#previous ask

So, let's start at the beginning,

In history, before the invention of the engine, horses were used to pull carts. So hypothetically, the blueprint of a humanoid engine would be: mammalian, w/wheels fixed on the joints.

something I forgot to add: engines are toons. they are dolls. they are puppets. they are able to squash and stretch themselves in ways impossible.

a good comparison to them is Pinocchio!

Image ID: Engines gain sentience from gold dust. Lady is the supplier of gold dust.

there is no physical difference between steam and diesel, but an internal one; all diesels emit oil.

Engines no longer have to be driven; they can drive themselves! But they still need a driver and fireman to guide them, and start the day.

(Sorry to bother y’all if this isn’t something your comfortable with!)

as for my autism, I feel more prone to autistic meltdowns. nothing that makes my life more difficult, but I feel like I become overstimulated more frequently.

but my ADHD (im currently not taking any meds) has been kicking my ass. like, I have to stick even more to my routines, and trick my brain more into doing something. some days it's easy peasy, but others I have to be a little more patient with myself

No, yeah, I knew what you meant. That’s what I was saying. Don’t fetishize the relationship while writing - aka, be respectful about it and don’t treat it as a spectacle (see previous ask) - and you’re not doing anything wrong.

There are always gonna be fandom wars and there are always gonna be people with Very Strong Opinons who wanna start shit. But, in general, I’ve found that as long as you stay in your lane, don’t start shit, and don’t do BLATANTLY wrong shit (like, don’t romanticize abusive relationships, don’t whitewash POC characters or straightwash LGBT characters, don’t sexualize children - yanno, the obvious “don’t be an asshole” stuff), you’re fine.

If people start raising a fuss because you dared to write smut, and as long as you weren’t an ass about it (again: see previous ask), honestly just block them. If they have a problem with your content then they don’t have to read it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It’s honestly not worth fighting with people who just want something to fight about. If you were respectful about it and they still wanna throw a tantrum, block, delete, and move on with your life.

For example: I’ve had plenty of people come and scream at me because I wrote smut with characters who, at the time of the story, were in late high school. The naysayers’ problem is that these characters were once children. So, clearly, I’m a bad terrible awful nasty person for writing a scene that takes place years later when they’re not anywhere near children anymore. ... logic. (Does anyone wanna break the news to these people that EVERYONE was a kid once upon a time? And that, in fact, the passage of time tends to make people grow and age? Because I’m not sure they quite grasp that concept.)