As the blog name indicates, I am Niobium from AO3 and SquidgeWorld. Likes will show from @staypuftmarshmallowqueen.
Here you will find links to most of my stories (crossposted to SW) ,the occasional excerpt, my complaints thoughts about writing in general and fanfiction in particular, and anything I might want to reblog from the various fandoms I write in.
Specifics below the cut.
Me: I am disinclined to share personal info. Sorry, that's just how I roll. If that means you'll avoid the blog, no worries. Everyone should curate their experience as they see fit.
Blog rating: I sometimes post/reblog nsfw stuff. I try to make sure to tag it all for easy filtering (#nsfw or #adult) but see below re: tagging.
My fic: I post on AO3. I crosspost to SquidgeWorld when I can, and post links here, particularly if someone from Tumblr said something which inspired a fic. Most of my fic is Gen/Teen, with the rare Mature/Explicit.
Fandoms: Most of what you'll see is Star Wars*, MCU, Star Trek, some DC animated and film, some comics stuff. A wide range of others like Narnia, PacRim, and more will show up as things release.
Tagging: I stopped tagging stuff a while ago, am trying to get back into doing so. Apologies, I just lack the energy some days. I'll occasionally do a quick sweep and try to catch up. I will always tag current spoilers as #spoilers and the fandom in question, plus anything relevant (eg. episode number or movie name). I'll keep tagging them for about a month or so.
Shipping: I'm largely ambivalent about shipping and such these days. I have pairings I like and those I don't, but I just ignore the ones I don't.
Who I reblog from: I do not vet everyone I reblog from nor am I going to. I'm too old and tired for that sort of thing.
Tags you might care about (as noted above I suck at tagging):
fanfic (mine)
Lego stuff (mine)
fanart (other people's)
cosplay (other people's)
* I am way on my SW bullshit right now because TBB but it will probably pass once we're a few months into the Year of Hell waiting for S3. Probably. Maybe. Look, no promises. lol what was I thinking
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rahul kohli as fitzwilliam darcy
aiysha hart as georgiana darcy
meera syal as catherine de bourgh
alia bhatt as anne de bourgh
dev patel as colonel fitzwilliam
this is RUDE are you expecting me to want Elizabeth to choose between Rahul Kohil and Dev Patel???????? sorry know it has to be a polycule my girl has 2 hands etc
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So Tropicana lemonade now has sucralose in it, alongside HFCS which means you don't know it's in there by the name until you taste it and that nasty fucking sucralose miasma hits you. UGH.
anyways I guess this means we now have to scrutinize all drinks for this shit, even ones NOT marked as 'low sugar' or 'sugar free'. enshitifications continue apace.
BTW it's specifically Tropicana 'Original' Lemonade that has the sucralose, Tropicana 'Classic' Lemonade doesn't. Because that's not confusing at all...
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Ninth picture for @creatingblackcharacters Melanin Beam Challenge; Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind! She's a protagonist who doesn't have a lot of "bells and whistles", she almost "majestic" in a natural and effortless way, while being a very determined leader with a true goal of peace. I tried really REALLY hard to-
1- not let this redesign be "ambiguous", clearly depicting her as Black (with a very dark skin-tone, her hair done in thick cornrows that are pulled back into a ponytail puff, golden brown eyes, visible upper and lower lip, and a broad nose that has a defined angle)
2- vaguely mimic that watercolor style (I'm doing ALL of these edits in MS Paint with a mouse. there are layers now, which is wonderful, and 3D Paint has more resolution and brushes for details, but it is still tedious to work slowly for the end result I want. I finally copy-paste several times into Microsoft Word to use the few art edits available, including certain blurring/grainy filters. that's it. I made those fake "water drip" spots individually until they looked halfway decent)
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sometimes u headcanon a character as a sexuality but then also ship things that contradict that. sometimes you ship things you would NEVER EVER want in canon. this is because these things are fun and silly and not legally binding.
Overlap between antiblackness and antisemitism in fandoms:
- Jewish-coding and Black-coding ignored and erased e.g., character’s experiences are intentional allegory for Jewishness or Blackness, but people insist it’s about queerness instead.
- The desire to see Black and Jewish characters humbled. This is usually in retaliation for some perceived wrong due to a white character. Gets worse if said characters are successful in their fields, then it’s portrayed as “punching up”.
- Ethnic features being erased (skin lightened, curly hair straightened, slimmer noses ect).
- Discussions about antiblack/antisemitic tropes in fandom spaces dismissed because “real bigotry is more important” (“real bigotry” is then never discussed).
- When the main characters are Black/Jewish and yet the fandom won’t stop talking about that fucking white guy.
- Black/Jewish characters made out to be mean, usually depicted as bullying the poor white character (bonus if the “agonisers” are men).
- Infantilisation specific to non-white characters.