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Welcome to the house of Gemini.

We are all very happy to have you here. Our house animal is the Deer. Because like us it is incredibly energetic, witty, and very intelligent. The Gemini house colours are yellow, which stands for leadership, productivity, charisma, creativity, communication, and experience. Also light green which stands for logic, enthusiasm, diligence, and hope. Now, there are a few things you need to know about your new house. Due to our ability to adapt to just about any situation, and charismatic, yet ambtroverted nature. Geminis are often believed to be two-faced, fake, and less intelligent. But however this is far from the truth. As Geminis we are adaptable, outgoing, intelligent, playful, sociable, affectionate, inquisitive, imaginative, kind, and quick-witted. We are one of the air signs here at our school. Which for those of who don't know. The air element symbolizes curiosity, originality, discipline, knowledge, and wit. Another thing is our rivaling houses are Virgo, and Taurus: due to our signs naturally clashing against each other. But this does not mean that a Gemini can not be friends with someone from one of these zodiac houses. Our house has the best relationship with Aires, Leo, Libra, and Aquarius. One other majorly important thing for you to know is here at our school we do not tolerate any form of discrimination, assault, or bullying. Which includes: one's religion, sexuality, romantic orientation, gender identity, sex, disability, age, ethnicity, and zodiac sign. Anyone found doing such things will be punished accordingly. Also, to keep any students from feeling singled out. All house dorms, and restrooms are gender-neutral. Do not worry, unlike some other schools ours does not have a uniform. But all students are required to wear their house jacket that they receive at the start of every school year. For any students who find themselves unable to buy any of the needed materials. Please contact the school and we will help you in doing so. Once again, welcome to Gemini, we look forward to seeing you this year.

To an online bully:

Stop assuming wrong things about other people’s lives when you know absolutely nothing and have absolutely no proof or evidence.

You are misinterpreting random things to your own delusions and you are believing in false narratives.

You need to stop inventing shit because you’ve been convincing yourself of things that aren’t even happening in reality.

Don’t make things up. Do yourself a favor and quit believing in your own distorted lies.

When you don’t know something, you don’t wildly and falsely speculate. You shut up.

Some bullies really cannot stand the joy and happiness of others.

They basically want to convince you that you are as miserable as them, even though it is clear as day that you are the happiest person on Earth, thriving, enjoying, and living your best life.

They wish you could be sad and depressed, but you’re not. They wish you could be sorrowful and unhappy, but you’re not.

They wish you could be heart-broken, just like they’re imagining it, but you’re not.

They wish they could rejoice over your demise, but that is not happening, and it drives them crazy.

So they try and pretend that you’re miserable, nonetheless. They try to force themselves to believe that you’re unhappy.

They’re so pitiful.

Whenever you come across these types of sick individuals, never let their behaviors bother you. Always remember they’re the ones that are truly suffering.

Your joy makes them suffer a whole lot.

Keep your happiness going.

Hey bully,

Try misinterpreting this

Never let a bully’s words cause you to feel a certain way. Any bullshit they want to throw at you, deep down they are talking about themselves.

Anything they try to imply against you is in fact revealing their own situation. Any name they want to call you or any derogatory term they want to use on you is describing themselves.

They are a lost cause and laughable. They have no advantage over you.

“You can’t create OCs based on yourself!” fuck you, I can do whatever the hell I want. If I wanna write a fic where I’m BFFs with Alastor, I’m gonna do it. What are you gonna do? Call the fandom police?

look you’re allowed to be and feel uncomfortable with anyone and anything but proship really just means open to all shipping, even the “problematic” ones.

Also even if they do like that kind of ships, it’s completely irrelevant. You mind your own business? You don’t go out of your way to harass people? You’re not openly calling them kid fiddlers? You mute tags and block people? Congrats, that’s what proship means. And seriously I mean it, go on. Block. Mute. Set down your boundaries! I encourage you, I want you to do this

I'ma reply the same way Silva did : please don't hide behind anonymous asks, I know you can do better than that

I do block and am dedicated in that, I just wanted to speak up about that tiny issue that exists in this argument of how to call problematic shipping.

Non problematic shippers can't expect people to read their minds and be kind/accepting to them when they share a name with the problematic ones. No idea if Im being clear..

People are allowed to like fiction you are uncomfortable with. You are allowed to feel uncomfortable with fiction other people like. But in the end, it is just fiction. No one is being hurt. No real person is a victim. You should start curating your own online experience. Block and mute and move on. You'll feel so much better when you stop wasting time whining about what fiction other people like.

You seem a lot more dedicated in this whole thing than Silva and I ever were if you ask me. I was literally just saying I block and mute, but the one time I started stating boundaries you jumped in ; then ask me to move on.

"No real person is hurt" is an outright lie because young people exposed to proshipping might get biased ideas/REAL people have been hurt by issues like this.

Either you get off the anonymous asks and start being proud of your statements so i can block you LIKE YOU'RE TELLING ME, either you stop this at all. Have a good day /gen

DON'T BULLY PEOPLE OVER FANFIC ITS NEVER JUSTIFIED NO MATTER WHAT!!

You are a lovely and creative writer!!!

In recent weeks, I have been receiving hate anons on my ao3 fic. I have tweeted about it here and there, but have mostly ignored it. Unfortunately, today I received another, and due to the content, I feel like I have to respond. It’s been said before but it bears repeating: public accusations like these are damaging to creators, even when they are phrased passive aggressively rather than direct. 

I shall endeavor to answer these in full in this message and then I don’t plan to address this issue again. I would have preferred this to be resolved more maturely, through conversation, but as these remarks have been placed in the public sphere, and have been happening for weeks now, I am opting to reply openly. 

The concept of an A!A that could be softer was inspired by a number of A!A fanfics, particularly 'The Rogue You Were', and I have always been open about this. In fact, were you to look at chapter 1 of Whither, an acknowledgment exists. Whither’s foundation was built on this concept, and grew into 2 – going on 3 now – full longfics from there. I have never been shy about where my original inspiration came from. 

These tropes that I am now accused of copying (masquerades, Raphael-esque characters, Astarion being murderous, comic relief, and bats) are as we all know common tropes amongst the fandom and amongst vampire literature, and were not new concepts when they were used by the person claiming credit for them.

My favorite thing about fandom spaces is that they are a place to share ideas and collaborate. The person who made this accusation was someone I considered a friend: we had openly expressed to each other various instances where she and I were inspired by each other’s work. I have credited her influences; she has not credited mine. Dredging up screenshots to support this statement would be exhausting, and I hope it doesn’t become necessary. I’d much rather be working on my fic than dealing with this, and I hope this is the end of it so we can all get back to doing what we enjoy with our time.

I have as of late retreated from reading other fanfic within the fandom; mental health issues and intense impostor syndrome have rendered it impossible for me to engage in others’ writing, no matter how much I’d like to. Art, being something in the fandom that is removed from writing, is something I really enjoy seeing and delve headfirst into, but I am not at all up to date on the latest fic trends. These ideas (the masquerade, batstarion, and a more light-hearted tone) are things my editor and I have long wanted to add to the fic, but they did not fit into the plot right away. Presenting a cohesive, well-thought-out story has always been the most important thing to me, rather than chasing the latest trend. 

We are all playing the same game, writing from the same base material, often for the same characters with slightly different takes on those characters. There is no way to write for a fandom, particularly one like this, without a fair bit of overlap. I've worked hard this year to find my peace with that, and to not see others using similar plot points as copying. We are all appreciating the same masterpiece of a game, after all.

And lastly, I’d like to add that I don’t in any way condone harassing anyone, anonymously or otherwise, so please do not do so on my behalf.

Comment can be seen in this chapter, will post a screenshot if it's deleted:

thank you, the past 4 to 14 year old me that got bullied becuse i cried esily and they wanted a reaction then got bullied more for crying and then people thought of me as wierd and its my fault no one like becuse of that . and that i am a wirdo even tho ever since 5 th grade i only cried when they drove me to edge constatntly after bulling me 24/7 becuse teachers make quiet girls sit with the most hyperactive douche back always so all of tehm would gang up on me no one said a thing to them i told teachers they dint doanything and it dosent amteer how misrabel they made me how much they ruined me socialy, I WAS the weirdo,i was at fault cuz i gave a reaction but the raction is a mental brakdowncuz your driving me insane. my friend lietraly laughed with my buliies when they mad efun of me while the most evil thing i did was be a quiet shy kid no one likes cuz i cried.

oof it became a rant sory

Everyone is so weird about people who cry easily. Fellas, is it evil and manipulative to *checks notes* have an involuntary stress response?

all public school anti-bullying activism is extremely transparent and meaningless

At that age, I was almost too short to look outside.

Through one of my windows, all I could see was a cloud, an ocean of ash. It suffocated everything. Out the other window, I saw the people in town. Out both, I saw darkness.

Dad had always said the job of the dam keeper is to keep the darkness away. But by then, I was doing it alone.

And he never told me what to do when it surrounds you.

His mask protected me from the cloud, and nothing I had protected me from the people.

I was the dam keeper...

— Pig (voiced by Lars Mikkelsen)

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UGH THIS OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM COMPLETELY DESTROYED ME I CAN'T EVEN LIKE JFC THE BULLYING AND HURT/COMFORT FRIENDSHIP FEELS ARE TOO HELLA FUCKING REAL AND THEY’RE ACTUALLY GONNA MAKE A FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILM PLUS A GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES BASED ON THIS PERFECTION HOLY SHIT MY BODY IS NOT GONNA BE READY TO BE SLAYED BY THAT GOD HELP ME.

TW:Bullying

As someone who suffered bullying for a long time, this indicator is one of the closest to my personal life I've done yet.

The idea of Indicators is that those that have gone through it understand that it was a possibility (out of many) of their natal charts, help them accept and validate the experience (in case they struggle with guilt or shame) from a different point of view so they can feel supported and loved.

You are loved.

If you would like to participate in this research let me know through email ancientastarwis@gmail.com

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