I Talked About This Earlier But There's Something Really Upsetting To Me About Posts That Declare A Character

i talked about this earlier but there's something really upsetting to me about posts that declare a character as inhumane because they struggle to understand love and have ptsd, especially when there's several actual things that the character has done that are fucked up like. idk. murder.

i tend to really enjoy characters that act out due to trauma and struggle to understand love because those are things i've personally dealt with. i understand why others may not like them but pinning their "inhumanity" on struggling to understand love is just. seriously?? amatonormativity is so deeply ingrained in peoples brains and it's really upsetting to see as a loveless aro. lovelessness seems to be a bigger crime to people than murder when it comes to character analysis lol

there's so much that can go into loveless character analysis. for example flowey struggles to understand love due to trauma and because of this he feels extremely isolated in a world where love is considered something that makes people who they are. he feels trapped in a loop as he tries to deal with his trauma on his own because he thinks no one could possibly understand. his decision to exhaust everything he could do in the underground is a product of helplessness, isolation, and untreated trauma that he and his family didn't know how to handle.

so it just feels particularly hurtful and dense when i see extremely complicated traumatized loveless characters labeled as Evil and Beyond Help solely because they struggle to understand love. especially when stories with antagonists like this are typically about coming to terms with your trauma and allowing yourself to move on from the past. these characters act out in situations like this because of ostracization and desperation to be understood and safe.

pretty much i think if you think a character is Evil ask if this is because they have killed people or if you think the issue actually lies in their lovelessness. i keep seeing people look at characters that do bad things and they go "THIS IS BECAUSE THEY CANT FEEL LOVE!! MONSTER!!!" this isn't me saying that you aren't allowed to dislike characters cuz that's perfectly fine i Get It but sooo many times i see a post like "this character killed people :/ theyre EVIL cuz they CANT FEEL LOVE!!!" hey can we maybe focus on the Actual Crimes rather than ur own arophobia if we're talking about reasons we dislike characters thanks

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reblog right. ik this post is about flowey but. mfw every time a non saeru enjoyer talks about him at length hate hate hate when people boil saeru down to lovelessness (and then Insist that what he feels is devotion which is Different Somehow ig) even ignoring the fact he clearly Cares about people (aka azami *aggressively points to no title*) like. why is This the thing people fixate on. they do realise there are other aspects to his character right (apparently not) saeru's existence is intertwined with despair and fear and the only person he's ever cared about aligned herself with what he perceives as the source of that fear and then suddenly this arbitrary line is drawn. that all his actions hereafter are a product of his own inherent lovelessness and inhumanit rather than a product of his selfishness and fear one of my least favourite things about kgpr tbh is the way saeru is declared as a “real” monster IN TEXT because of some “inherent fault” in him and not because he is unable to move on (novel 8 intro monologue my beloathed (although it's a great otherwise sorry seto)) it muddies what it actually means to be a monster sm and imo ruins that theme entirely because suddenly monstrousness is attributed to an internal fixed “issue” rather than being a metaphor for one's inability to cope with grief and trauma the problem with saeru isn't that he's a “real monster” (whatever the hell that means) and that he's loveless the problem with saeru is that he can't grapple with his own grief and fear and that he fucking kills kids!!! and seeing people in the fandom latch onto this idea of lovelessness making him a “real monster” and repeating it rather than realising it as a writing fault is fucking aggravating sorry for rambling riel I too saw a stupid take a few days ago and this rant has been in my head since the thing that separates azami and saeru imo isn't love it's that she's able to share and overcome her grief and trauma even for a second which isn't about love so much as it is about hope and the bonds you form with people saeru is not able to do that! saeru is not able to overcome his trauma and no one ever tries to understand him! even when he fucking tries to get people to! not that he's owed that understanding considering his actions but then don't misattribute his fucking actions to some ontological “fault” and boil him down to that trait!!! ugh okay sorry I'll shut up now tldr you're so right sorry for ranting in the tags

artists against apartheid: call for submissions

A bold graphic featuring tan-colored text on a red background. The title reads "Artists Against Apartheid" and the subtitle reads "Artists in Solidarity with Palestine". There are fishnet patterns referencing the keffiyeh design decorating the border.

Red text on a tan-colored background. The title reads "Call for Art" and has a box with the link to the submissions page: againstapartheid.art/submit

Red text on a tan-colored background. The title reads "Calling on artists to make work against apartheid and for a Free Palestine". The body text reads "The world is watching a historic moment in the movement for national liberation led by the Palestinian people. 75 years after the Nakba, and facing great challenges from the Israeli occupation, the people of Palestine have begun writing a new chapter in their history as they march towards freedom. As the world stands in solidarity with Palestine, it's up to us artists to join forces as active participants!". The following paragraph is bolded: "We call on artists to create powerful works in support of Palestine, through the lens of victory, defiance, and hope, as we engage in the battle of ideas and use our culture as a weapon of the oppressed. Join us as artists against apartheid!"

hello everyone! you may have seen a lot of beautiful posters for palestine (free downloads) by artists against apartheid at protests and around your area. artists against apartheid is asking for more submissions for their third poster drop — submit here: https://againstapartheid.art/submit 🇵🇸

submission guidelines:

11x17 posters

1/4" bleed

300 dpi

pdf format

this is a rolling submission, but they're hoping to drop the third set of posters this coming week!

not an artist but interested in putting these out in the world? check out their toolkits page for resources on posting to help spread the word, hosting film screenings, wheatpasting, holding banner drops, and more!

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tibtew

3 years ago

This is an appreciation post for the fanfic authors who aren’t included on rec lists

For the fanfic authors who don’t get art of their fics

For the fanfic authors who can’t get to 1000/500/100 hits

For the fanfic authors who don’t get comments/reviews

For the fanfic authors who write for small fandoms

For the fanfic authors who write rarepairs or gen fics

For the fanfic authors who get hate for the ships/characters/fandoms they write

For the fanfic authors who write in English despite it not being their first language

For the fanfic authors who don’t write in English

For the fanfic authors who don’t think anyone reads or likes their work

For the fanfic authors who aren’t big name fans

For the fanfic authors who don’t get requests in their inboxes

For the fanfic authors who can’t write stories that are more than a thousand words

For the fanfic authors who only write one ship

For the fanfic authors who are just starting

For the fanfic authors who have been writing fic for years

For the fanfic authors who use fanfic to practice writing

For the fanfic authors who write self-insert fics

For the fanfic authors who write about their OCs

For the fanfic authors who write to vent or cope

For the fanfic authors who are just waiting for their big break

Keep creating, I love you ❤️

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reblog txt ☆ˎˊ˗ CRIES thank you op I needed this

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tibtew

1 year ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

What about Project Moon genderswap Captain Ahab too?

anon I hope you know this concept is making me Scream

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limbus company I WIN! I WIN!! I can't wait to see her. well. see her properly and Not as a mutilated corpse I saw people saying ahab was confirmed as a woman a while ago but I couldn't find any unassailable evidence ingame so I'm rejoicing Now

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tibtew

2 years ago

Redoing poll due to poor wording

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idk reblog well you see it all depends on how much projection you want to take into account because I AM saeru. I am literally him. he is literally m e and I AM also ena and chara because I can physically Feel what they've been through to worrying degrees sometimes but sometimes it's just. vibes you know? it's very character-dependent in my experience and because a lot of people already see me very differently to how I see myself from like a. base level I think people who have just met me would be surprised by my kinlist maybe people I've known for a long time too

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tibtew

2 years ago

one of them is acutely aware that this place will put them to death

ver. without text under the cut:

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reblog milgram 0509 0905 lol dare I say lmao look at my bestie's art now!!!

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tibtew

3 years ago

Oh yeah I should probably do this huh (oh the joys of redesigning your sona)

Guess I’m tagging @sichinox @daisymels @kitty-kyt hey guys sorry not sorry </3

Another picrew

I’m tagging @yanderememes @jenorca-archived @tenthgrove @absolute-menace-to-society and anyone else who wants to join.

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tibtew

1 year ago

I've decided that my gender is whatever looks the most gay to the viewers

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txt ☆ˎˊ˗ jokes that have probably been made before

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tibtew

1 year ago

Happy new years everyone I spend the last 5 days working on an oc mv to one of my favourite songs

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reblog anyways i promise EVERYONE GO WATCH THIS NOWWWWW!!! my bestie put in sm effort everyone look at their ocs genesis (the god/parent guy)... gorgest I want to corner her in an alleyway and stab him with a balloon sword rowan's smirk.... augh watch this mv it'll give you good luck in the new year

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tibtew

3 years ago

gotta sketch Saeru

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reblog kagepro saeru WAAAA HE’S SO PRETTY I love the he He’s just So Terrible

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tibtew

3 years ago

Commission for @LuninTIBTEW!

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reblog kagepro kensae tateyama kenjirou saeru I love this fucking commission So Much thank you ren it was so worth it I think about these All The Time they make me so *pissbaby noises*

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