I think this is a conversation that fandom needs to have in general.

When you encounter something that makes you uncomfortable while you’re playing a video game, reading something on AO3, browsing Twitter, or scrolling through Tumblr, you have the power to remove yourself. You can stop reading, you can hit the back button, you can block/mute, you can turn the device off entirely.

“Consent” has a very specific meaning. When you’re consuming a piece of media that a creator has posted on their own personal account, you are in their space. That is a one-sided interaction. They’re not at all involved, they can’t reach through the screen to hit the back button for you. They’re not “violating your consent” or “pushing your boundaries”, because you are the one in control.

We need to stop acting like creators are 100% responsible for the mental well-being of every person who could possibly encounter their work, and instead start taking responsibility for our own online experiences.

Remember when Persona 5 came out, and then people got upset because the game required you to acknowledge on starting the game that it was a work of fiction without any direct connection to reality.

And that if you refused to do so, the game would kick you out entirely.

People got actually honest to god MAD over the idea that they were expected to treat fiction like fiction.

There was at least one big name professional “journalist” who claimed he couldn’t get past the first minute of P5 because it refused to proceed until he admitted that this was a work of fiction and he was apparently incapable of doing that.

This is such a bizarre concept to me because media is inherently passive--you choose to watch, to read, to play, etc. A movie or a book or a game can't "violate" your consent, because you can stop anytime things become uncomfortable. You are in control of your experience. If you can't acknowledge fiction as fiction, maybe you shouldn't be interacting with it.

I think this is a conversation that fandom needs to have in general.

When you encounter something that makes you uncomfortable while you’re playing a video game, reading something on AO3, browsing Twitter, or scrolling through Tumblr, you have the power to remove yourself. You can stop reading, you can hit the back button, you can block/mute, you can turn the device off entirely.

“Consent” has a very specific meaning. When you’re consuming a piece of media that a creator has posted on their own personal account, you are in their space. That is a one-sided interaction. They’re not at all involved, they can’t reach through the screen to hit the back button for you. They’re not “violating your consent” or “pushing your boundaries”, because you are the one in control.

We need to stop acting like creators are 100% responsible for the mental well-being of every person who could possibly encounter their work, and instead start taking responsibility for our own online experiences.

Remember when Persona 5 came out, and then people got upset because the game required you to acknowledge on starting the game that it was a work of fiction without any direct connection to reality.

And that if you refused to do so, the game would kick you out entirely.

People got actually honest to god MAD over the idea that they were expected to treat fiction like fiction.

There was at least one big name professional “journalist” who claimed he couldn’t get past the first minute of P5 because it refused to proceed until he admitted that this was a work of fiction and he was apparently incapable of doing that.

This is such a bizarre concept to me because media is inherently passive--you choose to watch, to read, to play, etc. A movie or a book or a game can't "violate" your consent, because you can stop anytime things become uncomfortable. You are in control of your experience. If you can't acknowledge fiction as fiction, maybe you shouldn't be interacting with it.

scaralumi

doodled wanderlumi on friend's tablet while at acx 🤗

also add in the tags if you want how your tolerance has changed over time!

Some modern au shenanigans

begging people to realize that "androgynous" is not code for "somewhere on the soft butch to elven twink continuum"

androgyny can & does mean big tits and huge beards and thick dark body hair and cock bulge and fat rolls and dark skin btw and i am soooo sick and tired of people talking about "androgyny" when they only mean a specific form of androgyny that prioritizes the least amount of visible sex characteristics possible alongside "ethereal" whiteness and thinness stop defining androgyny by lack im gonna go insane

idk who out there needs to hear this but androgynous does not just mean "not obviously male or female," it also means "a combination of masculine and feminine traits." why do y'all think AndroGynous means "gender neutral." hello. hello.

yknow what also: why does gender ambiguity have to solely be about trying to look like you could be either a cis man or a cis woman? part of the fun for me is making people go "they're obviously gay or trans, but which and in what way???"

kaeya and klee!! 🥹🥹 they were so cute in the recent event, and the new region is so pretty as well

I’m autistic and made this for other autistic people but anyone with sensory issues can interact/vote/etc. :)

HOUSING SHOWCASE -> TEL GALEN

Eula can't fool Collei anymore

My silly gals 🤲🏻

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