An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Summary:
MR-SN is used to being an anomaly, as the sole dreamer among his people. He's perfectly alright with keeping this phenomenon a secret, while sharing their contents with the ones he loves, but little did he expect the full dreamer's experience.
Or, the one where MR-SN has a nightmare.
A/N: Written for the @badthingshappenbingo square "Nightmares" (full square can be found under the cut).
Fandom: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: MR-SN & VR-LA (Rolling With Difficulty), MR-SN & Old Per Aspera Crew (Rolling WIth Difficulty)
Characters: MR-SN (Rolling With Difficulty), VR-LA (Rolling With Difficulty)
Additional Tags: Mentioned Old Per Aspera Crew (Rolling With Difficulty), MR-SN Needs a Hug, VR-LA is a Good Friend, Hurt/Comfort, Dreams and Nightmares, Nightmares, Semi-Graphic Description of Injury, Pre-Canon, reverse engineered mechanite version of bedsharing for comfort
the long-awaited Ancient Armour - I feel like I've been asked to do this one all the way back when I posted the first comic and now it's finally here!
this armour was surprisingly fun to draw... I feel like it COULD rank pretty high in terms of aesthetics if it weren't for that damned headpiece ruining everything 😤
I don't think ya'll are ready for the pirate AU I'm cooking up 😤 (I include myself in that statement)
limiting myself to rough sketches rn because I need to be doing a million other things but I want to do some more detailed illustrations at some point! also the dialogue here isn't really related to anything LOL just kinda conveys the vibe of Link in the story XD
i will ensure you stay alive above all else. even if what i do to make it happen is horrendous. even if it violates all your wishes or moral principles. even if you can never look at me the same way again, even if you hate me for it. because at least if you hate me it means youre alive
the new content filters and the flagging system require every reblogger to appeal independently from the poster.
What is happening?
With the latest tumblr content filter updates, every reblog is flagged independently from the original post without the OP knowing. This means that if your post is reblogged by someone and that reblog is flagged, you won't know. The note count will go up, but the note is hidden: you can't see it on the rebloggers blog or any other reblogs branching from the flagged post.
What should I do?
Every reblogger needs to appeal for their own reblogs. Thankfully the review time on Tumblr's side has been fast, usually in a couple of hours they restore the post. If you can notify the OP, grand. If you have time, leave a support ticket, choose feedback and tell them why you think this is a bad model.
Why and how should I do it?
We all know the latest and contested change about the note counts that was thankfully rolled back, but its ramifications are still in use. Tumblr now considers every reblog a post in its own right, as you can see from the new banners for the same post as above:
The turn this website has taken regarding the ownership of posts is at best discouraging and at worst a massive disrespect done to all the artists, creators, gifmakers, fic writers and meta writers out there, making fandom fun and alive. If artists, writers and gifmakers don't get autonomy over their own art being shared on this website, how is a reblog different from a repost, something tumblr actively discourages from doing? How can the OP appeal for a post if they don't even know it's flagged? Why are we taking away ownership of the art from the artist, the human behind it?
How do I appeal?
Tumblr has this very useful feature, both on the website and on the mobile app:
You can find all the flagged posts on your blog either by going to the relevant blog>right hand menu, below Posts, Followers, Activity>Review flagged posts on the website OR by going to Settings>Review flagged posts on the mobile
Then you click on Appeal, and write a very short reason why, describing the post. You can even write this:
This post has nothing that is against the User Guidelines.
People need to understand that the point ISN’T “being single is not a failure if you’re aromantic”, the point is being single is not a failure full stop.
You can be allo and be single; it’s allowed. You feeling attraction doesn’t mean your priority NEEDS to be finding romance (it can be! But it also can not).
Being single should be normalized no matter what your romantic/sexual orientation is. It isn’t a tragedy.
So many characters should be permanently disabled in multiple ways or AT THE VERY LEAST have severe chronic pain but everyoens a coward so no one writes the effects of the injuries they inflict </3
