irondad - relax about it

here's where I obsess over marvel / groundbreaking IRONDAD / oh and I write /.

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PSA (pulls up chair captain american style)

since i've been away from tumblr and aO3 for so long,,, i just thought i'm back now so why not do what i do best and give an extrememly heartwarming PSA

this first one here is for the youth

in case you've been reading my little stories and thinking,,, "IT'S OKAY TO DRINK ALCOHOL AND SMOKE WEEDS BECAUSE IT WAS IN A HAILINGSTARS STORY" from now on i will put putting a disclaimer in the A/N SECTION of my little stories. the things you're reading about are for fictional purposes only. if you think you need to climb up onto a house and destory christmas decorations, THINK AGAIN. reading purposes only. thanks.

on a more serious note, if you've ever done these things and have had an adult in your life ask you to lay across their lap while they smack your ass, please go ask someone for help. there are resources for you. go to a local church (preferrably a larger church with a credible reputution), your school guidnace counselor, CPS, or the local police department. there are infinite resources available to help you understand that this isn't normal.

and now this is a very special PSA for three very special "irondad" writers (one of which pretended to be 4 separate people) please stop. understand that i've been aware of what you've been saying about me this entire time. i might not have always known WHO and who would be able to guess with so many personalities and maybe that was the point. nobody is obliged to read your stories. nobody is obliged to comment or like your stories. nobody owes you anything because you created an A03 account and started posting. one of you told the producers of catfish that someone "like me" had "no right" to have "that many views" and a story like Mask had no place on Archive of Our Own. A story like Mask... the three of you (and your other personalities) have been accusing me of plagiarism since i posted on my first mcu fic.

so let's break this down. A story like Mask.

someone "like me" can't understand why the 3 of you need to post stories that center around Tony Stark using the Iron Man guantlet to smack a teenage child on his bare ass... is this what you meant? someone "like me" still doesn't 'understand why you believe anything in Mask was taken from anyone of your stories, because nothing was. someone "like me" is very tired of people generalizing me, and others, and most of this fandom who thinks content like this and worse (diapers...?) is cringey and weird and promotes abuse and shows exactly how much you hate teenagers, specifically.

someone "like me" really doesn't understand why you, your multiple alias and personas, and the other 2 are entitled to the likes and clicks of strangers on the internet. you softblocked my story. you made my name HAILINGSTARS impossible to search on ao3. you went back and edited my stories and riddled them with typos. this is a cease and desist. you told my psychologists and Nev and Max it was because I didn't have any right to post this kind of content on ao3. again, we're talking about the story Mask.

A STORY LIKE MASK.

think about what you are saying, please. this is my original content ( as original as it can be while being fit). it isn't a dead may trope. it isn't even a hydra trope. it barely relies on irondad tropes at all. however, if someone were to write any of one of those tropes, they aren't copying you. STOP. roll around in the grass outside and please log off. stop telling people i'm promoting underage drinking because Peter doesn't get his ass beat when I write a story with this tag. stop spreading lies about me all over the internet because you're mad your stories don't actually get that many views.

code another view and comment bot i dare you

so you see everyone,,, i can do is heartwarming PSAs. thank you so much for reading them (my fics btw) and being so kind in the comment section on ao3... for the first few months on ao3 i couldn't even read them, but i can now

i hope to see you all soon (and as I understand I really did at the library just a few days ago. appreciate you.) <3 <3 <3 !!!! *****

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to the irondad fandom

i have been away for what seems like many yrs,,, there are some stories you've been hearing about me that are wildly untrue,,, please consider the source... you might be seeing all these "many people" on catfish one day, only time will tell, but let me tell you i've missed trolling the supernatural fandom and bethany/tempestaruroa/ciaccona/lhopeless_hope/losingmymindtonight along with some v special people from the supernatural community

generalizing individuals is BAD. just remember it isn't all supernatural fans,,, but "they" were all toxic supernatural fans

i had a group of spn fans on a very special discord trolling me and hacking into my computer and of my employer since the v moment posted on ao3...

it has been a wild ride and if you were in the groupchat (you know the one) just know im laughing now (even more so) just like i was laughing the entire time

that is when i wasn't sobbing over tony stark's death lmao

you were all catfished, the whole Irondad fandom, by one person sitting in her parents house on east coast called bethany. this INDIVIDUAL used a combination of AI created content, voices, and images and even at some points had conversations with some of you using an AI picture filter to make her act exteremly believable. she/her had multiple accounts. the most popular ones are the ones listed above.

she, just one person, view botted, comment botted and had converations with herself and fellow superntural trolls in the comments of "her" stories.

i'm sorry if you tricked by her. i wasn't. that's why i was being targeted.

for the past few yrs the irondad community was actually invaded by youtubers Sarah Z, Jenny Nicholson, Lindsey Ellis, and StrangeAeons as well as Max and Nev from catfish and producers from the H3H3 podcast. if you think this sounds insane, trust me, i get it. it is insane. we all agree. but it is true. and i'm a real person, and i have been this entire time.

i didn't know any of this was happening either. so congratulations to us for making it to the end. i've missed all of you. i've missed the fandom. i'm just waiting to go back to my original timeline.

pls stay tuned for a very special video that will be posted on lindsey ellis' youtube channel starring everyone listed (except bethany, who this yr, came to my city and tried to show up at my address, that she's known since i first posted masks, she's still hiding) rip tempestaurora rip ciacconna rip hopeless_hope rip losingmymindtonight they're all the same. think about it.

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i wonder what it would be like to be 4 people all at once... do you have conversations with yourself... are we all just wearing masks

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lmao supernatural

[shadowqueendiangelo]

Everyone can say whatever they want about the ATLA live action but it was worth it for Ep 6 alone. I could write an essay on that episode and what they managed to do with it except I can’t because I will start crying.

That scene at the end alone??? Every one of Zuko’s crew bowing to him in respect, feeling gratitude and honor to serve him and the emotions hitting Zuko, who has needed this for three years, as he walks to his room???

I am in fucking tears.

[evelynmlewis]

Well written fiction is by definition going to be edgy and problematic but not for the reasons you think; it's because in order to present a compelling argument for or against something you also have to present a case for the other side. If you're willing to strawman the opposing case the book will not be very good

[evelynmlewis]

Lord of the Rings wouldn't be half as compelling if the book didn't make a pretty good case for why their task was impossible and it seems reasonable to surrender.

The Hunger Games wouldn't be half as compelling if you didnt see how effective the Capitol's tactics were in action. And if there wasn't at least some (manufactured) evidence for their worldview of people being these chaotic brutes that need authoritarian control.

I could name a million more examples but you also know that the most compelling villains are the ones who had a pretty good point.

The only danger comes when the narrative fails to properly refute them, of course. They have to be compelling, but they do have to be wrong.

[fluencca]

Danger? In literature? I respectfully posit that you're in the wrong field of study if you're looking for the narrative to do your moral heavy lifting. The (implied) author doesn't owe your sense of morality anything, nothing at all.

If you think the antagonist is wrong, but the narrative doesn't refute them properly, it just makes for a more interesting read. It means you have to prove them wrong, without the aid of an authorial mouthpiece feeding you lines.

If the Hunger Games had ended with an inversion of the Games, where now citizens of the Capitol are forced to play for the entertainment of the Districts with Katniss rubbing her hands gleefully at the prospect—that wouldn't be dangerous. That would be a statement, and I'd hope that readers would have the maturity to see that an inversion of injustice isn't justice. Collins doesn't have to spell it out.

[i-will-write]

[calsvoid]

irondad is just reverse nepotism you like your employee so much you make him your son

[the-bluespirit]

[rylandsgrace]

Time… Time is a funny thing. The past… the future… It all gets mixed up. There's only one way to keep it straight. Always remember who you are.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

[the-bluespirit]

[patovpran]

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[petimetrek]

I did a marathon yesterday and watched all 8 ep of Avatar.

I think it was fun, the original is obviously 8926583756 times better but it wasn't as bad as some people say it was.

It's just as I expected: some weird CGI, a little bit of cringyness, weird cuts and mixes of the plot, and the characters sometimes are a bit off... but in general, I enjoyed it.

If they do a second season I'll totally watch it.

/also Iroh and Zuko made me cry like 3 times.

[ilikebothcazimbi]

THE CABBAGE MAN 🥬

The Legend

[the-bluespirit]

[the-overanalyst]

it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

[the-bluespirit]

Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile tiny shells Drifting in the foam

Little soldier boy Come marching home Brave soldier boy Come marching home

Ash in the snow Falling so slow Like fragile broken hearts with no place to go

Little soldier boy Taken from home Forced to fight a war That was not his own

Little soldier boy Cold and alone Brave soldier boy Never made it home

Leaves from the vine Changing so slow Like empty fallen souls Looking for a home

Little soldier boy Thought he could soar Brave soldier boy Fallen in the war

My little soldier boy I need you home Brave soldier boy Come marching home