Idk how big the alnst and hnk fandom overlap is, but hopefully there's an audience for this?

We're back, I think?

I disappeared from Tumblr and any social media in general for too long, almost a year, but sometimes I do that when I reappear. I think you'll see me posting old stuff for a while.

Anyway, Kankri, good girl, bad girl, you'll see me with a lot of Kankri.

Tiktok's censorship of words like rape, kill, murder, abortion etc. etc. as well as censoring hard to hear topics, over the past few years has deeply contributed to the sanitisation of the internet and therefore directly resulted in the birth of "fandom purists" and the destruction of old fandom culture (the death of "don't like, don't read", "ship and let ship" mindsets as well as safe spaces for dark and "immoral"/unethical storytelling i.e "dead dove: do not eat") in a way that has fundamentally changed the mindsets of people who are new to fandom spaces and now view these such topics as wildly inappropriate for any social space as well as deeming anyone who is intrigued by them narratively or creatively as "immoral" and a bad person. In this essay I will

Oh for fuck's sake, fandom purists were around LONG before TikTok. They were in the fanzines. They were in LiveJournal. They were in ff.net. The reason ao3 doesn't have forums is that those things attract fandom purists and mass bullying. There were no safe spaces, no "ship and let ship". People tore each other apart over ship wars. They bullied young writers out of writing. They sued each other or convinced authors to sue fan writers they didn't like. They gatekept and flamed and cyberbullied and left entire communities collapsing in on themselves.

I am so, so, so sick of people transparently trying to pretend that fandom used to be a great place where we all lived together in harmony before the Fire Nation attacked. The reason for the "ship and let ship" "YKINMKATO", and other sentiments wasn't as a community rule, it was push back AGAINST toxic fandom. If you didn't see it until now, I'm glad you were lucky to have a good fandom experience. But don't go spreading the idea that TikTok invented purists, or toxic fandom, or ship wars, or morality.

If you need any citations, Fanlore has a pretty good write-up of the origins of purity culture in fandom, as well as disproving the idea that it didn't exist "back in my day". It's also probably worth it to read about Strikethrough and Boldthrough.

The easiest mistake you can make as you get older is to assume that all of these problems are new and that your generation was too good to get involved in it. Don't let nostalgia blind you into thinking you and yours are immune to being toxic fans.

can i have some of your autism? just a taste bro i swear

thank you for getting exactly what i meant

confirmed: autism transmitted via wanton slutiness. now gimme

just to confirm. i now have autism #thankyousluts

folks its viral. remember to fag strong together

it has to end eventually right

awesome. this is just what America needs

awesome. this is just what America needs

breaking a take

Hey guys, you know about the Same Energy website right? has someone made a post about that? Cuz otherwise im gonna sing its praises to high heaven for its artistic references

Okay so I'm just gonna talk about it even if someone's already made a post, someone's gotta spread the word of this incredible website

So you go to the main page, and you like the vibes of one of these pictures

Lets click skull face lady.

It then gives you BUNCHES of images with similar vibes. Want to tweak it a little and narrow it down further? What if you like the vibe of thatt purple one more? Well u click that one and TADA

And you can just keep narrowing down from there, and if you make an account you can even save images you like :D

I know it sounds like i'm advertising for them but honestly i would GLADLY take money to advertise for these guys, their website is still only in beta mode but already I use this (or try to) for my art warmups because I get to try to do something a little different each time. (I would give money to support them but I am broke AF so that's why I'm just spreading the word instead ;A; )

And on the front page there's even an option to search with your own images I think! (Though, I tried to do that but I kept getting an Error, so I don't know if that's a Me With Bad Internet issue or a Website issue. Again, website is in beta, so if it is a problem on their end it will hopefully be fixed soon).

and i just love this website cuz its GREAT for collecting asthetics and vibes (i mean, hence the name "same energy")

It's like Pinterest on crack :0

So yeah :D Definitely go check out Same Energy, it is a GREAT resource for artists and those trying to collect specific vibes.

Sharing here bc helpful resource, but also to add on a few notes.

This is a search engine! Long pressing images on mobile will bring up where the engine found the image (not sure how to pull this up on desktop). It is no different from the images section of Google or Duck Duck Go or w/e else you use in this regard.

I specify this bc pintrest is a hellscape of stolen works :,) it's entire foundation is based on ppl finding aesthetic photos and art and uploading them to the site with no credit or permission. This isn't like that. It is a search engine.

Sometimes what it finds may be reuploads, which sucks, but it's not based in trying to do that. So if you like a photo you see, check out the source. If it seems ligit, consider helping the artist by leaving a tip or doing whatever pleases that site's algorithm.

that last one was pretty half-assed

Anonymous said to sillyseadwellersketches: Any beforus Eridan or Feferi headcanons?

Yeah! They’re still dorks deep down 

I’mmmm losin motivvationnnn

Beforus Eridan?

our merciful lambency

Trying to get back on the groove

I think Beforus Eridan wouldn't have that much cunt (arguably still serves) nor would he care that much to take care of his appearance compared to his alternian counterpart. I like the thought of him being a nutjob wizard scientist. I think he'd only care when he's going to parties or on certain occasions.

Dualscar isn't as chunky because he doesn't like eating all that much for some reason, though somehow he's still strong and has good speed. Meanwhile Cronus... Is Cronus