#impose it on us

[so-very-small]

reminder: g/t is not about trying to Get A Good Grade In Morality. g/t isn’t about making things palatable to others. you can use those fucked up ideas you have. you can draw that NSFW. not all g/t content has to be Ideologically and Morally Pure. you can do whatever you want actually. preferences and likes in fiction do not equal IRL values. fiction =/= reality. write that fucked up g/t shit

#its…… fiction. its fiction. its fake. all of this is fake #like as long as the content is tagged appropriately then people can do whatever they want ! #sorry i was thinking of my fucked up gt ocs and how i never talk abt them bc it feels like I Cant #but….. thats a self imposed limit. why do i impose it on myself? why do any of us? #ppl talk about how weirdly puritan the fandom is and its like. itll be so until we let ourselves be freaks #i should let myself be a freak more. and you should too!

[weirdagnes]

golden retriever x goth gf x theatre kid = the mishuggy formula

#also how the fuck do you draw shanks hair #mihawk n buggy are hygiene kings and they bully shanks for being the greasy 1 week no shower loser he is #buggy is the assigned as shanks’ hair caretaker bc this mf only either uses body soap or plain water to wash it #buggy probably uses 3-4 diff hair products to maintain his pretty blue hair #mihawk is assigned in shanks’s facial care #mihawk imposes his facial routine upon shanks who uses the SAME soap he uses for hair and body. sometimes never washes his face at all #one piece #op #op shanks #op buggy #op mihawk #shanks #buggy the clown #dracule mihawk #mishuggy #mihawk x shanks x buggy #shanks x buggy #mihawk x buggy #shanks x mihawk #mishanks #bughawk #shuggy #my art

[missmics]

I am so hyped Hazbin Hotel is finally out and got the inspiration to go dig out my old role-reversal au fanfic to polish up!

Alastor's punishment in hell seems to be becoming burdened with a functioning conscience. He stole so many people's chances at life, but maybe he can give them a new one in the afterlife.

Charlie, meanwhile, has tried this all before and completely lost faith in human goodness.

#hazbin hotel #charlie morningstar #angel dust #alastor #role reversal au #he used to have horns #but broke them off to try and seem less imposing #my art

[official-time-loop-posts]

pls tell me more about self imposed time loops

ok so i was planning to write about what i like about self-imposed time loops but it ended up being more like a story? so uhhhh sorry about that lmao

(long-ish post under the cut, check tags for tws.)

(it’s also in second person & i’m not sure if that needs / has a trigger tag? but with the other tws it felt necessary to bring it up)

.

How would your family & friends feel if they knew? What would they do with the knowledge that you keep throwing yourself into this loop over and over and over again?

You tried telling them about it before, while you were in the loop. They were horrified.

“Why would you do that to yourself?”

“You’re causing yourself more harm than good, you know.”

They didn’t understand.

You reset the loop minutes later.

They can’t know.

No one can.

Why would you do it? Because it’s worse if you don’t. You’ve seen what happens without the loop. You need the loop. Without it you’re left with tears. Without it you’re left with scars. Without it you’re dead.

Are you happier? Of course not. You still break down. You still feel the cut of the razor on your arms.

But you can just reset.

No one will know.

it’s a lie

you’re just going to hurt yourself more

please stop this

Your friend lost their dog.

No they didn’t, their dog’s been at their house all day.

You got in a car crash.

No you didn’t, you took a different route than usual.

You’re bleeding out.

No you’re n-

What?

No. You’re not.

Why won’t it work?

Why can’t you reset?

No. You’re. Not.

you are

you couldn’t reset this time

you couldn’t reset before

you knew that, didn’t you?

that it was all a lie?

they’ll miss you.

we’ll miss you.

i’m sorry.

#tw self harm #tw suicide #tw unreality #(uhhh i didn’t mean for it to get that dark i swear) #(this ended up being less “things i like about self-imposed time loops!”) #(and more “making this Random Guy incredibly depressed”) #(so uh. sorry if that’s not what you were hoping for?) #(and before anyone asks: we’re doing fine) #(don’t worry about us too much :) #not a time loop post #asks

[homefryboy]

PB + braids bc sure why not

#screenshots #adventure time #princess bubblegum #the music hole #the invitation #bonnie and neddy #obsidian #you made me #too old #rattleballs #high strangeness #gumbaldia #red starved #hot diggity doom #I def didn’t make this for any particular niggling reason #oh yeah there was also a lil one in the dark cloud #but it was super imposed on marcy / unclear so i didn't wanna use it...yeah

[uncanny-tranny]

I find that using more neutral language such as "people who menstrate" isn't just inclusive of trans people who fit the prerequisite condition, but also cis people. Saying something like "only women menstrate" ignores that many people start menstruating well before they are socially and legally recognized as adults. And obviously, this goes beyond menstruation; it includes pregnancy, certain cancers, and these things aren't barred by gender or (necessarily) sex assigned at birth. Neutral language for all bodies benefits trans people, intersex people, and cis people (younger and older) alike.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #dysphoria tw #ugh i feel like this is potentially not going to be taken well

[anistarrose]

I think when a lot of queer people who aspire to marriage, and remember (rightly) fighting for the right to marriage, see queer people who don't want marriage, talking about not entering or even reforming or abolishing marriage, there's an assumption I can't fault anyone for having — because it's an assumption borne of trauma — that queers who aren't big on marriage are inadvertently or purposefully going to either foolishly deprive themselves of rights, or dangerously deprive everyone of the rights associated with marriage. But that's markedly untrue. We only want rights to stop being locked behind marriages. We want an end to discrimination against the unmarried.

We want a multitude of rights for polyamorous relationships. We want ways to fully recognize and extend rights to non-romantic and/or non-sexual unions, including but not limited to QPRs, in a setting distinct from the one that (modern) history has spent so long conflating with romance and sex in a way that makes many of us so deeply uncomfortable. And many of us are also disabled queers who are furious about marriage stripping the disabled of all benefits.

We want options to co-parent, and retain legal rights to see children, that extends to more than two people, and by necessity, to non-biological parents (which, by the way, hasn't always automatically followed from same-gender marriage equality even in places where said equality nominally exists. Our struggles are not as different as you think). We would like for (found or biological) family members and siblings to co-habitate as equal members of a household, perhaps even with pooled finances or engaging in aforementioned co-parenting, without anyone trying to fit the dynamic into a "marriage-shaped box" and assume it's incestuous. We want options to leave either marriages, or alternative agreements, that are less onerous than divorce proceedings have historically been.

I can't speak for every person who does not want to marry, but on average, spurning marriage is not a choice we make lightly. We are deeply, deeply aware of the benefits that only marriage can currently provide. And we do not take that information lightly. We demand better.

Now, talking about the benefits of marriage in respective countries' current legal frameworks, so that all people can make choices from an informed place, is all well and good — but is not an appropriate response to someone saying they are uncomfortable with marriage. There are people for whom entering a marriage, with all its associated norms, expectations, and baggage, would feel like a betrayal of one's self and authenticity that would shake them to their core — and every day, I struggle to unpack if I'm one of them or not. If I want to marry for tax benefits, or not. If that's worth the risk of losing disability benefits, in the (very plausible) possibility that I have to apply for them later in life. If that's worth the emotional burden of having to explain over and over, to both well-meaning and deeply conservative family members, that this relationship is not one of romance or sex. (Because, god, trying just to explain aromanticism or asexuality in a world that broadly thinks they're "fake" is emotional labor enough.)

Marriage is a fundamental alteration to who I am, to what rights an ableist government grants me, and to how I am perceived. I don't criticize the institution just because I enjoy a "free spirit" aesthetic or think the wedding industry is annoying, or whatever.

#to claim “gay marriage is assimilationist” is of course bullshit and ahistorical #but to claim “gay marriage is the last marriage reform we need” is even more bullshit. in the vein of “fuck you; i got mine” #amatonormativity #marriage #there's also something idk if i'm that qualified to articulate as a culturally christian person (even if nonreligious) #but concepts of marriage (or lack thereof) vary across the globe and across cultures #yet legal marriage - which crosses borders via presence in immigration law (in addition to obvious colonialism) #can impose extremely eurocentric norms onto countless people #which is a strong argument for separating spiritual/religious marriage from legal benefits tbh #they're *supposedly* separated in the US but you know obergerfell wouldn't have taken until 2015 if that was fully true

[metanarrates]

yoo joonghyuk's ⬛⬛ being obscured to the reader is the same as this to me btw

it's a liberation from the story itself that is SO absolute that even the audience can't perceive it anymore. the character has to exist outside of the text simply because the text itself is too confining for the character

#narrates #rgu #orv #posts that make sense to like 6 people #also this applies to all orv characters ofc! kdj especially as well... #its just fitting to me that yjh as the one most defined by the struggle to transcend imposed narratives #is the one whose INTERNAL DEFINITION of a narratively satisfying outcome remains obscured from us

[kulapti]

A penny for your thoughts... pencil & krita, Dec 2022 &Jan 2023.

#the sandman #matthew the raven #jessamy the raven #my art #artists on tumblr #jessamy and matthew friendship agenda #glad so many of you agreed Matthew is in fact a Dorito #ravens: so graceful. so imposing. also whatever that shape is #here there be fandom #top sketches were interesting wing practice bc I used heavily backlit ref images. Photographers Show Me Raven Underwing Coverts challenge #described #id in alt text

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts - Atlantica

#kingdom hearts #kh1 #atlantica #scenery #my gif #it's an interesting effect for sure but i kind of wish this world wasn't always... undulating #solely because it makes gif making hard. i use a mostly decent bootleg version of photoshop on a browser please go easy on me #so i hope these didn't turn out too bad #anyways this is a really cool world #the underwater city looks so vibrant and inviting. it's such a stark contrast to how dark and imposing ursula's lair is

[slydiddledeedee]

Light-tober, Week 3

Week 1 - Tales of the Abyss Week 2 - One Piece Week 4 - Pokemon Black and White

#inktober2023 #disco elysium #harry du bois #ruby the instigator #kim kitsuragi #elizabeth beaufort #call me manana #klaasje amandou #dolores dei #slydiddledeeart #i'm happier with some of these more than others but overall i'm glad i did it #it was def more challenging bc the past two weeks i was using life references in black and white and imposing characters over them #and i haven't drawn any DE characters so i just used their image boxes #which are notably in color #so it was fun figuring out how to transfer that to black and white #especially with the 4 colors i've limited myself to using #deart

[marclef]

**gives the fake peppino head pats cause the blorbo is a good boi and deserves good boi head pats.**

Best blorbo

he deserves ALL of the head pats and attention, my personal take for fakey is that he used to be kinda iffy on any physical attention, but after some time it's become one of his favorite things ❤

other favorite sensations include belly rubs and of course, hugs 🤗🤗🤗

#not the blorbo i think any of us were expecting to get but. the blorbo we deserved. #the big squishy homunculus has quickly joined my favorite characters of all time #i just think he's neat #something about characters that seem very tough and imposing at first. but then turn out to be very nice/silly just. ggghghsghgdfh #PEAK character design. waiter please give me more 🤗🤗🤗 #my art #pizza tower #pizza tower fake peppino #if this funny squishy man were real i'd give him so many goddamn belly rubs you have no idea #*sigh* i can imagine...................

[matoyaa]

#01 SKYWATCHER [DEMO][GET]

a pro-lite account carrd template made for ffxiv roleplay characters.* it is an extra simple carrd layout. probably wont work & wasn't really made for robust/extensive info to be added.

* feel free to change the colors / sizes / fonts. edit or change to your desire. * to create cohesive boxes from the containers the page spacing is set to 0 so everything looks smooshed together (it is) * most certainly held together by duct tape

#ffxiv #ffxiv rp #carrd template #rp template #ff14 community #FIGURED i'd give this a whirl since I have helped/made carrds for friends in the past #i made this one as a template #use as you please #there is a credit link in there that just goes to my blog #i tried to not make it very imposing? idk im not big on credit about stuff #delete or change it as you wish #I MADE MISTAKES #this is pro lite #I made the other base friendly #big apologies

[uncanny-tranny]

Your life isn't a to-do list. You're allowed to exist, to take life as slow as you'd like. The dreams you have won't suddenly disappear. It's okay to stop and smell the roses, or to engage with "childish" things, or to recover, or do what you need to.

#positivity #encouraging words #life doesn't need to be a speedrun or a 100% run #sometimes it feels like i'm wasting my life but... who gets to tell me what is wasteful? i'm surviving out here and that's okay #and it's okay if you're also somebody who people think is 'wasting your life' #that's such a meaningless and frankly a very cruel thing to say to a person #because you'll see people call somebody's life wasteful because they're simply coping with disability/mental illness/grief/ect #it's a meaningless saying to tell somebody how YOU think they're wasting life. your life isn't a waste point-blank #we ought to be kinder to ourselves for choosing what we want/need out of our lives rather than placating to what is imposed on us... #...or the expectations we impose on ourselves #be kinder to yourself whenever you can. it's hard as hell but please choose kindness toward yourself #just something i thought about and felt like it was impirtant to me #i couldn't complete high school 'on time' because of covid and because i was in crisis. i felt so much shame about that. i felt stupid... #...i felt unworthy. but who decided that i am those things? the crisis i was in could have killed me. i couldn't deal with school then... #...it humbled me because i had to learn that i am not immune to needing to be kind to myself. i am human - i'm not a mindless drone... #...you aren't a mindless drone either. you are an individual. you deserve to feel safe. you deserve understanding and compassion... #...but not ONLY from others. you deserve it from yourself as well

[thefirstknife]

Getting real sick of a certain subset of Destiny players complaining that it’s a baby game and crying to Bungie to nerf exotics and abilities when their ENTIRE POINT IS TO BE STRONG in specific ways as if they are being locked into using them.

IF YOU WANT AN EXTRA CHALLENGE STOP BEING SUCH A DPS GOBLIN AND JUST EQUIP SOMETHING THATS NOT TOP TIER META AND STOP COMPLAINING JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

MOOD. Go off.

It's incredibly annoying to me. They always use the argument of "the game should FORCE me to do things, I should not SELF-IMPOSE challenges." And like. ? I'm sorry but what? It's a video game for a big audience, it's here to be playable and accessible to the widest possible playerbase. There are plenty of ways to make the game difficult for yourself, so knock yourself out if that's your thing, but don't force others into it.

Like, I enjoy hard content, I regularly at least attempt day 1 raids, I do master raids, GMs, solo and solo flawless content and all that. But only when I want to. Sometimes I don't and I don't want to suffer in a patrol zone or struggle in a seasonal activity I'm doing for the story. The majority of the players don't want that. Designing games for the professional gamers only has NEVER been a good idea and never will be. Fifty streamers can't sustain a video game. It needs casual players who will want to come back to the game instead of feeling defeated.

One of the reasons I really enjoy helping others is because I know that casual players tend to struggle in stuff that's basic activity for me. I've seen people unable to get through a strike. I've sat for 10 minutes rezing someone who couldn't do the jump in a seasonal activity. I want those people to be able to play basic content without feeling frustrated and I want them to know that there are people out there who will help them out.

And this doesn't apply just to basic content, although it should start with that. I think all dungeons and raids and everything should be things that all players can complete. Fine, doing a master raid with all challenges should be tough, but it should be achievable with time and practice, not impossible. What a lot of these "pros" want is just completely divorced from reality.

It takes days and days of practice every time a new master raid is out for me and my team (all with thousands of hours of playtime) to get comfortable to finally finish it. We're far from casual players and it still takes a lot of time to be able to finish hard content. Making it even harder is insane to me. Like, if something is so hard that my team full of people, each with 5000+ hours of playtime and a coordinated team that's been raiding together for years now can't finish it, that means it's absolutely impossible for probably 90% of the playerbase. That's wild to me. Raids and GMs should have more people playing them. If master raids are too easy for you, Mr. I-Play-Destiny-For-A-Living, that's on you buddy. Unequip the super god tier god roll meta guns and loadouts or play something else.

And ofc, another excuse they make is "if I don't use meta, I am not going to win a raid race!" Then don't. Idk. Let me play you the tiniest violin. This affects literally nobody except a grand total of 50 people. Run your meta in day 1, and play with random shit otherwise. Play raids with all white weapons. Play without mods. Play without a HUD. Do things solo only. I don't know, make up a way to spice things up for yourself. I'm not interested in that and neither are 99% of the players out there. The game is genuinely hard enough for the majority of the players. On top of that, I am here to feel like a powerful space fantasy superhero. I am NOT here to die to dregs in patrol zones. If there's ONE thing that I know for a fact that put people off from Lightfall (as in this year of Destiny), it's the difficulty changes. They're annoying, frustrating and for some a barrier to entry more than anything else.

#destiny 2 #gameplay #ask #long post #i really do love helping but i can't not feel bad because once the people i helped are out of my fireteam... #...there's no telling what other experiences they'll have #there's so many speedrunners and people who don't care and people who just aren't helping and are instead mocking others #you can only do so much for a few people you see in activities #this season's activities are super tough. every time so far I've played everyone in the team was struggling #i'm gonna have to start going into altars of summoning with my full support build warlock just to sit in there and help people #istg the 'pros' have to get their loadouts restricted. go play with non-god tier armour sets and guns #equip the same loadout that some casual player has available and let me see you then #this idea that everyone has minmaxed best equipment available at all times is bizarre. please get your head out of your ass #'i have perfectly rolled all artifice armour with perfect stat exotics for every loadout because i have infinite time to grind' okay dude #most of us aren't being paid to play destiny. lmao #'the game used to be hard' no. you got better. you mastered it #why is this so difficult to understand. everything is hard when you first start. 5000 hours later it no longer is #the game is fine. the 'health of the game' is fine. you mastered it and outgrew it #either impose challenges on yourself or find something else #like. when i first started GMs they were almost impossible for me #now i play them for fun. they're still challenging but they're not the same level of hard and I'm fine with that #i enjoy them as content and they're still entertaining #and when a new GM comes out it's a new challenge to master so it'll be hard at the start #as everything ever in the world #if that's no longer enough for you then you just outgrew the game and should probably move on #the only reason why some things used to be hard was poor quality of life that got improved over time #not being able to mantle in d1 is not difficulty. it's just not good design. it was fixed and improved #the bitching about light 3.0 as well. man. just don't use the 'OP' fragments. it's so easy to unequip them #i personally love the variety and all the options i have now as opposed to before #okay tag essay done. fhkajhakfhksjf

[gideonisms]

Tbh I judge book podcasts by whether they understand what ann leckie is doing with gender in ancillary justice or not

#so far wizards vs lesbians is the only one i've found that does ♥️ #so many of them start referring to seivarden with the wrong pronouns and are like 'what's seivarden's real gender' #her real gender is the single gender accepted by her society which she seems to have no issue with #leckie is making a point about the arbitrary nature of gender the differences between cultures #and the ways it can be used to enforce conformity #when the radch colonize different places they impose their own ideas about gender on them #it's a fairly straightforward comparison to the way that works irl