#sorry I don't rant on my art blog often I try to keep it to a minimum but this is really saddening.

[faragonart]

So it turns out my longer posts (where I make comic-style stories about my character) get blocked from tags entirely...

I guess I can't post comic drabble stuff anymore? @staff why did you set it up like this? Who is gonna be able to see my posts if they're all just blocked from the tags? I can't express myself or my work on here anymore? Do I have to find workarounds now???

This is extremely disheartening...

[saintqueer]

I'm sorry you got harassed again just from a simple post with a (imo pretty valid) opinion. If that person is the same that answered your post by reblogging and repplying on their blog with unnecessary hate (apparently queer but a solo louie) then it's the one I just blocked. I love to currate my experience in this fandom. Anyway I just wanted to say, I used to love your posts in this fandom! I lost track of your blog and thought you'd disappeard. I'm glad to see you're still on Tumblr and enjoying other fandoms. I'm well aware of how toxic this fandom can get (between the hets, the solos often queer themselves but hating on queer larries and more, to many groups to count tbh, louis' attitude on social media ect), especially when you dare to voice an opinion, which I'm mostly don't lol. I'm staying for the art, the fics, the great memes and ofc the music and the people. You're "y'all" made me think 'I Hope she still got good times and friends out if it. I made some great friends in the larries bunch myself. Anyway sorry for the rant, I lost track of what was my point here. Just was happy to see you pop on my dash through a mutual and wanted to say so I guess?? So once again thank you for the fun times I had reading your posts back in the days; have a great time out here, enjoying your favs fandoms, you do you! Sending love xx

so i was trying to avoid posting any anons regarding prev fandom discourse but i opened this one and read it through and it was just so amazing i had to respond, not just in tags 🥹🥹

of course, it's lovely to hear that you liked my posts on fandom back in the day etc but what really got me was when you wanted to make sure i still got good times and friends out of it, that nearly made me cry

because YEAH I FUCKING DID 🥺😩🥺🥹🥲

blue ( @wastelandbabyblue ) is literally one of the coolest people i've ever known while also being one of the kindest and funniest. id literally kill to meet her one day in person. i still keep up with brenda and several others i met in her og discord, some of which are the only remaining 1d fandom blogs i still follow here - they are so kind and funny and i still talk to them occasionally in a fandom discord i stayed in because i didn't want to lose touch with them.

and 🥹🥹🥹

i met 8 of who i would consider my closest friends in the whole world through fandom. through the most insane wild and unruly fandom discord drama, i literally located my found family: wedo, nino, iza, katja, olia, hanis, chloe, and su

we talk everyday still even though we live all over the world and we talk about nearly everything except fandom nowadays and they've helped me survive living day to day through some of the worst moments of my life. i don't know what i'd do if i didn't have them in my life

last night, i had a bit of a shame spiral thinking about all the time energy money i devoted to the 1d fandom. i felt embarrassed for being so loud about something that ended in so much disappointment. it wasn't fun and i know it was probably triggered by being involved in some discussions i hadn't been in so long

so when i opened this ask, anon, it reminded me so much that whatever was lost from that time, so much more was gained. the embarrassment of remembering dancing around like a fool with a rainbow flag for someone who couldn't even say something as simple as "look at all those colors" pales in comparison to the lifelong friendship i gained with these 8 beautiful women all across the globe

nothing will ever compare to the people i met and the way they feel closer to family than any of my blood ever felt

i'm glad that you found so much goodness as well and thank you for reminding me that it was all worth it for what i got

[dogtoling]

F.A.Q.

Something to link on my blog because I keep having people ask me the same stuff like, every week. So here's a summary of the blog and stuff

Q: What is this blog? A: Hi, I'm Dodo! And this is my Splatoon blog. This is primarily an art blog but somewhere along the way this has become a speculative biology blog and headcanon space. Put simply, it's "trying to turn Splatoon real".

Q: What do you post here? A: Mostly my Splatoon OCs. Occasionally, I post five mile long rant posts and essays about Splatoon, or Inkling biology, or my headcanons in educational comic form. If you've seen the Kraken Post or Inklings and Color or whatever I called that, those are mine.

Q: Why do your Inklings look like that? A: I approach Inklings from the angle of them being squids that evolved to be bipedal, rather than "human with some squid traits" as they're often depicted. Within the community, this is often referred to as "xeno inklings", which just means Inklings with animal traits. I don't really tag my art as such, but contextually it's the same thing. If that kind of thing makes you mad for some reason just don't follow.

Q: Your [insert headcanon here] is not canon compliant. A: Right, disclaimer now: a lot of the things here are NOT canon compliant. I try to keep most stuff canon compliant, but sometimes things are stupid or make no sense and that's when we build around it.

Q: Can I use your headcanons/inkfish designs? A: This is a question I get regularly. Feel free to use my headcanons and inkfish designs! You can also build upon them or use them as inspiration for your own headcanons. All I ask is not to copy my OC designs.

Q: Where can I see/read your headcanons? A: My headcanon tag is #squidthoughts.

Q: Where can I see your art/OCs? A: On the blog, my art tag is #dodo art, you can also see comics at #dodo comics (and here is a masterpost of links to the bigger ones). If you want to see profiles for my OCs and more comprehensive art galleries, see my toyhouse)

Q: What program do you use to draw? A: Clip Studio Paint, mostly keep it simple with one brush lol. I doubt anyone was going to ask about brushes anyway because I literally just use one with pretty much no line variation.

Q: Do you do requests/commissions/art trades? A: None of these... sorry!

Q: Do you have Art Fight? A: Yes! I usually go hard on the event (my final tally for 2023 was 69 attacks). My page.

Q: Can I send an ask? A: Yeah, but keep in mind I sometimes take a while to answer. Also, if you're just going to send your own headcanons, consider just publishing them to your own blog (it gets frustrating getting "asks" where there's not actually anything to answer). Also if you're going to send something mean because you don't like something, just leave instead and go send something nice to someone you like.

Q: Can I ask about your OCs? A: I accept asks for and about my OCs with open arms. In fact, you can send asks directed to my OCs in my ask box and I'll draw a response in most cases. (Tag for these: #ask oc)

Q: When did you start playing Splatoon? A: I started in late 2015, with Splatoon 1. But I started this blog around 2018, I think? If you play Splatoon, you might've seen me (sticky boy). I mostly play Salmon Run.

Q: What's your main weapon? A: I've grown as a person and am no longer an E-Liter 4K main. However, I don't really have a main. I like variety in games and my goal has been 3-starring every weapon in the game... so eh. I like Chargers, Rollers and Splatlings the best. Also if I get annoyed enough I revert back to being an E-Liter main. Sorry

Q: Do you play other games? A: Before Splatoon, Zelda was my main fandom alongside Pokemon. My favorite games are Pokemon Legends Arceus, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Splatoon, Night in the Woods and Minecraft. Other than Splatoon and Minecraft though I barely ever play anything else. Q: Are you American? A: Despite the fact that I'm always posting shit at US afternoon times, I am in fact from northern Europe. My sleep schedule is just all over the place and I get productive at 11pm onward. lol. (Guess what time it is right now!!??!?)

Q: What if a question I was going to ask wasn't here? A: My ask box is open. Just send it there and if it's a common enough question, it'll probably pop up in this list later.

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Mandatory addition: I also run @splatreference. If you're an artist or writer, the blog has pose references for every weapon in the game, and references for stages and in-game areas.

yup thats the FAQ thanks for reading

[some-pers0n]

Uhhh....Bio Post?

Hey! Hi! Hello! Any other synonym for ‘greetings’! Nice of you to stop by and read this. If you have, give it a lil' heart so I know you've read it. Means a lot.

INTRO

My name is Some Person, though you can call me Some, Person, or just SP. The SP stands for "Science Party" of course; what else could it possibly be?

They/she pronouns. Don't wear 'em out, alright?

I’m a blog that just is mostly here to gawk at beautiful art and reblog it. It’ll be just about anything, but mostly as of now it’s going to be TF2, WoF, Will Wood, memes, etc and etc stuff. I do reblog a LOT, just keep that in mind.

I am a fanfic author who mostly just dabbles in TF2 and WoF, though don’t be shocked if I post anything from any other fandom.

BYI

I am a rambly person. I can’t really help myself but run my mouth off on just about anything. I’ll frequently post rants and gargle up nonsense about anything, though mostly WoF (I have way too many thoughts on that series). Often times it’ll just be me talking to myself.

If you couldn’t tell already, I do genuinely type like this. It’s force of habit now, I guess. I always sort of worry that I come off as rude or insensitive, so I'll infrequently use tone tags just in case. You don’t need to use them for me though.

I'm also very awkward. I'll say a lot of things randomly or just be really sort of...off in a way. Keep in mind I'm autistic lol

I am a minor. I don’t mind if you make NSFW content or anything, but I’ll do my part to try not to interact with you (even if your art is very pretty and cool–)

I am also an argumentative person. I try to catch myself before it gets bad, but sometimes I get carried away. My deepest apologizes if that happens.

I have a lot of opinions. I swear to God you can press me on just about every topic and I'll have something to say about it.

If you go to follow me, just know that I am a very reblog-heavy person. If you do so, there's a good chance your dash will be flooded with TF2 characters and whatever else I'm incredibly obsessed with at that point. I'm sorry to anybody who follows me and is immediately hit with gay old men holding hands.

I LOVE ASKS!! I love talking with people! Feel free to DM, ping me in posts and tag game, or just...talk to me about anything. No need to be shy around me. Ask me about my thoughts on something and I'll answer as soon as possible. Wanna talk about something else? Sounds great!

INTERESTS

(Legend: Highlight: The Interest | Bold - Special Interest | Italics - Moderate Interest)

TF2

Wings Of Fire

Will Wood

Writing

Astronomy

Psychology

Disco Elysium

TLOZ

Pokémon 

The Magnus Archives

Jerma985

Omori

Persona 5

Deltrarune/Undertale

FNAF

Portal 1/2

SOCIALS

Ao3: SomePerson5

Discord: s0me-person

[the-kneesbees]

☃️ read before following ☃️

howdy

welcome to my blog <3

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before you follow: 

I’m a minor. adults can interact just don't be creepy <3

I will answer ask games if you send them, but I almost never send them to other people so keep that in mind. 

same with tag games, I will do them but I don’t usually tag people, nothing personal

I’m really dry sometimes I promise I think you’re interesting I’m just bad at conversations <3

I try to use tone tags but sometimes I forget, lmk if you need clarification 

^with that in mind, take everything I say as platonic and genuine unless stated otherwise (I will still clarify if you need it though)

ask me to trigger tag anything if I forget

I try to tag all rb bait but I don't usually reblog that stuff anyway. I tag reblog if posts as "reblog game" incase you don't want to see that

I won't reblog your donation post unless I know you personally, sorry

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about me:

I love art in all forms! please feel free to send me anything you create, I love to see it!

my main fandoms atm

-bbc merlin (literally the best show ever go watch it if you haven't yet)

-the outsiders (unfortunately)

-good omens

-stranger things

-It (Stephen King)

-what we do in the shadows

-red white and royal blue

-bears in trees (band)

Things I also like but am not super active in:

- the umbrella academy (one of my favorite shows I just don't really post about it)

-sk8 the infinity

-banana fish

-dead poets society

-the owl house

-the sandman

-our flag means death

-the goldfinch

- a league of their own

-young royals

-Buffy the vampire slayer

-the end of the fucking world

-i am not okay with this

plus some more that I may have forgotten

feel free to start a conversation with me about any of these things I’ll love you forever <3

I play clarinet in the school band, if you wanna talk band stuff, I'd love to :)

also my spotify is linked below if you wanna talk music (ilysm if you do)

my two favorite musical artists are bears in trees and noahfinnce I love them so much

I draw a lot and also occasionally write but I dont often post any of it on here. if you’d like to see any of my work just ask and maybe I’ll share some!

I complain a lot and also love talking about myself btw

if you want to use my ask box to vent, rant, infodump, or just chat, always feel free <3 I don't often have good advice but I'll always be here to listen :)

if you are going to vent to me though, please just let me know. I'll never say no I just need a heads up

spotify

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that’s all, ily mwah <3

(mental health resources)

having a bad day?

[space-kitten-606]

Hello! I just wanted to tell you that I love your blog!! I'm new on tumblr and I love Mysme and Saeyoung! And your writing is so beautiful!🥺 Your fics always fill me with warmth and your understanding of Saeyoung's character is so on point! I have told you before how one of your pieces helped me get the closure I wanted which the game couldn't provide and now reading your other pieces is my prime source of comfort 💖

I know you haven't been posting lately surely because of real life stuff, but I'm hoping and patiently waiting for you to post or open your requests whenever you feel like! Meanwhile I will continue devouring your previous works and swoon💕💕💕

Following you was the best!!♥️♥️♥️

Please take care of yourself and talk to us whenever you want to ♡

Sending lots of love and warm hugs🫂💕

Oh? My? God? This ask is the cutest thing ever, thank you so much for all those kind words!! You really made my day with this!!

I'm happy to hear my writing is such a great source of comfort for you. I'm trying my best to get Saeyoung just right, and I'm glad that apparently I'm hitting the mark :D

True, I have not been posting a lot. Some of it is real life stuff indeed, but in other ways, I am very demotivated. I'm sure you have seen the occasional post I shared about lack of interaction in the form of comments and reblogs. I understand that this fandom is not as active as it was 4 years ago, which was when I joined, but the decline was very noticeable even then. Looking at the creators in other fandoms, I can tell that it is also just a shift in tumblr culture I suppose, even more so as users that have been used to TikTok, Twitter and Instagram migrate. I'm happy to see people join this site, but on the other hand I really wish that they would listen to us creators when we tell them how this site works, instead of throwing insults at us, calling us greedy and ungrateful. It is very discouraging putting your work out there, or even sitting down and writing in the first place, if you know that the hours of work you have put into it will probably not be appreciated. Every single time I post, it's an incredible blow to my mental health, because every single time I get disappointed. And don't get me started about the people that will reblog the posts about how reblogs are important for creators and then scroll over my writing anyway, only leaving a like. Anyone who feels called out on this, yes I am probably talking about you. I see you in my notes. Furthermore, I keep seeing people going through my recent posts and reblogging every single piece of art, but none of my writing. It just gets a like and they move on. And at this point, I don't know what to do. I am putting read mores on all of my posts. I tried different lengths before the cut off, but no matter how short, it doesn't get shared. I have a rule in my rule post that asks requesters to either reblog or give me written feedback, but for the longest time, I haven't seen it happen. I feel like a broken record. I feel ignored. And it makes me sad.

If anyone who reads this even just things about telling me "you should write for yourself", then I'm going to come to your house and beat you with a steel pipe. Yes, I should write for myself. But I post for you. I write your requests for you. And in extension to this, I often also write for you, because otherwise I just keep those ideas in my head.

I'm sorry for ranting so much about this, but as you can see I have very strong feelings about this situation. So. I'm not opening my requests for now, because honestly I'm sick of only giving and using my free time to give joy to people that refuse to give back.

If you want to however, you can send something in and I will see if it sparks anything. After all you are one of the few people who have actually shown support in the last few months.

I really hope this message didn't ruin the intention of your ask. As I said, I really appreciate you and I appreciate seeing you in my notes with your kind tags. They always bring a smile to my face. Stay safe and healthy and I hope you're having a wonderful day/night. Sending you lots of hugs as well.

[lifeisstarcraft]

bio post / tags directory

english: he/they, deutsch: er/ihm, français: il/le

main: @vodkahorse

tags:

i usually tag hermits by username, except i use #rendog, #keralis, #ethoslab (as opposed to #etho), and #joe hills

#hermitclip - clip or video

#hermitchat - screenshots of in-game chat

#hermitscellanea - random hermitcraft stuff (often strangely niche)

#hermitpressions - hermits doing impressions of each other

#iskall yells about stuff - what it says on the tin. iskall ranting and yelling

#cross interest posting - posts that feature both hermitcraft and another of my interests.

#doodleralis - keralis doodles :-)

#LIS doth speaketh - sometimes i do just want to yap. this is the tag for that

hermits

i don't watch grian, mumbo, skizz, and joel videos as much as i do the rest.

i can never catch a stream, but i watch vods from nearly everyone who streams. if the thing i want to share from a stream contains spoilers, i'll probably post it after the episode comes out.

i will always drop everything for a new keralis video :)

the part about LIS

here's why this blog is called lifeisstarcraft:

i think life is more like EVE online anyways...

i doodle and maybe occasionally try to make better arts (i don't think it is my prowess, though, lol)

i have watched seasons 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, and currently am watching 10. i used to watch almost entirely from keralis's perspective... so i did miss quite a bit of 6. i might not get all the references. sorry!

i do my best to keep this blog safe for everyone, but there may be a scattered swear. especially if i am rewatching older seasons!

i don't know anything about any other mcyt, so i might make a fool of myself sometimes. the only other minecraft i watch is gneiss name :-)

haunted by hippies, capitalism, and gambling. it's just the way of the server!

love and diamonds! <3 keep on trianglin'!

[plzreblogpeplsart]

Thank you so much for being one of the best sources of helping artists get their artwork out there! I really appreciate it when you reblog my art, and even if you don’t I’m happy to still tag you in the comments because I know at least one person will appreciate it!

No...thank you for the wonderful comment! It's what keeps me able to do stuff like this on this blog even though I have anxiety issues that make me think about deleting the blog because it's not good enough- I try my best to help people out, but it hasn't been easy to see that resulting in anything positive recently since people tend to not want to stick with this blog if I don't reblog their stuff often enough... Know that if this does happen, as rare as that may be, it's because I'm going through my own stuff, and scheduling posts straight for like an hour to two hours is really tedious, especially when I'm not feeling great. Anyways, sorry about the rant and thank you again; it means so much. <3 Having someone actually want to tag me in their work is great.

[aziras-art-center-for-the-weird]

Art and commissions!

Hey guys! It’s @superwhoavengelock-etc​ here. This was just a random side blog I made, but @logic-glue​ convinced me to start up a commission thing. I’d use paypal for payments, and figure out a delivery system with whomever wants to order. 

 I hope you don’t think prices are outrageous, because what I use to paint can get expensive. 

So quick pencil sketches, under 8x11 inches, would range from 5 to 10 US dollars, dependent on size and intricacy. A simple portrait such as below would be like, 5 US dollars because of detail and time. 

And 8x11 inches Pencil Work would cost more than 10, depending on intricacy and detail, a pen piece of that size or colored could start at around 15. For example, a piece like crosshatching, like below, I’d do for 20, due to time and detail, as well as the pens used (They were actually really expensive, god they’re pens, wtf market?)

Of course, you decide what you want. Colored pencil work would more than likely be 20 US Dollars as well, as more time goes into it, but colored pencils are usually cheaper. 

Now this is where I’m a bit nervous. 

I’m very open minded on art, but I will not due charcoal, chalk, or oil. All of which are incredibly expensive here and very messy. However, I like to think I’m very good with watercolor. I’ve posted here before, and I’ve done water color the most. However, the paints are expensive. The ones I currently own were Christmas Gifts and were on sale, but still expensive. As such, a Base colored water color (No real detail and shadowing) at 8x11 Inches I’d like to start out at 25. I thought about 30, but that seems to high, considering I’m not popular or super incredibly talented. I’m willing to do an exchange for some shameless promoting maybe? 

To elaborate, I perfectly willing to do animals, humans, fandoms (please clarify, because I there is a strong chance I don’t know the fandom. I’m a Marvel, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Harry Potter, Warcraft, Star Wars, DC persons, along with a couple Animes like Fairy Tail and Soul Eater. I might know it, I might not) SFW work with have a 97% chance of being agreed to unless the content is something I don't know (like a fandom). As for NSFW work, I mean, I’m uh, okay I guess with nudity, but sexual content is not something I will do. I mean, if female presenting nipples are asked for, okay. A Man’s dick, eh, I’ll try and be a bit embarrassed. Sex, no. Sorry. Oh, and no fucking pedophilia. I know you all aren’t like that, but “Minor Attracted Person” is another way of saying “I’m a sick fuck” (I mean people out of your age range, if your 18 dating 16 17 whatever, but under 13 14 is *shudders* even 15 is stretching it for an 18 year old. it isn’t the gap, it’s the age guys) Incestuous content is a firm No, even if it’s SFW. Sorry not Sorry guys. 

If you a monster lover, that’s cool, just remember the above. I think that’s it there, sorry if I ranted a bit.

Back on track, anything bigger than 8x11 inches would be 30 dollars at base color, maybe more depending on size. I’d put pricing higher for more detailed and shadowed paintings.

And intricate background would maybe raise that price as well.

Despite how often I do it, I prefer water coloring to Digital Art. If someone wants a digital piece, I think we can talk about it. 

Specialized Pieces, like Scratch art such as below would have a specialized price dependent on content. Scratch paper is expensive Lol.

As for the water color paintings, several examples are below, you may have seen some of them. Please understand, if you would like the shinier look, metallic paints are expensive. I might keep the same price but *shrugs*. 

The above image is 10 1/2 inches by 14 inches, made with watercolor and metallic water based paints, outline in sharpie. In total, this took me almost ten hours to complete. The intended image is an almost tribal/forest wolf, transitioned into flowers, each with a significant meaning. 

This image is 11 inches by 14 inches, with loose water color. It is outlined in sharpie. Line art is in the back, and perhaps took me longer than the other image to complete. Before anyone comments, sometimes my style shifts without me realizing it.

Pardon the light glare, my fan was overhead. This is a personalized image made for someone’s birthday. The above image uses loose water color and the metallic water color, as well as a white marker and light sharpie to highlight certain features and took me perhaps seven total hours to perfect. 

This is an image I have posted before on my main blog @superwhoavengelock-etc, and there was some editing to make the image brighter due to the darker light of the room so as to extenuate the metallic shine to the wings. This was made with watercolor and the same metallic paints in the wings, halo, and moon in the back. I did use black paint to highlight some lining in the wings, and sharpie for finer lines. If you do not wish to have lining (as in outlining or even small lines to emphasize certain features, please tell me. I usually do one or the other, dependent on which makes it look better) The watermark was made when my main was called SabrielTrash ignore me I’m weird.

I really hope you guys are okay with commissioning me here. I swear to uphold confidentiality and other private conversations or information during our dealings/contracts or whatever they are. @logic-glue shared with me this (please note this is a chklist and guide, not an actual binding contract) helpful PDF to solidify things.

But, yeah. I hope you all take a look and decided what you want. I started this to help my mother pay for my college in the future, and other expensives. I’m not saying this for pity or guilt tripping, because I have wanted to do this, but @logic-glue and our financial situation convinced me to push forward. Payment would be done through PayPal.

Many Thanks! Fandoms I am comfortable with are down below in the tags after the first three!

[dong-hyucks]

hey jade :(( don't answer this if you don't want to but i just wanted to rant to someone i look up to... my week has been shit honestly. my parents have been putting me down, telling me i need to lose a few pounds when i am at a perfectly healthy weight for my age and height, my friends keep fighting with each other and expecting me to pick sides, and i recently got hate on my writing blog. do you have any tips for, i don't know, ignoring this all? or, dealing with it rather?

💜💜💜 Hey anon :) I’m so happy that I’m someone that you can look up to – though, regarding my habits, I’m not that deserving of it, haha – and it’s perfectly fine if you ever want to rant, whether it be through anon or direct messaging. I’ll forever be sending hugs to wherever you are. 💜💜💜

I’m not the wisest 14yo out there, so I sincerely apologize if what I say doesn’t help you. If you’re still stressed, I’ll be here to listen :)

First of all, your parents have no right to tell you that. Yes, they may be your parents but that in no way means you aren’t human. You have feelings and insecurities, and that’s something they need to see. And I know, parents are also humans with feelings, but that doesn’t excuse them. They should never put you, their child, down like that. (Please keep in mind that this goes both ways– you should never put anyone down by weight-shaming them or any other way for that matter, regardless of relationship.) Have you ever tried talking with them? My parents, they used to do this until I spoke with them and told them how I felt about what they were doing, even if they didn’t realize it. It’s hard, I know– trust me, but if it gets to the point where you’re feeling so self conscious about yourself, please speak with them. Communication in all types of relationships is so, so important. If you’re too afraid right now to do that, don’t force yourself and don’t put yourself down because of it. It’s hard to fess up about your feelings, especially to someone your close to– sincerely or family wise. Try surrounding yourself with positivity. It may just be a temporary solution, but I’ve found that talking to people really helps. 

Secondly, your friends shouldn’t be dragging you into their battles and making you pick sides. That’s both very pressurizing and hurtful for all parties. There is a fine line between ranting to a friend and bringing them into the situation. If the fights are just small, maybe even petty fights, just straight up tell them you shouldn’t have to pick sides. It’s not fair for you to have to pick between two (or more) friends, and it could end up seriously hurting everyone involved. If it’s a bigger fight and they still insist on you picking sides, listen to both of their stories. Perspective is always different, even if it’s in the same situation. Your friends, in the end, should talk it out amongst themselves. Fights can be quite personal, and even if you are their best friend or if you’re just casual friends, at the end of the day it’s their fight. I get it, even if you aren’t involved directly, seeing your friends fighting with each other can be so stressful and just tiring– lack of a better term. Like I said before, communication is so very important. Your friends should talk it out themselves, and if it gets to the point where they can’t even do that, space – along with communication – is important in all types of relationships. Being around each other all the time during a fight can raise tension, and sometimes all you need is some time to yourself. After that, perhaps they’d be able to talk with more of a level head, if that makes sense.

Finally, hate. As sad as it is, hate, negativity– it’s everywhere. Some people just decide to throw hate at others, the reason differing from person to person. Whatever the reason, I don’t think anyone really does deserve hate. I won’t go into a deeper profession– I’ll just stick with art (writing, drawing, music, etc.) professions. Everyone who’s considered an artist– whether it be for their artistic capability, their writing capability, or maybe even their (lyric) writing capability (and I do understand that there are so many more versions of artists), has probably or will probably receive some sort of hate. It’s horrible, I know, but it’s the sad truth. It happens, as much as it shouldn’t. However, you should know that everyone starts somewhere. No one is born with these perfected abilities. I very well realize what a prodigy is, but even they aren’t actually born with the talent, though they do excel at whatever it is they are considered a prodigy for. Everyone starts somewhere and progresses at different speeds. Honestly, my advice for hate is just to ignore them. More often than not – at least, based on what I’ve seen – hate on Tumblr is usually anonymous. From my experience, anonymous hate is easier to forget (though, I know for some people it’s very hard to forget hate, anon or not.). When you’ve put a name (i.e; not anonymous) to hate, it’s harder, yeah– for me, anyway. Sadly, negativity has a tendency to stand out – as if it’s bolded and underlined in our minds – even with all of the positivity around you. But pressing that ‘Delete’ button takes little effort, and it does you loads. I know, after receiving hate, it may be all that’s on your mind. If you’re having a hard time, I suggest, first, deleting the ask, deleting the messages, and blocking the user (if the user isn’t anonymous). The first step to getting away from it is to quite literally delete it from your blog. Keeping the negativity there will just ensure you remember it. Then, like I’ve mentioned before, surround yourself with positivity. It really does help. What positivity is to you may be different than what it is to me. Maybe you find yourself smiling at cat pictures whenever they come up on your dash. Follow the cat tag, or multiple. Maybe talking to others helps you relax. Reach out to friendly users, amongst all of the negativity, there are so many friendly bloggers on Tumblr. It might be hard, but even a simple ‘hello’ could be the start of a new friendship. 

All I can say is, really, negativity is just there. There, meaning everywhere. We all have negative thoughts, some more than others. Just, please, never put yourself down because of all of these things. You, anon, are amazing. Please don’t change yourself to meet the expectations of others. Try not to listen to people who tell you to lose weight– you’re a beautiful and attractive person through and through. Life is hard and it can be a bitch at times, but that’s to be expected. If you ever find yourself, trapped in a dark place, remind yourself that there is light at the end of the road. While you’re walking down the rough and gravely road that is life, you’ll eventually see a pretty flower. A beautiful butterfly. A rainbow, even. Those things, those flowers, those butterflies, those rainbows– they all represent the good things in life. You see them everyday, but you may not pay any heed to them. Focus on those things, or at least try to. Even a simple thing like a flower can brighten someone’s day. Find out what your flower, your butterfly, your rainbow– find out what they represent in your life and embrace those things.

Again, I’m sorry if this isn’t helpful. I really am not the smartest, or the wisest person out there. But I’ll always be here to lend a shoulder to cry on and I’ll be all ears if you want to rant. If not, you can just talk to me about anything if it’ll make you happier, even for a little bit.

Remember anon, there will always be someone out there who loves you, even if you don’t realize it yourself. I, as a matter of fact, love you so much, and I appreciate you a lot, okay? :)

[schaynotchan]

I've been through all of the anti-SS moments our fandom would poke fun of (and at times when I was a bit "meh", made fun of myself) to cheer ourselves up from our sadness. I've read respectful anti-SS rants. I don't know what happen since the Boruto movie came about (that's when I started notice and distance myself from fandom), but the Naruto fandom in general started to become very spiteful. I remember when some SS shippers drove one of their own out of the fandom because she wanted more [2/3]

SSmoments because of the lack of attention. And I also remember SNS getting intoa meaningless argument over who tops (one I didn't participate, luckily). Andsome NS shippers getting into a debate over RtN and whether it was anti-Sakuraor not. Short: I've seen people arguing and insulting their own shippers overmeaning crap that have never existed before the ending. It became that bad. Istarted distancing myself from SNS during the whole "who tops?"debate, but when 685 came out [3/4]

animated,I couldn't stay. The insults some SNS shippers had towards the SS shipperslegitimately triggered me. My personal story: I have a brother who has autism.My father, when he angry, would always talk down to my brother when he had donesomething very wrong. He would say how much he wish he could send him to amental hospital, "why is so r-slur", "look how dumb he'sbeing"...I know my dad doesn't truly mean it, sometimes life isn't great100% of the time. But man, it hurts, it [4/5]

reallyhurts to hear the names brother has been called, and my brother can't do shitbecause he doesn't understand the insults. It would cause a tear in my housewith my dad, mom and sis; my dad wants to send him away because he can't takeof him. I pray everyday that my brother would talk, and that my dad wouldn'tharbor such bad feelings. So I was WTF! when I see anti-SS, some in my own OTPfandom, call out SS shippers as "needing to go to some mentalhospital" or "how they need [5/6]

therapy",and how "they are so sick in the head". "What's in yourhead", "I only wish the worst for them, tbh". Like shit, thislow class insults over a fiction couple? It triggered me to where I couldn'tship SNS anymore (my bro is always first over fiction) becuase, like this NEVERhappened before (at least I've never seen this throughout my time in SNS,before the ending, and even a bit after the ending). Like I've seen shit withSS, NH, and NS, but it just hurts a lot more when it's [6/7]

comingfrom your own OTP's fandom. I just couldn't keep shipping, and I had to drop.Luckily, Yuri on Ice came out weeks later to cheer me up from the toxic fandom.I mean I still ship SNS (I lurk around to view art then leave), but's its myex-OTP. More so, I'm trying to move on, because the Naruto fandom has turn intoa pile of (tasteless insults, personal stalking and bashing, and at timedoxxing) shit. And to be more honest, I became more open minded to SS because Idid meet cool [7/8]

people.It's one thing I wish from the Naruto fandom; what need do have to resort topersonal bashing just to get a point across? We know how significant SNS wasfor Naruto in general. Since when do we wish for the worst for others who havea different opinion over a work of FICTION that makes them happy as well? It'snot like I've never seen the insults from the pro-enders, but that's why Istayed within SNS. So it hurts when even the place you seek for comfort is nolonger comfortable. [8/9]

I'msorry for the long winded rant. Tbh, you aren't the first shipper I told thisabout in anon, but when I saw your response, I was like "Okay! Anothershipper that isn't blinded to how bad the fandom became!" I mean, I'm herefor SNS Week because it's one of the rare times the fandom is enjoyable; beforethe ending. I wish people would have an engaging debate without the need toinsult; it's one of the major reasons why the Naruto fandom is so close mindedin opinions. If people just [9/10]

respected each other in fandom, had chapter 700 came out, we might havehad pro-enders more understanding on why the ending was flawed or why we seeSNS; we probably would have been more sympathetic towards SS's treatment withSP. But you have pro-enders simply staying so more out of spite against us, andI definitely don't feel that much sympathy for SS for the shit I've been withthem. I hope I didn't give you the idea that SNS is bad; I'm saying that thewhole Naruto fandom is bad. [End]

So I didn’t got the first ask because tumblr ate it. But because I think you send me each part right after writing it, and probably don’t have a copy of the first part I’ll try to answer all that without it!

Oh god, I actually don't really know what to answer. Idon't have any experience with answering such kind of asks. I hope that I canstill give you a more or less good answer. I knew that we and other Naruto fandoms where through a lot of toxic times. I personally didn't experience any of those (where I'm grateful for tbh) because I only joined the SNS Tumblr fandom about a Year ago.  So I can't really talk out of my own point of view, but I knew it was really bad. I know a lot of people left or distanced themselves like you back then. Although I must say... reading all this, with the examples you gave me... sounds a lot worse than I imagined... I'm always shocked when I read about these times.

I understand why you left the SNS fandom and tried to move on, especially with your personal story behind it. You know, I have always support happiness and mental health about everything else, so moving on was a good decision in your case. When I would've been in the fandom back then I probably would've also left.

I think nowadays the SNS fandom is acceptable and non toxic (although it could be better) but I also know that this is only MY experience and that some of my mutuals disagree. As I said in my game reply before, we often only see a small part of the actual fandoms content depending on what blogs we follow. I strictly unfollow people who insult too much or make fun of any kind of deeper topics like mental health, sexuality, ethnic etc. You couldsay that I somewhat turn a blind eye to the unhealthy part of the fandom. Soit's still a safe place for me. But regardingless of what I just said, I agreewith you anon. Especially with this part:

It'sone thing I wish from the Naruto fandom; what need do have to resort topersonal bashing just to get a pointacross? We know how significant SNS was for Naruto in general. Since when do we wish for the worst forothers who have a different opinion over a work of FICTION that makes them happy as well?

I wish the Naruto fandom could prove their pointswithout bashing, insulting and looking down on others. I also wish thatwe could discuss about the positive and negative things about a fictional workwithout dictating other peoples views and what they should enjoy and what not.

As you probably know, I personally am anti ending/anti SS/anti NH, but I respect other peoples opinion. As long as they are happy with their ship and their ending and respect me, they shall have it! I know that some pro Enders actually follow me so I know it is possible to get along with each other even when our opinions don't match. I don't know why this seems to be so difficult for others.  

And no, you didn’t give me the idea that SNS is bad, I was mostly already aware of all that. Even that “The whole Naruto fandom is bad”. I know that the Naruto fandom is one of the most toxic anime fandoms out there.

The thing is, Naruto was a fictional work that did go on forever. A lot of people grew up with it and it became a big part of them. Myself included. If you hold something - fictional or not - so dear to you, for so many years, you want to defend it, you are angry about some parts and you try to push everyone who tries to crush your view about the show away. Because at some point, it starts to get REALLY personal. Your feelings for the stories are real and valid. I believe that that’s one of the reasons why the Naruto fandom is like this. A lot of us take things that are about Naruto really personal and get biased about it.

I still hope that we could get along better with each other. We are all one fandom. And if we can’t get along side by side, we at least could try our best to talk with each other politely. Without insulting one another.

Thank you so much for taking your time to share your story with me!