#diskhorse

They reblogged with another bad faith wall of text. I wasted my time writing a long response to it only for tumblr to eat it! Seems I’ve been blocked for saying afabs are a disenfranchised group who face different struggles than amabs. It’s probably best they returned to their 🤡 car. Getting pulled into tumblr arguments with someone who refuses to engage genuinely is truly not worth it.

And nah my day is fine! Except that I lost time writing a short essay, which I could have spent doing… anything else lmao

Like his first version of yearning, after he asks Sophie to be his mistress and she doesn't respond is "Agony" from Into the Woods. It is so unserious and so vapid and not self aware. Like Christ almighty.

And then his second version of yearning, when Sophie decides to leave is "Finishing the Hat" from Sunday in the Park with George. Like it is so much about being left behind and not feeling understood by someone you feel like maybe should have.

That said, your response made me reflect because before all the extra debate that happened, I was left with the feeling that I had asked a wrong or tasteless question, and I even ended up debating with a classmate about it, and his response helped me understand the matter better. They said, "Well, if it didn’t give you the vibes of this or that, maybe it’s because in the first place it’s not even that relevant for the story, especially if you’re enjoying it so much."

I have to say that I did grow up with the way ship names were arranged (I've been in the shipping culture for almost 20 years) depending on who would be the top and bottom, which is why it makes sense to me that Jaydick and Dickjay exist. However, I recognize that assuming it's like that for everyone, or that their dynamics or positions in intimacy are relevant and/or crucial to storytelling, is very immature on my part.

I don't want to make this message too long, but I do want to finish by saying that I really like your story and I will keep reading it. Again, sorry for the whole situation :((

I’ll be looking forward to the next update 🫶

Please, don't think you did anything wrong by asking. Everyone, always, has the right to ask about any future content in a story that they think will impact their ability to continue reading it, and I'll always do my best to answer if I can. 💜

I can't give you any solid answer on what happens in Bark, because the variables on how that goes are woven into Dick's reactions to his past trauma and Jason's attempts not to get caught out as who he is, and where in the story it might end up actually happening will change those variables and probably the acts that happen, too. I don't think I'll have a solid answer until I reach the point at which the 'first contact' is happening, so to speak, and even then I wouldn't expect that first contact to get as far as penetrative sex (at least that's how I'm leaning right now). So in the context of Bark, where any sexual activity that may happen is so dependent on the larger story and character dynamics, and the sex itself's purpose would be to continue character growth/change, it does not feel particularly useful to me to try and classify the potential sex acts as being as simple as 'top or bottom'.

It does sting, some, to have crafted a story that someone has said they really enjoy, but to be left with the implication that they'll stop reading it based on how the sex is written. I recognize that this is likely at least partially because I'm asexual, but it's difficult for me to imagine caring enough about the direction of slot/tab to drop a story I otherwise really like because of it. I know you didn't mean it this way, but talking about "it has happened to me lately that authors don’t tag that information and it’s a bit annoying" makes it feel a bit like the only thing that matters is what direction that eventual sex scene takes, as opposed to the rest of the journey and story around it. And yeah, as the writer of said story that feeling kind of sucks.

It used to be a conversation starter! It used to mean you could find someone and say "sweet shirt" and you could be instant buddies while you waited in line!

I mean, strikingly different fandoms for all the obvious reasons, but I really think with HR (because its literally the biggest, international cultural force right now across so many demographics) this is the first time fandom has broken the fourth wall to this extent?

As a long term fangirl, at first it was a bit exciting (the show is like fanfic in itself) but now I’m like…..what effect will this have on the actors? Their loved ones? Future HR promo? On how other shows will be made and marketed? I love fan service, but it’s odd seeing something that was sort of a niche, secret fandom activity being promoted by legacy media outlets 🤔

I mean I feel I've been pretty vocal about the fact that the HR fandom is exactly what has stopped me from writing/posting fic about it (among other reasons)

I think it's less so this is the first time a fandom has broken the fourth wall and more so that Ao3 has broken the fourth wall, which is worse in some ways. The world and news have known about fandom for years i mean Supernatural is like. A great example of the blending of real world and internet fan culture to the point they made episodes about it. But the problem now is fanfic being posted outside of ao3 in news articles, it's fanfic being published into trad stories (started by star wars, popularized by maraduers fandom) I don't like it. It posits fanfiction as lesser as this idea that the true mark of a good story is trad pub, that of COURSE we would want that, it's what makes us legitimate. Good enough to be Published.

It follows John Nolan, a man in his 40s, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). It is based on real-life LAPD officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s.

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The man whose story inspired the premise of the show was later revealed to be William Norcross, a college friend of executive producer Jon Steinberg's, who based the show on his story. Norcross continues to serve in the LAPD and also as executive producer on The Rookie.[3]

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