Mel the Writer (#BLM)

38. She/They. NJ. Married. Disabled. Hellenic polytheist. Bi as hell. Out of fucks to give. I wrote a book, I'm on AO3 and I have a website. I have a Gumroad shop, which includes all the books and music I've created. You can also help me out by buying me a coffee.

[melissatreglia]

TBH, I think that’s the last nudge I needed to leave Tumblr behind. Something that’s been building since the staff pushed out NSFW artists in 2018, and was crystallized when they wrongfully terminated my account in 2019 (which had taken me more than two months to get back).

I’ve been saying it for awhile that I’m moving the posts I want to keep over to my old Dreamwidth account (which has been standing since my LiveJournal years). But now it’s legit. Once the drafting of Griffin’s Kin is done, I will continue to move my old posts over to DW. For however long it takes, until it is done.

I ain’t got time for nonsense, and I just wanna blog things and have people that actually like what I do/write respond. Whether in anonymous comments, or what-have-you. I’m not here for internet shouting matches.

Like my bio says, I’m out of fucks to give. I ran out of them a long time ago.

My DW profile, if you want to follow me once I’ve moved everything there: 

https://melissatreglia.dreamwidth.org/profile

[bananonbinary]

i will never forgive the internet for what it did to the word “mansplain”

[bananonbinary]

mansplaining is a very specific phenomonon wherein a man who is NOT qualified to talk about a topic assumes he knows better than other people who ARE qualified, purely because of sexism.

sharing a fun fact you learned isnt mansplaining. infodumping isnt mansplaining. adding your relevant personal experience to a discussion isn’t mansplaining, (as long as you remain respectful of others’ experiences as well, but that’s always true). correcting someone who is objectively wrong and spreading misinformation REALLY isn’t mansplaining.

stop telling men that all of their interests and attempts at socializing are insulting and unwanted, your gender essentialism is showing.

[theconcealedweapon]

[xmagnet-o]

Yeah don’t do this.

[afronerdism]

Reblog if you have the mental illness and have never stormed the US Capitol in attempt to subvert democracy

[positively--speculative]

Didn't I say this was going to happen?!?!?!

[schizocassandraoftroy]

Honestly I wish people with neurological disorders and mental illness talking to themselves was more normalized so here’s to people with autism who narrate things! people with adhd who talk out loud to remember stuff! people with tourette’s and tic disorders with verbal tics! people with psychosis who talk to their voices! people with DID who talk to their alters!

If you talk to yourself for any reason you are wonderful and not bad or weird. And if you see someone talking to yourself and think it’s weird? Maybe mind your own business!

[spookyloop]

I think it's so weird seeing black gothic people. I think it's only for the pretty pale people and not the darks. Idek they don't have the right hair or skin color

I didn’t know if I should publish this or not because while this kind of racism (yes, that’s what this is) in our community needs to be addressed when encountered, I wasn’t sure I wanted to publish this message out there for all the beautiful non-white goths to see.

One thing needs to be gotten straight: There is no right hair or skin colour to be goth. Period. Neither skin colour or hair colour defines whether you can be goth or not, and no way is the right way to have them.

The pale red-lipped and black-haired girl dressed in all black might be the stereotype of a goth but that is a very shallow and one-sided representation of the people in the community. How many of us actually fit into that stereotype? How many of us strive to look like that because if we don’t, we will get told we don’t look right? Goth has since its beginning featured many ethnicities, and there is nothing weird about non-white goths in the subculture. Look up photos of the English goth scene in the 80s. There are loads of non-white goths absolutely rocking the original look.

There are many gothic styles I personally don’t like, but it is not my place to tell those people that I don’t think they look good. I wouldn’t want them telling me that, so why would I do that to others? And I’m talking about styles that someone chooses to wear, so can you even imagine hearing it about something you cannot choose like skin colour? I understand that it is your personal preference, but is it necessary to bring it up when all it will do is discourage people from being a part of a community they feel they belong to?

Some goths are black, some goths wear hijabs, some goths keep their natural hair. And they all look gorgeous and have as much right to express themselves in the subculture as white goths. The subculture is extremely diverse but there is so much gate-keeping from goths who think that you need to look like X and listen to Y that we end up only seeing a glimpse of it all. That shouldn’t be, and as corny as it sounds, we should try to create a comfortable, safe community instead of one that shuns people out because they do not fit a stereotype.

[orbitingplanetbee]

your favourite content creator(s) is not gonna fall in love with you. they do not know you. you do not know them. they are not going to look into your eyes if you meet them and magically fall for you. go outside and touch some grass.

[melissatreglia]

Hey, just figured I’d take today to remind you that you’re a kind, strong, and talented individual who deserves happiness. You’re one of the first people who followed me on here, and I couldn’t be happier that I’ve had you in my life for what will soon be 4 years. I hope you’re having a good day/night. If not, I’m sending you all my hugs and support.

Thank you so much, Wren. I needed to hear this tonight. :)

*hugs*

[melissatreglia]

It’s about freakin’ time!

I dropped by my AO3 account, and I discovered that *gasp* they actually have the right tags for Mark and Jack’s many alter egos!

So guess who spent over an hour re-organising the tags on her fanfic, so they better reflect the actual content of the fic? :)

[positively--speculative]

Side eyeing everyone who sympathizes with Britney Spears but nitpicks Meghan Markle.

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent” ~ Madeleine K. Albright

[thebibliosphere]

I’m forever haunted by the knowledge that Dracula is a public domain work and I could literally just write Dracula AU (No listen, but hear me out, The Batchelor), and every second I’m not doing it feels like an affront to whatever god thought it would be a good idea to keep me alive.

[gallusrostromegalus]

Here’s a List of Public Domain Classics for those of you who want to get your Classic Lit AU on, and potentially create THE LITERATURE CLASSICS CROSSOVER FIC FROM HELL.

Which I’d read the shit out of.

[thebibliosphere]

Why do you enable me like this.

[melissatreglia]

...Which means I can write that lesbian Dracula AU I was thinking of.

[melissatreglia]

"Impostor Syndrome" novella available on Kindle!

“Impostor Syndrome” novella available on Kindle!

My novella Impostor Syndrome is available right now on Kindle. It will be available as an ebook and paperback everywhere else soon!

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[doppleganger-rental]

Mine was HOME ALONE. Well, that figures. The movie that was number one on the day I was born (1/16/70) was THEY SHOOT HORSES DONT THEY?

[trashyeggroll]

Twilight Saga: New Moon

[deputy-ajay-ghale]

GET OUT???

[positively--speculative]

Avatar??? Can someone explain if that is good or bad?

[blaze-rocket]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Yar.

[positively--speculative]

So, I guess you can expect a helpful jar of dirt at some point. 😂

[smileyscorner04]

The Sixth Sense. Umm...help.

[positively--speculative]

I'll pray for you lol

[melissatreglia]

Mine's 50 First Dates.

[luulapants]

Problematic Ship Generator

Tired of having to sit through whole movies, books, or TV shows to find a ship that will get you cancelled? Worry not! Use this generator to find your ideal problematic ship dynamic!

[melissatreglia]

OMG, the problematic ship generated for me is basically fanon Destiel! XD

[helheth]

Hekate depictions on etsy: she wears a dark hood and black robes and her boobs are out for religious reasons

The Greeks describing Hekate: her dress was fucking yellow

[melissatreglia]

I’ve finally exited writing hell, and can relax for a minute.

I’m gonna go back to the fun stuff (ie. fanfic in multiple fandoms), once I’ve had a moment to catch my breath and chill a bit.

[positively--speculative]

You people on Tumblr are so obsessed with shipping that you can't hold a normal conversation anymore.