ElvenSemi: Dehydrated

ElvenSemi (they/them) on Ao3, author of Keeping Secrets and other things that no one really cares about.This blog is mostly me interacting with my readers, posting Dragon Age (and other game) stuff, and crying about that stupid goddamned egg that ruined my life. Avatar by @wegotisms

[elvensemi]

Hey guys hello guess who has a website now.

On ElvenSemi.com you can read all of my webnovels, most of my short stories, and soon, a large portion of my fanfiction!

A lot of things, including all fanfiction, forever are free to the public. This includes, for the first time, the first handful of chapters (about 10k words) of each of my webnovels. There's also summaries and beautiful art! Poke around!

Is reading on a website easier for you than downloading ebooks?

Yes

No

Good news now you can do both

Voting ended onNov 7, 2024

Subscriptions to paid material are still being done through Patreon, just click the orange "log on through patreon" button when you go to log in.

[uovoc]

REELING from the new murderbot short story. Instead of poor helpless Secunit (with big shoujo anime eyes) getting wallpinned by the big mean transport it was your respectable smart straight-A transport daughter getting hopelessly smitten with a gun-toting, intelligence-drone-using, leather deflection-jacket-wearing Bad Boy rogue Secunit. called Murderbot

[yesornopolls]

If the creator or something explicitly states they don’t want two characters shipped will you respect it?

If the creator or something explicitly states they don’t want two characters shipped will you respect it?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 25, 2025

[blackenedbleeding-deactivated20]

dude??? you're supposed to respect that cuz that can make people extremely uncomfortable. if they say not to ship characters, you don't fucking ship them, you find a different ship. idgaf how good you think the ship is, if the creator doesn't want it shipped, respect that and MOVE THE FUCK ON. why is this even a debate and why do so many people think it's ok to disrespect people and their creations????

[fatallyabirder-deactivated20250]

I’m gonna be honest here, I’m sort of confused. (not with you person I’m RBing from but the overall stance here) i’ve seen so many people saying it was okay and I was like… “I must be in the wrong here? the majority is probably right and I just don’t get it?” and sort of just rolled with what everyone else was saying. (which I now realize is like top ten don’t do’s of being online is to just go with what everyone else is saying-) but idk seeing like 1,000 reblogs saying the exact opposite of what you’re thinking will do that.

I just- where’s the line drawn, is my question? Like when does something (like a ship) step into the territory of genuinely not being okay. is there a line.

and maybe this is a sign that I shouldn’t ever publish my work but as an aroace person my characters are all deep extensions of myself and I’d be WILDLY uncomfortable if people shipped them. to the point that I probably shouldn’t put my work out there if this is the majority sentiment.

like I’m in fandoms where the creators have said “hey don’t ship these characters” “don’t do this please” and people have been okay with it so I’m confused to where this is coming from.

anyways sorry im just trying not to walk out into the world with a wildly incorrect stance.

I just- confused is currently the only word available to me. someone explain this please.

[blackenedbleeding-deactivated20]

i do wanna mention, yeah, there's always gonna be people who just don't respect it and will ship characters even tho the creator says not to, but in no way is that a good thing to do. If there's no explicit statement, then go right ahead and ship characters to your hearts extent, but if they creator literally says not to do that, surely it's common sense at that point to respect their boundaries.

im incredibly surprised and honestly disappointed that Tumblr of all places is where a majority of people are saying that they just don't respect creators asking for their boundaries to be met.

also i wanna just remind you that conforming to large groups doesn't always mean that they're correct! if you know of somethings accuracy and majority of people are wrong, you don't change your stance just to fit in even tho it's wrong and you know it's wrong. (I feel like this can relate to a SHIT TON of things in the world but I feel like it's a good thing to mention here)

i do appreciate you trying to understand better tho, I am seeing this from the other people's pov too cuz obviously it's a good thing to hear all viewpoints, and that's honestly how I further know that they're just wrong about it. and what sucks even more is that they don't think they're wrong at all and won't even bother to try to think of it another way

[lazaefair]

That’s not how boundaries work, and is in fact an abusive use of the concept of boundaries. It boils down to: the only person you can ethically and morally control is yourself. Therefore an actual boundary is something like: “I will not look at the fandom or fanworks of the ship that I don’t like. I will publish my explanation of the artistic reasons why I don’t like the ship. I will publicly state that I will block anyone who puts it in front of me.”

Literally anything beyond that is attempting to control the thoughts and actions of people who are not yourself, which is both futile and immoral. Which is why so many people are having strong ‘no’ reactions to the poll question.

To reiterate: your control of a person’s thoughts and behaviors begins and ends with yourself. You cannot ethically enforce a “boundary” aimed at modifying anyone else’s thoughts or behaviors, and to try to do that puts you in the ethical wrong. If you cannot make your peace with that, then you should not make your art public.

[griseldagimpel]

This is a really good explanation!

Fandom isn't for creators. IP holders aren't the Supreme Authority for fandom.

Fandom wouldn't be fandom if fans stuck only to what creators dictated. Non-canon ships wouldn't be a thing if we all restricted ourselves to that.

And I can remember a time when canon queer characters were an extreme rarity.

Think of fan fiction as being in a conversation with canon. In a conversation, you don't get to control what both parties say, just what you say.

[alex51324]

I mean, I will respect it in the sense that I won't argue with the creator about it, or shove my shipping fanworks in their face, or decide to write a shipping fic that I would not otherwise have written, just to be all "you aren't the boss of me!"

But if you mean will I obey it, then no, not necessarily. I will listen to their reasoning and go along with it if I find it compelling, but being the author of the book/director of the show/actor of the character/whoever does not confer automatic veto power over fandom.

So I voted no, because I'm pretty sure "respect" in this poll means "obey" but I made this post because this is a rhetorical trick to watch out for. The immediate slide from respect to obedience allows the general concept of respect to be weaponized.

Agreeing that you respect the views of others or that respecting others is a good thing is not a Fae contract that requires you to comply with anyone who invokes the magic words "I feel disrespected."

[mikkeneko]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

As an author, I expect my readers to respect my shipping boundaries by just not telling me about it. They want to ship stuff or make AUs that I find gross on their own time? My opinions are irrelevant. What they do in their own space is something that has nothing to do with me. It becomes a violation of my boundaries if they start sending it to me unsolicited in DMs or whatever; if it merely exists somewhere then avoiding what I don't want to see is my responsibility, not theirs.

[atreefullofstars]

What I as a creator get to control: what I personally publish, what is officially "canon" for my work, whether I publish at all or keep my work private

What I do not get to control: Any viewer's opinions, takeaways, interpretations, fanons, fanworks, feelings, observations, discussions, valid critiques, unfair criticisms, misunderstandings and misinterpretations, wild theories, accurate theories, uncomfortably and embarrassingly accurate theories about things I didn't even realize were in the text, absolute bs scenarios that they know are silly and just for fun... and how the viewer might apply any of the above to the idea of romance and/or sex between any two or more characters or iterations of the same character.

Sorry, but that's the nature of the beast. You have complete control over what you create. But publishing is something else. Publishing is explicitly bringing other people into the game because you don't want to play solitaire any more. And when you do that, YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE OTHER PEOPLE. You can place reasonable boundaries on how they interact with YOU PERSONALLY. But your work, however dear to your heart, isn't your person. You explicitly put it out there to be interacted with. That comes with the mortifying ordeal of being known and the consternation of being misunderstood. It comes with the euphoria of creative synergy and the rage-inducing helplessness of watching someone be wrong on the internet. That is how it works.

If you only want polite applause and scripted praise then your audience will have to be made up of dolls and teddy bears. If you want genuine, novel responses from real people, then embrace that monkey's paw and hit "post."

[gunaerystargarygun]

i still hate y’all bitches who say oc x canon shit is cringe like bitch you have ANY idea how flattered i would be if someone made an oc for my fantasy world? how utterly PSYCHED my ass would be they loved a character so much they fleshed out one themselves just 2 be with one of mine? fuck y’all haters

[gunaerystargarygun]

And whata fucking bout it? Who gives a fuck? Does it hurt you, does it break into your home and steal your meemaw’s ashes? Does it spit on your holy symbol? No? Then shut the fuck up

[pinkvbay]

My first serious pixel art scenery in a WHILE, like years -this was so much fun! Tried my hand at dithering since when i did pixel art i rarely did it.

[warthogreporter]

And now, a brief look at the human fucker community on a monster version of tumblr

🐙 WetterThanYou Follow

It's so sad that humans can't breathe underwater, makes bringing them to my lair so much harder

👺Ascetic-more-like-ass-cetic Follow

Was anyone going to tell me humans can't breathe underwater or was I supposed to just learn that from a text post?

🐙WetterThanYou Follow

Please tell me you didn't seriously look at humans and go 'they look like they can breathe underwater'

👺Ascetic-more-like-ass-cetic Follow

I thought they were like lions and how some live in the sea :(

🦁BEaST-MAN Follow

DID YOU THINK SEA LIONS WERE LITERAL LIONS?!

👺Ascetic-more-like-ass-cetic Follow

They're not? 😭😭😭

(10,053 Notes)

🐺HereWolf Follow

Vampires will be like 'I love humans' and then transform every human they know into another vampire. Weak. You are like someone who only watches Marvel movies and calls themselves a filmbuff.

🏏Batass Follow

Hey OP this is an important part of many vampire cultures so you should tone it down because this is really offensive.

🐺HereWolf Follow

You should get a culture that isn't fucking lame.

🦁BEaST-MAN Follow

OP you are literally a werewolf. And into throwing stones in glass houses I guess.

🐺HereWolf Follow

Gurl you don't know the amount of effort I put into keeping my human girlfriend a human girlfriend because I love her for being a human.

(8,000 Notes)

💚CraftedLove Follow

In the club on a date with a human straight up breaking it. And by 'it,' haha, well. Let's just say. His sanity.

(42,069 Notes)

🧙‍♂️ Crystal-Rooster-and-Orbs Follow

Sick of getting added to group chats like 'plots to overthrow our lieges.' Yes, I am both an evil wizard and an evil vizier. But I'm not plotting any treachery because my king is also evil, and so is my queen. We are in an evil polycule and give each other evil night kisses.

🧙‍♂️ Crystal-Rooster-and-Orbs Follow

Also stop telling me about the evil queen's OnlyFans like the king and I aren't helping her run it. Who do you think is taking the pictures? You have no idea how many evil yet deeply impractical schemes it's given us the economic cushion to do.

(48,835 Notes)

🤼‍♂️Bitch-of-Heracles Follow

Need me a human who will hold me like this and just destroy me 😍

♣️HeraclesOfficial✅ Follow

Hey.

🤼‍♂️Bitch-of-Heracles Follow

WHY DID NOBODY THINK TO WARN ME HERACLES WAS ON THIS WEBSITE?!

(33,333 Notes)

[thegorgonist]

A cute white rat enjoying the beautiful fall colors of a backyard dogwood tree! After so many cats from me, it was time for a rat! Autumn is drawing to a close but the leaves have been so beautiful, really giving me morale.

Prints

[vivispec]

Hey seeing a lot of veilguard negative comments on my dash (its actually like my....whole dash atm) so I'm looking for new people to follow who are just as in love with the game as I am! Or at least who don't post a ton about disliking it. I don't mind some criticism, I have my own, but I feel like 75% of my dash is very critical and I'd very much like to bask in the game I'm enjoying so much, or at least even out that percentage. So please interact if you:

Actually like/don't mind Veilguard (bonus points if you love it)

Like/don't mind Solavellan

Like/don't mind elven lore

Love DA games in general and aren't posting Veilguard negativity

I do a decent amount of writing myself, and would love to support other fanfic writers as well. Like or reblog and I'll check you out ☺️

[hollow-toy]

mutuals can always dm me but be warned i talk like your coworker who is trying too hard to get to know you and my response times are akin to the response times you might get if we were communicating by letter

[weenwem]

A bit of Zevran

[plorkart]

best thing in the world

[writingbox]

Here’s an invaluable writing resource for you.

[i-penna]

Was looking for this information just yesterday. Thanks so much.

[phantom-of-the-keurig]

Y’all I could have used this so many times before oh my good god

[phosphorus-noodles]

Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again

[nikoisme]

Being obsessed with your own ocs is so so good for you i seriously can't recommend it enough

[nikoisme]

The only downside is that you have to do Everything around here

[bracken-black]

I can be trusted with photo mode

[pepurika]

Tiger, Tiger: Book 1

Ludovica is the pampered child of the Bonnaire family. Scientifically minded and romantically inclined, she decides to commandeer her twin b

go get yourself a book!!

[z-nth]

sharing a little snack