au where everyone is born with a very unique tattoo on their ankle, nobody else in the world has that tattoo.
every time you fall in love with someone, their tattoo appears somewhere else on your body. (not necessarily soulmates, just who you fall in love with.)
imagine people who fall in love easily having their bodies completely covered in tattoos.
aromantics who only have their own ankle tattoo on their body.
people who have love affairs having to cover up the other secret tattoo from their spouse/partner.
a new tattoo appearing on a celebrity’s body in new photos and a very lucky fan (who had recently met the celebrity) realizing that it’s their tattoo.
elderly ladies sitting around tables in nursing homes telling the story behind each of their tattoos.
kindergartners who giggle as they look at their own ankle tattoos together and dream about the future tattoos they’ll have when they’re all grown up.
people trying their best to deface tattoos of ex-lovers who broke their hearts, but they can never go away.
just think about this, guys.
I WRIIITE
im-an-octopus I just needed to share this with you because I think it’s fucking golden
You don’t have to tell anyone about your practice or your religion. Not to prove you’re a “real” witch or wiccan or what have you, not to “help” them, not for any reason.
If you feel uncomfortable sharing something with someone, if you feel like you’re not supposed to, don’t share it with them. Not until you feel comfortable and safe doing so.
Trust your instincts, always, especially when it comes to something as personal as your craft and path.
having a huge breakdown but not telling anyone because that’s attention seeking and manipulative :)
You know what? No.
I’ve bottled things up for most of my thirty years on this Earth because I didn’t want to be selfish.
Now, the stress has broken what ability I had to muscle down ANYthing and carry on. I’m unemployed for a while to let my body recover, and that’s something I wish I didn’t have to deal with, and I’m not about to wish that on any of you.
If you are genuinely, honestly, on-the-edge breaking down, LET IT OUT. Sob into a pillow, blast that music, draw, write, eat, and please, tell someone.
It can be a crisis hotline, it can be your blog, it can be your secret blog tagged with the words “help” or “sad” or something like that.
You are allowed to cry, to grieve, to hurt, to seek help when you can’t deal with it alone. Many of you are teenagers, and you worry about appearing a certain way in front of your friends, your peers, your family.
Don’t worry - you are not alone in this!
All I’m trying to say is, reach out. You’ll be surprised to see who reaches back.
hey deo, look how desperate smilks white knights are when someone doesn’t respond to them, not to mention unoriginal. There were more “you’re a nerd.” comments submitted by this person but they were swept up by the auto spam finder.
hi daily reminder that billdip is pedophilic and abusive and a terrible ship in general
Hello! Daily reminder that your views of acceptable shipping are not necessarily shared by everyone, and while you are welcome to express your opinion, you should really keep it out of the billdip tag.
you are literally shipping a 2.6 trillion year old demon with the 12 year old kid whose PTSD he caused
that’s fucked up
We sure are. And again, that’s your opinion. Serial killers and cannibals are “fucked up,” too, but you don’t see people complaining about the SAW franchise or shows like Hannibal or Dexter.
Darkness and pain are things people want to know about, and identifying with character as they fight to survive gives us a way to consider how we ourselves would react under similar circumstances. It’s terrifying, and it’s “fucked up,” but oftentimes those themes can help people work through past experiences, identify unhealthy situations before it’s too late, and/or recognize signs of abuse in the real world.
Fandom writing is especially personal, because it’s not censored by a publisher or packaged to sell. It’s exactly what you need it to be, and sometimes what people need isn’t pretty. Here are two articles that go over the subject in more detail, the first of which has some good recommendations for reading.
do you honestly not see the issues with romanticizing pedophilia and abuse, both of which you seem to think are okay?
I think we have a vastly different view of what “romanticizing” actually means? Like, the literal definition is “to deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is.” And that’s…not something I do in my works?
I’m primarily a horror/angst writer, so if I deal with a topic, I will make sure both the reader and the character know it’s awful, and there probably won’t be a happy ending for anyone involved. I can’t think of a single fic in my genre where “abuse” was idealized in the way you are describing.
You might be thinking about fetish erotica? Fanfiction with tags like this (and I’m picking one of the tamer ones, because there are tags in some that minors shouldn’t see.):
But even in this fic, which I read and enjoyed, the sub character knows he shouldn’t like what the dom is doing. He has multiple opportunities to end it, and he doesn’t want to. There’s no initial deceit. It’s perfectly obvious Loki is a villain and a violent criminal, but Tony makes a conscious decision to pursue his infatuation into a potentially unhealthy and unbalanced relationship.
If you are a minor, you probably shouldn’t be reading this kind of fic. Same goes for underage fetish literature, which does exist, and can be extremely upsetting, even to adult readers, which is why they are rated explicit, and heavily tagged with warnings on Ao3.
It’s perfectly fine to critique and condemn those works, but that’s not the same as shaming the authors out of writing entirely. They had a right to produce and market that terrible literature, and their fan base has a right to continue reading them. Ethical censorship is a veryreal thing that exists in this world, and I take my right to free speech very seriously.
So, with that in mind, yes. I think it is “okay” for stories like that to exist. Morality is subjective, and if you don’t like something, you are welcome to talk about it. Post a critique, write a review, simply don’t read it and move on. Honestly, it has never been easier to filter out content on sites like Ao3, but if you go looking for something, you will probably find it.
Explicit Underage Content by Fandom on Ao3:
Avengers: 209 of 59328 (0.35%) underage with (0.14%) also tagged as non-con Teen Wolf: 6188 of 67032 (4.4%) underage with (0.6%) also tagged as non-con Gravity Falls: 69 of 3193 (2%) underage with (0.9%) also tagged as non-con Billdip Only: 42 of 1178 (3.5%) underage with (1.7%) also tagged as non-con
I can only speak for fandoms I’ve been a part of, but I can tell you that some of those ua billdip fics are positively terrifying, and not in a “this person must be a real life sex offender” sort of way. They’re dark, and violent, and oftentimes show the absolute worst things that could ever happen to a human being. Nothing about those stories is even the slightest bit “romantic,” nor is it meant to be.
ok so you’ve actually missed the entire point here thanks
Except I really didn’t, so you’re welcome. I’ve acknowledged your moral misgivings and taken the time to give you well supported and honest answers, so I’m pretty much done here.
Put away the loaded questions and judgmental statements, prove that you’ve actually read and considered my point of view, and come back when you’re ready to make a real response. That’s how discussions work.
lmao i really don’t need to write a respectful response to someone who thinks pedophilia, abuse, and non-con are okay soooo
Ah well, I don’t really feel inclined to continue a conversation with someone who supports moral censorship and equates fictional violence with real world abuse, so there you go. Argument complete.
Just gonna point out that just because someone writes about something doesn’t mean they condone it in real life. The people who made until dawn don’t condone cannibalism. The people who wrote inception don’t condone suicide. The writer of twilight doesn’t condone pedophilia and her books are about a 100+ vampire and a 17 yr old woman. Just because someone writes about something doesn’t mean they condone it.
