Where My Eel At

Name's Nanners. (They/Them) I'm an illustration student, anti anti, and I'm 21. Commisions are OPEN and so are asks! (Occasionally questionable art/content, plz be 18+)

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Some tags I’ve been using

happy tag - things that make me smile

Extreme memes - you know, memes

Cool art - fabulous art I come across

Friend art - art by my buddies

Shit show - hilarious bad takes or just. Needless drama I find amusing

Banana art - my art tag!

Banana asks - ask tag

Banana au - compilation of my aus (mostly gorillaz rn)

Banana blitzed - when I’m drunk/stoned and blogging for some reason

Banana jams - music and junk I like

Shut up Alex - my complaining/vent tag

Banana face - ME

Banana texts - self explanatory

Banana writes - fic stuff or writings/stables/musings

And YEAH there u go I’m pinning this have fun flipping through my blog if you want to (May update with other tags if I feel like it)

[general-george-washington]

Lacroix is illegal now

[hotvampireadjacent]

habitable zone

[cronagorgonzola]

I live in Massachusetts and I was curious what the Fuck this could possibly mean and uh

Basically no one knows what’s in it and it’s maybe poison but Massachusetts is the only state that holds carbonated water to the same health and safety standards as regular water so LaCroix is just doing nothing and hoping there’s no consequences

[realsocialskills]

meanness can conceal bad arguments

Sometimes people use being mean to sound right. (Intentionally or unintentionally).

When you’re afraid of someone, it can feel dangerous to disagree with them. (Sometimes the danger is real, sometimes it isn’t.)

If you’re afraid to disagree with someone, you might find yourself coming up with a lot of arguments in favor of their position, and feeling like they’re more credible than they really are. 

It can be worth noticing you’re afraid, and thinking through whether you’d still agree with them if you weren’t afraid.

For instance:

Susan (in a mean, not-quite yelling tone): Implausible hounds are real! I can’t believe anyone thinks they’re not. I’m glad all my friends get it.

Susan’s friend Bob isn’t sure whether or not implausible hounds exist, but doesn’t want to get yelled at, doesn’t want Susan to stop respecting him, and doesn’t want to be a bad friend

So Bob might ignore his doubts about implausible hounds and try to convince himself that they definitely exist by ignoring all the arguments he can think of that implausible hounds are implausible.

This can happen subconsciously, so it’s worth trying to notice when it’s happening:

If someone is saying something forcefully

And you find yourself agreeing 

And you feel really bad about agreeing

Or you feel really bad about doubting them

It’s worth asking yourself whether you’re agreeing out of fear, and whether you’d agree with them if you weren’t afraid

This can happen for other reasons; sometimes learning a new thing can feel bad (eg: if you realize you were being a jerk). It’s worth considering whether you’re agreeing out of fear, and also worth being open to the possibility that you’re agreeing because you’re actually convinced. It always takes thought to figure out which it is. 

tl;dr When people are mean or scary; it can make their arguments seem better than they really are. If you’re afraid, feeling awful after agreeing with something, or feeling awful about doubting someone, it’s a sign that you might be agreeing out of fear rather than having been persuaded. When that happens, it’s worth pausing to think through things and figure out whether you’re agreeing out of fear, or agreeing because you’ve actually been persuaded.

[dynamicsymmetry]

Good stuff.

[eerian-sadow]

This. This is good fiction writing advice. I really appreciate how it was formatted as “this is a common problem, here is a solution to try in your own work” and not “oh god, don’t do that!” without any extra help. And I extra appreciated the “don’t rely on adverbs” bit, because they do have their place but they aren’t the only way actions can be emphasized.

[writing-in-the-grave]

ATTENTION WRITERS

Google BetaBooks. Do it now. It’s the best damn thing EVER.

You just upload your manuscript, write out some questions for your beta readers to answer in each chapter, and invite readers to check out your book!

It’s SO easy!

You can even track your readers! It tells you when they last read, and what chapter they read!

Your beta readers can even highlight and react to the text!!!

There’s also this thing where you can search the website for available readers best suited for YOUR book!

Seriously guys, BetaBooks is the most useful website in the whole world when it comes to beta reading, and… IT’S FREE.

[shinningstarz]

HEY! BECAUSE OF OP, THEY CREATED A SPECIAL WELCOME IF YOUR FOUND THEM THRU A TUMBLR WELCOME, ITS A YOUTUBE VIDEO.

[writing-in-the-grave]

They also sent me this; which was super cool

[writingonjupiter]

*slams reblog button*

[cianmars]

@findingtallahassee holy shit! This is cool!

[lalalandlala123-deactivated2021]

“Authors retain all rights to works posted on BetaBooks, and can add or remove content at their discretion. BetaBooks makes no claim to any of the work posted on the site.”

Incase anyone was wondering

[winters-wonderland]

Thank you for sharing! Especially about the copyright protection

[kumabearsweetheart-deactivated2]

This is fantastic! I’ve shared it with all my writer friends and hope that they have a ton of success!

[grungegoths]

[agentduckorico]

if a lesbian or gay or straight person tries to tell me they're attracted to me, they're misgendering me, point blank. I am not a woman, I am not a man, I am not male aligned or female aligned, I am something else entirely, and to include me in your male/female binary scope of attraction is fucking misgendering.

[tpolisher]

[theconcealedweapon]

[howdyhannaa]

REAL Donald Trump not fake (all real)

[tinylilemrys]

*david attenborough voice*

safe in the knowledge that the canal is protected from any intruders, it's finally time for the young to feed

[bioethicists]

"cavity searches"/"strip searches" are institutionalized sexual assault (in hospital AND prison contexts) and it blows my mind that i (and most others who have been institutionalized) was gaslit into believing that this is a dramatic take.

if you can't "keep people safe" without sexually assaulting them, you fix the resources and structures available, you don't accept the inevitability of assault.

[ggepisodes]

“Duet of the century!”

[cy4ngel]

Alright, I think I've come to a conclusion on the Dan situation.

Reminder that all of this came from r/rantgrumps, so I'm inclined to believe it's entirely made up, but if it is in fact true then here are the facts.

- Dan meets a fan who was 17 and 11 months old in 2013. They have a brief interaction over text.

- The two do not speak again until after the fan's birthday, when she is 18. They have another brief interaction via text.

- Four years later, the fan now being 22, they begin talking regularly.

- At some point after this, they meet up at a Game Grumps Live event, go back stage, and engage in sexual behaviours.

- After this, Dan ghosts the fan, and they have not interacted since.

This is not grooming.

Not that adults can't be groomed - this just isn't an example of it.

Even if the conversation was sexual, the fan very clearly consented to everything that was going on. They did not appear uncomfortable at all in the screenshots shown in the Reddit post.

I, personally, think this is a case of a fan getting ghosted by a creator they liked, getting pissy over it, and choosing to stir up drama.

Is it sleasy of Dan to fuck and ghost a fan? Yeah, but it's never been a secret that Dan is kinda sleasy.

If any more information pops up that changes the situation, I will acknowledge it and form a new opinion accordingly. But with the information we have currently, this is the conclusion I've drawn.

EDIT:

It had been confirmed that Dan and the fan did not have contact between their first interaction and when the fan was 22.

source

Personally, I feel like this is even more damning of the original poster. Either they intentionally withheld that information in an attempt to make Dan look worse, or the entire thing was fake and when people called them out they had to backtrack and make an excuse.

EDIT 2

The original person who brought the accusations to Twitter has come forward and said the following

On top of this, the alleged victim has come forward and said herself she does not think tyat anything Dan and herself did was a result of grooming.

I think it's safe to say this entire situation was just more bullshit from r/rantgrumps. I'm not surprised in the slightest.

[autismslop]

dan avidan was falsely accused. the woman who is the supposed "victim" said she doesnt believe it was grooming, and the poster of the thread has been backpedalling.

this shit. is so fucking infuriating.

false accusations are life changing. i cant imagine how dan must feel right now. he has nieces and newphews. and hes been slandered as a fucking pedophile online.

i hope he sues.

false accusations also hurt real sa survivors. people will be less inclined to believe them.

this all reeked of antisemitism and blatant hatred, coming from a hate subreddit that looks up to a white supremacist who are unapologetic in their desire to ruin arin and dans careers no matter the consequences.

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[aringance]

danny, do you know how damn proud we are of you?

[uglythumbs]

me: frienships sound kinda nice

brain: consider this…………………………………………isolation

me: