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fedoraspooky · 2 months

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In light of tumblr shooting itself in the foot, I've been thinking about what I should do with my art from now on. Obviously, deleting my old posts off here isn't gonna do shit, it's essentially locking my door after my house got emptied out by burglars. Especially with my old rp account I no longer can log into, they're just gonna steal and sell my old art that I posted there and I can't even flip a questionably-affective toggle about it.

Thing is, I dunno how many people are gonna actually leave. I'm not even sure I will, since I have a lot of friends here... And after so many shitty updates a lot of people are just hanging on out of spite at this point.

That said, I'm considering that for art posts and stuff, maybe I'll post them elsewhere and just link to them here so they're not on tumblr's servers? Idk... Tumblr tends to kill the visibility of links but I'm not really sure what else I can do.

Also, there's the question of where to actually post new stuff. Bluesky seems the most active but I dont know if old posts cut off after a certain amount of posts like twitter does, in which case that would not be a good archive in the long run. xnx

Cohost is functionally pretty close to tumblr, but ngl it seems super isolated on there bc of its commitment to not showing any likes on your posts. I get that its to combat the social media numbers game, but the downside is that it looks like nobody's even seen your work. If people like something of yours there's no way outside of notifs to see it, so scrolling down on your page and seeing only zeros after zeros of comments on stuff (comments are the only visible number), it's easy to feel like you're just posting into a void.

Pillowfort is pretty good, and they just added tag blocking and the ability to queue/schedule posts. Still kinda quiet and invite only, but if you sign up for the invite queue you can get one pretty fast. Also i probaby have a ton of invites sitting around if anyone wants one. I wish it had an app, but mobile web version works well enough I guess, and I'm already used to doing that with sheezy and newgrounds, so I just have those open in mobile tabs together.

Speaking of, Newgrounds has been pretty good, but due to the nature of the portal system and stuff you're more encouraged to post only your better-looking stuff there. You CAN post doodles if you want, but only outside of the portal, which limits their visibility. Kinda like dA's scraps system I guess.

Sheezy looks super promising customization-wise so I'm thinking of posting there more when it opens up to more peeps.

Toyhouse also looks really good for OC and story things too, and also has a good degree of customization.

There's probs options I haven't even thought about, but its good to know there ARE options. I may post in several of those places for now and see how it goes. Test the waters a bit.

If you're thinking of moving your art elsewhere lemme know where, I'm curious to see where people are going :o

Especially you moots, i need to refind my pals in these other places!

#tumblr #tumblr alternatives #alright where we droppin boys?

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peachiime · 7 months

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super good reasons why you should check out antics at akademi

it's made by a non-pedophilic non-ableist (neurodivergent!) actually decent human being (i hope) writer who knows how to handle serious topics like racism and homophobia (i am poc and queer!) unlike yonder devon who implements it as a twagic bwackstowy for a background character

representation of other ethnicities other than just japanese

neurodivergent rep and NON-VILLAINIZED DEPICTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS!!! done with actual research

disabled rep!!!! done with actual research!!!!

lgbtq+ rep! for the girls and the gays (and its not just gays lesbians and bis. theres people on the aro/ace spectrum, theres trans people, theres NONBINARY PEOPLE and that includes the whole umbrella, inkyu kenko musume and saki r all intersex guys)

it's a slice of life comedy!! it's an ensemble story with every single character as the protagonist!! your fav will get lots of screentime!! and they'll be super silly 24/7!!

cute redesigns!!! :D

family bonding for those who want it. wholesome genuine friendships for those who want it. fleshed out and developed romances with actual chemistry for those who want it.

and yes. the faculty gets screentime too. dont think i left those lovely ladies out (and kocho)

its intentionally silly! this story does not take itself seriously! im not including stupid anime tropes and then doing deep narration voice and expecting you to gasp and cry at it

ayano gets a character arc!!!!!! she gets to be happy!!!!!!! do you want to see mentally ill autistic bisexual girl get happy!??!??!! yes you do check out aaa!!!!

there are actual serious moments though. you get to see these characters be genuinely sad, show actual weakness, you see just how shitty their circumstances really are, and then you get to see them get better. you will see, you will get to witness how it gets better. how it gets better, by working through it and facing it head-on, by having the support of people you love, by believing. it will get better if you just try. you can make it better.

no death only happy!!!! you get to see your favs be happy!!!!

you'll be supporting a queer poc neurodivergent writer oooooooooooo ooooooooo im waving my magic wand at you oooooooooooo

epic rap battles of akademi is a plot device

SO MUCH DEPTH TO EVERY CHARACTERRRRR go on. ask me any question about any person. i'll answer.

i. i've just been working on this for 3 years. an actual audience would be very rewarding and motivating for me. hi.

follow my blog for updates on antics at akademi (and make sure to block the "not aaa related" tag if you're only here for that!)

#yandere simulator #yandere sim #yansim #antics at akademi #rewrite #yandere simulator rewrite #rewriting yansim #check it out guys

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morglien · 2 months

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Ofc ofc media comprehension, should have known that'd be the reply

Shadowzel is just better off platonic, they would never last no matter how many times you say media comprehension or parallel arcs or ofc the trump card "b-b-ut the dialogue on their origin runs!!!!"

Lae'zel/Wyll has more going for it than this in game, they actually flirt and like each other. She wanted to hook up with him

Look at their actual backgrounds/wants/needs during and after the story? they'd just be a fling.

Bae'zel deserves far better in her life than to be shackled to a farm, wants to free her people not be on some farm like shart wants

If you want "toxic yuri" minthara/orin is right there, actual toxic yuri.

After act one they just move on amicably. One liners like every companion, nothing else. Again the non canon origins but be honest if Lae'zel (not Tav wearing a Lae costume) acted in character? Shart would have died early game, or rejected and died when the artifact left. She'd go for someone that's actually her type. Same with Shart.

Plus the fans of this ship are Iron Bull/Dorian tier during that whole shitstorm

Can y'all go to discord or maybe reddit? This feels like a reddit ship. be nice if I didnt have to see this in Lae'zels tag, so many fics have her so ooc, even Shart. Like I tried to get the ship but it feels so forced given what happens in game and in between them

boo another loser ass reply behind an anon!!! go get a life while i play barbies in my head you idiot i don't give a fuck on your shitty lackluster "essay" on why you don't like a ship of pixels in a video game. if you actually didn't like the ship so much you could, i dont know, blacklist it? an extremely common tool of tumblr? anyways tell it to someone who actually gives a fuck, but it might be a little hard to find someone who cares about something so miniscule that seems to be really important to you. fucking loser

#boo boo L!!#coming in here with ur big boy pants trying to prove u have media comprehension again when you failed miserably on the first step.#kinda funny #anonz #all you do is yap and quite frankly i dont care <3 hope you understand anon.

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catholicwhorexxx · 8 months

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every single thought i had abt one piece live action

alvida is so hot im praying when she comes back she’ll have the slip slip fruit and still be fat please god.

introducing zoro with baroque works instead of with helmeppo was fucking genius, and mr 7’s redesign is pique. and the gore of zoro killing mr 7? sets a great fucking precedence.

binks brew playing in the background of the flash back where luffy eats his fruit >>>>>

i want a copy of nami’s book as merch

i love the little homage to the original of luffy planning to just fly in

having luffy be there for the scene with helmeppo and rika >>>>

ive said it once ill say it a thousand times how do they manage to make zoro even gayer. ill never get over the whimpering caption with helmeppo just crawling on the ground.

nami girlboss girlslaying even

zoro you cryptic little gay freak “then he owes me money” “didnt wanna make a mess”

im mad they didnt make captain morgan tell helmeppo he didnt beat him as a kid is bc he’s too pathetic to hit.

captain “we should be working for the same team” morgan. bro you are an elder fag preying on a young gay man. THE SHOULDER TOUCH???

roronoa “i kinda got my own thing going on” zoro

“7 days? i could catch up on my sleep”

“when i get down from here, you’ll be the one begging.” MY GOD YOU FAG

tag urself im the bead of sweat in zoros eyebrow

“get lost”

“i am.. lost”

“heyhey no. dont do that.”

my god nami’s actress is perfect the body language, tone of voice, its so accurate to how she was pre joining strawhats. and GOD her facial expressions in her first fight scene w luffy…

zoro almost dipping then deciding he wants to fight lmao i love it

“arent you that drunk from the bar?”

“glad i made an impression.”

morgan you didnt capture shit

inaki did a great job making luffy still look animated.

zoro cutting helmeppos hair is so fucking funny

garp knew exactly who it was when he first got that call

buggy youre sitting like SUCH a slut

buggy loves talking abt shanks like he’s an ex boyfriend

i wanna see what else buggy can do

zoro definitely had sex with cabaji and then killed his brother

i could watch yasopp shoot people all day

shanks casting is so well done im obsessed with the fact that none of the characters are the conventionally attractive roblox looking types

also the timing of luffy being drowned and the flashback to shanks saving him… timed perfectly great depiction of ptsd. same thing with zoros flashbacks.

“why gonna rob the place blind?”

“at least a little blurry”

i love the wlw mlm solidarity with nami and zoro, oh my god the scene of them getting dressed and nami picking out a shirt for him??? obsessed.

zoros pink ass drink

FUNKY BAR MIRROR BALL???

“arlonggg babyyyy”

“you dont think she like. like likes me do you?”

i love the way the meowmin twins move when theyre fighting in the stairwell

luffy grinning like a freak through kuros blades :333 and then the fucking thumbs up

luffys look to nami when kaya says they have a ship

damn they really just fucking murked merry

“they do know im the captain right?”

“let them have this one”

“we are” playing while they leave syrup village im obsessed

nami laughing for probably the first time in years at usopp and luffy fighting over who’s the captain

i could write an essay about the fear in garps eyes in that flashback (im going to)

“which way is port?”

“the left!”

“neverrrrrrr!”

“fine ya brat have it yer wae”

garp laughing bc he’s actually invested in his job again

the camera lense while luffy is smelling the baratie is fucking hilarious

“add food to the equation and suddenly he knows how to navigate”

ive said it once i’ll say it a thousand times inaki does a great fucking job making luffy still look animated

ill never get over sanji’s accent its so fucking fan indulgent

the little angry kick after he puts em on the fucking ground

“welcome to our shitty restaurant where the only thing worse than the ambiance is the food. my name is sanji what can i get for you?”

“any drinks one of our signature cocktails to help you choke down your meal?”

“apologies madam didnt see you there. would you care for an apéritif to start?”

sanji is such a freak oh my god i love him

zoro pointing it out is so fan indulgent

zoro grinning like an idiot when nami says “i need a drink”

im obsessed with usopps fishbowl

sanji’s smile talking about the all blue WAHHHH

i love live action sanji cooking

his fucking theme playing oh my god

zoro and nami comparing usopp to a sea slug

“i had friends”

“swords dont count”

“i had one friend”

“hell one more than i have”

zoro you fucking freak

why is he standing like that fucking fag

“because youre my friend you idiot” NAMI WAHHHHHHHH

zeff is so hot omfg

sanji’s desperate baby scream breaks my heart

i really like they went using with the original manga plotline for sanji’s backstory

“id eat both arms and legs to save zoros life”

putting buggy in the bag is so fucking funny

that zoom in on sanji yelling “zeff” what was that

god i love sanji and zeffs fight

zoro waking up scene is fucking adorable

zoro you fucking devoted freak i love you

ill never get over sanji’s theme

“the only thing i wanna hear from you is dinner specials”

baby nami is perfectly cast

BLACK NOJIKO BLACK NOJIKO

buggys body pinned up at arlongs base lmfao

“arlong has bled us dry”

“then find more blood”

i love helmeppo sitting like that lmao

bellemere’s death scene always makes me tear up jesus christ

“i thought itd take a lot more liquor to bring out your mutinous side.”

why was arlongs speech edited like that oh my god

“of course i will” makes me tear up every fucking time

nami drawing her maps in fucking blood is such great symbolism

“you look tired, maybe you should take a break”

“maybe you ought to get back in the kitchen”

“quit screwing around! luffy needs us!”

“you just got here you dont know what luffy needs.”

“i know he needs my cooking.”

“putting two slices of bread together?”

telling buggy to shut up in unison lmao

“im gonna get outta here.” while flipping them off

“fucking clown.”

USOPP EXPLODING STAR U GOAT

“i get it zeff was mean to you boohoo”

“you dont ever badmouth nami.”

“now youve done it.”

god i love taz skylar

“all great fighters call out there finishing moves”

“yeah youre gonna fit in just fine.”

SANJI WANTING TO HUG NAMI AND HER RUNNING PAST LMFAO

“back for seconds must have liked it.”

“at least i dont need 3 swords to prove im a man.”

garp jus beating the shit out of luffy

nami hitting nezumi >>>>>

god i fucking love nami talking at bellemeres grave

“i know what it means to fight for your family.”

luffy’s reaction to his bounty im in love

koby what was that gay ass look you want to kiss luffy so bad dont you

“be a good marine.”

“be a good pirate.”

luffy mimicking his poster

god i love makino

kaya with a different tea looking healthy 😭

luffy’s bounty up under employee of the month

BUGGY AND ALVIDA BUGGY AND ALVIDA BUGGY AND ALVIDA

god i love garp

helmeppo learning to be swordsman :33

“maybe the old chef was right. it id your turn.”

“i can still take you.” not in a fight…

their jolly roger 🥺🥺🥺

#op la #one piece live action #op la spoilers

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buffysummers · 2 months

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hi! those are my tags on your xander gifset. i have followed you for a long time & am pretty familiar with your opinions and the things you make (and am a massive fan of the vast majority of both!!!) and i know you obviously dont just pick the most memeable moments for the alphabet sets!! but i did just wanna message you to kinda stand by what i said -- the xander set specifically (and ive seen most of them!) i think does excessively highlight his negative qualities. more than half of the gifs are from the first three seasons and almost all the rest are from the seventh--i think xanders flaws (the misogyny, the toxic masculinity, insecurity, possessiveness, etc) are important and you should show them! i love xander so much because of how he grows. but when i say you have his best and worst and your opinion on him shows, i mean i think you chose to dwell on his early shittiness and then add in his best late moments, at the cost of using the gifset to show the growth that happens over the course of seasons 4-6. and i didnt really mean it as a criticism just an observation! and im not trying to fight, just wanted to explain what i was thinking, please take this in good faith. i love your blog and your thoughts and gifing talents make the buffy fandom a better place.

Hi! Thanks so much for saying that 🩷 I definitely did not think you meant to fight, so don't worry! I can be overly sensitive because the Buffy fandom tends to be overly critical of people's work, and often their criticisms are not based on the actual text of the show.

So, I just want to defend why I did that for his set, if you don't mind?

So, Xander's gifset is 18 gifs. Which, is a lot. I am not sure if you make gifsets yourself, but this takes a very, very long time. As you noted, Xander is not my favorite, but I also don't hate Xander. Having said that, I did not particularly enjoy making his set because 1) he is not a fav of mine, and 2) I knew it would flop because a lot of people do hate him. So, it did feel a bit like I was wasting my time because I knew very few people would appreciate the hard work and time I put into making the set.

As for the reasons why I chose those scenes for the set, I will walk you through it since I know you actually like Xander and would perhaps be interested in knowing my thought process behind each gif. (for anyone else who is reading this, I am referring to this set)

I start off every set with an introduction to the character, and more than likely, it's the character's introduction to Buffy, as she is the titular character and it's her show. The only exception is Tara, because while Tara is most definitely important to Buffy (especially in season 6), their development comes later on, and Tara is Willow's girlfriend. (Tara was the only romantic interest character set I did that was not for Buffy. I should also note I only did Angel for Buffy. So, two romantic interests in total.)

I chose this gif for a couple of reasons. The first was to display Xander's willingness to help Buffy, which also displays his bravery. The second was to show his toxic masculinity, how he appears to not only struggle with the idea of a woman being more important/powerful than him, but this is also a deep-rooted issue that we see a lot in the show. Given how important he is to the show, I did not feel the need to show several gifs concerning this trait because it would be overkill.

Xander's main function in the narrative is to serve as Buffy's friend, but he's also the classic "pines over the main character" trope. I thought this moment with the bracelet was sweet. It shows that he cares for her, but it also shows how awkward and nervous he is about potentially displaying those feelings.

Well, this is just a big moment for both characters. Xander, after pining for Buffy for the entire first season, finally admits to his feelings for Buffy. This takes a lot out of him.

A huge heroic moment for Xander, especially since she just rejected him. There were a lot of scenes I could've chosen, like him showing up to Angel's apartment, or him not caring about potentially dying as long as he could help Buffy. Ultimately, I chose what resulted of his bravery, ie: saving Buffy.

I chose this scene for a few reasons. The first is to show his loyalty to Buffy. Out of all the Scoobies, he is the only one to stay with Buffy the entire time she's in the hospital and he guards her room in case Angelus shows up. But, as is the case with a lot of his decisions in the first three seasons, his actions are motivated by his romantic feelings for Buffy. He hated Angel long before Angelus, and he even admits as much. This scene shows Xander's feelings and loyalty to Buffy, while also highlighting his hatred for not only Angelus, but his jealousy regarding Buffy and Angel's relationship. There is a reason why Angelus says this to Xander. He knows this will get under his skin and hurt him the most.

This is perhaps the first gif that truly just highlights his toxicity. Again, his feelings regarding Buffy/Angel and Angelus is his main narrative function in season two. There are (almost) no layers to this scene, in my opinion. He says this because he's jealous. I don't truly believe he cares all that much about Jenny for a lot of reasons, but mostly because of what happens in 7.05. Also, Buffy would never, ever want to simply erase or forget about Jenny's death, especially because of how much she loves Giles. She's also just a very compassionate person. What he says to her is simply untrue, and he only says this to hurt her because, once again, he's jealous.

I mean, this moment is too important to not include in the set. It is the worst thing he does in the entire show. So, even though it piggyback's off of the previous gif, you could say this is him putting his money where his mouth is. Before, he merely voiced his disdain for Angel/Angelus. This is him acting on it. This is him taking his jealousy to an entirely new level. This is pure selfishness.

The Scoobies really, really suck in "Dead Man's Party." They are super dismissive of Buffy's feelings and they minimize her trauma. They are all too concerned with how Buffy's disappearance impacted them, while overlooking where she's been and why she felt the need to flee to begin with. That is not to say the Scoobies's feelings shouldn't be factored in, but this scene perfectly encapsulates the messiness that is this episode. And Xander is by far the worst in this episode, so that is why his set gets the gif. Also, as stated above, Xander's character is very deeply tied to Buffy. He has a richly developed arc, but it mostly revolves around her, unlike Willow.

I tried to include more of the dialogue from this scene, but it covered his entire face and looked ugly. But I do think "I like the quiet" is powerful enough on his own. An outstanding moment for Xander. Such a great episode, overall.

This is so, so sweet and also shows you how much Xander has grown. It also highlights his emotional intelligence, which we haven't seen a lot of at this point in the series. Could this have to do with Angel leaving? Maybe. But he sees that Buffy is down, and takes the time to pick her up and support her. It's a wonderful friend moment.

I don't think this needs to be explained much. He saved the world. A courageous moment and this also displays his emotional intelligence and his ability to reach people.

I included this gif because 1) it's funny and 2) it's a good piece of exposition.

This is him reflecting on his years in high school and showing appreciation. A very good moment for him.

Supporting another Summers sister while also providing good exposition on his narrative purpose.

We all know he's the comic relief, so I thought it was best to include at least one gif that states that.

This shows his bravery once again. He lost an eye, he has no special powers, but hey, he still wants to go down fighting standing next to the woman he loves. (I still believe he is in love with Buffy. Fight me!) This scene is also reminiscent of when he followed her in 1.02, 1.12, and when he and Willow wanted to look for Buffy in 2.14.

This is a cute moment between them, and also very true. He brought Buffy back to life twice, and he also played a huge part in why she survives after Warren shot her.

So, while I agree that there's a lot of gifs from seasons 1-3, and 7, I think this set accurately encapsulates his function within the show's narrative. I did not include any gif from season 5, it is the only season that did not get a gif. And I thought a lot about that season. I could have included his relationship with Anya, or maybe his career taking off, but I just don't think that is as important as his relationship with Buffy and Willow.

If you look at Willow's set, for instance, there's a lot from season 6 because that's her season. I think Xander serves the narrative more in the early seasons, and in the final season, which is where he's at his best.

I did my best with the set, and I think I did a good job, even if you maybe don't agree with me. I hope you have a better understanding of the set now!

#xander harris #answered #buffy thoughts #pitchblackveins #there's probably typos I apologize

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scarrletmoon · 8 months

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im not trying to start shit so im not tagging this but i'm just thinking about ed/izzy and how it doesn't make sense

like. izzy feels like the shitty ex who's convinced you that no one else gets you and no one ever will, so as uncomfortable as you feel with him, as much as it feels like you're missing something, you don't know exactly WHAT you're missing. plus, you've never had a relationship that's lasted as long as this one, and everyone says relationships are hard work. so maybe this IS what you deserve. at the end of the day, yeah he's an angry little fucker but he's loyal. you know he'll always have your back bc he's dedicated like no one else. and what's a relationship if not respect and loyalty?

except izzy has a very concrete but wrong idea of who ed is. he wants ed to fit a certain mould, which has severely stunted ed's growth and made him miserable.

i get ed/izzy as like, a terrible toxic relationship where two people stay together bc they think they have no one else -- izzy clings to ed bc blackbeard represents everything he wants to be as a man, ed stays with izzy bc he's useful and like, look at the poor guy, you can't just ditch him after 20 years. ed's not HEARTLESS. izzy's good, deep down.

deep, deep down

but then you see how stede immediately sees the best in ed, knows that ed can do better. stede brings out the softer parts that ed's been unable to access for years, doesn't shame him for not being a paragon of manliness or whatever. ed is HAPPY with stede.

and like, stede is a BITCH. he's selfish, obnoxious, shamelessly grandiose and loves being the center of attention, will happily ignore other people's needs to serve his own and also somehow has such terrible self esteem that he thinks he doesn't actually matter at the end of the day

but stede CARES. he never tries to really change anyone to fit an image he approves of. he doesn't go out of his way to harm anyone unless they've harmed him or someone he loves. his loyalty isn't conditional; when he loves ed, he loves him exactly as he is. and i think the reason why he dislikes Jack so much is bc jack turns him into this dumb frat boy who doesn't think for himself and he knows ed is better than that. ed reads it as judgement bc that's all he's ever gotten from others. but stede means it as "there is so much good in you already" rather than "i wish you would change into a shape i approve of"

so like. WHY DO PEOPLE THINK ED WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH IZZY. ed isn't even romantically attracted to izzy? izzy clearly, obviously, is HOPELESSLY in love with ed. but it's worse for both of them if they stay together, as friends or romantic partners. if they stay together, they stagnate. apart, ed can flourish. idk about izzy but maybe he'd be less of a cunt if he loosened his sphincter and learned that he doesn't ACTUALLY have to control everything in his sight

i get relating to izzy as someone who's been in love with someone who'll never love them back, but like. i'm sorry. im so sorry. but you should think better of yourself than izzy. you don't have to be miserable, and part of finding your own happiness might involve leaving the person you've been in love with for years who's never going to give you what you need

not saying you can't like the little gremlin but i'm just very confused about people who impart this softness onto him that doesn't actually exist, and won't exist until he exhibits some desire to change as a person

anyway if anyone comes to this post or my inbox cussing me out for this, im just blocking on sight bc i'm not fighting with izzy fans again who'd rather be cruel than either engage respectfully or just ignore me

if you dont like what i have to say, the block button is literally!! right there!!

#scarrlet rambles #having Thoughts #i dont think any of this should be controversial but i bet it will be!#im already tired lmao

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iamafanofcartoons · 10 months

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i'll be real. you blazed a post onto my dash. i'm gonna block you. rules are rules. figured i'd help you out before i do.

you really want to know why the youtube algorithm is bad? positive feedback loops. not positive as in good, but positive as in they grow larger over time.

youtube's recommendation algorithm is partially based off of what it learns from users. it takes in all kinds of data on what users watch--the uploader, the title, the tags, the thumbnail, the description, anything it can glean from the audio and visuals, whatever. you name it, google's probably holding it. they dont have yottabytes upon yottabytes of data for nothing.

importantly, though, is that they also keep track of what the user watches Next. see, google (as with most social media that uses an ad revenue model) will run studies, where they try out different experimental algorithms created from viewership data on different users and see what is more likely to get users to click through. how they create these experiments is pretty complicated, and i'll save you the technogore. think of it as making tons of algorithms that each think different combinations of aforementioned viewership data at different amounts are the reason why that viewer made their choice, then projecting that onto all users to inform future suggestions. trust me, that's the easy way to think about it.

what makes it a positive feedback loop? well, recall that i said the algorithms are created on viewership data. the successful one(s) is/are then used to inform future recommendations. that data is then used to further experimentally tweak the algorithm. the choices user make influence the algorithm. what influences the choices users make? the algorithm. as time moves on, the algorithm becomes more and more biased until youtube decides to make more dramatic changes to influence things in a different direction (remember the change to favor runtime? then to favor watch-through?)

here's where i get all communist, and why i felt compelled to write all this. youtube isn't fixing shit about this system. why would they? people are clicking through recommendations at insane rates! they're watching more videos! and sure, a general societal right-wing bias might have positive feedback looped into turning the website into a facism pipeline, but google is making so much fucking money from gathering an insane amount of information from users that can be used in ad targeting the whole time. even if youtube itself struggles with profitability, even if people like. kind of say stuff about the problem but never really do anything about it at a large scale, even if people are being redpilled, why should google care when they make more money than anyone could even comprehend? until capitalism is overthrown, there will be a shit algorithm.

blocking channels is a start, but there will always be more shitty things to block (just like how there's always blazed posts for me to block the OPs of). apps that bypass youtube accounts and privacy loss (youtube vanced and newpipe) are privacy tools first, kind of hit or miss when it comes to the algorithm. never looked into the source code of them, but, if you ask me, it's either some amalgamation of everyone's recommendations who use those apps, a "default" algorithm, or one that's kind of tailored to you as youtube slowly worms its way into identifying you by your device and ip address.

point is, dont hold your breath waiting. keep looking for tools, keep spreading the word, keep finding ways to support content you like so the artist isnt reliant on ad revenue. dont keep throwing your money at tumblr, though, they really dont need it. they really never needed it. buy yourself a nice fuckin sandwich. everybody deserves a nice sandwich.

god, i'm going to look dumb if my ask gets deleted when i block you in five seconds. you have a good night.

Soo...yeah....this was based on this post

Basically I'm sick and tired of people like Manga_Kamen, Vexed Viewer, WatermelonCube, and other people raging about how they hate something that others like, and how people are supposed to hate what they hate.

I just wanted to give people the opportunity to remove those hate videos from their search results, so that they can at least find what they're looking for, using Youtube search.

#youtube #youtube search #rwby youtube #youtube algorithm

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You mentioned in one of your tags that you'd like to write a fic where the batkids find out Alfred wasn't so awesome a parent to Bruce and I wanted to ask if you'd like to share some ideas and directions where you could imagine it going?

Would it change the way the kids think and act around Alfred? Or Bruce? And what are some Major Mistakes Alfred made that in retrospect make a lot of sense regarding Bruce's parenting? And what sent the boulder of realisation going in the first place?

I know it sounds like I'm asking for spoilers or the actual, complete plotline which you probably haven't thought out yet, but I'm just curious about various versions of situations and realisations you think could happen. Or things that you'd like to work into your fic but it just wouldn't fit.

Basically, I love your writing and I love this kind of DramaTM within the Batfam and I'd cherish any crumb of information you would like to share.

Thank you and have a wonderful day! <3

Ok so this premise does rely on good dad Bruce, not because shitty parents cant come from shitty parents (they do, usually) but because i think seeing Bruce not do the things Alfred does would be how the kids (specifically Dick) realize what kind of parent Alfred is.

And this is really a reaction to the “Alfred is a saint for putting up with Bruce” fandom attitude because if you, as a parent or a guardian, are incapable of parenting a kid, no matter how difficult that kid is, it is your responsibility to either find a way to become what your kid needs or find someone who can. I know a lot of us had shitty parents but a traumatized nine year old shouldnt be “put up with” or “handled” they should be parented. At the very least they should be loved, and they should know they are loved. (Gets off parenting soapbox, climbs onto fandom soapbox)

Also every time i think about this fic i start thinking “maybe Alfred deserves some more grace” because he was put in a pretty impossible situation immediately after losing two people he deeply respected, if not loved, and lets be reasonable the 80-90s were uh, not an ideal time for difficult parenting, and the therapy available for children back then would have probably made things worse if not outright given Bruce ptsd (if he didnt already have that), so theres that. On the other hand, Alfred is also fairly consistently shown as being deeply unkind about idiosyncrasies, and unwilling to admit when he’s wrong.

And theres only so many times you can call your adult child an idiot, and imply that you believe every one of their choices to be invalid or wrong, before it turns out that you are Part of The Problem, or at the very least, A Bitch.

Anyways.

The thing is, i dont think it would change much. I think they might stop taking Alfreds word as gospel, especially in regards to Bruce, and i think they might be more forgiving towards Bruce when he messes up in the long term, but the truth is that whats it going to change? How do you apologize to someone for that? What are you apologizing for?

Because ultimately i dont think Bruce is ready to admit that Alfred is, or was, wrong. Bruce knows he was a bad kid, a difficult kid. His teachers and his family and the newspapers, and even Alfred, have admitted that Bruce was a hard kid to raise. Probably harder to love. He’s never surprised when people leave him, after all.

He does know his own kids don’t deserve that style of parenting though. But thats because they’re better than him. He has to do better because they deserve better, because he chose to be there for them. Alfred never really got that choice, did he? Bruce’s parents trusted Alfred, and Alfred stayed out of his respect for them. Not the bratty kid who cried for a year and refused to speak and would hide under the bed instead of sleep.

And thats another thing - if Bruce admits that Alfred wasnt a good parent, if he admits that Alfred made some terrible mistakes, does that mean he’s betraying the trust his parents placed in him? Is he casting blame onto two people he can only idolize, because to do otherwise is to admit he doesn’t remember much of them anymore?

As for how the kids find out, i think Dick realized in his own. I think Jason realizes because Dick stops him from walking in and interrupting a conversation between the two and before he can ask whats going on he hears Alfred slap Bruce. Im not sure about the rest.

*i started answering this, got distracted, finished writing it in my head, and then forgot i never answered it in reality. But i think thats most of what i wanted to say.

#asks #but feel free to ask me something specific #i think hitting your adult child is a Big Deal #i think hittinh your child child is a Big Deal #but the batkids wouldbt be around to see it #and to answer this before it comes up #no i dont think alfred hit bruce. i think the slapping is a. like once a year thing #but it does display a level of comfort with that behavior that Jason would recognize #also once is too much lbr #i love alfred i do but WOW fandom refuses to engage with any of his more complicated behaviors #that man did a decent job with bruce but he absolutely fucked up in some way #cw abuse mention

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2. What are you obsessed with right now?

endwalker legendary fish came out so that is at the forefront of my brain at all times.

6. Describe your dream home.

i have a bedroom and a couch to lay down on. perhaps in someone's lap. thats all i really want now that ive reached the advanced age of 30.

9. Do you watch porn?

strictly speaking no. i have a couple episodes of a hentai downloaded. but like i get off less than once a month. so decidedly nothing with any regularity.

11. If you could teleport anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?

my bed. its sooo far away (3 feet)

12. What’s one of your fantasies?

how are we defining fantasies here. when i die i go to a fantasy world and become a witch who lives forever. thats my ultimate fantasy.

14. How would you spend a million dollars?

id buy a nice house, pay off my car, use my income to pay for a cleaning service instead of house or car payments. probably invest some.

25. Describe your perfect Friday night.

i run a good dnd session and i do really well and everyone tells me at the end 'hey emily this was a really good session thank you for running it for us' and then i say no prob and then i go brush my teeth and take a nap.

28. Who is the funniest person you know?

kay's pretty funny i think. im pretty sure ive infected her with my humour in some way. she makes me laugh a lot.

29. What’s the most overrated movie?

every movie is overrated except for pmmm rebellion. oh wait its shrek 2. 'oaoah i love Musical Number so much i can forgive extended transmisogynistic joke sequences<3<3' fuck off

30. Tag someone you want to talk to but have been too shy to message.

if i could tag someone like that, i would be able to message them.......... plus if i did that then they would see it and be like 'oh i should talk to emily then since she wants to talk to me!' and then theyd message me and i would be at a conversational disadvantage because im a sniveling piece of shit begging for attention. i cant do that. there are people i would like to be friends with tho.

32. If you could live in a fictional world, what world would you pick?

im trying to think of which worlds offer paths to immortality...... ah, the Please Be Happy world. vampires exist there and its a relatively pleasant place.

38. Do you drink?

nah. my brother hasnt even picked up any fireball to make dragon cum with me.

43. What’s your guilty pleasure?

i dont feel guilty about any of my pleasures. but definitely watching really shitty isekai

45. What’s the worst date you’ve ever been on?

mmmm. i havent been on many bad dates. outside of things that sucked bc we were in high school and her parents were there, the only one that comes to mind is one time after we had a fight, i took my gf at the time to the crab shack bc she loved crab and she and the waitress made fun of me for not being able to get the crab out of the shells :(

48. Describe your ideal partner.

man iunno. i am kinda not looking for romantic relationships for the foreseeable future.

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bnbc · 2 years

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hello I want to add to the drama my own cents ‘cuz ya know, ENTP urge to never shut up is here

as I already mentioned I never suffer direct damage from pinky or any of his pals, on the contrary, for a long time we’ve been pretty chill, I openly liked their works and characters (Hyena is forever in my heart, regardless), and keep liking their art when I see it, but at some point, I stepped back from mutual following to checking on tags ‘cuz I got tired of some… ideas circulating in personal posts. so I’m not here to talk about the gatekeeping

the thing is I was buying all this “we’re just sitting in lil corner not hurting anyone’s” bullshit even tho I saw some consequences of bullying. Well, I never say I’m a good person, okay? and I didn’t really care until one of my friends got affected by their shitty behavior. even tho I just blocked the problematic person and moved on

unfortunately, the universe is unjust and threw me their existence in the face. this person whom I blocked got their dream job in CDPR, and here I started to care

I’m not afraid to be seen as mean or jealous, feel free to see my “motivation” the way you like. But I have to say that once you join dev team, you gain a certain weight in the community’s eyes, and with it should come ya know, some responsibility or at least awareness

No matter how many “this is my personal opinion” you put at your bio, while you call yourself “ninja dev” and post something about your OTP being canon even as a joke, you’re being severely unerthical, and with or without purpose push your opinion to community.

this is disgusting

I blocked SS a while ago so they won't see my post unless it gets screenshotted, but reaching out to them is not my goal. I’m talking to people who’s licking their feet because they are in dev team now. wake up, you are being overpowered and used to tickle someone’s ego.

yes, I don’t like SS, but you have to trust me there is nothing personal in my post’s message. I would think the same about any dev who would fail to keep a healthy distance from fandom space.

please, leave fandom for fans, dont you have more exciting things to do now, huh? and no I don't mean smth like “quit shipping u’re a scary spooky adult now” just be damn aware of how your words and actions are seen by regular fans and don't be that asshole who brings cocaine in the kindergarten

thank you for coming to my ted talk, and forgive me for being wordy and making mistakes

#gigs talks

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Quentin for the ask game?

one aspect about them i love

he knows, deep down, how to do the right thing and how to be a good person. but his motivation to actually do that depends on whether or not he is being treated with basic respect. He has a troubled history, but a lot of people don't really see past his drug induced anarchy phase, or the future Phoenix thing, and understand that he is really hurting on the inside. Teachers dont trust him, they have this ingrained view of him as a pest, of a hopeless case who's bound to go evil. But they don't realize that if they really tried to understand him, really made an effort to treat him like all their other students, he would clean up his act, and see that he can be loved. This is especially and obviously evident in Generation X, when Benji becomes his friend, and Jubilee makes an effort to understand him, he gets inspired to be a hero for once, and saves Jubilee's life by restoring her powers and making her human (as in, not a vampire) again.

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

Honestly just everything I explained above. But also I wish people understood that he's just a traumatized kid. Really, that's all it boils down to. He acts out because he doesn't feel loved.

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

He is trans. This kid is so trans its like unbelievable.

I also kind of go back and forth between headcanoning him as bi, or as gay.

one character i love seeing them interact with

Benji, his friendship with Benji is like so fucking important to me. Literally Benji just had this belief in him that Quentin was good, deep down, and Quentin saw this, and it really inspired him to try and do better. I wish this would come back but obviously that would require Marvel to remember that Benji exists lmao. And it probably wouldn't happen in the shitty X-Force book going right now.

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

I lowkey ship him and Brian Cruz/Tag, mostly because of House of M, where Brian and Quentin in his original form (brown hair, shy nerd, no breakdown having happened) were best friends and highkey gay for each other (which I'm not surprised about seeing as Weir and DeFillippis seem to see Brian as gay) and also because the prospect of Brian falling for Quentin who is like, very similar Julian, who Weir and DeFillippis were thinking of having Brian have feelings for, so like the prospect of Brian ending up with Quentin instead of Julian is pretty funny to me. If I was going to canonize Quentin's queerness, I would put him with Brian personally. (obviously i would develop their relationship over the story, seeing as they have no canon relationship at all so far, and it would have to be far enough in the future where Brian isn't still a teenager)

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

Okay this technically involves two characters, but I think that Zach/Amp from Iceman should like. look up to both Quentin and Julian, since they're so similar and they're both just old enough to be mentors to him, but they constantly fight over him. Julian wants Zach on his silly little squad of kids that he's looking after (including Curse, Brutha Nature, Maxim and Manon, they're like the rivals to the Lost Club) and Quentin is just NOT having it so he tries to steer Zach away from Julian, and its just a whole thing. (Zach has a lil bit of a crush on both of them too but obviously he's too young to pursue something with them). Quentin and Julian having a rivalry is so important to me because I love them both and they have so much in common but they're both divas and can't handle the other's energy. Zach meanwhile is becoming Little Mean Guy #3 and they both want a chance to be his mentor.

#tysm!#x men #quentin quire #man-me--a-sand

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emeryofthestate · 8 months

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i am so sick of yall. pitching a fit every time staff does literally anything. do yall realize how fucking entitled and whiny u sound constantly lmao

tumblr has to appeal to more than just your gay ass to stay afloat as a company. god knows none of you cunts constantly decrying the greed and selfishness of tumblr staff are going to do anything to ensure the site stays afloat, especially monetarily. they need advertisers. they need investors. they have to give those people and boards and organizations at least some of what they want in order to get money. they need to get money in order to continue existing. im not sure if yall realize this part, but they need to continue existing for you to continue using their fucking site you hate so much.

by all means criticize them when they do something wrong. the community tags censoring queer shit is absolutely an issue, yeah. but think about it for even a second. do you truly think tumblr believes it can afford to suppress its lgbt base? or do you think maybe they mightve done that bc of all the nsfw stuff that is also in those tags? and bc of how famously things like the App Store dont really want nsfw shit connected to them? of course theres a middle ground to be reached there, but yall Are Not trying to do that.

and now yall are mad bc they said 1/4 of the userbase is queer? how much of it do you Think is queer?? yall remember we're a minority group, yeah? and yall know how big numbers work? there are millions, with an S, of users on tumblr. if there were only four million users, a quarter would be what? thats right, a million users! now imagine if there were ten! or twenty! or fifty million! see how that smaller number starts to grow with the big one? and the statements "queerest place on the internet" and "1/4 of the userbase" can both be true!! a quarter is a significant fucking chunk of the people on this site!! what do you think facebook has? i bet its not fucking 25%!!

yall keep trying to say that the people running this place are arrogant and ignorant and never do anything its users want them to. and you know, maybe thats true! i dont know them, and i dont know what the fuck it is yall want lmao. but from where im sitting it looks to me like yall are doing a whole lot of running your mouths about shit you dont understand, and seemingly dont care to understand, as well. tumblr has to survive as a business to survive as a platform. tumblr has to make money. tumblr has to grow. thats capitalism, babey. and you all should know full well that just Not Participating in capitalism is not a fucking option!

i fully agree that staff has done some stupid shit, plenty of things no one wanted or engaged with, plenty of things that were absolutely shitty, but half the time yalls criticism boils down to "stop appealing to the people paying you to stay afloat!" "stop trying to appeal to us for money!" "stop trying to make money and focus on running a website!" and your ultimatums boil down to "fix this or we'll leave" but baby, if they dont do at least some of the shit you dont want them to, there wont be a site for you to leave.

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mdhwrites · 1 year

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Sorry, quick correction, I didnt mean to suggest that you should consume content you dont like and complain about it, tags are there to avoid disturbing content, there isnt much point getting heated over it.

The examples i gave were more to emphasise that the betas are more often used for the more heavy/nasty subjects since their older and designed to be more... feral ig?

You're right and my response was more because I'm a little touchy on the subject. Do I think people go too far with the Betas? Possibly. Quite possibly even. I don't really judge that side of the fandom though, besides the questionable quality of their writing, because A: I ignore the content that would be made anyways and B: the rest of this blog. Because I want to talk about how shitty every single cartoon fandom is since MLP for the sake of 'protecting the kids'.

Ever since MLP, it feels like every cartoon community wants to have this VERY firm line between it's SFW communities and it's NSFW communities.

Or, more honestly, they want the NSFW community just... gone. And are complete fucking idiots for it.

As an example: I have an erotic, 18+ Lumischa story called "Stripping for Amity". The only content warning I need to give you for that though is that there's Luz nudity. No fucking, no touching, etc. like that because the nudity in it is to explore Luz's insecurities and issues with her own body. It's meant to titilate and is for the exploration of themes that I decided were weaker than if I didn't go with the nudity.

Everyone is 18+ and is even stated in the story as being such. There is no lack of consent. There are no abusive elements being condoned, etc. like that. I even keep the descriptions of Luz's body mostly tasteful and I know how to eroticize someone, I used to write erotic books after all that were well reviewed.

So what has been the backlash to it? Well, I don't know the full extent but at the time, I was a part of the Boschlow Discord to promote my stuff with Boscha in it and because of a friend. I never promoted this story there, or even alluded to it, because they had a no NSFW policy. Which is fine. They're allowed to make the space they want, just like my own Discord has a section for NSFW stuff because of my past. I obeyed the rules.

For it existing, I was banned from the server, called a pedophile and have had at least one person also be banned from that server and be labeled a pedophile for liking my works. Not even specifically that work (hilariously enough, that person is now a friend of mine and ace) but just my work in general. That is how much of a reaction this one story, for existing, got.

Now, I'm luckily a somewhat good person and just shrugged it off, just like I theoretically have with the hate review I got from LGBTQ+ members for having PoC and Sapphic representation in one of my books. I wish I was kidding. This also got me kicked from a Discord despite no one ever having spoken about issues about MY representation of these groups. White straight dudes? Sure. And yes, I am one of those. But I have always listened to my community and been told I'm fine. Minimum.

Since then, I have continued to include representation and the like and still keep my own code on what is too far. Now... What if those Discords had been right? What if I was some far right, money grubbing, pedophilic asshole? Well...

They explicitly pushed out a fan of mine, pushing them into my community where they would have been shown acceptance and kindness. They would have been treated well, much better than by the 'accepting' community and with a content creator they like. If I only then showed my private, evil intentions and beliefs... Why would they want to leave? After all, then they have NOWHERE. Not only that, but this is the only place they're allowed to like the content they want to see and are interested in.

So they let one thing slide. And then another feels like it reflects the experiences they had and so sounds right. And so it gets worse and worse. And because this side is entirely cut off from the main fandom, it becomes a louder and louder echo chamber.

This isn't sociologically. There is a direct correlation to ostracization and isolation to becoming a right wing nutjob because so long as you believe ANY of their shit, and don't push back, they're happy to have you. You don't need to be 110% in order to be accepted like with the left. They're just happy you're 20% on board because they know that if you're in their space, you'll be indoctrinated the rest of the way.

And yes, the war on porn is like this. You claim to be protecting children but most of the children who will find the porn and comprehend it will have been interested anyways. Now they can only interact with the worst elements of the fandom because you've separated and any good content creators that make NSFW works have been harassed out of the fandom. That's an overstatement obviously but I would have absolutely stopped interacting with the fandom if being called a pedophile was the first thing they did to me.

And again: That separation means that if things start going wrong in that corner... What is someone supposed to do? The fandom is so against porn that if they speak up, they have every right in the world to believe they'll be mocked, told they deserve it and kicked to the curb. This is especially true for more vulnerable groups with mental illness, isolation or nuerodivergence.

So when I refer to a fandom being a 'modern cartoon fandom', I'm talking about this. And the reason I blame MLP for it is that bronies are known for their porn almost above anything else. And no fandom wants that that has been made after MLP. And so there has been an over correction that, in my opinion, is dangerous.

Is there porn made that is bad and wrong? Yes. I believe depicting children, looking like children, and aged as children, is a bad thing. Aged up, consenting, looking like adults and perfectly happy? Why the fuck shouldn't we let that shit slide, especially since the internet exists and most kids nowadays will know about porn anyways by at most thirteen? I know I was younger when I started looking.

Ever since MLP, it feels like every cartoon community wants to have this VERY firm line between it's SFW communities and it's NSFW communities.

Or, more honestly, they want the NSFW community just... gone. And are complete fucking idiots for it.

#TOH #Rambles

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heyitsharbor · 2 years

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fucking just. need to vent. about a lot of things. so tags have some cws. dont read unless you really want to lmfao

one time i actually feel like i have something i need to talk to my therapist abt and i cant for two weeks. and thats if he wont message me to say 'hey can we reschedule bc its labor day' even tho he has the day open on his scheduler. and then itll be 3 weeks bc i have no other days i can see him.

and i just. like. sorry! i cant. like. yeah. whatever. im allowed to be sad. doesnt mean it helps to be sad with no way to fucking deal with it because i dont fucking know how to process grief especially not alone. my family doesnt process shit unless im the one handling it for them so yeah ill comfort my mom about how hard it is for her now my cats gone .

and ill push and push and push for our other cat to get her appt bc my dad doesnt fucking think its necessary to go to the vet for an ear infection (because he doesnt go to the doctor for them) like. love this. love that i have to argue for basic fucking care that we CAN afford because he's so stubborn he'd rather himself be in agony than go to a doctor

and I have to break into doing all these new things that I've never done before because of trauma or unmedicated ADHD or fucking god knows what other excuses i have, and i feel like im exploding with tension and its branching into other new habits i cant wait to deal with, on top of probably not doing the new things i should be doing

and to top it all off my RSD is like, in full fucking force 24/7 about literally everyone, i either hate people or feel like im the worst person to be around in the world, every thing i enjoy is giving me anxiety because its not good enough or i did a bad job with it or i cant keep up acting like im okay, except when im in the moment and actually do enjoy myself and then just jump right back into the cycle of hating everything again

but like, i can't just fucking vent about how bad i feel all the time, but i dont know what i CAN do and i just want to scream because its like. im fucking trapped . and the longer im trapped, the shorter those windows of feeling normal are. and the more i feel like im irreversibly damaging any friendship i have. and its like ive been through this before, except the last time, i was 16, and apparently i havent learned anything since then because i dont make friends or form lasting connections

like. idk

nothing feels fucking worse than needing to be around friends and going through some rough shit and then apparently everything else is a trigger for something else completely stupid. and you end up feeling both like shit because of the base trigger and then also great, im a shitty fucking person because i cant accept that people are my friends and assume the worst. great . yeah this is a lot of fucking self pity but that's why it's under a read more .

oh. right. and i also have to fucking revisit whether i have a fucking dissociative disorder or not. or just try to float along and exist, but id rather not

#cw pet death #vent #cw rsd #cw self loathing

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