A little pain never hurt anyone

Remember the sixpencee child slave thing? What happened there, exactly? Was the kid freed? No? They were just run off the website? OK so what good exactly did that do?

Remember the bone stealing witch? What exactly did that witchhunt accomplish? The person got arrested, oh that's great, the american justice system surely rectified the situation

And again, those are instances where the accusations were true and involved real substantive harm to another person. We used to joke on here how callout posts were shit like "receipts below: [several paragraphs of petty fandom drama] [three paragraphs of petty interpersonal drama involving cheating on partners or stealing food out of the fridge or something] [fabricated evidence that the person is responsible for the murder of JonBenét Ramsey]"

And that was back in the 2010s. The meta has changed. Callouts used to be a tool people used to point out actual harm a person had done, rarely, and more commonly were used as a means of bullying somebody over petty drama. Nowadays they're used to manufacture outrage and harassment against marginalized populations. They are a weapon bigots use to turn us against each other. A few manufactured accusations here, some out of context or clipped screenshots there, and people who should be standing in solidarity with each other against white supremacy, patriarchy, cisheteronormativity, are instead devouring each other.

It's sinister as shit, dude, and people will still share these accusations without a second thought. So, why? What is the point? What's the best case scenario here? Raising "awareness?" what the fuck is that supposed to accomplish? Will we get the oh-so-trustworthy authorities involved? Are we hoping for an arrest? A conviction? Throwing a queer or poc person in prison so they can be abused and assaulted and humiliated behind bars? Is that who we are?

Callouts and the like don't serve any real good in the world. At a macro scale they divide us when we should be standing together, and at a micro scale they result in deeply traumatic never-ending harassment and threats and doxxing and worse to a person who almost definitely does not deserve it. And again, for what? A sense of "justice?" this is not justice. This is retribution. It is punishment.

put my wips and requests on the backburner for a sec to draw some poké stickers!!

popplio and reuniclus wips too

the chain reaction a single yawn can cause

the sense to recognize something that looks human but is not quite human (uncanny valley)

getting songs stuck in their heads

the urge to sneeze but being unable to do so

not being able to breathe from laughter sometimes

the reactions caused by tickles

acting fairly casual about pain in their most vital body parts (head)

TYSM to the great @wild-surge ♥️✨ for tagging me in this concept! [OG Post]

We are not done with redesigning prompts yet. Back into folklore we go and looking at the fae; fairies and gnomes, a humble bridge troll maybe? Redcaps and gremlins or a fearsome nuckelavee? Mythology of any given country or maybe inspiration from another media? A beautiful ruler of their own court who traps people that can't help for but a taste of the delicious food presented? Or maybe a feystolen child? A changeling pretending to be a human? A witch in the disguise of a beautiful maiden living in her hut that walks on hen legs?

Hmm let's see ...

What is a Jorōmungo?

" The jorogumo yokai is an absolutely enormous spider, large enough to prey on humans. Like kitsune and tanuki, jorogumo are shapeshifters, and they often disguise themselves as beautiful women. Unlike these trickster spirits, jorogumo are predatory, and their beauty is a trap. " Tale of Ronin. (2023). Jorogumo: Japan’s Man-Eating Spider Spirit. Tale of Ronin. Link

I recently learnt about the existence of this one. Couldn't find many reliable sources for it however. It is essentially a drider that can shift between female and spider form, spider being its original. They can transform into a maiden after several hundred years, and use the image to lure young men to their doom. Since Lynette was a Lolth-sworn drow, felt it would be fun to make her one!

I imagine they would find a home in the underdark, however I am split on whether they would be accepted within drow circles. They are their own entity, but very similar to the cursed driders, therefore it may not work out.

What is a Tupilaq?

" In Greenlandic Inuit religion , a tupilaq was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy. " Coray, L.M. (2020). The story of an Inuit tupilaq and the artist Gerda Vis-Visser. Academia.edu. Link

Sounds a little familiar, doesn't it? Very durge-esque. Albeit, I decided the concept fit Briar's form better. It's a little hard to recreate a mixture of animalistic features, so a tiefling felt more appropriate in this instance.

This spirit can be found in the isolated waters of the Sea of Moving Ice, in North West Faerûn. Fuelled by necromantic energies, and a desire to feed on the living. Pray that your enemies are not formidable, lest the beast be turned against you.

DISCLAIMER❕I am neither Japanese nor Inuit, but I wanted to do my due diligence when handling these cultural stories. If there are any issues with my work, kindly reach out!

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