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seahdalune · 11 months

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and other meme shitposts

#been skiddadling around the Flipline forum lately.#there are so many funny+interesting+insane posts on there #i made a private thread on any interesting ones i found to juggle any ideas for later.#ie: ''Simone would totally name her lofi streams ''beats to study and eat to''''#it's so cute!#papa louie #flipline fanart #artofdalune

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kampflesben · 10 months

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It's so ridiculous to see how every 3 months, someone on youtube discovers a dead kiwi or or lolcowfarms thread about a "weird" or "terrifying" person, makes a youtube video about it, and then a billion other channels regurgitate the same information in their own videos.

some will try to hide where they got their info from, say things like "a dead internet forum", "an online thread", etc., while others blatantly admit its the farms.

#this week its kelly because all the spooky horror channels wanna dig into body horror. christ.#youtubers snap when they have a farms thread on themself and then turn around and use the same farms to humiliate a mentally ill person #if someone refers in a video to 'an internet forum' without naming names its usually kiwifarms tbh-

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purbiworl · 3 months

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Maybe I should've been more specific; so many people are giving me advice I already know or is general knowledge when it comes to modeling

"go watch tutorials" buddy, what kind of videos do you think I have stockpiled and keep returning to? lmao

#theres been good advice but the struggle is: i have a hard time putting things into practice #yes i know about using visual references. yes i know about good topo around joints for rigged models. yes i study game models #thats what you get when you're vague on a forum i guess #i appreciate the people being genuinely helpful but. i still cant get over 'i use these programs. go watch tutorials' like come on pal #i've pretty much ditched the thread at this point because tbh i made it to vent my frustration more than get advice #.txt #light vent #light only because im not deeply bothered about anything. just kinda annoyed #i really did appreciate the person who said they hated modeling a decade ago but now its their full-time job. makes me feel hopeful.

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nanatsuyu · 5 months

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the deadname thing comes up in my brain a lot because I've never once connected to a name in my life, even before the whole gender questioning thing and I don't know if that's just because I haven't found one I like or because names mean very little to me as a whole. I've used a dozen nicknames but it's just a thing people call me or a series of letters I use to recognize that I'm being addressed on paper. I'm not really all that phased by it, but I don't feel any sort of attachment when people say my name, more that they're addressing me at all and I feel like that's not the case for others? Or I'm misreading how much people's names actually mean to them on a general level

#i googled this just now out of curiosity and the first thing that popped up was a forum thread about autism masking and i #hands on hips i gUESS #adds another item to the list of apparently autistic flags ive been carrying around but never clocked #all of the other flags on their own might not make a case for themselves #but together‚‚‚#nana talks #homestly when people come up with things to call me is what sparks joy #if i do it im like meh but if someone else says im gonna call you this im like okay yeah thats great please do i love it

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melmedardasworld · 1 year

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Always so funny to me when tvdu fandom understand heightened emotions except for when it comes to Tyler Lockwood. Hybrids have like heightened emotions x 1000, look at Klaus, Hayley, Jackson.... no one calls them angry or annoying as much as I see them call out and villainize Tyler.

Like, even the humanity switch is often used as a excuse (bs imo) to provide context of the shitty things done by Stefan, Enzo, Elena, Caroline etc. and funny thing is Tyler never even shut it off (when he had all the reason to) and still (rightfully) wanted his revenge, but he's treated as if he's supposed to suck it all up, be this bigger person, and just get over it all.

#tyler lockwood #this is a rant #the shit i see on these fandom forums and sites about tyler (and bonnie) to villainize them is bs #creating theories and threads out of thin air to make him a bad person when you stan someone like klaus and damon and make excuses for them #anti tvd fandom #anti tvd #just be honest and accept that your faves are shitty creatures who did shitty things #they are worse than tyler and not the other way around

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tareloin · 1 year

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ToS_fandom_history_talk.txt

#WARNING: LOTS OF TAGS. Expand at your own discretion #Re: being the 'first' to make S-A--o (don't want to trip the tags) fanart #I don't know if I was the first to make CONTENT for them though #Back in like 2015??? ish? there was a thread on BMGs forums literally just called Town of Salem Shipping Thread #I think it eventually got shortened to Town of Shipping but like the point was #There were a SURPRISING amount of people participating before I ever did #If my memory serves me right I think BioRaccoon wrote a short fic about the ship #Which was really good btw #I wonder how all of them are doing now. It's been a long time since I've seen or thought about them #There's so many phases that I went through back then and the community had shifted a lot #From the forums to Skype to Chatzy (I believe that was the order?)#And then to Tumblr when the first askblog was created. I was part of the first wave!#I don't think the first blogs are around anymore but iirc the earliest ones were retri/jester/witch/SK/BM.#I ran the witch blog. Her name was Mel #P sure the blog name was 'witchingmywaydowntown' which is hilarious but also incredibly long winded #I don't really remember the other blog urls but I think they were like #undexdgrxves (retri)#I don't remember jester's lol sorry Jett #anthrocide (SK)#ask-the-bm (BM. ofc)#It was crazy. The community was really tiny then and we had a separate slew of OCs beyond the askblog #Chatzy roleplay man. That shit was crazy #Anyways I am so sorry for making my tags so long #talkingautumn

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sreegs · 8 months

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I reblogged it earlier but I'm glad the Something Awful Forums 9/11 thread was archived because it's an incredibly important slice of internet history. For the record I think 9/11 was thousands of personal tragedies for the direct victims of the attacks but one big national farce that led to America's ongoing slide into fascism, and the nationalism and remembrance around it is a joke especially in the wake of the same amount of deaths every fucking day in the US during the height of coronavirus.

Nevertheless I think it's important that if you do not remember because you were too young or just didn't exist on Sept 11, 2001 to read the Something Awful 9/11 forums to get an idea of what the internet was like at the moment when America changed to 24 hour news cycles and renewed hyper-nationalism not seen since WWII.

This all happened before Twitter, Facebook, before Discord. Before smart phones. Before most people had cell phones. When a lot of people still had dial-up internet, even. Some people in the thread were relying on radio because internet and TV weren't keeping up.

It was a live event of internet denizens reacting to the biggest national event (and among the biggest international events) of the past 25 years. It was also a slice of what the internet was like at the turn of the millennium. Not only that, but people accurately calling out who was responsible, and what would result before the attacks even finished.

Keep in mind that the links that follow contain images of the event, lots of Islamophobia, people calling for the Middle East to be nuked, people blaming Palestine, casual racist and homophobic language (this was Something Awful after all), etc etc. They preserved the first 17 pages which spanned about 24 hours during the events. It's the origin of the "WATCH BUSH START A FUCKING WAR" screenshot.

Links under the fold. I've also annotated the pages with notes regarding the timeline and any posts of interest. Note the thread was preserved in Pacific Time even though the page says times are Eastern. That's incorrect. Post timestamps are 3 hours behind Eastern Time, which is the time zone where the attacks occurred:

Page 1 - Note the first post was edited to include images of the second attack. The thread started after the first plane hit. Second plane hitting the WTC happens here too.

Page 2 - Poster accurately calling out Bin Laden was responsible at 9:14 AM EST

Page 3 - "WATCH BUSH START A FUCKING WAR"

Page 4

Page 5 - First official acknowledgement it was a terrorist attack.

Page 6 - Pentagon hit

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Page 8

Page 9 - Commercial flights grounded by FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

Page 10 - First mention of towers collapsing at end of page

Page 11 - More reactions to collapse of first tower. People thinking it was a bomb or yet another plane. Rumors about a fourth plane just missing the White House (these are false and predate the actual 4th plane crash by minutes)

Page 12

Page 13 - By this point there's just rampant speculation about more bombs at the WTC, the US Capitol building being hit, etc (all false). Remember this is all just people reacting to TV news and radio and the rumor mill via phone, AIM, IRC, and maybe text messages.

Page 14 - By this point internet news sites are overwhelmed

Page 15 - Second tower collapses. First acknowledgement of the fourth plane that crashed in PA.

Page 16 - There's an abrupt time jump in the threads, I think it was the result of admins pruning the activity or the SA forums going down. This page starts on 9/12 even though it is page 16. American flag signatures and ribbons start appearing.

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#9/11 #something awful

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lovepropaganda · 8 months

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#unpleasant series of dreams #i dreamed that idiot who was back to being obsessive and it was scary bc he literally just crashed in the room I was in somehow #and was sleeping in some extra bed i randomly had #but at some point he woke up and laid down near me but a bit far of to scroll through his phone #he was a bit lower on the bed and i could see his screen but from time to time he would turn to make sure i was still sleeping #and i literally saw he was looking at an Instagram feed where he was secretly following some of my friends who have public accounts #and i was freaked out when i saw him on a forum where he posted my pic and was trying to dig information on me which was scary #and it was a whole thread #and he would watch me from time to time while i was sleeping #i think it's the first time i realized how scary he can be i couldn't laugh or shrug it off #i had no choice but to 'wake up' at some point bc that idiot was being loud and i hissed at him that my father was nearby sleeping #so he tried grabbing me by my wrist to pull me into a church which was connected to the big doors outside #i shook him off and i think told him I'd meet him in a bit and he went to sit in some pew #but then without me saying anything the security in place spotted him and were communicating via really walky talkies #that he was on the premises and to be captured bc this dumbass had broken the order of protection #and he saw and managed to lose them and find me and at the time i was holding a baby girl that got attached to me #and i was trying to return her to her family and was trying to stay calm when i saw him approach me in anger #but then i pretended i knew some guy and signaled to him and a security guard was squeezing through the huge crowd around us #and this dumbass slipped away once more into the crowd #i also dreamed it was night and i was looking out my window and there was smoke and fire #and some banging on my apartment #the fire first seemed to be the apartment next to mine but then it wa some other building #didn't like that #but yeah i think this is the first time i was actually scared of this man even though it was just a dream #i feel like i can easily imagine him doing those things from stalking me online to staring at me as I'm sleeping #he's been quiet so i assumed he didn't care anymore but i don't think that's it #UGH

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relto · 1 year

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sure ive mentioned it before, but i love query so so much. the flight rising color schemer went offline, so i set about making my own thing, inside a spreadsheet bc its faster. i can assemble id lists like this:

and with a single query call (!!) make a list:

edit: just saw it reorders colors by id which we dont want here. so double query flatten it is:

now ranges that cross zero will properly be continuous.

#tütensuppe #thought it would involve some arrayformula but it doesnt!!#you can just go select A where B matches [value array] and it fetches all matching entries #otherwise ive been messing around a bit with node its fun #time to finally move my fulltext search to node? maybe??#OH i was trying to see if the person who made the tool has a forum thread about it #found instead some people mentioning the tool i made <3

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writingwithcolor · 5 months

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Naming International POC Characters: Do Your Research.

This post is part of a double feature for the same ask. First check out Mod Colette's answer to OP's original question at: A Careful Balance: Portraying a Black Character's Relationship with their Hair. Below are notes on character naming from Mod Rina.

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@writingraccoon said:

My character is black in a dungeons and dragons-like fantasy world. His name is Kazuki Haile (pronounced hay-lee), and his mother is this world's equivalent of Japanese, which is where his first name is from, while his father is this world's equivalent of Ethiopian, which is where his last name is from. He looks much more like his father, and has hair type 4a. [...]

Hold on a sec.

Haile (pronounced hay-lee), [...] [H]is father is this world’s equivalent of Ethiopian, which is where his last name is from.

OP, where did you get this name? Behindthename.com, perhaps?

Note how it says, “Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. Check marks indicate the level to which a name has been verified.” Do you see any check marks, OP?

What language is this, by the way? If we only count official languages, Ethiopia has 5: Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, & Tigrinya. If we count everything native to that region? Over 90 languages. And I haven't even mentioned the dormant/extinct ones. Do you know which language this name comes from? Have you determined Kazuki’s father’s ethnic group, religion, and language(s)? Do you know just how ethnically diverse Ethiopia is?

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To All Looking for Character Names on the Internet:

Skip the name aggregators and baby name lists. They often do not cite their sources, even if they’re pulling from credible ones, and often copy each other.

If you still wish to use a name website, find a second source that isn’t a name website.

Find at least one real life individual, living or dead, who has this given name or surname. Try Wikipedia’s lists of notable individuals under "List of [ethnicity] people." You can even try searching Facebook! Pay attention to when these people were born for chronological accuracy/believability.

Make sure you know the language the name comes from, and the ethnicity/culture/religion it’s associated with.

Make sure you understand the naming practices of that culture—how many names, where they come from, name order, and other conventions.

Make sure you have the correct pronunciation of the name. Don’t always trust Wikipedia or American pronunciation guides on Youtube. Try to find a native speaker or language lesson source, or review the phonology & orthography and parse out the string one phoneme at a time.

Suggestions for web sources:

Wikipedia! Look for: “List of [language] [masculine/feminine] given names,” “List of most common [language] family names,” “List of most common surnames in [continent],” and "List of [ethnicity] people."

Census data! Harder to find due to language barriers & what governments make public, but these can really nail period accuracy. This may sound obvious, but look at the year of the character's birth, not the year your story takes place.

Forums and Reddit. No really. Multicultural couples and expats will often ask around for what to name their children. There’s also r/namenerds, where so many folks have shared names in their language that they now have “International Name Threads.” These are all great first-hand sources for name connotations—what’s trendy vs. old-fashioned, preppy vs. nerdy, or classic vs. overused vs. obscure.

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Luckily for OP, I got very curious and did some research. More on Ethiopian & Eritrean naming, plus mixed/intercultural naming and my recommendations for this character, under the cut. It's really interesting, I promise!

Ethiopian and Eritrean Naming Practices

Haile (IPA: /həjlə/ roughly “hy-luh.” Both a & e are /ə/, a central “uh” sound) is a phrase meaning “power of” in Ge’ez, sometimes known as Classical Ethiopic, which is an extinct/dormant Semitic language that is now used as a liturgical language in Ethiopian churches (think of how Latin & Sanskrit are used today). So it's a religious name, and was likely popularized by the regnal name of the last emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie (“Power of the Trinity”). Ironically, for these reasons it is about as nationalistically “Ethiopian” as a name can get.

Haile is one of the most common “surnames” ever in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Why was that in quotes? Because Ethiopians and Eritreans don’t have surnames. Historically, when they needed to distinguish themselves from others with the same given name, they affixed their father’s given name, and then sometimes their grandfather’s. In modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, their given name is followed by a parent’s (usually father’s) name. First-generation diaspora abroad may solidify this name into a legal “surname” which is then consistently passed down to subsequent generations.

Intercultural Marriages and Naming

This means that Kazuki’s parents will have to figure out if there will be a “surname” going forward, and who it applies to. Your easiest and most likely option is that Kazuki’s dad would have chosen to make his second name (Kazuki’s grandpa’s name) the legal “surname.” The mom would have taken this name upon marriage, and Kazuki would inherit it also. Either moving abroad or the circumstances of the intercultural marriage would have motivated this. Thus “Haile” would be grandpa’s name, and Kazuki wouldn’t be taking his “surname” from his dad. This prevents the mom & Kazuki from having different “surnames.” But you will have to understand and explain where the names came from and the decisions dad made to get there. Otherwise, this will ring culturally hollow and indicate a lack of research.

Typically intercultural parents try to

come up with a first name that is pronounceable in both languages,

go with a name that is the dominant language of where they live, or

compromise and pick one parent’s language, depending on the circumstances.

Option 1 and possibly 3 requires figuring out which language is the father’s first language. Unfortunately, because of the aforementioned national ubiquity of Haile, you will have to start from scratch here and figure out his ethnic group, religion (most are Ethiopian Orthodox and some Sunni Muslim), and language(s).

But then again, writing these characters knowledgeably and respectfully also requires figuring out that information anyway.

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Names and naming practices are so, so diverse. Do research into the culture and language before picking a name, and never go with only one source.

~ Mod Rina

#asks #language #languages #linguistics #east africa #african #immigration #ethiopian #names #naming #research #resources #writeblr #character names #character name ideas #rina says read under the cut. read it

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elainemorisi · 1 year

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#to be a total jackass apropos of nothing much except the bimonthly 'aw it'd be nice to check the tags...' coming around again #a) I wish tumblr had twitterish Lists that would solve a fair bit of my ire but given that it doesn't #b) my blorbo is far and away the commonest blorbo my otp is the overwhelmingly popular one *I* should not be this exasperated #by poking even a single toe into the fandom at large and by that I mean literally anyone but the like 2.5 people I follow #it's nothing specific it's just like urg! urg is a far too frequent reaction #really a large part of this is just I want forums and threads back so I can just ignore the low-effort jokes and whatnot #also a lot of people cannot read (term used broadly obv) for love or money but if the two annoyances separated at least it might be workabl #*workable

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abyssalstardust · 1 year

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Love eldensoulsborne lore. Would love to have a firm grasp on a single piece of it someday

#i'll listen to an hour long lore video while cleaning around the house and then be like #'cool that was really enlightening. i understand nothing'#I never understood why this particular fandom is like allergic to comprehensive lore sites #and only exists through videos essays and obscure forum threads

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senadimell · 2 years

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so many sad, defunct forums...

#started noodling around to see if there were any forum spaces #and unsurprisingly there were not any targeted at my own specific interests #there were 2 big ish ones that i'll consider joining #though with doctor who i feel like there's a bit of a split between people who watch it like a tv show that's coming out #(which...it *is* but that's not how i've ever experienced it)#and people who are doing transformative fandom #not that those are exclusive labels #but there IS often a difference between *i'm very obsessed with these 13 episodes from over a decade ago*#and *let's discuss the latest episode*#i can't do the latter #but am perpetually in the former #there was one particularly sad little forum that had 11 members and had been invaded by ad/spam posters #sad to see it :(#because the age for making a forum like that seems over #now people just go on discord #(which is perfectly valid but it's harder to archive or access discord in my limited experience)#and it's primarily a chat-oriented communication system. It's biased towards the present or current discussions #not on long-running conversations or archiveable things or referring to old key founding posts/threads #the longevity of forums is something really appealing to me—that you can use them as a knowledge base #and have a stable community with reference texts and how-tos etc #also forums are friendlier to long posts AND IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND ME you know i cannot concision #anywho we shall see where this goes

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luveline · 7 months

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i see ur thinking abt the marauders and i was just thinking abt them too!! i just saw a thread on twt abt how much men hate their girlfriends but wont break up with them (😖😖) and couldn't stop thinking abt how james would be so BAFFLED reading it!! would you be able to write something for that? its perfectly fine if not!! ily <33

I luv you! I'm not sure what thread you mean but I made a guess, sorry if it's not right ♡ fem, 1k

modern au. cw mention of toxic/hurtful relationships

"What is that?" James asks, pushing the sheets back as he climbs in beside you. His bowl of cereal is heaping, upwards of ten weetabix doused in milk, sugar, raspberries, blueberries, and a generous squeeze of honey.

"What?" you ask, showing him your phone screen.

James leans over you to scroll back up. "Men who hate their girlfriends?"

"Oh, it's like, people posting their screenshots, I think." You click on the tweet he'd been pointing at and show him the replies underneath. "It's just boys who act like they don't love their partners but won't break up with them either, there's loads on there."

"What?" he asks, holding his bowl in one hand. "Can I?" You give him your phone happily, watching as he reads through some of the examples, screenshots from different websites and forums. "'Recently had to tell a friend's bird that he was calling her all sorts of names. I'm loyal to my friends, but you could hear the hatred in his voice sometimes. She left him two days later and he was surprised, for some reason.'"

James' eyebrows pinch. He continues, "'Am I in the wrong for asking my husband to stay awake with me during my early morning labour? He keeps bringing it up.'" James shows you your phone screen. "Like, he's mad she didn't let him sleep through the birth of their child?"

"You know, there was a video on there a few weeks ago where a girl had put together a compilation of her boyfriend play fighting with her, and each video got nastier and nastier." You reach for the spoon to his bowl to start chopping up the weetabix the way he likes. "He was kicking her legs from under her and she was laughing it off. Once or twice, I'd think it was funny, but he wasn't even laughing himself."

"Why the fuck?" James asks.

"I don't know. Can I have a raspberry?"

"They're in there for you to steal…" James watches you chew. You try not to pay too much attention to his staring, plopping your phone down in the sheets between your legs. "Why are these boys getting with women they don't like?"

"I don't know, Jamie," you tell him honestly, wading through his bowl for another raspberry. "I think they get comfortable."

He accepts the spoon back from you and you slouch down the fabric headboard together. James eats his weetabix slowly, the TV sending a light blue light into your otherwise dark room. "It's a bit late for supper," you murmur. "Were you hungry?"

James puts his bowl on the nightstand. Coils of curls brush your forehead as he leans down, one big hand on the back of your neck and the other stretched across the shoulder furthest away from him, holding you in place as he kisses the top of your head. It's a weighty kiss, full of love. "I love you. Don't ever let anyone treat you like those boys on your phone, yeah?"

You hum lightly. "That's what boys are like."

"I know. I'm just begging you not to let people do that to you." He rubs your shoulder roughly, a massaging that hurts in the good way. "You know, if you can. I get that it's not their choice."

"Yeah. I think people want so badly to be loved that they'll take the pretend kind. I was lucky to find you before you found someone else. You always make me happy."

"This is what I mean," he whines, resting his cheek on your forehead. You sigh happily at his touch, more than ready for a night of his arms around you, a heavy leg thrown over your hips to lock you in. "You think you're lucky because of those dickheads."

"No, it doesn't have anything to do with them. Just you."

James sits up to turn your face to his. "Love you," he says, kissing you quickly.

"Love you too. Don't stress about the phone, babe, you're not the audience they're looking for."

James hears your teasing tone toward the end, poking your side. "What's that for?"

"Nothing, just, you tried to follow me into the bathroom last night even when I told you I wasn't showering. If you're that eager to sit with me while I pee, I doubt you'll be the kind of guy who ends up on that forum."

"It wasn't about the peeing, stop trying to shame me," he grumbles, again pulling you in for a hug, "it was separation anxiety. I miss you."

"I get why these women end up like that, though," you say quietly. "I get why they stay. If you started shoving me for a laugh or whatever, I'd think about this, because you love me. Does that make sense? I'm so happy right now that I wouldn't want to believe that you didn't love me anymore."

"I know. It's fucking sad. I can't believe they do shit like that, it's pure selfishness." James settles back in his pillow. "I wouldn't ever do that shit to you. I know everyone says that, but I have to say it anyway."

"I know, Jamie. Don't worry. I'm not worried about it, only talking."

You offer him your hand. James takes it, rubs the back of it, brings it to his lips for a barely felt kiss. "Is there anything happy on that app?" he asks.

"Uh, I saw a video of a baby girl who only stops crying when her cat comes to check on her. Or a pregnancy reveal where the boyfriend starts crying and begging her to get married."

James rests his face on your shoulder, snuffling into your skin contentedly, "Ah, so my future. Put it on, angel."

#james potter #james potter x reader #james potter x fem!reader #james potter x y/n #james potter x you #james potter fic #james potter fluff #james potter blurb #james potter drabble #james potter imagine #james potter fanfic #james potter fanfiction #james potter scenario #james potter oneshot #the marauders #marauders era #marauders

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ungrateful-cyborg · 2 months

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FFXIV Forum

Fuck it, let's try again.

Some time ago I created a forum that didn't stay lively for very long, unfortunately, but I don't want to give up on it as I think forums offer something that no other tool for online community can offer: an actual community that doesn't rely on everyone acting like their own PR/marketing team.

So here it is, in case anyone's interested:

What does it have to offer?

A place to meet artists and roleplayers from the FFXIV fandom, where you won't be assailed by notifications like a Discord server, that's LGBTQ-friendly and won't ask you to post all the time to remain visible (contrary to social media).

What you'll find:

RP sections for your RP threads, easier to manage than on Tumblr, and without the pressure of being seen online on Discord because you wanted to talk to your friends but aren't in the mood for RP

A place to get help to create your character or write an NPC, if you're feeling insecure and want to try your hand at writing/roleplaying

Galleries for your writing, fanarts, screenshots, irl craft, etc. where you don't have to worry about peak hours to be seen

Forums where you can gush about your own characters and get asked questions: no need to have a big following anymore!

A place where you can discuss the lore and share your meta analysis to your heart content

A place to organize your own in-game event and promote it, once again without needing to build a big enough following for it to be noticed!

Yes, there's a NSFW section (that you have to ask to get access to). Forumactif—the host—is not in favor of this, however, so if Etheirys has enough success I might consider hosting it myself (but I'm not rich so we'll start with the free alternative for now and just keep it on the low XD)

And more!

I am taking suggestions to improve it and I'll gladly help you and answer your questions if you're not familiar with forums (or this sort of forums, anyways).

For those who don't know me or find me intimidating to talk to (I know it has happened) I've been leading communities big and small for about 18 years now, and I've always put a big emphasis on fairness, communication and patience.

(Please reblog so more people can see this!)

#FFXIV #FFXIV Forum #Etheirys #FFXIV rp #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv oc #ffxiv wol #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv gpose

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songofwizardry · 6 months

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ok I'm not an expert but I'm not seeing much specific info going around here, and there's a lotta Palestine solidarity protests in the UK this weekend, so here is some (including UK-specific) protest info and resources (mostly pulled whole-cloth from Twitter)

policing is heavy at Palestine protests generally

Hamas is a proscribed org under UK law. that means "inviting support" for them or "wearing clothing or displaying articles" that implies you are a supporter is a criminal offence (if you're interested, here's the full list of criminal offences from gov.uk). Palestinian flags etc are ok*, but do not have something that could be mistaken for Hamas imagery. don't go out there looking for convictions pls.

*in spite of what Suella Braverman has implied, the London Muslim Community Forum has just confirmed that the Palestinian flag is not a proscribed flag and is not banned (apologies for quoting the "we advise the met police" group but I thought it was important to have that info explicitly)

don't talk to cops. that includes the police liasion officers in blue bibs.

particularly if you're concerned about your face ending up on social media etc, but also just good practice in general (both in terms of COVID and protest safety)—mask up. cover up tattoos etc.

have bustcards or contact details for protest legal support on you. Green and Black Cross can be contacted on 07946 541 511. write the number on your arm etc.

if you witness an arrest: check if there's a legal observer nearby and if so call them over; if not: if the arrestee doesn't have a bustcard, give them one, find out where they're being taken, and contact eg GBC or a protest support line

if you have the time and can help out, there will likely be arrestee support required after—GBC tend to post callouts on Twitter for this