#im not that great at lying

[lexosaurus]

Ok I'm making this its own post because I don't want it to clog up the intended lighthearted post I made yesterday.

But as my friends in the phandom and I have now entered our mid/late 20's and early 30's, and are now entering serious, long term relationships, the conversation of "do we tell our partners we like Danny Phantom/make content for Danny Phantom?" are turning into rather serious and interesting discussions. And from talking to people, it's interesting to see the mix of responses.

Some people I've talked to, especially people who date other creatives, have seemingly no problem opening up about their DP hobby with their partner. Others, myself included, are much more protective of their hobby.

But one trend I've found really interesting, and again this is ENTIRELY anecdotal, is that of the people I've talked to, it seems to be that the writers of the phandom, especially those who have written angst/dissection fics, are especially hesitant to tell their partners that they 1. like Danny Phantom and are into phandom stuff, and 2. that they write fanfiction. On the other hand—again, this is anecdotal—the artists of the phandom that I've spoken to tend to lean more on the side of "yeah my partner knows I draw DP fan art idgaf."

THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, but as a writer who is in a serious adult relationship who also has written some horrific angst and is dating a Straight Dude™️ who when I jokingly said "there was only one bed" looked at me like I had grown two heads, I think that the hesitancy comes from really a place of fear that if your partner ever found your fanfiction, they would think you are deeply mentally disturbed and need therapy.

Because, especially for those who do not write or read, a lot of people don't really associate grimdark or angst or whump or whatever the fuck terminology it is, with purely creative entertainment. They can watch a show like Game of Thrones and see people get tortured, raped, and gutted on screen and not think the writers or directors of that show are weird because it's a TV show, it's just entertainment for the public. But when someone does the same thing but posts it online for free under fanfiction—aka is not making money off of it and is showcasing their personal hobby—then people tend to worry about that writer's mental health because why else would they want to write this dark shit if they weren't mentally ill? It couldn't POSSIBLY be for the same reason I like watching GOT, there MUST be something wrong with them.

So when a dp writer has to explain why they personally enjoy Danny Phantom, it can be really hard to admit because those fears sort of swirl around your brain. Whereas for visual media, admitting you like drawing glowy ghost art for an old cartoon appears to be a bit easier.

Again, this is just my personal anecdotal observation there will always be exceptions to this I am NOT speaking on behalf of everyone thank you 🙏

Also I'm really curious from both writers and artists in the phandom to hear your experiences with this and whether or not you've told partners that you do fan art/write fanfiction for DP.

#danny phantom #phandom #im not intending to do any writers vs artists here #we both love and support each other at the end of the day #this is just my personal observation #my boyfriend knows i write but does not know what i write #im not that great at lying #i get too nervous #but when invisobang season is wrapping up i have to explain why im blowing him off to isolate in my room typing away for hours #ALSO REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE GEN Z VS MILLENIAL RESPONSES #Cuz I know that fanfiction is more accepted in Gen Z #Where when I was growing up if u admitted it in public it was instant social crucification

[sentientsky]

you idiot, we could have been…us.

#one intense bout of hyperfocus later and here we are #i have so much to do what am I doing here #again not super entirely happy w this but my brain won’t let me stop until this is done and for the sake of my wellbeing #here ya go #i can’t draw clothing so pretend the monotone colour blocking is purely ✨artistic✨ #im so dehydrated omg I love having adhd it’s great (LYING THRU MY TEETH) #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #good omens 2 #aziraphale #aziracrow #go2 #ineffable lovers #ineffable wives #good omens season 2 #gomens #gomens 2 #Michael sheen #David tennant #gomens season 2 #good omens fanart #crowley fanart #art #fanart #good omens 2 fanart #david tennant fanart #anthony j crowley #my art #ineffable divorce

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Bard-aby <3 except he's only loosely a bard bc i don't subscribe to absolutes <3

rambles:

BARNABY WITH PANTS??? BLASPHEMY!!! however this is a (dnd-inspired) fantasy au so. pants! loose pants tucked into modified boots because no one can tell me No!

based off of Clown's pokemon au human Barn, it seems like he might be a bit of a jewelry guy! he was wearing rings! and had an earring! also i think Barn just looks great w/ some extra shinies, yk yk

since ties aren't really a Thing in fantasy settings, i combined the iconic pattern w/ his vest for a two-in-one. then suspenders bc they fuck severely! his belt buckle is a bone both as a nod to the pattern on his tie / house decoration, and to go along with how Wally has an apple buckle! besties stay twinning!

you can't see it but on his other side he has his pack & his smoking pipe holster, which attaches to his belt! it's very high quality leather that he spent so much money on. his pipe is important to him - he carved it himself out of wood from an important tree from his childhood, so he wants it to be properly stored & protected! he has two kinds of tobacco for it - normal, and magic tobacco that essentially allows him to cast minor spells w/ the smoke

the feathers on his hat are from Ms. Beagle! in my mind he left the farm to go adventuring on a bit of a bad note, but his mama made sure to give him a couple feathers to take with so that she'd always be close <3

he keeps his claws blunt so that he doesn't accidentally scratch people/things, and so that he can play stringed instruments without cutting the strings. while i imagine for this au he plays a wide range, he prefers Loud Handheld Instruments that allow him to sing along. so in mind he has an Accordion here! loud! jaunty! but i imagine he also keeps a recorder in his pack for when Frank needs annoying. (he did have a lute, but he broke it over someone's head in the act of defending Wally's honor)

im still trying to pin down the right balance of colors for his outfit, but! for a little au tidbit - all of his spots are the same two blues as his ears. in this im imagining that he, at a young age, learned a very basic cosmetic spell that allowed him to change his spots color to mimic Ms. Beagle's! he wanted to look like his mama! but by the time he's in his late 20s he no longer changes his spots

ohhhh i forgot to add his pockets. Oh Well

#i wanted him to look um.... Put Together? #barn strikes me as a character that likes to look a lil sophisticated in a way! #and i wanted that to come across in this fit... dont know if i succeeded #i still wanted to have Bard-ish / Barnaby Vibes #i can easily imagine him reclined by a tree absentmindedly playin his accordion... smokin... in this outfit hat tipped down over his eyes #barnaby my beloved <3 #and bardaby my beloved <3 #also ill admit!!! #that lute is traced from a real image lmfao there was no way in hell i was scribbling that thing from scratch #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #i lowkey feel bad for barnaby when he finds out about the whole warlock thing #bc hes been traveling with wally for Years #barnaby likes to think that he knows everything about his little buddy #and then wally has to be like 😬 #yeah im actually not technically a real person #also there's this 'demon' i have a pact with & also a weird kinda non-platonic Cant Be Accurately Labeled intimate relationship with #oh and i sometimes sacrifice innocent people to it in a pinch. the rest of the time we eat enemies' souls #and barnaby just has to! deal with that! like oh great! his bestie has been lying to his face since they met! #ands its been Seamless Lying! #suffice to say barnaby has a crisis #and now since wally can be more open about home #there's a sort of... pointless Rivalry for wally's attention/affection #even though barnaby definitely misjudges the situation and how home feels about wally... #oh switching gears back to the instrument thing! #in my mind barnaby also knows how to play the harp really well #and howdy's tavern has a corner for live music - which includes a permanently placed harp <3 #so i think on quiet days barnaby will go play the harp while howdy cleans glasses & the others do their own quiet things #maybe its raining outside! or Snowing! but the tavern is cozy and warm & there is beautiful music <3

[fist-fighting-deathclaws]

I love arcade gannon. He's such a silly lil' guy to me bc you ask him a question that's like "why are you brushing off all my questions :( do you not wanna be friends with me?" and he says something like, "oh no its fine I'm just avoiding all ur questions because i'm trying to obfuscate my past ties with a fascist paramilitary organization. haha jk." and that's his idea of a good thing to say to hide his past ties with a fascist paramilitary organization. What an icon.

#fallout new vegas #fallout nv #fnv #arcade gannon #fnv arcade #the first time he said that to me i was like #oh he's offering personal information to me bc he trusts me!! :) #and it turns out he's so shit at lying that he accidentally tells you what he wants to keep secret #im gonna write a fic abt this scenario it'll be great #wailing into the wastes

[temeyes]

just a ramble dood but i woke up in this exact position earlier and it was like,, the best sleep i had in weeks (so sorry plushie soap for suffocating u,,,)

#I'M SO OBSESSED WITH THEM!! THEY'RE GREAT BED BUDDIES 100/10 #and plusHIE GHOST DOESN'T USUALLY STAND MENACINGLY LIKE THAT I ASSURE U #he was actually lying face down on my bolster pillow but im too lazy to take a photo rn ok #tim rambles #call of duty #cod #my art #2024

[bmpmp3]

yor ass hurt.

Done

#art #traditional art #pencil #fanart #spy x family #yor briar #yor forger #new season started off with a bang. should i tag this spoilers. #does the concept of spoilers even apply to a comedy story about a person with a bullet in their ass #im caught up with the manga so i might be biased LOL although lemme tell ya #i wasnt sure how they'd start off the new season but i definitely wasnt expecting the your ass hurt done chapter #awesome #the new op is also awesome i care a normal amount (lying) about both spy x family and utaite so the ado song is fantastic #love how much she's gotten to do both in her original songs and the anime music shes been doing. her voice is great #also the ending song is also fantastic and the animation is so so cute

[spacedlexi]

going through the wiki transcripts and finding out clem and vi support each other even more than i already thought......... god.....

#the reassurances and support................... killing me........ #thought the 'this is marlons fault' option was gonna be mean to marlon but its clem reassuring vi that what happened wasnt her fault?? #and that vi couldnt have known marlon was lying to her?? #vi being kind and understanding about clem holding up tenn and tries to soften the tension between them #RAAAAAAHHH #it speaks #twdg #violentine #had to start a new save to see some of these choices ive never picked In Action and its great so far thank you wiki #having a real [GLASS HIM] moment right now about some of these like wow i did Not think that was what that option meant #new [GLASS HIM] moment: telling vi 'sorry to disappoint' is SARCASTIC??? 'no disappointment here im glad you came back :)' #and clem smiles and 'hah's about it 😭 theyre so cute new fave option there #'what about the others?' 'ohhh well theyre less excited about it' #end of the ep said vi was annoyed by the sarcastic greeting which is very interesting since they were both smiling about it #see what i mean i thought it was gonna be mean sarcastic but it comes off as playful sarcastic but its apparently mean sarcastic

[potatobugz]

......................... ive fallen for pale Eridan♦Roxy and I cant get up. hi guys

#homestuck #hs #theyve never even interacted in canon and yet here i am having 100 billion gay thoughts about them #also it is a crime that theyve never interacted ough the potential their dynamic could have is great #thinks thinks thinks #eridan ampora #roxy lalonde #eriroxy #idk what the ship name actually is but i liked eriroxy the most out of the preexisting options so im going w that one #o damn they weren't lying when they said that pair was rare #there is not enough content of this on the tumblr dot com so i will volunteer. to make more content #there is so much potential with these two your honor i am going insan #rose lalonde #kanaya maryam #potatart

[heyitsmemel]

hi hello gals and gays. Here is a rare wav from me struggling with the flu. The virus has mainly been in my chest but my entire body is so wrecked I was able to induce super easily. No talking bc I’m literally unable to 😭 Do not listen if you can't stand harsh coughing because it gets a bit rough. If it sounds a bit weird the first half of the recording is from yesterday and the second half is from today, bc the coughing is so much worse in the second half lmao. Ok that's it thankkk you for feeding me so good lately tumblr love u all <3

also personal rant about ableism and intentional contagion in the comments :///

#ok like I haven't been this sick in literal years and cuz im disabled i'm super mindful of spreading germs to others. #and i've had some family staying with me so I was like great leave me here to rot in my cave guys #my partner has been rlly attentive and is like i don't care about germs tehe so yesterday he comes into my room #and gives me a bunch of kisses on my head then swoops in and kisses me ON THE MOUTH #like im sorry i've been lying in a pool of feverish sweat for days and can hardly breathe what part of that makes someone go ooo gimme? #like ya hes just trying to love me but i put so much effort into being clean and now i will feel really guilty when he gets sick #sorry not sorry intentional contagion is not cute or sexy at all its just irresponsible #like i would love to live the life where my body works so well that I don't give a second thought to KISSING someone with the flu #i just feel like able bodied people never think about what its like living with a disability or a chronic illness #or have the slightest inclination of how privileged they are #my partner isn't even a fetishit he is just a dumbass #but ya i just wish he and the general population would think more :/ #snzblr #snz #illness kink #snzfucker #snz wav #snzzzzz #snz blog #anyway thats all do what u want with my horn post

[mysicklove]

hey my friends, my lovers, my little bastards, i am going to be taking a little break! gonna be gone until bout maybe couple days before kinktober...maybe 29th of september or around that time. today will be my last day on here for awhile, so just wanted to let u guys know before i disappear for a bit lol.

alsoo i will be queing my kinktober masterlist like 3 times, so if you see that posted randomly, dont be suprised lol.

and to my mutuals, ill prob not be on discord. i associate discord with tumblr, and i wanna have a break from it all. sooooooooo....ill see you around!

#🔪 - mello talks too much #nothing bad happened dont worry #just #i got alot of shit i need to priorize and im focusing it instead on tumblr #which is not good LOL #19 credits....plus work #i gotta start paying attention to my studies. #also my parents bought me a car a couple days ago bc they were proud of what i am doing with myself #which i am sooooooooooooo greatful for #but it made me realize how im basically lying to them bc i aint doin shit other than write for kinktober #so #thats not good #i need to earn my car!!! #nd not be addicted tot his app #so yes #gotta maintain my 4.0 and also start volunteering at hospitals #and work

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

INVINCIBLE COMIC SPOILERS

LIKE MASSIVE SPOILERS

The weirdest thing about watching Invincible is seeing Ollie still be a cute lil baby while knowing exactly what's gonna happen.

Like of course it's like that for everyone. Rex, Rudy (aka Rex as well itc). It's especially painful watching them drag out Amber and Mark's breakup and sitting there like that one Frank Castle meme.

But it's different for Ollie. Watching this cute baby coo while they try to think of a name for him just, idk it hits differently. It's like I receive flashes in my mind.

"Awww what a cute baby. Isn't he just adora-"

"Oh. Oh yeah. Oh jeez."

#invincible spoilers #its kinda the same reading the comics but something about the show taking so long due to being a whole ass tv show makes it hit harder #so damn excited to see Thragg though #less excited for Anissa #aka not at all excited. im gonna be so pissed every time she talks #although i would be lying if i said i wasnt curious at how the shows gonna handle that plot #hopefully with the seriousness and sincerity the comics did #and maybe also just kill her instead of the... not great “redemption” arc #itll be cool to hear jk simmons say “what did you do to my son” tho #invincible comic #invincible series #invincible #mark grayson #nolan grayson #omni man #oliver grayson #grand regent thragg #man it's just common for the majority of my posts to be in the tags huh #OH and itll be so so damn cool to see them dig through the planet. ugh i cant wait

[volivolition]

suggestion do you have... any wants? like obviously you do but like? suggestion my guy my ourple boy. both the easiest and hardest to write. you need a skill to say something to move conversation along but it doesn't fit any skill in particular? about 80% of the time you can have suggestion say it and it will make sense. but like actually characterizing him... how do i define you dude... what makes your character tick... urgh. i dont get you yet. im trying to understand but you are difficult.

#chemi chats #there are some skills that i just dont understand yet and that just means i have to work on their character study chapter #im reading his bio and i think suggestion is a good manipulator and it's instinctive and he tries not to feel bad about it? #he's clever!! charming!! friends with savvy and drama. planting seeds in the mind and coaxing them to grow towards him like he's the sun. #a crude oil reservoir lying beneath a carefully laid flower bed. taps into the roots. the plants don't know any better than to drink. #he's great at sensing what makes people tick and uses that to his advantage. he needs goals to look forward to so he knows how to best #pull the strings to get them there. otherwise he's a bit aimless. he likes being useful. and since influencing others is helpful #he just keeps doing it? because it's what he's good at. and he tries to convince himself its fun and cool and just cuz hes charming and #it's his role as a skill and manipulation isnt thaaaat bad because it's helpful to them after all... but he does feel bad sometimes. #oh im listening to his voice lines and i just got to ''brother you should have put me in front of a firing squad'' and im sad about him now #but what do you want for short term little guy?? probably for people to like him. he likes chatting with people. i bet he'd like genuine #conversations with no strings attached but there's always some part of him filing information and tidbits away that he can't turn off #subconsciously figuring out things he can hold over them or how he can nudge them into thinking someth-/wait.../ no. no he's just talking. #he's /supposed/ to just be talking stop analyzing them stop falling back into that just have a normal conversation!! but he can't help it.. #hm. this is all really helpful for his chapter. he and empathy are very alike but also different. very interesting... #task: swept up #okay good talk everyone i think i understand him a little better now lmao?? still gotta figure him out some more hes not fully there but ye #also i think he goes by whatever pronoun you think he'd use. just ''oh what do /you/ think i am hm?? what /would/ i use; do you think?? :)' #funny fella. i love you.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

ohhhhh god not Eddie's costume having his face split yellow/purple like the fucking clocks

#ohhhhh eddie. ohhhhh mr dear. oh man #my immediate first thought was “two face”. and then the clocks. and just. mmmmmm #oh boy oh boy that has to be So On Purpose #wh speculation #welcome home speculation #homebogging #absolutely unprompted #eddie you two faced motherfucker. what are you lying to us about #or do you even know? do you remember? is it purposeful or even conscious? #SHAKING HIM VIOLENTLY GIVE US YOUR SECRETS MAILMAN #k no but really what the fuck is his costume #is it supposed to be a puppety frankenstein's monster? but then whats the curly thing on his head? #im just sitting here whispering Oh No in great distress and excitement.... oh eddie....

[indepthpokemonheadcanons]

The interview section of the Paldean Champion Assessment never used to be carried out by a member of the Elite Four. It was handled by more minor league staff and was, by all accounts, a rather mundane part of the process. Rika took it upon herself to make the interview more of a feature, adding more theatrics and much harder questions. While her schedule doesn't let her conduct all of the interviews herself, she still dedicates a lot of time to them - she loves donning the glasses, getting into character, and scaring some kids.

#i like rika a normal amount (lying through my teeth) #pokémon #scarlet and violet #rika #sv #pokémon headcanons #indepth pokémon headcanons #i finished the main story in scarlet today and i really really liked it #for all the massive problems sv have the story is probably the best we've had #expect more posts soon #and more posts about rika my beloved my liege my gnc king #say what you will but pokemon sv was a great game for bisexual morons (it's me im bisexual morons) #paldea #pkmn

[todayisafridaynight]

not to be deranged today but

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 3 #ryu ga gotoku 7 #yakuza series #yakuza 3 #yakuza like a dragon #yoshitaka mine #daigo dojima #ryo aoki #snap sketches #im not going to even act like they have a proper ship name and i aint gonna think of one i aint drawin them ever again <-- probably lying #if i ever thought id draw a comic that had these three in it then like. idk i prob wouldve cried #anyways no this is my favorite crack pairing just cause its so goofy in theory #two emos get together until Probably Daigo breaks it off and now masato's Officially gone off the deep end thats it #eveyrones going under he's going to have the most petty ten-year plan imaginable #unfortunately it backfires so !!!! choke !!! #ive been feeling funnky bout my art lately so the fact ive managed to force this out is great. gg me we did something ig #something incredibly niche but SOMETHING ik i got the besties cackling at this so im happy

[synthville]

the thing is.

raffi isn’t half as strange or off-putting as she could be. given how she processes things and her vices she really should be so much more of an audacious eccentric obsessive schemer (love) and also just the biggest liar to ever do it. meddlesome as hell but it comes back to bite.

she’s got all the connects but also she’s been banned from multiple planets. it’s fine. she didn’t want to go back to any of them anyway. her access was revoked so why does she know so much about seemingly unconnected classified events and titbits. why don’t you. she happened upon that information. as one does. what’s with all the questions. smooth talks her way in and out of stupid situations daily because she can’t leave well enough alone and just has to get answers. she does not get her answers. rabbit holes that spawn labyrinths. whatever the futuristic version of a red string board is. rios breaking into her quarters because it’s been days and she’s replicated an alarming amount of wine but very little food and he hates the EMH but the nosey holo is right this cannot stand. she tries to be present because it was her idea to visit that one spa like planet in the first place but it’s physically impossible for her not to bring up whatever theory it is that’s plaguing her this time around. there’s something just outside her periphery and once she connects the dots she’ll let it go. really. the great pretender. an actual reckoning with her addiction and what’s at the root of it. why constantly numbing herself with various substances didn’t actually work. she can fool everyone but not herself. at least not well. all the fallout with people she loves that now want nothing to do with her (gabe?? hello that thread alone is so much) because of all the times she recklessly dismissed or used them for her own means all the while convincing herself it was about the big picture. being real with herself about the reality of starfleet and why she wants in so badly anyway. greater good huh. her tricked out encrypted tech because why accept bland federation equipment or adhere to legal limits when she can make things that much more fun with a little tweaking. that unassuming little trailer is fortified as fuck. eyescan fingerprint alphasymbolic code physical lock to even get past the front door. and obviously her tech self destructs upon intrusion this isn’t amateur hour. she might be living in a semi utopia but you still not about to catch her slipping. any and all conversations between cybernetist agnes jurati and intelligence officer raffaela musiker. rios needs them to stop making unauthorized changes to la sirena and cut it out with the emergency holo roundtables. everything to do with her and seven but twice the stubborn gay ridiculousness and entwinement. everyone is alive and well and in their rightful timelines. salivating. she’s barely putting in her weird girl hours and already people can’t take it imagine if they just leaned into making her a possessive obsessive little freak (positive!) and wrote/depicted everything with care? the layers. a hyper-competent-women-with-massive-issues-lover’s dream and the nasty bros and bigots who can’t fathom anyone other than a bland white guy as deserving of complexity or relevance would die on the spot amen. id EAT.

#raffi musiker #women who are giant weirdos my beloved #it’s not like she’s the first trek character with Personality but instead of #building an alter to her lmao #she’s rebuked #this world. it ain’t right… #thinking st jean luc was gon be anything but old man woes #very silly behaviour on my part😭 #but i couldn’t just not fall for raffi like that was never going to happen #she’s just. character of all time #this is the last time i get roped into a show riddled with unrealized potential (lying) #although whenever the show does climb out of jlps ass and remembers other characters need to be more than just ornamental #there are glimpses (some this season even) of how things could be if she was able to step into her power and it’s amazing lol #the moment for ultra forgiving self sacrificing black woman therapist friend has ended it’s time for arrogant freaks who are doing their be #& im not gon do it but making a series rewrite a passion project sounds like a GREAT way to tickle my crazy #lasirenas #.rfi