Stormfarer's mind palace

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being rude, instead of asking why the world doesn’t revolve around your personal comfort, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

DOUBLE D GASTER IN MY DELTARUNE HE BUILT IT ALL FROM AN EMPTY ROOM

IN THE BUNKER SITS THAT GASTER

DOUBLE D GASTER IN MY DELTARUNE HE BUILT IT ALL FROM AN EMPTY ROOM

IN THE BUNKER SITS THAT GASTER

DOUBLE D GASTER IN DELTARUNE BUILT IT ALL FROM AN EMPTY ROOM

HE IS A LEGEND IMMUNE TO RUIN

SO HE BUILT IT ALL

THE GASTER CREATED DELTARUNE

HE MADE MIKE THE CAT AND THE TITAN

EVEN THE DARK WORLD THAT IS GASTER TOO

GASTER MADE THE DELTARUNE DELTARUNE

IN HIS OWN EMPTY ROOM

AND THE KNIGHT IS AN AMALGAMATE, INTRICATE

HE’S GREEN, AND HE’S MEAN, AND HE FELL IN HIS OWN MACHINE

MASTER OF THE ENTRY SEVENTEEN

GASTER

*various noises*

HE IS GREEN

DAD OF SANS AND PAPS I MEAN

HE FELL INTO IT HIS OWN MACHINE

GASTER

HE IS GREEN

DAD OF SANS AND PAPS I MEAN

HE FELL IN INTO HIS OWN MACHINE

GASTER

HE IS GREEN

DAD OF SANS AND PAPS I MEAN

HE FELL INTO IT HIS OWN MACHINE (OWN MACHINE)

GASTER, HE IS GREEN

DAD OF SANS AND PAPS I MEAN

HE FELL INTO IT HIS OWN MACHINE

DOUBLE GREEN GASTER IN DELTARUNE

BUILT IT ALL FROM AN EMPTY ROOM

SUSIE MADE HIS LEGEND FALL TO RUIN

SUSIE IS IMMUNE TO DOUBLE D GASTER’S DELTARUNE

BUT THE VESSEL WE LOOM IS KRIS’ DOOM

EVEN NOELLE AND KRIS ARE GASTER TOO

GASTER MADE THE DELTARUNE DELTARUNE IN HIS OWN EMPTY ROOM

AND THE KNIGHT IS AN AMALGAMATE, INTRICATE

HE IS GREEN AND HE’S MEAN

FELL IN HIS OWN MACHINE

MASTER OF THE ENTRY SEVENTEEN

GASTER

When they meyowl pathetically for more food, it's not because they're trying to "trick" you into feeding them again. They just want to be fed, and they're smart enough to notice the correlation between certain sounds they make and the responses they get from you.

They've figured out that if they want to communicate to you that they want more food, if they make those pathetic sounds, you're more likely to behave as if you've understood what they're trying to communicate.

When your cat waits for you to look away then yoinks food off of your plate, it's not because they love crime. It's because they're social colony creatures who instinctively share food with each other and they don't understand why you're not sharing the best foods with them.

Your cats are very intelligent, social creatures who see you as their Very Strange sibling.

They've learned how to make intricate sounds just to communicate with their humans. When the sounds they make elicit the responses they want, they learn that those sounds are the most effective way to communicate their desires.

!!!!