Ash has been with us for the past 25 years. For a lot us, we don’t even know a life without him in it.
We’re all so afraid and worried about a future without Ash. How can there be a life without his adventures to look forward to every week? To keep us going? Can we even do it?
Ash reassures us that our accomplishments are our own, and he will always be our friend. We can always revisit him and his adventures.
The choice is ours now, to decide both the path we’ll take in our own lives, and to decide what happens to Ash after this. We determine the future.
I love this moment for them, and it also works as Ash thanking us and saying he’s glad he met us.
I’m sure a lot of us were crying by this point. I certainly was.
Just when you think you can’t go on without him, Ash will be back to encourage you to move forward.
Ash has been with us for the past 25 years. For a lot us, we don’t even know a life without him in it.
We’re all so afraid and worried about a future without Ash. How can there be a life without his adventures to look forward to every week? To keep us going? Can we even do it?
Ash reassures us that our accomplishments are our own, and he will always be our friend. We can always revisit him and his adventures.
The choice is ours now, to decide both the path we’ll take in our own lives, and to decide what happens to Ash after this. We determine the future.
I love this moment for them, and it also works as Ash thanking us and saying he’s glad he met us.
I’m sure a lot of us were crying by this point. I certainly was.
Just when you think you can’t go on without him, Ash will be back to encourage you to move forward.
Dear mobians, the most anticipated moment of the year has arrived!! SonTailsWeek!! We are already in our fifth edition! That's nothing!
First, thank all the followers for all your likes, there are more and more, and they encourage us to continue with this humble project for you.
[[Lots of text alert. But necessary.]]
Here you can follow and participate once again to commemorate the friendship and/or love for Sonic and Tails. (In the form of Ship, bromance, etc.).
Again remember the rules in force each year.
To participate, we will ask you to follow some simple rules:
Rules:
-Hate speech/intolerance is not tolerated.
-NSFW (over 18 years old) / gore / Triggering content (Content that may induce trauma or phobias) is not allowed.
-Plagiarism or editing of other artists' work is not tolerated.
-You can make Sketches, fanarts, fanfics, photocosplay, any way you want to express your art!
-If you can't finish it or you only want to participate in one or a few days but not all, you can do so. It is a fun event, there is no obligation.
-We know that this event lasts a week (from November 21 to 27).
Even so, we will maintain a couple of weeks (or a month if necessary) plus the margin, in case someone runs out of time and wants an extension to continue sending works from this year's 2023 event, with the tags #SonTailsweek AND #sontailsweek2023
-The chosen week is the same as last year, and will remain the SAME each year (So you already know that every year for these dates, we will be organizing the same event in the same week), since it coincides with the dates of the 21st to the 27th of November, to celebrate the birthday of the launch of the video game "Sonic 2 MegaDrive" with the added bonus that this year, our favorite fox "Tails" turns 31!
You can ask us any questions you have, but the more imagination for each topic, the more fun 😉
-Have fun and thank you all for participating!
-You will have to send your art to this page (in our inbox via message, or in a new publication), and you also have other new ways to participate and make your art reach further and meet more fans of the ship:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sontailsweek?s=20
Tumblr: https://sontailsweek.tumblr.com
Instagram: using the hashtag "#SonTailsWeek".
-If you have questions about the theme days or specific dynamics, you can contact us without any problem!
-We can also answer questions in English, we are bilingual 😉
See you very soon, we look forward to your masterpieces!
CrimsonInari 🦊 MiceMaus🐭
PS: If the topics are not very motivating for you, we have our ears open to your suggestions as always, just do not wait for the day of the event to arrive, please, since we need to spread the word on networks and all of this requires days of planning and forecast.
Credits to this year's poster to the admin: Mice+Maus Thank you for your magnificent work! 🦊❤🦔
ES URGENTE, CUALQUIER DONACIÓN ES BIENVENIDA. Nuestra Jerbo Perla está muy enfermita, cualquier aportación es MUCHO, ahora mismo. Muchísimas gracias por vuestra atención.
Please read the whole post before commenting. I’ve never made a public post like this before so bear with me if it seams long-winded.
Recently @hg-aneh has been bombarded with extremely upsetting comments since they confirmed that they do ship Crowley and Muriel.
First off, it is never okay to dog pile on someone who is not already in the wide scale public eye. Calling someone a pedophile because of fictional ships is never okay. Lashing out at someone is not going to help them see your point of view, it automatically puts them on the defense and no one makes any progress either way. If you see someone has commented the same thing you were going to say, don’t. It is a terrible feeling to see 100 notifications and know they will all be people tearing you apart.
Quelin Sepulveda is an adult. Muriel is canonically thousands of years old. They might find solace in Crowley, who I know would deeply care for them. Crowley is a character who fosters curiosity and wonder in other characters. Muriel has that inherently, and it is logical to assume that as Crowley is alone they would naturally come together in some way.
From Muriel’s perspective, Crowley is one of the first people to like them for simply being themselves. He is going to be their first constant in 6000 years that isn’t demeaning or critical. He will introduce them to earth and all the beautiful things within. (Just like he did with Aziraphale.) For the first time they will experience affection compassion; they will be important.
Crowley would have someone who needs and loves him. Muriel is also someone who isn’t critical and would see Crowley for who he really is. Muriel mirrors pre-fall Crowley in so many ways, it would be imposible for him not to care for them. They won’t shut him down like Aziraphale would, it would probably be easier to tell what they want.
Crowley also knows more about earth, heaven, and hell than any other being has except God and The Metatron. He understands the inherent traumas that heaven and hell inflict on everyone. He knows what’s coming. He knows what is at stake.
Throughout their life Muriel has only spoken to people once every 300 years. Yes they take records so they probably know some things, but only from Heaven’s point of view and without context. Most of those they do meet are unkind as they see Muriel as the lowest in their ranks. You can see how nervous they are when Saraqael brings them to speak to Uriel and Micheal about Gabriel’s matchbox. Muriel knows so little about earth that they have to be taught how to drink tea. They do not have any idea how to interact with anyone because they never got the chance to. During the season they are in an entirely new place with new people and they have no experience with any of it, so much so that they are easily manipulated twice. Once about Aziraphale and Crowley’s secret meeting, and again when Crowley gets them to “arrest” him. They don’t have enough experience to know that they even could be manipulated or abused. They think that everyone has their best interest at heart.
The knowledge gap between Crowley and Muriel’s is reminiscent of that of movies like Tron Legacy, Fifty First Dates, Fifth Element, the original Planet of the Apes, and Splash. If you have made it this far Pop Culture Detective does a great job at explaining it.
Muriel is definitely autism coded and autistic people are frequently infantilized, but most of us know basic things about the world. We haven’t been stuck in an empty room for thousands of years. It is common for those with immense trauma to find a romantic connection for the first person who was truly kind to them. That’s why doctors can’t date their patients, teachers can’t date their students, and therapist can’t date their clients. Muriel doesn’t even know what romance is or what it entails for them or Crowley. (Aziraphale has also been super autism coded this season so we don’t just have Muriel)
But that’s only the case for the current cannon. It’s okay to retcon things in your own works, to go through different scenarios with characters that would allow them to interact differently. It’s okay to wonder about different characters and see them as a couple. It’s always important to take a step back to see the whole picture before commenting on something like this. I love the Good Omens fandom, it has allowed me to be myself and meet new people. I don’t want this fandom to become a toxic place. We already have to deal with homophobia and transphobia bearing down on us from the outside. We just want to make and experience art together.
Thank you so much for reading through all of this, it is really important that we support each other right now and I hope that everybody, especially @hg-aneh is doing well (I can’t imagine how exhausting this whole ordeal has been). If this conversation does continue please do so from a place of respect. If you wish to bring anything else to my attention, please do so. I am always looking to learn more and I am always open to different ideas and ways of thinking.
Keep being beautiful beautiful humans, and take care of each other.
will you ever come back, or is this an indefinite hiatus/straight up dipping?
i don't know
all the i miss yous are making me want to come back but ik i would just be terrified and motionless as soon as i do
Vent-ish Rant downstairs
CW: Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Suicide, Ableism, Harassment, Bullying, all the important words except for murder basically
i want to fix things in private with the people who hurt me so things can be okay and I don't out them for being wieners
but i also want everyone to know who hurt me, yet I'm aware it's not the right choice to make. social media outrage barely leads to anything, specially where minors are concerned
hell,now that i think about it, considering the fact that they genuinely don't believe people older than them are allowed to have feelings, I don't even think talking would be the right move
it's scary, its fucking scary
fuck. the whole thing started with a person mocking the way i spoke about crowley telling me to stop babying him because i was a legal adult and shouldn't be speaking like that
i had just turned 18 and the person was only a year younger than me
like when it's gone to that point and shit is that fucked up, what can one person even do
i remember i laughed about it back then but truth be told, every single little thing I've been told and that I've listened to coming from the people who hurt me has fucking destroyed me as a person
I looked at my older Discord messages, from before this whole mess started. I was so fucking happy and shameless with my joy, now look at my sorry ass
i just.
it's crazy that i have to go around masking in social media of all places because there are people that take such offense to me being cringe that they legitimately turn into high school mean girls
it's crazy that there are people who claim I'm something i am not because they want to make me look bad in the eyes of their little circlejerking friend groups so they can feel like the hero of the story
it's crazy that empathy goes completely out of the window when an account is big, that people don't see human beings as human beings when they're behind a screen
"just log off lol" i am a lonely shut in motherfucker due to my autism (that, surprise surprise, hinders my ability to socialize), you do not understand what you're asking of me, specially while being in this country and at this point in time where I'm actively craving to kick the metaphorical bucket, at daily risk of doing so, and what basically is house arrest for my own safety and well being
(aka, avoiding to physically yeet myself into upcoming traffic or buying something to actually seal the deal)
thus far I've been accused of antisemitism, pedophilia, being too self-centered (which. bro, the reason why i talk about myself is because it's the one thing i can comment on without being scared of some random person coming to tell me "NuH uH" about it out of nowhere or worse, having their feelings hurt because I don't agree with them 100%), proshipper (which, to those people, the word implies wonderful labels such as "incest apologist" "pedophile" (again) "abuse endorser" among other things) ((sidenote, I'm on neither side on that particular discourse. my friends from both sides know this. I would elaborate on my stance if this wasn't already long enough, but it is, so I'm leaving it at an "I don't care, you do you, but please leave me out of it")), being... mean... because i blocked someone...? (this one is just. that's how the second wave of hate started btw. yeah, because i blocked someone. holy fuck), and there's probably a handful of other things I haven't seen yet. fuck it, there's probably someone out there calling me a zoophile because of my catboy au
My friends who I will not name because I don't want the high school mean girls crusade to get to them, have helped me stash out evidence for all of the accusations and bullying.
fuck, they were the ones who let me know about it on the first place, both actions for which i am eternally thankful for because it means I can defend myself properly should the occasion arise (dios no quiera)
I've already had to make a post on Xitter responding to the antisemitism and pedophilia claims, in which, for the latter, i had to reveal extremely personal information for the people who started this to give me respite if only for a while
and. ugh
What I'm trying to get at with all of this is. it's. coming back is scary. i want to but at the same time I don't think I can take this shit anymore
I wish I had people defending me like this when the harassment started because I'm a spineless little bitch who'd rather talk things out and at least be neutral with people than clap back and tell them to stop being stinky
but what's done is done and now i just gotta figure out how to fix my head before i do something stupid
this is not the full story obviously, I'm cutting off certain details as well as more personal depression stuff to not make this bible longer than it already is
fuck
TLDR: I need a hug, idk if I'm coming back, I probably will cuz I can't say no to people, and some teenagers are horrible
No se me da muy bien el inglés aunque lo intento, pero para expresar mis sentimientos prefiero mi lengua natal, me fluye mejor.
Aneh, lo que te ha pasado y te pasa es terrible. No deberías estar expueste a este odio, de ninguna manera. Alguna vez hemos interactuado en FB y Twitter, y has contado cosas personales durísimas. Yo también fui víctima sexual en mi tierna infancia, así que empatizo con lo que estás pasando. Que te acusen de estas cosas tan graves es desde luego falta total de empatía, desconocimiento y de humanidad bestial. Y además de capacitista y racista y cosas peores, es de no conocerte en lo absoluto o no importarles nada. Por supuesto que tus emociones y sentir son totalmente válidos, aunque es lógico que pienses en auto desvivirte, esa gente no lo vale. Tú vales mucho más, tu vida vale muchísimo más que todo lo que esos "adolescentes ineptos"(por no poner calificativos peores), son capaces de entender ni ver. No se merecen en absoluto tu atención, pero también he vivido muchas funas a lo largo de mi vida, y siempre las sufre quien menos lo merece. Pero quiero que sepas que no estás sole. Aquí estamos mucha gente, entre ella mi pareja y yo, que te queremos bien aunque no seamos íntimas amistades (podemos ser amistades si así lo quieres, por nosotres no hay problema, ya te lo consideramos), estamos a tu lado y vamos a pelear por ti.
Tómate el descanso que necesites, esperamos volver a verte cuando estés mejor. Toma terapia si lo necesitas (estudié la carrera de psicología, así que no podría juzgar a nadie por ello, al revés, lo recomiendo mucho cuando una persona no puede salir del hoyo por si misma), y nunca te sientas culpable ni mal por quien eres o lo que haces. No haces daño a nadie, eres una bellísima persona, que no se merece ningún acoso ni amenaza de ningún tipo. Tú vales más. Y esa gente no tiene poder sobre ti. Esa gente se aprovecha de tu fama, pero no son nadie. Tú eres una estrella muy brillante. Y esa gente vive opacada, pero es SU problema. No el tuyo. Nunca permitas que nadie apague tu luz. Toda la gente que te queremos, estamos orgulloses de ti y de todo lo que has logrado. Y sobre todo, de lo bellísima persona que eres. Ya te lo comenté en tu ask, pero reitero, mis DM están abiertos por si necesitas que alguien te escuche. Y todos los abrazos del mundo que necesites hasta que puedas sentirte mejor. Nunca ningune artista me ha hecho sonreír tanto como tú lo haces. A mí y a muchísima gente. Siente orgullo de lo que estás logrando, porque es algo maravilloso. Tengo más de 30 años y eres mi fuente de inspiración para seguir dibujando y aprendiendo. Imagina lo que has logrado con gente que ni apenas conoces. Eres GRANDE. Increíble. "YOU ARE GEORGEOUS!" 🥰
Así que descansa, hasta que tu corazón alivie las penas, y siéntete libre de volver(o no, pero mantente a salvo y con vida), cuando así lo consideres.
Perdón por haber llegado tarde a cuando todo esto explotó. También sufro de depresión entre otras cosas, y ayer y anteayer me lo pasé durmiendo recuperando fuerzas. Pero reitero, pide ayuda si lo necesitas. Etiquétame si lo consideras oportuno. No toleraré más hate. De nuevo muchos abrazos y esperando lo mejor para tu salud mental.
I got a laptop with Windows 11 for an IT course so I can get certified, and doing the first time device set-up for it made me want to commit unspeakable violence
Windows 11 should not exist, no one should use it for any reason, it puts ads in the file explorer and has made it so file searches are also web searches and this cannot be turned off except through registry editing. Whoever is responsible for those decisions should be killed, full stop.
u r absolutely right I have SO many complaints about Windows omg.
For anyone who'd like to follow along, I'm gonna share how to get around those things with group policies bc they're more user friendly and descriptive than registry editor imo :3 I'll also show how to get around needing a Microsoft account to get setup.
For the Device Setup
"OOBE" stands for Out Of Box Experience which is what that setup workflow is. But it also happens to be a folder with a little program in it that'll let you skip connecting to the internet; this makes it so you don't have to sign up with a Microsoft account and can just use a normal local one instead. And it already comes preinstalled! Here's how you get to it:
Hold Shift + F10, or Shift + Fn + F10 depending on your keyboard.
Click inside the window that pops up, type the following and press enter afterwards to run it: OOBE\BypassNRO
I believe it should restart your computer automatically, but if not then restart your computer or type: shutdown /r /t 0 /f
Now when you're brought back to the setup workflow, the page where you connect to the internet will have a new button on it that lets you say you don't have internet. Clicking that and proceeding through the rest of the setup lets you get around the Microsoft account thing.
Group Policies
You don't have to know much about them, these are just a bunch of specific settings for what your computer can or can't do that lets you decide how it works in different ways.
I'm gonna show you how to turn off the recommendations and internet stuff basically. For now bring up search and type gpedit, pick this
It'll open up to Local Group Policy Editor and we can get started :3c
Start Recommendations
In the side menu, go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar. Click on Settings to sort them with all the "Turn off" ones bumped to the top.
Here's what you should set:
Turn off user tracking: enabled
Turn off feature advertisement balloon notifications: enabled
Remove Recommended section from Start Menu: enabled
Remove Personalized Website Recommendations from the Recommended section in the Start Menu: enabled
Do not search Internet: enabled
Windows Spotlight
Back in the side menu, go down to Windows Components > Cloud Content
Turn off all Windows spotlight features: enabled
Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences: enabled
Cortana
In the side menu, this one's back at the top under Computer Configuration. You're gonna want to go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search
Allow Cortana: disabled
Don't search the web or display web results in Search: enabled
News and Interests
In the side menu go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > News and interests.
Enable news and interests on the taskbar: disabled
Microsoft Account Login Nudges
When you don't use a Microsoft account they'll nudge you repeatedly to sign in so you can "get the most out of your experience" *gag*. The group policy for turning that off has a note that suggests it might not work with Windows 11 though (implicitly), so you can close the group policy editor window now and for this last one let's just open up the regular settings.
Go to System > Notifications > Additional settings, then uncheck all the boxes. And there ya go! (✿◠‿◠)ﾉ u are done.
Group policies are kind of a rabbit hole so while there is a lot more you could change or read into, for your own sanity's sake I would advise against it and say call it a day lol
I have a thought that I would like to ask, we know that the second season was a bridge for the third, and most of the fandom already knows the ending it had (really great actually <3)
But why a kiss? I mean, I loved it and I was very emotional when it happened, but why? A particular reason?
Because nobody could argue with the kiss having happened. It definitely happened and we are now in a world in which it happened.
If it hadn't happened the story would have been different and it would have affected people watching it differently.
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