#i will be very very sad

[xenoisbarkingintothevoid]

Yo did anyone else see the Transformers One trailer, see D-16, and just smell the IDW in the air? Or was that just me.

Like yes there ARE absolutely elements of TFP too but THINK ABOUT IT Y'ALL--

[aurorasulphur]

A follow up to my “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” poll:

Do you agree with the following statement: “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat means BOTH that the fic is darkfic AND that the narrative does not explicitly condemn the characters’ actions within the story”?

Options:

1. No, DDDNE is just a synonym for darkfic. It might condemn the stuff in-text.

2. No, DDDNE is just a warning that the stuff isn’t condemned in-text. It might not be darkfic.

3. DDDNE *implies* this, but it doesn’t always mean this. It’s like CNTW.

4. DDDNE *implies* this, but it doesn’t always mean this. You need other tags too.

5. Yes, and DDDNE doesn’t need any other tags to specify what flavor of darkfic.

6. Yes, it means that, BUT you can’t JUST tag DDDNE—you need other tags.

Definitions:

Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, or DDDNE - a tag on fanfiction websites, the meaning of which is at issue in this poll. If you are not familiar with it in this context, please do not participate in this poll, and click “I am unfamiliar with this term” on my other poll.

Darkfic - fic dealing with intentionally disturbing material, such as physical and emotional violence. (Partial definition from Fanlore.) It is not a synonym for angst, heavy kink, or “any fic where someone dies”.

CNTW - an acronym for the AO3 tag “Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings.” This tag means that the fic might contain one of the following: underage, graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con. It also means the fic may not contain any of them. This tag means that the lack of a warning does not mean the thing isn’t there. The path is unmarked, so proceed with caution—here might be dragons, or nothing at all.

[strqyr]

since amity is now a battleship, it's gotta fight something, right?

can i get uhhhh... the return of the kevin?

[delicatefury]

Rearranging my art supplies to make my office more space-efficient and getting hit with major whammies of “forgot I owned that!” And “Oh, I wanna draw with my [charcoals/pastels/pencils] right now.”

And I’m caught. Because the purpose behind this clean-up/rearrangement is so I actually have room to use my art supplies. But I also know that once they’re all packed up in their boxes and such, I’m probably gonna forget I have them again.

[mroddmod]

everyone be quiet i'm manifesting

[punkeduppirate]

same old married couple, another adopted child

[glitterock]

online queer spaces (aka tik tok) can be so fucking dumb sometimes. like, in real life 20 year old and 40 year old dykes are making out at the bar and it’s fine. trans men and trans masc people will go to lesbian bars and it will be normal and acceptable to see them there. lesbians will fuck trans people (trans masc and femme people) and the world won’t end. someone at the gay bar will be wearing kink gear and no one will bat an eye. dykes will have moustaches and stubble and will be wearing a labrys and people are gonna fuck who they want and not fuck who they don’t want and that’s literally ok. being a part of a community means you will meet people who are different and who don’t fit your strict fucking rules of what is “acceptable” and what isn’t. and i feel badly for people who don’t understand what it’s like to live in a real-life community. let queer people be messy and confusing, no one in the real world cares.

[menlove]

the problem w modern sci fi is there's no camp. would you ever see a man dressed like this in 2024 star trek? no

a woman dressed like this?

what about these guys?

what about this crime?

meanwhile modern trek just looks like this

WHERE is the cunt! the camp! the garish colors!

[hrokkall]

"Sad Cat Poem" by Spencer Madsen

[seagiri]

can i be sad here for a moment

[blueboyluca]

“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

[ribbittrobbit]

these kids are incredibly stressed out

[ecoamerica]

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[azherwind-art]

"Tell your favorite creators that you like their work, people usually enjoy things silently, but hate tends to be loud"

This is a phrase I just heard from Dnd shorts that captures perfectly why I often try to make the effort of commenting on posts and telling people that I enjoy their work and why Even to small creators, I advice everyone to make the extra effort to tell them, I can guarantee it makes all the difference in the world, it's not cringy or obnoxious, it'll just brighten someone's day

[gabedraws4u]

New Old Habits

You folks are awesome, user @silentlycrazy kinda gave me this idea in a tag and I couldn't resist

Comics heavily based on @yamujiburo hanamusa's lore

I'll add these sequence on the original post

James and Meowth go to work after the bad joke

And Jessie goes to work with a smile

[uncanny-tranny]

Learning to internalize the message above, but art is in all of our bones. If you feel afraid to create art because it won't be "good enough," it's worth it to explore why you feel that fear. Creating art is one of the basic impulses of people, and if you want to create art, then you absolutely must.

[jamboscrimblo]

thought i’d share my little collection of scar & jellie making the same face in photos

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