90% multifandom chaos, 10% mental illness

Alex || they/them | dey/deren | ze/zem || young adult || find me on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/actualchangeling || trans, aro, lesbian, queer || let's just say there is SO MUCH wrong with me || not spoiler free for anything i post about || topics will be tagged on request

[actual-changeling]

Hi, you can call me Alex or whatever variation of my username you'd like. <3

I'm in my early twenties, use mainly they/them pronouns, and there is a lot wrong with my brain (both affectionately and in a decidedly not fun way). I have memory issues, so I can and will forget things, including replying to messages. You are ALWAYS invited to send me a reminder—please, please do, I will not be offended, pinky promise.

This blog is 90% multi fandom, 5% personal shit and 5% misc posts that I like. My DMs are open, so feel free to message me and interact however you like!

Asks are tentatively being opened again. Do you have any "controversial" fandom opinions you feel will get you killed in the metaphorical town square? Send me an anon ask, and I'll post them (with my thoughts) for you.

If there's something you want me to see, I don't mind getting tagged in posts either.

Please don't be an asshole. I'm incredibly bad at judging my own tone, so if I come across as overly intense or upset, chances are I am actually not—I'm just passionate about the things I enjoy.

I write fanfiction both here on tumblr and on ao3 under actualchangeling. Requests or ideas are fine, though I cannot make any promises.

PHM fic masterpost can be found here!

I will be tagging spoilers for any newly released shows and episodes. If there is something you would like me to tag spoilers for/in general, just shoot me an ask or dm!

alex yells at the void -> misc personal stuff

Currently following and tagging for:

Interview With The Vampire: alex watches iwtv, iwtv spoilers

Project Hail Mary: alex and project hail mary

Good Omens: alex watches good omens

The X Files: alex watches x files

The Murderbot Diaries: alex and murderbot (for books & show)

Pluribus: alex watches pluribus

Doctor Who: alex watches doctor who, dw spoilers

If tumblr dies/becomes unusable, find me on pillowfort as actualchangeling

My other misc current active special interests are Doctor Who and Good Omens, but I dabble in a lot of other fandoms, too. Among those are Marvel/Iron Man, Lucifer, TLOU, The Magnus Archives, Welcome to Night Vale, Prospect (2018), and many more.

My tag system for original posts applies to all fandoms I am currently actively engaging with and follows the same patterns. I tag spoilers when I remember to for about a week, so consider this blog to be very much NOT spoiler free.

alex talks x -> meta, analysis, interpretation, or opinion posts

alex writes x -> either self-promotion or tumblr specific ficlets, without any fandom addition it's original writing of some kind

Any personal posts that are not fandom related are tagged as following; feel free to block them if you're just here for the fandom madness!! I really do not mind.

alex yells at the void -> misc personal stuff

alex gets personal -> potentially triggering discussions of my trauma or mental health, vent posts

Last but not least, the tag for my queue is I’ll follow queue anywhere you go. It's a TLOU reference for those who are curious.

[orange-catsidy]

sometimes its like. i would love to not have to think about gender and misogyny all the time but on account of us living on the Gender and Misogyny Planet i cant do that. so

[crabussy]

some of you are my very favourite followers and you don't even know it #myspecialsecretfavouritefollowers

[foxmulders]

my dealer: got some straight gas this strain is called ‘the x files mythology episodes’ you’ll be blasted out of your gourd

me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit

5 seasons later: dude i swear i just saw mulder steal back scully’s stolen ova

my buddy the smoking man, smoking: chris carter is lying to us

[criminalmindsverse]

CRIMINAL MINDS 3.14 — "Damaged"

[actual-changeling]

handing in a lab report with data that stopped making sense halfway through like

[actual-changeling]

like i need everyone to understand that i stared at this for an hour trying to figure out what the hell is even happening and where i went wrong. if i went wrong. that fit is literally saying nothing about anything.

[itscoldinwonderland]

Deconstruct your amatonormativity!!

Take yourself out on dates. Go to the movie theater alone. Go out to eat alone. Enjoy life alone, it's okay. Enjoy life with friends. Take you're friends out on dates. Have sex with people you don't love. Have sex with people you don't want to marry. Have friends with benefits and hook ups and one night stands and situationships. Never have sex. Never get married. Marry your best friend. Kiss your friends. Date multiple people. When people say you'll never be happy alone kill them with hammers 🔨🔨🔨🔨. Live alone with several pets. Be happy. Be free. Do you.

[citywidespecial]

anyway does anyone want to sit on the floor with me for a while

[swoony-spoonie]

When the brain fog kicks in..

[lastoneout]

was half convinced this was on purpose

[reptile-ruler]

Sometimes a guy in a fanfiction has the ability to read someone's gaze with the same level of detail a wine taster can taste the wine

[reptile-ruler]

"He glared at him with anger in his eyes, but behind that longing and sorrow over things left unsaid, a subtle but desperate yearning for things to be different, and with just a hint of roasted nuts right at the end."

[harpieisthecarpie]

we've all heard about the male gaze in media, but we've yet to explore the equally important sommelier gaze

[reptile-ruler]

the only fun addition to this post

[msmimundo]

Girl that's literally Perry the platypus and Heinz Doofenshmirtz

[thatpollguy]

Do you have over 200 posts saved in your Tumblr drafts?

Yes

I have exactly 200

No

Remaining time: 6 days 20 hours

[mochisquish]

This is the funniest headline because they used his name like we all know him😭

[mochisquish]

representing well

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

“i have of late lost all my mirth” should be a valid reason not to come in to work

[elexecution]

they are awarding me an honorary doctorate for my work on tumblr.com

[sapphling]

the more time you spend in active recovery from any given self destructive behavior or addiction the more you understand the common conception of the "relapse" as defined by a broken "streak" to be, like, so bad for one's own well-being that it would be funny if it weren't resulting in just a lot of misery and death

[the-peoples-puppy]

I told my girlfriend to think of quitting vaping as training her endurance by seeing how long she can run before she gets tired, then doing it again and hoping to go further next time. She said it really helped her.

[scarletsaphire]

This is the stages of change model, with each circle being a part of the process of growth. You'll notice how relapse is not a failing of the model, or a set back, but an active step in continuing to grow and change. Everytime you relapse, you learn something; maybe a certain time of year is difficult for you. Maybe certain people push you back into the habit. Maybe your other coping skills/replacement habits didn't work how you wanted and you need to strengthen them, or develop new ones. Maybe it's not quite as clear cut and you need to spend the time figuring out what exactly went wrong so you can catch it next time. It doesn't matter the exact lesson, but it's part of the process.

[t4timekeeper]

sometimes people will insist a character is butch/masc and then you look at the character and they’re just fat. or muscular. or black. or indigenous. or some combination of the above.

[t4timekeeper]

out of all the comments to be added to this post this one straight up made my eyes bulge out of my skull

[snailchimera]

Mr. Butterfly the tutu-wearing flower who speaks almost exclusively in poetic musings on the nature of love??? That Blue???

[friendlyfrankenstein]

nods grimly

[meneldil-istarendilye]

The character in question

[aroace-ryland-grace]

I NEED TO WRITE FANFICTION <- guy who is perfectly capable of writing fanfiction <- guy who is not writing fanfiction