#i just saw the poll and was like

[sophsicle]

i started putting this in the tags of another post and then it was too much so here we are but; i think one of the big problems with fic recs on tiktok is that fanfic authors have no control over how their fics are being presented or what other media they're being put in conversation with and this sometimes results in people reading the fics that were recommended and feeling they did not get the story they were promised. And when this happens the person they get mad at is not the person who recommended the fic but the author. it takes on this very transactional tone of "i did not get the service i was promised" or "you sold this to me using false advertising" which is a) yet another way fanfiction is being packaged and understood as a commodity and b) is not what happened, fanfic authors have no control over how other people present their fics to you or how the fandom has decided to talk about their fics etc. etc. etc.

another thing that fic recs tend to do, is come in list formats, very "top five fics you have to read" or "the best wolfstar fics" or "my favourite fics ranked in order" which creates a hierarchy that should just not exist in fandom. at least in my personal opinion. and lots of times, even if the video itself is respectful, the comment sections are not. and they will tear down the fics on the list that they feel like don't deserve to be there or should have been ranked lower etc. etc. which i think is just like, idk, in bad taste?? and fostering conversations and attitudes i don't think belong in this space. and not for nothing, but i personally hate it when people compare me and my friends and like, pit us against one another? like i know i'm being a baby but i can't help it. it feels awful and it makes me anxious. so it's like, yes, of course, i love it when people recommend my stories because it's so lovely and flattering and makes this feel like a big book club. but the flip side of that is i hate it when people present my stories as products that you "just have to buy" or make promises about them that i have never made, or use them to put down other fics. which i fear is almost an inevitable part of recommending fics on tiktok where the rec video itself is content that they are trying to sell, to get views and likes, so they need a hook, they need something to make it interesting, and fanfic authors a lot of the time i think, end up being the victims of that. which isn't me saying that no one should recommend fics on tiktok. or that people who do are somehow doing something wrong. cause i dont think either of those statements are true. but i do think that these are things that the people making these videos aren't necessarily considering, and that maybe, it would be good if they did????? I DON"T KNOW I DIDN"T REALLY COME UP WITH A CONCLUDING ARGUMENT I"M SO SORRY thanks for coming 2 my tedtalk

#also i'm sorry if this has all already been said by someone else #it probably has #i just saw the poll and was like #i have THOUGHTS #anyway #soph rambles

[magnusbae]

using it as it was intended

#Tumblr polls #Polls #I was literally just taking one last glance before sleep when I saw THERE WERE POLLS #Like how many years WE WAITED #It's a game changer as big as the addition of Chat #Tumblr #buns.txt

[ms-hells-bells]

is it mean that i legit think that a large portion of young people who claim to be asexual are just socially inept so no one wants to date or have sex with them, leading to a large group of virgins who go 'well, i didn't want to be with anyone anyway!', meanwhile they are constantly hornyposting and talking about how sexually attracted they are to fictional characters?

#just saw a poll with like 16000 votes and a QUARTER claim to be asexual #sorry that is complete cap i know a bunch of you just don't have any real life relationship experience because you never leave the house #i'm not saying this as an insult #i am also often socially inept and have never had a proper relationship #that doesn't make me asexual i'm just awkward and autistic and high standards

[beatcroc]

peppino "never tell the health inspector" spaghetti

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino] [gustavo]<- u are here [gerome] [noisette again]

#pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #protip: if u dont have a real joke u can just drop a buzzword instead and that will still mostly work. #...emphasis on mostly. this one is not my best but i still had to do it bc one of the later ones will reference it 😔✊ #hopefully will b more on the ball for the next one [w/ gerome] bc i have been very looking forward to that one for a Long time #anyways. #ive more or less conceded to fp having a 'dough-like' texture/consistency and while i dont know Exactly what id say hes made of #i cannot stress enough that that material is the LAST thing you'd ever want to be eating #it probably wouldn't kill you and hes not like hazardous to touch or anything but you would get very sick for a bit i think. #also if u saw my poll from a bit ago yes this is why i was thinking about that fjjghhfdjh #that said. the fact he knows fp is a liability and still lets him stay around... speaks volumes i think #pizzaposting

[historical-fashion-polls]

#saw this one on insta and KNEW i had to put this on here #like omg these are GORGEOUS #like the COLORS #just UGH they’re so pretty 😭😭 #historical fashion polls #fashion poll #historical dress #historical fashion #dress history #fashion history #fashion plate #19th century #19th century fashion #19th century dress #late 19th century #1880s fashion #1880s dress #circa 1880 #1880s #circa 1888

[werewolf-transgenderism]

every single time people start talking about their “unconventional” celebrity crushes it’s just like. racism 2.0. people will straight up list people like dev patel and oscar isaac and pedro pascal and john boyega and ncuti gatwa as if these are not just very well-known, very well-liked, and very attractive men who just are not white

#it’s like the top dilfs poll. no reason why men of color should not be in the dilfs list or list of regular celebrity crushes etc etc #just saw someone post about this elsewhere insinuating that dev patel was unattractive like. do you have eyes or? #sorry. i am annoyed about it

[brother-emperors]

niccolo machiavelli & biagio buonaccorsi

Machiavelli's Service to the Republic, John M. Najemy

eventually I'll read Sasso's writing on Machiavelli, but even reading Najemy's summary of the text with regards to Biagio and Machiavelli's relationship made me feel unwell™ in some kind of way like. even love. what an absolute gut punch pair of words to put in the middle of a sentence. I feel fine about it!! (a lie)

The Life and Times of Machiavelli, Pasquale Villari

AND NOW. regarding the scene. the letter exchanging hands is referencing their correspondence in general, but to also how Biagio was a collaborator to Machiavelli's plans (and a little bit about how some of Machiavelli's works were copied in Biagio's hand)

Machiavelli, Leonardo and the Science of Power, Roger D Masters

and regarding the red panel with the figure getting measured, it's about how Biagio had clothing for Machiavelli made to his own measurements in Machiavelli's absence.

Niccolò’s Smile, Maurizio Viroli

#italian renaisance tag #niccolo machiavelli #biagio buonaccorsi #komiks tag #drawing tag #i had an illustration of milo murdering clodius for today but then i saw there was a poll for it so i'll save it for after the poll closes #god i feel so so so so so so normal about machiavelli and biagio (i do not) #ive always felt a lot about machiavelli but biagio makes me cry. he's just. aughhhhdhgh. #anyway based on najemy's summary of sasso's text i dont think. i agree with what sasso is saying abt their dynamic wrt #to the emotional underworking and biagio overplaying the political threats #as najemy goes to say in his follow up. other people were also warning machiavelli abt the same thing #but biagio's frustrations remind me a lot of maria's complaints as well. it's like. devotion + loyalty + trust. i think are the stronger #ties at play. eugh. EUAHDGHSHSHDGH #im going to listen to the assassins creed 2 soundtrack and be normal about everything now. good night #italian renaissance tag

[elgatodeltren]

For all of my non-dndads followers:

#dndads #dndads polls #I just saw a sonic poll like this and was inspired #anyway please indulge me <3

[gruesome-beauty]

jb’s music has more in common with the emo/hardcore/post-hardcore music she’s influenced by than it has in common with her indie contemporaries despite the way she’s categorized and that’s why you get a lot of bg fans who say they can’t get into her music iN THIS ESSAY I WILL-

#saw a bracket poll on twitter that had bg and phoebe and lucy’s albums on it along with the usual suspect indie musicians but not julien #and i am not saying this to be critical of people who feel that way btw! #no one needs to listen to her music out of obligation! it’s for the people it’s for!!!! #i’m just saying that as an emo kid through and through there’s a reason that to me she’s the best musician who’s ever walked the earth #and i know a LOT of people who connect to her music who are more in those circles #that’s why her pre-bg fanbase skewed older (and often male) #anyway this is sort of a ‘water is wet’ post like it’s obvious but we don’t talk about it enough #txtposting into the void

[stairset]

Sabine IS the best Mandalorian character of all time and I won’t accept any substitutes. She literally has it all. She is a punk tomboy lesbian who changes her hair and armor every season. She also has by far the coolest and most unique armor out of all of them, literally no contest. Her story arc is so good that another show just blatantly ripped it off. She defaces fascist propaganda with graffiti. Said graffiti is done with explosive spray-paint and she blows people up with it. She’s voiced by Mishti from Phineas and Ferb. Her father is voiced by Shang Tsung. Her ex-girlfriend is voiced by Vixen. Her brother is like the only fictional character I know of that has the same first name as me. Of all the people to use the Darksaber she’s the only one we know of besides Tarre Vizsla himself to have training from a Jedi Knight. She spray-painted the main villain’s personal assassin while he was unconscious just to humiliate him. She’s the reason Wedge Antilles joined the rebellion. She defeated the Imperial governor of Mandalore. BOTH of them. Darth Vader deflected a blaster bolt into her face and she lived to tell the tale. She told an art historian she was smarter than him to his face and she was right. She literally created the symbol of the fucking Rebel Alliance. She’s gay, she’s asian, and she’s popular. She is truly one of the characters of all time.

#you know every time i see a ''who's your favorite mando?'' poll din predictably always wins #and look. i like din. but between him and sabine it is literally no contest to me. #far as i'm concerned anyone who doesn't vote her in those polls is an uncultured philistine who probably only watches the live-action shows #also her design is literally what got me to watch rebels #like before it came out i saw some promotional material and wasn't sure what to think #but when i saw her design i was just like idk who this chick is but i like her #sabine wren #star wars rebels #star wars #shut up tristan

[dravikso]

Mostly out of curiosity, what's your preferred theory on how reincarnation works in Rain World?

I personally lean towards the first two options I listed because they break the least other things (like evolution) but i've included revival as well since I've seen it a fair bit. I'm not aware of any other theories so I'm sorry if i've missed some obvious ones out! If a lot of people write 'other' I'll redo the poll.

1. Timeline Fracture: after a creature dies it wakes up at some point before it died in a new timeline. It remains the same individual as it was before. The creature stays dead in the original timeline. This is the most literal interpretation of the games mechanics combined with lore.

2. Classic Reincarnation: after a creature dies it is born in a new body of the same or a different species in the same timeline. This theory is more in line with the spiritual inspirations behind the game's lore.

3. Revival: After a creature dies, it wakes up again as the same individual in the same timeline at a different point in time and/or a different place.

#I could be mistaken but I think i saw something about timeline fracture being what DP was written in mind with #on the discord. ages ago #not saying it's THE canon interpretation with that btw. since dp is fanmade and all #(i'm not even set on an interpretation myself) #it's just. a tidbit i felt like adding #rain world #poll #rain world lore #rw spoilers #data pearl

[doodleodds]

Happy Valentines, Akira. Happy Valentines, Asshole.

If you can’t read what Akechi’s secondary inner-dialogue says cause I obscured it too much behind his regular dialogue, here’s a transcription in panel order: Hello, you fucking- Ah- Hello, Akira! Fuck off, why should I tell you- Just a soda- there’s a new flavor.

I don’t want your shitty gift. Oh- haha! You’re so sweet.

I hope I choke. They’re lovely, thank you.

Like hell. Likewise. There’s no way it’s just a coincidence. Still though, it’s a funny coincidence.

#p5 #akeshu #akechi goro #kurusu akira #wow- me?? posting a valentines comic... actually on?? valentines????? wack. absolutely wack #it's a short one! I purposefully tried to keep it short. it was a challenge and it still ended up being 3 pages. but i blame my canvas size #also in case u can't see what akira is holding out to akechi: theyre chocolate covered strawberries on sticks! #i saw them irl and was like oh god i want those. i am going to project that feeling on my favorite characters so help me god #and now! here we are! but my shitty-ass coloring & line quality make it hard to discern them so. sorry about that lmaooooo #ANYWAY i don't do enough post-maruki stuff so. i made this one a little bittersweet. :) #why did i put akechi's scarf in a bow? honestly i dont know! i think i saw some art a while ago that did that too and i thought it was cute #well. plus i guess there's the symbolism of 'akechi being alive and reciprocating your feelings (however involuntarily) IS a gift' part #hence that hes wrapped up in a bow. like a present. :) #also god. the first panel is supposed to be akechi's reflection in a vending machine window. I could NOT get it to look right #so for reference!!! just so you guys understand!!!!!! thats what that panel is supposed to be!!! he is NOT in fact a ghost. (sigh) #hope you enjoyed and had a lovely valentines!! for my part i have eaten nothing but sweets today and hoo boy will that have been a mistake #ALSO in terms of the audience-participation comic...hopefully coming soon. if i can ever gain the will to draw it. #but at least tumblr has polls now so i can do the audience-choose-y bit without needing to use a separate website! so thats good i guess #anyway anyway anway thanks for listening to me ramble if you made it this far! have a lovely rest of your day and hopefully see u again soon

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

are transwomen lying and they dont actually trick straight men into sex because that is a flex to them

or are those men bisexual in denial

or are straight men really so misogynistic and uneducated about female anatomy they think an inverted penis is the same as a vulva and vagine

or have straight men rotten their brains with porn to the point they are attracted to femininity more than women

edit: not about victimblaming - it is not okay to lie about your sex to a sexual partner ever. im just wondering about the how

#polls #i mean if theres a term for the practice it probably happens at least sometimes #i just saw an except from an interview with a transwoman who said he had men eating his genitals for 2 months #without realising #and it made me wonder #because i didnt think he passed that well but also the more #obvious beauty surgeries someone has the less natural it looks the more sexless it looks #but i just cant imagine seeing someone fully naked and having sex and not noticing that something is different? #like how is that possible? #this is not a debate on if its okay or not it obviously is unconsensual and not okay #im just wondering

[the-abyss-of-fandoms]

Me upon finding out abt Resident Evils own John Wick and that there are ZERO fanfics abt him:

I wanted to meet the Grim Reaper/HUNK

#now I gotta replay resident evil 2 remake #I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED RE4R #capcom gotta stop taking my money fr fr #I got re2 4 7 and village #not to mention all my dmc games #now I will make a poll to have a hunk stand alone game #I saw him break someone’s neck like JW #I was like capcom you did it again #they had me with Leon’s looks now with hunks vibe they just combined those two for Dante #they know how to get me fr fr #resident evil #resident evil 2 remake #resident evil hunk #sexy hunk #hunk resident evil #leon kennedy x reader #leon kennedy x y/n #leon kennedy imagine #leon kennedy x you #leon kennedy resident evil #x reader #x you #x y/n

[inkydiamonds]

As much as I love Joe, I didn't draw this for nothing.

VOTE CLEO IN THE TUMBLR SEXYMAN POLLS

Bonus about the Cleo vs Pearl poll:

#zombiecleo #mcytblr sexyman bracket #mcytblr sexyman polls #llsmp #last life smp #god this skin just. *goes insane* #when i first saw it i was like MAAM ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME #inkyart

[thickness-protection-program]

#polls #i just saw a video of this dude who was genuinely shocked that people use cloths #like he acted like we just discovered aliens