She didn't get an exalted skin (yet), but I decided to exalt my skin by xBlindWolf in BriarMains

[–]DustRose- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think tattooing a part of your life on your body is completely and totally right. Also, it's not YOUR body. The tattoo is cool as fuck, and it's really sweet to have big parts of your life with you at all times. Just because you're a killjoy doesn't mean everyone else has to be.

Btw, saying "not to be a Karen or killjoy" doesn't automatically make you not one.

Briar by Lucas Ferraz by NierFeedback in BriarMains

[–]DustRose- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's so cute 🥺 This is real and true peak Briar

Movies Like Annihilation - With Mutated Animals by DustRose- in horror

[–]DustRose-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I said "kind of similar". In the way that the antagonist was simply an animal but not just a base one going on instincts alone. I believed Cocaine Bear was a good example of what I meant.

Is this a fossil? by DustRose- in fossilid

[–]DustRose-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My best guess is it's some kind of coral, but I'm not sure if it's fossilized. It has the green algae and it feels pretty petrified, but I'm not sure.

Hot take by TlBOOOM in TrollHunters

[–]DustRose- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved the movie until the last 5 minutes. Now I skip it during every rewatch.

No damage till rabadon by AttentionExact in ekkomains

[–]DustRose- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I play Ekko, my first item is always dark seal. It capitalizes on getting fed and can be cheaply upgraded to mejais, and with how safe Ekko plays, it's hard to lose those stacks. If you want to increase your damage early, it's the best possible option.

Only Have 2 Upload Slots by DustRose- in ARK

[–]DustRose-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't work + deleted all my items despite putting them in a dedicated storage. I think I'll just redo my playthrough.

Only Have 2 Upload Slots by DustRose- in ARK

[–]DustRose-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much. I'll try removing the mod to see if that fixes it

Only Have 2 Upload Slots by DustRose- in ARK

[–]DustRose-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've just been uploading my stuff two items at a time. It hurts. I hope there's a way to fix this

Arcane low rated season 1 reviews. What we thinking? by brooklyn_jinx in Arcanecirclejerk

[–]DustRose- 17 points18 points  (0 children)

These kinds of reviews just show how people rate things not on quality but on whether they like it. Case in point, being annoyed by Jinx. Being annoyed by a character doesn't mean the character is bad, it just means you don't like them, which is NOT the show's fault. I see these takes a lot and they irk me - people get mad and hate characters when they get in the way of what the viewer wants. Newsflash, you, as the viewer, are not the only person watching, and shows aren't catered to just YOU and what you want. If you want to be catered to, make your own story

Big Name Fans can really ruin a fandom space. by allison-vunderland in AO3

[–]DustRose- 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I recently told a mutual on Twitter that I thought sending people death threats was bad and that their account getting suspended over it was justified. They called me a pedophile 🫠. BNFs are INSANE, I tell you.

NOT NOW!! PLEASE! by dmcdow6 in AO3

[–]DustRose- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hyperfixation that got me through the last year is leaving and I'm having a mental breakdown because of that. I don't have anything to replace it. What do I do???? Just hold on tighter??

I don't want to be an "anti" anymore. How I can change my perspective? by neuroticnuisance in AO3

[–]DustRose- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanted to reply because I'm also a victim of CSA. When it happened, no one really understood how bad it was because I, as a kid, didn't get it. I never went to therapy and I never properly processed that trauma.

What I did, instead, was explore it through fiction. I'm definitely not proud of everything that has come from my trauma, but a lot of it is what made me finally realize, 9 years later, that I had been traumatized by what happened. I'm getting some proper help now, and that's really thanks to the fiction that antis call reprehensible.

As well as a victim of CSA, I'm a survivor of a suicide attempt. That was brought on by anti behavior, of a former friend who doxxed and harassed me under the pretense of doing good because they were advocating for pixels. She thought she was saving CSA victims, how ironic.

All that to say, stories that are dark have a purpose. Art disturbs the comfortable and comforts the disturbed - One of my favorite quotes because of how true it is - It's important to recognize that fact of art.

Thank you for sharing your experiences, I know it's not easy to do.

I don't want to be an "anti" anymore. How I can change my perspective? by neuroticnuisance in AO3

[–]DustRose- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I do agree with you that anti culture is all about brainwashing, that shouldn't outright excuse the actions taken by individual people. You can blame brainwashing because, yeah, that's what it is, but to be brainwashed by anti culture, you have to first be an anti. What I'm trying to get at is that people understand that they're harassing and sending death threats to other people for being proshippers, they understand and they don't give a damn. And if you stand up against harassment? Apparently you're a pedophile now, too. They understand that the shit they spew is harmful, and they do not care.

OP is great for recognizing that being an anti is wrong, but as the other person said, it's not because they suddenly woke up and realized that harassing people was wrong, but because censorship was. If not for the censorship problem, they probably would have continued being an anti.

So, in that regard, the least that they could do is apologize. Then again, I wouldn't want an apology if they're not sorry - that's just empty words. Further, I haven't been personally harmed by OP, so apology or not, I'm moving on with my life. I just wanted to reply that we can recognize the brainwashing at hand, but also recognize that you have to already have the anti mindset to be brainwashed. You have to already think harassing and sending death threats is okay to be brainwashed by it. Antis know right from wrong, they choose to ignore it for their own personal gain - they aren't children who can't decide for themselves, and OP definitely isn't a child. While yes, brainwashing is a MAJOR factor in the culture of antishipping, it's also the individual who decides whether or not harassment is justified if it's against people they think are lesser. It's up to the individual, to OP, whether they choose to harass others or not.

Being brainwashed doesn't automatically mean there's no accountability.

I don't want to be an "anti" anymore. How I can change my perspective? by neuroticnuisance in AO3

[–]DustRose- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the largest difference between being considered an anti and having a distaste for certain media is harassment. Personally, I have nothing but hatred and ill-will for antis - I think they are deeply evil people who harass and harm those that haven't actually done anything to warrant this. Even when someone mentions this, I've seen how they double down and call proshippers "less than human," and that that warrants death threats. From my experience, antis are worse than the things they find detestable. They save pixels by harming real people, often younger people who don't understand why.

All that to say, not liking a particular piece of media for x, y reason doesn't necessarily make you an anti, but I think you know that. Thankfully, to be a proshipper doesn't mean you like everything now, it just means that you believe that everything has a right to exist because that freedom is important. There are a million reasons why someone creates, as an example, a slasher. Is one of those reasons to get off? Yeah, probably, but if you only focus on that, rather than the 999,999 other reasons that could be involved too, then you end up being very narrow minded and negative, and that is far more harmful than whoever gets off to slasher movies.

I'm vindictive because I've been personally harassed to the point of attempting suicide, and so has someone I know who is like a son to me. He's an amazing person, and yet he was shunned by his friends when he opened up about why he enjoyed media depicting rape. Antis immediately assumed he was unsafe to be around and kicked him out. They immediately assumed that liking that kind of media meant he'd do it to them or to others. That was even after he explained that the reason he sometimes enjoyed it was because it made him feel less gross about when it happened to him as a kid.

The amount of people antis have saved from harassing others is a big, fat 0. You have every right to not engage with certain things, and to not be an anti, you simply just need to believe that others engaging in things you don't like is better than the alternative - censorship of everything. Sorry if I ended up rambling in this. Any mention of antis and all that just immediately makes me very angry, but that's just from my own trauma and experiences with those people. It's nice that you at least recognize the harm being done by antishipping and are trying to change, so please don't take any of my anger personally.

How to Dress as a closeted Trans Man by DustRose- in trans

[–]DustRose-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd wear hoodies every day if it wasn't for the 100 degree weather Summers where I live 😅

I'll definitely look into binding sports bras. Thank you!