#i was giving this anon the benefit of the doubt

[whitehairedanimeboyfriend]

no but why are trans women talking about transmisogyny such an offensive thing to you. you literally arent a trans woman and you dont experience transmisogyny. you can’t argue against that? it’s a literal fact that trans women are demonized and targeted more in society? you’re doing exactly what these “baeddels” are complaining about, doesn’t that make them legitimate? you are straight up offended that other people experience worse oppression than you. why. why do you think that is justified.

Why are you so concerned with who has it worse? Why is trans men talking about their lived experiences, their struggles with the cis-hetero patriarchy, and their feelings classed as "speaking over trans women." This discussion isn't a pie. I am not coming onto blogs talking about transmisogyny and inserting myself into the conversation because it's rude. You would not in fact be having this conversation with me if you hadn't been trolling through the transandrophobia tag looking for something to get mad about.

And where on earth have I ever gotten mad about trans women talking about transmisogyny? Get a life.

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

So anyway you repeatedly say we only feel corn husks and similar inedible parts to cattle but Never add a source to back it up. Having worked on farms I’m afraid for the most part the feeds I’ve seen have been parts entirely edible to humans. And like fuck man 5% of all grown soy is fed to humans or however the stat goes, do you really think the remaining 95% is inedible? really?

Anyway yeah I’m asking for a source here cause I don’t want to add this on to months old post

Ingredients such as “grain by-products” are referring to the husks, stalks, and other “green” parts of the plant that we humans don’t actually have the digestive capabilities to eat. The breakdown of most livestock feeds looks like the above when you actually take a look at it.

Different cattle feed, similar ingredients. Still primarily things that, and I have to stress this, you cannot eat. This one is slightly higher in quality and does indeed have actual grain products included. Some of those are edible to humans. Some are not. Generally cattle are fed cattle cubes with supplemental mineral licks and hay. Some also supplement with whole corn, but I can gladly assure you that corn is not in short supply and even if all the corn sold to animal feed was donated to the poor, you can’t actually live off of corn because there’s very little nutrition in it. Hence why in both human and animal food it’s typically seen as a filler ingredient. Keeps the mouth busy with a meal without making your stomach feel full and you end up eating more without feeling satisfied.

Soybeans are really only often used in feed for pigs because they’re a great source of protein for these animals. I would state that soy is also a terrible option to use as an emergency food for humans in need because while, yes, it is indeed a healthy bean, it’s also one of the top eight foods that humans are frequently allergic or intolerant towards. I’d also ask you for whether your 5% of all grown soy statistic is referring to the beans or the entire plant because yeah the beans are the edible part. The rest of the plant isn't especially healthy for humans to eat. I would say the beans are around 5% of a mature soy plant sure.

[journey-to-the-attic]

Imagine if he sent that to IK???

uh oh, simeon!

or, alternatively:

[daydreamerwonderkid]

when did you realize you were a lesbian?

Mate, I think you got the wrong blog.

[abbeyofcyn]

I’m just curious, do you have an Instagram? I found a comic on there and one of the panels has lineart that looks exactly like a frame from your false memory comic.

I don't have any social media where I post my art besides tumblr, so if you see anything outside it it's not me

[landslided]

Isn't SamTory kind of a toxic ship? They hate each other

dude....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... this is the enemies to lovers show.

[coyote-in-the-mirror]

“I finally realized that my werewolf kintype is indeed a trauma response, which is why it's so different from my coyote form. That's why it's so stressful when it comes out- it protects me when I've encountered one of my triggers.” Please seek therapy. I don’t even mean this as an insult. You sound like you need serious help. You all are treating kintypes like the self diagnosed ‘I have DID and it’s Rowena Darkthorne that’s fronting today hehe’. If you have trauma you seek help for it, not turn it into an IRL RPG about how many characters you have and what their stats are.

What.

If you read my blog for more than a second, you would see that I am already in therapy and have been for about eight years. You would also know that my therapist and psychiatrist are well aware of my werewolf side, and that this blog was started-with encouragement from them both- as a way to share these feelings with people who might understand.

This started in March of this year, for reasons that are apparent should you read my page for more than five minutes. Medical professionals are keeping an eye on me and making sure that my condition does not worsen. And I do "shift" when I am stressed or anxious, usually in situations that involve other people. And it does feel like it's protecting me, as most of my trauma involves other people hurting me. When I feel like the werewolf, it's like I'm invincible.

My werewolf form is not another person. I am one person.

Who is "you all"? Take up your grievances with the kin community elsewhere. This is not the place for discourse or debates or whatever.

Again, this isn't fun for me. This isn't some quirky thing I decided to make up one day to be "different" or "edgy" or whatever you and that asshole blog I blocked a while back may think.

I am choosing to believe that this ask is coming from a genuine place of concern, so I gave it a genuine response.

It's your choice on whether or not to believe me, anon.

[bloggingboutburgers]

Hey I just wanted to say I love your comics and I think they do a great job connecting ace experiences to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. I feel like there's a sort of divide because aces and allo LGBTQ+ don't always understand each other, but your comics describe ace experiences in a respectful and non-judgemental kind of way that opens discussion. It's so cool seeing allos reblog and relate to your comics because it shows that we have more in common than we might have thought. Thank you and please keep being awesome.

Hey and sorry I'm replying so late!!

Thank you so so much for this, honestly, that's absolutely what I strive for! TwT Some of my comics definitely are more vent-art-y gut reactions, but I tend to think a lot about how I can present an idea in a way that points fingers as little as possible, most of the time... I can't always avoid it, but I think it's still best to avoid it as much as possible if we all want to understand each other or at least get along as much as possible, and honestly, that's the goal ultimately, right? At least not damage each other more than we're already being damaged.

...Also I wanna be funny. I like drawing funny stuff. I don't think I really have the potential to make people laugh but I hope I can at least make them smile, I also think there's no better way to encourage people to think about something.

Having such positive responses not only from aspec people but also allo people is super encouraging, so I wanna keep doing my best on that, because it's been so much fun so far. Hopefully I'll make something a bit more concrete out of these comics someday, if I even ever dare, or manage. Building confidence is hard TwT So... Yeah this helps, and I hope the whole thing doesn't just help ME, even though it's really really self-serving for me ultimately 🙈

(...But also literally though, we're all in this together, aren't we? If one non-hetero non-conformist orientation or identity gets threatened it's only a matter of time before the others do, too. I don't see how we could manage any other way than by trying to connect and stand by each other at least as much as we can.)

[ask-uts-earthspark-au]

Ok so when I write stuff I always make Nightshade he/him because that’s is what comes naturally for me. But I am not a non binary hater. I have had people block me for trying to explain this so that is why I am anonymous.

I just want to say NiGHTSHADE YOU ARE AWESOME AND EVEN IF SOME PEOPLE LIKE ME DONT USE YOUR PRONOUNS WE LOVE YOU ANYWAY. I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH

sorry if I offended someone. offending people is a fear of mine

Anon, I’m not going to be overly rude here, and if I come off as such, that’s not my intention, though I am a little vindictive here. But I’m going to be wholly honest here: not using someone’s preferred pronouns, and ignoring them in favor of what’s more comfortable for you personally, is actually very disrespectful, and it does not demonstrate love.

Now, for the moment, I’ll give you a pass, because I definitely understand if you haven’t had much time and experience to get used to it, so you’re new to writing them, I was there too, but please at least try to work on using they/them/their for them, and in future asks you send please refer to them as a they/them. It doesn’t have to be an overnight transformation, but work on it. I’m sure if you try, give yourself some time, and start working on it, soon it will come naturally like nothing.

And for the record, when I say I understand, I remember when I was first writing them way back when the series came out - while they’re all drafts within my Wattpad books, and I always went back to correct myself, just to enforce that self-policing I was doing to make sure I got them right - I used to use gendered pronouns for them sometimes too.

It was a slip, and I really never meant to be hateful, or spiteful. Most characters had always been gendered in some form, so that’s what I was subconsciously used to.

But, as I wrote, and wrote, and the more I thought of them as a they/them, the more that tendency to gendered terms slipped away, and now calling them a they/them/their is so natural I don’t even really have to think anymore.

This proves obvious from how since then, I have lots of lovely NB characters, such as:

Knockout, Trans Genderfluid - She, her, they, and them are most common, but occasionally uses he, him, and his.

Dragstrip, Demifluid - They/Them, occasionally also he/him

Mesothulas, Agender - They/Them

Unnamed Getaway/Atomizer Kid, Genderless - any/all pronouns; gender what’s that? who needs one, that shit’ll weigh them down. as far as anyone else is concerned, their gender is anarchy, and they identify as a threat to the government.

Evac, Bigender - He/him and They/them

So trust me, if you start to focus down on calling them they/them/their, it will become easier! Just work on it, and slowly with a little bit of time it’ll practically be second nature soon.

Best of luck! :)

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

could you do me a favor and tag whenever there are ocs in your reblogs? thank you very much

I've so far didn't see much of it on your blog but I just noticed it and I would appreciate it very much.

I can try, but anon, I don't always know what's an OC and what is a canon character in the vast world of Pokémon that I've just never seen before.

Do like minor OCs to fill in gaps in fics count? What about characters who are truly blank slates, like some of the depot agents?

I can try and tag when there's like major OCs but when it comes to minor characters that's where I'm not gonna split hairs.

I guess the tags will be #others ocs and less commonly #my ocs

[bitchatcloudtower]

Do you think something being adult like fate could work like maybe the trix spin off. They could have them partying hard and outfits showing off but also being more mean to other people and stuff. Probably alot of swearing too

I definitely could see a successful live action happening but not with the direction Winx is going currently (and has been for a good while.) I think there are a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration and they're things that very few people (much less Brian Young) can handle well.

Issue One: Style

Seasons 1 through 3 handle the balance between style and substance fairly well, everything is clearly stylised but it's very character and emotion driven. Winx is a show that has to be heavily stylised, but it can't rely on that over substance. Season 4 onwards lean too heavily on style and aesthetics (as awful as the aesthetics are) and the stories and characters flounder for purpose. I'd say The Idol is a show that is heavily stylised (there are beautiful shots and cool aesthetics but when it comes to the content and the Meat of the show, it's bad.)

Winx has to look good, yes, it's why so many people were initially drawn to it to begin with. But without substance, as the later seasons are, there's very little keeping an audience there. There's only so long we can look at pretty sequences and shots before we get bored. I'd compare it to Euphoria, especially in Season 2, the aesthetics are still good, but the emotional weight isn't there.

It's also a hard aesthetic to balance. Fate looks awful not necessarily because it's ugly in itself (the location is beautiful and some of the outfits do work), but because it looks wrong for a Winx adaptation. The colours are wrong. The clothes are wrong. The world is wrong. Fate is more Harry Potter than it is Winx Club. But leaning too heavily into fairy and ethereal aesthetics also wouldn't be right; it's not meant to look like LOTR. And replicating the costumes 1:1 would simply look ridiculous on human beings (see: the released images of Netflix's ATLA adaptation and how flat Aang and Katara's costumes look on actual humans.) The set and costume styling has to be deeply embedded in actual fashion, but also be timeless enough that it doesn't look dated within a year or so, but also convey the fantastical and sci-fi roots of the show.

I don't think a Winx show needs to have revealing clothes, necessarily. Or even a Trix show. You can dress teens/young adults in an age appropriate manner without putting them in revealing clothes. I know 2021's Gossip Girl was widely hated, but I do think the styling for it was very well done and they manage to dress the characters in ways that are character appropriate that look (somewhat) age appropriate without putting them in lingerie (Zoya comes to mind: she wears sneakers where Luna wears heeled boots, she wears oversized cardigans where Monet wears stiff blazers, she has earthier tones where Audrey wears preppier colours)

Issue Two: Substance

I think Winx, at its core and best, is character driven, and that's why we as fans chose to stay and are still talking about it now. Bloom can't even achieve her base transformation without undergoing significant development in her belief in her own ability. When her magic is taken from her, it's not an external force that brings it back, it's her reconnecting with herself and her past that does. Even when she lost her powers, it was because of emotion (the fight with Diaspro, her returning to Gardenia in shame after, her fear of what the Trix would do to her parents.)

Charmix requires the Winx to overcome a fear/personal challenge that was introduced much earlier (Layla's fear of abandonment, Musa's distrust of Riven, Flora's shyness), and Enchantix requires the girls to come to peace with death. There's a lot of emotional substance to these power upgrades and without that emotional substance, you get a magical world that has no interaction with the characters (an issue we see in Fate, where the characters simply exist within the magical world rather than actually interacting with it.) The characters of Winx Club are driven by their world and drive their world forward. They are this way because they live in this world, and their world is the way it is because they live in it.

Issue Three: Huge Cast

An issue with writing Winx, including fan written versions, is that there are too many characters to flesh out in a meaningful way. A lot of fans complain that there's too large of an emphasis on Bloom in the original show, but it's necessary, otherwise the show would be too massive and sprawling. Especially given the amount of lore that needs to be crammed in.

It's part of the issue with Fate (well at least irt writing) where there's too huge of a cast and how nothing has real emotional weight. I want to care that Beatrix is dead, but she's one of 15 main characters and there isn't time to actually come to care about any of them. When she dies, I (and some others) saw it and kind of just, shrugged it off. There isn't room to care about anyone because they're trying to juggle Bloom's lore, Terra's insecurities (and gayness as of s2), Aisha's emotional issues, Stella's mommy issues, Sky's daddy issues, Riven/Dane/Beatrix's unhealthy relationship, Silva and Farrah's involvement with the Burned Ones, Musa's hatred of her powers. I'm not even touching on the love triangles or Sam, Grey, Flora, or anyone else introduced in s2 of Fate. There's too much going on to actually care about any of them. That's why there's this disparity between what we actually see on screen and the amount we're supposed to care.

I think a Trix driven story, as you suggested, would fix that. There's only three characters to focus on. But I have issue with that mostly on the grounds of "a villain driven story is a hard sell." A Trix spin off, maybe, but not an entire series.

Issue Four: Young Adult

The issue with Fate isn't necessarily the "adult content" (sex parties drugs etc,.) but more the way it's handled. Riven(?) tossing a knife around in the trailer was unnecessary and the shot of that was included solely to make him seem edgy. The references to all the sex being had in the show don't really have a purpose, we know something is going on with Riven, Beatrix, and Dane. We know something is going on with Sam and Musa. We know something is going on with Stella and Sky. The references to sex is unnecessary. The vaping was obnoxious, yes, but that was believable for the version of Riven we see in Fate, he would vape in your face, he would be annoying about it. I think Terra making weed brownies was believable given that we know her character is insecure and a pathological people pleaser, and it's a nice manifestation of those traits without making her outright pathetic.

Another issue is that "young adult" always manifests in characters being snarky to each other and Fate does it in a way that makes the characters appear hostile to each other, and to the audience. It's hard to tell where Musa's snark ends and her actual hatred of the others begin. Is she overwhelmed by her powers? Is she being funny? Does she genuinely hate Terra and want her dead? It doesn't make the show edgy or "dark" or mature, it just creates a hostile environment where none of the girls seem to like each other. This and the aforementioned forced inclusion of sex/drugs/whatever feels like the equivalent of them flashing a massive sign on screen saying "this isn't REGULAR Winx, this is ADULT Winx."

[kuruk]

help I also had that same oversensitive problem with anons like the ones where it's somebody trying to be silly or w/e and the person responds like "ok" I cant leave the post on my screen for too long. it used to make me answer all my asks like a cheerleader writing an hr email because I'd be like what if they think im mad and then theyre so sad forever... it used to be so bad when I was a kid too I'd get flushed and tear up during cartoons where there's one guy who's always the butt of the joke bc he sucks I'd be like i can feel squidwards pain intuitively

help I know I used to answer every ask like that too but then I got annoyed by myself and my enthusiasm or well more embarrassed lol. but I used to get a lot of asks everyday but I'm shy and don't have much to say and never know how to respond and I get overwhelmed easily so I just couldn't answer every single ask or think too deeply about it anymore.. also I thought if I answered a lot of people with just "..." and such when I don't know what to say it would just be like well I'm the kind of person who always talks like that naturally so it doesn't mean I thought it was stupid imjust talking and being myself and such. so now I don't put too much effort into my online tone I'm always like Oh and Okay and I see and . and such. because well I do see.

[dbphantom]

Listen if you're gonna send me an ask about why I shouldn't interact with a person, can you at least do it off anon so I can request actual proof privately? I'm not replying to these since the only way to respond to them is publicly and I don't want to contribute to an unsubstantiated rumor about someone. That's not fair.

[silvercaptain24]

Are you EVER going to finish the fic of wars passing out bc he's sick or is it just gonna fall off into the void?????

Hey, Anon, I know this is probably you excited about your favorite story. But this is not helpful in any way.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

so are you on hiatus or still posting or...? what's the deal w/that

Hey Anon...

I'm not sure if you're just joshing me or being silly, or are being serious or whatever but your ask comes off as rude, especially since I try to have a post every half hour or so from 8 AM EST until noon DAILY (since I discovered those are my peak hours), unless I have no content, which y'all provide me with through asks and suggestions. I have posted fic recs EVERY Friday for over 3 years and curate a fic rec list nearly every Sunday unless I take a break / holiday. My blog tags are specifically designed to show me where in the cycle a post is, and, a lot of the "selling" point to this blog is its interactivity (where I check the replies and additions on every post that reblogs each day and I tack it onto the main post).

Granted, I don't post nearly as much as I used to (because it was affecting my mental health, and I have a day job I work between 40 and 60 hours a week with very little free time, and I'm back at the office so I can't post during work hours anymore) so I had to cut my queue back to auto-post 3 posts a day so I don't run out of posts before month's end. I also prep my blog the night before the next day, so I spend anywhere between 2 and 4 hours NIGHTLY, AFTER my day job, to file, answer asks, and schedule posts so that my blog LOOKS active.

AND if no one sends me asks or asks I'm not ready to answer (bad headspace, too long to reply so I save it for another day, etc), then the queue the next day is, admittedly, smaller and instead is about 1 post an hour up until 3 PM EST. All my new posts from asks get answered and posted between 8 AM and 11 AM, unless I have no content / next-day-reblogs, then I slot other asks into the 11 AM until 2 PM slots. I try not to do that on first posting, though, 'cause as I said, my peak hours are early morning so I'd rather have people see those ones first.

When I'm on hiatus, I pin a post to my blog. My Lovelies and Lurkers™ know when I am on Hiatus and are very understanding and know that I am a human being who needs a break once in awhile. I'm sorry I'm not posting up to your standards, Anon, I truly am, but I just physically can't anymore, since like, 90% of my free time is dedicated to either sorting fics or answering asks. And I don't really have the energy to do it at the rate I was doing it when I was working from home. I rarely take a break from this blog as it is.

Perhaps Tumblr has unfollowed you from my blog, which is why you don't see my posts anymore (it has happened, I've had to re-follow people before), but I can assure you, I have new content DAILY unless I have no asks I'm ready to answer. Some days are less than others, because, again, I am only human, and I have no obligation to provide content daily. I do it because I LOVE doing it. But asks like this make me feel like all my work is for naught. *shrugs*

Less is more, Anon. 💜🖤

[lewis-winters]

I always thought you were intimidating but you'

re acthally really nice@

................ uh. thank you? i think?