Horror-enthusiast-xemi - XD

"guys I do not condone any of this in real life" "this is fiction" "consent is key. this is only fiction" "murder is bad irl" — I wish fanfic authors didn't feel like they had to clarify this in author's notes or else they might be accused of being abusers or worse (I admit that such disclaimers are also something I personally use for my own stuff because I feel like I had to make it clear). like... people used to not care if an author wrote dead dove fics because people used to understand that ao3 fics are not a reflection of someone's in real life views or morality in any way. people used to understand that fanfics mean what they mean; fan fiction. none of it is real. maybe it's purity culture that normalizes witch hunt and censorship in the past couple years, and therefore authors feel like they have to clarify that just because they write about violence or noncon stuff doesn't mean they're murderers or sex offenders in real life. and I think it sucks that these things (purity and cancel culture?) have made authors feel like they have to apologize for the art they created instead of being proud of their hard work and all the dedication they put into creating these art. artists should not have to feel like they have to apologize for creating art that isn't all rainbow and sunshine. artists should not have to be made to feel ashamed of their own art if it's not all rainbow and sunshine.

I don’t agree with the “you can write noncon and dark fics as long as you make sure your readers get the message that these things are bad” or “you can write noncon and dark fics if it’s your way of coping with your trauma” take either. because writers do not owe you anything. the message writers want to send to their readers — whatever that message may be, if there’s any message or moral of the story for readers to take from the stories at all — is none of your business. why writers write what they write is none of your business. remember “don’t like don’t read”. no one forces you to read anything you don’t like. dark and noncon fics are a form of creative writing and creative writing is a form of art. you can’t pressure artists into creating art that “fit your moral compass” nor can you apply your own moral compass to artists to determine if they can create dark art or not, if their reasoning behind creating dark art passes your moral compass. like… what artists create and why artists create are none of your business. and you don’t get to shame artists for creating art that you hate / art that disgusts you. what you can do is ignore the art because it clearly was not made for you and that’s okay. what isn’t okay is you harassing artists because you don’t like the things they created.

writers, embrace and be proud of your works. as long as all the trigger warnings are tagged properly, you have nothing to apologize for.

Listen, I love 2022 as much as the next guy but like

Can I get more riddlebat of these flippin idiots🥺🙏

a very silly little animatic using an audio my buddy Falbright made for my birthday!!! (IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN JUST LOOK AT THE TWEET GJHSDG)

as usual bc he's Not on tumbl yet I'm also linking his twitter and bluesky pls go peep him he's lovely

mirrorbaker. it's all @reporpoisedphantasies FAULT !!!

Addair fan doodles yummers... I love you my big meanie... They dont understand u like i do

Also art of him being emo about Caz touching him or whatever (oh god forbid a man touches another man... ew... gay people/j)

(Edit: i just remembered the ending, shh abt me not knwoing his real name lmao) It's like 2 something am rn and I am quite eepy BUT, I had the slightest motivation soo.. Caz art!^^

I don't think I'm the first but still, my motivation ran out halfway through unfortunately lmao- gonna draw more of these characters in the morning cuz artfight is gonna beat my ass in a day or so

One under-appreciated breed of fic writer are the ones who hyperfocus on logistics to the exclusion of all canon shortcuts, and thus usually strike upon an awesome way to flesh out the worldbuilding or characters.

Like, I’m not necessarily talking realism here since often it’s still pretty far from realistic, but more like, “someone has to be running spies in this fantasy kingdom, and we’ve seen the whole royal court, so which background character is it? How does that change these three major interactions?” Or “real life historical nobility did in fact have some things to do that were like jobs, how does this human disaster cope with running an estate?” Or “there’s no reason for a sci-fi robot detective to know how to whitewater kayak, where’d she learn?” Or “if this guy is serving the emperor directly he has to be way high up in the space empire servant hierarchy, why is he doing this menial task for someone else? What’s his motive? Does he perhaps have the secret space telepathy?”

Anyway I’m always DELIGHTED to find a fic or writer who asks these questions because the fics themselves are universally bangers.

The reason dc killed barry is so that they dont have to draw hal sucking on barrys neck

Posting this bc idk i like her but this is old art and I wanna post it to get it out of my brain

I made different fankids based on DC au stuff or other versions and this was one of my favorite lil villain girlies. I may share more on her if I re visit her but for now Emmie's old ref is just here lmao

I also had ideas to make her a psychopath but I was struggling to figure out how to correctly make her character with that (especially in the context of the show), so we'll see

Into the riddlebatverse, guys, trust..