Fandom, Art and Me

Supernatural, not spoiler free, sometimes NSFW, art, animals, occasionally other fandoms. I tag everything. Ship all the ships! Blacklist content you don't want to see and we'll get along famously! ^^

[macabrevampire]

i think avoiding everything is going to save me for real this time

[shit-happens-bitchachos]

[r0j0r00m]

𝖄𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝕷𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗

Pspspsss... food's ready, my little creatures. 🖤

[coplins]

surprise volatile chemistry chapter??? what a treat!

The plan is to update every Monday until the fic is finished, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m personally very surprised to see old readers who haven’t stuck with me through all my other writing, pop back in to read again. It’s a pure delight! :D

[cashewthesmol]

Chapters: ¾ Fandom: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov Additional Tags: Shane Hollander Has Sensory Issues, Sensation Play, Orgasm Edging, sounding if you squint, sensory play, Shane Hollander has Autism, Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov, Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander, Top-ish Shane Hollander, Bottom-ish Ilya Rozanov, Dom-ish Shane Hollander, Sub-ish Ilya Rozanov, Ilya’s Nine-Inch Cock, Nipple Play, Scratching, Marking, Rope Bondage, Shibari, Ribbons - freeform, Blindfolds, No Dialogue, There can’t be miscommunication if there aren’t any words, Pre-arranged non-verbal signals, Laughter During Sex, Fluff and Smut, Waxing Poetic About the Man You Love, Penis Boop, The Penis is a Participant Summary:

Ilya loves what he and Shane have, and he loves that Shane thrives in routine and boundaries. But what about creativity within structure?

Or - Ilya sets up all the pieces and Shane decides which to use and what to do with them.

[eirenarch]

jensen ackles fanart yay

[deancasbigbang]

Don't Trust Them (Trust Me)

Author: imaginaryprotagonist

Artist: Coplins

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester, past Dean/Alastair

Length: 25333

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Suicidal Thoughts, Drugs, Substance Abuse, Vomiting, Homophobia (mostly John)

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

Summary: Dean’s entire life has been a string of bad luck: some because he’s suffered the consequences of drug kingpin John Winchester’s terrible decision-making, some because he seems to have inherited the trait. After being attacked in an alley, Dean is saved by a mysterious man in a trench coat. Castiel turns out to be a cop determined to arrest two key players in Chicago's illegal drug game; a corrupt politician, and a murderous drug dealer with a dark connection to Dean. He offers Dean an opportunity to turn his life around, in exchange for helping Cas gain access to these people. Their cover story? Castiel, or rather, 'Jimmy', is Dean’s new boyfriend.

Link to Fic | Link to Art

[coplins]

In hopes of getting out of my years long art block, I signed up for @deancasbigbang 2025. I was super lucky who got to work with imaginaryprotagonist who let me have loads of freedom and did nothing but encourage me until I actually had fun with it. The fic she wrote had me sucked in from the getgo! The fic is called Don't Trust Them (Trust Me) and you should go read it if you like somewhat dark stuff. Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Suicidal Ideation, Illegal Drugs, Substance Abuse, Vomit Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Detective Castiel, Fake Dating, Slow Burn, John Winchester’s A+ Parenting, Homophobia (mostly John), Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

Posting Date: October 22, 2025

Summary: Dean’s entire life has been a string of bad luck, some because he’s suffered the consequences of drug kingpin John Winchester’s terrible decision-making, some because he seems to have inherited the trait. After being attacked in an alley, Dean is saved by a mysterious man in a trench coat. Castiel turns out to be a cop determined to arrest two key players in Chicago’s illegal drug game; a corrupt politician, and a murderous drug dealer with a dark connection to Dean. He offers Dean an opportunity to turn his life around, in exchange for helping Cas gain access to these people. Their cover story? Castiel, or rather, ‘Jimmy’, is Dean’s new boyfriend.

[coplins]

Hi, I have no idea how this question will come across but I want you to know that I deeply love all of the fic universes that you have created. (I started with Volatile chemistry back in high school and Meet the Family is one of my favorite go back and read once a year fics). I have also begun writing fanfics since that time, and I was wondering whether you were okay with me possibly using Marlon in a fic? I would say that this work was inspired by yours, but I adore his character and would love to mess around with him as a character if you’re willing. Thank you for considering it

I see writing fanfic sort of as playing in a sandbox with other people. I love it when I manage to inspire others, and I’m all for letting other people play with my characters in their own stories. The only thing I’m asking is that you mention that the character is borrowed from me (preferably with a link to my Ao3, but at least with my Ao3 name so people can find me) and that you send me a link to the fic so I can read it. I won’t tell you you wrote him wrong or anything like that, I just want to enjoy seeing your interpretation of him. :) So yes, go ahead. All my OCs are free to play around with in fanfic if they’re acknowledged as originally made by me and that I get to read any published work with them in it.

[headspace-hotel]

I’m reading bad sex awards finalists across the years

[headspace-hotel]

Writers, relax. Breathe. It’s going to be okay. You’re doing just fine. Your writing does not suck. Do you know what sucks? This. This sucks.

God, free me from the agony.

[cunninglinguist-69]

I-... I don't-... "Slippery seal"? Help me, please...

[pimentogirl]

I'm more worried about the iron stalk prodding her womb... I crossed my legs so hard I almost dislocated my hip...

[coplins]

https://youtu.be/1haAWHO8aCo

I'm just saying if this is how a guy sounds when he comes, me being a slut is NOT the reason he ends up a one night stand. 😬

[steakandcheeeese]

Lmao you’re an adult, you shouldn’t be using the word squick. Use trigger. Use your grown up adult words to explain how you feel instead of leaning on a cutesy uwu term that no one outside of tumblr uses. It’s embarrassing.

Idek if this is serious or ironic honestly

[steakandcheeeese]

#like...why use this baby word when you can just say how you feel about it

Found this in the original post tags and I just... SIGH

Here’s the thing, anon. Squick isn’t just ‘I don’t like this’, it’s ‘I think this is gross and it makes me deeply uncomfortable but I pass no judgement on those who enjoy it, because I acknowledge that everyone is different and those same people may have the same visceral reaction some of the things I enjoy’ and was originally made popular in the kink community.

So yeah, if you want to say that every time you come across a trope or whatever you find icky then go ahead, say that every time.

Also, this term dates back to Usenet in the early nineties, so sure, go off.

[sugarfey]

This frustrates me so much because squicks and triggers are fundamentally different things and as someone with PTSD, the distinction is super useful!

Squicks are things I find personally gross but may not be gross to someone else. They don’t upset me or provoke my PTSD, they simply do not pop my corn. Example: Omegaverse. I don’t like it, it makes me uncomfortable and I’m not going to read it, but if you like it, you do you.

Triggers are things which directly provoke my PTSD. This means that my triggers may seem completely normal and innocuous to someone else, because my triggers are so personal and intrinsically linked to a specific event in my life. My reactions to these triggers can include panic attacks and flashbacks to this traumatic event. Sometimes being triggered can affect me for several hours or even days.

Describing something as either a squick or a trigger allows me easily establish the difference in my potential reaction to something without having to go into painful detail about why bodily fluids might make me back button quickly but poker games might leave me a crying wreck. 

[oopsabird]

Making this distinction, and having a specific word for something that is not your slice of pie, but also not an actual psychological trigger, is also REALLY important for making sure that the word “trigger” can retain its original, specific, purposeful, and collectively understood clinical meaning (both inside and outside online fannish communities).

If we encourage everyone to lump things that just make them slightly uncomfortable or simply aren’t to their taste in under the word “trigger”, it actually dilutes the meaning of the word. It makes it harder for us all to, for the most part, collectively agree on and understand what exactly is being described when the word gets used.

And that destruction of shared precise definitions is a problem! It is really useful to have the communal language to be able to clearly and quickly delineate between “this grosses me out, no thanks” and “this is going to set off a trauma episode, rattle my brain, and probably throw off the rest of my day/week as a result” while also maintaining your privacy, and to know that you will be understood in what you are saying. Not having it is actually detrimental to the effort of making our communities safe and navigable for people living with trauma. Which is a goal that is much more important to me, personally, than the idea of not being “cutesy” (a word which in this case which sounds a lot like it’s being used as a euphemism for “cringe”).

(Also, one has to wonder if people told Shakespeare he was being childish when he made up entirely new words that are still widely used in the English language today...... 🤔)

[mumblingsage]

My understanding is that “squick” was also created to avoid using more judgmental terms like “gross” or “disturbing”--like yeah, I do find X kink gross or disturbing, but that’s my personal feeling, not an objective fact about the world, and if I’m explaining to my friend who is super into X that I’d prefer they leave it out of the story they’re writing me in the fic exchange, I want to use politer language!

“Squick” does sound silly, like onomatopoeia, but I think that’s part of its role--it’s a word that defuses if, again, you’re saying something squicks you in front of an audience that may include its connoisseurs. When I say I’m squicked, I’m clearly not getting onto a high horse of dignity and moral righteousness. At the same time I’m not being so indirect for the sake of politeness--”oh, it’s not my favorite thing, I’m not sure it works for me, I haven’t found a fic about it that clicks for me”--that someone could misunderstand how much I do not want to see it.

[ruffboi-mags]

And, to reiterate, it is a grown up word made by grown up nerds in the 90s so if you think it was somehow born on and limited to Tumblr I'm going to need you to actually do some fandom history research before you ever speak authoritatively again about anything fandom-related or adjacent.

[littlethingwithfeathers]

I love and deeply miss the term “squick” and really want to see it brought back. It allows dislike for its own sake and without judgement. It’s polite, gentle, and has an air of “you do you.” A squick is not a trigger. Triggers are related to trauma. You’re allowed to not like things and not have them related to anything other than just finding them unpleasant. And that aversion can be strong! That’s okay! I really don’t like watersports. Like, gag-reflex levels of aversion, but it’s not triggering. I just really don’t like it.  I feel like we’ve lost the right/ability to just... quietly not like things and move on with our lives. Not everything is for everyone, and you don’t need a reason to not like something. Just politely and quietly excuse yourself. No need to draw attention, and if someone asks you why you just say, “No, it squicks me out.” No judgement. No narrative necessary. 

[lilykep]

There is a sad trend of trying to make everything you personally dislike morally reprehensible in some way to justify your dislike of it. You're allowed to just not like something for no real reason. You do not have to justify why you dislike something, and the word "squick" is perfect for that. It say "look I really really don't like this thing, but it's ok if you do" and that is useful.

[ruffboi-mags]

I think the biggest problem is that a lot of these kids are VERY into the whole fandom purity culture thing, so they actually DO want to make it out to be morally reprehensible, and they DON'T think it's ok that other ppl might be into it.

[neil-gaiman]

Cheerfully using “squick” since 1992, because it means a specific thing and other words do not mean that thing.

[mangonetics]

sorry babe I'm gonna be running a bit late, I started watching a video essay about all the problems inherent to a game I've never played

[pointnclick]

awesome gives me time to watch this video essay talking about themes in a film i've never watched

[everythingfox]

That one goth friend…

[lutzlig]

[octopuscato]

And this, dear fandom, is why censorship is A Bad Thing

Gov. Abbott Calls Books “Pornography,” Attempts To Remove LGBTQ+ Titles From Schools

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ® has called on the state’s school boards to investigate and eradicate books with subject matter related to race and gender from public school libraries and classrooms. […]

Cason shared his statement on Twitter, referring to “Gender Queer” and other books that “may violate the Penal Code” as “criminal activity” that “should not be made available to children by the actual people who are tasked in educating them and keeping them safe from harm.” […] In the letter, Krause included a list with the titles of roughly 850 books that were largely related to topics of sexuality, gender identity, race, and sexual health. An analysis of Krause’s list by The Dallas Morning News found that “of the first 100 titles listed, 97 were written by women, people of color or LGBTQ authors.”

You can call a lot of things “porn” and “criminal” if you just squint enough. It’s never only going to be the content you personally hate and deem “immoral”. Never.

@fiction-is-not-reality2, @olderthannetfic, @absolutes-are-dangerous, @allshipsareok, @antis-delete-your-blogs-pls-thx

[octopuscato]

[sosaysdean]

this college thing is awesome

[inthetags]

Reblog and put in tags which fictional character first comes to your mind on hearing the name 'Bob'