mood.

monroe. 25+. aries. they/them. you may know me from @affcgato.

[poetassignment]

[bigtonguebiollante]

[eddiemunsonsmiddlefingers]

I keep seeing fic with words censored in the body of the fic like so: c*nt, f*gg*t, q-slur (seriously, come on), r*pe, *nc*st. I even saw a fic where someone was described as "sitting next to his unalived body" which was so absurd it made me laugh.

I've seen this trend in tags as well, which would be ACTIVELY FUCKING DANGEROUS if AO3 tag wranglers weren't literal, actual angels who make sure that "rape" and "r*pe" (and all such transpositions) are treated like the same tag.

AO3 isn't TikTok. Tag accurately and completely for your fic themes so people can search AND filter. Use the correct words in your fic content so people who use blacklist extensions can actually benefit from the tools that protect them.

If you don't feel comfortable using a word without censoring it, then don't use that word at all. Maybe consider why you're even writing something that contains that theme.

Sincerely,

An actual real life rape and incest survivor who has actual fucking PTSD and really doesn't want to have to stop reading fic for my ship because people think a god damn asterisk is going to somehow save people like me from being triggered.

[ao3commentoftheday]

some days, that "you've got kudos!" email from AO3 is what gets me out of bed in the morning

[funnytwittertweets]

[serendipitouswanderings]

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[serendipitouswanderings]

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[grimalkhiindi]

I hate you shipping discourse I hate you unnecessarily aggressive DNI banners I hate you dehumanization of those you disagree with I hate you harassment over ships or favorite characters I hate you purposeful lack of nuance I hate you false equivalencies I hate you policing how people engage in fandom I hate you actively trying to make fandom spaces hostile I hate you refusal to filter your feed I hate you making it everyone else’s problem

[kristina100000]

its ok that you are 100 time zones behind me. because i love you

[randomsams]

https://coffeeskiderik.tumblr.com/post/659191451702427648

[sweetoothgirl]

lavender blueberry vodka soda

[infected]

A Moonlit Night over a Chapel and Riders, oil on canvas

by Albert Rieger (Austrian, 1834–1905)

[snowylynxx]

already got a blazed marvel post. the adpocalypse is closer than we think so heres your daily PSA

don’t interact with corporate tumblr accounts

yes even to dunk on them. i don’t care if you have the sickest burn of the century lined up, don’t even give them the time of day

the eventual and inevitable fall of twitter marks a change in the advertising industry, and tumblr is unclaimed territory. if we want tumblr to remain the social media bastion it has become, it needs to remain as unappealing to corporations as possible. do not engage. in a marketing strategist’s eyes, any kind of attention is good attention. don’t “silence, brand” them. don’t kungpowpenis them. don’t send them hate anons. don’t hate-follow them. corporate tumblrs are not a single entity and they will not be harassed off this site. we only have a shot at repelling them because of tumblr’s lack of an algorithm. so turn off recommended posts on your dashboard, put it chronological order, and install an adblocker. if you don’t seek out these blazed posts and actively ignore them when they happen upon you, the corporations will starve. in this case, the best kind of protest is a silent one

[dutzervonmezzenbrau]

[gnostic-pinup]

‘Verità velata’ by  Antonio Corradini, c.1750

[tw1ngalaxies]

Antoni Pujol Death at Nicolau Juncosa’s tomb, 1914 Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona

[fleshdyke]

i asked my dad to make me a hot chocolate and he’s literally sawing something in the kitchen rn

[florshedworf]

[cobbbvanth]

happy 2nd anniversary besties