#i will put this in the tag just in case this anonymous person checks there first...

[mp100secretspirit]

Welcome to the Mob Psycho 100 Secret Spirit 2024 Gift Exchange!

All right! The interest poll got enough engagement that we are doing this thing again! Woo-hoo!

Signups Open: October 8th Signups Close: Midnight EST October 22nd Assignments Sent Out: October 29th Check-In: December 1st Posting Period Begins: December 29th Assignments Due: Midnight EST on December 31st, 2023

Please check out the GUIDELINES AND FAQ under the cut!

Guidelines and FAQ:

What is the Secret Spirit Exchange: The MP100 Secret Spirit Exchange is an anonymous holiday gift exchange for the Mob Psycho 100 fandom!

Content Guidelines: Adult/minor pairings and incestuous content is absolutely not allowed. Additionally, since this is an all-ages exchange NSFW content is not permitted; please keep your shipping content PG-13!

What sort of prompts can I request? You can request up to three prompts, and they can be as general or specific as you would like! Prompts can focus on a character or group of characters, a relationship, a part of canon you would like to see explored, a specific scenario . . . really, whatever you want!

Can I request ship content? Yes, as long as it adheres to the content guidelines! However, we ask that at least one of your prompts be gen so your gift-giver has more options to work with.

Can I request AUs? Absolutely! However, we ask that at least one of your prompts be based on canon in case your gift-giver is unfamiliar with the AU in question.

How are assignments sent out? Assignments are sent via email, so please make sure the email you provide on the signup form will reach you! Assignments will include your recipient’s Tumblr url, their prompts, and any personal content guidelines they’ve provided.

I signed up, but I didn't receive an assignment! PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER! Email clients love to eat exchange signups for some reason. If it's not there, message the mod!

What can I make for my gift? All kinds of fanworks are encouraged! You can write fic, make fanart, put together an AMV, write a song, or anything else you can think of! The only rules are that it must be your own work (no AI-generated content), it must be given over the internet (we cannot facilitate the delivery of in-person gifts), and it must adhere to the prompts and content guidelines provided by your recipient.

What if I have questions for my recipient? Remember, you have to be a secret spirit, so if you have any questions for your recipient, be sure to ask them on anon! If your recipient doesn’t accept anon messages or you have more general questions, send them to the mod, either on Tumblr or at mp100secretspirit@gmail.com

Do I need to show something for check-in? No, check-ins are just to remind you to be working on your piece! I know it's easy for exchanges to slip people's minds, so we're adding another reminder this year.

How do I post my work? Once we have reached the Posting Period, make a Tumblr post including your gift and tag your recipient! You may upload your gift elsewhere (for example AO3), but you still must make a Tumblr post with the link.

What if I have to drop out? If you do not think you can create a gift in the allotted time frame, we suggest that you do not sign up for the exchange. However, if something comes up and you need to drop out at a later date, please contact the mods ASAP! We need to make sure your recipient still receives a gift, so we appreciate as much warning as possible so we can make alternate arrangements.

What if I don’t receive anything by the end of the Posting Period? Message the mods!! We will double-check with your secret spirit, and if there is not a gift ready for you we will work with anyone who volunteered to fill in to ensure you get something!

[solangeloficawards]

solangelo fic awards 2024!

oh hey! were back, and on a new blog! happy year 7 babes!

"best ____" fic nomination forms

best series nomination form

author of the year nomination form

let me know if you find any mistakes with the forms and i will fix it asap. you can also submit fics via message or ask! submissions end 01/31 and voting will (hopefully) be up by 02/02! <3

keep reading for past years, categories, & guidlines

2024 categories:

best fluff (award for the fluffiest, sweetest fics!)

best au (award for the best alternete universe or trope fics!)

best canon compliant (award for best demigod-centric universe following straight along with the classic riordan universe!)

best angst (award for the most heart-wrenching, angsty fic!)

returning category! best oneshot (award for one-chatper, under 5k word fics for our short story writers!)

new and improved! best wip (award for your favorite unfinished or abandoned multi-chaptered fics! previously best unfinished chaptered)

best misc (any fic that you dont think fits well into any of the other categories! this could include crackfics, crossover fics, miscellaneous oneshots, or any of your favorite tropes!)

best series (award for multiple fics within one series that all relate to the same plot/universe)

author of the year (to show your favorite author some appreciation!)

#rip chaptered finished and gift, forever in our hearts

references:

from the past: 2018 winners. 2019 winners. 2020 winners.  2021 winners. 2022 winners, 2023 winners

every fic masterlist: 2018 masterlist, 2019 masterlist, 2020 masterlist, 2021 masterlist, 2022 masterlist, 2023 masterlist

guidelines:

you can submit your own work

you can submit as many or as little fics as you’d like for any of the categories. the more the better!

fics published at any date can be submitted; however ,fics submitted after the deadline will not be included

fics cannot be any of the following: fics that have already won in previous years, non solangelo centric, orphan or anonymous fics (if i dont know the authors idk if they want to be included), explicit nsfw or any mention of underage nsfw (nsfw fics otherwise will be tagged as so), rape/non-con fics, graphic depictions of suicide, contains unnecessary racism/homophobia/trasnphobia or any other hateful content, harry potter aus, and any other content with homophobic or transphobic origins. fics submitted that violate any of these will not be included

you can submit multiple fics per category, however please do not submit the same fic for more than one category (if this does happen, i’ll just decide what category it best fits)

there is also a chance your fic may change categories from where you submitted it. this is only to help your fic do better, but you can let us know if you dont want that to happen

you are allowed to nominate fics that were nominated previous years; however, please do not nominate a winning fic from last year. the previous years nominations list and winners list can be found above (they will not be included in case you miss this, but if you do know please just save me some time

in the case that you do/someone else has submitted your work, you are allowed promote yourself, however you cannot offer anything in return for people to vote for your work. theres no prize for winning besides personal satisfaction so theres really no need

please do not be upset at me or anyone involved if you don't win. theres always next year!

all submissions are anonymous. a google sign-in will be required in order to vote when nominations do come out to ensure everyone is voting only once, but emails will not be collected or distributed! ou can always nominate or vote via ask (wont publish but ill lyk i received it) or direct message if you wish

please let us know if you see anyone violating the rules! we'll handle it from there!!

if you have any other questions, you can check out our faq! you can also message me or put it in an ask!

all relating posts for this year are tagged with #fic awards 2024! good luck :)

[flyingcatstiel]

I’m currently reading superbat fics (sorry, destiel, stony and dinluke, I’ll get back to you some day) and I’m having great time with commenting and authors replying to me. It’s a whole new fandom experience when I can read fics just for personal enjoyment, without planning fic rec lists. So much easier to comment, wtf. Anyways, I’m following 4 superbat identity p*rn fics right now, and it’s glorious. What a feast. My favorite trope, so many interesting ways to explore it. Happy holidays to all superbat writers but especially those 4 WIP writers🎄

ETA - here be some recs

ETA, March 2024 - HERE BE SOME UPDATES!

@pinkb00bsocks asked about those 4 WIPs. Here they are! The usual disclaimer - there are plenty of excellent superbat WIPs going on right now, but I've limited spoons and these are the ones I currently enjoy.

The World and All Its Hedgehogs by Ginevra_Benci [M. 8,007 word count, WIP, 4/?] To investigate illegal arms sale taking place at a tropical resort hotel, Batman goes under cover as a vacuous billionaire Brucie Wayne and Superman takes a part time job as a porter. They didn't coordinate this, they don't know each others civilian identities. Every time they talk there are at least 3 different conversations going on and it is glorious. Also, so much lust. ;)

(Also, check out Interviewing & Counceling series by the same author. Clark is having a superhero identity crisis and Bruce is there to catch Clark gently as he spirals down. It has one of the softest identity reveals in superbat fics. ETA - the series is now complete, it has 5 parts and 18k word count. Awesome ending to the softest identity reveal story)

Watching Our Stars Align by ClarkeStetler [M, 28,840 word count, WIP, 7/14] There's a dating/chatting app only for superheroes and all identities are secret. What could go wrong? Bruce and Clark get matched under their new pseuds, and same happens to Tim Drake and Conner Kent. Now fathers and sons gotta navigate complicated relationships that come with secret identities and judging your coworkers hastily while talking heart to heart to anonymous superhero. The identity porn part happens through DM, which just happens to be another favorite trope of mine. [The story is going strong, it has 10/14 chapters now and a wonderful tangle of 3 secret identities!]

(Love) Triangles Have Multiple Centers by frozenpotions [T, 27,281 word count, WIP, 4/10] This fic wastes no time getting playboy billionaire Brucie Wayne and pining-after-his-coworker journalist Clark Kent together. After that, first time uneasy partners Batman and Superman gotta solve a case and their civilian selves gotta deal with the realities of their one night stand. Complicated doesn't even cover it! [The fic is being updated and Clark and Bruce are being put through new trials, 6/10 chapters]

A Favor for a Friend by RedFive [Explicit, 18,286 word count, WIP, 4/7] Omega verse fic with alpha playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne and omega journalist Clark Kent. I'm fascinated by dominant, flirtatious, sexually ravenous alpha Brucie Wayne who moonlights as a stoic, covered in scent blockers thus unclear second gender, Batman. Meanwhile omega Clark, due to being Kryptonian, is much less ruled by his second gender. That is, until he meets Mr. Wayne. This fic has so much lust and tension between the two. Does accidental heat triggering counts as a soulmate mark? I'm gonna count it like that. [The fic has entered the finish line, only a chapter or two are left to finish this wild, explosive, life changing story of two people who were meant for each other. 8/? chapters, 44k word count] The fic is now complete!!! 9 chapters, 56,153 word count. (Also, there's this new TV show about two gay dudes, and istg, they look like Bruce and Clark from this fic. I'm not naming it here because I don't want to highjack the show tag with superbat post, but go and check the tag on tumblr)

*****

And a special shout out to two identity shenanigan WIPs that are not actively updating but are absolute must reads.

ship-to-ship combat by pomeloquat [M, 62,737 word count, WIP, 12/13] OK, so, for me personally, this is the ultimate identity p*rn fic across all fandoms I've read so far. This fic has one of the highest amount of secret identity pairs in superbat fics. There's the usual pining silently Batman/Superman, then there's Clark dating Bruce, Superman saving Bruce Wayne from peril, Clark Kent chatting with Batman. And the cherry on top is Clark writing Bruceman fanfic which is basically a RPF of his two friends, Batman and Bruce Wayne. Which leads to an internet friendship with a fellow fan, who is, you guessed, Bruce. This fic has great reflections on fandom and shipping culture. But the very beating heart of this fic is about how easy it is to lose something you wished to have but were afraid to ask for. The fic, at 12/13, is technically a WIP, but the main reveal is already done, and it is glorious. ETA - THIS IS NOT A DRILL, the fic is finished and the last chapter is a super meta cherry on a top of delicious, layered superhero identity and fandom shenanigans parfait. 13 chapters, 76,7k word count.

10 Things Every Brucie Fan Needs in Their Life by pomeloquat [T, 8,956 word count, WIP, 5/10] The main premise of this fic is hilarious and yet so, so right. Bruce Wayne is promoting himself as a nation's boyfriend instead of a playboy, and is making bank out of his wholesome, PG rated merchandise. The chapters of this fic tell continuous story but they also can be read as separate vignettes, so there's really no cliffhanger. This fic is so soft and fluffy, it will heal your soul. Also, Superman has celebrity crush on Bruce Wayne. Batman is amused.

[noxxytocin]

So I seem to have picked up a little troll anon who’s been running around trying to claim I’m “pushing down other people’s works” on AO3 just because I posted an updates hub.

It’s completely misleading. I’ve never planned to add chapters to it, meaning it doesn’t bump or interfere with anyone’s work in the feed. ❤️

I even clearly tagged it as a “one-time popup” and made it very clear in both the summary and notes that it’s not a fanfic, but simply a central place for readers to keep up with upcoming fic updates, excerpts, and queue progress. Sadly, AO3 doesn’t have a built-in feature for that, so this was the easiest option available. (since not everyone sees updates on here)

Unfortunately, this person hasn’t stopped. They’ve since made an anonymous Tumblr account to post public misinformation and even commented under a PSA post of mine. So just a heads up to the HL fandom: if you see anon hate or strange comments floating around, you’re not imagining it. A friend of mine has been getting hit with troll anons too.

Their current alias is eleganttimemachinephantom. I’m sure it’s just an attention-seeking phase, but I figured I’d give others a heads-up in case you get one of their little drive-by comments too.

Stay safe out there, and don’t feed the trolls.

here’s what they commented on my PSA fandom etiquette post and on ao3 so far:

(note: I deleted their comments and my reply to them on ao3. Didn’t want their bad vibes there. Had to switch my hub to registered account only to comment.)

update: I did type down my draft reply before commenting on ao3, it was in my notes still. It was in response to the “please don’t put this in the ships…” -> “I want to address this properly, since I think there’s been a misunderstanding. First off, this isn’t a personal life blog post, and it’s not “just me yapping about my life updates.” If you had read the actual post, or even the opening notes, you’d have seen it’s an updates hub specifically for my fanfics, including progress, writing excerpts, queue, and occasional teaser lines from upcoming chapters. These are all tied directly to the fics I write, most of which feature the tagged ship. Second, regarding your claim that it “shouldn’t be on AO3 at all,” that’s simply incorrect. AO3’s own Terms of Service and FAQ on Types of Fanworks state that the Archive is intended for “transformative fanworks”, which includes not just fanfiction, but meta, fanart, podfic, fanmixes, and other creative content. Many users post fanart, playlists, interactive fics, and yes—even update hubs or companion content for ongoing works. AO3 permits this, as long as it’s labeled appropriately, which mine is. As for the ship tag: I’ve used it because all of the content in this hub relates to stories about that ship. The tag is not being abused for exposure; it’s being used for exactly what it was meant for—to group together works (or updates of works) involving a particular pairing. Not everyone checks external platforms like Tumblr, and AO3 unfortunately doesn’t provide an internal method for authors to post general fic updates across multiple works. This hub bridges that gap. Finally—if a post is clearly marked and transparent, and you simply don’t find it personally relevant, that’s entirely fair. But it doesn’t make it inappropriate. You’re always free to scroll past. Policing the presence of content you don’t care for…especially without reading it properly—helps no one.”

I also privately messaged them on tumblr with: “Hi. I noticed your comment on my PSA post, and since this seems to have become a personal issue for you, I’d prefer we discuss it respectfully and directly. To clarify: your claim that I’m pushing other works down in the tags by updating my AO3 update hub is factually incorrect. I’m not adding new chapters or reposting. I’m editing the existing page only. That doesn’t bump the work or affect its position in the feed. I took care to consider that specifically because I’m an author myself, and I respect the visibility of other creators’ works. So no, I’m not harming “discoverability.” That assumption comes from a lack of reading—which is unfortunately a recurring pattern in your responses so far. You chose to speak publicly without taking in all the context, and that’s what turns conversations like this into needless drama. If you’re genuinely interested in dialogue, I’m open to that, but please don’t go around accusing people of doing harm without verifying your claims first. It helps no one, and it undermines your own credibility. If you’d like to have an honest discussion, feel free to do so from a legitimate account instead of repeatedly hiding behind anonymity. Until then, I see no reason to entertain bad faith comments any further. Blocking you now.”

this is the fic updates hub that I posted on ao3 (for reference):

[siriuslychessi]

Hello lovelies!

Since many of you actually replied yes to the poll, I think I'll bite the bullet earlier and expedite things for the gift exchange!

For those of you who don’t know what a gift exchange is, well it’s basically a Secret Santa where you sent a prompt and someone in the fandom will reply with something (a drabble, micro fic, a drawing, edit, moodboard, etc.) by December 28th, just to make the end of the year a bit more cheerful.

To participate you just have to fill this form by November 29th. 

A few guidelines (this is long but necessary but I'll put it under the cut):

This is a fun event, for everyone involved. Please keep in mind this if you decide to participate, if you want to join the fun but can't make a gift that's okay too! Sharing is caring so share the event and the works, and of course like/comment/etc!

Respect each other. This is a hard rule, if you start bashing anyone for their preferences you will be taken out from the list. It is important to know that we have differences but that doesn't mean we need to spread hate around our fun groups.

Ship and let ship. There is a space for everyone, and we will try to make it so, there are a lot of Jily shippers in my mutuals, but if this spread to other ships and part of the fandom this will be welcomed, and respected, even if we all agree to disagree.

Communicate. If you have any issues whatsoever with the timeframes, the prompts, etc, please communicate. We want everyone to have a gift by the end of the year. If you can not make it, or need more time, or whatever it is, we will understand, we have backup creators in case something happens.

All creations should be posted on December 28th. Extensions can be granted if informed.

Other things:

The non sensitive information will be shared in a general document, this way if anyone loses their prompt they can go back and check it there.

We’ll have a general list of triggers. We send all the triggers to the Gift Givers so they know not to put things in their works. However, if you prefer to be anonymous about it we will just add the triggers to a full list that the creators need to mind not to us.

The date of publishing is December 28th, your timezone. This is so we all get surprised by the same date.

Tumblr: You can draft the post or add it to the queue if you finish it earlier. Or you can submit it to me and I’ll post it at the proper time.

AO3: there will be a hidden collection in AO3 that will reveal itself at Dec 28th so you can publish there and no one would see the work until then. 

FF.net: There is no queueing in that site, you can draft and publish on that date.

None of the above: You can submit it to me and I’ll post it at the proper time.

Tags: Please tag the post #potterversegiftexchange2023 the person you are giving the present to, and the ship.

If you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask!

[leviathanleva]

Hi, you probably dont care about others but please put a «keep reading» on your longass fics so you dont clog the tag. Also you have really heavy triggers and a lot of us dont want to see that. Your audience will just end up blocking you and as a fellow writer, we wouldnt want that. Hoping for your kind consideration 😍 have a day u deserve

Hi anon! Let’s dissect your ask together, shall we?

First and foremost, you not having a backbone and thus hiding behind anonymity is certainly fantastic. Bravo to that!

“Hi, you probably don’t care about others but – ”

Right, this is just slander. You have no basis for this statement so I’m assuming you’re just triggered and spouting bs because hurting others will surely make you feel better. This is sad, I’d advise you to have a bit more self-control. If you’d like to criticize me, please do so, but keep it professional.

“ – please put a <<keep reading>> on your longass fics so you don’t clog the tag.”

I absolutely agree with you here. I’d love to do that, however, I am new to Tumblr and I have no idea what you’re referring to. If you’d like to elaborate, I’m all ears because I’m always open to suggestions that will contribute to the comfort of my readers.

Also “longass”? You couldn’t keep that remark down? You couldn’t use a normal word instead of being spiteful? Alright, it’s your comment.

“Also you have very heavy triggers and a lot of us don’t want to see that.”

I agree, especially in the last chapter, there were darker themes. Although last I checked, I add warnings before the title of every single chapter. Unless I’ve missed something, of course. Correct me if I’m wrong.

I won’t defend my work because your horrific excuse for criticism is technically supposed to be criticism. However, last I checked, a handful of Fallout (TV) fics have heavy topics such as chem(drug)-use, trafficking, coercion, violence, dub-con, death and so on. How mine is any different, I can’t comprehend. If you’d like to elaborate, please do so.

“Your audience will just end up blocking you and as a fellow writer, we wouldn’t want that.”

There is no “we”. So far you’ve been despicable and hostile. “We” refers to a team, a group of people working together or being able to co-exist. In our case, you are passive-aggressively berating me and my work while I’m trying to take out the little good bit from your ask and learn from it.

And regarding my audience? They have every right to block me, this is the internet, everyone is free to do as they wish. This is a hobby, I get nothing out of sharing my work besides commentary and the occasional interaction, whether I get blocked or not makes no difference. My salary doesn’t depend on this, neither does my life.

“Hoping for your kind consideration –”

Kind? No. But I do accept your suggestion from above, it’s the only good thing that came out of this cesspool of an ask.

“ – have a day you deserve”

I hope you feel better one day anon, truly. I fail to understand why you’ve evolved such a dislike for me, I’m just a random person on the internet. How little do you have going on in your life that the existence of my work triggers you so?

Next time, don’t be a coward and simply DM me. Tell me everything you disliked, tell me your triggers, tell me your suggestions.

[going-to-ikea-for-the-fries]

I need some clarification here, because I'm getting conflicting information with what I've been taught is "fandom protocol" (I'm an elder, so maybe I'm out of the loop a bit.) I was under the impression that if you disagree with someone, block and move on with life. Don't engage, don't mob, just block and move on with life. I see you reblogging posts from folks who have admitted that that's what they did - followed basic fandom protocol.

Are you now saying that those that reblogged that screenshot post are responsible for sending the message that "it's okay to mob the OP with death threats" by doing so? Aren't most of these blogs 18+ that are admittedly only responsible for their own actions? Are we now to wait 24 hours to ensure there's not a dialogue that needs to happen? Obviously fact-checking should be done, but things slip through, especially when it's from a source we perceive as a vetted source.

You're starting to hold folks accountable for crimes which they confess they did not commit. One offered a sincere, public apology taking responsibility for their actions, an acknowledgement of the harm they caused, and a commitment to doing better in the future along with removing the offending post after your call out. Isn't that what a good apology is?

I think you've moved the goalposts on this, and it's no longer about spreading awareness of Gaz-erasure (whether intentional or not) and the inappropriate screen-grab rage-bait of a post. I am very concerned for Myka - they never should have been put in this place. But I think your emotions are swelling out past those that deserve it.

(BTW, I did send the same ask to CrashTestBunny, but I'd like your thoughts too - especially on block-and-move-on and being responsible for follower's actions as an 18+ blog.)

I did see this in bunny's blog and did ponder on what you asked and here's my two cents on it:

(this is so long)

When you're on the internet and posting things publicly, you're not isolated, you're not alone.

Your blog, even if you make sure to never reblog/interact with it or use tags and therefore think you're keeping it anonymous, you're really not.

You're never immune from being found, from being criticised for the things you say, and you are certainly not anonymous.

I start by saying that to say that there will ALWAYS be people ready to criticise others for the things they say/post or the way they act.

So even if the "fandom etiquette" dictates that you should block and move on with your life, that's not to say everyone will.

And in this case, what happened with @/codslut had nothing to do with being unable to block and move on. That only works for posts you see in your dash and don't like, because we all are responsible for curating our algorithm and choosing what we interact with.

With @/codslut, she became a victim of public scorn over a misunderstanding and misinterpretation like a game of broken telephone.

And the person that screenshotted her post and shared it with their followers knew exactly what they were doing by doing so which was publicly posting about it and creating discourse among their followers.

I want to believe they thought they were an island/isolated, but I know (and we all know) they knew they weren't. Turns out they have a history of influencing their followers (by accident or on purpose, doesn't matter) into ganging up on other creators.

And with blogs as big as the screenshotter's, with as big of a following and that much of an activity, and, of course, the reblogging that came from other big blogs with massive followings as well...

It's no wonder it all spun out of control and became unmanageable.

And, as usual, the internet will do what the internet will do, and bad apples will find their way into controversial posts (like the Gaz erasure) and then go bully people because they think they can.

And in this situation... blocking and moving on doesn't work. It simply doesn't.

@/codslut didn't have the choice to block and move on with her day. Not after what was basically a scorn campaign that sent dozens of people her way.

These blogs, big ones, have a responsibility, not to police their follower's actions (as if a parent) but to hold themselves accountable because they did throw wood into the fire by reblogging it and putting it in more people's dashboards.

They can't just wash their hands of all responsibility, because they did have a hand in it. Even if they didn't mean to.

TL;DR: 1- "Block and Move On" only works on the dash, not when people are harrassing you in your blog/inbox; 2- You're not responsible for your followers' actions, but you are responsible for the fact you instigated their actions by poking the beast.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

I swear I remember seeing your critique/opinion on the Hades game at some point but now I cannot find it. I've scrolled through so many of your posts and tags and I still can't find anything in relation to it. Despite remembering your name attached to the post, I'm starting to convince myself that I saw someone else's post and not yours.

In any case, I would really like to know your thoughts on it. I'm not Greek but I am a casual player of the game, and recently (thanks to a friend of mine who is Greek) I've been interested in how Greek people view the way Greek mythology is being used in western media. So far I've only seen rants on Lore Olympus, which is admittedly a story I've always disliked. Even without the context of it misusing Greek mythology and spreading misinformation about the culture, it is still in general just a bad story with equally bad characters. The fact that it IS bastardising Greek mythos is the cherry on top, but without it it can't stand on its own two feet. It's literally relying on the content of Greek myths, otherwise it would not have gained the positive attention it still has today, yet it still has the audacity to treat the context of Greek myths and culture so poorly. I have a lot of beef with Rachel Smythe because of this. It's why I'm anonymous, I don't want to get harassed by her fanbase if they see this 😅

Hades, on the other hand, is a game I enjoyed a lot, and because of that I want to challenge myself and possibly learn a thing or two from an actual Greek person. I don't want to just agree with someone when it is something I already dislike and then completely ignore them when it has to do with something I do like but possibly has problems.

If you haven't shared your thoughts yet, I'd really love to see them. If you've already made a post or more about it, I would appreciate you directing me to them or to the tags where I can find them, cause I'm genuinely lost (how does Tumblr work???)

I'm sorry for the long ask, I understand you spend a lot of your time answering questions and dealing with ignorant people. It must be tiring. Thank you for your time ❤

Hello! Thank you for the asks and the supportive words 💙 here's the tagged posts :) the tag is #hades game . (Tumblr doesn't make our lives easy, does it?)

TL;DR for those who won't bother to look: Game looks fun and I'm thinking of playing it in the future but it's far from "Greek representation" and "Greek culture". It has some references to Greek mythology; some quite obscure (so they can mess canon things up without being called out xD) and others very superficial, like when someone might think of cowboys when thinking about the USA.

While nobody minds some creativity regarding the Greek myths, and we all enjoy a fun game, it's also good to know when a "Greek myth" product is not what it sells itself to be. To be fair the game itself never said it's going to be accurate, but almost nobody checks for accuracy anymore and they assume that what they see is correct, so the game doesn't have to put a disclaimer "we are inaccurate" to begin with.

[katarh-mest]

Fuck Harris, check her record as DA in Cali , how her office pushed to keep men in prison after their term for cheap labor, pushed to extend non-violent drug offenses more harshly punished while being vocally anti-weed and for punishment for possession in 2010, cowriting the "No " argument to legalization measure and the "quiet " in 2016. Oh and let's not forget is on record laughing about putting parents in jail for their children's truancy. She's a horrible fucking person , it's why she came home with 0 delegates in 2020 and her polling before this week if something happened to Biden is lower than most people Biden ran against in the primary this time around. And each time she was handed duties as VP , she dipped on them, you can look it up she does some variant of "we're trying all we can ...but idk what to do". So with those factors in mind , I can confidently say : based on her tenure as VP and previous work if nothing else she'll accidentally let the genocide you fear will happen occur while deporting immigrants like Biden and Obama has while pretending like they're on your side.

If it's not clear ,I'd rather vote Trump than her. But I'll probably just vote Stein.

Look at this anonymous coward, repeating the same bullshit talking points we heard five years ago, many of which have since been either debunked or which were exaggerated by people with a grudge against her (read: Tulsi Gabbard.)

God forbid a woman do her job as a lawyer.

State your name you chickenshit so I can block you properly. You're the reason the youngins want DNI tags.

I'll have to settle for replying on my blog because 'm not a coward like your anonymous ass. Thankfully, The Guardian just did my homework for me.

Harris maintains that prosecutions for low-level drug offences were rare while she was attorney general in California and she made a policy of not pushing for jail time. She wrote of drug prosecutions: “The cases were as easy to prove as they were tragic to charge. In the rush to clean up the streets, we were criminalizing a public health crisis.”

To end on a positive note, from that same Guardian article:

She officiated the first gay wedding in California.

The ins and outs of the legal wrangle, how bitterly it was fought, we will have to save for another day. But marriage equality was capsized by conservatives, then restored in June 2013 – and she performed the ceremony for Kris Perry and Sandy Stier.

To the coward: Any further anonymous asks like this are going to be deleted and I'll simply post a positive article in its place.

[random-thought-depository]

It’s come to my attention that Tumblr has a glitch where if you try to make “0” the first option in a poll it’ll be impossible for people to vote for the “0” option. This results in some polls giving presumably distorted results.

I’ve seen a couple of polls where this happened, and I’ll try to make corrected versions of them that don’t have the glitch and tag the makers of the original polls, so if they’re interested in the results of a version of their poll that doesn’t have the glitch (and haven’t made one themselves), they’ll have mine.

Here I've made a revised version of this poll. In the original poll the glitch resulted in a quite surrealistic result! I suspect @psych-is-the-name deliberately made a glitched poll as a joke, but just in case anybody's curious about what the results of an unglitched (non-joke?) version of the poll would look like (I am!), I made this one. I did take the liberty of restructuring the poll to give what I'd consider more illuminating information about the people in my online social sphere.

A quick Google search says votes in Tumblr polls are anonymous, so answering this poll honestly should be low-risk, but it might be a good idea for you to double-check that if you're considering answering this poll but fear doing so honestly might put you at risk of arrest or other social or economic consequences you don't want.

The second to the last option is intended to refer to being responsible for another person's death in a relatively direct way, not in a "well, I guess every time I buy anything I probably indirectly contribute to somebody's death because capitalism" kind of way, though I suppose if you reject that as a morally important distinction that may itself be interesting.

If you killed somebody as part of a paramilitary operation, gang war, terrorist action, etc., I leave it to your discretion whether you think that's best rounded off to "murder/self-help" or "as part of my job as a soldier or cop."

The final option was inspired by @aksemmi's tendency to refer to nonhuman animals as "people."

I expect I'd need a large sample size for this poll to reveal much besides "the answers are supermajority the first option."

That's revised versions of all the polls effected by this glitch I've encountered so far!

[cookinguptales]

Hello! Quick question, hope you don't mind. Are the readings open to all your followers or are they exclusive for mutuals? I tried looking around and I think I know the answer, but I figured it'd be okay to double check just in case. Have a good night (-:

Anyone can ask! I don't even really care if you're following me, though I guess idk how you'd see it otherwise.

(Part of it is that I really don't mind doing readings for strangers and part of it is that I allow anonymous requests, so how would I even police it if I wanted to...?)

Personally, while I do very much like my mutuals, I have non-mutuals that I'm very fond of, too. I'm shy, honestly, and unless someone repeatedly and stubbornly reaches out to me I will probably be like "oh, they're just here to read my stuff, they don't actually want to be friends" so I will not follow back. And even then, if there's something in particular that I'm not into that they post a lot without tagging, I probably won't follow. It's nothing personal, just that I curate my tumblr experience pretty hard and I do have some weird triggers.

So because of that, I have a lot of people that I consider friends (or at least... friendly) that I'm not necessarily mutuals with. I don't personally put a lot of stock in the idea that mutuals are the only relationships that matter on here. lmao

[fictionkinfessions]

ALSO this might be weird but id like to look at my letter to madoka again some day maybe, so would it be possible for my letter ask to be tagged as #🎐💭 ? for reference purposes and i dont want to forget about it. thank you so much.

the custom tags page https://fictionkinfessions.tumblr.com/customtags

#1 What is a custom tag?

Custom tags are meant for tracking a series of confessions, or checking if a confession has been posted yet. They are only for anonymous confessions. If you send a non anonymous confession with a custom tag, it will be private replied. Please feel free to resend it.

Custom tags will go in the third tag placement if you wish to track your tag in the search index.

Custom tags will also be used in a person’s Ask Response.

A custom tag can be almost anything, such as: 

a word or short sentence [eg #GreenCatMage]

a random jumble of characters and numbers [#EonGame99]

a single or multiple emoji [#⭐★⭐]

a mix of emojis in addition to words [#six⭐s]

Here is a few examples:

1) Anonymous asked: When I was a young baby, I went to the city to see a marching band. 🔥🐍🔥

2) Anonymous asked: But it’s just the price I pay. Kintypes are calling me, Open up my eager eyes. ‘Cause I’m Mr Brightsidekin -💚TwinkleStar💚 #custom-tag-1

3) Anonymous asked: Well the world starts kinning and it don’t stop kinning. I made like a AU and hit the ground kinsidering. Hey now, you’re an starkin, get your game on, go play. [#customtag-1 #suggested-tag1 #suggested-tag-2]

The first example has a signature and no custom tag. The second example has a signature and custom tag, which will go into the tag used for the kinfession. The third example has no signature, one custom tag, and two suggested tags which will be used for the kinfession. Suggested tags could be names, source titles, content warnings, or general search result tags such as shipping issue, seekin, etc

#2 How do I use a custom tag?

Please place a custom tag at the start or end of an ask message. A custom tag needs a #hashtag at the start of the custom tag so we know it’s meant to be a tag. 

Some words aren’t permitted for custom tags. Before using a custom tag, please check:

if a custom tag is not already taken by someone else

if it’s not a blog url

if it’s a fandom tag - eg character name, ship name, source name, etc

if it’s a slur or derogatory word or variations thereof

if it’s a common search term - blanket, full moon, landscapes, etc

These are not permitted to use in custom tags.

CUSTOM TAGS CANNOT BE BLOG URLS. EVER. NOT HOARDED SIDE BLOG URLS OR INACTIVE BLOGS OR IN USE AFTER A CUSTOM TAG HAS BEEN MADE OR ANY VARIATION THEREUPON. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS IN ANY CASE AT ALL EVER. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE BLOG URL IS OWNED BY AN ALTERHUMAN PERSON OR A SYSTEM.

#5 What’s the difference between a signature and a custom tag and a suggested tag?

Both custom tags and signatures consist of a name, emoji, word, or combination thereof that is used to sign off a kinfession. The difference being a hashtag is used at the start of a custom tag to indicate it should be used as a tag. If there is no hashtag, but I won’t know to use it as a tag.

A suggested tag is a tag recommending the use of specific source, name, Content Warning, or other tags. 

Such suggested tags aren’t required, but are appreciated if it’s about an obscure source, or specific Content Warnings that may not be apparent. 

#7 Wait, I forgot to add the hashtag to my custom tag! Can you add a custom tag to this confession?

If you do, or aren’t sure, please send a message in as soon as you can with keywords so we know which is your confession, and what custom tag to add. The follow up message will be added to the confession to indicate why a confession has a custom tag despite the lack of hash tag.

We don’t add custom tags to posted confessions that do not have the hashtag symbol. Both because we don’t have time to track down every confession, and because it people get confused how custom tags work, and why we didn’t put a custom tag on their confession that doesn’t contain a custom tag.

#8 Can you check if I can use this custom tag / signature / sign off?

No. We will never do that. There is no reason you are incapable of doing this. Other than checking to ensure it’s not someone’s blog url, we do not check if the custom tag / signature / sign off are free to use. Please personally check for yourself. We do not maintain a list of used custom tags / signatures / sign offs, either.

note this response is entirely neutral please do not read negativeity into it I am literally just copy pasting information. it is not that deep.

[carriechambers]

Blog Introduction and How to Navigate It

Hello and welcome to my page. This is to serve as a navigation around the page, especially for the web view.

Posts are done either on special occasions (like moon phase celebrations), for reblogs of good posts I find on tumblr, small things I want to share, or - most importantly - announcement posts about additions to the library. Those posts contain the page as well, so that you can read it in the app when you don't want to go to the web view. All the announcement posts however do contain a link to the page in the library.

The following concerns mostly the web view.

I will start with the Library, as that is the main focus of this blog. It is a page acting as a directory to other pages. It is all sorted by topic and you can view it a bit as my wiki. My goal is to collect as much knowledge as I can in here. You can get to the library from the navigation.

If you want to search for something, you can do so from the home page and you should hopefully see an announcement post about such a topic being added to the library.

Next in the navigation are reviews. Those aren't pages, but it will show all the posts with the corresponding tag - so either book, app, or tarot reviews. Those are written by me, as you probably guessed, though I try to look afterwards at others ratings as well, so that I can tell you if my opinion seems to differ from the 'norm', so that I don't just repell you from something you might like.

Library Pages Now, I try to put as much information as I can in my posts, including personal experience and of course the sources. Also, I add a link where you can download the .md file of a grimoire page (which is pretty much notes from that post). It is so that you can import it into logseq or notion, if you keep your digital grimoire there. Or you might just want to check it in notes style, rather than blocks of text.

These pages can of course also update. That happens when I find about about something I haven't heard of when making the post, or somehow remember there should be something added. In that case I will probably make a small announcement post saying what was edited.

Then there's the casual ask me anything. If you want to ask something, there is both anonymous and sign-in variant. If you wish to not have it posted, even anonymously, then you can ask while signed in and write into it that you'd like me to respond in DMs. I haven't tested this out myself, but it should hopefully work.

Thank you for hanging out in my library. As for myself, I might write an intro about me at some point, but it won't be now. It will probably be once I grow my library a bit more.

[kalimarinus]

offerings from the unnamed.

[ summary : a mystery person is leaving gifts for 141? ]

[ relationships : tf141 x gn!reader (platonic) ]

[ warnings : 3rd person & 2nd-ish pov , gn reader 🤍 , use of y/n (your name) & c/n (codename/callsign) , unedited & not proofread , i know nothing about the military once again ]

[ word count : 2,392 ]

[ notes : back after another long while , yeah!!! this was fun <3 i can't believe this is 2k words what ?!@?!>@/ that's longer than my previous fic & this was just like a spitball idk..., also the 141 might just have memory loss why is everyone forgetting everything!! (y'all idk why i got so into it w gaz and price's section like why is it so long and soap and ghost's are so short???. but more the merrier, right...?) ]

John Price:

he was pretty surprised at first, he did not expect to see a bouquet of roses on his desk. though, he doesn't question it? 

—until he walks up closer to examine the flowers, just to see a little tag with a note on it that reads: 'for my favorite captain. -a/n.'

now he's a little confused. could it be one of his sergeants? his lieutenant? hell, it could be so many other people.

the only hint is the handwriting. he swears he can recognize it. 

but suddenly price reminds himself he actually has work, so never mind the flowers, for now, he needs to get back to doing his paperwork and such. 

as he works away and whatnot, the thought of the roses is lingering in the back of his mind and slowly creeping up to the front, and he can't seem to ignore the questions.

"why roses?" "whose handwriting is that? i swear i know it." "for me? why not anybody else?"

he's utterly perplexed at this point, so he quickly finishes up whatever he needs to do and turns to the bouquet he left sitting on the other side of the desk long ago.

after many, many minutes of just trying to grasp the mysterious person whose handwriting looks the same as on the tag, he gives up.

gives up on trying to figure out this anonymous roses bullshit by himself, anyway. the captain goes to his two closest buddies, unsurprisingly nikolai and laswell.

he questions them, he tells them everything. to the point he walked through the door and saw the bouquet and to the point where he was now asking them for 'help'. but it just ends up being just a lot more questions and inevitably no answers.

he goes to his lieutenant. his two sergeants. nothing.

now he gives up fully. nobody knows anything about this or who it might be. not him, his best friends, or his own task force.

time passes quickly until it's the end of the day (and he's surprised he's almost spent hours trying to figure this puzzling gift out), and he's trying to come to terms with this.

'it's intended to be anonymous, he shouldn't be trying to figure this out, and he shouldn't lose sleep over this.' is what he tells himself when he gets back to his barracks.

he looks down at the mysterious bouquet in his hand that never had left him alone since he'd come across it, like a fungus that had grown on a damp surface and won't let go, and he lets out a sigh.

but john supposes he doesn't mind keeping it. if it really is someone he's friends with (which he's sure), he shouldn't just throw it away. he'll keep it.

which is what he does. preparing and cleaning a random glass jar big enough to fit the flowers, found somewhere around his barracks. it's now put to better use instead of just collecting dust, now filled up with water, the stems of the roses inside.

he sets it on the nightstand next to his bed, and for some reason the room feels a little more homey. oh and don't forget the tag, which he sets next to the jar of blossoms, just in case he does remember who's handwriting that is, he'll be 100% sure who it is and won't be doubting himself if he checks it.

he has come to terms with it now. he's comfortable in bed and he won't be asking himself or anyone else questions that'll lead to nothing. he's sure the one who gave him the bouquet will reveal themselves soon enough. like he told himself, 'he won't lose sleep over this.'

and he is about to drift off into sleep— until suddenly he remembers, and he jolts, sitting up.

he turns his head to look at the roses as his brain is overwhelmed with inquiry. price knows who it is. it's c/n. it's y/n. and now he just has more questions, some the same as previous ones but with the added confusion that it's you that got the flowers for him.

he is going to lose sleep over this after all.

Johnny 'Soap' MacTavish:

when soap first heard about the captain's situation, he thought it was hilarious. he got roses from an unknown individual? that's silly. he almost even started laughing seeing price so frustrated and baffled over a bouquet of plants.

though, after he said he didn't know anything about any flowers and price walked away in disappointment to go question his other sergeant, perhaps he was a little jealous. don't look at him like that. what's so wrong about maybe wanting a secret admirer?

unbeknownst to him, he would get a gift of his own in no time. when he got to the mess hall, he immediately spotted a box of something right on his table. he quickly went to the seat he always sits at, because of course he has a specific place to eat every day— and he hopes it isn't too obvious to the other soldiers nearby that he's resisting the urge to dash over and admire the supposed present.

when he finally gets to see the gift up close, he practically has stars in his eyes. the note on top of the box catches his eyes first before anything, a simple sentence of 'heard you had a sweet tooth.' typed on the printed out paper.

he has to resist a giddy grin creeping onto his face as he carefully slides the note aside, looking at the box of assorted chocolates in front of him. ultimately, he breaks, and a smile is instantly plastered on his face, already taking one of the sweets and plopping it into his mouth, humming contentedly.

he has the urge to dig into all of them because the candy is remarkably delicious and has his body tingling with dopamine, but fights it and chooses on savoring the gift, taking time to relish in each pieces' flavor.

he enjoys the way the first layers of chocolate slowly melts on his tongue and the taste of the equally chocolate-y syrup inside hits him like a freight train— it makes him appreciate the person who gave him this even more so.

don't worry though, johnny isn't too greedy. he saves the other half of the box for later.

eventually, he does lift his glued-on gaze from the gift to around the mess hall. though, he's met with the other soldiers giving him weird looks. and it does look kind of odd to be fair. a grown man, another soldier, in the mess hall eating a randomly fancy box of chocolates by himself.

despite the little awkward situation and the slightly unpleasant, silent walk out of the mess hall with the box in hand, you know he's walking around with a broad grin on his face for probably the next few days.

Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick:

to him, the similar occurrence between his captain and sergeant friend was strange. he'd heard identical stories from both of them now— the same concept of a mysterious offering given to them by a mysterious person.

he was wondering if the lieutenant got one too, and just hadn't told anyone. he was also questioning if he would get one as well. was this individual giving gifts to everyone in the task force?

well, he'd find out soon enough. the answer is most definitely yes.

he'd been dragged away by soap just right after a briefing, into a mostly empty hallway. and after a measly, short conversation and or slight argument about why gaz had been dragged here in the first place, and also why soap looked like he was holding in a giggle fit, the latter pulled out a box from his pocket. so he is getting a gift as well— same note and everything.

soap explains that he'd been requested by this 'anonymous person' to deliver him one as well, like a damn messenger pigeon.

so gaz takes the container carefully in hand before soap snickers and scurries away to do whatever.

he's pretty interested in what's inside as he properly takes a look at it. the box is flatter than your average box, black and sleek with of course, a small, yellow sticky note taped on top. 'this is one of our favourite memories. -unknown.'

he glances around the empty hallway for a moment, feeling a bit weird standing in a quiet hallway, opening a present by himself, alone. but nevermind that— he opens it, and kyle is met with.. a necklace. a silver necklace with a heart locket attached to the bottom.

he moderately cocks his head at the sight of the locket, then picks the necklace up with his right hand, the box still resting on the surface of the other. he opens the heart and squints, a mini photograph of himself and.. another recruit, wearing a mask, so he couldn't see their face. his hand was slung over their shoulder and they were doing the same to his, and despite them covering their face, he could still see a small smile on their face and his own.

he can remember this. he thinks he knows this. it was a group photo of the whole task force. there's the other soldiers in this photo too, but the photo is cropped in a way that you can only see him and the other comrade.

but he doesn't seem to.. remember who he was next to? something in his memory is bugged, like when you forget that one word but you also somewhat remember at the same time, or you forget what you were going to say while having a conversation with somebody.

it almost makes him as frustrated as price when he got his gift, but he wants to push those other emotions aside and just focus on the gratefulness he feels. to be honest he adores the necklace. he's sure he would think it suits him if he wore it and looked in the mirror.

and the picture.. he's still thinking about it. still looking at it. he finds the memory charming and sweet, even if he can't remember this soldier properly. he likes the way he can still see both of the happiness and smile in their eyes despite how tiny the image is. he likes the way he can see the shine and colour in their eyes in the dim light where the photo was taken.

the more he admires the jewelry the more he falls in love with it. the more he wants to cherish it and the mysterious fella who has gifted it to him.

after a lot of staring, and smiling at the present in hand, he finally closes the locket and slips the necklace on, briefly feeling the cold silver around his neck before it turns warm from his body heat.

and then he just walks off casually just like soap, who's probably waiting around the corner to ask "what'd you get?"

he now holds the box close to his chest as if he might keep that too, nearing the end of the hallway.

kyle's mind goes to the photo again, and his brain starts whirring with the thoughts of who it is.

but he's sure he'll remember later. he'll know who the person is soon enough, maybe if he sees them walking through the halls with that same mask. but either way, he knows he'll remember, and he'll thank them for this gift.

Simon 'Ghost' Riley:

now, he already knew he was going to get a gift as well, seeing as everyone in the task force but him has gotten at least something. he's heard price's predicament, johnny entering a briefing a little too happily with small bits of chocolate syrup near his lips, and kyle proudly walking around base wearing a necklace.

but he has some assumptions that the person didn't get anything for him. he's.. well, simon 'ghost' riley, after all. spooky, intimidating to most, tall dude.

but it seems his assumptions were incorrect, because he came back to his barracks after somewhat of a rough mission just to notice a a small, dark box oddly left on top of one of the shelves near his bed.

after easily retrieving the container, he examines it— and there's the typical 'note' from them, a few words written on top of the lid with a white marker. it reads, 'saw this and it reminded me of you. from a soldier friend of yours.'

.. but what if this 'soldier friend' has actually left a bomb inside of this? will it explode right now? a spy camera? is anybody watching?

you can't blame him for the skepticism. a strange box randomly appearing on one of your shelves? you would be hesitant to open it too.

after a few shakes he gives to the box to hear if anything suspicious is inside, he decides that it isn't a miniscule explosive or a secret camera or any other funky gadget.

simon opens it, and one of his eyebrows raises as an automatic response. a bracelet? specifically, a bracelet made of small, shiny, white pearls with a single flower charm.

but he's not ungrateful or doesn't like it, per se, he's just.. confused. as everyone else was.

confused that somebody thought to get him a gift. bought something for him that he never asked for or mentioned or even thought of himself.

it's not what he was expecting at all. a bracelet. really? for him? but why? he stands in that spot for a good minute, trying to make sense of this. but he's also trying to tell himself he doesn't care about this.

but there's a little creature in his heart or in his brain or something whispering to him that he actually kind of likes it.

he won't admit any of this— but he does end up keeping it, box and all. and he does like the gorgeous glossiness of the pearls and the intricate details and carvings of the charm.

he likes the way it feels on his wrist when he slides it on. it has a nice, cool feeling, but not cold enough for it to be uncomfortable. like the way a cold pillow feels nice against your head.

and from that day forward, if you look closely enough, you can always see a glimpse of a shiny piece of jewelry peeking through the bottom of ghost's sleeve.

[magicalmysteryperson]

You know what?

Screw it. Reblogging this to the main blog because it (rjalker) blocked my sideblog and I can't disprove these claims via messages or reblogs. (plus I have to follow you to actually message you privately, which is definitely not going to happen after seeing what you just posted.)

No I wasn't attacking crippled-peeper.

I never met, seen, or heard about the guy before I got that anonymous tip!

I just was analyzing the icon to check if it was ai or not and not only was it obviously ai generated, but he is actively lying about its creation as well as his history with AI art.

I even had to make my own version of that icon, as well as had two people analyze the piece as well.

Don't believe me? Have three frickin' links to what I, slenbee, and is-this-ai-art had to do:

What's worse is that crippled-Peeper is using his disability as a shield from criticism and will even delete/hide messages of people that are straight up calling him out/disproving replies that were trying to say that it was "jpeg compression" (you can find that in the third link!)

And rjalker, if you do end up reading this, just know that what you did was completely hypocritical and immature.

You are actively starting up witch hunts while at the same time accusing us of doing the same thing.

Plus, you never showed the very icon that started this whole mess, nor any form of visual evidence that it wasn't ai generated.

Your post is making you and the person you are defending look ten times worse. And you have restricted the replies as well, so you are making it harder for people to actually give criticism to your actions/defend their claims.

If none of what I am showing is going to convince you, then I'm sorry.

There are definitely a bunch of disabled pixel artists out there. My gut says so.

But who you are supporting is not one of those individuals.

I do not stand for assholes that use their gender identity, their sexuality, their race, their religion, or their disability as a shield from criticism and shitty behavior.

It makes people that are similar to a specific individual (in this case, crippled-peeper) look worse.

Plus, internet archiving and tagging our blogs is going to do nothing. sn0zzzz's ask has the link that leads directly to the evidence that contradicts your claims.

Speaking of putting blogs in tags, I'm going to put our names in there to clear us from your slander and your name to add onto your ever growing list of flubs. And believe me, you have a ton.

Doesn't feel good when it happens to you, doesn't it?

https://www.tumblr.com/ai-art-thieves/774446477030375424/popular-user-crippled-peeper-has-a-pfp-that-is

thought you ought to be aware of this

Clickable link so everyone can report this absolute bullshit

Wow you people are really fucking desperate to harass disabled people aren't you. What in the fuck is wrong with you.

You should be embarassed. You should be unable to sleep at night from the shame of this. You ableist fuckwads have literally decided that it's just impossible for a disabled person to have made pixel art, so therefore it must be AI, so therefore you are justified in going on this absolutely fucking ridiculous little witch hunt of yours.

This is literal witch hunt levels of bullshit and absurdity. Fuck all the way off.

Archived link of this absolute fuckery for the link above, and where evrl0ng, like an embarassingly confidant ass, decides that it's just impossible for fucking PIXEL ART to exist at all. Jesus fucking christ.

Everyone can block this fucker sn0zzzz right here, along with:

evrl0ng

ai-art-thieves

lgbtqa-pride-icons

caramiageek

justanartisticpagan

Like seriously what the fuck is wrong with you people. This is absurd. Let me fucking guess, he told you off for being ableist or transmisic so now you have to desperately come up with reasons to hate him without admitting you're ableist or transmisic? Fuck right the hell off.

Find something productive to do with your time instead of this absolute bullshittery. Holy fucking shit.

Have you fucking creeps never heard of JPEG artifacts????? Legitimately what the fuck is wrong with you. "this real art made by a disabled person has to be AI because ummm.... i'ts a fucking JPEG with JPEG artifacts. The things JPEGs are known for having" Jesus fucking Christ I hope you are so fucking ashamed of yourself for this shit. Holy fuck.

Instead of going on literal absurd fucking witch hunts accusing disabled people's art of being AI like a bigoted fuckwad, how about you send him $50 as a gods damned apology. Legitimately, what in the fuck. This behavior is digusting and ridiculous beyond words. You should be ashamed.

"thought you ought to be aware of this" aware of the fact that you and like, 4 other people have decided to die on the hill that JPEGs don't exist and neither does pixel art when it's made by a disabled person???????????????

Thanks! Now I know to block and report all of you creeps! It's so fucking clear that you are desperately searching for a "progressive" reason to fucking attack him. Fuck off and find something actually progressive to do with your time.

[sandplague]

hi! idk if this is a blog where i can ask for advice abt the game so if not, ignore this ask but, what would you say to someone who is absolutely enamored by the game and it's world, would love to dig deep into it, but struggles with its language...? poor choice on my part to w play a game with metaphors and intricate english when my grasp on the language (also the only language i know) isn't very great, but im not backin out on this game.

hello, sure you can ask me advice here. if you mean that you are having trouble understanding what to do in a quest because of how the characters speak to one another I would recommend just using a guide when you feel lost. I think that one translated by theLxR should still work, it just has some of the old names (apiary, ospina, laska, etc). I just checked and there is still a pdf online if you search for it. If you are talking about pathologic 2 there is a spoiler-light walkthrough on steam by @phantasphagist. I don’t know if it’s gauche to suggest this but I don’t think you’re breaking immersion or whatever if you need to double check what to do sometimes in order to make progress.

If you mean that you are having trouble understanding the way characters speak and/or the structure of the game, you could try studying some Russian literature, look up Brecht’s theater/theories (or just papers/videos that can give an overview in easier to understand terms), also I think reading about Shklovsky’s concept of defamiliarization/остранения would help (brecht has his own adaptation of this called the distancing effect/verfremdungseffekt), I have only engaged with that in regards to film and installation art but I think you can apply it to pathologic as well. if you can find info on temporal defamiliarization it’s also pretty interesting, I think there is a paper online about that in regards to Tarkovsky’s film Stalker.  Also in general I think reading (or even just reading some passages from) “the weird and the eerie” by mark fisher is good for understanding what makes pathologic haunting/frightening without the game having to rely on jump scares, plus it’s less dense and verbose than some of the other work I have mentioned. If you are interested in the more minute aspects of characters I have for instance some information about the connection between Andrei and the artist Cellini in Andrei’s tag on this blog, and I would recommend reading Cellini’s autobiography (which is totally wild, there’s a whole section where he does a ritual with a necromancer, he has people try to poison him multiple times, his insane jailbreaks, etc) and the book Benvenuto Cellini: Sexuality, Masculinity, and Artistic Identity in Renaissance Italy for more context.

  I’m sure most of these things have been suggested before in regards to understanding pathologic, I haven’t watched those popular youtube videos on it so I’m just going by what I personally know and would suggest. I’m sure there’s a lot more, I’m not going into detail on each or anything here since I’m just putting out some suggestions.. I’m happy you are sticking with the game, I think it’s important for a full understanding to play all of them (all 3 characters of pathologic & pathologic 2 & the marble nest) yourself. I hope I could help at least a little with this and I hope these suggestions aren’t too ridiculous