#please don’t interpret this is me having beef with you

[swugflower]

I cannot tell you the disappointment I just experienced.

I had the most intense high after reading that a Loki x Morbius ship exists on the tumblr ship list only to be now crashed with sadness that this isn’t about Jared Leto Morbius but apparently Owen Wilson (????) in that Loki series.

Morbius has been the biggest meme between my former co-worker/bestest of homies for years now, to the point that I swore to name a cat Morbius.

I am,,, devastated right now.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

(Dividers were found {and made} here. Not by me.)

L͟I͟N͟K͟S͟:

ᥴꪖꪀꪮꪀ ᛕ꠸ꪶꪶꫀ᥅!ᦓꪖꪀᦓ:

A post with links + a google doc.

My post.

∂єℓтα’ѕ тαℓє & ꪮꪻꫝꫀ᥅ꪻꪖꪶꫀ.

ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀᴏ3 ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

C̳A̳N̳ ̳Y̳O̳U̳ ̳I̳N̳T̳E̳R̳A̳C̳T̳?̳

Disclaimer: i talk about killer, so I’ll be talking about things like murder, torture, abuse, unethical experiments, etc.

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Bigots of any kind, Misogynists, Pro-Israel, Fake-claimers, Zoos. Pedohilies, “MAPs,” or anyone who supports or is neutral. Anyone who ships or romanticizes incest, pedophila, rape/SA, necrophilia, bestiality, and abuse. People who enjoy listening or watching IRL gore/snuff.

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Anyone who isn’t any of the above.

Also anyone who enjoys “color spectrum duo,” aka killer and color.

Queer people, systems, furries, any type of alter/nonhuman, people of color, disabled people, anyone of any religion or spirituality is welcome. Pagans and witches.

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If you ever disagree with or don’t like my headcanons or interpretations of certain characters, such as in the UTMV fandom, then always feel free to tell me your own or ask me to elaborate further. Do it politely, or I will not acknowledge you. I will block you.

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These are for any and all asks I have received and answered, my yapping, reblogs I want to return to later.

You can call me Howl(s), Hound(s), or simply Rey.

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And that should be everything. I will update, add on, and remove as I see fit. I tend to get talkative when using written communication, and I love making lists, so this got longer than I thought it would be. I hope it was easy enough to read.

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[romanarose]

Triple Frontier Write-A-Thon

Hosted by @romanarose and @for-a-longlongtime

Hello everyone! March 13th of this year is the 5 year anniversary of Triple Frontier, a movie that was underrated but very precious to all of us. To me, it is a comfort movie and something that through fics and fandom has helped me process a lot of things. 

Charlie Hunnam announced recently that there is potential for a sequel and he is trying to get it in production and has signed on as a producer. Me and @for-a-longlongtime want to both drum up a little noise and celebrate this media we all love so much!

How it works

Write a fanfiction of Triple Frontier, following the content rules listed below. This is for both art and fanfiction. We encourage you to utilize twitter or instagram if you’d like to share either, and #triplefrontier or #triplefrontier2019 on any site you post on. If you don’t want to make art or write, we encourage you to use social media platforms with the hashtags to help make some noise.

We are highly encouraging LGBT themes and for you to think outside of x f!reader. 

All fics that fall under the rules are encouraged, so if you write Santiago Garcia x afab!f!reader, that’s great! But we’d like to take this time to encourage gay/bi pairings, trans readers, or even trans interpretations of the boys. Branch out!

When you post, tag @triplefrontier-anniversary on tumblr and we will reblog it there. We also may reblog onto our main, so consider tagging one or both of us so we know what’s up! Please follow that page to see what other people are writing! In the tags, please tag it triple frontier write a thon, just to make everything easily found.

If you want to post art that tumblr doesn’t allow like nude art, link the content in a tumblr post, like a twitter link, and we’ll reblog that!

If you exclusively write on ao3 or wattpad or other, you can either make a link on a tumblr post and tag us. Other option is to message me (RomanaRose) privately and I’ll make a post and link you and reblog it to the page.

Rules

We will run from March 1st to March 14th. Fics and art posted before or after will not be counted.

This is not a dark event, sorry! Some of us enjoy dark content but wanted to keep this particular event mostly non-dark. That being said, we will allow dub con in the context of mild alcohol use, power dynamics etc. Kidnapping/arranged marriage etc is fine as long as consent is given for anything sexual. Mostly we are looking to avoid non-con/violence. If you have questions, don’t be afraid to reach out to us!

All participants must be 18+, although smut is not required

No incest, including Millercest. None of the usual ‘no’s’, such as underage content apply in addition to no dark.

We have the right to exclude any fic that makes us uncomfortable. It’s our event.

However, we will NOT be excluding people for personal biases, unless it encroaches on our boundaries. I.E. If we have you blocked, please don’t try to enter the event. However, if we’ve had petty beefs or you and one of our mutuals don’t like each other, we generally will include your work. This event is to promote Triple Frontier, not about us.

LGBT themes are highly encouraged, not required.

Tom is allowed. We’re not gonna tell you not to include him if that’s what your little heart desires. However, we highly encourage that your work includes at least one of the usual 4

Leave me alone I love Arrested Development, RIP Carl Weathers.

We hope everyone has fun and this drums up more Triple Frontier fics, in which we are severely lacking!

Remember to reblog and comment to support artists!

Please come to us with any questions!

[laithraihan]

now i’m kinda curious to hear what you think of proshipping.. if you don’t mind of course

I'll share my thoughts, and if theres anything I say that doesnt make sense feel free to point it out to me because I mostly write with the help of a translator. Under the cut because I wrote too much stuff.

TLDR: proshippers hate me because I dont want to look at glorified depictions of pedophilia/incest/etc, antis hate me because my content isnt 100% sanitized. I stay around anti circles because I find it slightly easier for me to talk about my headcanons with them even though I think they can be insufferable.

So the thing about proshipping. From what I've seen it means being "anti-harassment" and being in support of curating your online experience, which sounds great on paper and that's practically what I do. I have over 3k accounts blocked on my personal twitter to navigate the website more easily and I also dont care if someone blocks me if they dont like my stuff.

Except proshippers never consider me a proshipper because I am uncomfortable with viewing glorified depictions of topics like pedophilia, incest, rape, all that stuff. The same way people are uncomfortable with excessive blood and gore (which I also can't really handle seeing). Whether or not it's always easy to tell if it's glorified is an entirely different topic, which is precisely why I stay away from all depictions in general to avoid being intrusive.

And what's interesting is that I do not label myself an "anti". Mainly because I don't even know what the term "anti" is supposed to mean ("anti-" what exactly. Genuinely please tell me because I actually dont know) But the ones who label themselves "proship" always call me an anti, because again I do not wish to engage with content related to pedophilia etc, and that alone apparently enough to be considered "a person who harasses others over fiction" even if I mind my own business and have no interest in forcing my personal tastes on others, especially if they make it clear that they wont change their mind. Which makes me believe that for a lot of self-identified proshippers, the definition of being "proship" would be more similar to "I love fucked up stuff and if you dont then youre lame and it obviously means you can't tell the difference between fiction and reality" which honestly seems like insecurity to me.

Forgive me for bringing up this up once again but I want to mention an example to make it easier for me to explain: yknow the whole thing with me drawing Minori and Reigen and labelling it "non-cp" which caused a wave of both self-identified antis and proshippers harassing me over that (I'll say that proshippers were more bold about it since the antis harassing me were all anonymous). Proshippers saw me saying "I dont ship that" and interpreted it as me being defensive and in denial, as if I said "guys I swear Im an anti !!! please dont think im a proshipper !!! ", when I meant "I dont want to discuss this with others in a shipping manner because thats not how I see it and I dont want to enter a space Im not comfortable with"

I admit I responded to this situation in a petty manner, but this was after several days of harassment done directly in my inbox and publicly (sometimes I wish yall remembered that group chats and priv accounts exist). My point is that simply saying you don't like seeing pedophilia in fiction is enough for proshippers to believe it's justified for them to harass you over it (and I'm fully aware they'll say it's not harassment, only when antis and "puriteens" do this to them then it's harassment)

Now about the anti side. Don't get me started on them either. If proshippers see me as an enemy then this must mean that I always get along with the ones who call themselves "antis" (I do not). Note that Im only talking about adults here, I dislike beefing with children and I think their feelings about this are entirely reasonable (I'll elaborate on this when talking about internet safety)

But anyways. I think a lot of adults are discourse-brained and do way too much. Im thinking of nonsense like "this ship is problematic because they are 'sibling-coded' so thats basically incest" "siblings giving each other a hug gives me proship vibes" things of that nature. And you're not allowed to do anything that even has the smallest possibility of being interpreted as "problematic", because then they'll harass you for it, and if you clarify your intentions, they expect you to apologize for "misleading" them because clearly they didnt do anything wrong by making assumptions about you.

There's almost no room allowed for creativity with them, everyone has to follow fanon because they consider it canon, if you ever want to try something other than the same boring domestic fluff then it's "too much" (and not even platonic affection is acceptable to draw in certain cases). Which is incredibly fucking boring to me who wants to see different types of content. People even said I was enjoying incest for drawing Reigen selfcest, and that I was "making others uncomfortable" by drawing it. Genuinely seems to me that they only care about moral superiority, that they never think about anything in depth, and I dont think they realize that it also shows in what they create: boring and repeated fanart and headcanons where the only thing you can say about it is "thats cute", nothing more because you saw it ten billion times already. You cant draw two people showing platonic affection that absolutely nobody would bat an eye if it happened in real life, you cant discuss something specific in more depth without people saying you have a fetish for it, and then they'll harass you based on their speculation that it's a fetish. I dont think many realize this, but fandoms are full of autistic people, so it's normal to see people who are interested in very specific things that dont make sense to others! I wish people were less judgmental, but at the same time I dont care if people think Im weird. I think what I mean is theres no reason to mistreat weird people who do no harm to others.

So yeah if you call yourself an "anti" I'll assume youre spend too much time engaging in fandom discourse and you're the type of person to believe that fanart where two people are holding hands is the equivalent to drawing them fucking each other. Which I think is a very childish mindset to have and it's worrying that many adults think this way. I also think that as an adult they should be capable of blocking stuff they hate instead of constantly arguing with people online because at this point it's just mental torture.

The thing about internet safety I mentioned earlier, I'd say this is the one thing that I'll always prioritize discussing whenever proship discourse comes up.... To put it simply: filter and limit the visibility of your content, do not put triggering stuff in the main tags, stay in your own circles. Whether or not you believe fictional rape/pedophilia/etc is bad is irrelevant, my point is that these are objectively triggering topics and should be filtered just like how there are warnings for violence and blood even if it's not real.

"But it's the parents' responsibility to control what kids look at online, this has nothing to do with me!" and I agree with the parents being the ones Primarily responsible. However the reality is that children are online and there's nothing you can do to stop it from happening. Kids will also enter spaces theyre not allowed in, theyre children and children are rebellious especially teenagers, I was like this as a teenager too. You'd be lying if you said you were always obedient since childhood and never did anything you were told Not to do. And you can't really expect teenagers to always block and not interact if they see something triggering. It's your responsibility to block them if they interact with you, because what I see most of the time is adults bickering with teenagers who are uncomfortable, calling them "puriteens", putting them on blast and allowing other adults including NSFW accounts to dunk on them.

Humiliating and degrading teenagers does not "teach them a lesson", it only makes the teenager more stubborn and reactive. Adults must accept that kids will always find their way in there even if your content isnt easily accessible. So I think it's stupid to feel offended at a child because they got upset when they found upsetting content like how any normal child would react. Which is why I wish more adults would keep blocking without saying anything petty to provoke teenagers.

Before someone pancake-waffles me and says "so youre fine with antis doxxing people" no I do not support doxxing. Ive been doxxed so I know it sucks. However the only times Ive seen it go this far is after continuous arguing because nobody knows when to stop. Im not saying this applies all the time nor am I saying doxxing is fine, but there are ways to minimize this sort of outcome as much as possible. Both sides have doxxed people over petty arguments that couldve easily been avoided if they just blocked each other and moved on.

The topic above (internet safety) is probably the only thing related to this where Im actively telling others what they should be doing. It's not only teenagers who are triggered by depictions of pedophilia etc but also adults like myself. In my case Im old enough to block content I dislike without saying a word, however I cant help but think that there's not enough being done about filtering especially when I do not search for this type of content and I still see it all the time.

I also think it's important for me to mention that I have a very poor sense of morality. I do not have a personal moral code that I adhere to, and I mostly stick to the basic universal ones that make sense to me. So I will not discuss the "morals" of consuming this stuff because I am not adequate to share an opinion on this, and I know the most popular topic of discussion related to proship discourse is morality which I frankly find counterproductive. I dont understand why people should care so much if I find something morally correct or not, unless it's to make themselves feel better about having a "superior opinion" to mine. Though I will say that if a man tells me he's into rape "but only in fiction!" then I dont think it will stop me of imagining myself bashing his skull repeatedly with large rocks. Maybe Im too mistrustful of men in general.

Final point I want to clarify is that I am not trying to assert some sort of superiority over people by disliking both sides, like saying "Im not an anti or a proshipper Im a Normal person" or something like that, and Im not expressing a "neutral" stance on the topic of fiction's influence on reality either. There are topics like racism and orientalism in fiction that Im vocal about (which is expected since Im Algerian). I genuinely believe there are many things that are interesting to discuss and should be prioritized, but too many people are chronically online, subjective and defensive, at this point I dont even think it's accurate to say that disliking one side automatically means you support the other side regarding fiction. To me, "proship discourse" is not about the debate of the effects of fiction on reality, censorship in media, etc. It's about everything I described earlier that happens online.

[girlgeniusevents]

Girl Genius Event Week - 2023

Dates: May 21st-27th

There are three prompts every day, organized as "Character Group :: Trope :: AU"

Each is an option for the day. They can be combined, or done separately.

May 21 - Parent Generation :: Body Swap :: Soulmate AU May 22 - Main Trio :: Kidnapping Fic :: Modern/Near-Modern AU May 23 - Jagerkin :: Arranged Marriage :: Crossovers May 24 - Fighting Girls Tea and Cake Society :: Costume or Fancy Dress :: Role/Age/Generation Swap May 25 - Muses :: Kid Fic :: Human-Animal Hybrid AU May 26 - Foreign Rulers :: Cake (Cheese, Beef, or Literal) :: Genre AU May 27 - OCs and Commoners of Europa :: Time Travel :: Villain AU

How does this work?

I provide a set of prompts for each day of the event week. You can choose one or more prompts, and then you base a fanwork on that prompt. If you want to combine prompts, or make multiple pieces to contrast prompts, then you can do so.

How do I post?

Post your work or a link to your work (for fics hosted on AO3) on tumblr, and tag it #girl genius event week. You will also tag @girlgeniusevents​ in the body of the post. I will then reblog it to share with the other participants.

Do not post before the day of the prompt. Late posts are accepted. If I do not reblog your post within 36 hours, contact me.

Are there any limitations?

Please do not submit nsfw if you are a minor. Please provide warnings for fics with sensitive content, and tag appropriately. Please do not bash ships or characters.

Am I supposed to interpret the prompts any specific way?

Nope! So long as it’s Girl Genius and relates to the prompt somehow, feel free to go wild.

I don’t understand what this particular prompt is supposed to mean.

I had to shorten a few to make them snappy, so here's some clarification!

Parent Generation: Bill, Lucrezia, and Klaus's generation. Includes Barry, Aaronev, etc.

Near-Modern AU: a recent history AU (e.g. an eighties AU) that is lacking in canon fantasy elements... or a modern AU with non-canon fantastical elements, like an urban fantasy. (Or you can just stick with a real world modern AU! There's plenty of interesting work to be done there, too.)

Fighting Girls Tea and Cake Society: the canon nickname for Zeetha, Violetta, and Bang as a trio

Kid Fic: Could be a flashback to when they were kids. Could be de-aging. Could be about their children, a few years into the future. Go nuts.

Foreign Rulers: Albia, Voltaire, Zantabraxus, and so on. If they aren't inside Wulfenbach territory, they count.

Genre AU: Doing a genre fiction story about canon. GG covers plenty of genres in a mix, but a Genre AU would be dedicated to one specific genre that isn't GG's main. For instance, if you wanted to do a film noir AU, you could do a standard film noir setting with GG characters, or you could do something more like the Ivo Sharktooth comic.

Cheesecake/Beefcake: Cheesecake is pin-up style sexy ladies. Beefcake is pin-up style sexy dudes. Phil draws a lot of these, so the prompts are in honor of that. If you aren’t in the mood to draw or write something relating to sexy people, then we also have the option of literal cake.

OCs and Commoners of Europa: Originally, this was just the Circus, but I've expanded it to cover more. Show us your Original Characters, or just write about someone who's living their life outside the plot.

[malachiteclouds]

Hello! 💗 What Pluto in the 7th house in natal chart could mean? I don’t really resonate with any of other peoples’ interpretations so I’m curious what would you say about it.

7th House Pluto:

⭒ well our 7th house is the house of one on one partnerships, not just marriage but also enemies business partners, etc.

⭒ this placement could manifest as having a lot of relationships that will end tragically or come back like a phoenix from the ashes (as pluto is all about the cycle of metamorphosis, death, and rebirth). so one way or nother, a lot of relational transformation and transmutation. and one on one partnerships can be very transformative for you.

⭒ also, you would definitely need to look at the sign too as this will impact the nature of said transformation (say like gemini 7H pluto would maybe transform in their relationships by originally attracting people who gossip a lot and are generally really flighty and then that could transform into attracting people who are really bubbly and interesting and care a lot about what other people have to say by ma really tragic falling out with the previous friend that taught you the value of the QUALITY of friendships you allow into your life).

⭒ also because of the nature of pluto, this placement could also attract more open enemies than usual. or if you wind up with enemies, just a lot more hatred, vitriol, and just intensity in general. people may just find you to be too triggering to THEIR wounds so they avoid you or try to project their problems back onto you because you might mirror to them the things they don't like about themselves. this is especially true because pluto is generational, so if you are usually around peers, their pluto is going to conjunct your pluto in your 7th house.

⭒ you could be seen as an extremely loyal (and possessive) partner in marriage or even with your friends, as your partnerships are going to be of utmost importance to you. you might really take pride in your loyalty and ride-or-die nature.

⭒ 7H pluto can also imply an inheritance, or marrying rich. having a wealthy partner. pluto deals with sharing of resources, and the 7H is our marriage partner. you can marry someone who makes bank and shares it with you willingly and openly. or you could make a lot of money in business partnerships.

⭒ you could also make money off of any enemies that you make(or unfortunately could lose money because of them too) if pluto is in aquarius, I wonder if maybe you could make money off of beef online with someone.

⭒ tw; (take all placements with a grain of salt, astrology cant tell you something will 100% happen or not) because of the nature of pluto being about death (real and metaphorical), you could wind up with a spouse that dies before you, their death could really impact you, or their death could be the thing that puts big money in your pocket. im sorry 😣 however your enemies could be impacted by this too, which implies your enemies can die prematurely as well. or even in an attempt to kill you, they kill themselves (which is a way more extreme manifestation of this energy so don't take it too seriously haha)

that's about all that comes to mind regarding pluto in the 7th house! if you have any other placements or details you want me to delve more into, please just send them in my inbox and i'll get to them asap! :)

[andypantsx3]

andie's info desk — blog rules, ask rules, writing info, tagging, and faqs!

˖˚˳⊹ — blog rules

★ minors please do not follow; all others please have your age in your bio or i may block you for your safety!! ★ read and interact in good faith. please assume i am doing my best and mean everything with good intentions. if i've said something you find hurtful, you can politely let me know! ★ be respectful and polite. i am not a blog, i am a person! i have a full time job & other life commitments and can sometimes take a long time to write fic, respond to messages, or read recs. my online fooling around time is my recharging time and i try not to put pressure on myself to do things super quickly.

˖˚˳⊹ — ask rules

★ please do not message me the same thing over & over! i ask for your patience with how slow i can be to respond; i will try to get to as many messages as i have time and energy for!! (please also note i am also a serial hoarder of praise & nice messages because i love rereading them, i apologize!!) ★ please don't ask when a fic will be updated! i don't have an update schedule; i post as i write unless otherwise already specified. ★ i only accept fic recommendations off anon & from non-blank blogs. previously i've had people recommend me their fics and harass me when i took a while; now i'd like full visibility on who is recommending me what! apologies to any shy people this affects!! ★ i will only accept recs & asks that respect my rules/will not read/will not writes. others will be deleted, my apologies.

˖˚˳⊹ — writing (and reading)

★ do not repost, translate, plagiarize, or otherwise input my work into any ai interface. if you'd like to post something inspired by one of my works, i'm generally cool with it but would appreciate if you'd message me first! ★ i do not take requests and have no plans to! i already struggle to write my own ideas lol. ★ i don’t maintain & use tag lists—my apologies! i recommend subbing to the fic on ao3 if you have an account! ★ yes, i accept constructive criticism! i want to grow as a writer, any help would be appreciated. please do be constructive with me, though!! ★ i don't write or read any of the following tropes: pregnancy, babies, motherhood in general, daddy kink, degradation, gore, blood, pain kink, death, piss, scat, vomit, kink involving bodily functions in general, rape, noncon, cheating, break up/getting back together, incest including stepcest, dom reader, teacher/student, pet play. ★ i don't write or read any of the following characters: endeavor, afo, any of the teachers except aizawa, any of the lov except dabi, any of the pros except hawks, any of the girls as i am tragically heterosexual :/

˖˚˳⊹ — faq

★ can you rec some fics? i rec things as i read them!! you can check here for all the x reader fics i’ve recommended so far!!  ★ will you beta my fic? it seriously means a ton to me that anyone would trust me with this! i'm currently prioritizing writing my own fics (and also don't have the proper chops to properly beta to be real with you), and will decline; my sincerest apologies!! ★ what are your thoughts on <controversial fandom subject>? going forward i have decided not to answer these. i’m not here to participate in discourse, i just want to have fun. obviously there are many things that i will be happy to shout down (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) but there are a lot of topics that come up in fandom that i believe are largely more nuanced than "x thing is bad!" (interpretations of storylines, character motivations, dark content, the eternal aged up character discourse, and inter-blog beef that is none of my business). ★ do you have any tips on getting noticed? you can check out some of my previous suggestions here but honestly i'm not the best person to ask! in truth i think just telling the kinds of stories that you want to tell is the best way to make the most of your time in fandom. ★ will you face reveal? nope! you will have to imagine me as a pink parrot always.

˖˚˳⊹ — tagging

#andie.chat for posts containing personal ramblings and/or personal opinions. PLEASE block this tag if you are upset/triggered by opinions on characters/tropes/storyline interpretations that do not match yours. #ask andie for all my asks/replies. please feel free to block if the amount i respond bothers you! #fic recs for all my fic recommendations #bnha spoilers for any spoilers for new episodes/movies/manga content. #tw: i try to tag potentially triggering content in the format of “tw: triggering content here” but please let me know if there is anything i can tag better in the future!

[melodymelancholyart]

Hiiii

So an anon thinks I should credit you for the idea that 2006 Ian thinks 2024 Anthony is hot. I'm so sorry, I didn't think it was necessary cause I just.. thought it was a universal idea. But I still added you to the notes because, after all, you still drew it and it's your idea!

If you don't think it's necessary though I'll remove it! Don't want to make you uncomfy or something :)

Ok I wanna put it out there that I reblogged the fic with a screenshot of 2006 Ian expressing that future Anthony was hot because I was really flattered. I interpreted that as a lil nod to my post. It was not me trying to imply that my idea was stolen. I appreciate that anon was trying to make sure I was credited but I felt it was unnecessary. If I ever feel as though I’m being uncredited or taken advantage of, I will publicly address it. I am in no way affiliated with the anon. This was a shock to me. @calm-smol’s fic, especially that particular moment that referenced my post, just warmed my soul. I was honored that a lil post I made became something beyond myself. I’m thankful that Calm-Smol credited me but I hope this decision wasn’t reached due to harassment from an anon. (idk what anon said so I’m unaware of the extent of the comment. All in all, please don’t harass people or speak on my behalf.)

If you were harassed, Calm-Smol, you have my apologies. I should’ve been more clear of just how grateful I was and it pains me to think I indirectly caused you distress. I hope this doesn’t hinder your ability to continue pursuing your passions.

I’m sorry for getting kinda serious there. I underestimated my own place in the community I suppose?? That being said, feel free to go nuts with my Smosh stuff. Obviously don’t just steal stuff, but if you wanna make a fanfic, headcannon, fanart, etc based on any fan concepts I come up with…

DO IT! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

I’m a self-proclaimed “Smosh veteran” and I haven’t seen such a creativity spike in the community in YEARS and it’s amazing to see! If my ideas give birth to your own ideas, I WANNA SEE IT KING/QUEEN/LORD!!👑 FLEX THOSE BRAIN JUICES!! Even when I eventually do post original art, fan works are highly encouraged!! I give you a platonic, metaphorical kiss (*´꒳`*)(´ε｀ )♡

(Also, if I make fan works of your stuff and that makes you uncomfortable, shoot me a dm and I’ll take it down.)

You guys should read their fic too! It’s been a while since I’ve been this invested in a Smosh fanfic. Very excited to see where the story leads!! YOU GUYS BETTER READ IT!! ILL UNALIVE YOU IN MINECRAFT!!

tldr Please don’t speak on my behalf. I have no beef with Calm-Smol. MAKE ART!

Ba bye!!

[luveline]

SPOILER FOR THE BEAR

but I recently finished season 3 of The Bear and as weird as it would feel to see Sydney leave that place I can’t help but feel like that girl needs to ditch Carm😭

I agree!!

I don’t think she will, but I think she should 😭 I think that Sydney is impulsive and impatient, but I also think that she is extremely talent and extremely intelligent, so while I’m not sure if she would or wouldn’t crash again if she were to move on and act as CDC somewhere else (like I don’t want to diminish her potential or capabilities but from what I can tell about Sheridan road and what she herself said about it it became too big for her too quickly, so I think even after working for a bit in the bear, she doesn’t have the experience she might need to be CDC for that man I’m so sorry I can’t remember his name) I honestly don’t think she will leave the bear —I don’t even really know why I think she’s gonna stay, but I think how she was clearly feeling in the last episode was maybe evidence that she can’t make herself leave yet? But I think she SHOULD leave because she doesn’t have room to work on herself and to become less impulsive and impatient because she’s too busy either taking care of something Carmy has done or because he’s not giving her that room she needs. And I’m not saying Carmy is a bad person I have very deep empathy for him and I think WHY he’s acting this way is fairly easy to understand, but it doesn’t mean it’s okay, like he’s not noticing the harm he’s doing because he’s so busy spinning out internally.

anyways if you’re reading this please don’t be mad at me if my interpretation doesn’t align with yours I don’t pretend to know everything and it’s totally totally okay if you think I’m wrong cos I probably am, I am not hating on any character so pls no beef

[sonofshin]

RP blog for a little baby dragon. Guest OC muses appear every now and then, and they all care very much for the little lad.

Soapie’s general rules

I really trust people will behave themselves so I hope most of these rules are old news.

-Don’t godmod. Don’t take control of my character or dictate what should happen next, thank you.

-Shipping is done via chemistry only. Hayase is baby.

-Please respect me, as a mun. I am a human being behind a computer. If I don’t want to rp with you or do certain plots, please respect that.

-If you have beef with me, please let me know so we can talk it out. DM’s, asks, anons, anything goes. I’d like to know if I fucked up or made someone uncomfortable. I’m not a mind reader so communication is always key. I make mistakes and I’d like to set things right if I hurt someone. I’d rather be hurt with a reason, than to be hurt without one.

-The above statement also goes for general annoyances. Sometimes I forget specific rules or interpret them differently. I’ll never be mad if you let me know. I’m never trying to upset anyone.

-Anon hate will only be accepted in the form of haiku’s that end in ‘it’s snowing on Mount Fuji’, or when written in surfer slang.

-NSFW is accepted in gore, violence, and sex. I also draw smut every now and then and my tag for such things is ‘sinflowers’. So block that if you don’t want to see the occasional butt. Suggestive things are usually tagged as ’nsft’. Sometimes I forget or sometimes I do not think something is suggestive enough to warrant that tag. If things slip by and bother you, please hit me up. Anonymously is also totally accepted. I just need to know so I can pay closer attention to it.

-Following is an iffy thing for me. I am shy, very shy, and often don’t follow back when people follow me. Due to recent events I am also very much inclined to only follow friends. You may, however, still interact with me.

-On the subject of tagging: I don’t. Meaning, that I don’t tag every single thing on my blog. I tag the most obvious triggers if it comes to pass. I don’t do any ‘tw: trigger’. It’s literally just the word(s). Like blood, gore, etc. IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TAGGED THEN PLEASE MESSAGE ME! EVEN IF IT IS ANONYMOUSLY! I CAN NOT CHANGE THINGS IF I AM NOT AWARE OF A PROBLEM!

- On formatting: I don’t format and don’t mind if you do. However, overly spaced text gives me a headache so I might ask you to unspace if we RP together. My brain is tiny, please forgive me

-You have permission to hurt my muse as long as you are willing to deal with the consequences. No one likes to be in pain and my muses will probably retaliate. Giving me a heads up is appreciated though not required. As long as you don’t KILL my muse, things will be gucci. No, you don’t need to ask permission first.

- If you tell me that I, the mun, hate your muse just because my muse is angry at them, I will come to your house and dehydrate all your plants. This will never, EVER be the case and I will absolutely take great offence. Mun does not equal muse. EVER!

- I, the mun, am 25+, go by Soapie, and have English as a second language. I obviously will not RP smut with minors and if I find out you are doing such things you will get a message from me to quit that shit. If you continue, you will get blocked. I am a rather aloof person. I have a resting bitch face, even in text. I am also autistic. Please know I have the best intentions when typing. I simply have room temperature IQ. I’m sorry

If you have read these rules, send me a mango

P.S. Having fun is mandatory >:)

[paperstorm]

I’m not trying to start a beef please don’t block me I just think some of y’all are really reaching when it comes to Carlos this season. Like you’re twisting yourself in knots to make his storyline make sense and be okay and then acting like anyone who isn’t doing that is the weird one. It feels gaslighting kind of, like not as serious as that but the vibe.

I'm sorry you felt like people were smallish-gaslighting you. I don't think there's anything wrong with disliking Carlos's arc this season. It's awful to feel disappointed like that. My whole thing has always been that a line is being crossed when expressing dislike for the writing turns into hurting real people with insensitive language or bullying or a general lack of empathy. But if you were just expressing dislike of the story? You are fully allowed to do that. Part of being in a fandom community is not being mean to people who have different interpretations.

I guess for me the thing about reaching is ... I don't think that I am. I can make Carlos's arc make sense in my head with who he's always been. I have not been shy about saying the Iris storyline was poorly executed, because it was, but none of what he did this season feels out of character to me anyway. But even if I am reaching, so what, you know? Is that such a bad thing? It's a silly network procedural show. It's not meant to be high art or the most flawless storytelling or perfect representation of every issue it touches. So if my goal is to continue to be entertained by a television show that has brought me joy, and to do that with people who also find joy and community in this fandom, I think that "reaching" a little to make sense of a poorly executed plotline really isn't a bad use of my time.

[foiazoli]

First Silmarillion Readthrough: Valaquenta

And we’re back with my series of sort of live-blogging my thoughts on the Silmarillion as I read it for the first time! For an intro to this thing, see here, or check out the tag “baby’s first silm read” where all of my previous posts are archived.

We’re into the Valaquenta today, and we finally get into some descriptions of the Valar individually! Jumping right on in;

Manwe: Bird and Wind boy, understands Eru the best, and so gets to be king. Fairly good reason to be made king tbh, I had previously thought he was king because he was strongest (excluding Melkor, who is evil) which imo is not a particularly good way to go about choosing kings.

Varda: Star Queen, she’s got light in her face? Given she’s the star lady I’m not sure if that’s a metaphor or not tbh. Melkor has beef with her cause she told him to fuck off, good for her. The elves love her best and named her Elbereth which the text treats like a great honor but the appendix tells me translates to “star-queen” which. Is a literal description so idk how that's supposed to show supreme veneration or whatever but sure.

Ulmo: Ocean man. First description: “He is alone.” Ominous start, he used to be besties with Manwe but prefers hanging out in the ocean to going to council meetings, big mood. When he’s incarnate, he inspires dread. These descriptions really capture the feeling of the raw power of the ocean and its confusing otherness, I dig it.

Oh the sea-longing! Ulmo directly inspires it in people via going up rivers and playing his shell-horns? Interesting LoTR tidbit tie-in. He gets more info than Manwe via the streams etc. somehow. Considering Manwe is the lord of air and all of these places have air in them I’m not sure how that works, but maybe he’s just not listening as directly? It does also say that Ulmo never abandoned elves and men, and considering this section is after Manwe’s, you can read that as an implication that Manwe did abandon them.

Aule: we get told of his strength (slightly less than Ulmo) before his domain here, “all the substances of which Arda is made,” the phrasing of which suggests a broader scope than I had previously thought. Earth, stone, metal, gems, jewels, etc. are all classic Aule, but “all substances” would include water and air, no? We’ve already got Ulmo and Manwe, so the answer is almost definitely no, but why then say all substances when you mean a much more limited subset of things? And then his domain specifically includes “the basins of the sea”???? That can refer to the rock/earth that the water is resting on, but would be very odd phrasing.

Yavanna: First thing we learn about her: Aule’s wife. Jirt please. Second thing we learn about her: Giver of Fruits, “lover of all things that grow in the Earth,” from trees to moss and “secret things in the mould.” 

Struggling with how to interpret the bit about “mould” here, are we talking about fungus, or mould as in a form used to create things? My first instinct was fungus since we’re talking about plants, but the preceding words about secrets makes me wonder if we’re actually talking about Yavanna making slight deviations in her various creations that nobody but her ever really notices and enjoying the craftsmanship involved. Now you may be wondering, “Zoli, why the fuck would this ever matter?” because my friends, mold is typically something people don’t like, want to get rid of, see as ruining their food/bathroom/kitchen cabinets etc. If Yavanna made and likes mold, then we have evidence of decomposers being intentional, thought being given to things not lasting forever, of a circle of life, decay existing outside of the marring of arda. This doesn’t really line up with how the Valar have been acting, getting mad at Melkor for ruining their things, the vibes are that they intend for their creations to be eternal and last forever, so Yavanna making mold would be extremely notable. The second interpretation loses this circle of life being an intentional thing, and brings us back to the valar intending for things to be unchanging. Lots to think about, all from a single homonym!

Anyway, sometimes she takes an incarnate form as a tree instead of a person, neat.

Namo: controls the dead, and “knows all things that shall be, save only those that lie still in the freedom of Illuvatar.” So this is why fic writers tend to make him omnipotent. Still, things that happen because of people’s free will are outside of his foresight…. Which makes me wonder what is included? I would say natural disasters, but the Valar can control those so that feels like it should fall in the category of things dictated by free will that he can’t see. Do we have a larger philosophical discussion here about how maybe certain actions and events are written into the music of arda, and men/elves/ainu can only make decisions around that? How do we figure what makes a point written into the song vs. a decision of free will? I’m struggling otherwise to see how Namo has foresight at all, if he can’t see that which is made by free will, but “knows all things that shall be” has a gravity to it that implies that there’s a lot there. Idk, foresight in Tolkein confuses me, maybe it's one of those things that he just hadn’t completely ironed out before he died. And he only pronounces dooms at Manwe’s bidding, that’s interesting. Maybe with his all-seeing-ness he struggles to tell what’s important? Maybe he doesn’t care? Lots to dig into here.

Vaire: gets a singular fucking sentence at the end of Namo’s paragraph, Jirt your sexism is so blatant here. “[W]eaves all things…into her storied webs…” describing her works as webs is very interesting. Literally every fan-interpretation I’ve ever seen has her works in Mandos being tapestries, so I suspect that’s mentioned elsewhere, but web implies something more organic to me. I’m picturing Vaire as a spider now, which isn’t particularly relevant(until we get to Ungoliant), but interesting. A web also implies a little bit of messiness that other products of fabric arts don’t typically have. I tend to think of the Valar’s works as complete, perfect, exactly as intended, etc. but a web… a spider made that to serve a purpose, and it can still serve that purpose even with mistakes in it. But what exactly is the purpose of Vaire’s works? To provide the dead in mandos with information about events? To simply record the history of Ea? For whom? To what end? Her works reside in mandos, but Namo is said to have perfect memory, what need does he have for recordings of events? So much to dig into here, partly because Jirt gave us so little to work with.

Irmo: “master of visions and dreams.” He’s got gardens, and then his two sentences are up and it’s on to his wife lmao. It seems like the more abstract the domain of the Vala, the less we get about them. Irmo and Namo are both Feanturi, and they both deal with foresight, and that’s all the information we get about the matter! Why! Tell me how it works dammit! Visions and dreams being linked both makes sense on the surface, and also implies some odd things when you think about it. Dreams are created by your subconscious (we think, dream science is not great atm and was undoubtedly worse in Tolkein’s time), so does Irmo being the patron of both mean that visions have the same source? Visions about things unrelated to you that are also true seem like they would have to have an exterior source right? Is Irmo the source? Is he a conduit for visions and passing them to people from Eru? Again, so many questions, so few answers.

Este: a healer, “and rest is her gift”. An interesting view of healing, although it tracks with what I would expect of Tolkein’s views at the time of writing. When I think healing, I think doctors, surgeries, physical therapy, therapists, essentially people actively doing things, rather than like, sending someone to the seaside for their health (that’s a bit of an older time period than Tolkein, true, but the point stands) which seems to be the direction Este goes in. We also learn in her paragraph that the other Valar come to Lorien to “find repose and easing of the burden of Arda” so we know that the Valar can feel tired, which I find interesting to note.

Nienna: “...her song turned to lamentation long before its [the music of Arda] end, and the sounds of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began.”  Okay so Nienna is metal as fuck actually? Good to know. And she spends her time not among happy people in Valimar, but in Mandos consoling the dead and “turns sorrow to wisdom”. I’ve got a new favorite Vala everyone, she’s cool as hell.

Tulkas: full name Tulkas Astaldo, that doesn’t flow as nicely as the other Valar with surnames tbh. In meaning it’s perfectly fitting, ‘the valiant’ is here to kick ass, wrestle, not go to council meetings, and be friendly. yeah sure that tracks. 

Nessa: First characteristic: wife of Tulkas. Second characteristic: sister of Orome (who hasn’t even gotten an intro yet?? Every other time someone is introduced as a spouse or sibling the other person has already been introduced, but nooooooo Nessa is more importantly defined as the sister of someone we don’t even know than as her own actual person. Fuck you Jirt.) As far as her actual personality, she’s fast, likes deer, and likes dancing. So what is she the Vala of then? Coordinated feet? What does she do? Come on Jirt.

Orome: In love with middle-earth, pissed as hell at Melkor for ruining it. Loves trees as well as hounds and horses, and the Sindar call him Tauron!?!?! Hello Tolkein linguists, politely banging down your doors to get the etymology for Tauron and Sauron??? The index/appendix thingy says Sauron means “the abhorred” Whereas Tauron is “forester” or “lord of the forests”. Pardon, what? We got a single letter difference here. Wtf. Anyway, his horse and horn are important enough to be named and given a full sentence or three of description for some reason.

Vana: “the ever-young,” flowers sprout for her and birds sing for her. Married to Orome, younger sister of Yavanna, and that’s all the characterisation she gets!! Another female Vala so un-fleshed out I’m not even clear what her domain is, flowers are Yavanna’s territory and birds are Manwe’s, so… youth? Whatever in the hell that means. How does one govern youth? And not in a “how do you get the kids to do what you want" way but in the way that the Valar are the Powers of the World and have Government in their DomainsTM way. 

And then we get the excuse that this is what the Eldar know about the Valar, and there’s untold other things to know about them etc etc. So we could conclude that Vana and Nessa and recluses who the Eldar never see and therefore know nothing about, EXCEPT, Nienna is explicitly said to not spend time with living Eldar and we know a good bit about her, so find another excuse for your sexism and not fleshing out your female characters Jirt. 

8/14 are considered Aratar, the “high ones” and are more powerful than the other 6. Interesting that Tulkas is not included in this but Orome is when in Orome’s overview it specifically said Orome was “less strong than Tulkas”. I guess the elves think Tulkas is stronger, and they’re wrong? I wonder if that perception came due to Tulkas’s actions in fighting Melkor or something else.

The first paragraph on maiar is chock-full of interesting tidbits

The elves don’t know how many there are

Most don’t have names in “the tongues of the children of Illuvatar”

Maiar are in middle earth, but choose to not make themselves visible to elves and men

We get introduced to some familiar names; Ilmare, Eonwe, Osse, Uinen. Uinen was apparently as important to the Numenoreans as the Valar, that’s cool. Osse and Uinen contributed to Melkor’s hate of the sea, as Melkor tried and temporarily succeeded getting Osse on his side to deal with the ocean for him, but Uinen dragged him back into serving Ulmo. Little bits about Melian and Olorin here too.

The section on Melkor starts intelligibly enough, but this line on his motives is confusing to me: “He began with the desire of Light, but when he could not possess it for himself alone, he descended through fire and wrath into a great burning, down into Darkness.” I’m following up through the part about burning, but how do you get from burning to darkness? The light/dark stuff is largely metaphorical, but the only way I can parse this is to make it about Melkor burning out his (insert whatever here) and being left in the dark, but I’m a little lost on what he’s supposed to be burning here. His remaining goodness and virtue maybe? We’ve already covered that he was evil because he wanted dominion over arda and was wreaking the other Valar’s shit to do it. What more do you need to justify calling him evil?

Then we go on to talk about how he always had maiar servants, and also accumulated more in various times. Some of these maiar servants were balrogs, Sauron was there and particularly strong/evil, and then the Valaquenta just ends!

I have so many questions!! I want to know so much more about how the Valar function, not just what their domains are (and in some cases, clarification on what their domains actually are as well). If any of you are really into any specific Valar and have any info to share, please do! Nienna is gonna start off my favorite character list for the Silmarillion, she just seems super cool.

[accio-victuuri]

everything below is CPN, just serving you all some Monday sweets to start the week right.

Let’s gooooo 💪🏻

In yesterday’s Weibo Movie Night event, Web was seen leaving the area after he was done with his bit. I guess he really just wanted to have some rest and make use of his time in Beijing. He was also wearing the bone necklace. It’s such a contrast, from the man in stylish suits to the “normal” Yibo. 🤍 From the guy who wore an expensive brooch to an inexpensive bone necklace— but we all know which one is more important to him.

What people noticed tho is the creases on his shirt. We already have an existing CPN about who folded what clothes based on this. The speculation is, GG is the one who prepared the clothes. Or he already bought it before, folded it, then gave it to Bobo at some point when he came back to use. Because if you noticed, this style is not Bobo’s usual. It’s either shirts or hoodies. The one we see wearing this type of clothing is usually XZ.

Buying each other clothes is completely normal to them 💕

• We noticed in BAH behind the scenes that Bobo had a mosquito repellant patch. The one we first saw who had that was GG back in DC shooting. Is this another “advise” from GG for Web to use? Or was GG there? ( FYI, the fandom back in 2020, always had a strong argument that GG visited the BAH set )

• Back in SDC 3, there was a scene that Jackson Wang and Lay were talking about the food being served during filming. Then Web said the food in his crew was good. People thought he was talking about BAH because it was the drama he was working on alongside SDC 3. He said :

The box lunch of our crew is really good.There will be abalone in it. Shrimp and beef brisket. I can take a picture for you next time. Really, our crew's meal was pretty good.

Now BAH team released a BTS video that shows the food and the staff commented that it’s important to include things that will make it healthy.

Let’s focus on the greens, which later on we found on XZ’s CNY post. The same celebration we CPN that Web was a part of. So the interpretation is, Web sent a photo of his food with that and maybe he liked it so GG remembered. Plus GG always want Web to eat well so it’s a no brainer.

I am not a master of Chinese cuisine but BXGs are saying it was uncommon for GG to prepare it for CNY considering where he came from and the type of food they prepare. Well, among the other things that are out of place in his CNY spread. 😂

• During the red carpet, Web had to sign his name in that big ass backdrop. One BXG noticed that he signed it very close fang chencheng’s. Why you ask? That person signed it cheng x2 and when you look at it, it resembles an XZ = XIAO ZHAN.

• Bobo was fiddling with his ring 🙃 and well, it’s similar to GG’s action. just please show us a glimpse of your couple ring please lol

• YBO and XZS are at it again 😊

YBO : In the name of light and Shadow

XZS : In the light

hmmmmm. I know captions are not exclusive or copyrighted. These things can definitely be repeated, but two connected ones done so close to each other? well, their studios are dating obviously.

• Then we also have this umbrella prop. I don’t know why it’s there but the clown in me is saying it has something to do with Mr. Umbrella - XZ - Shiying. I was so nervous cause I thought he was hinting something. Maybe he is, we will know it when it happens.

Before I end this I just also wanna lightly remind people about the bone necklace. Since it’s becoming prominent again and people are using it as a proof of stability. I understand that. Yes. However, it is still CPN. It is still speculation. Like all the other necklaces that came before it, we don’t have solid proof, and by solid i mean WYB saying where it came from himself. Just enjoy it. Don’t think too much. As with all things in this fandom — try and not be too nervous if there is no candy. Candies are not a requirement. XZ/WYB’s job is not to feed us candy. We just notice them because we pay attention.

Don’t pin your belief in them with one single piece of CPN. The important thing is always to protect them and not cause them trouble because of our need for proof. People think since international fans are outside of Weibo then we can do whatever the hell we want. No. I personally think we should maintain the same caution and not give a bad rep to our fellow turtles as well as XZ/WYB. Take it easy. Enjoy the content and don’t make everything candy. There is a time and place for it and don’t let it get in the way of treating the boys as real people. 💕

-END.

[venacoeurva]

It’s the pinned post, READ IT PLEASE

Commissions can be found here: https://ko-fi.com/venacoeurva/commissions

Non-art posts will be tagged as “not art” and text posts are “vena vents”. Reblogs of my own posts are “Day reblog” blacklist these without quotations if you don’t want to see them.

I’m over 25, bi aro, and dude-esque, I use these w/ queer interchangeably.

Not all content is close to mature or suggestive but I would still prefer you to be 18+. If I see someone underage follow me I will block them.

My art’s not cleared for reposting (REPOSTING =/=REBLOGGING)/tracing/edits/RP/Commercial purposes without credit or permission. If you want to make merch, even for personal use, still PLEASE ASK ME FIRST if it’s more complex than just printing it on paper and sticking it to your wall. Consider it a “no” until asking me and getting a yes. Please understand how uncomfortable this can be to just DO that without asking (and people have).

Non-OC and non-commission (unless it's a commission you bought) pieces are fine to use as icons with credit.

I don’t know how to feel about gift art of my OCs quite yet. I’m protective of them given how “fandomized” orig stories/chars ended up. Please use common sense with other’s creations/characters and don't just do things with other peoples' characters/stories without their permission.

I block people into incest and adult/minor pairings, and any others I happen to be skeeved out by as I encounter em. Social media curation, baby

I BLOCK ACCOUNTS THAT LOOK LIKE BOTS.

I block h*rry p*tt*r accounts on sight, yes, even people who put it out there that they don’t like the author and only engage in the fandom.

That's the main stuff, more info below

Other Rules:

I also block accounts dedicated to reposting (not reblogging) art unless the art is extremely well known, published, or very old.

I block accounts promoting or enabling AI (the current ~trendy~ interpretations of them, not the scientific simulation types)

If I mention a character not present in a post, I censor their name to avoid it ending up in results.

I have VERY limited social energy. Also please don’t just try to small talk.

I have no patience for playful meanness from randos.

Sometimes I'll block just off bad vibes

I’m critical of sites/companies/brands, including small ones if it warrants criticism, including A_/0/ 3

I’m not your therapist. I cannot stop you from committing suicide or suffering from other severe mental crises and I am not trained to. I will block trauma-dumpers for my own well-being.

l will block if you’re reblogging personal posts for no reason when I forget/can’t turn reblogs off or reblog spamming one of my posts a ton in a row, because reblogging one post a trillion times is just a thing people do now?

I don’t want to be mutuals with anyone under 18 (or 21, more realistically)

If you’re a minor reblogging/liking mature posts (which means you lied about your age to be able to view), I will block you. While I check who follows me a lot of the time, I can't vet every note my posts get, so if you’re a minor leaving horny comments/tags on things, that’s also very uncomfortable and I will block you.

Just because you commissioned me it does not mean we're friends. That's a weird, unrealistic expectation and I'm a very closed off person.

I won’t share donation posts unless it’s vetted by others/via a trusted source.

I know sometimes my art ends up on Amazon, nothing I can do about that.

If you call yourself problematic/proship or call people puritans or fandom cops (or claim fandom critics is purity culture) a bit too unironically and seriously I’m just blocking, man, but frankly, if your main occupation is shipping discourse regardless of stance and you’re out of high school or beefing with actual children I’m also just blocking you (I have seen and had worse experience with people like the above though). There’s nuances and neither extreme sides of the argument like to work with those and you're too damn old to be making that your main hobby, let alone doing it at all.

[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Hakuoki Character Drama CD Book Vol 2 - Toudou

the 15th is the last day I put donations towards Hakumyu Shinkai Saito-hen... though please bear in mind that making a donation is completely voluntary as I will be sharing my rips regardless. Will be shipping it as soon as my proxy mailbox receives it!

anyway, enjoy! 

Hakuoki Character Drama CD BOOK Vol 2 Toudou Heisuke-hen Summer Breeze

Translation by KumoriYami

Act 1 Location: Tatami Room [I don't know what that's supposed to be though I'm going to assume this is the bedroom]

Time: morning

【The cold of winter gradually fades with the dawn of spring——it's often said that the dawn of spring isn't remembered, but when I walked into the tatami room after preparing breakfast, Heisuke-kun was still sound asleep in bed.】

Yukimura: Heisuke-kun, it's morning already.

Toudou: Nn, nn~

Yukimura: It's almost time to get up, and breakfast is ready?

Toudou: Nn... no... I'm haven't finished eating yet...

【He was mumbling in his sleep as he grabbed the blanket. It sounded like he was dreaming about eating?】

Yukimura: Hey, Heisuke-kun

Toudou: Why is it being taken away... I haven't finished eating yet... eh, ah, huh, what about the beef hotpot!?

Yukimura: Pfft....

【Hearing Heisuke-kun talk in his sleep, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.】

Toudou: Areh, don't tell me, that was a dream?

Yukimura; It seems that you had a good dream, good morning, Heisuke-kun.

Toudou: Morning... it turns out, that was a dream.

But even though I knew it was a dream, I still wanted to have another bite. Ah~, it might because I didn't eat enough that I was hungry.

Yukimura: Haha, breakfast has already been made, let's eat.

Toudou: Eh, it's already done? What....I thought I had to help. Chizuru, you're too diligent.

Yukimura: I've said it many times that Heisuke-kun doesn't need to prepare breakfast, after all, you're the head of the family, so leave the cooking to me, okay?

【I spoke as I defiantly puffed up  my chest.

Heisuke-kun often helps me with cooking, washing the clothes, and cleaning. However, those are still a wife's duties, and I don't want to inconvenience Heisuke-kun.

Heisuke-kun doesn't need to feel guilty about not helping me.】

Toudou: When you put it that way, I have nothing to say...

For a moment, Heisuke-kun was speechless, and I lifted up his blanket.】

Yukimura: Alright, hurry up and freshen up/wash yourself, if you don't hurry, breakfast will get cold.

Toudou: aah, that's right!

【With that, Heisuke-kun went over towards the well.】

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Act 2

Location: living room

Time: Morning

【Arranged in the living room was a meal with fresh and not luxurious ingredients [reword later... couldn't figure out a way to say this without repeating ingredients], and Heisuke-kun happily put both of his hands together.】

Toudou: Ah, today's veggies look very tasty [either veggies or 'dish'. the CN word can mean either though Im think its the former in this case]! Itadakimasu——

【Speaking of which, are these salted vegetables/pickles made from the radishes I planted? 】

Yukimura; Yes, that's right, I took them out today, how do they taste?

Toudou: They've been salted/pickled just right! It's delicious!

Yukimura: It's great that you can say that, there's still more so eat more

Toudou: I'm so happy to be able eat such delicious food in the morning/It's a blessing to be able to each such food in the morning [no direct subject here... so this can be interpreted either way] 

Heisuke-kun looked at the table and sighed.】

Toudou: It's all thanks to you.

【Heisuke-kun smiled as he spoke. In this normal everyday life, from time to time, Heisuke-kun would thank me like this, even though I didn't think I had done anything worthy of his gratitude...】

Yukimura: Why are you exaggerating so much, furthermore, this isn't due to my contributions. The radishes were planed by Heisuke-kun, which it why it's thanks to Heisuke-kun that I'm able to eat such a delicious thing.

Toudou: There's no such thing... Ah, isn't this going to repeat, what I want to say, is that I'm very grateful to you, and it would be nice if I could repay you. Yukimura: What do you mean by repay?

【Hearing my question, Heisuke-kun reflected for a moment before then lifting his head to reveal a smile.】 Toudou: Right! In the past, I've always been troubling you, so leave tonight's dinner to me

Yukimura: But then...

【Although I was happy to hear Heisuke-kun say that, I was sure if I should leave it to him. Perhaps he was able to sense my worries, Heisuke-kun quickly added.】

Toudou: Don't worry, you should know, when I was still in the Shinsengumi, I was often responsible for cooking for everyone, so I'm a bit confident in my cooking. Yukimura:...Nn, okay, then please take care of today's dinner, Heisuke-kun.

Toudou: Oh, leave it to me! If I don't practise for a long time, I'll get rusty. Ah, right, I rarely cook, so I'll just make food that you like.

Yukimura: Eh, really, I'm looking forward to it

Toudou: Hehe, look forward to it, I'll make a delicious meal! Yukimura: Thank you, Heisuke-kun.

【Heisuke-kun puffed up his chest as he spoke with a smile on his face. It seems that today's will be  very sumptuous.】

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Act 3

Location: field(s) in the back mountain(s)

Time: day

【There was a hill behind the house we lived in, and once we had settled down there, we decided to farm in the back mountain, so that we could live self-sufficient lives.

After spring arrived, carrying a shovel to the field on the back mountain became a daily task for Heisuke-kun.】

Yukimura: Heisuke-kun——

Toudou: Ah, over here!

【Seeing Heisuke-kun waving in the vast field, I walked towards him, and Heisuke-kun stopped what he was doing to run over.】

Yukimura: You've worked hard, how are things going?

Toudou: Aahh, it seems like that plowing will be finished today/I'll finish plowing today, so radish and rape seed can be planted around here later.

Yukimura: once the rapeseed matures, it's delicious when cooked, but will the rapeseed' leaves be okay after being bitten by insects?

Toudou:  Well.... nn, it was a big failure during the fall of last year because of that, but I'm not going to let the same thing happen this year. Yukimura: Nn, I'm looking forward to it. Toudou: Leave it to me, there will definitely be a good harvest!

【Honestly, when we started living here, Heisuke-kun was a complete amateur when it came to things to do around the house, and although there are many things he's still not used to doing now, he's been working very hard to adapt, and is very reliable like that.】

Yukimura: Ah, right. I brought some water, would you like to take a break?

Toudou: Nn, that helps a lot, I was just getting thirsty. Then I'll come when I finish here.

Yukimura: Yes, I'll wait for you.

【Thus, we found some shade to rest in, and after Heisuke-kun sat down, I handed him a bamboo tube filled with water.】

Yukimura: Here you go

Toudou: Thank you....It's really delicious!

Yukimura; Anyhow, from the looks of it, the fields have gotten a lot bigger.

Toudou: Ah, yeah, in the beginning, it was an overgrowing wilderness/wasteland, but they've now become our fields... Hehe, all that effort was worth it.

Yukimura: It's good to be motivated, but don't force it.

Toudou: Oh, don't worry. But, before I even realized it, I've become obsessed with farmiing, and found that I was unexpectedly suited to working in the fields.

Yukimura; Yes, when you're working on the fields, Heisuke-kun always seems to be happy.

Toudou: However, I really didn't expect to one day be living like this.

【As he spoke, Heisuke-kun looked up towards the sky, and his gazed looked as if he was seeing something nostalgic...】

Toudou: Renouncing the sword to instead plow the land with a spade like this..... It's the first time I did this sort of thing since I stopped living an impoverished life at Shiekan [alternatively this might be: living at the poor Shiekan dojo].

Yukimura: Shiekan, that was from your time in Edo.

【I heard a bit about this when I was in the Shinsengumi. That was the starting point of of Kondou-san and Hijikata-san's Shinsengumi executives.】

Toudou: yeah,  it was just a small dojo in the countryside at that time, and Kondou-san had been admired by many people, and while those people increased, everyone didn't have money. Fortunately, everyone was somewhat strong, so we all helped the people in the vicinity with farming for a share of the vegetables to eat.

Yukimura; Is that so

Toudou: Well, all I could do was was pull vegetables out of the ground because Gen-san lectured me for playing around too much. For me, to be here plowing land one day, the sort of life someone leads is really unknown [reword and check the jp mtl later]

Yukimura: Indeed

【My life has changed since coming to Kyoto, the secret of my birth, the existence of the rasetsu, and... just like that, now, Heisuke-kun and I are living happy lives in the Yukimura village. Perhaps it's just as Heisuke-kun says, life is unpredictable.】

Toudou: But, the land that I've tilled with my own hands is right in front of me, I aslo have you in my at my side, and I'm really happy right now.

【As Heisuke-kun said that, there were already calluses that had formed on his palms that were different from when he wielded a sword. For him who wielded a spade everyday, the hard work was surely its own unique reword.】

Yukimura: Yes, a peaceful life like this is more joyous than anything... [check JP later. this sentence is weird]

Toudou: Then—— Alright!  Let's keep at it a while longer! I'll come back a bit earlier today as I have to make something delicious for you to eat

Yukimura: Then I'll head back first, I'm looking forward to the dinner that Heisuke-kun will be making.

Toudou: Ahah, then see you later

【With that, Heisuke-kun once again returned to the fields. I watched him for a moment, and then left.】

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Act 4

Location: living room

Time: Night

Toudou: Good... that's about everything. Hey, dinner's ready!

【Upon hearing Heisuke-kun's voice, I went into the living room where a  piping hot dinner had been arranged, it looked very delicious. [check book for sentence structure. there is no other punctuation aside from the sentence at the end in what I got]】

Yukimura: Wow, that's amazing! Did you make all of this?

Toudou: That's right! This is Jinping burdock, and this was roasted with wild veggies that were just picked from the mountain, and this is salted baked Yamato and radish miso soup. After that, there's... [check book. Not sure bout the fish]

【Heisuke-kun pointed one by one to each of the elaborate dishes in detail. Each of them looked delicious.】

Yukimura: It looks delicious

Toudou: Alright! Then let's eat!

Yukimura: Itadakimasu—— [The tl I see for what I replace with "itadakimasu" roughly translates to I'm starting"]

Toudou: Itadakimasu—— How is it?

Yukimura: It's delicious!

Toudou: Right? But my technique is still very immature. Eat more, I made a lot.

Yukimura: Yes!

【All of Heisuke-kun's dishes were seasoned to my liking, and I could feel his heart/intentions, as it was all very delicious. While smacking my lips for the moment to savour his cooking, I suddenly noticed that Heisuke-kun had stopped  the dish, I suddenly noticed that Heisuke-kun stopped moving his chopsticks to stare at me.】

Yukimura: What's wrong?

Toudou:...No, how do I put it, it's wonderful to see you smile happily.

Yukimura: To suddenly say such a thing... it's very embarrassing.

Toudou: It's because as long as I see you smile, how can I say this, my heart feels warm, and I will somehow get very happy.

Yukimura: Heisuke-kun...

Toudou: That's why I want to help you, so you'll rely more on me in the future, after all, this is for my happiness.

【Heisuke-kun's words filled my heart with warm, and while I wanted to cry, I had once again been left speechless. I needed to say something...】

Toudou: Right, right, the chopsticks have stopped moving, so let's continue eating, I still need to eat.

【After Heisuke-kun spoke, he placed some Jinping burdock into his mouth. It seemed that it was because he was embarrassed and blushing, so this surely wasn't a misconception. Due to this, I couldn't hold back my tears, and once  I quickly wiped them away, I continued eating the food made by Heisuke-kun.】

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Act 5

Location: Bedroom

Time: Night

【After dinner, Heisuke-kun said that he would be responsible for all the housework today so once the table was put away, he also made the bed. I felt somewhat apologetic.】

Yukimura: You must be/I was exhausted today [no subject here... -.-], thank you, Heisuke-kun.

Toudou: It's fine, [I] have to sow the fields tomorrow, and have to get up early so let's get to sleep quickly.

Yukimura: Nn, yes.

Toudou: Huah.... it's quite relaxing to get under the blankets once the day is over.

Yukimura:....Hey, Heisuke-kun.

Toudou: Nn, what's up?

Yukimura: For tomorrow's dinner, I will definitely make something that Heisuke-kun loves to eat to pay you back for today. Look forward to it.

Toudou: In that case... hehe, I'm looking forward to it. When you say that, I can't wait for tomorrow.

Yukimura: Hehe, look forward to it.

Toudou: Ah, I am really looking forward to it that I'm afraid that I'm going to dream about eating again tonight.

Yukimura: Haha, that's very much like Heisuke-kun.

Toudou: Don't laugh,  those are my good dreams, and it does taste very good.

Yukimura: hehehe.

Toudou: But for me, the best dreams are still really...

【After a while, Heisuke-kun began mumbling again.】

Toudou: As I expected I still have dreams with everyone from the Shinsengumi, and it's thanks to everyone that you and I are able to live like this. When I lost my way, everyone always supported me... Of course, it's especially due to you being there [with me].

Yukimura: Me too?

Toudou: It goes without saying, that when I was in pain, you were the one who was always with me, of course, at the time, everyone was also...

【I naturally took hold of Heisuke-kun's hand, then...】

Yukimura: I think that everyone else is surely still protecting us.

【Heisuke-kun also held my hand.】

Touodu: Ah, yes, in order to let everyone be at ease, we must live happily.

Yukimura: Yes, that's right.

Toudou: Then, we'll get up early and get to sleep now.

Yukimura: Nn... good night, Heisuke-kun.

Toudou: Ah, good night.... see you tomorrow.

Heisuke-kun smiled as he closed his eyes. Before long, a the sound of rhythmic snoring came from the other side of the bed.

I gazed at Heisuke-kun's face in the darkness, and also closed my eyes.

Tomorrow, my happy life with him will continue. I firmly believe that...】

Starring: Toudou Heisuke... Yoshino Hiroyuki

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what a pain this was to stick this here. I kept on going “back” by accident, and that meant having to reformat everything... 3 times. 

also im probably going to go over this one later with the book so I can see if there’s more punctuation in this.... as these sets of dramas are severely lacking in the punctuation department. 

[munsons-maiden]

i haven’t seen anyone else bring this up and maybe i’m wrong but the suffer brothers keep saying they always meant to make eddie likable and kill him off so it had an affect on the audience. BUT did they not literal admit to writing him as dislikable and meaner than how joseph portrayed him??? shit just ain’t mathin in my head! it ain’t addin up!

You're absolutely right and it can both coexist because likeable =/= lovable. I think they meant to make him this Cookie Cutter Bad Boi we like to make his death have an impact like the ones of Bob and Alexei did. Sad but - at least in my case with Bob and Alexei - bearable and definitely not the end of the world.

And then Joe Quinn came along and rewrote Eddie’s stars because he didn’t simply make him likeable but lovable.

I know we all hate the Duffer brothers right now, but: they are the Dungeon Masters of this show. Actors only have as much freedom as they allow for them to. We know that Joe got the role without the usual long-winded process of chemistry reads etc., and he’s still surprised about it. Which means yes, Joe turned Eddie into our Eddie, but the Duffers definitely fell in love with Joe’s version of Eddie to give him all these freedoms.

Eddie’s rivalry with Steve was intended to be a bit more pronounced, but I read in an interview that as soon as they cast Joe Quinn and got to know his version of Eddie, they realized that - and I quote from the interview - “Nope we can’t do that. Eddie is too nice. There’s nobody who could have beef with Eddie except for Jason.”

I have a feeling that the Duffers fell as much in love with Eddie (and Joe) as we did.

I mean, they meant to make Steve a r*pist and Billy a one-dimensional bully without any deeper reason for his behavior but heeded the wishes and ideas of both Joe K and Dacre for their characters. That’s what still gives me hope: the Duffers have proven that they trust in the actors to know their characters and go with their interpretations rather than what they first envisioned.

I believe the Duffers when they say they didn’t think Eddie would steal our hearts the way he did when they wrote him (Cookie Cutter Bad Boi). But I don’t believe - not for a single second - that they didn’t exactly know the impact Eddie would have when they got to know Joe’s version of him (our Eddie, our sweet, gentle, funny, weird, dorky Eddie). And no matter if they wrote Eddie to be the tragic character with the tragic ending - I believe the moment Joe walked on set with that wig, the smile and the Eddie-ness surrounding him like a halo, that’s when they knew what they had. And that’s when the thought of changing Eddie’s fate might have come into play, if it did. Of course it’s speculation and we won’t know until ST5 airs (or they drop a Hopper-esque teaser like they did for ST4 a la “surprise bitch, bet you thought you’d seen the last of me“) but I don’t buy that the Duffers witnessed Joe’s Eddie and not once thought, “I don’t know if killing the dude is our best idea.” And if they actually didn’t know what they had, I really hope they see it now because writing will only start in August and the internet basically did their job of brainstorming how to bring him back.

Also, I know every ask I answer ends up being a love letter to Eddie and I’d say I’ll stop but we all know I won’t so please just know that I know but it will stay this way 😂🖤