but he shared many pics and goodbye letters so that was enough! I'm not sure if RM went live but I think he might've a while back. He shared so many pics, letters, song recs, etc. though - his goodbye letter was so Namjoon and more than enough... I think they all said goodbye. Jimin probably did the least, but since he doesn't seem to take pics and doesn't know what to say during lives, I think he went more quietly.

The parassocial accusations for Jungkook are pure bullshit. Kpop stans need to unlearn that word. That man has drawn clear limits - he's told stalkers off multiple times, said fans need to deal if he does something they don't want even though he understands everyone likes different things (ie. Seven explicit lyrics) - so I don't get why JK calling Armys his girlfriends (usually when they ask) or talking about how much he loves us is such a big deal. I'm sure if any fan seriously told him not to date someone because Army was his girlfriend, he'd tell them off politely.

I think people just want to assume the worst of Jungkook. And kpop stans sadly hate other stans so they can never understand the idea of an idol genuinely liking their fans...

Anyway, I thought I was going to be so heartbroken when Jungkook left but I'm too sick (with the flu) and busy with work to process it. I still can't believe Suga is enlisted... He went so quietly it feels like he's just in one of his phases where he goes off the grid lmao.

Tbh, even with Jin and Hobi, though I miss Jin especially, what I miss most is the group and not any individual member. I'll miss Jungkook a lot though for sure - just not now.

BTS is all enlisted... There is no BTS now... They'll come back in two years... I think it's too early for us to process what this means. For the next few months nothing much will change. We already have content lined up. But somewhere down the line, it'll hit us more.

Thanks for the ask! How are you coping with the enlistment?

[gray-skiess]

I really liked your bakugou dating hcs, they're so adorable 😔💕💕 if it's alright, may i request Hawks dating hcs?? ><

Thank you so much! 💕

note; this is bringing me back to my hawks phase- and oh boy did i have a bad one. anyways- thank you so much my love for the request ! i hope you enjoy !!

cw; hawks, contains civilian!reader, just fluff <3

dating hawks headcanons <3

🍂 | mans is a celebrity more than a hero if we’re being honest, photoshoots, clothing brands, meet n greets, a lot of people see him as more of a movie star than the number 2 hero

🍂 | you guys meet while he’s on patrol, he’s smiling and waving to people and you happen to run into him. obviously he helps you up and when y’all make eyecontact, it’s like a switch goes off and suddenly he’s suave

🍂 | “we’ll hey there, can have you hurting yourself huh gorgeous?” omfg i’m so red writing this

🍂 | he asks you out after that to a romantic dinner

🍂 | and he tries a bit too hard, wearing a suit instead of his usual hero costume (oh boy the people around you are gushing)

🍂 | the date is awkward, but you both agree that it’s how all first dates go and he insists on a second

🍂 | then it’s easy, he feels like he can be himself around you

🍂 | when you’re not together he checks in every now and then

🍂 | it’s hard because he’s a pro hero- you’re always worrying that something is going to happen to him or going days without seeing him when he’s on a mission

🍂 | it leads to a few fights that end in slammed doors and tearstained pillow covers, but somehow he always fixes it. whether it be with flowers or a surprise day off for the two of you

🍂 | he works hard for this relationship because he didn’t think it would be as serious as it is

🍂 | jealousy tends to come your way from his fan base- saying that you stole him away and aren’t ‘worthy’ of him. keigo tells you to ignore them but he doesn’t know how hard it is

🍂 | you’ve had to turn off the comment and message features on all of your social media platforms

🍂 | but as soon as you get your first death threat, keigo is quick to shut it down, making a statement later on his instagram

🍂 | there are still ‘haters’ but it’s easier to block them out now. and keigo is there with you the entire time, whether it be crying over comments or asking how to reply to an angry message

🍂 | he’s a people’s person, everyone likes him- but the ones that don’t are very vocal about it- and it hurts his ego

🍂 | but (as cheesy as it sounds) together the two of you can overcome anything

🍂 | his favorite thing to do is fly the two of you to the roof of a building to eat fast food and watch the sun set or rise

🍂 | absolutely adores it when you touch his wings- laying with him at night and just brushing your hands along the feathers makes him feel so at peace and calm (or really horny)

🍂 | he has his moments of entitlement, but you are usually the one to bring him back to reality

🍂 | later down the line in the relationship you start getting fans of your own, and the two of you become the ‘it’ couple of japan.

🍂 | the people love you guys together, especially after paparazzi photos of you guys eating ice cream at the ocean are released in an edition of a magazine

🍂 | ugh i love this a lot

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Following the news of Disney postponing alot of the MCU projects I've seen some fans complaining that this is because 'the people who hated and whined about phase 4 and how marvel is dead ' and that they had fun with the previous projects.

They don't seem to realize that the thing is disney and marvel are companies that only care about what the majority says cause if the majority likes what they put out there that means more money for them , these fans mean more people that will pay them no more no less , they don't care what character you got attached to or what quote moved you they don't even care about telling a story it's only ever been about their money , so just like they ruined so many characters/stories and got away with it because the majority liked them and the previous fans of these charcaters/stories were were not as many ,they are now going to destroy or change them again because the majority now doesn't.

We have so much power that we can make Disney postpone stuff? Wow, look at us, how great we are... 🙄🤦‍♀️

It is a fact that the new phase has been received with a lot of criticism -- not because we are haters, but because the quality has gone down dramatically. And they have the best example with Ragnarok and L&T: Taika only returned because they all praised Ragnarok so much... and what happened? He directed L&T which is one of the worst films if not the worst in 14 years of MCU.

I honestly don't understand those stans, don't they want better products? Even if they were right and Disney did this because we criticized them so much... so what? It's a win-win for them too, that means the studios are working to make sure the products they release are up to standard.

If I'm being completely honest I don't think Disney cares about the criticism, they care about the fact that they're not getting as many asses on seats as they used to. This is all personal experience but in my local theatre they used to rent 75% of all screens for MCU movies and post-EG it's less than 40%, only NWH managed to reach over 70%. And among the movies that earned the most last year the first MCU film was in fifth place when in previous years they would always be either first or second.

[trickscourse]

i'm the anon from the rebuttal blog and i'm not sending this message to harass you or be mean or anything, just want clarification - that rebuttal blog keeps telling me to go talk to you or ask you things, but i thought you didn't want to get involved so i have been sending the messages to it (this pronoun is for the rebuttal blog, not the people) and not talking to you or messaging you. its url does give the impression of it wanting to rebutt things about you (again, pronoun for the blog, not the mods). when you say you were pinged, what do you mean? do you get notifications from that blog or do the mods ping you to get your answer? and don't you think it'd be easier to not be involved if there wasn't a blog that constantly talks about you and people who make you uncomfortable? i'm struggling to see the point of that blog if it riles people up and constantly talks about them when you just want to not be involved, own up to your mistakes and move on. it'd be healthier for you and fuck what your haters think, y'know? your intentions and goal seem kinda different to that blog's.

To be completely honest I don't fucking control them and never really supportive what shit they feel comfortable doing and I've said this a good handful of times.

One of the five mods @'d this blog on here and messaged me on discord about whatever post you're talking about. I've asked them to block the main account nobody has found yet (it's shadowbanned) and if I REALLY need to see something, I'll respond to it.

From what I can tell the blog was originally started for the moderators to argue and defend themselves from a distance; Arty very much ruined that and while I half-appreciate them defending me, it's gotten out of hand. The only thing I care about is them calling out my stalkers bullshit.

This is past "fuck what the haters think". At this point in time Jack and Sunny have gone out of their way to doxx my job and stuff the complaint box with lies about me and made me lose said job.

They're both too stupid to realize that a part of my job was keeping people safe from predators and that job now has nobody doing that anymore. I had a very important role in what I did, since I was one person doing six people's amount of work. I was also the only disability advocate who would be loud and obnoxious about things not getting done. Now that's gone.

It stopped being drama when one of Russell's friends told my family, not just my parents I was "committed" to being trans and on HRT that I wanted to be on. As much as I dress Like That, I wasn't out of the closet completely and didn't want to be outed!

A lot of people keep saying my family knows I'm trans, and to an extent they know but they don't respect me or acknowledge me as trans at all.

Apparently me saying that my family didn't know I was gay or trans is a lie when it's not. My parents are homophobic and transphobic, and consider me being trans "just a phase" that's lasted longer than half my life.

Because of @tellallurfwiends and Russell outing me, my parents started treating me worse because I wasn't aro/ace (I was a traumatized child) and wasn't a lesbian. I nearly got killed for that, my door was destroyed and I had to quickly move out because I would've been murdered.

"The haters" aren't haters, this is quite literally harassment and stalking by legal definition. One of Jack's cronies tried messaging my kid, several family members I don't speak to (not for any reason, we just don't interact often) and told them about the callout.

When I mentioned that when my stalker started lying about my dog, I mentioned that I went to the police station and got a lie detector test. That wasn't my choice. Originally my parents were going to kill my dog with a brick if they couldn't find proof he was okay (he was) and I spent hours begging for any other option.

Affeftedan0n drove down from three states away and was constantly calling my inconsolable ass and asking my mother not to kill my ESA. They were the person who suggested the vet visit and lie detector test.

No surprise here, my dog was and still is fine.

A basic TLDR:

I don't care what rebuttal does and I can't see it most of the time. I plan of remaking me entire online presence soon so it doesn't matter.

Considering the people who are obsessively stalking and harassing me as nothing but "haters" is barely scratching the surface.

[jiamiuxin]

i was watching a youtube video where it was like a kpop group visiting the philippines and one of the interviews had them trying different foods. this is besides the point but literally all of the interviews i watched were so good/respectful but this one was lowkey cringe aljdkfhal

anyway my main point is when i scrolled down i saw a comment that was like "they're just being nice. korean food is much better"

and i dont know why it bothered me so much. like recently i've been over that phase of "i wanna introduce filo culture to everyone" in a "i wanna prove that the philippines can be cool too" fashion. now i just think if someone likes filo culture then they like it, if not then too bad. bc ik myself filo culture is beautiful and they're missing out.

maybe i was too hopeful after seeing people receive groups like sb19 and hori7on really well. too hopeful that all of a sudden people would be more accepting to filo culture and all these self-hating filos would stop dick riding lmfao. maybe it was bc the comment was probs from a self-hating filo rather than a foreigner that it bothered me more. like i really do not get why some filos hate themselves. they're the philippines biggest haters fr

i do think people worldwide are starting to see our culture past the powerhouse singing, but there's still a ways to go. mfs being like "filo food isn't as good as chn/jap/krn/thai/viet" but others literally thought that abt asian food in general compared to western food. like form ur own opinions lmao

idk like im not even full filo and it's just kinda sad/cringe to see full filos hating on themselves and our culture. ur not gonna get that validation u seek so badly if u dont even accept urself lol

also im p sure those idols genuinely liked the food or AT LEAST they thought it was fine LMFAO like i saw another interview and they were honest when they thought a food wasn't to their liking or if it was just average in their opinion. bye

[thetypingpup]

I will never understand this culture of "Don't express your negative opinions " in fandom. this whole development towards "If your opinion seems mildly negative you're immediately a hater and an anti" is so weird. you're just talking about your thoughts in a normal way on your own blog and why shouldn't you. we don't all have to agree on sth but we can still talk about it in a normal way

Now, Born Pink I'm a little nervous about after listening to Pink Venom yesterday. Pink Venom really wasn't it for me because it felt like several different songs mashed together to make one. my roommate said it felt like they wrote four separate parts for each of the girls that they had to make into one song somehow because it was kinda disjointed and all over the place. and honestly, it's just frustrating to see at this point and I'm not even overly invested in Blackpink anymore. but whatever yg is doing seems like blatant sabotage at this point. like this has to be deliberate or they just don't know what to do with them. maybe yg just wanna keep going like this, taking advantage of their popularity for as long as possible. I wouldn't be surprised if the girls got out of there as soon as possible and honestly, I'd be happy for them -🌈

i just realized you sent this one first sorry 🌈 anon these are out of order 🤧

it's super prominent on twitter and youtube like i said like that shit is rampant. hell one of the kpop youtubers i followed said she was disappointed by 2 Baddies and explained why, but said she was excited about the album, and she got jumped. and don't even get me started on the jumping that goes on over on twt. it feeds into the hive mind circle jerk mentality that the kpop fandom regularly finds itself in, which is absolutely nothing new. we're at the point where people take negative opinions or someone not liking something they like as a personal attack bc they're so attached to the group, and we've been at that point for a while. is it frustrating and irritating? yes. is it painfully predictable behavior? also yes.

ngl i was feeling Pink Venom. it was pure formula and was very much giving How You Like That pt. 2 with how disjointed it was at times, but HYLT grew on me so i liked this pretty much immediately. pretty much, i had to learn to curb my expectations with Blackpink. the allure of Blackpink is the aura, is the brand, and the music really is an accessory for that. that's why there's so little of it. that's why for what little music we do have, the majority of it follows the exact same formula. that's why the visuals in the majority of their music videos, while they have different sets and outfits, still feel very much the same. they do the same editing, same color grating and contrast, to try and maintain brand integrity so that when you watch it, there's no question that this is a Blackpink video. i've maintained for a while now that Blackpink is the mcu of kpop, bc a lot of parallels and a lot of the same criticism can be said for both. but yknow i'm invested in the mcu, and i got invest in Blackpink.

YG is invested in Blackpink, the brand, not so much Blackpink, the music artists, and it's been that way for years. it took me a while for that to click personally, bc even tho i've been lurking since they debuted i was right there with you like "why...aren't they putting effort in this music?" but then i realized no it's carefully constructed to further the brand. it's simplistic and formulaic, but i'm thinking it's bc at this point the accidentally pigeon holed themselves and it's kinda too late to turn back now, so they're like "shit uh...well don't fix it if it ain't broke we have a fandom that'll eat this up regardless". they're focused on uniformity and brand consistency, much like the first few phases of the mcu, and as a result we have a lot of the same criticism to say about both. and yet, both are extremely successful so even tho there's definitely a very vapid air to all of the flash and flare...shit it works.

[naliya]

Although misogyny necessarily plays its part into the whole JKR debacle, I think the 'vitriol' as you said is mostly caused by the fact that a large portion of the haters grew up with the Harry Potter books whilst they haven't, for example, ever seen a Polanski film in their life. And JKR in a way could be a sort of parental figure to them. You know, as ~problematic~ as Freud may be, he was onto something when he spoke of one's need to symbolically kill the father; and the same people who practically worshipped the HP novels growing up had already begun dismissing them as child's play when the Rowling vs. Transactivists affair started. To quote another writer here, the issue crystallised at that point.

@helshades

It's so funny that you're bringing that up because I had this exact conversation with my man around a week ago. As I said in the tags of the post that prompted those couple of rants of mine, he's currently reading them for the first time at the rip old age of 35. A result of him giving Philosopher Stone to his pupils this year (HP so bad, primary schools use them to get kids to read, apparently) and making a point of doing everything he asks of them and that include learning all the poetry by heart, and therefore reading all the books as well. After finishing PS, he asked for the rest since he was surprised at how much funnier it was than the movie.

Anyway, I don't exactly remember how we ended up talking about JKR and the discourse currently surrounding her, but he made the exact same point as you, he mentioned how interesting it was that Freud might actually have had some interesting ideas hidden in his work somewhere in there, and that some people do need to "kill the mother / father" in order to grow up and leave childhood behind. I pointed out to him that it was rather obvious and blatantly observable all around us, but that, as per usual, people took that point way too literally, imagining that it meant killing your actual mother/father and marrying the other one so to speak; when a father or mother figure doesnt even have to be someone close to you nor someone you know at all - just a person or even a concept that shaped you enough when you were younger, that you are now feeling the need to "rebel" against in order to mature.

Which really goes back full circle to the point I constantly make when it comes to HP and how people are unable to read (just because you can decipher doesn't mean you can read, I will stand by that, always), and how really, most discourses and analysis surrounding it are people fancying themselves smart by what they believe is "deconstructing" something they loved in childhood, when in reality it's 8 grade level analysis (if I'm generous) and honestly just look like they're going through their teenage phase of explaining to mum why she actually sucks.

Still though, I'll keep believing that if Joanne Rowling had been Jonathan Rowling, there wouldn't be quite the same level of vitriol directed at her and that her being a woman plays a role in how confortable and justified people feel in robbing her of her achievement and devaluing her work.