the fact that i have to be in the “right headspace” to do even the simplest tasks. absolutely humiliating

the only fandom that is truly following the author's wishes by injecting their weird festishes into it is the les mis fandom. victor hugo wanted to fuck an octopus, he'd be down with whatever freaky shit we could conjure

i’m going to hold your hands when i say this and i am only going to be kind about it once: ai does not belong in fandom spaces, ever. not in writing, not in art, not in video, not at all. it does not matter how bad you want to see your favourite characters kiss, or how much you need a bit of help finishing a chapter, or whatever.

make friends with artists. commission somebody. learn to draw yourself. ask for a beta read. try a writing partnership. fandom spaces are communities, so engage with them! it is about the journey and the fact that we all love something enough to create and build together about that thing.

spending 30 seconds to kill a tree and get an AI to push out some soulless empty piece of “content” is antithetical to the entire point of being engaged with fandom, and if you’ve taken to doing this you should really reconsider if you belong in these spaces with the rest of us.

love when theres a character whose entire existence is spoiler tagged by default. go behind the curtain boy

people using the jayvik tag to complain they keep seeing jayvik art… my brother in christ what you are advertising is a skill issue.

block the tag! no one’s forcing you to see anything.

it’s also frankly unkind to use the tag just so people who love it will have to hear you complaining about it. please don’t use fandom tags to yuck someone else’s yum.

new tag game: the thing you most often pretended to be as a kid—whether it was a horse, a bride, a queen, a specific character, a knight, a lawyer, a baby, anything—is symbolically representative of you currently. what is it for you?

me burning the candle at both ends: oobh i got plany off wick

People are trying to bring back 1880s-era anti-ASL sentiment. Worst timeline.

You'd be surprised how often I'm told there is no interpreter at an event, there are no captions at an event, and they act like I'm asking for something absurd.

This isn't a performative dance routine interpreting what is going on.

But hey, deafies, we're woke now because we require interpreters.

This is all absolutely true. Also, to add, many deaf people receive a much worse education because the schools are unwilling/unable to invest in proper education for deaf people. So there are deaf people out there who struggle to read English because the structure of English is completely different than the structure of Sign Languages.

Also, Sign Language is NOT international. Signing in London is different that Ireland, or Paris, Toronto, Mexico, New Zealand, India-- some of the signing may be similar or even related but they are all different languages. So if you see several interpreters at an event or a news broadcast or en EU summit, and they are doing different signs, this is why.

And for the idiots who still don't comprehend that for many people English is a second language, even signers who were born in an English speaking country-- and still argue 'you get captions what's the problem' - Have you ever watched the auto-craptions on the news or a live event, or even a film on Amazon that they couldn't bother to get a human to properly provide subs? Yeah. A good percentage of the time, it's just word salad that means absolutely nothing. There is a reason we call them ‘craptions’. You're likely to just get a pile of words that may or may not have to do with anything going on in what you are trying to watch.

Some time, put on the news with no captions or sound. Put on a film or show you have never seen before, and try to lipread what is being said. Try to figure out what the plot or context is from just the actor's faces. Just try to engage when the only queues you have are facial expressions and movement on the screen-- if you can even see them talk at all, a lot of films and shows are shot over a shoulder with the back of someone's head.

Wear ear-plugs when you are out having a coffee with a friend and try to figure out what your friend is even saying. No music, no nothing-- just earplugs and trying to figure it out.

Do all of this for a week and then tell me that craptions are enough. Then tell me we don't need interpreters. After two days, you're going to be angry and frustrated because you don't know what the fuck is going on.

Interpreters do more than just tell you the exact words. They INTERPRET English language and put it into sign. They aren't just randomly throwing around their hands and looking silly. And they do it on the fly, live, as something is going. A good majority of the times, Interpreters have no idea what is going to be said. In those moments they are hearing something in English (or French, Spanish, what have you), figuring out what the best way to sign these words back to a sign-user base, and they have to do it all in seconds. It's a LOT of work.

So if you are at an event or you see two or even more signers who keep switching off after half an hour or an hour, know that the money is NOT being wasted having multiple interpreters there. They are not being lazy. They are doing a whole helluva lot, and their brains and hands and faces occasionally need a break.

So if you are hiring interpreters for an event, don't be surprised if they say you'll need to pay more to have several interpreters there. The interpreters are incredibly skilled, and they work bloody hard. If they tell you they need more than one, don't have a fit at them and try to talk them into just having one interpreter, thinking you can pay less. Understand that they work their arses off, and it's a very intense job that requires a lot of brain power and body power. So please, PLEASE be kind to interpreters.

And for chrissake, STOP DOING THIS. STOP DOING THIS. STOP FUCKING DOING THIS.

Viktor is autistic. He is autistic and acts autistic and Jayce knows he’s autistic. He has his special headphones and his playlist of asmr that helps with his overload, he’s got his vest that’s just tight enough to calm him, and he’s got his specific food he likes to eat as snacks.

Jayce Talis is not autistic. He just doesn’t like the way certain shirts feel on his arms. He just doesn’t like it when he has chest hair. He just has his specific steps he has to go through when going from the forge to the lab, having to use the same soap and the same towels every single time or it’s Not Right. He doesn’t like certain food unless his ma makes it because she makes it the right way.

Jayce isn’t autistic. Viktor is.

viktor arcane has to be one of the characters ever.

he's gay. he's terminally ill. he's suicidal. he's from league of legends. he's in a toxic relationship with an orb. he also might be the orb(???). he bullshitted his way into the academy by pretending he went there. he rizzed up a guy so he wouldn't kill himself. he then tried to impress said guy by breaking into his boss's lab. then when he got caught he tried to play it off by saying he thought this big intimidating door was his bedroom door and he was just trying to sneak a guy in there. he nearly died because hetero sex was happening like a mile away. kinda. he took illegal drugs. he's also the apprentice of the guy who's making the illegal drugs and never mentions it. he's inspired off of the tale of frankenstein's monster. he got shot by a missle and fucking died. when he came back to life he immediately broke up his messy gay situationship and became jesus fucking christ.

truly one of the characters of all time

EDIT cause i made this pre-act 2:

he started a cult. his ex came back from purgatory and shot him straight through the fucking chest. he got revived by his illegal drug making mentor using mutant furry blood. he turned everyone into fucked up magic robots. he got neutered by magic orb. he fought with his ex and choked him freaky style. a time travelling guy threw an orb at him and then he found out he and his ex were inextricably bound in every universe and timeline. then they went to super heaven.

I think HCing characters with physical disabilities is good and should be done more often but whenever I do it I feel like

I hate when people ask me about my preference but I don’t understand their preference level. Like yes I kinda want Chinese food 10% more than I want a sandwich but if you want a sandwich like 40% more than Chinese food then I would say it’s totally reasonable we get sandwiches.

Oh to be jayvik with their four beautiful adopted kids at that stream by their cottage 🌿

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MY SHAYLASS 😭😭

HHRUG THEYRE ADORABLE I LOVE THEM 😭💕💕

So yea basically an AU where they meet as kids and become best friends !

This took like a month but that’s okay, the next part shouldn’t take as long :)

(PLEASE IGNORE THE INCONSISTENCIES 🙏🙏🙏)

“Jayvik hug” this “jayvik hug” that, what about Jayvik “bridal carried that man and frantically ran through that building and left everyone else behind bc he had to save him”. What about that.

Some Enjoltaire scenes from the 2019 staged concert

Ok, so this is during Red and Black. Look how Grantaire is focused on Enjolras during his whole speech. Then Enjolras says ... do we fight for the right to the night at the opera now, and Grantaire laughs with the most affectionate look on his face. He's 100% buying everything Enjolras says. He even loves his dumb little jokes.

But then!!! Enjolras goes after him specifically with, Is it simply a game for rich young boys to play? And Grantaire isn't even angry for this. I think he's more like - of course you're right Enjolras. I'm useless. For a moment I was so lost in your words I thought I was as brave as you all, but I'm not.

And then!!!

Exactly at the moment Marius sings breathless delight, Grantaire bursts with laughter and comes over to TOUCH ENJOLRAS' NECK AND PULL HIM INTO AN EMBRACE. And I'm sure he's saying something along the lines - You see, I told you the same before. Won't you forget your stupid plans for a moment, just like Marius did?

Enjolras obviously has other ideas but he doesn't look like he's. Shocked or offended by Grantaire's excessive familiarity. He even looks at him fondly at the beginning and leans into his embrace.

And then, Drink with me. So Enjolras was sitting in the back while the other guys were singin, but when he hears Grantaire being distressed, he comes over to try and comfort him :(. He specifically gets up only to come to Grantaire.

And he whispers something to him. Probably telling him to stop drinking for now, as he takes his bottle to raise a toast with others. And Grantaire doesn't even care 🙃.

All in all, I really love how these little scenes show their relationship. They seem to be genuine friends! I specifically love how Enjolras clearly cares about Grantaire even though the two of them may argue and don't agree on many things. But he doesn't look down on Grantaire with disgust, he's more like trying to make Grantaire to get himself together.