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I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

nope-the-weeb-deactivated202408

I know this has good intentions, so I will just add the "how you treat them, even as objects of fiction, can speak about your own character, be careful out there"

prof-grace-aspen

Your addition is actually completely antithetical to my message. It is literally the opposite of what I am conveying.

Stop telling people to encourage the cop inside their head.

How you treat fictional characters, given they are entirely objects of fiction, does NOT necessarily speak to your own character, and you do not need to be "careful".

It is not dangerous to imagine dark things happening to fictional characters. It does not mean you are secretly a bad person. It does not mean you unconsciously want to hurt people in real life. It is not a "slippery slope" to doing bad things to people in real life. You cannot damage your brain or turn yourself into a bad person by consuming "dark" fanfic.

I can write tentacle noncon of my favorite character all day long and be a fierce anti-sexual assault advocate in real life because what I do in my head is not the same thing as what I do in real life.

askinfresh

These tags were too perfect to not include

write-on-world

Hiii! How are you doing?? :D

What did you think of the latest CRK update? I've seen the fandom having a LOT of mixed feelings on it. There were a few decisions I was really upset by but also some concepts I thought were cool. What did you think?

So I dont know how many would believe me, but I actually predicted what happened in 14 too. XD One of the first things I said to my husband when the Beasts were revealed was "huh the Beasts are all technically the most basic ingredients for a cookie... I wonder if DE is going to try and lure them into a trap to make her own cookie" but then kinda pushed that thought to the side as the Beasts got more and more personality and story to them. I thought for sure if they did go that route for the BY finale, then it would be a last minute save by the Ancients and the Brave Trio, etc.

I was surprised they actually did it. I didnt expect that but am also not all that shocked becuz i was pretty sure that was what DE was planning. I'm just mostly surprised they let those characters have that actually go through. I cant wait to see how it continues. I havent started the Timeline stuff but yea Beast Yeast ended almost exactly as I expected it would. Hehe

That said, I personally wished we got a redemption arc for ALL the Beasts. Still holding out hope for what we have going forward. I dont like stories that end in tragedy. :< I want to see them thrive and heal.

#rambles about my art #this ask was sent in arounf BY14 drop btw #sorry it took so long to answer

viridian dreaming is so amazing that you have inspired me to start my own shadowvanilla fanfic! It’s not about the same thing but I credit you for its existence. Love your work and KEEP IT UP! Hope you will read my work one day

Ahhhhh!!! I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR!! I love hearing that my silly little fic inspired someone else to start their own writing journey. I hope your project goes well and I hope to see it on ao3. I need to look through the new Sdvn stuff anyway hehe ive been hyperfixating on a different fandom during my hiatus so there is bound to be new stuff to discover :D

#veridian dreaming #rambles about my art

Hiiii! First of all, I love Veridian Dreaming so so much :D I love how you took the love potion trope and gave it your own twist, whereas instead of creating feelings it amplifies preexisting ones!! I love the characterization so so much and I think about your fic a lot :3

However I do have one ask: IF YOU WRITE THAT ESPRESSELEINE ONESHOT YOU MENTIONED IN AN A/N MY LIFE IS YOURS :D (no pressure though ofc) I would looooove to see espresso pining stupidly and maddy not understanding anything!! I love them just as much as the regularly scheduled virishadow :))

Uwah! Thank you!! I am glad ppl still adore the fic and yes I did start on an Espresseline oneshot based in the VD universe. Its got about 5k words written but wasnt completed. Perhaps I'll get around to that as a fun warm up going back into VD when I do start writing again!

#rambles about my art #veridian dreaming

Hey, i was wondering if you are doing alright? If you dont wanna answer thats fine.

I am so happy that multiple of you reached out to ask this over the months. Yes I'm just dealing with some heavy things with the illness and injury and just have been unplugged for a bit trying to deal with it. I'll try to get back to writing soon!

#rambles about my art

Hey are you doing alright? Its been a while since i've seen activity from your account. I hope you are doing alright.

Hello... Yes I am doing okay. I havent been feeling so great illness and injury wise so I have been on a long break recovering. I kept trying to write again but because of everything happening in my life, it was half hearted writing at best so I just stopped... i dont want to give everyone subpar updates just because its been a wait.

The doctors finally figured out what happened with my spinal injury and suffice to say it came back around to my illness. Basically my illness has been weakening my back since I was about 15 or so and slowly over time it just destroyed it.... made it fragile. So this latest injury was just the straw that broke the camel type issue of this had been building for a long while and never addressed properly (yay healthcare in America) so it failed.

My husband and I are as always just slightly too poor to afford to fix it but also not poor enough for most aid programs. :( My parents are trying to help but its just a lot of expenses piling up and Ive been too stressed and upset about it all to have the energy to write.

I do have the next arc of VD completely planned out and outlined, i just have to sit down when i hav the energy to write it. It's plannned to be 4 chapters long but i might have to divide one of those chapters in two. We'll see. :)

Suffice to say VD now officially has a point where the canon divergence happens though! As of post meeting with DE in her hotel about the final fight in BY 13-14, Shamil got too sus of DE and went to take up PV's friendship offer and then dragged all the other Beasts to meet with the Ancients to flip sides.

#rambles about my art #veridian dreaming

shesgonnachangetheworld

people have this tendency to believe that fandom discourse exists because people in fandoms are Stupid Nerdy Losers, but in fact fandom discourse exists because anytime you get a group of more than 100 people together, they will start creating interpersonal bullshit. fandom is not special in this regard

lyricwritesprose

There is sports discourse. There is yarn discourse. There is food discourse. There is academic discourse (dear sweet god is there academic discourse). If there are people out there collecting brass buttons specifically from 1921, they are going to have discourse about which buttons are trash and whether Person A cheated person B. To be human is to engage in pointless wankery sometimes.

rozzed

why not have the reader re-read a sentence now and then? it won't hurt him....

willgrahamscock

I do the opposite of gatekeeping, I’m not going to shut up until you like this thing as much as I do

willgrahamscock

here’s a wet pathetic man in a gifset to get you started and then I’m going to send you memes as propaganda

destinationtoast

gatetossing: hurling the gate at passersby and attempting to capture them, regardless of whether they wanted to pass through the gate

ihni

estrogirlie

call-out post for my 5 year old cousin:

i just caught her “playing pretend” with her hot wheels and simulating high speed car crashes. not only is this disrespectful to people who have died or been injured in a car crash, but it also likely indicates that she will go on to intentionally cause car crashes in the future. please everyone reach out to her friends, extended family, and possible future employers to let them know she’s an irredeemable monster and is contributing to real world harm!

#literally how fandom discourse sounds half the time #yes i'm playing with my dolls #and yes sometimes those dolls go through horrible things for my amusement #deal with it