The Shy Changling @shychangling - Tumblr Blog

updating: 2026

Welcome. Call me Shy. I’m a writer, artist, giffer and amv hobbiest.

Used to be huge into RvB but these days its all Transformers and Megaman.

Most important to know. I’m here for a good time.

Resident Decepticon Fucker. Autobot Sympathizer. And big into Hero/Villain ships.

Canons of Transformers and Megaman I’m familiar with

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maxwellmcgrath

remember when mattel released a t-rex extroyer toy that vomited its own skeleton for no apparent reason

segamascott

wdym for no apparent reason it's because it's awesome

dickgraysonsptsd

i think MORE characters should be rape survivors. i think more characters should be csa survivors. i think more characters should be dv survivors. i think strong and noble and attractive and charming and brilliant characters with indomitable spirits should be survivors. i think the most powerful characters in the world should be survivors. i think characters who are cultural icons should be survivors. i think victims and survivors should see ourselves in the most admirable and beloved characters around! i think we should be protagonists!!!

dickgraysonsptsd

#‘it’s so unnecessary’ . okay . god yea this one drives me CRAZY. people will yap all day long about how it's "unnecessary" to make a character a survivor like do you think it was necessary for any of us to be abused or raped irl? was it narratively essential? did it teach the audience an important lesson? why do we, who have to justify our experiences and existences and reactions all the time in real life, also have to justify why we should exist in fiction? people act so repulsed by the thought of us. i've really fully and truly had enough of that. there is nothing so uniquely disgusting or repulsive or unspeakable about our victimhood or our survival that justifies this obsession with keeping the reality of our existence hidden

dualcasterjay

"oh but talking about it can be triggering for victims :(((" you know what else is triggering? living in a world that insists that we cannot be open and honest about what happened to us. maybe if we had, oh, i don't know, prominent examples in our cultural stories of people who are victims and are competent and strong it might be easier (for everyone, not just victims) to have the discussions we actually need to have about our trauma.

#I hc so many characters as rape and csa survivors. i will not stop. it's my trauma and I'll see who i want with my trauma #and even if I wasn't who gives a shit. people are allowed to see characters as survivors

kradeelav

i know things are hella grim in the nsfw/kink art circles especially in the last year --

but I'm hearing there's a NSFW-friendly ko-fi alternative built on atproto that's actively in the works, and being vetted by lawyers right now. as torrent-princess (OP) says, you should be able to swap out payment processors while keeping your account intact. this matters since even if stripe removes support, you'll still have a shop and all of your links intact. (ATproto is an infrastructure that bsky is built on, but is far bigger than bsky with far more opportunities.)

additionally, the Free Speech Coalition is working on a credit union specifically for adult work (including kink art) - here's the link so you can add your interest & support. Since this will be built by sex workers, there'll be far less risk of being debanked for spurious and puritanical reasons.

on a domain TLD level, there's an initiative here for a .furry domain built from the ground up by seasoned furries; it's unclear whether they'll support NSFW, but it's yet another promising turn of events for a group that's been similarly affected by censorship.

there are friends and allies out there helping to build a working parallel infrastructure. keep being vocal, keep supporting these initiatives when it's possible, and keep supporting your nsfw/kink artists. ♥

anistarrose

realizing a headcanon of yours happens to make an element of canon even more heartbreaking when you hadn't even considered it from that angle previously

[ID from alt: emoji rubbing their hands together and grinning evilly. End ID.]

bronzeplates

@feriowind you are so cool and smart and i simply couldn't resist. somehow sniped my two latest interests with a marksman's precision

#trigun #phm #iron lung

cameleonvermillon

sometimes your favorite fanfic isn't a fanfic at all but the insane DM's between you and your equally freaky mutual

blackhole-doodles

I like to think James Robert’s appears as a creature only swerve can see ever since he pressed the trigger to the meta-bomb

#transformers #mtmte #swerve #james roberts #amazing

jester-nonconforming

btw i love when dubcon is used in fiction as a way to explore characters. i love when characters don’t understand how to “properly” ask for consent because they have never had their consent respected in their lives. i love when traumatized adult characters make potentially unwise choices about what to do with their bodies because they have the autonomy to do so. i love when characters make choices that i personally wouldn’t make, but i can totally understand how they got there. i love when characters have complex, fucked up, unhealthy dynamics, but still care about each other and want to do better. i love when writers trust audience members to read between the lines instead of spoon feeding them moral lessons. i love when characters are allowed to actually fuck up and have mistakes to learn from!

#tropes #storytelling