#it's a pet peeve

[abhainnwhump]

Whump Contracts

They're verstitle.

(Content warnings: Workplace abuse, pet whump, manipulation, possession, slavery, victim blaming, financial abuse?)

Demon Whumper forcing Whumpee into a contract to possess their body.

Whumpee is signing up for an acting role and they're over the moon about it. The problem? They look at the contract they have to sign for it. Whumper wants them for a little more than acting.

Whumpee signing themselves into being a slave/pet because of their self-hatred.

Whumpee unwillingly signing themselves into being a slave/pet.

Whumpee can't read, so they rely on Whumper to explain what is on it. They lie.

That fantasy trope where someone snaps their fingers and the paper and quill appear out of thin air. - Bonus points if it's out of fire or there's some ghost chanting as Whumpee signs it.

Whumper using the contract as a defense in case the authorities/Caretaker find them.

"You should've read the fine print."

Whumpee actually reading the fine print.

Caretaker signing papers to adopt legally be Whumpee's caretaker.

[vivaciouscynner]

People vs SPOP Artists

A judge looks at a file in their hands and then glances at you. The judge has resting-you're-fucked face and you already feel the tingles of doubt creeping over you. You swallow hard. Breathing is more difficult as you sit ramrod straight in the hard wooden chair. Your sitting bones and back have given up but you convince yourself that punishing yourself might earn you a lighter sentence.

The judge sighs in length. You catch a glimpse of what they're looking at. It's your art. It's Catra and the eyes are drawn Yellow|Blue instead of Blue|Yellow. You know this! But you were excited to share.

The papers land on the desk and the judge folds their hands over them. They give you a long, hard stare and you're sure they've noticed the beads of sweat accumulating over your brow and temples.

"How long have you been a fan? Hm?" They offer a flicker of a friendly smile.

You begin to speak, but you've forgotten your breath and it comes out as a muted croak. You cough for a moment and then you finally say, "D-During the pandemic. I-I lost my job a-and I know it's s-s-suppos-"

"Alright, alright," they say, "So roughly two years. Is that correct?"

You give a hard nod, "Yes."

They lean back in their chair and nod subtly into their hand. It looks like pondering, but you know they've already had a lecture prepared. "The penalty for this is severe. Loss of follows, being canceled, you'll need a new identity," they cut themselves off, "ehhh I don't agree with it, but it is the law."

You immediately feel completely fucked. Your brows furrow hard and you're ready to sob right then and there. "But, considering this is your first, well, first notable offense, I may be able to offer some leniency. But let me first ask, if Catra is facing you and you're looking at her, can you tell me what color HER right eye is?"

All you can think about is how you drew the eyes Yellow|Blue over and over in your mind. You immediately say, "Yellow." Dread washes over you, "BLUE! BLUE! HER RIGHT MY LEFT, IT'S BLUE!" You offer the most pathetic pleading eyes you can.

They put their hand up, "Order now," they say calmly and you quiet down. They say now, "I was there from the beginning, you know. I was there when it was already getting massive attention from those who said the characters didn't look like women. And this was before the show even aired! And when it finally did, you know what I did? I watched it out of spite. Quickly, I became obsessed. This show consumed me. I'd rewatch the episodes over and over on a constant loop. It might have been much, but it made me happy. Tell me, does the show make you happy?

"Very much, your honor."

They nod, "The first season," they huff a laugh, "the first season had so many animation errors. Did you know there was a scene where Adora was missing her shoe straps in Princess Prom? One of my absolute favorite episodes. I found easter eggs, flaws, I went through that episode and others, frame by frame some days. And you know what I've learned? People make mistakes. People fall down. In the case of Catra, people fall down hard," they chuckle, "Am I right?"

You force a chuckle and it's absolutely soaked with anxiety.

"Even the creators of the show had messed up Catra's eyes. Not once, but multiple occasions. It seemed whenever there was a reflection, they'd forgotten, too, which side those eyes were on. All the way until Season 5! It was brief, but it was there." They breathe a moment and begin to look at your art work again. They smile like they're admiring it. "Alright," they set the images down again, "I hereby sentence you to..."

You want to throw up. After all that, they're still sentencing you. FUCK YOU YOU OLD PIECE OF SHIT!

"...a full 5 season rewatch of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power with greater attention to Catra's features. A list of steps of how you'll be remembering to flip the canvas, and maybe accepting a commission from me if you have time. How does that sound?" They look at you with a smile.

You breathe! You breathe like you haven't in years. You nod emphatically. Relieved! Relieved it's finally over.

The judge bangs their gavel, "Court dismissed, you're free to go." They offer one last wink as they walk off the bench and exit the courtroom.

[woolyfaye]

I don’t know who needs to be reminded of this, but if a person is simply mentioning a piece of media as an example of using a trope or storytelling technique, that’s not asking for you to give your opinion about the piece of media. It doesn’t add shit. The point is the book/film/show/game uses the thing, not necessarily the execution, and certainly it’s not about subjective opinions. 

[eternalgirlscout]

earlier today i told an acquaintance in passing that i'll often be in the middle of a novel and think "man i wish this shit were more ambiguous" and had to reiterate twice that i wasn't being sarcastic before they believed me, so this post is to say: i love when writers don't bother to explain everything, i love when stories end uncertain and unsettling, i love being required to think as a reader, i love when stuff makes no damn sense, no i'm not kidding

[mwagneto]

sorry idk but the way the world is so fast and the people in it still want it to be faster is sooo annoying to me. people groaning while standing in line for 3 minutes people being mad the train ride is gonna take 2 hours people complaining that the bus is a few minutes late people being angry that construction work is taking months even though it used to take decades. don't you see the world is already so so so fast in every single aspect can't you understand that being mad will do nothing and just make your mood worse. enjoy the moments of stillness you're given. just stand in line and look at the people around you. sit on the train and watch the scenery. you'll get there.

[theshadowrealmitself]

Actually this has to be its own post, I hate how people treat the moral of the ugly duckling tale like it’s “don’t worry you’ll grow up to be beautiful”

no!!! It was never an ugly duckling because it was never a duck!!! It was a baby swan!!! A cygnet!!! It was never ugly to begin with!!! People only thought it was ugly because they were judging it by their own standards!!!! The moral is that you aren’t ugly, people just don’t see you as you are!!!!

[serialunaliver]

peopl on here are like don't call someone a piece of shit, it's ableist towards everyone with piece of shit personality disorder, a diagnosis that seems completely reasonable and definitely not designed to stigmatize the patient

[cannedpeachess]

No because the way I get so VISCERALLY angry when someone refers to an animal as albino when they’re actually leucistic, erythristic, or xanthochromatic is both deeply irrational and greatly unhealthy

ALBINISM

Total loss of melanin in the body, i.e. skin, hair/fur/feathers, and eyes (the eyes look pink/red because the lack of melanin in the eye exposes the blood vessels within it to light, which then reflects their red hue)

LEUCISM

Partial loss of melanin in the body; the pattern of melanin distribution is unique in each case, so some people or animals with this condition may have patches of typically-colored skin/hair/fur in addition to pigmented eyes, while others may only have the aforementioned ocular pigmentation

ERYTHRISM

Abnormal prevalence of reddish pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; concentration of this pigment varies case by case, so humans/animals with the condition can present anywhere from only slightly pink to intensely red in color; to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

XANTHOCHROMISM

Abnormal prevalence of yellow pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; similar to erythrism, color intensity can vary from light golden hues to deep yellows; again, to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[idontwikeit]

Ask a historian, “What was mankind’s greatest invention?” Fire? The wheel? The sword? I would argue it’s history itself. History isn’t fact. It’s narrative, one carefully curated and shaped. Under the pen strokes of the right scribe, a villain becomes a hero, a lie becomes the truth.

-Gaal Dornick, Foundation

[chainelunaire]

dear jjk writers, these are few things i'm seeing getting constantly misinterpreted:

sukuna is not a curse. sukuna was a human, a sorcerer back in the day, who turned himself into a cursed object.

if he was a curse, he would be instantly killed by the very first hit of makora (so called mahoraga, another mistranslation, actually). sukuna also says it himself in s2x17.

2. sukuna is the name, ryomen is kind of a last name, but actually, more some sort of a title. ryomen (両面) means "two-faced". it's in no way a first name.

3. in japanese, the ways to affectionately nickname another person slightly differ from the western languages. adding honorifics is one of the most popular ones (adding -san,-kun,-chan etc.). moreover, usage of last name is more frequent, so you'll probably hear go-chan (gojo + -chan) more often than plain 'satoru' (unless you're very close) or 'toru' (more on that later). another one is combining first name and last name to create a nickname (for a very rough example: nanami kento -> nanaken). shortening the name also works (with names like 'kento' (建人), 'yuuji' (悠仁), even tho ken-chan or yuu-chan are far more common). but with names like 'megumi' (恵) or 'satoru' (悟) you can't really chop off anything since in japanese language it's already just one kanji. 'toru' in this exact case is entirely different name. (same thing with geto suguru: his first name, 'suguru' (傑), consists only of one kanji.) (actually, they're a good example of what being on first name basis in japan is like. they were very close and not once gojo called geto 'sugu' or geto called him 'toru'. nothing to shorten here.)

please, correct me if i'm wrong, but these are few things that are just so common, that sometimes i'm questioning my own sanity.

[danceyreagan]

Its so hard being a black women who likes fanfiction. Like there is just still so little representation. Even when things are “reader” they are coded for white people.

No one is running their fingers through my silky hair. Or brushing hair out of my eyes behind my ear. I have an afro and when I dont its in twists. Also, black women dont really let people touch or play in their hair.

I dont have pink nipples.

I dont blush. My skin will not turn red no matter how hard Im blushing.

Now I thought it was hard in the Peaky Fandom. But there are some amazing black fic writers here and likely more have emerged since I havent been active in the fandom for a few years.

Trying to read Kpop fan fiction, its even harder to find representation.

If you are in any of the fandoms below, please comment or reblog with your fave black fanfic writers.

Mine are

@btsqualityy

@kimnjss

@panjakes

@laketaj24

@xxdearlybeloved

[werewolfetone]

Guy who is about to completely obliterate the vibe by talking about British colonialism for the next two hours: is that Zombie by the Cranberries I hear on your playlist at this fine Halloween party?

[sugarcoatednightshade]

thinking about how Humans Are Space Orcs stories always talk about how indestructible humans are, our endurance, our ability to withstand common poisons, etc. and thats all well and good, its really fun to read, but it gets repetitive after a while because we aren't all like that.

And that got me thinking about why this trope is so common in the first place, and the conclusion I came to is actually kind of obvious if you think about it. Not everyone is allowed to go into space. This is true now, with the number of physical restrictions placed on astronauts (including height limits), but I imagine it's just as strict in some imaginary future where humans are first coming into contact with alien species. Because in that case there will definitely be military personnel alongside any possible diplomatic parties.

And I imagine that all interactions aliens have ever had up until this point have been with trained personnel. Even basic military troops conform to this standard, to some degree. So aliens meet us and they're shocked and horrified to discover that we have no obvious weaknesses, we're all either crazy smart or crazy strong (still always a little crazy, academia and war will do that to you), and not only that but we like, literally all the same height so there's no way to tell any of us apart.

And Humans Are Death Worlders stories spread throughout the galaxy. Years or decades or centuries of interspecies suspicion and hostilities preventing any alien from setting foot/claw/limb/appendage/etc. on Earth until slowly more beings are allowed to come through. And not just diplomats who keep to government buildings, but tourists. Exchange students. Temporary visitors granted permission to go wherever they please, so they go out in search of 'real terran culture' and what do they find?

Humans with innate heart defects that prevent them from drinking caffeine. Humans with chronic pain and chronic fatigue who lack the boundless endurance humans are supposedly famous for. Humans too tall or too short or too fat to be allowed into space. Humans who are so scared of the world they need to take pills just to function. Humans with IBS who can't stand spicy foods, capsaicin really is poison to them. Lactose intolerance and celiac disease, my god all the autoimmune disorders out there, humans who struggle to function because their own bodies fight them. Humans who bruise easily and take too long to heal. Humans who sustained one too many concussions and now struggle to talk and read and write. Humans who've had strokes. Humans who were born unable to talk or hear or speak, and humans who through some accident lost that ability later.

Aliens visit Earth, and do you know what they find? Humanity, in all its wholeness.

[daisywords]

can't believe it's 2022 and we still have posts around about not overusing "said" like seriously? Imagine if I made a list of words to use instead of "and." wouldn't that be stupid?

[rowarn]

SICK of reading fics that are basically "omg u got groped by a man without ur consent and now i'm jealous and have to fuck u to show the world ur MINE"

i want COMFORT !!!!! NOT WEIRD MISPLACED JEALOUSY.....WHY R U JEALOUS OVER NONCONSENSUAL TOUCHING GROW UP

[batsydoodle]

little thing i actually love about superbat is that, since Bruce and Clark both have dark hair and blue eyes, fic authors can't just go ''the blue eyed one'' or ''the dark haired one'' the whole fic. It's more effort to come up with distinct descriptors, sure, but also so refreshing to not have to read a whole fic where a character is kinda named the bitch with blue eyes the whole time