Phantasmal and resplendant

I write fanfic. I like to think it is awesome fanfic. You can find my work at AO3 under CatKing_Catkin. Icon adoptable design courtesy of Megneato.

[saturncoyote]

The most frustrating part about giving my own characters sexualities and labels is that i always feel like it gives the impression that these characters are aware of this information and would actively use these labels for themselves when that is rarely ever the case

They do not know what aro or ace means, that dude would never describe himself as trans, that other guy is nonbinary but they got a job so they don't care about that right now, she's bisexual but if you ask her she'll just tell you everyone has a beautiful soul and move on, they use multiple pronouns but not out of choice people just keep on guessing and she doesn't mind and honestly kinda enjoys it but he's not telling you that

Ooc They're gay or bi or aroace or bigender or whatever the fuck but in-universe they're looking you in the eyes and telling you that every man on earth secretly wants to kiss other men and that's just a desire you gotta live with and that it's completely normal and they will not for a second question what this implies about themselves

[depsidase]

[devotedlystrangewizard]

i think everyone should program at least once just so you realise just how fucking stupid computers are. because theyre so fucking stupid. a computer wants to be told what to do and exactly that and if you make one typo or forget one detail it starts crying uncontrollably

[novelconcepts]

Hey, man, c'mere. Listen. Get in real close, this is important.

You're gonna make stuff again. You're gonna make stuff you're proud of. You're gonna make stuff you're excited to share. You're going to feel that overwhelming drive to create, not just the frantic I want to want to you're stuck in now. You're going to have awesome ideas, and you're going to make them into reality. You're going to create again. You're still an artist. You're still a writer. You're still home to the same passion you had before. You'll find it again. It's not gone. It's just resting. Let it rest. You're going to make stuff again. I promise.

[sandersstudies]

SOOOOO funny when you’re having a strong emotion and your logical brain KNOWS you’re overreacting but you literally can’t do anything about it.

[sandersstudies]

Emotional brain: fire and rage and biting and biting and biting

Logical brain: That was an innocent mistake, and not anyone’s fault.

Emotional brain: you’re right… fire and rage and biting biting biting for one thousand years tho

[praguegirl]

let’s settle this shit but do NOT reblog if you’re gonna be modest about it like a little BITCH. anyway privilege check tell me which ones apply to you: hot, funny, can dance, can do math, can spell, can drive, can cook

[mikkeneko]

also

[beastliness]

hate it when the people who I love are suffering due to circumstances beyond my control 👎 there should be a sea monster that I can slay to fix the problem

[beastliness]

nobody ever gets locked in a tower or chained to a rock at sea anymore - it's always some shit like chronic illness or ptsd related depression

[natalieironside]

You should never create anything with a wide audience in mind. The so-called "general audience" doesn't exist; it's a fiction made up by advertising executives. Most of the time, great art and literature is made with the intention of pleasing no more than 4 or 5 specific perverts of the author's acquaintance

[micklio]

Sabrina Carpenter's album cover of Man's Best Friend, but make it Siobhan x Damien

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

recap on Knights of Guinevere's "Baby's First Discourse":

scene of the show has frankie's asshole boss calling her "franklin." fans interpret this as misgendering and think frankie is canonically trans

dana confirms that frankie is canonically cis, she just has a lot of masc nicknames

people start saying dana is transphobic for this

additional context that people were mad at dana for not making willow "look more blasian" when she had a black dad and a korean dad, dana eventually had to confirm the black dad was a stepdad and willow was never intended to be blasian, so it makes sense that she would want to confirm things quickly so people don't get the wrong idea for a long time. people ignore this and decide her rush to confirm frankie is cis (when she was DIRECTLY ASKED, if i may remind you) means that she hates trans women

people also decide that dana is transphobic because a trans woman voiced the asshole boss (a cis man in the show afawk). trans woman actress literally has to come out and say she enjoys playing characters like him and likes being able to voice both male and female characters

dana puts out an apology saying that she didn't mean trans headcanons for frankie were bad, only that she was not written with the intention of being trans. she has previously stated this is her stance on queer headcanons so this is not a surprise from her

dana blocked people who were throwing parasocial fits over her confirming frankie as cis. everyone decides this means that she IS indeed transphobic and her apology means nothing

This is why we can't have nice things

[starbberryblue]

"this is why we can't have nice things" sums it up perfectly, because this type of behavior is sending a message to queer creators to stop making nice things.

as a trans man going into the animation industry‚ this is why i more or less gave up my lifelong dream of being a showrunner. im not exaggerating. cishet men are treated more kindly and with more understanding with the representation they put into their works than queer creators are. if i ever do make something, i sincerely believe i'll be treated better if i go stealth (let people assume im a cis man) and pretend im het instead of bi.

dana terrace, rebecca sugar, n.d. stevenson, and so many others who put their careers on the line to carve out a path for queer representation have shown me that all they get in return is never being good enough for anyone. no one is above criticism, and i would certainly hope anything i put out there would be given critique so i can improve, but you are actively driving queer creators away from wanting to create queer media by acting like this.

you will never get a perfectly pure sterile 1:1 exactly-how-you-headcanon-it queer story. that's what making your own shit is for. stop shooting other queer creators down for doing exactly that.

[atompalace-official]

wash him he smely

[atompalace-official]

here’s how the other Eeveelutions react to bathtime 🛁🫧

[micklio]

Sabrina Carpenter's album cover of Man's Best Friend, but make it Siobhan x Damien

[homunculus-argument]

Thoughts that are mutual between cats and their people:

Yeah you're cute when you sleep but you didn't let me sleep either so I'm going to annoy you now because I'm bored. Hahah get poked, sleepy idiot.

How do you not comprehend this when I am literally staring at you. Like I understand that your brain can't understand things this nuanced but come on, how do you not get this.

I don't know if you know that what I am currently doing is an expression of affection, but that won't stop me. Knowing that I showed you that I love you is enough.

I heard a crinkly material and the sound of you chewing so I have to know what's in your mouth RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

I can't communicate with you and you can't communicate with me, so I'm just copying the tone of the sound you're making in hopes that you understand that I try.

You are doing activities beyond my comprehension, and I find this fascinating. I will never understand what the fuck you are trying to achieve here, but I am intrigued nonetheless.

Hey are you ok, you haven't done your weird thing in a while. Yeah I don't get why you do that but I know you do that when you're ok.

[mikkeneko]

[pinkhasivna]

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR WINDOWS 10 USERS

So, official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14th 2025. But Microsoft apparently lost a court case and now they have to offer an extra year of security updates--which was an option previously only available to their Business customers--to everyone. But you have to manually enroll. If you want to know how to do it, go to the link below

How to Enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Before Support Ends

As the end of official support for Windows 10 approaches on October 14, 2025, many users are seeking ways to maintain their system's securit

You've got to do it before October 14th if you want the extra year. Otherwise support will end for you and you'll probably have to "upgrade" to Windows 11.

[wizardshark]

hi yeah i know ive been on this medication for 8 years but i need-- yeah. yeah 3 more months please. I'll call you in 3 months to beg for 3 more months, thanks. Bye. Love you.

[mallowmaenad]

People who went to high school in the US which one of these pre selected mascots did your high school have

Some sort of cowboy, pioneer or colonial era man

Bulldog

"Wild Cat" of no specified species

I am from the US and none of these

I am not from the US

Voting ended onOct 3, 2025

[freshcuntgrass]

No no, see, the main categories are as follows, in approximate order of most to least common:

Wild Cat (generic)

Big Dog (will be specific, but almost always Wolf, Husky, or Bulldog)

Bird of Prey (usually Eagles > Falcons > Hawks)

Some Guy (usually America-themed with the racist ones getting less and less common, thank god, but you will occasionally get Greco-Roman Guy or Pirate-ish Guy)

Big Cat (specific, usually Tigers > Panthers > Jaguars > Other, with Lions being surprisingly much rarer than you would think)

Powerful Animal Misc. (again, Bears are here but weirdly rare? you'll see Mustangs more often)

Abstract Concept and/or Completely Inscrutable