The Crow pit

all pronouns Fanfic writer, angst enthusiast and chronically online Find me on ao3 under the same name Feel free to chat

[godsnightingale]

Hi, so I'm godsnightingale

I mostly have this Tumblr to interact some more with my fandoms.

I write and read a lot of fanfic and also am semi active on other social medias.

So if you are a writer, reader, artist or whatever and we happen to share fandoms, please, talk to me

Especially if you read and enjoyed some of my work I would love to hear from you! The motivation boost I get from those interactions is insane

I am also open to requests, collabs or even commissions. Or also just to chat ;)

So, I love more fandoms than I can count, but the ones I am currently the most oppsessed with are Six of Crows, Magnus Archives, One Pieces and Sherlock&co

There are also some timeless favorites like Owl House, Good Omens, Batman, Marvel or Lord of the Rings

Well, nice to meet you all and hopefully I'll find some friends in the future :))

[freshsepulcherharpy-deactivated]

FUCK. knights of guinevere is SO GOOD

[redstonedust]

it's crazy the British royal family still exists. part of me expected them all to disappear when queen Liz died. like killing the mother ship in a sci-fi movie.

[blackheartbiohazards]

"I don't want to read this" is totally valid.

"This is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't want to read this because it is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

[blackheartbiohazards]

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

[spellscarred]

Bro, blocking someone and then using their tag like this is, all offence, weak as fuck. Like all you had to say was, na bro I don't promote pedo protags on this here blog, because I wholly agree with the premise of your argument given contexts (i.e., writing abusive relationships to show the evils, great; writing abusive relationships to show the romance, yikes).

This response is so, so comically shitty within the context of that tag, oh my god.

[blackheartbiohazards]

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

[blackheartbiohazards]

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

[blackheartbiohazards]

"Censorship of some topics in fiction and art is good and I would be happy if it were to be enacted in a way I approved of"

and

"some things should be banned from ever being written or read about in fiction"

are both authoritarian viewpoints to hold and express, even if you don't have the power to enact them.

If you hold these viewpoints you are holding authoritarian viewpoints.

[averageidiotenby]

DUDE IT’S PEDO FICS EVERYBODY THINKS THEY’RE NASTY

[blackheartbiohazards]

Let me explain this to you in simple terms.

Something being nasty is not a good reason to ban fiction about it.

If we accept that "something being nasty is a good reason to bad fiction about it" then we give a foot in the door for all the people who truly, genuinely believe that queer people are nasty to ban all queer literature.

This is not about defending bad people this is about defending the freedom of good people from tyranny, you moron.

[kawaii-pigeon]

I think if you take it to its logical extreme. Say, banning people from writing stories of sexual abuse. That could then be said "well ANY talk about sexual abuse is bad."

And from that, you could ban books that talk about it irl. Or books like how to recover after being abuse. If its not something to be discussed AT ALL.

[plague-of-insomnia]

The fact that I’ve seen this post in some form on my dash like 100x and each time there’s new idiots who do not get that you can’t have *some* censorship.

Either you’re for it or you aren’t.

The moment you agree that something should never, ever exist in fiction is the moment that anything can be banned.

Remember a while back how Tumblr banned a bunch of tags, including many popular innocuous ones that even people who are for censorship used and were upset about?

When censorship happens, stuff YOU like can and will be banned. That’s how it works.

Remember how a bunch of people had their accounts terminated here only last year for writing about their own sexual abuse?

When you ban “pedo” topics, say, any talk of child sexual abuse in any form, that means people can no longer write about their own experiences. It means people cannot educate others so they can learn how to protect themselves or get help from these situations.

Censorship is authoritarian. Full stop.

Even if “everyone” agrees something is “gross” and “shouldn’t exist,” that does not fucking matter.

Do you know who generally believes queer people are gross and shouldn’t exist??

The same people who are banning books left and right solely because they have queer characters or relationships.

The same people who attack and kill queer folk for simply exisiting.

This is not just some fandom matter or a case of being chronically online.

Protecting freedom of expression is essential, and if you do not get that, I don’t know what to say to you.

[scientia-rex]

And the people who keep bringing up child sex abuse as a reason for censorship are doing it very specifically because everyone feels like then they HAVE to agree with the person in favor of censorship.

It’s not that there isn’t widespread societal agreement on this. It’s that they want you backed into a rhetorical corner where you feel compelled to agree with them.

[ruffboi-mags]

Also, like, we KNOW how this shit shakes out in fandom because it's happened before.

In 2007, Livejournal capitulated to the "pedophilia and sex crimes!" cries of (hate group) Warriors 4 Innocence, and you know what communities got shut down? Slashfic communities. Sexual assault survivor support communities. Authors who'd written non-smut m/m fic even got caught up in it. It was DEVASTATING to fandom spaces. I think pretty much everyone knew at least one person whose account was literally DELETED, or were a member of a community that was wiped off the map because they were considerate enough to include topics like "sexual assault" or "BDSM" in the profiles under the badly-named category of "interests" to indicate that posts on said blogs or communities may include discussion of things like that. Even if it was for a SUPPORT group. And it was because a group of religious bigots came to LJ and said essentially "EVERYONE thinks it's gross and that it's promoting CSA, we should ban it."

Like, strikethrough and boldthrough were a large part of what propelled AO3 out of a more unfocused conversation on one person's blog about hosting a site INTENDED for fandom content, into being an actual archive and nonprofit. And it's a large part of why you won't find AO3 banning topics that you find "gross".

Censorship is authoritarian and it will ALWAYS have more collateral damage than you can imagine.

[hazel2468]

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

[annlarimer]

LJ also deleted a lot of chibi-style art, because they couldn't understand that the characters were not children.

I once read an interview with a county sheriff who thought Animal Crossing should be banned because he could only see it as pedo bait. I really don't think the problem there was with the game.

[terminusverge]

I do not remember the sheriff doing that but I remember this video (link to reddit since I cannot find the original) going around about Animal Crossing being "dangerous for kids"

[godsnightingale]

This makes me especially mad when people try to argue for censorship on Ao3

It is called Archive of our own. Archive of our own. It's there to archive as much fanwork as possible. It doesn't have an algorithm and nobody makes money of it!!!

I do understand when people have a problem with romanticized abuse in a published book and the author defending it as romance since they make money off it and most of the time have a company backing them. That's the reason so many people have a problem with authors like Coleen Hoover.

But again, Ao3 is non profit! Nobody makes money of their weird little abuse fic!!!!

I get that, but even then I would never ever want to censor it because censorship is bad. That's all there is to it. Censorship is a tool of fascism. A society that censors media is on it's way to fascism.

If you don't like it, don't read it. But by demanding it's removal you are ultimately demanding the removal of your own rights

[godsnightingale]

To my fellow writers:

What type of Grammer check do you use? I was using Grammerly but since they have put in an AI it has become so much worse.

I need something that is free and does like punctuation and shit. Nothing fancy but everything these days either has an AI that is fucking everything up or costs a fortune

[sodapillz]

How TikTok users treat every Cluster B disorder:

NPD: Scapegoat

ASPD: Scapegoat

BPD: Scared baby lamb

HPD: wut?

[blurrysystem21-deactivated20260]

NPD: evil abuser

ASPD: evil abuser

BPD: innocent victim of NPD & ASPD

HPD:

[anotheraccountonthisapp]

Also we all know every abuser is a narcissist and being a narcissist makes you an abuser.

Or if you don't do things bcs you have low self esteem/to boost your self esteem/you try and make ppl like you/you feel a sense of superiority/you care about others people's opinions of you then obviously you must be a psychopath or sociopath!

Basically if you care about other people's opinions about you and act accordingly then you're a self absorbed narcissist

But if you don't care what other people think of you then you're a psychopath/sociopath who doesn't care about other people's opinions or anyone else and thus must also be an abuser!

[godsnightingale]

Off topic, but I read this and my history and politics nerd brain went:

NPD? Yeah that shit is evil. That's the Nazi party

[redstonedust]

i myself am a person who will throw around dude/bro/man like i'm trying to bring surf back in style, but sometimes when i see people vehemently arguing that these terms are entirely gender neutral i do wanna gently take their hand like. okay but have you considered the societal and histortical reasons why masculine language and gender neutral language have so much overlap. can we acknoweldge how traditionally masculine terms are treated as a default and what that means. or are you gonna be weird about it.

[godsnightingale]

I am very aware of this, but I also I throw around dude and girl or my guy and girlie like there is no tomorrow and I don't give a fuck about your gender. If we are gossiping then you are girl

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I don’t care how disgusting or fucked up a fic is. NO writer should EVER be harassed for writing taboo fics, especially when the warnings are properly tagged and you choose to go ahead and read them on your own free will.

you’re not morally superior for harassing real people for the sake of fictional characters and fictional stories. you’re just a bully.

[homunculus-argument]

To this day,

"if she's your girl then why is her leitmotif part of my theme" "to highlight the tragedy of how she'll never love you back"

is one of the most brutal pieces of play banter that I've read on this website. One of those shitposts that keep coming back to you. Damn.

[godsnightingale]

Ever heard of the fate series

Nope, what's that?

[mister13eyond]

Seeing a lot of new people show up in my notes with like "proship dni" or whatever so RENT LOWERING GUNSHOT: IM AN ADULT WHO DOES NOT CARE IF PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMATIC SHIPS, IM OLD AND BELIEVE TABOO FICTION IS SAFE AND HEALTHY, IM AN OLD MAN WHO THINKS IT'S FINE TO HAVE SHIPS THAT WOULD BE BAD IN REAL LIFE, I BELIEVE IN TABOO KINKS AS HEALING PLACES, I DO NOT DO SHIP DISCOURSE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO WRITE ABOUT BAD THINGS HAPPENING TO GOOD PEOPLE WITHOUT CONDEMNING IT IN THE NARRATIVE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO GET OFF TO MAKE BELIEVE BAD THINGS!!! THANKS

[dicklessthewonderclown]

rereading one of my fics bc i’m working on the sequel and holy fucking shit i’m a genius. also jesus christ there’s so much wrong with me

[godsnightingale]

Also when you read old fanfic

"I wrote this??"

and

"I wrote this??"

[dicklessthewonderclown]

tmi doesn’t exist on tumblr because it’s the number one site for freaks and perverts and i think that’s beautiful

[godsnightingale]

General question for Tumblr:

How the fuck do side blogs work??

I tried making one, but my feed is exactly the same, my mutuals are still mutuals and when I like something is only shows up on my main?

Is that how it's supposed to work?

Is a side blog just there to organize your posting a bit better? Or am I missing something here?

Can people see if they are looking at a main or side blog? Can I receive asks on there? How does this work?

Google is not helping...

For context, I am mostly on mobile

Don't get me wrong, I really like Tumblr but this is so confusing

Please help

[homunculus-argument]

I have no strong feelings about Hamilton the musical one way or another, but the sentence "I wasn't aware that was something a person could do" is such a perfect way to precisely express the kind of "not judging, just baffled" response people sometimes inspire in me with their antics and activities.

[alxor-of-hellsite]

it’s okay hatsune miku will save me

[gaynfl-moved]

being so staunchly anti generative ai while everyone around you is "i used chatgpt" and "i asked grok" and google search is useless and every company is implementing ai and every single celeb is taking ai money and partnering with ai is like... it's so jarring. why can't you see the harm like i can? why are you so lazy? why are we making society this stupid? can we please stop? it's killing people does that not matter to you?