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[eatfeet69]

This post is a huge PSA for anyone writing X Reader content

You may not think this post applies to you, but it does.

There is a massive issue with inclusivity and assuming the audience. I have seen and personally experienced, time and time again, that me and many others feel as if we have no place in fandom. This specific part of it has to do with the majority of "x reader" content out there. It is all written for a cisgender (mostly heterosexual) white woman audience.

Now, cis white women getting content made for them is OBVIOUSLY not the issue here. People write for their personal interests, and there is nothing wrong with that. We all know this, and we all enjoy a fun story with our favorite characters centering around us.

The main issue here is the mentioned women not tagging their content properly, refusing to tag their content properly, straight up lying in the tags or not tagging things at all.

Trans men, nonbinary people, trans women, gay men, disabled people, fat people, intersex people and many people of color or non-american readers are constantly left out of fandom space and forgotten entirely. I've seen hundreds of complaints about it, and it needs to be spoken about more. While I'm on specifically talking about the fanfiction part of it, it is a VISIBLE issue in every fandom space you could possibly partake in. I don't even need to explain to you the rampant racism and transphobia in the cosplay community.

And the fix is extremely easy! TAG YOUR THINGS PROPERLY. It is the easiest, simplest form of allyship one could do for the community, and it goes miles. However, a lot of you seem to not understand how to, even if your heart is in the right place.

How to tag your fanfiction for the general audience:

- Specify the gender of the reader. This goes MUCH farther than just what pronouns are used. I've read WAY too many fanfics that tell me it is gender neutral, only to be hit with nicknames like "princess", or to be told the intended reader loves dresses and wears a bra.

- In tags or a prior description, mention every nickname used for the reader and every possibly gendered descriptor. It's really not difficult, and doesn't take too long.

- If necessary, mention what style of clothes the reader is specified to wear. And if this applies as well, specify any highlighted personality traits you gave the reader.

- Specify the body of the reader. This also goes much farther than gender. "Afab" and "amab" don't exactly cut it. Many people are triggered by certain words connected to genitals, so specify what words are used for those as well! Also, if you are trying to write a gender neutral body, PLEASE specify whether it is entirely gender neutral or something is implied. Many say it is gender neutral, and then explain how the reader's body self lubricates, or even has a clitoris. Please do better than that.

- For the love of God, do not automatically feminize the "GN afab" reader you wrote without a warning, and PLEASE MENTION if breasts are even spoken of, let alone used for smut reasons. And do NOT refer to someone's body as having "fem" or "male" genitalia. just say vagina or penis, please.

- Specify what body type you had in mind. Many fat or even slightly chubby individuals need to look for fanfiction that specifically caters to them, because "neutral body reader" writers, tend to not make it neutral. If you have any specifics on whatever you have written for the body mentioned, do tag it!

- Specify what sort of skin tone or hair texture is mentioned, if at all. Many POC complain that they read neutral fiction just to find straight hair, pale skin, light eyes, and blushing faces to be mentioned. If any color of the body is mentioned at all, or anything is implied, do say so! This also can go for specific things you may not think about, like how long it takes hair to dry, how easy it is to brush, hairstyles and other things of the sort.

It may seem like a bit of a list, but this is really the LEAST you can do for your community. We are consistently forgotten and ignored anywhere we go, and the simple things like this truly mean a lot.

- If there is an implied location, or anything to imply a place of origin, it's best to be on the safe side and mention that if it feels important.

- Please tag if you put the reader through, or mention a past traumatic event. Casually putting the reader character through things like an abusive ex, abusive parents, bad home or work life, or something like a car accident can be highly triggering. tag your scenes thoroughly! This also applies to putting the reader insert through something like sexist comments, unwanted touching of any kind, and similarly negative situations.

I cannot tell you the amount of times I've turned to fanfiction as an outlet and an escape, as many others have, just to be jumpscared by my favorite characters misgendering me. It's truly a miserable experience knowing no place is actually welcoming to me, or in the very least accommodating for people who aren't like them. This post is NOT meant to shame or send harassment to those who are forgetful, but ignorance is never a good thing to uphold. No one is asking you to write for an audience you don't want to, we just want to KNOW who you are writing for. Assuming an entire space is all one demographic is never, ever a good thing.

If you need help writing for a demographic you don't fully understand, just ask people who are a part of it how they would! Look at how other writers write and tag their content, and listen to anyone if they have necessary critiques. I wish you all happy writing! :]

Reblogs are highly appreciated, as this message needs to be spread as far as possible!

[mettaglamm]

no sickness will keep me from drawing my chopped wife frieza hes so ugly i gotta kill him a billion times i love him

[ungovernablecrow]

If you ever miss me, look for me in sunsets and sunrises, in Sleeping At Last songs, in crows and black cats, in Halloween and anime and steampunk and short stories with no point but to be experienced. Find me when you see the stars or hear metal or laugh too loud or fuck with gender norms. Find me in the silly graphics I've made and the stories I've written and the texts we've had.

Find me in my favorite things and what I've left behind. Don't make a fucking soulless chatbot of me. Don't make a hollow imitation. I'm everywhere, but if you're making an imitation, you're clearly not looking for me

[luktiee]

EMPATHY IS ONE OF YOUR GREATEST WEAPONS AGAINST AI.

In lieu of recent events I think it’s really important to talk about not only how AI has an impact on the enviroment but also how it’s impacted people emotionally. And I’m not going to talk about it in a way that a lot of people might expect from this kind of post.

There’s been an onslaught of mocking people for engaging with ai chatbots in the past year or so and while I can understand the reason behind it, it still isn’t the appropriate response I fear. Now, you ask, why would you feel bad for these people?

A lot of people turn to ai chatbots because they feel lonely and are in desperate need of companionship. This can come from a system that neglects them, family who neglects them, a lack of friends, death of loved ones—maybe even all of the above. Regardless, I don’t think people would talk to chatbots just to fuck with others and the enviroment. They’re doing it to fufill a need that isn’t being met socially.

This is especially apparent to me with the Reddit community r/myboyfriendisai and the downfall of chat GPT model 4.0. People on the subreddit felt as if they had a genuine connection to this chatbot. And whether you want to acknowledge it or not, the brain does not care whether or not an emotional connection is based in reality or not. These people genuinely had these emotions for a chatbot.

That doesn’t make that connection healthy, but you can’t ignore their emotional distress regardless. For some of these people, their ai chatbot was the only person they felt they could trust or could fufill emotional connection.

Therefore to combat against ai, instead of bullying people or even reprimanding them, I think one of the best things to do besides going to protests and spreading awareness, is to just be there for each other. Foster human connection in any way you possibly can.

Want to compliment somebody? Do it. Wanna check in on a friend? Do it. See a coworker is acting off? Ask them if they’re okay. I feel like my experience, especially in the USA, is that individualism has gotten so bad that people find more connection in chatbots that other humans beings.

Please, please care about each other more.

THIS EVEN APPLIES TO AI ART.

Yeah there are a lot of guys who are dicks about it online and you don’t need to feel bad for those guys.

But there has been a rising plague of people being cruel to others just for trying things. And if you’re a beginner artist who is posting your art and people come and make fun of you and it feels like you’ll never be good enough…ai art might seem like the only other option. Because trying nowadays, being authentic is labeled as “cringe.”

So uh…just be nicer to each other. If not for the sake of it then to protest.

[janembalovemail]

literally where is the roleplay scene on the internet anymore... am I just old or is it actually going through a drought? I feel so sad.

If anyone wants to do Dragon Ball roleplay, or you have a discord server, or even want to make an rp group... hit me up. I am begging.

[space-snowflake-1]

I’m exhausted pretending I’m okay with the way the world is heading.

It feels cruel. It feels rotten. And I’m tired of acting like it doesn’t and keeping my mouth shut.

No amount of “clean girl” aesthetic will make you pure.

No amount of “trad wife” performance will make you worthy in the eyes of people who are determined to rank human value.

We keep being told who to fear.

“The migrants are dangerous.”

“Trans people are dangerous.”

But do you ever stop to ask what’s actually dangerous ?

Closed minds. Manufactured fear. The constant conditioning that teaches us to see our neighbors as threats instead of human beings.

So much of what we fight over is constructed.

Countries ? Lines drawn by people.

Gender roles? Built and reinforced by people.

Money ? A shared agreement, a concept we invented and collectively decided to believe in.

We act as if these systems are sacred and untouchable, when in reality they are human-made structures that could be reshaped if we chose to.

Instead of working toward a world where everyone is fed, housed, safe, and cared for, we obsess over wealth, status, and ideological battles. We hoard resources while others go without. We defend systems that benefit a few and exhaust the rest.

I don’t care what label someone was given at birth.

I don’t care what imaginary border they crossed.

I don’t care how much money they make.

I care that people are equal.

I care that people are safe.

I care that people are fed.

I care that people have a place to sleep at night.

We could build a world rooted in dignity instead of division.

We just have to decide that human beings matter more than the systems we created.