#not writing related

[heywriters]

Hey, some fun poll blogs about arts and media are just starting up, and you might find them entertaining and educational!

Movies: @haveyouseenthismovie-poll

Books: @haveyoureadthisbook-poll

Book Series: @haveyoureadthisseries-poll

TV Shows @haveyouseenthisseries-poll

Video Games: @haveyouplayedthisgame-poll

Artists: @doyouknowthisartist

Bands: @haveyouheardthisband

Songs (w/ audio!) @doyoulikethissong-blog

I'm collecting movies to watch and discovering new artists :D

#poll #fun #not writing related #links #og

[dustylovelyrun]

Hey, how do you think my dog will react if I take her to a beach for the first time today? She's middle aged, but I noticed two days ago on a forest walk that she legitimately cannot fathom what the sound of waves were, and I just. The beach is actually close to it...

#not writing related #jasper strikes with their bullshit again #i have stolen my brothers fancy phone with the intent of taking my furbaby's pictures #he deleted his account i think? but still stalks #and i want him to know i am unrepentant

[sojuzz]

Regards to my exams here's miss Grace art:3

#fundamental paper education #★⤹sojuzz's works #art #not writing related #Miss grace

[lil-purple-mouse-writes]

Okay, so I'm going through the DLC for Violet and I just can't stop thinking of scenes that would have been really entertaining to watch.

Imagine:

Kieran trying to be all edgy at Blueberry Academy and Ogerpon runs up to him with a cute drawing of the two playing together. Kieran just staring at it because it would break his 'edgy' new image if he got sentimental about it, but also HOLY FORK OGERPON drew ME this really cute picture!

Yes, I am aware this probably wouldn't happen, but STILL!

#pokemon violet #pokemon kieran #ogerpon #the teal mask #the indigo disk #pokemon sv #indigo disk #i'm gonna draw this later #not writing related

[moonandris]

Omg, I actually did it! I finally joined a queer dating/friendship app!!! EEEEEEK!!! I'm sooooo nervous!!! I literally have almost no queer friends IRL so I don't have anyone to get excited with me!! 🥳

One of my New Year's resolutions for 2024 was to put myself out in the world more and try my best to be more social, meet new friends (as well as potentially find a partner), and explore all my passions, hobbies, and interests with like-minded people.

As a very shy bisexual woman, it's so hard to meet other queer people, especially when you live in a more conservative area. So when I joined a queer dating/friendship app I was was SO surprised to see how many other lesbian/bi women were located near me.

Also, for some reason I've always had this super toxic thought in my head that queer women wouldn't be attracted to me because of the fact that I'm S U P ER femme/girly and I think I look very 'straight' to the average person assessing me. Trust me when I say I was genuinely SHOCKED at the matches I was getting like??? Why did I think such terrible things about myself and my sexuality? I feel really silly for thinking that and I've realized that I have a lot of inner work to do regarding my sexuality and self-worth.

This is honestly such a new, exciting experience for me and was so healing for my mind and mental health to just be able to communicate and talk with other queer women. I know this isn't writing related but it's really not something I can share with other people or on my other social media (yet) so I knew I had to make this post bc I'm just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!!!

It honestly makes me wanna cry a little. It's a very emotional feeling and also feels so freeing to just BE MYSELF and not have to hide my queerness or be afraid that someone is going to find out I'm bisexual and act really awful/disgusted towards me, you know?

Regardless of whether I find a partner or make new friends and whatnot, I'm super proud of myself that I'm not denying this part of myself anymore. I'm exploring my sexuality with people who know what it's like to be queer in this crazy world we live in. It's a really awesome feeling. 💕💕💕💕

Anyways, if you've made it this far thank you so much for reading this silly lil post and wish me good luck! Happy New Year!! 🎊

#faye speaks #faye's personal posts #not writing related #bisexuality #bisexual feels #i'm very nervous but also very excited #i'm just so happy that i can FINALLY explore this side of myself in such a positive way #if you're queer i KNOW you KNOW this struggle lmao #this was/is SUCH a healing experience too #sorry for making this silly little post #but thank you for reading

[sapphire-writes]

rant

idk guys I’m just tired today and my job is frustrating me and I’m just feeling overwhelmed ugh and just found out my ex was cheating on me and now the girl is his new gf and like while it’s so for the better we broke up it’s like 😃 ouch! 😃

idk I’m just kind of down today ig

#jo rants #not writing related

[midnightfangz]

You know. When i started playing skyrim, i expected to get stuff like exploring a vast open world for hours, long and useless fetch quests, a handful of funny glitches here and there, a decent storyline.....

In a way, i got all of that and yet. It gets boring pretty quickly and the worldbuilding is kinda lacking so i padded out the lore w my own headcanons and interpretations in the more important parts to entertain myself, but uh.

Is the intense and long lasting Cicero obsession supposed to be a part of the whole playing experience, too, or

#tell me why he (as a character) sticks out the most to me #and its not even in the hee hee hoo hoo funny crazy guy in a jester outfit :) way. he fascinates me so much i cant even put it into words #ulfric? fuck that bitch i didnt even realise he was in the beginning cutscene too until i talked to him later in the game #brynjolf? smash but he loses all character development when you finish the thieves guild questline #farkas and vilkas? literally anyone from the companions? i only remember aela bc i married her #not one skyrim npc was interesting to me no matter how much info i got about them. then came cicero #cant get enough of that bitch and i still dont understand why #i wanna put him in a pringles can and shake him so hard #(welcome to my collection of blorbos that never leave my head. sorry) #not writing related #long tags #skyrim #skyrim tes #cicero skyrim

[naivegh0ul]

moodboards for my older!ghost and dad!ghost au's!

creds to @/ave661 for the pics of Ghost.

#ghost cod #ghost #simon ghost riley #simon riley #not writing related #but i wanted to show you guys these #:3

[heywriters]

what is the one food or ingredient you avoid simply because it was in every meal you had as a kid and you're sick of it? mine is zucchini

#it doesn't have to taste bad or be bad #you're just TIRED of it #food #random question #not writing related #per se #og #our garden always put out buku zucchini #and my mom hated waste #but every year she would plant it #so every year it was in every single family meal #she would even dehydrate it so we could eat it during the winter #i might be made of zucchini now

[absolutely-cheesy]

Broke out the cannons. Aaaaaand got my first TOTK Panic Blood Moon!

The invisible wall disappeared after this. There was nothing valuable behind it besides a truffle. Might've been a Bubbulfrog there in the past; I'd been to this cave before.

10/10 experience.

#not writing related #misadventures in gaming #part 2/2 #totk #video #tw video #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #zelda #panic blood moon #edited for clarity #video game glitches #video games

[your-absent-father]

One of many things I love about my babygirl shadowheart is every time my inexperienced gamer ass does something questionable, shadowheart always approves it. I need a supportive partner to my almost murderhobo shenanigans.

#not writing related #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #shadowheart

[mx-ryder]

Some thoughts on Hazbin Hotel

I literally just watched HH this week, followed by binging Helluva Boss on YouTube right after. And my Dash is full of HH and HB stuff now. And the other day I saw someone posted their thoughts on the show, including one specific take that it falls right back under the typical "Sinners are bad but hey, we can fix them!" sort of trope. (I really don't know if I'll be able to find the post again, if I do, I'll reblog/link it here or something).

And hey, I'm not gonna argue that it doesn't, per se. I just think there's a bit more to it than that.

c.w for general religious trauma talk, SA mentions, drug use/abuse, alcohol use, addiction, gambling, probably other things I'm not thinking of

(Also please don't feel like you have to read this. It's literally just me rambling because I haven't been able to stop thinking about this topic all fucking day, so I wrote it down to get it out of my head. Obviously if you read it and want to comment/continue the discussion, feel free. Just please. Be respectful.)

Now.

All my thoughts on HH are very much colored by my past experiences with religion, US christianity, specifically. More specifically still, the sort of christianity that makes people believe that "home schooling" their kids, isolating and indoctrinating them away from anyone who might make them question it all, is the best course of action. I grew up bouncing from church to church, from home schooling co-op to co-op, all so my bio-mom could find the exact group to echo her own sentiments back at her.

Among the things I grew up believing were great ideas such as:

Sexuality is inherently disgusting, and something you should always be forcing down/avoiding/punishing yourself about. Masturbation, porn, sex before marriage, dressing "immodestly", and any sexuality outside of heterosexual were inherently evil and worthy of punishment. Sometimes that punishment was being assaulted, because really, she should've covered up, right? Girls, sometimes girls as young as 12-13 (if not younger) were villainized for wearing tank-tops and shorts, because they were causing the boys to stumble and immodesty was a moral failing on their part.

Drugs, alcohol, substances in general, are bad and wrong and using them, or heaven forbid becoming addicted, is a moral failing on your part. You are a bad person for consuming a drug, and therefore deserve to fall into addiction, houselessness, starvation, and/or abuse.

Poor people deserve it. Accepting help of any kind is leeching off good, hard-working people. Your worth as a person is directly tied to your ability to be a "productive member of society."

Any mental health issues are your fault, and are either because you don't believe in jesus hard enough, or because you're inherently broken and sinful and therefore unsaveable. There is no room for sympathy or empathy for anyone struggling.

There's a reason these are the same stereotypical archetypes you see in this sort of show. The queer sex-addict. The gambler. The "weirdo" who isn't like other people and enjoys "weird" things, or enjoys things "too much". Even just the party-girl character. Because these aren't just stereotypes. These are actual entire groups of people who are ostracized and vilified just for being who they were born to be, for making choices christians don't like, or for being sick.

And that brings me to Angel Dust. Who, by the way, I wish I could've been given a content warning about, because holy shit Ep 4 and Addict hit me really fucking hard. My friend recommended the show to me without having watched it, so I went in not expecting that sort of storyline to punch me in the gut out of nowhere.

Anyway! Angel Dust! Literally named after a drug. A gay porn star who flirts shamelessly with anyone and everyone, who proudly shows off his best films to his friends, who secretly hates his job, not because of the sex, as we come to find out, but because he's under the thumb of a fucking psycho who treats him like shit and actively physically, sexually, and mentally/emotionally abuses him. He's basically been trafficked, and hates that he doesn't have any say in what happens to him in front of the camera. It's a horrifying position to be in, and one that left me a little shaken up, tbf.

The take I'm mostly writing this based on is that Hazbin Hotel falls into the trite tropes of "rich white girl attempts to fix people who are below her" and specifically mentioned disappointment in how Charlie didn't try to argue that Angel Dust didn't deserve hell based only on his addiction or sexual past, but that she instead claimed that she could "fix him."

And I just . . . think that's a little bit of a black/white take.

For the first part, what would people rather she do? Put all her time, effort, influence, and power into trying her damnedest to help her people, who are being slaughtered by the thousands every year just because Adam is bored? Or sit at home and use all that time, effort, influence, and power to make rubber duckies like her father? She could just ignore everything going on, call it hopeless, give up, and ignore the suffering of her people. Would that be better? Would that satisfy this weird little "she's just a rich white girl with privilege" gripe?

Charlie is a rich girl. A princess. Someone with huge amounts of privilege, power, influence, etc. But you know what? She's also stuck in hell. She was born there, through no fault or choice of her own, and because of who her parents are, she is trapped in literal hell, with no hope of ever, ever ascending to heaven. She does not get a chance at redemption, because she was born to the wrong people. She is a young woman who was born into horrifying circumstances, living in a world that she frequently expresses disgust for (her frequent discomfort with sexuality, her disgust toward the cannibals, her dislike of violence, even necessary self-defense).

And she still loves her people and wants to see the best in them.

She would be completely justified in hating everything about hell, her life, the people around her, her parents, heaven, everything, really. She has every right to hate her entire existence, but she puts all that hatred for the system into her efforts to fucking do something about it. Why is that a bad thing, just because she was born into a position of power and authority??

And now on to Angel Dust.

Charlie never once makes a judgement call about Angel or his habits, his work, or his personality. She expresses discomfort with the sexual nature of his work (tbh wouldn't be surprised if she's a sex-repulsed ace), but she does not think he's a bad person because of his work. Nor does she think that he needs to stop doing his work in order to become a better/good person. When she tries to get him some time off, she's explicitly doing it because she wants him to have time to decompress and participate in activities at the hotel, not because she wants him doing less of his specific kind of work.

She never condemns his partying, either. She has a bar in her hotel! She defends him partying, right to heaven's face, because she knows everyone present has partied, everyone has enjoyed a drink with friends. There is no condemnation of his partying activities, and I don't think she ever makes it seem as though Angel needs fixing.

What I got out of that episode, watching Charlie passionately defending her friend in front of the worst fucking person in the universe, was that people do not need to be fixed, but some love and support can help them make better choices for themselves. Angel still has a good time. He still has his job (contract, y'know, but would probably be in the industry regardless). The only thing different about that particular night of partying is that he's out with people who care about him, and who he cares about.

Even Cherri, though she expresses some joking disappointment that he's spending so much time worrying about Nifty, doesn't actually seem that put out by it. She teases him a little, but leaves him to do his thing. And his thing is making sure his friend, who is less experienced at partying (and who is significantly smaller/more vulnerable than most other people), is safe and okay. His thing is defending his friends from an extremely dangerous person, at massive risk to his own personal safety.

And he didn't do any of this because he'd been "fixed" or because he'd "changed." He did it because, for possibly the first time ever, he has people around him who love and care for him, and who want the best for him. And who he loves and wants the best for in return. He said himself that he stays out of his mind on substances, allows himself to be drugged and assaulted, puts on this persona of care-free-crack-whore-who-only-thinks-about-sex, because he is trying everything in his power to dull the pain he's in. Because he doesn't believe he deserves any better.

And this, this is what Charlie is trying to show Heaven. She is trying to show them that there is nothing morally damning about alcohol consumption, or even drug use, sex work, or anything that makes Angel who he is. She's trying to show them that, with some love, care, and support, with a safe place to call home, with their base physical and emotional needs being met, people don't need to resort to the sort of destructive behavior heaven/Adam is condemning! People can choose to engage in these behaviors safely, consciously, and with people around them who want them to be safe and have a good time.

Then we get on to the idea that this entire episode ends on. Heaven doesn't know how people get there. They don't know what it takes to be "good enough" for heaven. Sera herself admits that Adam was just "the first soul in heaven," all but admitting that he's just there because he defaulted into it. (Though that does make me wonder, what about Abel? He would have died long before Adam, and considering how long Adam lived, and that there were plenty of other people around by the time he would have died, where were all those souls going??).

And Adam is the fucking worst! He is literally the worst, most selfish, violent, vulgar soul in the entire show, but he is allowed in heaven, for reasons no one even understands.

You know what the difference is between Adam and Angel?

Adam can't be fixed.

His behaviors are all destructive, not to himself, but to others. He insults, abuses, hurts, and kills with abandon. He made this weird, shitty deal with Hell and Lucifer because he wanted to murder innocent souls, because he was bored, and the rest of heaven doesn't even know about it. He has free reign to be an absolute piece of shit to everyone around him, damaging people left and right, and he will never face any sort of justice for it, because hey, he's already in heaven!

But Angel? Angel's behavior is all self-destructive. Again. He gets fucked up to dull his immense pain. He allows himself to be drugged and assaulted because he believes he deserves it. Because he's been told, for who knows how many thousands of years, that he's a whore anyway, so why shouldn't he be free to use for anyone who wants to take him? He has been beaten down, physically, emotionally, sexually, until he's a shell of a person who is struggling to find any reason to continue his shitty existence.

And he hurts only himself.

I mean, okay, he does piss off Husk sometimes, crosses boundaries/etc. But he and Husk pretty clearly fix that between themselves. There's no lasting damage there, and idk if anyone else noticed, but he stops that behavior pretty much entirely after that ep.

Angel is hurting. He is hollow, and hopeless, and trapped. And he does not need to be fixed, nor does Charlie ever attempt to do so.

All she does is reach out a hand, and say, "Hey, I see that you're struggling. This place is fucked up, isn't it? Maybe I can help."

Charlie is a flawed person. She takes her privilege for granted. She feels the immense weight of her choices, and the pressure of having taken responsibility for a people who may never want her help. She messes up, because somehow, she's endlessly cheerful and optimistic, despite her upbringing and the world she grew up in.

Charlie is flawed. But she's trying her fucking best. She isn't trying to fix. She's trying to help.

We all need some help, every now and then, don't we?

#non writing #not writing related #maybe kinda writing related? #story telling #story themes #story elements #themes and motifs #Hazbin Hotel #angel dust #charlie morningstar #hazbin hotel adam #religious trauma #narrative #storytelling #SA #abuse mentions #SA mentions #drug use cw #cw drugs #cw SA #cw abuse #cw religion #cw religious trauma #cw alcohol #cw gambling #cw self destruction #cw emotional abuse #rambling #media #media literacy

[locria-writes]

hi hi hi! I just recently found your game on itch and I immediately ran to your tumblr account! I was worried since it said you hadn’t posted in a while but I’m glad you’re back!! I just wanted to say I loved your game (absinthian ballad).

you'll quickly learn i love disappearing for months on end with no notice

#not writing related #also guess who just remembered she has an itch io page

[fallingintoyourlilaceyes]

autumnhymns -> fallingintoyourlilaceyes

(I'll take care of the links in my Masterlist either tonight or tomorrow. Thank you to anyone who voted 💕)

#url change #signal boost #very important #not writing related

[sapphire-writes]

*cries in grad school*

#jo speaks #not writing related #the middle of a semester is literally hell #grad school #will probs delete later