hello, welcome to this mess i call my mind! you can call me either silent or rebel! :3
things you will find on here: tmnt (mainly rise (mainly donnie from rise)), some short things about my ocs that tell you almost nothing about them, a bunch of random drawings and writings for.. random things, jumping from hyperfixation to hyperfixation, not a single coherent thought in sight
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AO3: littlesilentrebel
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art tag: #silent drawings / #silent art
writing tag: #silent writings
shitpost tag: #silent shitposting
poll tag: #silent polls
fic tag: #silent fics
not my art tag: #nom nom mf
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my rottmnt aus (i do not have much for them yet-):
cracked rainbow -masterpost-
shredded au -masterpost-
powerswap au -masterpost-
accidental draxdad au -masterpost-
come back to us au -masterpost-
my pjo aus:
13+ reasons why posideon should (not) have adopted thalia grace -masterpost-
Hello nonblack peers! I've created this post to outline what you should and shouldn't do while interacting with this blog, as it is geared towards a Black userbase. Of course, i do not mind nonblack users following me or interacting with my posts, thats honestly unavoidable, but i wanted to lay out what exactly id prefer you do as a nonblack user interacting with a Black focused space, as we are not really the majority here.
If you dislike that this is a space focused on Blackness you do not have to be here. Please know i am not afraid to step in or call things out should i see them. This post will be pinned in polls and my pinned post from now on.
✅️ Fine, go ahead
Reblog posts.
Vote, comment, on Black characters characters vs polls.
Send in Black ocs\characters for design polls and characters vs polls.
Interact with design and representation polls
If you are a nonblack artist who draws Black characters well, and you have drawing advice for another nonblack user, i do not mind you giving tips or resources, but PLEASE dont overstep and act like you know more\better than Black artists.
❌️ Please don't do
Give your opinion as a nonblack person about Black representation: look i think its great if you can recognize good or bad representation in a piece of media, but please dont reblog or comment with how you personally feel the given Black representation is within the media we dicuss, its just not your place to say. Unfortunately, this is tumblr, I'll have to deal with it regardless but I'd like to minimize my comment sections becoming full of the voices of predominantly nonblack users. I don't mind you asking questions and generally interacting with them, but please be respectful and mindful of what you say.
Do not comment on posts about how x character "isn't Black" for lack of being human, completely unnecessary.
I will not be adding poll options for "see results" or "nonblack", please don't ask this. You will have to be patient and wait for the poll to end.
Do NOT tag posts containing the n word said by Black users from my blog with #cw slur or something, like please.
My blog, comment sections, asks, dms, or reblog tags are NOT CONFESSIONALS. Please don't dump about your racist past, family members or friends, how you used to say racial slurs, self deprecate\tear yourself down, put me and other black users on pedestals or pat yourself on the back for being "antiracist", i don't want to see that, WE dont want to see that, its not necessary or appropriate.
Please dont tag or comment about how white you are, just reblog the post or say something normal, its not funny.
There's a lot else i could say, but generally be mindful and respectful and understanding of who this blog caters towards. This list my be subject to change in the future, but please be mindful of these guidelines.
Listen, kids, don't let transphobia seep into your ideology just because it's being sold to you as activism! Here's a little list to protect you from adopting transphobic beliefs:
-- There is never a good reason to mock someone's gender identity and/or pronouns! Criticize people on their actions, not their identity.
-- "Transfeminism" encapsulates the issues of all trans people, as studied through a feminist lens. There is no way to exclude a whole group of trans people from transfeminism without being transphobic. Anyone who tells you transfeminism is exclusive to one type of trans person is lying to you and possibly themselves.
-- Trans people speaking about their bodies and how those bodies are affected under a patriarchal system are never misgendering themselves.
-- Body parts =/= gender! That's bioessentialism and will always be transphobic and intersexist.
-- No gender identity can be reduced down to one stereotype or one personality type. That's gender essentialism, which will never not be transphobic (and misogynistic, while we're at it).
-- Don't take people who weaponize transphobia against people they don't like as authorities on transfeminism. There is no amount of bad behavior that deserves to be met with transphobia.
my other favorite bit is being asked if i want food and saying no then later when the food is done going “what 😟 where’s mine? ☹️” <- my family HATES this one which makes it funnier
🍖 How to Build a Culture Without Just Inventing Spices and Necklaces
(a worldbuilding roast. with love.)
So. You’re building a fantasy world, and you’ve just invented:
→ Three types of ceremonial jewelry
→ A spice that tastes like cinnamon if it were bitter and cursed
→ A holiday where everyone wears gold and screams at dawn
Cute. But that’s not culture. That’s aesthetics.
And if your worldbuilding is all outfits, dances, and spice blends with vaguely mystical names, your story’s probably going to feel like a cosplay convention held inside a Pinterest board.
Here’s how to fix that—aka: how to build a real, functioning culture that shapes your story, not just its vibes.
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🔗 Culture Is Built on Power, Not Just Style
Ask yourself:
→ Who’s in charge, and why?
→ Who has land? Who doesn’t?
→ What’s considered taboo, sacred, or punishable by death?
Culture is shaped by who gets to make the rules and who gets crushed by them. That’s where things like religion, family structure, class divisions, gender roles, and social expectations actually come from.
Start there. Not at the embroidery.
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2.🪓 Culture Comes From Conflict
Did this society evolve peacefully? Was it colonized? Did it colonize? Was it rebuilt after a war? Is it still in one?
→ What was destroyed and mythologized?
→ What do the survivors still whisper about?
→ What do children get taught in school that’s… suspiciously sanitized?
No culture is neutral. Every tradition has a history, and that history should taste like blood, loss, or propaganda.
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3.🧠 Belief Systems > Customs Lists
Sure, rituals and holidays are cool. But what do people believe about:
→ Death?
→ Love?
→ Time?
→ The natural world?
→ Justice?
Example: A society that believes time is cyclical vs. one that sees time as linear will approach everything—from prison sentences to grief—completely differently.
You don’t need to invent 80 gods. You need to know what those gods mean to the people who pray to them.
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4.🫀 Culture Controls Behavior (Quietly)
Culture shows up in:
→ What people apologize for
→ What insults cut deepest
→ What people are embarrassed about
→ What’s praised publicly vs. what’s hidden privately
For instance:
→ A culture obsessed with stoicism won’t say “I love you.” They’ll say “Have you eaten?”
→ A culture built on legacy might prioritize ancestor veneration, archival writing, name inheritance.
This stuff? Way more immersive than giving everyone matching earrings.
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5. 🏠 Culture = Daily Life, Not Just Festivals
Sure, your MC might attend a funeral where people paint their faces blue. But what about:
→ Breakfast routines?
→ How people greet each other on the street?
→ Who cooks, and who eats first?
→ What’s considered “clean” or “proper”?
→ How is parenting handled? Divorce?
Culture is what happens between plot points. It should shape your character’s assumptions, language, fears, and habits—whether or not a festival is going on.
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6. 💬 Let Your Characters Disagree With Their Own Culture
A culture isn’t a monolith.
Even in deeply traditional societies, people:
→ Rebel
→ Question
→ Break rules
→ Misinterpret laws
→ Mock sacred things
→ Act hypocritically
→ Weaponize or resist what’s expected
Let your characters wrestle with the culture around them. That’s where realism (and tension) lives.
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7.🧼 Beware the “Pretty = Good” Trap
Worldbuilding gets boring fast when:
→ The protagonist’s homeland is beautiful and pure
→ The enemy’s culture is dark and “barbaric”
→ Every detail just reinforces who the reader should like
You can—and should—challenge the aesthetic hierarchy.
→ Let ugly things be beloved.
→ Let beautiful things be corrupt.
→ Let your MC romanticize their culture and then get disillusioned by it later.
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📍 TL;DR (but like, spicy):
→ Culture is not food and jewelry.
→ Culture is power, fear, memory, contradiction.
→ Stop inventing spices until you know who starved last winter.
→ Let your world feel lived in, not curated.
The best cultural worldbuilding doesn’t look like a list.
It feels like a system. A pressure. A presence your characters can’t escape—even if they try.
Now go. Build something real. (You can add spices later.)
—rin t.
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idk i think you should make this character's heterosexuality relevant to the narrative. i mean why are they cis if it's not servicing the plot. you can't just throw story elements in for no reason if you're gonna make an able bodied character it should really serve a purpose. like why are they white are you just trying to fill a checklist? :/
i understand why writers keep their alien worldbuilding relatively simple for story practicality reasons but its always a lil funny to me when a sci-fi series is like "this alien species is a culture of bounty hunting warriors" like damn all of them? the whole planet? a whole planet-scale society built on bounty hunting? that seems highly impractical but i'll believe it for you bestie.
It's unhinged to assume that someone's taste in fiction equates to what they believe is moral or good, or is something they want to see or experience in real life.
That is a bonkers assumption to make.
I'm tired of humoring people with long arguments about it when the simple fact is it is a totally fucking absurd reach to accuse someone who enjoys something in fiction of being in favor of it in real life.
I'm tired of pretending like this is a legitimate position to hold-- that they should be afraid of fiction's dire influence on a reader's moral decay or that it's a sign of what the author secretly wants for realsies in real life.
tumblr blaze is such a funny feature. every blazed post ive ever seen has replies full of people cursing op out for forcing them to see it. for a small fee you too can invite strangers to be mad at you. pay money to be publicly shamed for your x reader fic. incredible.
a moment of silence for my roommate who has to endure me doing linguistics homework. out loud. making sounds with parts of my mouth and throat I didn’t even realise I could use to make sounds. repeatedly and with passion
BTW today I met a person who's at least 50, uses they/it pronouns, and named themself Wyvern. It looks like if Santa was a biker and it plays D&D at the local library. Just a reminder that you can do whatever you want, forever.
