#the arcana game discourse

[rubinaitoart]

There’s a lot going on here that I frankly don’t have the energy to cover, but here’s some food for thought.

I’ve been thinking about the current state of the fandom, and the actions Dorian has been taking. It’s been putting me off because for the most part, there’s a gray area in which fandom operates in any piece of media; and Dorian is effectively meddling with that gray area in a way that is driving fans away. It’s been bothering me on a level I couldn’t really put my finger on.

And then I remembered, Dorian may be the copyright holders and owners of the game. But they aren’t the creators. This is where the disconnect is, and why they’re overstepping.

Legally they are within their right to do (most of) of what they are doing. It’s cruddy and violates a lot of the unspoken rules that exist between the fans and the creators, but they can do it. It’s very obvious that it’s targeted right now but that’s an entirely different topic that I don’t think I can comfortably discuss.

It’s interesting because there is another fandom I know of that is seeing (if it hasn’t concluded already) a slightly similar problem. The Undertale fandom has recently flocked around a fan game, Undertale Yellow—which used music from the original game. As far as I’m aware, the creator—Toby Fox—was fine with it. However, the copyright holders were not. Materium Music’s CEO did not want to allow the release of UTY’s album on YouTube and other streaming services even though Toby Fox approved of it. The soundtrack had many original elements but reused motifs and other fragments from Undertale’s soundtrack.

Sound familiar?

But while UTY had the original creator helping fight for their rights as fan creators, we do not. And so the copyright holders, Dorian, are doing what they can to protect the assets they own with very little thought for the creations outside of their own platform. The time and effort that goes into creating. The beautiful dedication to the game that, while they own, they did not create and as such they cannot appreciate it fully.

[juliandevoraksbignaturals]

I am incredibly disappointed to learn about how much toxic shit has been going on behind the scenes in this fandom recently. Not that every fandom doesn't have its issues, naturally, but some of what's come to light is just ridiculous.

To those involved parties who have been the ringleaders of this 3-ring shitshow, shame on you. Feeling not only the need but the justification to slander people based upon a distaste for a fucking fictional pairing, or a person's career choice, when you yourself are responsible for curating your own internet experience, is childish at best.

You guys are in a fandom full of wonderful people who take time out of their lives to provide you with Free Content. Expecting that content to cater to you personally all the time shows a sense of delusional entitlement that indicates that perhaps you aren't mature enough to get to play in fandom spaces, since you can't behave like a responsible adult.

To those that were caught up in the whirlwind of lies and conniving plots, I am incredibly proud of those of you who put your foot down and said, "Enough is enough." I commend you for putting together the receipts and evidence, and presenting it not only to those you've wronged but to the fandom at large. It takes courage to admit wrongdoing and to think critically enough to realize you've been played.

Finally, to those who have been the target of these attacks, to @asrabounding , @drakonishe , and many others, I would not only praise your strength and resilience in the face of such a shitstorm, but also, I would like to take the time to thank you for all the work you've done, and continue to do, for this fandom. You've never written off the fandom as a whole due to the idiotic actions of a choice few, and you've continued to work on multiple demanding projects in the meantime. I've had the pleasure of speaking to @drakonishe during this Arcanacon, not about this incident specifically, but as a friend, and I've been treated with nothing but respect and welcoming vibes.

We, as a fandom, yes, but also as people, need to start being kinder and more grateful to the people who take time to use their talents to bring us joy. How wonderful that we can say we have enough variety in the art and writing produced by this fandom to have content to cater to a variety of preferences! How delightful that we, as fans, can come together to discuss different viewpoints and outlooks, and to share our love for a cast of characters and stories that have captivated us all! We are so lucky to have such talented artists and writers and creators of all kinds in this fandom, but we stand to lose that if we can't be civil and grateful to those that create such delights in the first place.

In all, take a step back, take a breath, and reflect on the wonderful things we have as a fandom. Then go and tell your favorite creator how much you enjoy the things they make. Go tell your friends you appreciate them. Hug your freakin dog or cat. Put some good out there, and remember that behind every username is a person. Lead with kindness, with an open mind, and don't be afraid to admit it when you're wrong.

[doctowdebowak]

I didn't want to make this post on my main art account @vairow so I chose to put it here, where I posted most of my Arcana art, but...

While I am still proud of what I created, my work as Admin on the Fandom wiki, and even of Fields of Vesuvia, I will not be returning. Please do not expect for me to draw any more art from TAG or post about it anywhere.

I'm coming to terms with the fact I was abused by members I met from said fandom, and seeing my art made for and with those people puts a very bad taste in my mouth now, to the point I am debating removing my original posts.

I may not remove them simply because I see people still actively finding interest in them, but I hope those of you reading this understand<3

[omamervt]

I think the thing the "Arcana Check" discourse from a week or so ago has really revealed to me is that it's not just that a lot of D&D 5E players never bothered to learn the rules, it's not just that they see the rules as antithetical to roleplay rather than the thing that turns the roleplay into a "game." It's not just that the culture has taught players to think it's acceptable to push all the work of managing those aspects onto the DM, and taught DMs that this is the correct way to play.

These people all have active disdain for the game aspect in its entirety.

I forget who it was who said these people would all be happier doing Improv Theater even though not a single one of them would make a good stage partner, but they are absolutely right. The single most generous take I saw given under the Arcana Check post, that genuinely tried to offer some understanding and grace to the people who invoke mechanics without any action like that, and even THAT got some absurd pushback.

like, you claim to LOVE roleplay so much, you LOVE when the game "gets out of the way" to LET you Roleplay, but GOD FORBID you do the BARE MINIMUM amount of roleplay to invoke some mechanics.

[valtsv]

not sure if you’ve answered before, but what is your favorite video essay?

i have a collection

Control, Anatomy and the Legacy of the Haunted House by Jacob Geller (self explanatory but even after watching all his other video essays i still find this one the most compelling to return to over and over again. kind of like a haunted house you can never truly escape. i love the way that he blends media analysis and like. cultural and sociological history and discourses in general.)

We Need to Talk About Game of Thrones I Guess and The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes by Lindsay Ellis (just... really good and hysterically funny critical analysis of how badly you can fuck up a story by not understanding its themes, worth a watch even if you've never seen a single episode of game of thrones in your life)

MsScribe: The Harry Potter Fandom's Greatest Con Artist by Eldena Doubleca5t (a brilliant deep dive into the msscribe incident which provides historical context for everything that happened and is also extremely funny; the tarot major arcana chapter break formatting is fucking genius)

Born Sexy Yesterday by Pop Culture Detective (had a massive impact on me and made me think more critically about media - in a good way!)

All of Overly Sarcastic Productions' Trope Talk videos are also very enjoyable and not too long

[etherealsworldvision]

What’s Your Current Energy and The Energy You’ll Come Into?

[ With a Bonus Mini Letter from Your Inner Self ]

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New song discovery for the reading: Ecstasy by Anna Tsuchiya

1. 2. 3.

🚨 P.S.A 🚨 : I do not give personal readings! Disclaimer: this is for entertainment only!

Added Description: all my readings are timeless and meant to reach those who resonate to the messages.

[ General Messages: 3; Secret Circle; Rings; Chesapeake Bay; Pink and Purple; “Pick Me”; Uses this :3 text emoji; Slow Burn; Gradual changes; Relationship Content; Insecurity; Free things; DnD; WhatsApp; Comparison; Anticipation; Lana Del Rey; Coquette & Cottegcore; Becauseimmissy content ]

Pile 1

Cards: 6 of Swords; The Chariot; 2 of cups ®; 9 of Pentacles ®; The High Priestess; 2 of Pentacles

[ Messages: Izana Kurokawa; Temperament; Full Moon; Sagittarius or Capricorn Moon; 222; Strength; Unconditional Love; Diluted; Akon (?); Jealousy, Jealousy by Olivia Rodrigo; Heal; 19 or 22; “Silver-Spoon”; Kyle; Craving; Fanfics; 66; 9; June 6th ]

This is oddly specific but Kyle kept popping up…so idk if you are or dealing with a person with that name. It may be an extra confirmation.

Your Current Energy:

You may have moved on from a romantic connection (I’m not getting platonic), I’m getting the sense that you’re in a good place right now. It could have been a big accomplishment because we have the chariot (major arcana). You might’ve experienced a traditional connection that ended up being what you imagined.

For some reason, I keep thinking about relationship advice on tiktok and twitter (discourses). It may have placed a negative effect on your perception of what a relationship is supposed to look like. For a few, you may have grown up around traditional relationships and (might subconsciously) sought for that. Overall there is an emphasis on Traditional relationships regarding gender roles and stereotypes. I feel like it doesn’t help that there’s also a new-age agenda of approaching (new) relationships (mind games) as well as isolation.

After experiencing that you might’ve thought, “Why does everyone want this?” Or “Relationships aren’t all that great”. There’s this sense of having a nihilistic view in love because of media and personal experience. Which, I don’t blame you.

I don’t know if you recently stumbled on a post or something about love but I feel like it challenged your stance on it. Which leads to you wanting a better mindset of love & connections despite what you’ve gone through. Currently, you may be trying to find the balance in your connection (with yourself and other people) and getting to really know yourself.

The energy you’ll come into:

With the high priestess here, you may be learning how to be in tune with your emotions and your gut when it comes to people/connections. I feel like, because you’re getting to know yourself better and starting to understand what you want you’ll have an easier time seeking balance.

Compromise and balance is being emphasized in this reading, so maybe that’s the thing you’ll be focusing on (healing). What is your relationship with Compromise and Balance? How did it affect you? I also see that this will come once understanding nuances instead of having an “extremist” view. Another thing is that you crave for a stable relationship and seek it by finding someone who is stable.

Which is fine but there’s this big need of: them having to be “the (perfect) one” before entering in a committed relationship. You may have gotten fs readings/astro stuff because of this. The funny thing here is — in order to be in a committed relationship is to be okay with the unknown and trusting yourself. I know it’s easier said than done but that’s what I’m getting.

Another thing I’m getting is how you’re challenging yourself to be more focused on yourself in terms of finances, health, and basically practical things. There’s this sense of being grounded; how you want to treat yourself via materials and consumption.

Letter from Your Inner Self

“Who said we have to be rigid to be treated like ‘royalty’? Look at Simba! He's fun and outgoing — he’s still a well respected king and with the love of his life! We need to loosen up a bit, be more courageous when it comes to stepping out of our comfort zone. The longer we stay in our old ways we’ll end up living with regret, that’s worse than living with consequences! How about we do the first thing we were scared of? If we get a booboo on our knee that’s fine at least we did it. If they don’t show interest then that’s okay too, we can continue to sail. All I’m saying is we should have the courage to go with the flow and live our life to the fullest instead of wallowing or through the screen/fantasies. Let’s embrace the unknown and hope for the best, yeah?”

Alrighty pile 1 that’s all I have for you today. Thank you so much for sticking through until the end, I greatly appreciate it. I’m giving you virtual hugs 🫂 and shooting hearts at you! 🧡🧡🔫 *Pew Pew*

Pile 2

Cards: Knight of Swords; King of Pentacles; Empress ®; 10 of Cups; Knight of Cups; The Devil

[ Confirmation Messages: Rollercoaster; Lilo & Stitch; “Inner Demons”; Renaldo from Los Espookys; Camera; Water and Earth Placements; San Francisco; Fear; Amusement Parks; Kali Uchis; ‘Take a Seat’; Road-trips; Night Drives; 333 ]

Your Current Energy

Okay Pile 2 your current energy is stable in terms of finances (as well as materialistic things) and you’re well grounded. You may be looking into how you can better your current financial stability or just being more responsible by getting your needs met especially in money matters.

Another thing is — there’s this sense of caution in regards to spending money. Now, I can’t give financial advice (it’s not my forte) but I can give reassurance. If there is a bit of wiggle room to spend on a snack or on that t-shirt you like then it’s okay to get it. I feel like there’s this sense of shame in regard to spending despite being able to afford things.

I used to feel this way as well and I remember talking to my cousin about it. They would tell me, “Whenever I feel guilty about spending on things I like, I think about the amount of hard working hours I put in to be able to afford it.” To lessen the guilt or shame of buying something that makes us* happy. This doesn’t have to apply to huge spends — can be minor ones like an album or that pint of ice cream you’ve been eyeing at the store.

There’s just this sense of guilt of spending which leads to a bigger guilt of not being able to nurture yourself in the way you want to. I feel like there’s this blame you have towards yourself for wanting things and punishing yourself for not doing it (the “damned if you do damned if you don’t” situation). Based on your cards I don’t see money issues (currently going on) but I do see the trauma linked to it. I don’t know if this stems from childhood or recent experiences.

(If you can, talk with someone you trust. They may have some insight that you need or just connecting with someone in general.)

The Energy You’ll Come Into

What’s funny is: there’s this sense of “fuck it we ball” vibe. I don’t know how it got to this sudden shift but it’s reminding me of one of the reasons why this acc exists. So maybe a tiktok or reel will piss you off into buying something for yourself with zero shame.

( I struggle with imposter syndrome, when I saw a YouTube short of someone dropping a 50lb lollipop from a rooftop and called it an “experiment” (it’s just obnoxious food waste! There was no science or anything!). I got so mad that they were earning money for wasting food I ended up saying “fuck this I’m adding to society” and boom here I am lol. )

I’m not saying your financial trauma is going to magically disappear but there is this sense of being fed up with how it makes you feel. If you are (or will be) seeing a therapist you may be working on your relationship with this financial trauma. I think another thing that you will be coming into is learning how spending and financial issues have affected you. I feel like during this period you may be reflecting on your relationship with money while doing exposure therapy.

But yeah the energy you’ll come into is indulgence and emotional fulfillment (however be careful as to not over do it) without zero shame. Despite not having any balance cards besides the King of Pentacles — I do feel like that’s what you’ll be coming into. Working on balancing your wants and needs while regulating your emotions when it comes to money.

Letter from Your Inner Self

“I know we struggled with money but we’ve put in the hard work to make ourselves happy. Why not bask in our success for just a minute? Why not see how far we come by planning something for ourselves? Can’t we at least congratulate ourselves for putting our foot in the door and say “I did it”! Because we did do that! Yeah, yeah we dealt with delays, some difficulties along the way but we pulled through! We did that, baby! We made it happen — we have a job, a career! Let's celebrate ourselves and give ourselves the gratitude we deserve. We fucking earned it!”

Alrighty pile 2 that’s all I have for you today. Thank you so much for sticking through until the end, I greatly appreciate it! I’m wishing you the best! Remember it’s okay to have nice things for yourself! 🧡

Pile 3

Cards: Page of Swords; The World; 7 of Cups; Page of Pentacles; Knight of Cups; The Hierophant ®

[ Confirmation Messages: Astrology; Occult; Investments in Hobbies; Culinary Arts; New Passions; Lack; TikTok; Radios; Seltzers; Renaissance Fair; OktoberFest (?); Young or New Energy; Amethyst Crystal (Pendant); Twilight; Taking a Leap of Faith; Vampires; Vibrant Personality: 3 Body Problem ]

Your Current Energy

Your energy is like the sun after a cloudy day — like it is not like the other two piles. To be honest your excitement feels so contagious (in a good way). So you may have been very patient in the past or passive. You kind of just let life pass you by until something comes up.

When it did come to you and you took that chance it’s as if the world showed itself. There's so many options to choose from and that’s what’s getting you super excited. I feel called to say there are not wrong choices as it can work out with persistence and hard work.

Since you are in the process of accomplishing things or already achieved it — you may be wanting to expand/explore what’s out there for you. Let's say you got your drivers license, now you get to drive to the place you want. Or let’s say you took a chance on an idea then suddenly, you get loads of engagement. Because you took this chance a lot of opportunities are coming your way to the point it’s almost overwhelming.

The Energy You’ll Come Into

Because you’re putting in the work towards something you love — you’ll feel more fulfilled. I feel like whatever you’re working on will be another way to gain connections. It doesn’t have to be transactional connections — it just means you may make friends along the way or collaborate.

This especially applies to people who went the “unconventional route”. It feels like you made a decision that really aligns with you. I think what also really inspired you is seeing how people made their dreams come true, even if it’s by doing the simplest things. There is encouragement to remain open to what’s to come, especially when it comes to your creative skills.

I’m not getting too much on your future energy besides you making an earning from it and feeling fulfilled. I am getting this celebratory vibe that you have done it from the ground up. Through your patience and perseverance you were able to make it happen. I’m also getting a confirmation “yes, do it” to the question you’ve been really really thinking about.

Letter from Your Inner Self

“Listen…I know your intuition and anxiousness is going haywire right now. However, to feel your intuition you’ll feel a strong and I mean a strong pull to do something. I’m encouraging you to do it — do it even if you’re alone. You’ll never know the outcome unless you do it. Yes it’s unconventional but what’s the harm in taking that chance? We did it once, why not do it again and see where it takes us? It’ll make us happier knowing we did it instead of never doing anything. I believe in us, so don’t lose hope.”

Alrighty Pile 3 that’s all I have for you. Thank you so much for reading until the end, I greatly appreciate it! I’m so excited for you and wishing for things to go smoothly! Best of luck! 🍀🧡

[rubinaitoart]

Alright I’m joining the complaint bandwagon here.

I’ll be honest I was fine with the Community Tab and I could handle the pop-ups at the start. I get it, Dorian wants users to check out their app. There’s plenty of advertisement for it, I’m sure it works well.

So why are they adding two new links to NON-DAILY events to the Dailies screen? These could fit perfectly as a regular pop-up, or in the community tab.

I also want to touch on the change to the Tales button. They swapped it so that Tales is the smaller one and the larger one takes you to Dorian. It irks me, a lot.

They said they wouldn’t touch it. Now it’s being turned into an advertising platform and losing the charm and magic that it originally had when I first got it.

[chenyuvale]

Least favorite ships + why? Idk I like to see what people think😼

(Genshin ships btw lololol)

genshintwt hates me for this

basically every popular mlm ship ,,,

the most popular mlm ship i enjoy is cytham and compared to like. The tall man x tall man ones its not that popular!! agony!

more specifics here so be warned: if i mention a fave ship of yours here, its not a personal attack and im not gonna hold it against you for shipping differently than i do. that being said heres my take on my least fave ships

ok lets talk abt kavetham.. i think they're exes. i enjoy them as a duo but not as a romantic pair; they literally fight in every scene they're in so im convinced kaveh had a crush and they tried dating for a week or even just 5 days so not even a week and kaveh got so frustrated that he broke it off but is salty abt it and haitham only agreed bc "why not, if it works it works and if it doesnt it doesnt" he had no expectations whereas kaveh had every expectation but haitham didn't live up to that so now kavehs just constantly annoyed and angry w haitham bc he doesn't know hoe to move on

i dont like zhongchi or neuvithesley very much simply because i dont. see it. its another case of they dont really like each other? and i think its hypocritical of certain fans to go against ships like zhongxiao bc "they're father/son" when. zhongchi is so much more (by their own standards) problematic than zhongxiao.. like stay? in your lane? and neuvithesley feels to me like ppl just want an excuse to have sigewinne as thier child when. sigewinne is more like wrios mom or grandma considering her actual age ejfhehfhd hes the youngest of the three and fanon loves to ignore it! i wont tolerate that :)

i have a Very hot take on kae/luc that both the antis and the pros dont like; they're not brothers but they aren't lovers either.. i also think they're exes

mostly because thats the vibe i got when i first saw thier interactions in game, it felt similar to asra/julian from the arcana and bc i was into the arcana right before getting into genshin asrian was on my mind, i started looking into them as one does and encountered the Discourse; knowing the cn stereotype though and that it is used to hide gay relationships in cn media; i further took that as proof that they're exes (and Both are bitter about it i enjoy the dynamic a lot. and genuinely they cant live w/o each other) im not going to attack ragbros believers tho, neither am i going to attack the shippers i like the content regardless bc both sides can agree that they cant live w/o each other and it torments the both of them

i could go more in depth bc they mean a lot to me but alas i shall hold off for now

other than that theres some ships i just dont fully understand? like yantao, ittogorou, thomato and eulamber, i get the premise behind eulamber but i cant help but think amber deserves better 😔 yantao i dont? get it and i dont know that i want to at this point it's just confused me bc as soon as yanfei was released ppl jumped on the yantao trainwagon and im confused where it came from? im also a bit more of a yanfei/kuki person myself but before that i didn't have any real yanfei ship; ittogorou feels like ppl just want itto with any guy they want and it bugs me, thomato is toxic. point blank; ayato is constantly bullying thoma and thoma is not the type of guy to fight back but like irs very. family bullying and not romantic partner bullying. and ayato knows how to bully a romantic partner hes very sadistic. but thoma is vanilla as fuck he doesn't want to be bullied so give ayato to diluc who Is a masochist and will accept ayatos bullying :D in that news i also like kaeya x thoma

those are all the ones that come to mind and again if i mention a ship you like dont take it personally!! at all!! its just my view on things and im not gonna shame you for having different takes. i love others interpretations so much im incredibly open minded, id be such a hypocrite if i wasnt

[ever-so-sleepy]

"zenkichi is just a repeat of dojima" okay? so are sojiro and futaba. sophia is aigis 2.0,,, but they still manage to find new meaning with it. persona reuses a lot of the same tropes, but often (not always) they're able to write it just differently enough you get something new

persona 4 is my favorite game. i love jb blanc (dojima va), and i am so biased to dojima and nanako. but zenkichi and akane are very similar to me and my dad. i didn't watch my mother die thank god,,, but i did lose a family member as an early teen. when i was around akane's age (14-15) i was angry, and who was easiest to blame? my dad

he HAS done bad things but at the same time, he cared. i said the same things, "my dad doesn't care about me" knowing it wasn't true. friends and family would say the same thing makoto did, "don't say that it isn't true". and while i can't speak for akane, that always pissed me off

maybe it wasn't right, but it was how i felt. my dad, like zenkichi, hadn't shown well enough that he cared. so even if i knew that he loved me that insecure, hurt part of me said he didn't. i built up this tolerance to that idea, that now i don't want my dad to apologize. i don't want him to be the better man, to grow and get better. that anger gave me comfort and some sort of peace, having something to blame for my emotions. when zenkichi reveals the truth, and apologizes anyway, akane is still just as sad. and angry

the small differences matter. akane and nanako are years apart, and they're also different people. they will, then, grieve differently. zenkichi knew who killed his wife, but he stopped chasing it because akane's life was literally threatened. dojima never stopped but he never (as far as we're aware) found out who it was. but that isn't the main cause of discourse with his daughter, it's his own fear of being a dad. imo dojima is more at fault than zenkichi. the latter obviously should have acted differently but some things were out of his control. nanako just wanted a present father

also so off topic but fuck the idea that mamoru (i think that's how it's spelled; star arcana in persona 3) is just a kazushi clone !!! they're so different and have majorly different meanings. yes atlus reuses tropes, but they don't demean the characters story and that idea doesn't even apply to these two. leave my man's alone

[preworldjudge]

My uQuiz Masterlist

I decided to put all of my public uQuizzes together! They get better the further you go into each list, and there are very few (and short) lyric and quote questions. Enjoy!

Comedic Quizzes: Which of my favorite games are you? Which cursed location on my camera roll are you? Which iconic Wizard101 spell are you? Which of my protagonist OCs are you? Are you a Dungeon or a Dragon? Which Pirate101 class are you? Discontinued Major Arcana quiz Choose things I diagnose you a Sims 3 supernatural Which area of my college are you? What is your innate element color? I diagnose you an unethical psych experiment Which dumb queer discourse are you? Wizard101 Book of Secrets but good D&D die quiz that gradually devolves Which of my Sims 3 saves are you? Chess piece diagnosis (serious) Which Sims 3 oddity are you? Who are you in a D&D setting but the tone is inconsistent Which damage type are you? D&D Alignment Quiz I assign a beta version of a story of mine (writing since 12) Which of my deleted OCs are you? Become a demon with me <3

Serious Quizzes: Discontinued Major Arcana quiz I assign one of my aesthetics & give some advice. Which is your abstraction? Which Major Arcana tarot card are you? Escape to my fantasy world to gain knowledge or judgment Daggerfall Class Quiz (LONG)

[imaginarianisms]

#IMAGINARIANISMS. an independent, private & selective multiera, multigenre, multifandom, multimuse, multiship & multiverse aesthetic, worldbuilding ask/rp blog featuring both canon & original characters of naruto, gangsta., a song of ice & fire/game of thrones/house of the dragon, the walking dead, & more. headcanon & exomemory based with both canon divergency & canon compliancy. inspired by ethel cain & nicole dollanganger's works. sporadic activity; mostly discord based & mutuals only. non-spoiler free. 15+ years rp experience. alternate universe, crossover, group rp, canon compliant, canon divergent, original character & fandomless character friendly. previously dominusornatum; originally established in 2019, archived in 2020 & restarted in 2023. haunted by angel / arcana & the imaginarians galaxy system.

a 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖞 on abandonment, trauma, madness, the nurturing of others when one never received it for oneself, gender, queerness, indigeneity, disability, neurodivergency, alterhumanity, plurality, what makes a monster & what makes a human, indigenous spirituality, coming of age, young adulthood, indigenous pessimism, indigenous existentialism, indigenous psychology, holy eldritch abominations, enlightenment, apotheosis, witchcraft, occultism, prophecy, quests, dreams of the future, legacy, kings & lionhearts, messiahs & machiavels, whatever our souls are made of yours & mine are the same, family horror, platonic lovers, psychosexual tangles, unholy soulmateism, doomed by the narrative, cannibalism as tenderness & love, love is hunger, the divine within the profane, knighthood, queer chivalry, flower language, gods & monsters, coming back wrong, collective rage & grief, raw passion & power, the art of dominance, submission, trust & eroticism, sexual exploration, found family, troubled youth, children forced to kill, the corruption of youth, the face of love's rage, women in power, sex workers, cults, human exploitation, god loves you but not enough to save you, all the eyes on you, colonialism, intergenerational trauma, indigenous historical trauma, having faith in humanity despite everything, all my relations, the lengths you're willing to go for the ones you love, wars in the mind, hedonism, glamour, pleasure, desire, wrath, survival, vengeance & justice, undying devotion & unconditional love.

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angel / arcana / ansale'wit / ᐋᓐᔐᓃ • 24 • poc; indigenous "canadian"; mixed native & jewish • predominantly transmascfem genderfluid two spirit & intersex bodied • bi; omni; bi/omni vincian/lesbian/enbian; aspec; ambiamorous • any but indigenous & plural pronouns preferred • disabled & neurodivergent; autism, adhd, cfs, pots, stpd, bpd, cptsd, did, etc. • future ambulatory wheelchair user & multipurpose psychiatric service dog handler • multigenic hc-did system host

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MUSES | MINIBIOS | PROMO | INTEREST CHECKER | SHIPPING & DYNAMIC INTEREST CHECKER (REVAMPING) | MUSE SHIPPING AVAILABILITY (REVAMPING) | OPEN STARTERS | PERMANENT STARTER CALL | MEMES | WISHLIST | INTERMUSE CONNECTIONS | PINTEREST | SPOTIFY

𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐀𝐆 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌.

• Please be 20+ to access any of the content here, ty!!✨

• Absolutely no discourse, bigotry nor fakeclaiming of any kind is tolerated here, nor are any debates or drama or callout posts. This is our& personal space. Do not waste our& time.

• Affiliated with @creolejesus & @familiarblood / @stillgcod & @loyalpromise & @deathdvncer & @velcryons / @brokcncrowns & @scndor / @prodigum / @cregcn & @corlionis & @lcerys / @jofreys / @burninghils & @lary5trong !!

main focus : daenerys targaryen, jon snow, misa amane, helaena targaryen, aemond targaryen & alys rivers.

current writing level : medium.

𝐁𝐘𝐅 . . .

• Predominantly beta editor & dashboard user; i'm& still working on the finer details of everything as in actually setting up things but please feel free to inquire about our& muses, we& have plenty! <333 • Read rules before interaction please & thank you! • This blog deals with heavy, triggering themes & has many problematic characters from problematic families from "problematic" fiction & we& have 0 intention of softening them! • This blog is run by a system of color, please be respectful of all of us& & understand that because of this the overwhelming vast majority of our& roster are muses of color, specifically indigenous muses of color & that I& mostly rp with other muns of color but I'm& not opposed to writing with white muns as long as you're respectful, this blog is mostly run by me& but there will be times when my& system members post or possibly even rp as themselves, so if you believe we are faking having did or our plurality as a whole & our& experiences around it, if you do not enjoy any of our& presences while you may do with another or mine&, if you ignore my& system members just to only speak to me& or you are not comfortable with us& often making posts / mentions relating to did, plurality & each other, block us& & move on. our& traumas & copings for them are just as real as we& are, & everyone in the system deserves to & should have the equal amount of respect, love, dignity, honor, care & undivided attention. we& will not tolerate any bullshit from anyone, so if that's something that intimidates you i& suggest you either check your internalized ableism & pluralphobia & learn to do better or leave!!

𝐃𝐍𝐈 𝐈𝐅 . . .

General DNI criteria, just... basic things like minors, bigots, racists, -phobes, ableists, sanists, antisemites, if you're going to drag us& into any kind of discourse, y'all get it. hopefully.

[alnazarcana]

BEFORE YOU FOLLOW ! things you should be aware of before you follow me.

this is an arcana archive for myself, meaning i reblog nearly everything pertaining to the game. this includes fanart, fanfics, memes, etc. it may also include ships i'm not necessarily a fan of but reblog anyway (jucio, asrian, &c.) i'm here bc i love these characters and this world, and i'm having fun ! :)

lucio is my favorite character. he's horrible and i like that about him; i don't excuse any of his behavior and i use "stan" ironically. if you infantilize/baby any of the characters, i would prefer if you didn't interact.

i am very critical of dorian. i don't necessarily support nix hydra either, but i am especially disappointed with how the arcana is currently being handled. if you're a dorian fangirlie, we probably won't get along.

asra is nonbinary. lucio is bi. the devoraks are jewish-coded. half of the m6 isn't white. these are not debates. if you're a weirdo and erase any of the characters' canon traits, just block me.

i am an adult ('00). sometimes i reblog 18+ content. if you happen to be a minor, do not interact with that content. it may be best if you don't follow me at all.

my brain has been stuck in the mental illness blender since childhood and i will write essays in tags for extremely inconsequential things. peace and love :)

furthermore, typical dni criteria fits. no anti-lgbtq+ in any capacity. no bigotry. the usual. i also don't participate in discourse. i'm just here having fun with media i love.

[texancommie07]

𖹭 Hey, welcome to my Shithole, Blessed Be, and all that /lh 𖹭

Blog Stuff:

I post as I please, I have no posting "schedule", as I do it for fun and for me (✿◡ᴗ⁠◡)

✏ I Have A Tagging System That Is As Follows:

Art: TC/07: Art

Writing: TC/07: Writing

Memes: TC/07: Memes TC/07: Shitposts

Reblogs: TC/07: Reblogs

I will do my best to add trigger/content warnings as needed (If you feel I have missed one, please let me know!)

/\_^_/\ < (◣ _ ◢)> </づᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊°

⊘ DNI/Rules

Nazis/Anyone Who Supports Any Of Their Fucking Ideas (literally what are you doing on the faggot website bozo), and my only real rules are:

1: Don't be an active dick

2: No Queer discourse or Pro/Anti-Ship discourse. I will not tolerate it and I will not hesitate to delete comments and block you (You can have your opinions, just no discourse here please)

3: My blog isn't necessarily 18+, but I'm an adult who likes adult things and occasionally tackles pretty heavy topics, so if you are under 14, I would ask that you try and avoid my blog until you're older

I promise, I will not be upset if you block me for not liking what I post about, in fact, I recommend you do so /gen.

What I'll Post About:

∞ I am very autistic, and am in many, many fandoms. I'm aware that some of these are considered problematic, or just straight up trash. That does not change the fact that I like them, it just means that I am more critical in my consumption of those fandoms ∞

✮ Sonic The Hedgehog

✮ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

✮ Five Night's At Freddy's

✮ Stranger Things (I do not support Noah)

✮ Sally Face

✮ Danganronpa

✮ Cuphead

✮ Bendy And The Ink Machine/Dark Revival

✮ BAB:TQFTIM (It's a childhood curse I can never be free of /hj) (I don't support thegreatrouge)

✮ Friday Night Funkin'

✮ Pico's School

✮ Madness Combat

✮ Eddsworld

✮ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

✮ Hades (Supergiant Games)

✮ Rain World

✮ Invader Zim

✮ Arcana (Still pretty new to it)

Messaging:

✉ You can message me without us being mutuals, just understand that I have severe social anxiety, and I may not respond quickly/may come off kinda mean (It's not intentional, I promise /gen). If you do message/I message you and I come across as rude, please let me know! ✉

Below the cut is some more about me if you would like to know!

How To Reference Me:

I'm not comfortable using my actual name online, so you can call me any part of my user, or Sam. I also use He/They/It, so any of those are okay

Identity:

Very very queer, in short: bisexual trans man, but it definitely gets more complex from there (might be bi-gay/sapphillan. My gender doesn't encompass/include a woman/girl in any part, but when I kiss girls it's ₊⊹ִgay⊹ִ₊, and I'm a guy, so when I kiss guys it's definitely ₊⊹ִgay⊹ִ₊, and my gender definitely encompasses levels of gender mixing/depletion, so when I kiss enby/multigender people it's also super fucking ₊⊹ִgay⊹ִ₊, so idk.)

Age:

Very young adult, still constantly learning about the world around me and how the fuck I'm meant to adult in this hell

Family/Partner:

I come from a completely neurodivergent/mentally ill and physically disabled family of six, two of which are on here with me ↓

☭ My Papa: @oldmankenny ☭

ᗢ My Beep Beep: @teethparalysis ᗢ

Working on getting into college for cosmetology so I can work with my mortician boyfriend, who is on here as @peep-with-a-butterknife

That'll do it. I hope you have a wonderful day, and thanks for reading through this. Goodbye for now 𖹭

[rubinaitoart]

Oh this is just getting ridiculous. As if their ads aren’t already plastered over the main page.

FINALLY, got my hands on the update and ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!

EXCUSE ME WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!

[orbeater]

Looking at old arcana discourse is like playing russian roulette where you're either gonna see:

1) Thoughtful analysis of the way this game treats its non white characters and the cultural appropriation

2) The most chronically online take that almost feels like an assault to the brain and your eyes

[touch-starved-apprentice]

lol hey welcome or whatevez

I’m reorganizing a bunch of my blogs so I think it’s about time I make an intro post for this one after like. five years or some shit.

I’m vampy! you can also call me just vamp. this is my little dating sim autism hole. and yes I include twisted wonderland in that category because look at the way my husband talks to me. look at it. /delulu

this blog is mostly just reblogs and meme posting. It started off as an arcana blog and then became kind of my general otome/dating sim hell. so we’ve got a bunch of stuff here—arcana, ikemen series, twst, touchstarved, obey me, monster prom series, mystic messenger. if I play a game with cute LIs it goes here.

I’ve got some rules. They pretty simple!

minors can chill here but block my “not safe for william shakespeare” tag. that’s the spicy tag don’t go there.

if you would like to not see any of my personal updates/non-game related reblogs then you can block my “not otome” tag

from here on out I will be using the tag “vampy post” when I am making a post and not just reblogging shit so you can block that too if you wish

DNIs are pretty self explanatory. DNI if you’re a piece of shit bigot, that goes for right wing folks, supporters of Israeli occupation of Palestine/Palestinian genocide, n*zis, transmed/truscum/terfs, antisemitic/islamaphobic, tradfem/tradwife, racist, hate the gays, talk shit about the trans community get hit, talk shit about the disabled community also get hit. P easy.

I’d also appreciate if anyone who wants to get deep into it about fandom discourse could just. Not here. I’m tired man. I’d like to enjoy my funny little lines and not scream about it thanks. Maybe we can have a civil discussion about media literacy later when I’m not an eepy stressed out chick who hovers over the block button constantly.

Other than that we’re chill here.

if you would like to see me tism scream about something other than Lilia Vanrouge or Jaehee Kang, may I suggest my multifandom blog, @shut-in-magical-girl. It’s a lot like this one but that’s where I cry about She-Ra and Madoka and Sailor Moon and make stupid Ouran shitposts. I’ve also got a roomposting blog bc I’m a simp and have Lilia plastered on my fuckin wall @va-mp3 so that’s a thing. if you wanna be moots my main is @big-pink-comfy-couch, I’d prefer if all of my moots were 18+ though, thank you, at the very least if you’re gonna dm me/tag me in things/actually talk to me. if you wanna see me invoke the old gods and put herbs in a bowl and call it a spell then my witchcraft blog is @vampeatscrystals.

Hope you enjoy your gay ass stay on my gay ass blog! /gen

TAG LIST:

-darcycore: tag for my girlfriend <3

-moot shenanigans: moot things

-vampy post: post by yours truly

-not safe for william shakespeare: nsfw tag (minors pls block thx)

-not otome: non otome related post

-not mystic messenger/not twst/not obey me/etc: not related to the media in question

-I also just talk in the tags a lot so feel free to ignore my madwoman ramblings