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Egalitarian No Pants Agenda

@thatgirlonstage / thatgirlonstage.tumblr.com

Fandom nonsense (affectionate).
I'm Tal and I haven't been a girl or on stage since 2018 but I don't want to break a decade's worth of links on this blog so I'm here forever. She/They; old enough to remember the 1900s; stop disclosing all your personal details online kids.
Askbox is open; I love chatting headcanons and theories. The fandoms are too many to count, but they include: MXTX novels, Black Butler, BNHA, Good Omens, TAZ, CritRole, Voltron, BSD, Tolkien, Witcher, Danny Phantom, OFMD. Shakespeare yelling hours occur unprompted and without warning. If you want more of me talking/reacting to things, wander over to twitter. If you want to check out my writing, links are below and I love you forever.
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Mermay 2023 Prompts Open!

Happy May Day! I like mermaids! I like the ocean and weird magical creatures living in it and throwing worldbuilding spaghetti at the wall. My May tradition is to write a bunch of mermaid fic about it, and here is your invitation to send me prompts to write more of it.

Rules:

  1. Send me 2+ characters & a prompt word. Specify romantic or platonic if you feel strongly!
  2. I will write mermaid fic :D
  3. I do not promise speed but I will finish as many as I can during the month of May

Notes:

  • If you really like one of my prompt fills you can ask me to write more of it! (no need for a prompt word) The mermay fics on Ao3 are not open to continuations.
  • Any fandom is fair game as long as I'm familiar with it! If you can find it on my blog or my Ao3, it's probably something I'll be willing to write :D I'm pretty flexible with multishipping and stepping outside my comfort zone for short stuff, so suggest whatever! Rare pairs, crack ships, shit I don't normally write. I'll let you know if it's a NOTP or I'm not willing to write it for some other reason
  • You can suggest big groups of characters (eg: the whole crew of the Revenge from OFMD) if you want, but just be aware I won't be able to spotlight everybody if you get to more than ~4 people

@luci-on-the-moon and I were talking about how, now that Ciel is a fugitive and has been “replaced” by his brother, he’s going to need to find new ways of making money, and Lau already was all for whoring Seb out (he’s never one to miss an opportunity).

So we figured Ciel would be all over that so long as he gets a cut. Ofc I immediately recalled the Peanuts psychiatric help stand and had to make this edit.

You’re welcome.

(Original artwork is by Charles Schultz)

I can hear the stock cartoon sound effects. How much to boink the footman?

I’m sure Ciel would be more than happy to negotiate a price.

Snake: Uh—what? —says Emily nervously

😂

Twice the price for his uhh... snake anatomy? Thanks again for putting this in my head. Don't worry if you don't know who I'm talking about for that hc because they do. 😂

Oh I do lol. Ciel would definitely charge more lmao 🤣

It would probably make Seb jealous and he’d say “hey I can make mine like that too!!!!” 😂

Ciel would just see money

ken getting arrested alongside barbie after she punches the guy who smacks her ass presents so many possibilities

  1. ken saw barbie punch the douchebag and was like “LET’S MAKE THIS A PARTY” and joined in on the smackdown
  2. alternatively, the guy’s friends tried to jump in and ken wasn’t having ANY of that
  3. ken saw barbie getting shoved into a big car with bright lights on the top and was like “OH BOY! can i come too?? 😊😊” and just kind of tagged along
  4. alternatively, he realized what was going on and was like “EXCUSE ME OFFICER i too have committed A Crime so please show me to The Jail with my beautiful girlfriend” so they wouldn’t be separated
  5. ken got in trouble for trying to help barbie escape but in his defense no one TOLD him resisting arrest is a crime because no one told him what being arrested or crime is
  6. ken didn’t know who these men showing up to take his girlfriend away were, but he could see she was very upset and excuse?? you cannot take barbie away from ken without her permission??? so long story short, ken punched a cop
  7. ken fully burned something down earlier and the cops were like “two birds one stone” when they came to get barbie
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want to be clear that if i ever talk about a headcanon and then later discuss a headcanon that is directly contradictory to the first one, that’s because headcanons exist in a quantum state where they are all simultaneously true and not true up until the point where i discuss it in detail, in which case that is the one that is true in that instance. schroedinger’s headcanons

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I don’t have it in me to resurrect this even as a bit or a parody but the thought occurs to me that it’s a bit of a shame Re:Zero came too late for the ffnet era of characters interrupting either the A/N or even the fic itself with commentary, only because I think Subaru-outside-canon has genuine comedic potential as a fourth wall breaker demanding to know how and why you keep coming up with increasingly horrifying ways for him to die

(Relatedly every time I rewatch the rabbit death I lose my shit a little I always think it can’t be as gruesome as I remember and I am always Wrong)

*gore/graphic violence warning for the link

the light novel version of that scene is... almost worse imo

warning: gore

The author of Re: Zero truly has a taste for whump I have previously only encountered in the most creative and depraved corners of the Danny Phantom fandom. This is a whole hearted compliment.

The point shouldn't be to identify for sure 100% what is ai art and what isn't. I keep seeing posts advising one to look out for wonky perspective (as if perspective doesn't routinely trip up even the most experienced artists) or to pay attention to fudged detailing (as if impressionism wasn't one of the most influential artistic movements in history), and I think that's coming from a good place but frankly it's a losing battle. Remember when everyone was on about counting the fingers or counting the teeth, and a week later they had that shit ironed out completely? All you're really doing is giving these people more data points to work with to refine their algorithm. It's just going to be constantly shifting goalposts, and at a certain point real artists are going to get exhausted trying to make their art look as not algorithmically generated as possible. It'll be impossible to keep up.

So what should we do? Honestly, I think old practices are still best practices. Find real artists and follow them. Don't repost art, and dont spread reposted art. If something doesn't have a source, skip it. Support artists you like, either by sharing their work directly or donating. And if someone's work looks suspicious? Maybe give them a second look. See some of their other art before jumping to conclusions.

And yes, that means sometimes, you're gonna be tricked. Some people are going to fly under the radar and pass off ai art as their own. And that sucks, and they're liars, but you can't let the obsession with bad actors police real artists out of their communities, or discourage new artists from entering the scene.

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this is Total Time in Car. train trips don't count. do not count time spent in hotels. if you slept in your car you can put those hours towards your total tho. doesn't matter if you were the one driving or were just a passenger. and put in the tags where you went :)

I don’t have it in me to resurrect this even as a bit or a parody but the thought occurs to me that it’s a bit of a shame Re:Zero came too late for the ffnet era of characters interrupting either the A/N or even the fic itself with commentary, only because I think Subaru-outside-canon has genuine comedic potential as a fourth wall breaker demanding to know how and why you keep coming up with increasingly horrifying ways for him to die

(Relatedly every time I rewatch the rabbit death I lose my shit a little I always think it can’t be as gruesome as I remember and I am always Wrong)

*gore/graphic violence warning for the link

The way Crunchy titled that video is unhinged by the way they literally just called it “Bunnies!” LIKE. YEAH. THERE. THERE SURE ARE BUNNIES. THAT IS DEFINITELY A TRUE STATEMENT ABOUT THAT VIDEO

My sincerest condolences to anyone who clicked that thinking they were gonna get like, a cute anime rabbit video, I am SO sorry about your future nightmares

I don’t have it in me to resurrect this even as a bit or a parody but the thought occurs to me that it’s a bit of a shame Re:Zero came too late for the ffnet era of characters interrupting either the A/N or even the fic itself with commentary, only because I think Subaru-outside-canon has genuine comedic potential as a fourth wall breaker demanding to know how and why you keep coming up with increasingly horrifying ways for him to die

(Relatedly every time I rewatch the rabbit death I lose my shit a little I always think it can’t be as gruesome as I remember and I am always Wrong)

*gore/graphic violence warning for the link

I don’t have it in me to resurrect this even as a bit or a parody but the thought occurs to me that it’s a bit of a shame Re:Zero came too late for the ffnet era of characters interrupting either the A/N or even the fic itself with commentary, only because I think Subaru-outside-canon has genuine comedic potential as a fourth wall breaker demanding to know how and why you keep coming up with increasingly horrifying ways for him to die

If you answer this (especially if your answer is "other"), I'd love to hear a longer explanation of your specific ways of engaging + your own understanding of why in the replies or tags or w/e. would also like to know if there are things about the general concept of fandom that irritate you or which you enjoy and seek out. you're also free to inbox me about it if you prefer to remain anonymous. would also love to hear if you have identified any patterns in the things you tend to join fandoms for or (if you are someone who doesn't enjoy fandom) what puts you off.

I tried to put them roughly in order of existence (except for IRL haha). Also I realize that ao3 technically is also a "multifandom website" like wattpad/ffn, but it just Feels Different. Also no shade to the other poll. I know I'm not the only crotchety old person in those notes.