earlier i saw an Aventurine x reader smut fanfic in which the reader is his sister and i just had to SAY SOMETHING even if i expect no one to give a fuck
Its not the first time im seeing someone fetishize incest and write about it as if its normal? again with the disgusting non-con as well (but thats a different topic)
making a character a really disgusting person to fill their own sick fantasies and having the confidence to post it on here as if its something commonly accepted
that isnt the big issue tho, theres many sick people on the platform.
my problem with this is that i saw exactly 2 people, other than me who complained in the comments of that fanfic and expressed how disgusted they are, calling the author sick etc etc
it has over 150 likes at the moment, if you, reading this, remember reading it and enjoying it just know youre gross, sick and disgusting just like the author
im not the first and i wont be last person to talk about this but if you have weird fetishes that doesnt fucking mean you have to share them with others, hope this helps <3
i tell you when i saw that post my jaw was ON THE FLOOR
ive seen many weird fanfics but hey i had not seen an incest one in a while
before anyone says "its a trauma response" "people deal this way with trauma and SA" bs just know i do not give a fuck, you can deal with all the trauma you have in private! just like everyone else
non-con is weird as it is, but writing about incest? you are going too far and you have issues in the head, you dont have to share it and spread it on a platform where people may think this shit is normal
this was the exception to what i meant when the slave aventurine thing happened. i don’t usually support things like this but the fic was LITERAL. GENUINE. INC-ST. AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE HIS ENTIRE CHARACTER TO BE FINE WITH IT. i felt GENUINELY ILL seeing that on my tags, i just wanted to see if somebody wrote something with aventurine for my insomnia, but NOT INC-ST???? WHAT THE FUCK MANNNNN
It's so annoying that when this all started, everyone at a flip of a switch just thought on this one single fic. Like, it could've been easier to make a list with all the fics that bothered the people that first made the callouts (but probably wasn't done to avoid purge and hatred) and leaving it vague only made everyone target a single person.
Heck, it's like everyone is suddenly allergic to fics that diverge from canon, like the deleted fic was. Before all this started, when I was scrolling the tag and saw the title, I just scrolled away and didn't bother with it, even if it made me uncomfortable. But when everything started to get heated, I went to find it (it survived as reblogs only, but the og fic and blog had for a while been deleted) and read it for myself. Bro...the fic was fine.
I mean, whats wrong with having a fic where Aven is taken out of that situation before he reaches his breaking point mentally, as if there wasn't a moment in his life where he didn't wish things had gone different, but the more time passed and the more he lost hope, the more he had to rely only on himself. He finds it hard to make genuine connections with other people, he has to always wear a mask around everyone in every moment of the day, and never get to be vulnerable for a moment because oh...right, he has no one for that.
hi! thanks for your take on this :)! i’ve seen a lot of people also bring up the morality of it. morally, it’s rather grey - while slavery is awful, there was genuinely no way to escape that situation for aventurine. it was mentioned that others saw his suffering as entertainment and while the reader was likely not the only one to have sympathy, they were the only one with the means to help.
in this case, i ask what you’d do - if you saw someone suffering in that situation and you had the means to help, wouldn’t you have done the exact same thing? you couldn’t just abandon him after purchasing him - chances are that he’d end up in the same cycle as before because of a lack of protection.
while morally, slavery IS awful, it’s never something to be romanticized, would you rather abandon someone to go through the cycle again instead of helping them to regain their humanity and citizenship? standing by and watching it happen is exactly what happened years ago in our world and we did nothing as a society. why are we getting upset at someone who writes about actually helping?
i’m gonna make a quick statement while i’m eating spaghettio’s because i keep seeing posts made about the situation with the slave aventurine fics.
disclaimer: i am NOT a person of color (poc). i am germanic-japanese who was raised primarily in asian culture. i am not a person of color and my words should be taken with a grain of salt. their opinions on this situation should carry more weight than mine.
CW: slavery mentions, death threats and romanticization. please do not send any threats to anyone perceived to be involved. i have omitted ALL names or allusions in my post to ensure the safety of all involved.
my stance: this is a stance where all parties were wrong, but to varying degrees.
about the author: the author was fine. their fics did not romanticize slavery, nor did they come off as savior complex. PLEASE send me screenshots of their fics if i’m wrong, but i don’t believe their ethnicity was ever stated. i’ve seen a lot of “white savior complex” being spread around, but i can’t find their ethnicity anywhere.
i interpreted their fics less as “they’ll keep him as a slave but make it better to deal with” and more as “we’ll improve his life to make it easier for him to become a citizen”. this is mostly because, in aventurine’s lore, he’s immediately judged based on his branding and his culture. i assumed that it would likely take a lot to take someone out of that kind of situation and stereotyping.
about the death threats: gross. unless they explicitly say things like “they find this hot”, or even romanticize such situations openly, death threats aren’t okay. people dogpiled on the author and sent them death threats.
about the situation as a whole: tumblr has already driven the author off of the platform. it’s time we let that die down. if we don’t want to see this sort of content, we block it or report it. making posts about it won’t help in the long run because it can negatively impact peoples’ lives, even if they don’t intend to be hurtful to anyone or anything.
we live in an age of technology where we immediately make accusations and that is the main reason why i never mentioned any usernames. i have everyone blocked on my end. that being said, im leaving the comments open for everyone to discuss. in no way am i romanticizing their fics or babying the author, but we’ve already driven them to delete their fics and possibly off of tumblr. it’s time to let them rest. we didn’t even know if they could have been some teenager who didn’t even know any better yet. things went too far, let things rest.
if you don’t like content, block it. that’s what i did and i feel quite peaceful now.
Well said, I read that fic and had been defending that fic and author since day 1. Their fic didn’t ever imply romanticizing his slavery with savior complex, the author also didn’t show intentions of dating him/turning aven as reader’s bf when they bought him.
It’s more of helping him live a normal life under reader’s care until he is ready to actually live in the outside world. “Freeing” him by letting him live as he was is gonna cause more harm than good since he has nothing on himself to survive.
People should just drop this already cuz it’s causing misunderstandings to the people who haven’t read that fic yet. Ofc they’d assume the worse if everyone keeps mentioning the slavery part. People should just stop bringing this up if they’re not gonna go through in-depth analysis and choose to not investigate the truth. There’s a reason why a lot of people are still defending the fic and the author and it’s not because of savior complex and romanticizing slavery.
very well said !! thanks for reblogging and adding your thoughts :) i’ve noticed that they’ve also made a lot of claims about the fanfic now that it’s deleted. when the drama first happened, the whole “white savior” thing didn’t even get brought up until after it was deleted - kind of like they’re claiming that it had to be true due to the author deleting it. by their logic, if the author isn’t allowed to involve a character’s backstory but give it a genuinely supportive character JUST because it could play into being “white savior” tropes, then we can’t write for yanderes or similar.
why? well, because i’m an asian person myself and the term yandere is offensive and super rude! (/sar) just like not all asian people are yanderes, not all white people are going to play into the “white savior” stereotype. adding onto this, not every reader or writer is going to agree with what is written. if you don’t like what you read, it isn’t meant for you. the fanfics on tumblr are ALWAYS made for a specific audience, whether it be smut, angst, fluff or even the less talked about aspects. it isn’t written for the people who won’t enjoy it, but you see most of those people not in the comments.
it all started with someone making up a post to have people dogpile the poor author. i can guarantee that if that post was never made “cancelling” them, they would have posted parts three and four by now and would’ve still been active. they would’ve never gotten death threats. it was only a perceived issue by one individual spreading misinformation about a fanfic that led to the author being chased off the internet :(
about the aventurine fic issue, even if a person is poc, they have no right to send death threats or to tell the author to "kys"
I'm poc and the amount of times I've seen people use this to 'justify' the shit they say and propagate is just disgusting. I can bet you that most of them didn't even read the fic and just blew up over seeing slave! aventurine in the ship name because a lot of things they kept insisting on weren't even there in the fic
i whole heartedly agree. i mostly made the disclaimer that i was not a person of color because the opinions of those who were more affected by the fanfic on a cultural and political scale should always weigh heavier. i don’t believe anyone should be sent death threats (within reason), much less over a relatively harmless fanfic in the wide expanse of tumblr - a place where there’s copious amounts of smut, dark content (ex. yandere) and borderline illegal things. we shouldn’t waste our time over fanfics that are well-intentioned and that may have just been misunderstood intentions.
i’m gonna make a quick statement while i’m eating spaghettio’s because i keep seeing posts made about the situation with the slave aventurine fics.
disclaimer: i am NOT a person of color (poc). i am germanic-japanese who was raised primarily in asian culture. i am not a person of color and my words should be taken with a grain of salt. their opinions on this situation should carry more weight than mine.
CW: slavery mentions, death threats and romanticization. please do not send any threats to anyone perceived to be involved. i have omitted ALL names or allusions in my post to ensure the safety of all involved.
my stance: this is a stance where all parties were wrong, but to varying degrees.
about the author: the author was fine. their fics did not romanticize slavery, nor did they come off as savior complex. PLEASE send me screenshots of their fics if i’m wrong, but i don’t believe their ethnicity was ever stated. i’ve seen a lot of “white savior complex” being spread around, but i can’t find their ethnicity anywhere.
i interpreted their fics less as “they’ll keep him as a slave but make it better to deal with” and more as “we’ll improve his life to make it easier for him to become a citizen”. this is mostly because, in aventurine’s lore, he’s immediately judged based on his branding and his culture. i assumed that it would likely take a lot to take someone out of that kind of situation and stereotyping.
about the death threats: gross. unless they explicitly say things like “they find this hot”, or even romanticize such situations openly, death threats aren’t okay. people dogpiled on the author and sent them death threats.
about the situation as a whole: tumblr has already driven the author off of the platform. it’s time we let that die down. if we don’t want to see this sort of content, we block it or report it. making posts about it won’t help in the long run because it can negatively impact peoples’ lives, even if they don’t intend to be hurtful to anyone or anything.
we live in an age of technology where we immediately make accusations and that is the main reason why i never mentioned any usernames. i have everyone blocked on my end. that being said, im leaving the comments open for everyone to discuss. in no way am i romanticizing their fics or babying the author, but we’ve already driven them to delete their fics and possibly off of tumblr. it’s time to let them rest. we didn’t even know if they could have been some teenager who didn’t even know any better yet. things went too far, let things rest.
if you don’t like content, block it. that’s what i did and i feel quite peaceful now.
i love blocking minors and ageless accounts on my profile because they just like my nsfw posts… and DON’T THINK THAT IMMA SEE??? LIKE… babes, if you don’t have your age in your bio, i’m STILL gonna block you because i’m NOT taking the risk LMAO
• Thinking about how gentle Ramattra would be with a human s/o at first. He would never want to hurt you, of course. You’d just be so small compared to his frame, he had to be gentle.
• Well, until you tell him he’s able to. Suddenly, he has you pinned beneath him, fucking into you until you can’t breathe. A hand wrapped around your throat, his voice box hissing under the strain and barely audible over the heavy slaps of your hips together.
• “Is this what you wanted, my dear? You wanted your ravager to take you like a damned animal?”
• Even as you cry out under the force behind his thrusts, Ramattra wouldn’t stop until you used the safeword you’d established. He’d make sure you were satisfied in every way.
• Of course, prior to taking you apart with his cock, he’d need to stretch you out; fingering you until you’re near tears was enough. His large digits slamming into you as the ravager cooed and purred above you.
• “You’re doing so well for me, don’t give in now. I have you, just let go for me. Fall all you’d like, but your mind best be with me in the moment… I want to be the only thing you think of, my love.”
• All minors and ageless accounts will be blocked from this account upon interaction. I do not want minors indulging in my more explicit works, as some will be rather graphic in nature. I refuse to allow my page to be used as a medium for potentially dangerous activities. While it is practically impossible to enforce the rule of keeping all minors off of my page, all minors with an account will be promptly blocked without exception.
ON THE TOPIC OF LGBTQIA+ :
This is a safe space for anyone identifying under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. All of my fics unless expressly requested will be gender neutral with they/them pronouns. We encourage all pronouns here, as well as neopronouns as well. Every sexuality and romantic preference is valid here.
ON THE TOPIC OF ANONYMOUS ASKS :
Please be respectful. I do not want homophobic, transphobic or racist mentions in my ask box. All of these messages will immediately be deleted, alongside anything that romanticizes grooming, incest or harming minors.
Anons that sign off/use a name are entirely fine! I’d love to have regulars around here !! :)
FANDOMS I WILL WRITE FOR :
• Overwatch
• Genshin Impact
• Honkai Impact 3rd
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Exoprimal
• Apex Legends
• Dead by Daylight
• Persona 5 Royal
• Creepypasta
• Bungou Stray Dogs
• Valorant
• LOZ : BOTW
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS I WILL NOT WRITE ROMANCE FOR :
* - has a specific reason
+ - i’m not trying to catch a case
• Paimon (Genshin Impact) +
• Klee (Genshin Impact) +
• Diona (Genshin Impact) +
• Sayu (Genshin Impact) +
• Dori (Genshin Impact) +
• Yaoyao (Genshin Impact) +
• Razor (Genshin Impact) +
• Bennett (Genshin Impact) +
• Fischl (Genshin Impact) +
• Xingqiu (Genshin Impact) +
• Chongyun (Genshin Impact) +
• Xiangling (Genshin Impact) +
• Collei (Genshin Impact) +
• Nahida (Genshin Impact) +
• Winston (Overwatch / That’s a whole animal)
• Wrecking Ball (Overwatch / That is also a whole hamster)
• Bastion (Overwatch / Why do you want to romance him.)
• Tracer (Overwatch / She has a canon girlfriend and therefore will not have written romance)
• Any Creepypasta Minors (Ben, Sally, etc.)
• Raze and Killjoy (Valorant / They’re in a canonical relationship and unless they’re both requested as part of a polyamorous request, I will not write romance for one without the other)
I will be accepting NSFW requests and I will be posting NSFW content. All minors and ageless blogs will be blocked upon interaction. Any kink is welcome unless stated below:
with all that “i don’t care im a minor im gonna read all the smut i want and lie about my age”, first and foremost, that shit is not as cute as you think it is. i can promise you that.
second off, we put those labels you so desperately like to disregard because we are ADULTS, we can get in TROUBLE if you are interacting with us and something serious were to happen. YOU can get in trouble because you don’t know who the fuck you’re interacting with that’s older than you.
i don’t care if you’re 16, 17 and know about basic human anatomy and how people consummate, good for you. just don’t fucking read about that shit when it’s coming from a fucking adult who is clearly uncomfortable with having minors on their page. as a matter of fact, stop reading that shit entirely.
i know i can’t stop anyone from viewing my content on here, minors reading that shit are inevitable cause for some reason they don’t like to listen. but we put MDNI for a REASON lmao not just to “piss yall off” and to “show off the fact that we’re adults.” we do it to keep ourselves as well as you minors lurking out here pretending to be in your 20s.
moral of the story; if you’re a minor, idgaf, stop acting all high and mighty about consuming adult content you should not be consuming.
with that being said, if you are a minor interacting with my stuff, or if you’re a minor pretending to be an adult for the sole purpose of consuming smut, i mean this in the nicest ( or not nicest depending on how you take it cause i don’t care anymore ) unfollow me and get the fuck off my page, it isn’t for you. and i know y’all know that.
perfectly put. i'd like to add that child safety plays a huge part in things too. internet spaces where adults and minors coexist present a risk of grooming - all it takes is one sick fuck to decide that they're going to take advantage of the 16 year old convinced they're "mature enough" to be there.
also, something that people seem to gloss over: an overconsumption of pornographic material with a still-developing brain is damaging. a lot of people with the "mdni" in their bio/works have experience with the negative impacts of reading too much written erotica during their teens. you start to realise them when you first engage in adult relationships.
ultimately, we're not gatekeeping. we have boundaries you should respect as we would yours, and we want you to be as safe as possible.
This. I’m sorry, but if you’re a minor, I’m going to have to ask that you not read any of the content I am going to be making soon. I intend to be returning to my writing after I had taken a long break, and I’ll be organizing my blog.
As a former child on the internet, I’ve been there and done that. The biggest regret I have still is the fact that I read lemons back when Wattpad wasn’t monetized. Adults are allowed to have boundaries, and as it turns out, we do have them. Ultimately, I cannot control what you do. But as someone who’s gone through a lot of shit from the internet and indulged in far too many things, I can warn you of the dangers.
In every community that minors and majors intermingle, there’s going to be a risk of grooming. A risk of manipulation, and all it takes is someone deciding they want something. It doesn’t matter how ‘smart’ you are, or even if you ‘know how to recognize being groomed’. Someone who knows how to manipulate and is aware of their actions will eventually find a way.
quick little general rule of thumb because, unfortunately, i have gotten requests asking for posts that actively fetishize peoples’ bodily proportions.
I WRITE FOR ALL MINORITIES! i will write for the lgbtqia+ community. i will write for any ethnicity and nationality. i will write for any kind of mental disorder or recovery of such. i will write for any kind of body! i think everyone is beautiful regardless of who, what or how they identify themselves. everyone deserves to be validated in who they are as people.
however.
i will never write for things that actively fetishize it. “can you write for a f-t reader”, “can you write for a (insert character) who flirts with a f-t reader because they like their rolls”.
i am of the personal opinion that if you only find someone appealing because of their physical attributes and what they can do for you with them, then you don’t deserve them. i will not use the terms that i censored in any of my writing. people have heard that word far too much in their lives and have suffered as a result. there is no “f-t” person, only plus-size individuals who have suffered from that term. i am not someone who qualifies to reclaim that form of an insult.
i will never write for fetishization of any group of people. i will never write fetishization at ALL. people have suffered as a result of such actions and i refuse to be just another person to blame for that. i am trans. i am gay. i care way too much about the people who have suffered like me. this blog is a SAFE PLACE.
if you support fetishization of any minorities, get out of here. you aren’t supported and you will never have those requests taken here.
quick side note: if i have said anything offensive or a term has been used here that people are uncomfortable with, please inform me. i censored the terms that i believe were offensive based off of my mutuals who have proof-read this. /gen
hi folks! just spent a few hours transcribing this. please reblog this version for our visually impaired friends!!
(this is my first time transcribing something so i really hope i got everything...!)
Image 1 ID [Title picture of the op standing, grinning with her arms out on a pink background, with one word on each shoulder with one just above the knee. The whole zine is colored with soft reddish-pinks and other pastels.]
Written Image 1 ID: "Let's Talk Tum!"
Image 2 ID [The first page focuses on anatomy and shapes. There is a floating head in the top right, followed by a figure in the bottom left where various body parts are indicated by colorful shapes. The last sentence of the page is overlaid with a background of a red circle, a warm-teal triangle, and a golden square.]
Written Image 2 ID: "First off* (before stepping too deep into body types, you should have a grasp on basic anatomy. it's helped me a whole bunch!) Let's talk about basic shapes. The human body can be broken up into many of these! simplifying it this way is essential to understanding body types and can help with anatomy. For example, shapes give us a good look at important intersections on the body. i.e. the bend in your arms. [arrow pointing to the intersection in the lower left hand figure's arms.] *A good reference I often use is how the tips of the fingers usually rest in this section of the thighs. [a red circle pointing out the area where the tips of the fingers would lie, about a quarter of the way down the thigh.]tl;dr: shapes help you build the body.
Image 3 ID [The next page displays the title at the top, followed by two graphics. one displays a common video game slider of left to right, with the left being thin and the right being fat. The second graphic displays the fat body to the left of a circular stat chart, with a branching hexagonal shape inside indicating where weight falls. It is labeled (going clockwise) belly, hips, legs, head, arms, chest.]
Written Image 3 ID: "Now you're getting it! Let's talk weight distribution! most older character creators do things this way. But instead of thinking of weight on a slider like this one... [arrow pointing to the first diagram.] think of one like this. [arrow pointing to the second diagram.] This lends itself to a much wider variety of body types.
Image 4 ID [Title is once again displayed at the top of the page. This segment is split into two pages, with the format carrying through. on the left of the first image, there are three pictures of belly references laid out horizontally. The top is a dark-skinned pregnant person holding their stomach- image is from the breast down and cuts off at the hips. There is a red line drawing a circle around the shape of the belly. The second picture is a light-skinned person pinching their belly fat, the image cuts off at the hips and breasts again, highlighting the midsection. There is a red curved line following the bottom of the belly. The third example is a picture of a brown skinned person with their hand on the left side of their stomach- picture cuts off just after the breasts and hips. There is a bumped red line following the indent of the belly. Each picture is immediately followed to the right by a drawing of the body type from the picture, each at a different angle than the picture.]
Written Image 4 ID: "So, what now? Let's peek at how that weight distribution can look! (as a reminder, none of these are inherently 'better' than the others.) [following the first image and drawing.] tummies like this are often seen in bloating or pregnancy. Note how stiff and round it is. Most of this is not fat.**that doesn't mean it never can be, though! [following the second image and drawing.] just your average, everyday tummy! This is totally normal. I'd say most people have a little bit of this belly fat. [following the third image and drawing.] This is about where I fall. notice how things start to come in twos. A lot of these bellies have really beautiful stretch marks! [page cuts off, CONT> written in the lower right hand corner.]
Image 5 ID [continuation of the last page's layout. Three more bellies followed by drawings are layed out from left to right, stacked horizontally. The first image is of a light-skinned person with the image sectioning off just the belly. There are two distinct folds in the belly fat, with a red line outlining the curve on the outside, and one marking the fold on the inside. Next two images display scars on both of the models- with the first having had it's appendix removed. {op note- i've been told that appendix scars usually don't appear as pronounced as this image's nowadays. Medical advancement yadda yadda. Older characters may still have this indentation, however. It's up to you.} The picture following that is of a pregnant person having given birth, with stretch marks on either side of their navel followed by a c-section scar just above the pelvis. Each image is followed by a drawing of said picture with a different angle.]
Written Image 5 ID: "[following the first image and drawing.] This is where a lot of people stop drawing tummies. This is a "B belly," also known as a double belly. Contrary to popular belief, this is purely genetic. A lot of people wrongly think bellies like this are the result of tight clothing, which is just not true. [before the next two images, centered on page] But wait, there's more! [following second image and drawing.] This lovely tummy has had it's appendix removed! [following third image and drawing.] This belly has a c-section scar and cool stretch marks. [separated at the bottom of the page.] There are other places that weight can be distributed, though. And speaking of stretch marks...
Image 6 ID [The next section highlights stretch marks and cellulite. There is a collage on the left of stretch marks present on a variety of skin tones, in both light and darker colors. These images are followed at the bottom by a diagram of places where stretch marks are commonly present, front and back. The figures have the left side of their bodies circled from the neck and outstretched arms down to the butt and thighs, while the right side displays the patterns where stretch marks are commonly seen. In the middle of the page there is a guide on coloring stretch marks, with a lighter skin tone on the left followed by a darker one. Both have drawings of light and dark stretch marks, preceded by the filters used on each. (multiply and screen.)]
Written Image 6 ID: Stretch marks! I love stretch marks, and not enoughpeople draw them. They can show up almost anywhere, and it's a huge myth they're only found on pregnant people or people who have been pregnant. [arrow pointing to color guide.] I commonly use the same skin color I'm working with, but put a filter over it. [indentation (no longer following arrow)] also, they aren't exclusively light or dark! I have both types. They come in all different patterns and lengths, but avoid symmetry. [arrow pointing to bottom diagrams.] Common cellulite and stretch mark spots: i mean, look at all these! I couldn't even fit legs on here. Sometimes I get them on the back of my legs or knees.
Image 7 ID [Title is displayed at the top of the page followed by two drawings of people showing off stretch marks/cellulite. The left picture shows someone in a binder with tattoos on their left forearm and right shoulder, a hand on their hip. There are stretchmarks on the side of their belly, front, underneath, and on the outer sides of their thighs. Right picture shows someone with a hand on their butt, showing cellulite underneath. Flowery patterns surround both figures.]
Written image 7 ID: "'wait, stretch marks or cellulite?' [following the two figures.] The main difference is that cellulite is genetic. however, the terms are basically interchangeable, at this point. Who knew body types and genetics had so much in common?? (Geneticists, duh.) [graphic of text taken from Livestrong.com.] 'Your skin is attached to your muscles with cords of connective tissue. Between your skin and muscle lies a layer of fat. [highlighted text for the rest of the graphic.] Cellulite develops when fat cells accumulate underneath the skin and push against the skin while the connective cords pull down. This causes a bulging that creates the characteristic dimpling of cellulite. As the name implies, stretch marks develop as a result of rapid stretching of the skin. [End graphic. citation follows.] (I learned the difference from these studies, too! The point is, both are completely natural.
Image 8 ID [The drawings on this page show other common places where fat can rest including breasts, of which there are two drawings of, followed by an outstretched arm, followed by a pelvis cutting off just above the knees. At the very bottom right there is a small image of a leg.]
Written Image 8 ID: Other common places where fat can rest: [above the first two drawings.] Breasts [arrow pointing to a circle drawn just underneath the breasts and stomach.] Notice this area here! Sometimes there's a slight fold between the breasts and stomach. This is, again, often mistaken as the result of tight bras or binders, but is also completely genetic. [arrow pointing to the fingers on the outstretched arm graphic.] (fat can also affect the shape of the hands and fingers.) [arrow pointing to a circle drawn around the underneath of the bicep on the same graphic.] (also a hot spot for stretch marks!) 'bingo wings' are not exclusive to elderly characters. Personally, my arms are very soft, since I have a decent amount of muscle as well as fat concentrated here. [two circles describing the graphics, one labeled "arms" while the one underneath says "butt and thighs." following a red circle pointing out the fold between hip fat and thigh fat where undergarments usually squeeze.] There are sometimes folds here, again, purely genetic. [arrow pointing to the small leg in the lower right hand corner.] Make sure the lower leg tapers proportionately to the upper leg! {op note- discrepancy here- some legs and arms don't taper so nicely. "stubby" looking arms and legs can and are just as beautiful as ones that are "proportionately accurate."} [arrows pointing to the side of the thigh and the inner thigh, where there is a circle right under the pelvis.] (more stretch mark spots.)
Image 9 ID [Tile of the page appears at the top once again. This is followed by two drawings, one of a profile shot of the op facing to the left side of the page, gesturing to her neck and looking back at it. The one to the right is a much more cartoony doodle of the op's face, smiling facing the reader. flowery scribbles surround the smaller head. Underneath there are several body types lined up at the bottom of the page with colorful graphics filling in shapes behind the figures. They include: apple, a red circle, pear, a lime green pear shape, hourglass, two connected golden triangles stacked facing each other, triangle, a warm-teal triangle with a point facing the head of the figure, and inverted triangle, a gentle purple triangle facing the pelvis of the figure.]
Written image 9 ID: Last but not least: don't forget spots like the neck that can be easily forgotten! Double chins are very common, and folds on the back of the neck are, too. [two circles pointing these spots out on the first figure.] And remember the chubby face! Some general shapes to remember: [graphic of body types follows.]
Image 10 ID [the page is covered in soft translucent purple stars, with more body types dancing and interacting on it. The first, separated from the others, is a figure with one arm in the air and another on their chest, the diamond body type. They are a light blue diamond with points facing the pelvis and head. This is followed by another array of figures at the bottom: the bottom hourglass, a light tan hourglass shape with a smaller triangle being on top and the bigger one on the bottom, who is locking hands with the top hourglass, a darker tan hourglass with the larger triangle being on top and the smaller on the bottom. The spoon, a yellowish-lime green spoon shape with the handle sticking up into the torso, is talking to the round body type, a pink oval in the center of the figure. The rectangle body type is dancing off to the right, lost in the moment as the diamond seems to be. They are a seafoam rectangle following the torso.] Image
Written image 10 ID: "But there are so many others!
Experiment, have fun, and remember that:
[a list following the flow of the page.]
-Fat is not a dirty word
-Being fat is not inherently unhealthy
-Gaining or losing weight does not devalue you as a person
-Weight can change rapidly and over time
-Weight should not be a joke or subject to mockery
i have been considering actually writing here and then cross-posting to ao3 for some time, because i’d like to make longer stories possible with extended lore and characters. when/if i do this, what would you want to see?
written in: english, not adapted to any other language (3/08/2023)
genre: fluff + angst
additional details: talon reader is an artificial human created by moira in order to further study and apply her knowledge of genetics. she wanted to create a super-human, similar to the sep enhancements, but free of side effects and completely subservient.
cw: needles, mentions of experimentation, near-death experiences, mental breakdowns.
“they’re not even sentient… what have you done to this one?”
when moira had told him that using her ‘finest creation yet’ would help to further null sector’s goals, ramattra had to admit that he didn’t expect a fully artificial human. however, sitting on the hospital bed seemed to be a broken doll. blank eyes staring ahead, only ever reacting when the doctor told them to, held not a single soul. it was eerily familiar to the omnic, turning to face moira.
the woman was stood by the bedside, smiling in pride. it appears that this exact form of non-sentient life was what she had wanted. that perfect line between mind-bending and metal, a human without sentient thought. something so close to an omnic’s suffering, yet so far from them physically. as the doctor turned back to ramattra, he looked away from the human.
“doctor, you didn’t make me aware that your creation was human.” ramattra spoke first, spitting out his words with acidic intent. moira simply hummed, walking to one wall to take a needle in hand. he watched the human from the corner of his optics, observing as they merely sat there. “they’re not even sentient… what have you done to this one?”
“i haven’t done anything except create them. they’re the finest application of my abilities yet. rather than enhance already existing people who may betray you, i decided to create an artificial being to apply my projects to.” moira answered, approaching the human with the needle. with an almost, might he refer to as, ‘robotic’ reaction, the human lifted their arm without wait. the doctor hummed and injected the needle. “obedient, are they not? wouldn’t it do you well to send them as intelligence gathering, or even to try garnering sympathy?”
ramattra stared down at the human, their blank and void eyes staring forwards. would it be best to leave them here with this person? perhaps it would be best to take them. was ramattra meant to pity this human? it felt wrong, gazing upon something who’s origins had such sentience that they existed causing harm to others. however, it felt even worse knowing that this one didn’t have any sentience at all.
as moira threw away the needle, she lifted another one. she shot a glance to ramattra. if he left this being here in moira’s care, he believed she may just kill them. any other time, he would have rejoiced at that idea; the bloodshed of humans was something he was used to. a necessary evil, even, of the eradication of a greater evil. now, it felt sickening.
“i will take them. i’ll find some use for them, just don’t get involved.”
in the end, they were perfect. recon missions, stealth missions, intel missions: they were the exact thing that ramattra needed to get an advantage. no matter the task, they never hesitated. eventually, ramattra deemed them fit for a name: (name). such a fine soldier deserved that much for being of such use.
(name) was an enigma. they sat on the line between human and omnic. they bled, they felt, they fought. however, they never cried, smiled or laughed. they understood, but never comprehended.
they threw themselves into battle without plan, like a feral beast waiting to kill. at the same time, they never killed until he told them to. they were a wolf on a chain, held closely by a metal pole. ramattra’s word was a lifeline to them, living by his law and order. yet, they constantly ended up hurt as a result.
now, lying on the same hospital bed ramattra had found them on, they waited in silence for moira to arrive. as the only doctor that can effectively treat them, she was the only one who handled their injuries. they faced forwards without fear of their bloodied injuries, staying awake; just as ramattra had ordered. ramattra had to check that they were alive more than once, disturbed by their silence.
“(name), you need not fear,” the words he uttered were ones of no value. how could a non-sentient person ever feel afraid? how could they feel scared when they couldn’t even make their own choices? unlike himself, (name) would never be sentient. they would exist only as a ghost of a reality never achieved.
“i am not afraid. the doctor wouldn’t harm me.” their voice was robotic and cold, not dissimilar to his own. still, ramattra took one of their hands in his. his cold metal encased their gentle warmth. “i am aware. you may not be able to think for yourself, nor may you be able to effectively respond to me… that doesn’t stop my belief that one day, you may. you need not blood to be my trusted associate, even if you may not fully understand that.”
for a moment, ramattra felt like he’d lost his mind. it wasn’t possible for them to respond, after all, not even in the most minuscule of ways. a single second that he had thought he felt their hand tighten around his, just the smallest bit.
he felt like his servers were being torn apart. it felt like every wire of his was severed and he was burning from the inside. sparks igniting and melting him down to scrap. as he cradled them in his arms, ramattra spoke in a hushed tone. a hand caressed their blood-tainted skin, those dead eyes staring up at him and a javelin through their chest.
“my moon,” ramattra whispered, his voice box nothing but a ghost. “my moon, you will live. you have to live, do you understand me?” a digit ran across the bags beneath their eyes, feeling the skin beneath his fingertips. “is that an order?” they mumbled out.
blood speckled skin exposed to the air, all the fault of someone attempting to flank their group to kill ramattra. they were prepared to give their life for their liege, even despite his beliefs. it wasn’t like they’d had a choice in the first place, though. ramattra rested his head against their shoulder, a response rumbling through his chest.
“no. i cannot order you to live for anyone other than yourself. i simply wish for you to do so… a personal request, if you will.” his gentle voice was a comfort to the dying human, ramattra had hoped. however, as the human’s arm lifted and grabbed onto his shoulder, he flinched, lifting his gaze.
tears fell down the human’s face, their void-like eyes now filled with fear and terror. their hand shook, latching onto him. a quivering voice softened the omnic’s gaze. “please… please, order me. order me to live. i don’t- i don’t want to die. i don’t want to stop serving the only one to treat me as someone worth life.”
ramattra paused. as he stared down at the being— no, the human, his human. his human. (name). a person who stayed at his side no matter the cost they suffered. straightening his back from it’s hunched form, he spoke clearly.
“you will live. i command you to live. live not for me as a guard or a tool, but live for me because you love me. love me like i have grown to love you. become mine… not as an order. please…”
as ramattra buried his head into their shoulder, he spoke once again. “with your newfound will, adore me, i plead…”
the sunshine from the window woke them up. blinking slowly in the light, they let out a yawn. moving to sit up, they were stopped by a large pressure on their chest. the omnic pulled them closer to him, his head resting on their chest. a gentle sigh escaped his chassis.
“back to bed with you.” he grumbled out in response. a laugh from their lips, resting their hand against his wires. “we need to get up, ramattra. we don’t have time to dally.” a shake of his head and a tighter grasp. “no. they can wait a while longer. we have three hours before our first meeting, my moon. we may take our time.”
a hand ran over the scar along their stomach, a shaky breath shuddering through his torso. they gently take his hand in theirs, cooing in response. “we don’t think about that, nor do we need to. we have time, do we not? let us rest, then. you have been working far too much recently.”
with a nod and an exhale, the two fell back into each other, falling into a calm serenity once again.
