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[dodgedriftdietrying]

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I ask because I somehow managed to have a very normal conversation with my cousins about him a few weeks ago, and they seemed to like him too

[radioactive-earthshine]

Still yet again thinking about how video games to Bart Allen are tools to calibrate speed. Despite the GAG in the comics that he plays them so fast he breaks them, video games do not behave like this. There is only so fast a video game can go no matter how quickly Bart pushes the buttons.

Bart can play them very well, his reflexes are quicker than the game itself, he thinks faster than a computer, but he cannot make a video game operate faster than it was programmed to go.

The video games in all actuality help Bart slow down and ground him to "normal speed".

Max doesn't understand this, and he never tries to learn this, and that is why it is so frustrating when he claims Bart's skills in games is just because he is fast and he actually doesn't have any talent. Poor Bart doesn't have the ability to defend himself properly from people determined to not understand him or how his powers work.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

some people will be like “I wonder why fanfic writers don’t share their works anymore😔” and then this is them when a writer is kind enough to share something they write — as a hobby, for their own enjoyment — with them for free.

some people really don’t realize how privileged they are that they get fanfics for free. imagine having access to something for free because someone is kind enough to share it with you… and then being rude, entitled and an ungrateful pos to that person who was kind enough to share their creation with you for free

“almost 1 year is a lil too much for me” fuck off. fanfic writers don’t owe you anything. one of my favorite fics was updated after 13 years, and what I did is that I thanked the author for choosing to continue the work, I didn’t act like a spoiled toddler by asking why they didn’t update sooner. and even if a writer chooses to abandon their fic permanently with no explanation, that is their choice, their hobby, their decision. they don’t owe your entitled ass anything.

you people let tiktok rot your brains to the point you see everything as content farm and engagement. not a piece of art created by the artist’s love and passion. it’s dystopian.

[lazaruspiss]

People know that the whole "don't portray [harmful action] because viewers might recreate it" thing is a rule for children's shows right? It's supposed to be shit like "don't show peppa pig playing with fire so we don't get sued if a kid watches it and burns their house down." Not like, fanfiction for adults.

[lazaruspiss]

prev i hope u dont mind me sharing ur tags bc yeah this is an interesting add on

[polybatcest]

comics tumblr dashboard simulator

🌆 joethanyhater

joethany mcbridle is the worst character of all fucking time i swear to god i dont understand why he's so popular like can editorial get off his dick and stop giving him so much attention

#kill joethany mcbridle #joethany mcbridle #joethany critical

🦉 joethanystan

its crazy how joethany mcbridle is getting shoved to the side so much like he's genuinely one of the most fascinating characters of all time and i dont get why editorial doesnt wanna do anything interesting with him these days

#justice for joethany mcbridle

🌙obscuresyournighthearts

GUYS OMG WE'RE SO FUCKING BACKKKK OBSCURA NIGHTHEART WAS IN THE MOST RECENT SUPERFIGHTDEATHWARS ISSUE!!!!!! MY GIRLLLLL

[4px tall screenshot of obscura nightheart standing in the back of a crowd]

🏹 deerbowmanshungcock

porpoisefam fans cannot be fucking serious "truly the characters of all time" "who else is doing it like them" the hummingbirdfam. the eaglefam. THE FUCKING DEERFAM???? literally so many other characters are doing it just like them and BETTER how about you read some actual fucking comics!!!!!

#'ill never get enough of the porpoisefam' WELL THE REST OF US HAVE!!! #not vaguing anyone just frustrated lol #vent

🦇 porpoisefam4ever

ill never get enough of the porpoisefam truly the characters of all time who else is doing it like them

🐦 you

i just finished reading deathmarch hunters (1987). i really loved it! definitely had its flaws but overall the writing was so good, mikeguy namedude really understands the characters and i really liked his take on deerbowman :)

⚡ justice4hummingbirdfam

I AM SO. SICK. OF THE FUCKING PORPOISEFAM!!!!!!!!!!!

📕 yourmostbelovedmutual

every time i remember that deathmarch hunters (1987) exists i get so angry i start eating drywall. mikeguy namedude should be executed in the streets

#like at this point i seriously dont think we'll ever recover from the damage he did to deerbowman #remember when deerbowman was a good character.... i do......

🚬 porpcestshipper

like its not like i have anything against bluey i just truly do not get why bluey x porpoisefam crossovers are so common???

💙 blueporploveforever

how about you shut the fuck up and let people enjoy what they wanna enjoy

🚬 porpcestshipper

people can enjoy whatever they want i just dont get why anytime i go into the porposefam tag on ao3 there's like 80 fics on the first page where bluey's parents are abusive and she goes to crime city and gets adopted by porpoiseman????

😊 porpsareblue

friendly psa: you can filter out fics like this on ao3 by finding the "crossovers" section under "filters" and switching "include" to "exclude"!

🚬 porpcestshipper

ok that's cool. i already know how to do that and i do already do that. people can keep writing this, i truly dgaf if people like it, i just dont get what the appeal is?? like if you just want porpoiseman to adopt a plucky young child there's already a bunch of those in the porpfam canon, including some who fsr get less attention in the fandom than bluey

🐶 islippedonmybeans

ok but can we also talk about how 1) all of these fics completely demonize bandit and chili from flawed but loving and generally very good parents into total monsters and 2) seem to totally forget that bingo exists??? like bluey has a whole ass sister!!!!! does she just get left with chili and bandit in these fics? if we're playing for a second in a space where bandit and chili ARE abusive, what are the ethical implications of porpoiseman just leaving bingo with them?

🚬 porpcestshipper

ok you know what yeah let's talk about this. what ARE the ethical implications of porpoiseman leaving bingo with her abusive parents

💖 porpman-is-porpboys-dad

hey just wanna give a psa for everyone reblogging this post: i scrolled through porpcestshipper's blog and unfortunately found some evidence that they ship porpcest. really really gross to see a literal predator not only trying to ingratiate themselves into fandom spaces with minors but making posts about a show for actual children. please stay safe everyone <3

🚬 porpcestshipper

anyone in this thread smoke weed

💣 problematicvillainstan

ok everyone always talks about how captain hummingbird is a "good dad" to babybird but can we please talk about how he is a literal actual in canon child abuser. like did everyone else forget about when he admitted on-panel to beating babybird while babybird was standing in the background looking like he was having fucking ptsd flashbacks and it got played off like it was funny

[panel from a comic written in 1978 where captain hummingbird makes a joke about spanking babybird for being out past his bedtime and babybird grins and rolls his eyes in the background]

like he is actually an iredeemable monster idk why people still try to make excuses for him. if you like captain hummingbird at this point thats literally just abuse apologism im sorry but it is

#cw abuse #cw child abuse #captain hummingbird stans dni

🐬 comicbooksuperfan

wait you guys actually read comics

#i thought that was just jokes......

[a-taken-url]

Some yumeshippers need to understand that if a name and description is involved that's just an OC. get it out of the reader insert tag. no idc if it's written in second person or first person it's still just an oc

[buboblakistoni]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

*illustration by sillyalexnorris

[mysteriousbeetle]

and we need to end some comic book artists for how they draw women.

[hiveswap]

"Is it a safe space to say i hate-" NOT IN THE MAINTAGS IT ISNT

[hiveswap]

"I hate [character] from [show] soo much #character, #characters's full name, #show,

ARE YOU INSANE

[ryan-sometimes]

I love how Zohran Mamdani is wearing a suit everywhere. And if he has anything else he puts it ON TOP of the suit. A basketball jersey. A high-vis vest. All worn over the suit. He’s like the mayor character in a cartoon who’s always dressed as The Mayor. If I didn’t know who he was and he biked past me in NYC I’d be like holy shit was that the mayor

[mankillercalledbunny]

Not to bring the serious to a very fun post, but this reaction is exactly what Mamdani is working for with his image, because in a very real way the most effective way for him to be The Mayor is if he looks like The Mayor.

This is a man who is VIOLENTLY aware that when it comes to conservatives, he is a Muslim first, a Brown Man second, an Immigrant third, a Socialist fourth, and a human a very distant fifth, if considered at all. He was also a young adult during the Obama Years and will have seen Republicans rip Obama to shreds for wearing a tan suit instead of a dark one and use literally ANY excuse they could to try and degrade his image.

Despite the fact that a mayor who wears a T-shirt and jeans might "seem more approachable" in the eyes of the average American, Zohran Mamdani knows that someone with his profile fundamentally cannot get away with that the way his White colleagues can. He has instead put in the effort to look professional and BE approachable, because not only does it make it easier for him to reach and represent his constituents, it forces everyone, including both his opponents and establishment Democrats, to engage with the work he is doing instead of judging his image. The fact that he is always seen in a suit and is recognisably The Mayor is, while also something he has fun with, a deliberate choice to ensure he is as inarguably A Professional Politician To Be Taken Seriously. The added humour of e.g. the hi-vis is a bonus, only achievable because he works so hard to Look Like The Mayor.

[mankillercalledbunny]

Adding these tags from @haunted-stranger-garden bc they illustrate this brilliantly

[kirain]

My favourite bit of BG3 lore is that Withers is legitimately responsible for the Dead Three, but he's probably too embarrassed to tell you, so every time you ask him to elaborate he just gives you a very stern, "Noooo."

I also love that the reason he's responsible for their uprising is because he got bored. He literally got bored of his position as Lord of the Dead and wanted to retire, so when these three morally questionable humans came looking for godhood he was like, "Hmmm. Yes, okay. Here. Take my portfolios. Fight over them. I don't care. I quit."

So after bowling with skulls in a friendly competition to decide who would get what portfolio, they took up his powers and wreaked havoc on the world. Only at that moment did Jergal, AKA Withers, AKA our precious Bone Daddy think, "I'm just now, internally, asking myself, in quite a worried way, whether I might've made an error."

So he joins your merry band and watches your escapades, calmly twiddling his fingers while you clean up his mess. He's happy to lend his aid, even to the point that he'll bring Durge back to life if they reject Bhaal, even though he technically shouldn't. But he's Withers. The rules don't apply to him. If Ao doesn't like it, he can descend from the Heavens and say it to his rotting face.

And the reason he saves Durge isn't necessarily because he likes them or because he's a morally good entity (though one certainly could make that argument), but because he wants to add insult to injury. He steals Bhaal's child with a big smile on his face, dubs them his Chosen, and praises them for rejecting all the power they were promised. But of course, he still doesn't tell them who he is—or rather who he was.

Then, when all is said and done, he throws Tav and their companions a cute little party. No one knows it's probably half a thank you party and half a "Withers is bored again" party. And if anyone misbehaves, he'll get irritated and whisk them away. Because how dare they? He put a lot of work into that.

And at the end of it all, he walks up to a mural of the Dead Three and basically goes, "Lmao. Thou didst fuck around, and thou didst find out." Just savagely roasting them.

And then poof!

He waves them into non-existence.

[meiwok]

reminder to tag your fics/add cws properly

hate sex does not mean lack of consent, add a noncon or dubcon tag if needed. any other form of abuse should also be tagged

degradation/insults does not imply the use of slurs, add a tag of which slurs will be used

violence does not mean character death, add a tag about it

use the reader insert tag properly: if you describe any non-universal features, say so (i.e. blue eyed!reader, black!reader, etc.). if you do not want to assign a gender to the reader but want to describe their anatomy, it's okay to write amab!reade, afab!reader, intersex!reader. do not state it's a reader insert if it's an oc written in 1st or 2nd pov, that's still about the oc

for readers: it's okay if a creator you like or something you see something on your fyp that seems interesting to you has a tag that doesn't suit you. nothing is written specifically for you, and even requests don't magically know what you look like/prefer. don't be whiny about it, just move on or reread something you already liked

if your fic is a slowburn and only the ending is dddne, still mark those tags at the beginning. it doesn't matter if you think it will 'ruin the surprise', people should still know what exactly they are reading

if you don't want minors interacting with sfw works, also mark those as mdni. they can't guess if you're mdni based off the vibes of your post in their feed

it's better to over-tag than to miss a tag

if you even have a hunch that something is supposed to be tagged, tag it

and also remember that just because someone reposts something, it doesn't mean they are willing to write it. lots of people who repost what their friends/moots write as support, not necessarily because they want similar requests or are into those specific kinks. keep this in mind especially with sfw mdni accounts, vanilla accounts that repost dddne, and dddne accounts that repost sfw/vanilla sex

[ohangeleyes]

alright, i'll be the one to say it. ao3 and tumblr becoming "mainstream" did so much damage to the community and the writers. i have seen loads of videos and posts about:

1. people hating on writers and fics. writing is something we do for free and for fun. if you stumble upon a fanfic that isn't necessarily your cup of tea or you just don't like, scroll. dont read it. literally leave their page. you don't know if this could be the author's first work that they're so excited about, you dont know if the language they're writing in isn't their first language, you dont know that the writer could be a literal teen and loads of other reasons. fanfictions don't HAVE to be perfect. you write what you want to write because we do it for fun and enjoyment and we want to share that to the world. seriously, what is the wrong with that?..

2. x reader consumers getting WAY too entitled. the number of tiktoks i've seen that say "i run a strict program when it comes to reading fanfics." girl you aint running shit. this is FAN FICTION you're reading. F A N F I C T I O N. there is no denying that most fanfiction writes are beyond talented but just because you read one fanfic that exceeds your expectations doesn't give you the right to talk down on others that don't. people have their own personal writing style, their way of doing things and you talking shit on that isn't right.

at the end of the day, we are all humans, reading and writing is what we do and what we're meant to do. and for you to talk shit about a person WRITING is so insane. we are humans. not some robots that you can tell what to do so you can consume it.

i've seen so so many authors take down their fanfics and losing all motivation to write because of a hate comment. DONT LIKE DONT READ‼️

and to every author reading this, this community values your work and your contribution. we love u and, please, never let anyone's negative words have an effect on you.

[vampyrobat]

i unironically like how bitter & sarcastic bruce is in these scenes. the alfred line is very obviously a joke, but it gives such a nice glimpse into the mind of someone stressed & teetering on the brink of mental decline, because a mental state like that is never pretty

it's a private moment, so bruce is less reserved about coming off wrong or choosing his words, and while he's definitely mean, it's just so unbelievably raw to me. gotham is on the edge of imploding essentially, a lot is hanging on his shoulders and he's trying his best to get them out of this situation, and here comes Alfred criticizing him for something unrelated. his first response is an annoyed and snappy retort & it's just so human to me. who hasn't snapped at someone while they were irritated ?

i also like this focus on infallibilty, because as people will recall, gotham war essentially happened because Bruce didn't calculate impossible circumstances, therefore i think it's accurate to see him hunker down on everyone being absolutely perfect, which alfred calls out.

bruce has this really repressive flaw of closing in on himself whenever he makes a mistake, and it is understandable considering lives Are on the line when he messes up, but constant perfectionism Is Damaging, to not only yourself, but also others, which is what happens between Bruce and Damian. Confronted with his own meager understanding of what's happening in Gotham, Bruce snaps at Damian by telling him he 'knows nothing', when really it's projection. Bruce has very little idea on that Vandal is up to, everything bruce says to damian here can be applied to himself, in fact, i'd argue that the way he confronts Damian is the way he'd confront himself privately, which is what goes wrong here.

Damian did accidentally mess up, but Bruce confronts him with a level of strictness & cruelness he usually only reserves for himself when he messes up AS BATMAN. he also uses intimidation tactics he would use as batman, like punching the punching bag to make Damian focus on him. it's such a fascinating scene.

it's also not lost on me that Damian also learned this habit of beating himself up from his father, it also is probably a trait of their trade considering the high stakes they deal with all the time.

anyways back to bruce's mental state, what i really appreciate about both moments is that while we see Bruce lash out, be mean and irritated, you can still see his more rational self immediately regret those explosions of emotions,

of course, alfred acts as another alley of showcasing his subconscious thoughts. it shows us that while he does mess up with how he reacts, this anger doesn't define him and more importantly, he doesn't want it to define his relationship with damian, therefore he goes straight to making it up to his son

despite so much bad faith reading of these scenes i've seen out there, i'm glad they were included. i like it when my superheroes act human, and that includes snapping while being irritated and stressed, which is a common experience of parenthood i feel lmao !

anyways i just wanted to break down little moments of this conflict because i have so many other thoughts but i needed this out there because i'm very enamoured with how human bruce feels in this run

[faemorrigan]

Yes. Bruce gets on Damian for being arrogant and entitled, and yet often acts like arrogance and entitlement are requirements for the job. What I mean by this is that the root of both arrogance and entitlement is confidence: If you are a hero, and you don't think you're good enough to be arrogant, and you don't feel entitled to the things you need to do your job, what fucking good are you?

Bruce's own "proper" upbringing and his notions of what makes a respectable gentleman actively clash with what hero life demands of your mental state. Like, humility is great. Up to a point. If you're too humble in this line of work you're no more than a doormat for the people who'd take advantage of that kindness, as we've seen happen to numerous heroes before. You need that spine.

Damian's arrogance and his entitlement are traits that do hinder him, often socially, but they also often shield him from the kind of pressure that would kill literally anyone else in his position. Save Duke and Steph, Damian is under far more scrutiny than any of the other robins. He gets treated like hes a time-bomb, waiting to turn evil at any moment. The fact he has a "ill show you!!" attitude is what has kept him from dying when no one else has his back because often, nobody does.

And Bruce should know what that feels like. Its his arrogance and entitlement that keeps Bruce able to walk amongst the people he does, the Gods and Mages of the world. But one of Bruce's big problems is that when he gets frustrated he forgets his empathy. Empathy is often treated like its innate (problematically, since this idea is often used to sanist ends), but it is often a learned skill, and learned skills are the first to fall out of you when you're under stress.

[faemorrigan]

just so you know, jays skin tone is actually relatively consistent for a comic character (he is meant to be tan! top left is his ORIGINAL CONCEPT ART that was in the SOKE hardcover!), and if you're wanting to draw him and need a good place to color pick from, i have now done the hard work for you.

[wingsoutforshin]

tim has realized the best approach is to not make a big deal out of it like dick does