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[grithogirl]

lockesmith / crossfangs role swap AU where Scott is a powerful rich manor lord vampire who works in cohorts with the Organization as a powerful ally both politically and financially as well as an asset (with a gun <3), and half-vampire Abolish who methodically kills his human prey to feed on like a highly efficient serial killer, leaving not a single hair as evidence at the scene of the crime.

[lizardlicks]

whyyyyyy do I want to do a like angsty mini comic or drabble type thing of Zuko struggling with his relationship with Mai while finally realizing he's ace

[lizardlicks]

ace and touch starved zuko who doesn't know how to ask for non-sexual intimacy or that that's even a thing he's allowed to have with his partner because he's a man and the crown prince and that comes with certain expectations of how he's meant to behave in a relationship and he can't figure out why he feels this need for physicality but the sex leaves him feeling ashamed and used even when he started it

[vsmpstarterswap]

Just in case anyone's wondering, I am aware of what's going on in the MCYT space right now. I'm currently thinking of how to go forward with this AU, if at all, as the character of the person at the forefront of all this a main focus of this comic. It's a difficult decision, as unlike other fan works regarding VSMP, I can't just get rid of them from the narrative easily, even if I would like to.

As much as I would like to separate the character from the actor, I don't particularly want to engage with this one anymore after reading through the information that has been presented. I mean, they literally share the same name. But to disregard literal months worth of work put into this shit would be pretty damn awful to say the least.

I will keep you guys updated on any decisions made.

[poppitron360]

Sending love to everyone who has an Avid and/or Marm-based wip, whether fanfic or fanart, especially if it’s something like a longfic that you’ve been working on for a while.

Sending love to everyone who has a fanwork ready to post, and are now unsure of whether they want to.

Sending love to everyone who has already published a fanwork or post that they’re not sure if they want to delete.

Sending love to the moderators of confession blogs.

Sending love to everyone with rp blogs of Avid and Marm’s characters.

Sending love to everyone currently deeply hyperfixating on one of Avid or Marm’s characters.

Sending love to everyone with Avid or Marm fictives.

This is a very distressing time, and we all have some big decisions to make, but you don’t have to make it alone. We’re a community. Love and hugs all around.

[areafae]

ok so I've taken some time to read the statements from the SBK people and others affected by the actions of AvidMC. (this user has put together a series of screenshots if people want context, which I appreciate as I don't have twitter)

It's absolutely awful what these people have been put through.

I'm not sure what to do about my fics going forward. Writing Consequences of Years has actually been an almost life changing experience for me. What started as an outlet to process my first personal experience with grief and loss, spiralled out into something beautiful and meaningful because of all the wonderful people I have been able to connect with through it. People have said such deeply kind things about this story, and it's grown into something bigger than I ever imagined it could.

I have always stood behind the idea of death of the author - art is for those who consume it, and what you take from something is just as (if not more) important than the author's intentions.

But obviously there has to be nuance there when real life people are being harmed.

My fics will be staying up, but I need some time to think about what I'm going to do going forward. I don't want to abandon Complex Journey, I have some really wonderful things planned and I'm really enjoying the story, but there's now such a bitter taste in my mouth. There's not an easy answer.

I won't let one person's horrific actions ruin the incredible story that was VSMP. You can't take the character of v!Avid out of the story without lessening it, but it's not fair to the hard work of all of the other creators that went into the series to write the whole thing off because of them. So I will still gladly be a VSMP fan. This community has been so kind and loving and creative and it means the world to me.

I am glad that the victims are able to be safe and supported enough to share their stories. My heart breaks for them all, and I hope that some peace can be found now. It is touching to see the community rallying together and lifting each other up in such a difficult time.

To sum up my thoughts:

I don't know what I'm going to do about Consequences of Years at this stage, but I won't be removing it. If I make a solid decision on it, I will make another post.

For any future VSMP fics, I cannot make v!Avid a main character - for my own mental health and out of respect of those harmed by the creator. As I said, there's no way to remove v!Avid from the story of vsmp, but the camera can be shifted, and we can focus on the other characters.

(and i don't want to get too personal on here, but I have sadly seen the effects of similar tactics of manipulation in my own life. I had started to get some yucky feelings from AvidMC after the whole breakdown about the shipping stuff, and had stepped away from his content for my own mental health then. I am devastated to see that those feelings were justified. I wanted to be wrong.)

Look after yourselves and each other, everyone. The greatest enemy to manipulators and abusers is community and communication. Listen to the victims. Respect each other. Understand that grief is hard and confusing and scary, and a lot of these people are grieving the loss of a genuine friendship that was built on lies, so give them the space to do that.

Do something kind for yourself today <3

[graveyardfisher]

Also Dont stop loving vsmp dont stop loving misadventures dont stop loving the flight dont stop loving any of the projects avid was involved in. Theres always the other creators that poured their own effort into it and to dwell on the bad person instead of those creators is not productive for you or your mental health

[mcyt-prisoner]

have you seen what was posted by musi and the sbk members about avid and marm? i'm horrified.

Yeah, I have, and same here. Like jesus. I can't imagine how awful it must've been for everyone around them to live in this fractured, manufactured reality that aimed to drive people apart. There's so many statements from people all around twitter right now and I am more and more just. Appaled idk. Goes without saying that I won't be aiming to print my postcanon vsmp comic, still keeping it up, still super proud of it and i'll cherish vsmp and avid's character within it, it's still fiction, but i hope to never hear of those two as ccs again. For anyone curious what the hell is going on, super loud on twitter rn, a lot of quote retweets to the skyblock statement have details of everyones perspectives, attaching legundo's on here because i know people might ask for context

[beardedmrbean]

[quakerjoe]

[clacy2812]

Teethies <3

[floristquills]

Scott Goldsmith engages in unethical non-monogamy. Everyone's cool with the polyamory, but the murder really grinds some gears :/

[goodlouse]

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

How about a wheel for specific cat breeds?

you have been turned into this cat breed!

How do you feel!

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT

I'm happy!

:3

ew.

Remaining time: 19 hours 44 minutes

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[sockth]

Hey if you See This can you reblog this or comment on this with a character you headcanon as aromantic, asexual, or both. It can be canon it can be founded on absolutely nothing I just need more aroace stuff on here #yay

[captainlordauditor]

blood is not kosher

assuming vampires breathe, and are therefore alive, what do they do

[animatedamerican]

If they’re alive and they need it to survive, it’s permitted (provided they don’t kill people in so doing).

If they’re not alive, halacha doesn’t apply to them.

Either way, there is no reasonable halachic restriction on a vampire drinking blood.

[captainlordauditor]

but would it need to be from a kosher animal can they drink, like, dolphin blood

[animatedamerican]

Okay now that gets interesting and I would want to actually ask a rabbi whether that would be a thing.  like, if one must consume the blood of living things to survive, does it make a difference whether one limits it to the blood of kosher animals or not.  I could see it being ruled either way.  (I would think if there is only one type of blood one can metabolize or if only one type of blood is available, one can consume it regardless.)

[acleverforgery]

I remember learning that human blood (not sure about animal blood) is permissible to consume if it has not been “poresh” (”separated”) from the body (in the context of “if you cut your lip or your finger and immediately and instinctively put it in your mouth, you don’t have to spit out the blood”).

So 

Drinking blood out of a goblet or vacuum-sealed bag would be assur, but sinking your teeth into someone and drinking directly (so that the blood never touches the air or is in a vessel) would be okay.

[animatedamerican]

I know that applies to one’s own blood, but I don’t know if the principle applies to someone else’s.  But it may count as a possible precedent!

[alternativetodiscourse]

Okay, so I asked my rabbi about this (… yes, my actual rabbi). Short answer, @fenrisesque​, is that the ideal situation is for the vampire to intravenously ingest blood that was donated by a human in order to stay alive, assuming that donation doesn’t kill the person. If homemade intravenously doesn’t work, then storebought oral ingestion is fine too. This applies whether or not the vampire can drink animal blood. Long answer, which I find fascinating but is long so under a cut:

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[ohkelpart]

Paper family

[revg22]

unevil v!Owen be like

anyways happy pride queers (me included)

I promise to draw more yaoi and yuri this month

already got some lumberjack sketches in my pocket