poet.

I'm pretty sure I'm high on air.

[2well2water]

no one cares that you shave your legs because of sensory issues shut the fuck up forever

[2well2water]

really galling amount of people misinterpreting this post so i'd like to clarify. i'm saying that when discussions about patriarchal beauty standards and the way women are heavily shamed and coerced into eschewing their own natural state of being (hairy) are occurring, it is unhelpful (AT BEST) to interrupt and say that the reason YOU remove the hair from your body is because of sensory issues. that's not what we're talking about. stop asking for validation for doing something that society at large wants you to do. stop derailing the conversation because you feel uncomfortable about being made aware that you, for whatever reason it is, adhere to harmful, unfair and ridiculous beauty standards. you're stepping into the middle of an important conversation that needs to be had and making it all about you. shut the fuck up forever.

[2well2water]

also quite frankly i think a lot less people would experience sensory issues if they let their hair grow out so that it isn't bristly and rough and irritating. and i cannot help but wonder why these sensory issues aren't as predominant in men. maybe you're uncomfortable with the hair on your body because you've been taught to be uncomfortable with it. just a thought.

[muffinlance]

And like. Do you have these same sensory issues in areas you don't shave, like arms and back? Are you dehairing your entire body over this sensory issue? If not, consider that you don't have a sensory issue so much as a "not used to the feeling of hair on legs because society has had you shaving them for years", and be pleased that if you let your hair grow back, your brain will dial the sensory input down once it's used to the new normal.

[achilleswins]

Thing is, I on the other hand, have sensory issues while I don't have my hairs.

Plus, I get so itchy while my leg hairs are growing. Like it's genuinely so bad, I hate it. I don't like not having hair on my legs. Plus, those hairs keep me warm, why would I not want them??

I can't help but hate my mom for still adhering to this and making me get it because it "makes her look bad".

I won't lie, the first time I got them I did it because society made me think it was what a growing girl was supposed to do and it was "cool" or something. If I could turn back time I wouldn't ever get it. Genuinely. (Mind you, I've always gotten wax. Have never shaved even once in my life)

[achilleswins]

I've been sleeping 2 four hours at different times, and it's the best thing I chose to do. So if I skip one, my whole schedule isn't fully fucked up. This is genuinely a cool af thing for me

[hayahachi]

If I were to write an omegaverse, Rin would definitely be an omega. Not just because he's the complete opposite of the typical omega stereotype—which I find much more interesting to write—but because it would make everything that happened between the Itoshi brothers even worse.

If Rin presented as an omega during early adolescence, then Sae wasn't there and never knew. When he returned to Spain and their fight happened, he probably assumed his little brother was an alpha because everyone expected him to be, including Sae himself. After all, Rin doesn't fit any omega stereotype. He's tall, broad-shouldered, and athletic, with a body that aligns much more with what people expect from an alpha.

It's not that Sae would do anything differently just because Rin is an omega, but he would be more aware of what his words and his absence would do to his younger brother. An alpha would have wounded pride, a desire to prove his superiority, and be consumed by anger—that would be the most prominent emotion. There would be sadness and pain as well, but at least the other emotions would help balance each other out.

An omega, on the other hand, would suffer more from loneliness. Rin doesn't seem to have a stable relationship with his parents, he has no friends, and now he doesn't have his older brother either. He's an omega who builds his nest with clothes that only carry his own scent, who receives no comfort after the painful experience of his heat, who has no pack—only himself.

He doesn't know what Sae's pheromones smell like. It's a question that appears in his mind several times, involuntarily and without warning. Maybe it's better that he doesn't know, because then the absence would feel more real, and the emptiness would become even greater.

Rin doesn't hate being an omega. He can't imagine himself being anything else. He manages his heats efficiently, takes suppressants in case he has important matches, wears a leather collar during his pre-heat, and builds the most comfortable nest possible. He will never allow his secondary gender to become an obstacle.

But maybe… his life would have been a little easier if he had been an alpha. Or a beta.

[tastefullyoffensive]

(photo by bowlerhatbear)

[dogbirthday]

go with him

[jumpingjacktrash]

he wants to show you something

[queerrussetpotato]

he has a side quest for you

[princekarkat]

this is how people get taken by the fae

[starstruckminnow]

@muffinlance hey look it’s guard!zuko and the knowledge seekers

[muffinlance]

YOU

[shadow-manor]

The rest of the thread is here.

tl;dr: Don’t monetize AO3, kids.  You won’t like what happens next.

[ratherembarrassing]

read this thread. this is by far the most concise explanation of a lot of different issues that i’ve seen in fandom spaces in a while. cosigning both the linked thread and the thread about aus/uk/can law that’s linked in-thread.

[billybluboy]

AHDHXHEBSG TWITTER WRITERS DID WHAT NOW???? AND PEOPLE PAID THEM????

[prof-grace-aspen]

If someone has never taken a class that includes copyright law, they may not know this stuff, so I don’t necessarily blame random people for not knowing what copyright is, but like… maybe just maybe it’s something that should be taught????

[antifa-stray]

[mercurywells]

Just another reminder, because this always drives me crazy, but even if monetizing your fic was 100% unambiguously legal and protected, AO3 would still not let you do it because AO3 was founded and is supported by people like me who want a fandom community that is completely divested from making money off of fic.

[naryrising]

Yes, this. Lots of fanworks on AO3 are unambiguously legal. Fics based on Shakespeare plays and fairy tales and Greek mythology and The Great Gatsby and your original character from your D&D game are not violations of copyright, because no copyright applies to those things.

AO3 still doesn’t let you monetize those things on the site, because we don’t want the site to be commercial! Because that’s not what it’s for!

It’s not there for you (generic you) to make money off the efforts of the people who build and maintain the site for free! We aren’t getting paid for the work we do to give you a nice site to use, just like you aren’t getting paid for the work you do to create whatever art you share there. Because fandom is supposed to be a community where we share with each other, and therefore we all benefit.

The deal is, we give you a free, stable, safe platform to host your works. In exchange, you get a site that isn’t covered in ads and tip jars and links to gofundme and “read the next chapter at my patreon”. You get one goddamn place on the internet that isn’t trying to make money off you. And we will defend that space and keep it non-commercial.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

If you want to make money off your fics, you can instead post them somewhere like royal Road. “Oh, but Royal Road’s culture is so much more negative and stressful and lacks the supportive norms of AO3!” Yeah, because people are trying to make money there. Half the userbase is treating it as a storefront and hustling is the natural social consequence of that. AO3’s culture can only exist because it’s not commercial.

[ohwait-shesinspace]

@justcakethanks original template 🥰

[achilleswins]

A man's bi-wakening being a man/woman's bi-awakening being a woman: Cool, cool. Cute. I likes.

A man's bi-awakening being a woman/woman's bi-awakening being a man: See, that's what I like! Yum yum.

[insert-witty-user-name-here]

[vyky]

[bronywnsworld]

@chaoticdumbassrogue

Some scenes from the crack idea dream I had where Annabeth!Arsinoe was actually somehow reborn as Perpollo kid and she’s about to make it everybody’s problem

Apollo: she has your mother’s eyes dear

Perse: wait let me see her for a second

Arsinoë: *the most stank eye done with this bs stare*

Perse: oh shit. Annabeth don’t kill me I can explain *in english*

Arsinoë: 😠 😖

Perse: 😬

—-

Arsinoë: Ok MOM

Apollo: respect your mother

Perse: yeah, respect me you little shit

—-

Dionysus: mom, Arsinoë bit me

Arsinoë: oh man up you plebeian. Tis but a flesh wound

—-

Apollo: the children are getting along

Arsinoë: *big puppy eyes* oh please big bothers. Please

Asclepius: Di, maybe we could

Dionysus: no, the last time we fell for those deceitful eyes we ended up in wedding regalia almost bound to each other in matrimony

—-

Dionysus: *seeing seven year annabeth* I am having war flashbacks.

Asclepius: oh my gosh. Baby ♥️

—-

Dionysus: listen here, Arsinoë may be a little shit.

Arsinoë: takes one to know one

Dionysus: but she’s our little shit

—-

Perse: Apollo, no

Apollo: *dressing tiny Arsinoë up in Perseleia’s pearls* Apollo yes. She looks like a mini us

Arsinoë: this is torture. *in englosh*

—-

Arsinoë: puppy *pointing at Cerberus*

Hades: *who’s babysitting* that is our guard dog

Arsinoë: PUPPY

—-

Artemis: she could join the hunt?

Apollo: you are not taking our daughter from us!

Perseleia: I mean, she is kinda wild

[milanesa42]

“The employees need a larger salary” “hmmmm large celery”

[escapepodding]

Boring facts (in my head) about parent David Hollander:

New people at work when introduced to him go "oh, like Shane Hollander" and he BEAMS at that and says "Yep!"

Has a picture of Shane on his desk and the same new people think its a joke until an old timer who probably met Shane at a bring your kid to work day clued them in

Would not let Yuna touch the college fund they set up for Shane until he was out of his rookie contract. What if Shane changed his mind about hockey? What if he got injured and needed a good education? Only conceeded when his son was a multi-millionaire

Only time he has ever gone to HR was when someone stole the baby Shane picture off his desk after he got famous. That's his baby!!! Give it back!!! There were so many memos and all staff emails that it did get returned one night, but a picture of it circulated online so now David only has PR photos at work

His lawyer is an old college friend who he catches up with at least once a year and who reviews the Hollander's will and life insurance policy each year with specific instructions to look after Shane. This annual tradition continues to this day. The lawyer buddy is going to be there for that grown celebrity professional sportsman no matter what

Was so excited when Shane started The Cottage project, and helped him with everything, including liaising with the builders etc. Was delighted to have the first a joint project with his son since school (he helped with art/science/show and tell)

Is really bad with technology but the nice young people at the office help (is not fully cognizant of the fact half the office is in love with him but does correctly suspect the other half want to marry his son)

Always knew he wanted to be a dad, and was devastated when it seemed like that wasn't going to happen, but didn't want to put that on Yuna who was already struggling with it

Sent congratulation cards and presents to all his buddies when they had kids anf was genuinely happy for then but it also killed him a bit. Unfortunately the conversation around men struggling because they wanted kids was not happening in the 80s/early 90s so he kept quiet (and passed that trait on to Shane)

Thought Shane was perfect from the moment he was born, and still thinks that. Can't concieve of why Shane thought he could let them down, he's literally always been Yuna and David's perfect baby

Gets out the good vodka again when he tells Ilya this one day and Ilya starts crying

[mintjeru]

midnight rendezvous

🖤 turning fanweek 🖤

day 1 alpha!yuder | horror game au | genderbend

[hellenic1864]

MINTY WELL DONE WOW

[cathartidae]

ⓘ You can Bite your Friends.

[cathartidae]

ⓘ reblog to fuckign BITE your mutuals

[memewhore]

[2urban2fantasy-deactivated20241]

Woman murders man in broad daylight

[theknightinslippers]

[halorvic]

[no-one-offical]

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[crypticgoose3]

beautiful like to reblog ratio on this

[drtanner]

That's because people are reblogging it every time they see it. Like I'm doing right now lmao

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you would never let ai write fanfics for you

[transisstor]

Reblog if you think fanfiction is a legitimate form of creative writing.