I made the irises and pupils of Dandelions eyes look weird but they're intentional I promise.
The heart as Dandelion's pupils represents her love for her family.
The squares are my very simplified drawings of a hydraulic press.
So the idea is simple heart in hydraulic press and there, a meaningful thing about my characters that barely anybody will know about unless I talk about it.
But I'll go more in depth.
Despite all the pressure put, boundaries crossed, and problems that have been overblown, when it comes to Dandelion she still would say she loves her family, mostly due to the fact that Calathea exists.
No cracks on that heart at all, but after that argument with Calathea and being in the mansion long enough to think about it, she's starting to question her love for her twin in general if it was real or not..
Anyways let's go over to Calathea.
I want to get your attention on this cute sneak peek i made of her a while ago.
The heart is clearly cracked
Now that doesn't mean her love for her family is just gone like that.
If the heart in the eyes is cracked it means they are truly questioning whether they do love their family or were loved by their family in the first place.
Now I will repeat that Calathea is treated a lot worse than her sister.
(As if I didn't make it obvious in Lily's introduction. )
But Dandelion immediately disappearing after the argument really started making her feel a lot more conflicted and confused.
Whether her twin thinks of her as so annoying she would just leave, or that shes so dumb that she probably couldn't see that her side in the argument was stupid, like it always is no matter the situation.
If it's always her fault than she can't see why it isn't her fault also if Dandelion decides to never come back.
i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users
I admit I'm gay because I'm attracted to male fiction characters *(although I think that I could be pansexual, but I know that happens MORE often with men).
I'm also aroace and demisexual *(last, from the only time I've ever been in love with someone).
Although I haven't come out the closet in real life... I'm non-binary and use they/it/he *(I'm also comfortable with masculine terms! :)
Happy Pride Month to everyone!!! Don't be afraid to show who you are!!! :D
@belovedwareh @milo-blues @ojwolfy @bichocanibal @t3t0p0w3r @sneolover @starberry64 @mageofcolors @littlelaurendraws @sillyclovess + everyone who wants to join!
i’m asexual and a lesbian!! sex gross ew men gross ew (both are less of an “ew” and more of a “the thought of sex and/or being in a relationship with a man makes me deeply deeply uncomfortable”)
i’m girlflux and currently prefer they/them. right now i’d say like,,, 65% nonbinary 35% girl. it’s probably a lot more complicated than that but percentage is the easiest way for me to understand it
yay! we are, as far as a "collective identity" can reach, voidpunk, nonbinary and transmasculine, aromantic, pan- and demisexual/greysexual (still figuring this one out). collectively we go by it/eye/they :D
tagging @roki-roki-roll @whatlizardry @impromptu-lizard-surgery @aroflowey @reflingthefox @thekinginyellowmalevolent @autkastandtheirshitposting @trinkets-bog-domain all /np of course + anyone who sees it can feel free to hop on :)
I personally prefer not to label myself as anything / I'm ungendered and let the world do its thing when it comes to sexuality. I use any and all pronouns (most people use she/it)!!!
Happy Pride month!
@cantchooseafav maybe reply to this one instead O-o? @puppyboybarkovitch @thund3rnrain (if you want to)
Me: *Removes my cat from my lap to do something else.*
My cat: Father is...evil? Father is unyielding? Father is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore the world as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household.
I am so incredibly glad we finally moved on from "i can has". Cats are clearly smart enough for advanced sentence structure and dumb enough to draw entirely incorrect conclusions about what they're talking about.
My cat, banging the cabnet door over and over and over: bang bang bang
Me: you will not earn what you desire by banging the cabinet door.
My cat: This is a test of wills, is it not? We shall see if your ability to put up with my incessant banging outlasts my eternal lust for snackie treats. Years of conditioning have hardened me for this purpose. bang bang bang
Me: ksst!
My cat, throwing herself to the ground like she's been shot: Oh! Oh I have been assailed in my own home! Have mercy, have pity! Surely in the cruel darkness of your heart there is some mote of goodness that might stay your hand! Do not strike me, I pray you!
Me: ok
My cat, after waiting about 3 minutes: bang bang bang
So this cat isn’t sleeping badly. In fact, this cat is such a deep in sleep that it’s sleep cycle is probably never disturbed because: It’s probably completely deaf.
65-85% of all white, blue-eyed cats are likely to be partially deaf, or fully deaf. Does that make them ugly sleepers?
roald dahl was antisemitic and misogynistic. george orwell was openly homophobic. edgar allan poe married his 13 year old cousin. dr seuss cheated on his wife (and was racist as well as antisemitic!). hp lovecraft was racist as fuck.
anyways they’re fucking dead it’s not like you’re enabling their behaviors in the afterlife or something. then again I think they bleed into the books so uh keep an eye out for that
the difference between these old white guys and jk rowling is that the former group is all dead. jk rowling is alive and using your money to oppress trans people
Several AI services (chatbots ) are purposely addictive, the same way people can become addicted to gambling or shopping. We’ve literally seen in real time how ChatGPT has caused psychosis and delusions in people; it can have a huge affect on someones’s mental stability. Just because it isn’t substance-based doesn’t mean that doesn’t count as an addiction, and shaming people who are trying to move on and improve themselves is counterproductive. Im proud of that dude and his 4 month mark!
Then I'll mention the predatory chatbots who do it on purpose! Character.ai is one of many AI chatbot websites that're designed to be addictive.
None of the signup methods require a password. It only takes email and birthday. Minimizing time on the signin or signup screen makes it harder for people quitting to avoid relapse.
"Characters" on the website will send messages "on their own" (prompted by the site) to try to invite inactive users back after as soon as 1 day of inactivity. This is likely to force FOMO, or make users feel more like they owe the bots a response. Unhealthy attachment stuff.
Account deletion is an essential part of every service that should go smoothly, right? Right? Wrong. It takes 1-2 weeks for a Character AI account deletion to be finalized, and account deletion requests have a high chance to not go through if you're not using the app.
Rephrasing: People leaving Character.AI are pushed to download the app in order to delete their accounts, if they haven't already. This makes it harder for people to quit and stay gone. Failing to quit an addiction makes it harder to quit successfully in the future, so this feels like a feature, not a bug.
On top of that, the delete account menu reads like this:
Tell me THAT doesn't sound like a bad ex. It's a carefully crafted yet hostile environment to those who are already addicted to the technology. I am so so SO happy, downright delighted that they've managed to quit, and I wish the best for others in recovery spaces or considering quitting as well!! While AI addiction is an emerging condition, there are already therapists and other mental health professionals trained to help people plan to quit and do so a bit easier.
(If anyone seeing this is in need of them, there are several tumblr Communities here devoted to quitting, too. They provide a mix of advice, venting spaces, and proof that you aren't alone.)
As someone who did end up going into a form of fucking religious psychosis at 16 with the influence of character.AI, I second this. It’s taken me up until about a year ago to recover, and had completely fucked with how I viewed pop-culture spirits and my own personal practices.
I have fortunately, somewhat, recovered easier than most. However, I am still aware that there are some who do not have it as easy in terms of recovery as I did, or have as healthy of a support system / distractions to aid that journey.
If anyone is still dealing with AI addiction, or recovering from psychosis induced by AI, please be aware that you’re not alone, and recovering from psychosis is possible. Just try and restart from the beginning of your base knowledge, and continue forward from there one step at a time.
I have full faith that you will recover, no matter how long or messy it takes you.
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