#I do not want to deal with those ships

[tea-cat-arts]

Hey, guys, if an artist/writer says “I don’t want to draw/write xyz thing” for whatever reason, maybe just don’t challenge them on it. Like, the person isn’t gonna just throw their hands up in the air and go “oh yes- because you are objectively correct my boundaries are suddenly gone and I’m willing to do it,” they’re probably just gonna get mad at you because their feelings were probably never about objectivity in the first place

#honkai impact #genshin impact #though this was kinda brought on by a recent discussion this post is not solely about it #it’s kinda just been a long time coming #cuz nothing makes me hate a ship more than its avid supporters refusing to leave me alone #I don’t ever want to draw Kaeluc romantically. I don’t like the ship #I know they aren’t technically brothers. I know about the whole sworn siblings thing. I know how it’s used in a romantic context #I simply do not like the pairing #Kaebedo shippers took a ship a used to be completely neutral on and made me hate it by refusing to leave me alone #I’m not drawing any heterosexual Yae content #‘well she’s not canonically a lesbian-‘ #I do not care. I read her as lesbian. I’m not drawing her romantically with either Ayato or Kalpas #same thing if the character is either explicitly a minor is implied to be a minor or just looks like a child most of the time #I do not want to deal with those ships #and I refuse to touch legal lolis with a 12ft pole #I get the pushback when people are trying to force their standards/interpretations on people who do like these things #and I am very much pro ‘just mind your own damn business’ on most shipping controversies #but me saying ‘I don’t like this thing’ after being asked to draw it is not a personal attack on you

[bbq-potato-chip]

thinking about saiura

#my art #saiki k #tdlosk #saiki no psi nan #the disastrous life of saiki k #saiki kusuo #aiura mikoto #mikosai #saiura #i like them as friends more often but...an impulse came over me idk what happened . .. #i got an anon a couple days ago saying they liked my mikosai arts even tho i . didnt mean for those 2 be ship arts #so this one goes out to you #usually i dont like it when ppl tag my stuff as ship but i had a change of heart #(btw those other arts are still intended as platonic/ friendship stuff but i'm making an exception just this once) #anyway. no one probably wanted to listen 2 all that but yeagh #more recent art but not really. i really tried to do like have a bunch of arts on queue type deal but it didnt work . like at all. #anyway peace and love

[no-truce-with-the-heroes]

i can't believe there's still people out there who genuinely think Ochako would "kill Toga on sight" at this point

like, okay, there's the anime-only people who aren't aware of manga developments or are actively avoiding spoilers, and of course there's all the people who clearly stopped giving a shit ages ago (yet somehow still feel completely secure making blanket declarations about a franchise they no longer keep up with???)

but even then, and even if you're not a shipper or just don't like the characters-- how can anyone have ever believed that makes any sense ever? like we're not even talking self-defense apparently? just "on sight"? who do you think Ochako is, the Punisher in pink?

like i don't think i'm especially media literate myself, but-- how is it possible for people to be this bad at reading where a narrative is going?

because of course that's exactly what the Togachako plotline was leading up to, clearly the ultimate endpoint of developing Toga Himiko as a sympathetic villain important to Ochako's heroic actualization was a teenager unquestioningly enacting the extrajudicial murder of another teenager

that's exactly what MHA is all about, right? that's the sort of person Ochako is, the kind of hero that she wants to be? that's definitely good storytelling and not at all inane or grotesque? ugh

#don't want to cause/deal with any drama and it'd be doubly not worth it on a post that wasn't even about togachako #i just need to vent somewhere or i'll stew on it for ages #an offhanded comment in tags is so not worth this amount of anger and yet ohhhh i am mad #honestly this is probably less about that post and more about all the similar shit i saw on That Hellsite when the 391+ spoilers dropped #bakugou stans i have so much respect for you all i would be dead within a day if i had to deal with this BS as often as you do #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #not really any actual spoilers but ig the vague allusions are still worth tagging for the previously-mentioned anime people #rest of the post sounded like shit opinions too but i didn't really get the whole context and not interested in looking further #this shit has already lived in my head rent-free long enough #no but seriously as a togachako OTP shipper there are in fact a lot of rational reasons for why the ship shouldn't work #canon is currently laughing maniacally in the face of your rationality but at least those reasons do make sense #why would you choose this goddamn Ochako slander as your reasoning instead

[vixscribs]

despite benrook being a decently popular ship I can't seem to get behind a lot of fan content I see. Those are coworkers. There's no way they're snuggling and shit that's highly unprofessional.

#maybe its my aroace ass not being able to fathom that stuff being enjoyable #but also the well mannered and space cop and the cocky 17 yo white boy superhero are not going to act like a normal couple #there is no way they properly address any feelings towards each other #theres no way rook would date his boss's grandson (the one he was directly assigned to by said grandfather) #also ben is a 17yo boy from 2015 gay marriage is just getting legalized #doubt the guy turning into/dealing with/dating aliens would be super opposed to gay people but he's also a public figure #then again hes shown that he can live without being idolized if he believes whats he doing or believes in is right #but again acting on those feelings with your cowoker/best friend so easily? eeehhhh #i will probably change my mind later #i want to see them struggle thats all #their misery and refrain brings me entertainment #benrook #ben 10 omniverse #rook blonko #ben tennyson #im over thinking this #unresolved homosexual tension...let that shit stew... #they've been tormenting me i want them out of my head #also i like the ship. if thats not clear.

[magicalgirlmascot]

Okay normally I'm largely ambivalent towards fics and stuff that are Not For Me and I don't like publicly calling out stuff just because I personally don't like it but girl

[ID in alt text]

What on god's green earth is this and why the FUCK is it tagged Bionicle

#look ethics of rpf aside i just want to know why its tagged bionicle. yes i went and read it and no there is no bonkle content in it #theres a comment on the first chapter like 'hey bestie why is this tagged bionicle' and the author responded with #'oh im going to include bionicle content in future updates :)' #BUT LIKE WHY THO. IS TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET GOING TO VOICE TAHU IN A REBOOT. IS PLAYBOI CARTI GOING TO BECOME A TOA. #IS MATTHEW M WILLIAMS GOING TO GET ISEKAI'D TO METRU NUI. WHAT THE FUCK. #like i say normally i dont post shit about other people's fanfic. do what you want. #but i just cant here. what are you DOING. WHY IS THIS TAGGED BIONICLE. #maybe it would be less of a big deal if this was a bigger fandom but as it is there are just shy of 600 fics tagged bionicle #and a not insignificant amount of those are big multifandom crossovers where one (1) bonkle shows up for like a chapter #and similar. im so tired. the fifth most popular dbz ship has the same amt of fics as the entire bionicle fandom dont do this to us

[doolallymagpie]

role-reversed version of That Page in caliban’s war where it’s bobbie’s “lizard brain” going apeshit over holden but it just sounds like your average tumblr bisexual talking about blorbo from her shows

#sorry for reminding you that that page exists #the curse of being right about bobbie and naomi is knowing that nolden is a package deal and thus #thinking about that damn page. danathan and tymothy why’d you write that. #I could’ve shipped those three in peace but you had to do that #the expanse #bobbie draper #james holden #the best I came up with is something like #he looks like if they tried to make Jonathan harker at the boy band factory #she’s gonna feed him soup and get rid of those dark circles under his eyes and ride him like Paul revere but the British won’t be coming ;) #(look I wanted the same level of crimes against words and our eyeballs) #alternately look at how people talk about 70s Peter Falk on here and switch the names. that’s what it sounds like. #that’s Bobbie being ravenous for Jimbo. talking about him like he’s a beloved little detective she’s gonna stick in her pocket. #considering how disheveled CW-era holden was it’s…not the worst comparison honestly #I could see her thinking ‘he’s kinda weird looking….oh no he’s Kinda Weird Looking 😳😳😳’

[ricoka]

sometimes I wish you could post an opinion on a fandom blog without inviting a whole witch hunt or being accused of causing drama but alas

#I've not done anything and i won't do anything #it's just something that's annoying?? that you can't say anything without someone doing a bad faith interpretation of it #or projecting it on themselves or getting offended on behalf of a fictional character #the few times i saw someone actually say something slightly controversial all hell broke loose every time #like great that you're passionate but not everything is about you #not everything needs your opinion - especially if you can only give it like a lecture #not everything has malicious intentions #people disagreeing with you have a right to their opinions as well - as long as you respect theirs they should respect yours #the thing is - i don't think I've ever been in a fandom that didn't have to deal with like ship wars or someone doing hate campaigns #of a character or ship - i guess that's just the way it is?? #but here it feels especially tiring because people don't usually disagree on ships #people are literally fighting and hating each other mainly over the same two characters!!! and their different interpretations of them #people disagree over what the right and moral way is to portray and ship those characters #and it creates so much tension because you can't associate with those people because they're doing it wrong #and are acting fucking awful about it #but those people are very exclusionary and if you don't agree with all of their points they don't want to talk to you either #you just float along hoping that you'll find some people who have a similar interpretation and will actually talk to you #it's so weird??? it's so isolating too?? #and it feels like you entered a political landscape in your online fandom space #i will probably delete this and I'm not even sure my thoughts make sense #my thoughts spiralled a bit from thinking how some fan interpretations annoy me into disliking a character hahaha

[dead-doveing]

idk but i just get unbearably bummed about spn fandom sometimes bc of all the divisions and bad blood. like i created this separate blog to firewall dark fic and "problematic" stuff from my main bc it's so contentious and i have seen some wild puritanical bullshit go down on the destiel side of the fandom.

and i will admit that my first interaction with the samdean/wincest part of the fandom was a huge turnoff and i avoided it for a while as a result of a couple of REALLY bad first interactions before circling back to it. but then it's also like. my main blog is... i guess it's primarily destiel but tbh it's gotten to be more "holy shit i love the writers, have you thought about the writers today? [marge potato gif] i just think they're neat."

but the thing is, i actually really dislike a huge swath of the destiel fandom and disagree with how they approach canon and/or writing the characters in fic! namely that it completely ignores that whether you slice it as a platonic sibling or romantic/sexual bond, samdean is an undeniable part of the narrative. it's like. it just cannot be removed. both of these relationships and their narrative dynamics are load-bearing and i hate how knee-jerk ppl get about having to pick one or the other.

it just feels very lonely out here with how polarized the fandom is.

#pov: it's feb 2021 and you're watching s1 for the first time as you stare down pandemic year 2 and wonder if spn IS a dark gothic romance #i'm reluctant to follow johndean and samdean blogs bc my main is destiel and i feel like i'm just going to get blocked on sight #also i don't want to see ANY of my ships getting bashed by other ppl which is why i follow 114 blogs and maybe 50 are active daily #of those 50 maybe 40ish are spn blogs? i just want my dash to spark joy.... #unfortunately week 3 of being in spn fandom i got hit with a bunch of pushy weirdos from the wincest fandom #it really soured me on the ship and i wanted nothing to do with the ship for a while bc of it #there are pushy weirdos everywhere but that was literally my first interaction the ship fandom and it was a bad one #i've had the joy of dealing with pushy weirdos on the destiel side and from other spn ship fandoms as well #there's literally NO winning as a multishipper

[bumblingbabooshka]

Seska in ‘state of flux’ literally acting for her life you gotta love her

#also why does Chakotay call him 'chief inspector Tuvok' wth that's so cool!!! #anyway yeah Seska's sheer commitment to the bit of CHAKOTAY....ME!?!?!? You think I did this!?!??!? is stunning <3 #Seska a cardassian agent: Hey - even I was a cardassian agent your secrets wouldn't be worth it okay??? love you <3 #<- venting her frustations #also the way Chakotay acts in this episode...I love you so much Chakotay but no wonder you didn't know there were TWO spies aboard your ship #Seska: -being the most suspicious woman in the world- Chakotay....I made you mushroom soup and this is how you repay me?? #Chakotay: damn...you're so right. She's right. #Tuvok: She isn't right. #Chakotay: She's SO right v_v #he's NOT an idiot I'm not saying he's dumb he just wants to trust his crew~!!! Genuinely love that about him - gives second chances to #people who might not seem exactly on the up-and-up in the eyes of those with a stricter moral code like Janeway and I wish we'd seen more #of that coming in handy...like Chakotay urging her to trust people she (and Tuvok) would regularly disregard #Now CHAKOTAY would make a good spy...he just has a demeanor that makes you wanna trust him #'You're a fool captain...and you're a fool to follow her' - Seska #'We'll have to find another day to settle up with Seska' - Janeway #<- I like these quotes #I wish Seska had become a more persistent villain v_v like I wish she'd been more on-her-own gathering more and more allies #Seska and her ever-growing army of steadily more major baddies who she accumulates by doing shady deals #but every so often...she seems like she throws Voyager a LITTLE bone and you're left to wonder #<- she still dies in the end (after much longer) and everyone's sadder about it then they thought they'd be

[whereisthedamndaddymanual]

Look I don't know what the fuck antarctica is.

It's like stuff your ass ain't surviving past though

#I could see myself as a dragon the sixe of creation watching you breathe fire for me though #the little dragon female is like whaever you want master *poof* *puff* *snap dragon* #and the master dragon breathes into creation once again #look honey I had to grow it process it and sometimes ship it over the Christopher Columbus route #it's the most crazy part of it all and I already know it's true because I was there and I am going to be there #it was a simple time #car ride and some food #the old man that I like is there and things go well usually #I kinda remember me thinking about myself man what is this guy's deal #like after seeing myself selling nothing can ever compare #me: dude I would NEVER work at a restaurant that is for chicks #and yet there I am pretending I suppose #like how about I retire and go manage a restaurant like no mother fucker that's not what he does....he does those two #waitresses #uh well if anything gets a bell 133 I can claim it solo or in pair #I want to take extra sugar with you and one hand on each hood just gently letting you both feel my spark #connecting one hand with two hands #it's like water if you stare at each hydrogen right you gave two hos #but yanno let's get naked and get high and have fun and if you want to call it magic then that's what it is #she says wait til you taste that meat #shot out to your pics with your eyes red as fuck though.... that's hot #one thing you don't want to do is bring a dreamcast into my domain and not expect me to unlock the company logo to fight you #like logos ethos pathos.....like more than they claim but they don't know shit #like yeah.....I wanna slowly feel my bulge as you both demonstrate and begin the way of the hiot #yeah you've been doing it for years let's see it first #first time for me anyway #which makes it your most important teaching hoot #drugs teacher student relationship #sex: owner slave (s' down the line) relationship #I never wanted to be a phlebotomist but for you I will learn

[grinchwrapsupreme]

i'm not saying this to make any sort of point but as someone who works in canadian theatre, the wga strike is going to have an interesting effect on live entertainment too, like i know multiple people who have lost their jobs or will lose their jobs soon because so much american television is produced here and obviously the iatse union is standing with the wga which it should and i also know that when film crew are out of work like this they often turn to theatre because it's a different local of the same union (and a lot of them started in theatre) and they wind up pushing permits out of work because film crew are usually members which means they get first dibs on all calls even if they don't have much live entertainment experience and even though attitudes in theatre and film are VERY different. And i really really hope the wga gets everything they want, they deserve that and more, but i also hope it happens quickly before young iatse permits get priced out of this city and we get into into another situation like the one right after the pandemic

#when the pandemic hit and live entertainment pretty much died for a few years #most established theatre iatse guys moved into film so when theatre started up again there was this huge crisis #and iatse was so desperate for permits they were literally advertising for them on facebook and weren't requiring advocates or anything #which is a massive fucking deal and also how i got my permit #but it also means theres a ton of experienced film iatse members who aren't averse to jumping ship to a familiar field #and all those new permits who found their opening in that crisis are now in danger of being out of work #in the most expensive city in the country #and as someone who works at a theatre that's labelled a learning theatre by the union (we get all the green permits) #it's going to be very interesting to see what happens next #fortunately we don't pay as well as many of the other venues in the city #but we're more likely to offer steady work #so film guys who want cash will take the jobs at the high paying venues doing dailies and weeklies #and the ones who just want to keep busy will wind up here #i have two very good friends who work for the film union #one decided to take a vacation during the strike (good for her) and the other was let go from star trek and intends to go back to theatre #but knowing the attitude of the well established members and people who got used to film there are going to be Problems #so depending on how long the strike lasts this could actually have some serious ramifications for a lot of people outside of the wga #again i'm not trying to make any sort of point here just getting my thoughts in order in the wake of all these tumblr posts about the strik

[guideaus]

Hi, im selling things on ebay, mercari, and depop.

#personal #dm if u dont have those accounts #if u do i prefer mercari>ebay>depop #ebay has a flat price bc i dont want to deal w offers on there #but mercari and depop have bundles #i can also do a diff shipping #...pls dont ask for a discount on bundles tho. theyre already so discounted

[ginevraconaven]

part of me wants to go crazy go stupid write a bunch of hypnosis and mind control stories and then publish them in a cute little short story collection with a cute little cover that you could keep on your cute little coffee table around unsuspecting visitors. i don't know if the market even exists for that but it sure would be fun to write.

#since my friends say they want to see more hypnosis lit outta me but my unwavering commitment to plausible deniability on main prevents me #hypnosis #writing #writers on tumblr #i could be a jackass and go hardcover only... but like a cute little hardcover #not a 6 by 9 sorta deal but something smaller in dimensions #but i should do ebook also since more people seem to pick up one of those to read quicker than waiting for a physical book to ship #and GOD the shipping times. don't get me started on hardcover shipping times

[curiositykilledtheradiostar]

Accidentally may have permanently scarred my younger brother because I forgot the second half of The Bifrost Incident is graphic eldritch horror and played it outloud to him because I thought he'd like it.

#for context he's. 11. #HNOC would be too country for him I think. also I didn't want to deal with explaining polyamoury to him. Almost went with Once Upon A Time #then remembered the three little pigs and also the ''fuck the ship'' ''I do'' exchange and I have more braincells than THAT #those descriptions were a lot more graphic than I remembered tho. also I forgot he has zero experience with horror whatsoever #the mechanisms #the bifrost incident #curio chatter

[the-smallest-gremlin]

i now work for a week straight this is gonna be great!!!

#i have two days off in a row #and they’re days my bf has his overnight and bulk hours #i mentioned it to my manager just kinda thinking about it #i wasn’t excepting him to remember for one #and two to make it so i have those days off so i don’t have to worry about figuring it all out! #he also said i could take deliveries #like bitch i don’t do well with directions and don’t know left from right most of the time #how are you gonna have me take important car parts to ships that need them by a certain time? #*shops #i might have to deal with HR or something so i’m exempt from doing them #it’s not my fault that they can’t find time to hire more people #i’m disabled af and i’m not about to try and do something i know will trigger me to not want to come to work #sorry but i gotta do what’s right for me #i really hope it doesn’t make him hate me for it #i finally found a job i like and want to go to and learn more about #and this might just ruin it all!!! #tinythingx #tinybitch

[icryyoumercy]

... i feel like the easiest solution to the whole ~but migrants keep coming here with nothing and then expecting us to feed and clothe them~ thing and whining about the cost to the coast guard of trying to find the boats they arrive on would be

offer free shipping? station a number of reasonably big ships near or at where migrant ships usually leave from, kind of a schoolbus version of a passenger ship, nothing luxurious or pretty, but staffed and equipped to transport as many people as possible in safety and dignity while being as cheap and low-maintenance as can be. and then get barracks set up as close by as possible, where people can stay until the ship sets sail, with the same low-cost, low-effort setup

and then anyone who wants to cross the mediteranean, instead of having to pay exorbitant amounts of money to some shady entity for a space on an overloaded ship, can just. report to the official coast guard ship, which will make the trip the same time every week, and if they missed it, they can get a bunk in the nearby barracks and wait for the next one

and then! everyone who shows up can get basic medical treatment and at least temporary papers if they haven't any, and there can be co-ordination with the european ports, so everyone knows when and where the next ship will arrive, how many people are on board, what immediate assistance they will need, and any other relevant information

hell, if there's something stressful or expensive or otherwise troublesome at one port, they can contact the coast guard and go 'yeah, we said we'd accept the next ship, but there's been [thing] and we're overwhelmed as-is, but the next port over is set up for your arrival', and then no one needs to deal with the unexpected arrival of several hundred injured, ill, or starving people that need immediate help in a million ways

just. we know migrants will cross the mediteranean. it's a thing they've been doing for decades at this point. we also know it's a source of stress and trouble for everyone involved. might as well accept it and make it as safe and controlled as possible, reduce the amount of emergency something-or-other to react to and ensure that the people who arrive are fed and clothed and ideally can actually migrate with their families instead of having to figure out who they can afford to pay the fare for and make their situation even worse

#a grievance against society #also no charging anyone for staying at those barracks #and no fares for the ships #and if anyone goes 'but what about wealthy people wanting to travel for free' #if they're prepared to spend several days in cramped and uncomfortable spaces #with a ton of strangers #just to save a bit of money #they should absolutely be allowed to do that #hell if you set it up like this #there might even be an option of setting this up near an airport #and if someone has been separated from their family #or needs medical treatment that goes beyond the bare minimum #they can make a deal with the airlines #to fill up empty seats on the planes #not ideal to transport hundreds of people i don't think #but every now and again helpful for getting a child and parent re-united #or making sure someone can recover from surgery in a place where they can build a future #instead of somewhere they have to be terrified their past will catch up #we should just apply harm reduction principles more often #if people keep doing a thing even though it's dangerous and expensive and difficult #instead of making the thing more so in hopes of stopping them #we should maybe make it as safe and easy and accessible as possible #and only when people aren't getting killed in absolutely foreseen and avoidable ways #we can try to find and address the root cause of their actions #but first we need to not needlessly hurt or kill peopl #also yes that means all european nations need to help finance this project #it helps the non-mediteranean states too! #and it's the right and proper thing to do