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Had a dream this morning that Archive of our Own had a Random button which would simply take you to a random fanfic, like Wikipedia has. (AO3 does not appear to really have this, I checked and couldn't find one, but I kinda wish they did.) Someone had started a game where whatever fic you got, that was your new fandom, which is very fun! I would love this meme in real life.

The problem came in where so many people used the button that it broke and just started sending everyone to Stealing Harry, and like...I have fond memories of Stealing Harry but it's not my best work and nobody should be assigned to be a Harry Potter fan in this day and age.

So I decide to go off and find Astolat and demand she fix this but when I finally did (there was a whole quest) she turned to me like the baddie in a horror flick and said, "But that's the most random story there is" in a dark voice and I was terrified and woke up.

In the cold light of day I know there are more random stories by me on the archive, let alone by others, but I'm not going to try to get back there to argue my case. Pretty sure whatever I spoke to was actually the demon specifically assigned to plague fandom and not Astolat at all.

I'd say "get thee behind me, demon" but I know just how many porny fics on AO3 begin with that premise. (I've written some.) Begone foul spirit, and take your Satanic Panic with you!

#ao3

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Arcane Season 2 in November 2024

#arcane #jinx #gif #OH SHIT

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#wow

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The opposite of a mansion murder mystery where everyone present is a bounty hunter who really wants to take credit for the murder and the detective has to find out who really did it

#stories

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#dungeon meshi

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Saw this on a door at work.

#have fun in life!

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#adam driver #marriage story #meme #it has gotten out of controll

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#chosoyuki #choso #tsukumo yuki #jujutsu kaisen #jjk

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"Dungeon Meshi" Character Arcs Summarized Badly

Laios: Autistic dude reluctantly accepts management position.

Marcille: Lesbian research student ... honestly regrets nothing, would totally do it all again (and good for her because she was right!).

Chilchuck: Divorced dad finally able to admit he doesn't want his coworkers to die ... and, yes, he really misses his missus.

Senshi: Amazing chef cries for joy because of some absolutely awful soup.

Izutsumi: Runaway cat accepts that, for her health, sometimes she has to not be finicky about what she eats.

Falin: Fridged woman gets out of the fridge (almost literally) to everyone's relief.

Kabru: Polite smiler finally makes a friend.

Mithrun: Depressed commando decides to get a new hobby.

Thistle: Basement-dwelling twink hospitalized after being bitten by his own cat.

#i was nodding along until #thistle #oh my god it sent me #dungeon meshi

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“Lord Byron gets up at two. I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom … at 12. After breakfast we sit talking till six. From six to eight we gallop through the pine forest which divide Ravenna from the sea; we then come home and dine, and sit up gossiping till six in the morning. I don’t suppose this will kill me in a week or fortnight, but I shall not try it longer. Lord B.’s establishment consists, besides servants, of ten horses, eight enormous dogs, three monkeys, five cats, an eagle, a crow, and a falcon; and all these, except the horses, walk about the house, which every now and then resounds with their unarbitrated quarrels, as if they were the masters of it… . [P.S.] I find that my enumeration of the animals in this Circean Palace was defective … . I have just met on the grand staircase five peacocks, two guinea hens, and an Egyptian crane. I wonder who all these animals were before they were changed into these shapes.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley on the lifestyle of Lord Byron (via timemarauder)

#wow #our gothic princes #damn ok #literature #history #poetry #byron #shelley

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{宝石の国} . jasmine : amiability// ~done for @herbariumzine!

#宝石の国 #houseki no kuni #hnk

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Alright, top!Yuuji fans, come click a button:

I've been getting comments expressing varying degrees of shock, outrage, disgust, and disappointment about my top!Yuuji fics (i.e., literally all my JJK fics) from when I started posting for JJK. They're not many, proportionally, but I wouldn't be able to count them on both hands. And honestly, even one is too many. It's 2024, and some people's loud and obnoxious inability to accept a character topping someone bigger/older/stronger is getting on my last nerve.

To be clear, I'm not criticizing people for having preferences. I'm pissed that they're trying to impose their preferences on me and my stories. I'm extra pissed because these motherfuckers already have plenty of fics to read (seeing as 95%, probably more, of shippy Yuuji content is bottom!Yuuji) but still come bitching at me.

With last week's "Sukuna would kill us all if he saw you writing him bottoming" dickhead, I've officially snapped✌️

I'll write a oneshot featuring Yuuji fucking whoever wins this poll. I have distinct scenarios in mind for all three. I'm not setting a word-count limit, but I will stick to just one(1) sex scene. The plan is to do this once a month till I run out of steam, assuming there's enough interest from the reader end.

Y'know, I typically don't write non-goyuu stories; even when there are other pairings involved, goyuu is also there. But fuck it, this is for a good cause.

#reblogged this once already but the plot additions are making me go feral...!!!! #toji u ass!!!! (fond) #todo?! does he have a kink that needs negotiating...? #and YUUTA oh my god im howling #i voted toji but i would like to rescind that vote in favor of the yuuta's scenario #'seduction methods that would make gojo same sane' VOX I TRUST YOU WITH MY LIFE AGO APESHIT ON THIS I WLL EAT IT ALL UP #yesss yessssss yesssss haha YESSS < sicko #i just think. yuuta's facade is hiding so much Fucked Up Shit inside #him.... he.....!!!!! #rika is also adorable ...

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Hey Sex Witch!

I am a gay cis man, and while I don’t consider myself ace, I find it difficult to feel either romantic or sexual attraction to other men. Now, I’ve spent most of my time around straight men, and most of my queer friends are women. I also didn’t have any out queer friends at all until well into my adult life, largely through lack of access. Porn was basically the only source of sexual gratification for me.

I suspect that a fear of rejection/physical assault led me to overcorrect and just assume that all men around me were inexorably off limits during my formative years. Which, while not GREAT, did offer me some emotional and physical protection. I now live in San Francisco though, but while I’ve visited the Castro many times, I still can’t quite break out of the “everything is platonic by default” and feel the emotional sting of desire that I feel when I look at a male pornstar. (This is despite despite the fact that the men in these bars are at least as attractive as the men on the screen - I can say “This guy ticks all the boxes I find appealing” but still feel like any prospective spark is being smothered. I understand some of it is the fear of being “the creepy predatory gay” (thanks Popular Culture!) but I also just find my brain going into the platonic interaction zone before I’ve even considered making eye contact.

(For the record, I don’t blame the porn. “Porn addiction” is, ironically, quite the fresh load. I’m as sure as I can be that this is just late-stage pragmatic sexual repression refusing to die completely.)

Do you have any recommendations for normalizing (renormalizing?) sexual attraction and potential chemistry? If so, I’d love to hear!!

hi anon,

I have a question: you mention that you go to "platonic interaction zone" before you even make eye contact. what happens after that? do you ever actually talk to these men? based on your statements about growing to think of all men as off-limits and fears of coming across as predatory, I worry that maybe you don't.

it sounds like, more than anything, what you need is some practice initiating interactions with people who strike you as cool and attractive and interesting to get to know better, particularly in gay settings where the risk of hitting on someone who will respond with homophobia is very low.

I'm not talking about flirting or pickup lines or waltzing right up to someone and announcing sexual interest, I just mean approaching and striking up conversation. give them a compliment, ask a question, offer to buy a drink or an appetizer, whatever. just, you know, talk to them and give them an opening to talk to you back. deepen that conversation if it's going well, and politely bail if it turns out you don't click.

the worst thing that can happen is a bit of awkward conversation, which happens to everyone all the time anyway and is more or less the price of being human, so no real loss there. the best thing that can happen is that you meet a new best friend or a great romantic love. the middle ground between those two points is a thrilling mix of potential dynamics, none of which you'll ever discover if you never put yourself out there.

back to your idea of the platonic interaction zone: I get what you're saying, but I also think a lot of unintentional hurt can come from the idea that there's anything fundamentally different about approaching someone in a platonic manner vs a sexual/romantic one. either way, the goal is to make a good impression on another person and learn more about them to assess them as potential company.

making a habit of approaching people to chat can also help dispel that sense of being creepy or predatory. every time you have a perfectly pleasant interaction with someone, boom, there's another reminder that you're not a criminal of the heart who's skeezing everyone out. hell, if anything you'll actually get better at picking up cues by regularly talking to a wider variety of people - and, if you're ever in doubt, just ask and give them the option to continue the interaction on their terms. "hey, it seems like you wanted to get back to your friends. should I go?" "you can be honest: would you rather keep sitting alone? no hard feelings!" "I'm gonna pop outside for some air, do you want to keep talking when I come back?"

now at this point you're probably saying "hey Makenzie how does this apply to sex and romance" because you still have to talk to people that you want to do sex and romance with!!! and you'd be amazed how easily striking up a friendly conversation can turn into sex and/or romance. very often the thing that makes people most attractive is getting to know more about them and finding little things that excite you and draw you to them. sure, they're good-looking, but you're never going to find out about their very cute laugh or their passion for cooking or your mutual interests unless you actually go talk to them.

and hey, listen: knowing that someone was interested enough to take the plunge and start a conversation is a great feeling. someone confessing interest right up front, that's good shit. people like to feel seen and wanted. but very few people want to be the one to take the plunge, so being bold enough to do so automatically sets you apart.

you're smothering your own spark, babe. next time a guy is ticking all your boxes, get out of your own way, tell him you're digging the vibe, and see what happens next.

#life advice

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I'm OBSESSED over that Roppongi promotion..... 🙈

#pretty good #bakudeku #bnha

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persisting despite it all !

#oh someones turned it into visual art #just a matter of time #the horrors persis but so do i

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#comics

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#dungeon meshi #izutsumi