nickala

Alien Tomfoolery

Sometimes art sometimes shitposting. Carrd

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Pssssst Hey. Hey. Free And Expansive Database Of Folk And Fairy Tales. You Can Thank Me Later

pssssst hey. hey. free and expansive database of folk and fairy tales. you can thank me later

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nickala

8 months ago

I'm at a :.|:; for words.

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funny oh my god memes

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nickala

8 months ago

i've had so many conversations with people in fandom/creators' circles who are genuinely afraid to make the stories or art they want because they fear (often with good reason!) that their friends might kick them out of their circles, or worse, launch a public harassment campaign against them.

as someone recovering from this fear-based mindset, i want to affirm:

- friends who use implicit or explicit threats to maintain social control are not your friends

- communities that monitor your social media and ao3 to surveil you for perceived transgressive content are not safe communities

- the vast majority of people are NOT going to hate you if you make the art you want

- if you find yourself in a friend group that makes you feel afraid to speak your mind, it's in your interest to disentangle yourself from that group as quickly as possible

- real, honest disagreements between friends can be solved respectfully without the use of public shaming

- if you're feeling afraid in a community, it's likely that others are feeling afraid too. support your friends who may be struggling to leave an abusive fan or creative community, and let them know you're a safe person to voice doubts and disagreement to.

- if you're feeling like you'll never find a safer community of people, i promise there are others who feel that way too. it may take some time, but you'll find people who treat you and your ideas with respect. a good place to start is the people who make the type of art that you admire but that you're too afraid to make yourself.

ok that's all, take care of each other and be nice 💜

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seriously just LEAVE life is too short to spend time with people who judge others for the art they like or worse SHUN people for that artistic taste (I am including fetish content as art I just want to make that clear) I was in a situation like that more than once it was 1-2 people being buttholes the others were super chill so that's why I didn't leave a little bit of salt as a treat genau

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nickala

8 months ago

favourite rpg trope is the merchants in incredibly hostile environments. we are at the evil curse mountain and youre just selling me items normal style

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love that shit writing genau tropes

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nickala

8 months ago

hey btw shout out to people whose hair is very important to them and are dealing with hair loss

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as a person who was pressured to grow it out and forced to keep it long (because salons wouldn't cut it short even when asked) I SEE YOU not being able to keep your hair the way you want it is infuriating and disheartening genau

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nickala

8 months ago

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the obfuscation is a side effect at least in my field sometimes the big and weird words are far more specific and are far better to use to convey the topic completely and accurately and putting stuff in layman's terms necessarily involves telling some half-truths or untruths and omitting some of the complexities of the topic I am in the bioscience field funny

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